New Daily Quiz

[GlosRFC]

Okay, for all you Trivia and Quiz fiends, simply follow this link to a new daily quiz.

http://www.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=18440

All you have to do is click on the Create a New Trivia Account link, enter an email address, a user name (the one you use in Win 2 Win is ideal) and a password. Click Ok and then start playing. :D

You can only play once per day and you will get ten completely random questions based on British trivia. It could be sports, politics, history, TV, music - in fact, almost anything. After you've submitted your answers your score is automatically calculated for you.

All the daily scores are then added together to reveal the Brain of Win 2 Win for the month with the top 5 scorers being recorded for posterity in the Hall of Fame :yikes: As if that's not all, I will also be awarding a £10 Amazon voucher to the overall monthly winner for April.

So don't delay - play today!!

[TheGoodGuy]

Glos,
You sly fox you...
I thought I'd have another go...
and improve my score...
But it won't bloody well let me, will it, 'til tomorrow.

Top Marks & Regards

Ada.

[GlosRFC]

Ah yes...very cunning :wink

Even worse, it throws up random questions for me too and I got one about horse-racing wrong!!!

[presto]

i have to admit, the vast majority of my answers were a compleat guess.
i must remember though - dont watch TV mid quiz. didn't know it was timed :(

[GlosRFC]

Well done to BigC - yesterdays daily winner and currently leading the monthly challenge :pn

Who's going to knock him off the top spot today?

[GlosRFC]

We have a new daily leader but will he still be there with less than 11 hours to go?

The more players, the higher the points. And points make prizes - in this case a tenner for the overall highest score this month :D

So don't delay - register today!

[vegyjones]

6th :yikes:

There goes that invite into Mensa :laugh

[GlosRFC]

I've been suitably impressed by your efforts so far, Vegy :D

[Ruby]

"The more players, the higher the points. And points make prizes - in this case a tenner for the overall highest score this month
"



Ooooohhhh!! Dangle that carrot Glos!!!

I had a go, but they were really REALLY hard..... and that's my excuse :dunce

:D :laugh

[GlosRFC]

Sorry but I don't set the questions. If I did, I'd get most of them right! I thought I'd set it up for easy-peasy questions though so I'm afraid that excuse doesn't hold water :D

What I might do in future is to have themed months - Music for May, Sport for June, History for July, perhaps? Or themed weeks/days? Anyone got any views?

We also need to persuade some of the real brainiacs to take part - Merlin, Mathare, E55exboi, Fadetoblack, Win2Win etc :wiggle:

[mathare]

Have some of that!! :D

[GlosRFC]

Good score! I can see that this won't be a two-horse race.

[Ruby]

We also need to persuade some of the real brainiacs to take part - Merlin, Mathare, E55exboi, Fadetoblack, Win2Win etc :wiggle:[/QUOTE]


Oh, Okay then......nice to know I am not labelled a braniac....ahem!
:doh

[GlosRFC]

But you're already taking part - and I have high hopes for you!


nice to know I am not labelled a braniac I'm a cornflakiac myself :D

[Ruby]

You old smoothie you....:wink

[vegyjones]

57 seconds :yikes:

[GlosRFC]

57 seconds....but only 8 right, Vegy - he should've taken lessons from Piggy :yikes:

[markwales]

Piggy - 10 out of 10 ??!!!......Blimey Charlie !!

[piggy]

am i good or am i good , you bunch of dummies 10/10 :wiggle: :spinning :happyboun :giggle :ass1

[GlosRFC]

am i good or am i good , you bunch of dummies 10/10 :wiggle: :spinning :happyboun :giggle :ass1

Hahaha. Wait until the end of the month before you commence bragging rights :wink

[piggy]

don't be silly it's probably the only time i will be able to brag :D

[Fadetoblack]

Hmmm...General British Knowledge.....i'll give it a whirl sure...

[GlosRFC]

It's Corporal General Knowledge next month :D

Better go and give it a go myself now. I should point out that I'm automatically disqualified from winning the monthly prize.

