blonde's Greatest Mind 2 - The Ultimate Quiz (again)

Group A

david3103
philthepower
TightEnd
SheriffFatman
baldock92

In the answers below, a O next to your name means you answered correctly, a X means you answered incorrectly. Running scores after 5, 10, 15 and 20 questions can be seen.

bGM2 1st Round Questions

1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X

3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X

4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

Scores after 5 questions:

TightEnd - 5
david3103 - 4
philthepower - 4
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SheriffFatman - 3
baldock92 - 2

6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X

8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

david3103 - X
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

david3103 - O
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X

10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - O

Scores after 10 questions:

TightEnd - 10
david3103 - 7
philthepower - 7
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SheriffFatman - 5
baldock92 - 5

11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - X
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - X
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

Scores after 15 questions:

TightEnd - 13
david3103 - 11
philthepower - 11
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SheriffFatman - 10
baldock92 - 7

16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - X
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

david3103 - O
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

Final Scores:

TightEnd - 17
SheriffFatman - 15 (2nd via tie-break)
david3103 - 15
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philthepower - 14
baldock92 - 8

Last question heartache for philthepower as a ten correct streak from Q11 onwards from SheriffFatman impressively puts him in the next round. TightEnd tops the group and solid work from david3103 secures him 3rd place. baldock92 found himself in a tough group.