Who is blonde's Greatest Mind? - The Ultimate Quiz

[tikay]

Great sportsmanship by both Nakor & Tighty, wp both of you, proper blokes.

However, your application to play in the next Solheim Cup is rejected.

[scotty2hatty]

sharplea (Sport) vs. MintTrav (History)

1. The patella is a body part which is also commonly called what?

1-1

2. Which philosopher is known for his famous phrase: "I think therefore I am"?

2-2

3. Agoraphobia is the fear of what?

3-3

4. In which country would you find the highest mountain in Europe?

4-4

5. Which two groups was singer Jimmy Somerville part of in the 1980s?

4-4

6. What in medicine is Pathology?

5-5

7. With an allowance of one year either side, in what year was Martin Luther King assassinated?

6-6

8. At what Olympics did Lennox Lewis win the gold medal in the super heavyweight division (city and year)?

7-7

9. In 2014 Harry Styles was rumoured to be a follower of which "religion" (or school of thought) which has a number of celebrity followers, including Madonna and Mick Jagger?

8-7

10. Poverty Bay, Nelson and Northland are wine growing areas in which country?

9-8

11. Name the 4 living former U.S Presidents?

10-9

12. In what century was William Wallace killed?

10-9

13. What nationality was Karl Marx?

11-10

14. In what decade was the Wall Street Crash?

12-11

15. Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as the leader of which country on January of 1959?

13-12

16. What is the name of the golf competition contested between USA and a Rest of the World (excluding Europeans) side?

14-12

17. Give the full names of the three Boston sports teams (baseball, basketball and ice hockey)?

15-13

18. Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton are both undefeated world champions in which boxing weight class?

16-13

19. Rounded to the nearest minute, what is the fastest time for the completion of The Grand National?

17-13

20. In the year Andy Murray won the Men's Wimbledon title, who won the ladies equivalent?

18-13

Despite sharplea taking an 18-13 victory this was actually quite a close match until the Sport questions started with only a one point gap until then.

[scotty2hatty]

There we go, the semi-finals are done.

We have a provisional final of TightEnd vs. mulhuzz vs. sharplea. Provisional given TightEnd's offer to Nakor and my offer of a shorter ten question play-off which may not suit.

I propose a quick turnaround timetable:

Friday - questions set.
Monday evening - reveal.

In the final there will be 15 general knowledge questions plus 5 questions from each of the finalists' specialist subjects. I'll not allow two sets of the same specialist subject in the final to keep it fair. Please PM me your specialist subject.

[Nakor]

I appreciate the gesture, but think I have held this up enough already.  Don't think we should be changing the rules to accommodate my stupidity.

Good luck to the finalists, and huge kudos to Scotty, has been a brilliant quiz to be a part of.  Hope it gets run again sometime.

[The Wycher]

Good luck to the finalists been a great quiz and has set the bar rather high for the next one! (is that exclamation mark ok there or not?)

[AndrewT]

I appreciate the gesture, but think I have held this up enough already.  Don't think we should be changing the rules to accommodate my stupidity.

I'd just like to point out I managed to lose twice to this clown.

[baldock92]

 

I appreciate the gesture, but think I have held this up enough already.  Don't think we should be changing the rules to accommodate my stupidity.

I'd just like to point out I managed to lose twice to this clown.

[mulhuzz]

Incred battle there.

Couple of edumacated guesses from me (Concorde...) was the difference I think!

[tikay]

Incred battle there.

Couple of edumacated guesses from me (Concorde...) was the difference I think!

I'm gonna call you out for multi-accounting, or transferring to someone else once you ran deep, like they do in poker.

Nobody with hair like you can be that bright.

[mulhuzz]

Incred battle there.

Couple of edumacated guesses from me (Concorde...) was the difference I think!

I'm gonna call you our for multi-accounting, or transferring to someone else once you ran deep, like they do in poker.

Nobody with hair like you can be that bright.

Fair comment

Haha, my knowledge is quite broad, but shallow.

[tikay]

Incred battle there.

Couple of edumacated guesses from me (Concorde...) was the difference I think!

I'm gonna call you our for multi-accounting, or transferring to someone else once you ran deep, like they do in poker.

Nobody with hair like you can be that bright.

Fair comment

Haha, my knowledge is quite broad, but shallow.

I'd forgotten Longy - the exception that proves the rule.

[Longines]

Ooooh, can I try an objection?

Don't have a copy of my answers so I'm going from memory and will probably end up looking like an eejit but....

If not, well played mulhuzz 



The severity of agoraphobia varies enormously between sufferers from those who are housebound, even room-bound, to those who can travel specific distances within a defined boundary. It is not a fear of open spaces as many people think.

Although the Franco-Italian border was redefined in both 1947 and 1963, the commission made up of both Italians and French ignored the Mont Blanc issue. In the early 21st century, administration of the mountain is shared between the Italian town of Courmayeur and the French town of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, although the larger part of the mountain lies within the commune of the latter.

[scotty2hatty]

Ooooh, can I try an objection?

Don't have a copy of my answers so I'm going from memory and will probably end up looking like an eejit but....

If not, well played mulhuzz 



The severity of agoraphobia varies enormously between sufferers from those who are housebound, even room-bound, to those who can travel specific distances within a defined boundary. It is not a fear of open spaces as many people think.

Although the Franco-Italian border was redefined in both 1947 and 1963, the commission made up of both Italians and French ignored the Mont Blanc issue. In the early 21st century, administration of the mountain is shared between the Italian town of Courmayeur and the French town of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, although the larger part of the mountain lies within the commune of the latter.

I am on the move so haven't access to everything to hand. Open spaces has been scored correctly by myself, every source I found claimed that to be the answer?

What's the second part objecting to?

[Longines]

Its slightly broader than just open spaces, think my link was from anxiety.org.ok. The 2nd link is the wiki for Mont Blanc, think I said Italy.

[mulhuzz]

Its slightly broader than just open spaces, think my link was from anxiety.org.ok. The 2nd link is the wiki for Mont Blanc, think I said Italy.

Agora means open, so it's defo open spaces in classical sense.

And the highest mountain is in Russia. Urals I think.

Political Europe and Geographical Europe not same