Darn - one wrong. Who is Marco Pirroni anyway???

[Fadetoblack]

Wow...a couple of them were on the royal family and that wouldn't be one of my strongest areas. Excellent idea though glos, fair play!

[manckevin]

Questions correct: 4 / 10 :(

[GlosRFC]

Never mind Kevin. Over the course of the month everyone gets asked the same questions so it'll balance out. Tomorrow you'll get 10/10 and Piggy will get 4/10 :D

[TheOldhamWhisper]

I assume that not everyone gets the same questions then - Scottish poetry and Welsh history were never my strong points. And they were the 'easy peasy' questions?????

[bigcumba]

Jeez, I just got a tough set of questions....got 6 correct, but a couple of those were guesses!

[GlosRFC]

That's right Oldham, the questions are allocated on a random basis so everyone should see different ones each day. But over a month they will even out - one day you might get a host of questions you don't know, the next day you might be able to answer them all within a few seconds.

I accept that some of the question subjects might be a little tough at the moment as I've essentially requested every topic that references the UK or British Isles. I'll have a tweak tonight and see if I can narrow down some of those choices to make it a tad easier in the coming days.

The alternative is to just select what they call the Easy/Intermediate category but that will include a lot of "easy" American topics that won't be so easy for us. Hope that helps.

[bigcumba]

I'm happy with the toughness as it is... don't want to make it too easy, and as you said it should all even out over the month... for instance today I got 2 questions on obscure 60's music - I know a reasonable bit about that but these stumped me, plus a couple of tough history ones I had to guess. Keep it as it is for now :)

[GlosRFC]

Cheers BigC. I might have a look anyway but I think you're probably right. After all, I figure that if Vegy can get 45% of them right, then it must be pitched at the right kind of level :D

If it's any consolation, I've had to guess at most of them too.

[GlosRFC]

Well done to Piggy...10 correct answers and a winning daily score of 23 points means he leaps into joint first place along with BigC. They are both closely followed by presto with mathare hot on the heels of this leading bunch.

http://www.funtrivia.com/private/cumulative.cfm?tid=18440

But it's all to play for still :D

[Win2Win]

Isn't it possible to cheat if your a fast whiz at searching like myself?

[GlosRFC]

Cheating? In a respectable racing forum - surely not.

But give it a go and let's see how much of a whizz you are :D

For those not in the know, you're more than welcome to Google for the answers but be aware that the longer you take to complete the quiz, the lower your daily score is likely to be

[markwales]

Woo Hooo....I'm top for today :D.....but seeing as I#m the only one to complete so far that aint too difficult :laugh

[Win2Win]

Times the issue, as I have the odd other thing to do that makes me money :)

[plater]

I'm second :dunce :D

[silax]

i'm 4th woohoo

[Fadetoblack]

I googled for one of them on today's quiz but it got me nowhere, so never again. It's a good game but I don't particularly like the format of the quiz the way all the questions re appear and the fact that they're all based on britain to be honest. Also some of them are incorrect...for example, Iceland has the oldest democratic government in the world, not the isle of man....

Anyway, that's my moan over

[Win2Win]

If you know how to use Google to get the best out of it, finding answers is a quick process. I was watching an old version of Mastermind the other week, and was coming up with the answers nearly as quick the person :)

[GlosRFC]

It depends which source you're prepared to believe but both the Icelandic parliament and the Tynwald were established in the 8th Century. I'm not sure how your question was worded but the Icelandic government was suspended during the 18th Century so the oldest continuous parliament would seem to belong to the Isle of Man. You do have the facility to challenge disputed answers on the screen immediately after you've submitted yours.

You shouldn't get the same set of questions each round although it's not impossible that some of them will be repeated because, as you've pointed out, I've asked for questions on British topics so the subset will naturally be smaller than if I'd asked for random questions from the entire database. The rationale is that most people likely to enter are British and will, hopefully, know something about their own country.

In future months I'll widen the choice out and go for more general themes such as music or film and there's nothing to prohibit the use of search engines if you so wish.

Hope that helps.

