deltablue Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 You were really that convinced by what you put? Seriously Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I was in the zone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius1998 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Cheers for your answers guys. DB08 you've actually got the second-highest score so far. Not bad given a lot of those things happened before you were born, as you kept pointing out in earlier rounds Well, most of them were guesses but anyway, and I was never really awful in History and Geography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 I was in the zone! That's one way of putting it given the impression I got when reading a lot of your answers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 10 sets of answers in now, with scores ranging from 0-16, though most are very much in the middle. I will leave it open until Monday morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 1. Who was the last Ipswich player to play in the World Cup? (Meaning actually being an Ipswich player at the time) Tommy Smith for New Zealand in 2010, probably a lot more recent than many people were expecting though some did know it. 2. What State was George W. Bush born in? Connecticut 3. Who were the first team that Mexico beat in the World Cup finals? Czechoslovakia in 1962 4. In 2006-07, all 4 East Anglian league teams (Ipswich, Norwich, Colchester and Southend) were in the same division. Which team finished highest? Colchester, which many of you knew. I'm glad that near the end a couple of people fell into the trap of assuming it had to be Ipswich 5. What is the busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger numbers? Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport, and it has been since 1998! Beijing is second, JFK is only the 5th busiest in the country, Heathrow was 3rd until last year and the busiest for international traffic but that's now Dubai on both counts. Mexico City is 45th. No one guessed that but just thought I'd mention it 6. Which dynasty ruled France from 1328-1589? The Valois 7. Who was the last emperor of the Roman Empire? Constantine XI Palaiologus, since the so-called 'Byzantine Empire' was a continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire but I allowed Romulus Augustus/Augustulus given he was the last Western Emperor and that's what most people consider to be the end of the Empire 8. Who played Captain Pike in the original Star Trek pilot. Jeffrey Hunter 9. What is the world’s second-largest island. Australia doesn't officially count as an island (though I wonder why since it's 'Oceania' that's the continent) so it's New Guinea as the second-largest after Greenland, which would have been too obvious to ask about 10. What is the capacity of the Azteca Stadium? 95,500 though I think used to be larger which threw quite a few of you off. I accepted 95,000-96,000 11. What nationality is former Ipswich player Velice Sumulikoski? Macedonian 12. Which two countries border Mexico to the east? Guatemala and Belize 13. Who won the last Five Nations tournament before it became the Six Nations? Scotland 14. What is the name of the band in the Muppets? Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem 15. Which two Commonwealth nations have no historical connection to the British Empire? Mozambique and Rwanda 16. What is the first name of Agent Coulson from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Phil. Just so you guys know, the 'his first name is Agent' joke was already made in the first Avengers movie so no one was going to get any credit for that 17. Who was Sophia von Anhalt-Zerbst? Catherine the Great, which I thought more people would know, at least the fact that she was a German originally named Sophie/Sophia 18. Who won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest (the artist, not just the country)? Alexander Rybak for Norway 19. How many awards did dafuge win at last year’s FMCU awards? 2, Best Team and Best Career Thread. One person got it right but it wasn't him 20. Who was the first African American actress to win an Oscar? Hattie McDaniel. Answers were split between those who knew and those who fell into the trap of saying Halle Berry, who was specifically the first to win 'Best Actress' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Funny Answers Almost all the entertaining answers came from Jimbokav1971, who I suspect was drunk when he sent his in The two main ones were... only know of 2, Bonaparte and Bourbon. I'm feeling a bit pecking and would love a biccie with my tea so will go for Bourbon. and... I'm an ex rugby player and English and I know this only too well. Scott "Legend" Gibbs scored that ridiculous try under the posts in the dying moments as he seemed to step half the ENglish back-line. :-( Scotland won it by default I think. Travesty! Travesty I tell you! Other highlights included working through the potential answers for Q1 for ages before narrowing it down to 2 and selecting the wrong one (and I think he did the same with the Mexican States question in my previous round), a typo meaning he guessed the Azteca capacity as 99.999 people, trying the 'His first name if Agent' joke mentioned above, his confusion as to what counts as 'East' of Mexico, and even throwing in a 'yer mum!' However I'm giving the point for Raware for this... Does Maximus Decimus Meridius count? I don't know where to start with the reasons why he doesn't Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Scores - Round 20 Dafuge – 0 Pompeyboyz – 16 Smp20 – 8 Jimbokav – 2 Maaka -12 Cplpeters1900 – 7 DB08 – 13 Swooperproop – 11 Bitner – 6 Koetzer – 9 Deisler – 9 LeedsUnitedFan2 – 2 Raware - 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Final scores Maaka - 129 Pompeyboyz - 128 swooperproop - 117 Deisler26 - 112 cplpleters1900 - 93 DB08 - 91 dllu - 90 Raware - 65 deltablue - 61 Jimbokav1971 - 60 LeedsUnitedFan2 - 58 Koetzer - 58 Nobby_McDonald - 49 dafuge - 40 Maw74 - 31 Bitner - 25 EvilDave - 17 Wavelberry - 15 smp20 -12 Simbion - 9 Noikeee - 7 Rithas - 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius1998 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 10. According to FM, it's supposed to be around 105,000 which is why I wrote that. 11. Took a bit of working out. Velice sounded like a Balkan name so I thought of the countries in that area. Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia normally have surnames ending in 'ic' so that was ruled out and it didn't sound Albanian. Macedonia was possibly the only one left so I went along with that. 19. I remember the FMCU awards and I knew dafuge had won more than 1 but then I wasn't completely sure so I guessed two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Damn damn damn damn damn I thought I had 10. right.......but I must've mistyped Congrats Maaka 18. I went for Lodi from Finland so I was in the right ballpark for nation. And if only I had played week 1 I would have stormed it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitner Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 The wildest guess i got was Alexander Rybak. My word, how i got that right???? (He's the only singer i know from Eurovision) Cheers, Bitner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Funny AnswersAlmost all the entertaining answers came from Jimbokav1971, who I suspect was drunk when he sent his in Not only was I not drunk, but I was actually in the middle of a dry 6 week period! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 1. Who was the last Ipswich player to play in the World Cup? (Meaning actually being an Ipswich player at the time)Tommy Smith for New Zealand in 2010, probably a lot more recent than many people were expecting though some did know it. I can't believe that I went through the whole process, decided on Tommy Smith and then changed my mind at the last moment and opted for Daryl Murphy! [headbang] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 2. What State was George W. Bush born in?Connecticut I knew it was the one to the left of Mass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Scores - Round 20Jimbokav – 2 I think I got Colchester, Romulus and Scotland correct. I've been swindled! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 No as you only said 'Romulus' I didn't give it to you, and for fairness I did the same to someone who only put 'Augustus', as well as an incomplete muppet band name. I was tempted to give you minus points for the comment about the French both because it happens to be one of my nationalities and because the QI fan in me was itching for a minus score but even for the last round I decided it would have been too harsh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 No as you only said 'Romulus' I didn't give it to you, and for fairness I did the same to someone who only put 'Augustus', as well as an incomplete muppet band name. I was tempted to give you minus points for the comment about the French both because it happens to be one of my nationalities and because the QI fan in me was itching for a minus score but even for the last round I decided it would have been too harsh pmsl [goes to look and see what the "comment about the French" was, but I can guess the gist.] Oh you soooo should have -1'd me for that! :lol::lol::lol: In fact, I demand to be -1'd! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I thought I'd gained a point with Augustus there for a second Would have been quite something for me to avoid the score of zero with a history question Bit gutted to miss out on the Azteca Stadium question, I had no idea it had been recently redeveloped. Same with the island one, I fell for the trick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I didn't come last overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 ...However I'm giving the point for Raware for this...Does Maximus Decimus Meridius count? I don't know where to start with the reasons why he doesn't This wasn't right then? :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Final scoresMaaka - 129 Pompeyboyz - 128 Hangin' on by the skin of my teeth! I was sure I had one more, I was so certain about Halle Berry, didn't even remember ol' Hattie. Won't forget that one easily... Damn damn damn damn damnCongrats Maaka Thanks bro. Btw, Lordi won the ESC in '06. Still the only thing close to a rock song to win the damn thing. And of course I had this one right, Rybak's norwegian after all, and the entire nation sang thae damn "Fairytale" for years afterwards (at least it felt like it). Loved this, maybe we'll get back and do a new quiz when the fall comes around? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Happy Eurovision Night Chaps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 I was trying to put together an update while watching the earlier songs. Appropriate given my thread title Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swooperproop Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Eurovision, you say? Well, at this point(Armenia voting), I predict Australia will win at the EUROvision. Yeah, stupid, I know. But of course it would happen. And I predict 19th for Croatia. EDIT (at Latvia): Congrats Aussies! Nice win! EDIT (at Croatia): f*ck it I'm out dammit Nevena Rendeli why are you helping them EDIT (rambling): I know I said this in 2012 and in 2014 but I'm never watching this sh*t again EDIT (4th): f*ck yeah televoting suck my big fat juicy printer Australia #Ukraine2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I have just 1 comment to make on Eurovision and I tweeted it last night so..... I'm not watching #Eurovision but 1. Why are #AUS in? and more importantly 2. Why do I care? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 So!!!!! Who is up for this again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Oh yes. I'm in. (Not that I'm any good mind). [Edit] There are no hidden contents so don't bother clicking. No idea what is going on but can't remove it. Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 6 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said: Oh yes. I'm in. (Not that I'm any good mind). [Edit] There are no hidden contents so don't bother clicking. No idea what is going on but can't remove it. Reveal hidden contents Yet I still clicked anyway... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 51 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said: Oh yes. I'm in. (Not that I'm any good mind). [Edit] There are no hidden contents so don't bother clicking. No idea what is going on but can't remove it. Reveal hidden contents It is Schrodinger's Clickbait. There are and there are not hidden contents at the same time and you will not know till you click to find out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 I was pondering a large one-off round for Christmas or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 I'd be up for another go at this, either as a big one off or the old weekly format. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 I'd be happy with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I'd be up for it again. I better come up with some questions as it will take me weeks to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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