[Fadetoblack]

Excellent, thanks Glos. You're right about that question so, continuos was the significant word.

[Win2Win]

Does the Icelandic parliamnet sit in the freezer section? :doh

[Fadetoblack]

So my mum says....

[mathare]

Not such a good effort today.

Better than Phil though :yikes:

[Fadetoblack]

:laugh Go on phil ya good thing!

[piggy]

after the lord mayors show springs to mind :D had 3 poxy questions on coranation street and ive never watched it

[vegyjones]

How come Phil still gets 2 points... Ooo

[samantha1303]

guess who got all rugby questions?

[silax]

yep good old phil you can always count on one univercity student to be thinker then the rest of us :mover

[GlosRFC]

In a spirit of solidarity I've decided to join Phil in propping up the rest of the table

[markwales]

7 out of 10 again for me today......7 football questions !!!! one tv, one music and one general knowledge.

The 3 incorrect were all footie based questions.

Will be happy if I can keep getting 7 every day :D

[plater]

1/10 today Can't stand bloody Cricket :D

[mathare]

7/10 for me today.

Got an Eastenders question wrong along with a footy one and a boy band one.

[Littlegaz]

3/10 :yikes: - lyrics from Scottish folk songs, obscure Scottish Footballers playing for obscure Scottish clubs - hope this was a bad day.

[vegyjones]

Good Grief...

[Fadetoblack]

For some reason all my questions seem to be about Kent. (Unfortunately not Clark Kent)

[Phil]

How have I got 3 points, I only just saw the quiz exsisted 2 minutes ago! I'm pleased with that result :geek

[GlosRFC]

We have a new leader as Presto's consistency sees him leapfrog clear; closely followed by Mathare. These two are starting to set the pace as there's a gap developing between them and Chancer who's fine win yesterday propels him into joint third place with early leader BigC and Sunday's wunderkind, Piggy.

http://www.funtrivia.com/private/cumulative.cfm?tid=18440

[Fadetoblack]

I call for this to become a handicap!!!

[GlosRFC]

Phil,

Points are awarded based on your final position on each daily quiz. Even though you failed to get any questions right, you were sufficiently high enough up the leaderboard yesterday to be awarded a few consolation points.

Of course, that might be a different Phil entirely, in which case you can easily register with a different name if you want to take part.

[GlosRFC]

I call for this to become a handicap!!!

There's a very easy reply to that but I won't say it :D

[Fadetoblack]

There's a very easy reply to that but I won't say it :D

Oh I know there is...i was wondering who'd sink to it's level though :D

[piggy]

i got 2 on scottish folk songs :yikes: one on "scottish football" if you can call it real football, i was never any good at geography what do i know about these foriegn countries, keep 'em behind hadrians wall that's what i say :D

[GlosRFC]

Mine all looked surprisingly easy on soaps, a bit of geography and various footie related questions so I dived in, ticking away fairly confident that I'd get a good score. Came as a bit of a shock to see how well I'd really done :yikes:

[silax]

nice of you to turn up phil
by the way your password is scotland if you want to try and catch up a bit :D

[mathare]

nice of you to turn up phil
by the way your password is scotland if you want to try and catch up a bit :D:laugh

[GlosRFC]

Sheeesh....he's got at least 7 points already.

[markwales]

A truly dismal effort by me today :(

[silax]

very hard questions for me today
i had to guess for 9 of them

[GlosRFC]

Congratulations to Yoda for winning yesterdays quiz. On the cumulative results we see that Mathare has leapt into the lead although it's certainly not an unassailable one at this stage. Presto and Chancer are now fighting it out in the remaining medal positions while there appears to be a strong surge coming from Sparky. At the foot of the table, Silax and "Phil" appear to be performing equally as well for some strange reason.

http://www.funtrivia.com/private/cumulative.cfm?tid=18440

[vegyjones]

Yeah! :D

[GlosRFC]

Good grief...I can't believe todays table :D :D

[mathare]

Oops! :yikes:

[vegyjones]

The Smartest Player today is currently vegyjones.

Gotta milk it while you can, haven't you? :laugh

[plater]

You show em how it's done Vegy, whats the odds on GUESSING all 10 correctly :D

[vegyjones]

Damn you Sparky... :anger

3 people have won the daily award
with scores lower than mine!

:wink :D

[Fadetoblack]

My bloody pc is as slow as tarmac so that's not helping me with the time situation!

[bigcumba]

My bloody pc is as slow as tarmac so that's not helping me with the time situation!

Of all the feeble excuses... :laugh

[Fadetoblack]

It's a good un and I'm sticking to it!

[bigcumba]

Time for my feeble excuse..... only one hour sleep... :)

[Fadetoblack]

pah....

[mathare]

And there's a new leader

At least 5 football questions helped, especially when most of those were lower league football :)

[Fadetoblack]

Mathare you're a :censored: little :censored: from :censored: :censored: :censored: bloody :censored: with no :censored: brain. lol I enjoyed that.

[Fadetoblack]

:censored: meant to add :censored: poxy to that.

[sparkyminer]

Crikey that one was hard. Ooo 2 of them were for ground capacities. Two of them mountain ranges I'd never heard of. :(
Never mind. Bring on the Lays. :yikes:

[Fadetoblack]

:Clown

Just kidding.

::swear

[GlosRFC]

Congratulations to Sparky - yesterday's victorious winner. This has helped propel him into the overall lead too although it's very close with Presto and Mathare snapping at his heels.
There then follows a chasing group of 5 led by Fadetoblack (despite various handicaps) that also includes previous daily winners Chancer and Yoda and the relative novice, Vegy.

At this stage it's still anyone's race http://www.funtrivia.com/private/cumulative.cfm?tid=18440

[Fadetoblack]

I'm lumping top weight around this trivial track. And I've only been to England a few times (Old Trafford of course). I'm all heart and guts though.

[sparkyminer]

Congratulations to Sparky - yesterday's victorious winner. This has helped propel him into the overall lead too although it's very close with Presto and Mathare snapping at his heels.
There then follows a chasing group of 5 led by Fadetoblack (despite various handicaps) that also includes previous daily winners Chancer and Yoda and the relative novice, Vegy.

At this stage it's still anyone's race http://www.funtrivia.com/private/cumulative.cfm?tid=18440
Todays effort should set things back to rights. :geek :D

[GlosRFC]

Well done to Mathare, yesterdays winner who now also streaks into the lead in the overall race. In second place is Fadetoblack as Sparky's challenge appears to have faded.

Still too early to call though and it could well be that some of the doughty stayers from the chasing group are beginning to make their move, after creditable performances yesterday from alianzalima, Ada and Oldham Whisper.

http://www.funtrivia.com/private/cumulative.cfm?tid=18440

[TheGoodGuy]

Thanks for the mention Glos,
But if I get many more bloody football questions I'll be heading back down the list pretty quick!!!

Ada. :)

[butterbean]

Thanks for the mention Glos,
But if I get many more bloody football questions I'll be heading back down the list pretty quick!!!

Ada. :)

Good point ADA... Glos these questions seem to be weighted towards those who have an expert knowledge of early 80s and 90 Football and Rugby knowledge.. :rolleyes:

[bigcumba]

Thanks for the mention Glos,
But if I get many more bloody football questions I'll be heading back down the list pretty quick!!!

Ada. :)

I'm already on my way there.... 3 questions on English football grounds today - not giving the actual club name, but the nickname.... :yikes:

[mathare]

I've had a few of those BigC and got them all right. It's the geography ones and questions on soaps that undo me

[sparkyminer]

Good point ADA... Glos these questions seem to be weighted towards those who have an expert knowledge of early 80s and 90 Football and Rugby knowledge.. :rolleyes:
I bloody wish, last 2 days I've had soaps and obscure mountain ranges. :rolleyes: :)

[bigcumba]

I've had a few of those BigC and got them all right. It's the geography ones and questions on soaps that undo me

I'll swap you the footie ones for the Geography! :)

[butterbean]

I bloody wish, last 2 days I've had soaps and obscure mountain ranges. :rolleyes: :)

Touche....

Mountain ranges are my specialist subject.. just wait till they come round and i'l kick your :butthead:

[presto]

top today (so far) :D

it's the bloody eastenders questions that get's me. never watched that ***** in my life before.

[TheOldhamWhisper]

Yesterday's quiz seems to be today's quiz! Open for another 18 hours??

[GlosRFC]

Hmmmm, looks like the hosting site has thrown a wobbly and hasn't transferred yesterday's scores over to the cumulative totals. The site was a little slow yesterday so maybe it will sort itself out once it clocks over another 24 hours. Good thinking we've got the Grand National to occupy ourselves with instead, isn't it :D

I think I've mentioned the questions before but I'll do so again. I don't set them - they're selected at random from a database of 700,000 from 8,000 different categories. Most of those categories are either very obscure (e.g. Andy Griffiths TV show) or the questions are very American (what is the state flower of New Mexico). What I've tried to do is tailor the quiz to select only questions that might be relative to a British audience which includes UK Sport, UK Geography, UK TV and UK Music. I originally included UK History and UK Politics but some people found them too hard so I took them out.

Assuming the site is working properly again tomorrow, what I will do is to change some of the categories from next week to include more general topics such as Movies, Music, Science & Technology etc., but be warned that you might have to do a bit more googling with the Yankee-orientated questions. :yikes:

Personally I think everyone's done really well in the first week.

[GlosRFC]

Quiz is back online so go for it, you trivia fans - only 11 hours left to impress us all with your knowledge :)

Congratulations to Presto for winning yesterdays quiz which rockets him into first place overall.

[markwales]

Woo Hooo....my best effort yet :D:D:D

and the 2 I got wrong were questions I thought were nailed on !!

[GlosRFC]

Well done Mark. From what I can see so far, the perceived difficulty of the questions do appear to be balancing themselves out. One day people will get a lot of easy questions and the next they'll receive a load of Quantocks :D

No-one has managed two wins but, as I keep saying, there's a long way to go yet.

[bigcumba]

:yikes: Bottom of todays league!

[chancer]

Thanks BigC. I thought i was going to be the daily dumbass :D :D :D

[Ruby]

:yikes: Bottom of todays league!

You can rest easy BigC....me and Vegy are now bringing up the rear! :D
I had two scottish folk songs, and three football ground locations, oh and a couple of 1960's obscure American pop trivia questions!!
:laugh

[vegyjones]

Hmmm, ;fire

I know I can't complai as i still got 7 others wrong, but one question had 4 INCORRECT answers and when I tried to report correction, it wouldn't log me in.

How dare it try and tell me I don't know my 3rd division football grounds. ;fire
I pride myself onn my knowledge of lower league football!

I'm the strongest player...
I'm holding everyone else up! :laugh

[bigcumba]

me and Vegy are now bringing up the rear! :laugh

....and what a rear that must be! :yikes: :D

[Ruby]

....and what a rear that must be! :yikes: :D


Now whose rear are we talking about here Big C, mine, Vegy's , Chancer's or yours???
:laugh :laugh

( Be careful how you answer...:D )

[bigcumba]

Since this is a multiple choice question I'll go for E) None / all of the above :D

[Ruby]

Correct answer :D

[TheGoodGuy]

I'm only sounding off for the hell of it...
I had 7 sport questions out of 10 just now!!!
I have NEVER had a soap or television question ALL bloody week.
General Knowledge, Science/Nature.....ANYTHING except SPORT all the time!!!

Ada.... :(

[Fadetoblack]

But how much do you know about Kent!!

[vegyjones]

I'm only sounding off for the hell of it...
I had 7 sport questions out of 10 just now!!!
I have NEVER had a soap or television question ALL bloody week.
General Knowledge, Science/Nature.....ANYTHING except SPORT all the time!!!

Ada.... :(
Thanks the Lord for those sport questions!!! :laugh
Sorry Ada :wink

[GlosRFC]

Thanks the Lord for those sport questions!!! :laugh
Sorry Ada :wink

Says he who got a whopping 2 sports questions right :D

Ada, they will come along given time. Just a matter of chance. No prohibitions on Googling either :)

[vegyjones]

Phew,

needed that after yesterdays debacle! :D

[vegyjones]

Damn that Sparky... always seems to have his good days when I am in with a chance of finishing the day in 1st place ;fire

[presto]

looks like sparky will take top spot after the mare i juat had, :( 3/10

[mathare]

Talk about variety - 3 Star Wars questions, 2 on the FA Cup, another football one, one on British leaders, an obscure movie quote, 60s music and Scottish rugby. No wonder I did so badly

[markwales]

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Now this is taking the biscuit!!!......to top it all, I got it right!!...:laugh :laugh :laugh

A few marble chips are taken in a test-tube, to which a few ml of hydrochloric acid is added. The two react, resulting in the formation of an acid and a salt. The acid then undergoes decomposition to form two new compounds. Which three compounds are the final products of these reactions?

[GlosRFC]

As I mentioned above, I altered the question categories this morning by by dropping some of the more obscure sports questions and replacing them with random questions on science, inventors, star wars, star trek, and movie trivia. That doesn't mean you still won't see the odd rugby or gaelic dancing question - it just means you won't see them so often :)

We'll give this a try for a few days and then I'll switch the categories around again. As always, the questions you get are entirely random and it does even itself out over time as daily winners can attest to as they're normally at the bottom of the heap the day after they've won :D

Well done to Sparky for winning yesterday and a deserved pat on the back to Vegy on his amazing second place!

[Fadetoblack]

Star wars and star trek??? Glos whatever drugs you're on man yo'd want to lower the dose a bit...

[vegyjones]

Top 4 are starting to pull away...
had an average result today, but am making ground on mathare! :laugh

[GlosRFC]

Star wars and star trek??? Glos whatever drugs you're on man yo'd want to lower the dose a bit...

You don't have television sets over there??? :D

[vegyjones]

Perhaps I could suggest a new thread each week... this one getting a bit congested now! :wink

[Fadetoblack]

You don't have television sets over there??? :D

Yes but we don't have to watch every piece of :censored: that's put on it. :laugh

[GlosRFC]

Feel free to suggest away. Just realised you meant a new thread in here - I thought you meant new topics for questions :D But congestion's good, just ask Ken Livingstone - I might slap a charge on all who visit this one. Good point though so I'll kick off a new one tomorrow.

And, on reflection, FTB might be right - it asked me to name the two whales in Star Trek 4!!! As if that wasn't bad enough I also got a Scottish folk music question and who played half back for Scotland in 1903 :yikes:

Needless to say, my performance was particularly dire today.

[sparkyminer]

I got, 'What year was Sarah Louise born in Coronation Street?'
WTF? Who's she? Ooo

[GlosRFC]

Isn't she Gail's daughter? I don't watch it but I think that's who she is.

[bigcumba]

I've had quite a few Scottish folk song questions - OK I'm Scottish, but I've never been known to walk around with a wooly jumper on and my finger in my ear.... :D Scottish rock music... now that would be easier! Where's the heavy metal category ? :D

[sparkyminer]

Isn't she Gail's daughter? I don't watch it but I think that's who she is.
Isn't Gail the sour faced old trout who looks like a lab hamster who was the result of a horrible genetic experiment? :)

[GlosRFC]

Ahh, there IS a heavy metal category but I was saving that for next time!

[sparkyminer]

I've had quite a few Scottish folk song questions - OK I'm Scottish, but I've never been known to walk around with a wooly jumper on and my finger in my ear.... :D Scottish rock music... now that would be easier! Where's the heavy metal category ? :D
I got a question and one of the choices was Iron Maiden. I guessed and got it right thanks to you and Keith. :D

[bigcumba]

Ahh, there IS a heavy metal category

That'll be questions on the scientific properties of Lead :)

[GlosRFC]

There you go, Sparky...Gail was the original Iron Maiden

[mathare]

There you go, Sparky...Gail was the original Iron MaidenNah, more like the original Eddie :yikes:

[bigcumba]

Nah, more like the original Eddie :yikes:

Not true - Eddie at least had a chin.... :yikes:

[samantha1303]

Almost caught you Sparky.

Never heard of a series called Dark Skies.
But gratefull for no rugby or scottish questions.

[sparkyminer]

Almost caught you Sparky.

Never heard of a series called Dark Skies.
But gratefull for no rugby or scottish questions.
As I recall it's an alien abduction, takeover sci fi malarkey. :geek

[vegyjones]

I am a start wars fan, but thwe question

In A new hope (the origional 1977 one) Leia sent a message to Obi Wan Kinobi (so far so good) saying that he had once helped her efather (okay), who was he and who played him subsequently!!!

Good lord!!! :yikes:
The answer is in one of the new ones! I ain't watched them enough times to remember that yet! :laugh

[mathare]

That's alright Vegy - I got a question about what colour code was given to a shuttle in RotJ and I too am a Star Wars fan. Another question was about the Phantom Menace and I don't mind getting that wrong because it's a rubbish film.

[Ruby]

Okay..we all know this one don't we??

What is a pimple called in Klingon(ST9)?

a gorch
a garachanacha
a zit
a kamehameha
yes it was a gorch.... and (worryingly) I guessed it right!! :laugh :laugh :doh

[TheOldhamWhisper]

Oh Joy - More Eastenders questions with some Star Wars and principal founder of geology thrown in for good measure - Still, the 2 points will come in handy for claiming today's wooden spoon award!

[sparkyminer]

Bloody Hell. :yikes:
Normal service has been resumed. :D

[vegyjones]

Hmm, Mathare will pull away from me today,
but will make ground on Fadetoblack (higest points scorer without a daily win)
and Sparky... with Presto yet to play! :wink

[presto]

Bloody Hell. :yikes:
Normal service has been resumed. :D

same here sparky. i got 2 correct today :yikes:

[Fadetoblack]

These questions do not suit me at all!!

[mathare]

I must have got off lightly today then :D

[bigcumba]

Typical - changed my mind on 4 questions, if I hadn't I'd have got 9 right... :rolleyes:

[samantha1303]

I got 2 star trek, and a rugby

[GlosRFC]

Not to worry. From tomorrow the subject is Film. So expect no more dodgy football and rugby questions.

Instead you're likely to be asked about movie taglines, horror films, westerns, comedies, kids films, gangster movies, Oscar winners, and name the year. Can't promise you won't get Star Trek questions though as Sc-Fi films are still included.

[samantha1303]

Films :thechop

I dont watch tv and only watch films if they are recommended by 10000 people

[Yoda]

:yikes: :yikes: For the love of God, No more FILMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd never heard of any of mine!!!!!!! :( :(

Jonah

[markwales]

Not sure what the mechanics are, but is it possible to have a different single subject each day? That way everyone has the same split.

Just a thought.

Enjoying it though :D:D

[markwales]

Judging by the difficulty of those film questions, my 5 correct could well gain some decent points today :yikes:

[bigcumba]

5 for me too, but took longer....

[plater]

Memo to Plater, wake up before you do the quiz in the mornings, knew the answers to six of them but clicked on another answer :doh

[yerotsluap]

I'd never heard of 3/4 of the films I was asked about so well pleased with 5/10

[Fadetoblack]

Yeah Glos I think you'l have to sort out the questions here....it's getting to the point where we're all being rewarded for how well we can guess.....Look back at the settings....Did you tick the obscure box??? It's a good laugh though, fair play to ya....just a little less surreal and we could be doing well...

[mathare]

I knew 1/10 today and guessed the rest. I finished with 4/10.

For most of the ones I guessed I had neither heard of the film, the star or recognised the quote.

Today was tough!

[sparkyminer]

Films :thechop

I dont watch tv and only watch films if they are recommended by 10000 people
Same here Sam but you can probably add a nought to the recommendations. Ooo
Not played yet today, absolutely bricking it now. :yikes:

[sparkyminer]

Well pleased with that. I half knew one and guessed the rest. :D

[samantha1303]

I was terrible got 4 on Monty Python which Ive never seen, and I had only heard of one of the films.

[silax]

whoever test is did very well
is that short for testicle

[GlosRFC]

Just a reminder

1. You don't get points for how quickly you can guess. Remember that each correct answer gives you 100 points (or just over 1 1/2 minutes extra time to answer the next question) so it pays to take your time.

2. Yes, it's possible to select a different category each day but then the questions will still be generated randomly. So you might end up with really tough questions on that one day while someone else will get all the easy ones. Instead, I think it's fairer to select a general theme from which to pluck the questions. Plus it means I don't have to be around to change it on a daily basis.

3. It's all meant to be a bit of fun (even if Sparky seems to be taking it seriously). If it was too easy it wouldn't be challenging :D

4. The next category will be music so that is likely to even things up a bit. That will be followed by general trivia for a few days.

In the meantime, congratulations to Sparky for winning yesterday. Still under halfway and he's beginning to establish a lead. But he's not out of sight just yet as both Mathare and Presto are doggedly pursuing him. Meanwhile the winless Vegy has leapt into 4th place.

[silax]

really enjoying it gloss even though i'm pretty crap

[sparkyminer]

Me too, even if I'm taking it too seriously. :laugh

[vegyjones]

test... test???
Who the :censored: is test?

[markwales]

Yes it's a great idea, and enjoying it thoroughly.....cheers Glos

[vegyjones]

I'm enjoying it lots... especially being in the top 4.
Cemented today by beating Fadetoblack and
still gaining on Mathare who I beat again today! :D

[sparkyminer]

I'm enjoying it lots... especially being in the top 4.
Cemented today by beating Fadetoblack and
still gaining on Mathare who I beat again today! :D
Who was it who was taking it too seriously? :doh

[vegyjones]

Who was it who was taking it too seriously? :doh
:D

[TheOldhamWhisper]

5 correct guesses from 10 pure guesses - just about beat the law of averages today!

[Ruby]

I was terrible got 4 on Monty Python which Ive never seen, and I had only heard of one of the films.


Oh dear :(...wish I'd have got some Monty Python ones :D

[samantha1303]

Ive never ever seen it I didnt have a clue and even guessed wrong :(

[Ruby]

Wish I'd listened to my 9 year old's guesses,
I had a lot of American films I'd never even heard of!!

[sparkyminer]

Looks like mi' luck ran out. :(

[Littlegaz]

Is anyone Googling these? C'mon, own up.

I know it's allowed but I haven't (yet?) and looking at the effect that the time taken has on the points awarded there doesn't seem to be any point.

Great idea Glos. Stop taking it so damned seriously Sparky :D

[mathare]

I never bother looking anything up. If I don't know it I just guess

[sparkyminer]

Is anyone Googling these? C'mon, own up.

I know it's allowed but I haven't (yet?) and looking at the effect that the time taken has on the points awarded there doesn't seem to be any point.

Great idea Glos. Stop taking it so damned seriously Sparky :D
:laugh :laugh :laugh
I'm not. If you look at my times you'll see how long it takes to submit my answers. Having said that, I think Mat did 50 odd secs today, that's rapid. :)

[mathare]

I think Mat did 50 odd secs today, that's rapid. :)You either know 'em or you don't, and if you don't you may as well guess. And I'm a quick guesser :)

[mathare]

I see today's category is heavy metal. ROCK!

[plater]

Ho bugger :laugh

[Fadetoblack]

At the risk of sounding like a complete ar_se....Seriously...what is the story with these questions? Surely this shouldn't turn into a who's the better guesser competition. They are becoming totally obscure. Randy Rhoads? Sunds like a wrestler to me.

[plater]

ZERO :laugh :laugh

[GlosRFC]

Why guess?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=randy+rhoads&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

:D

[vegyjones]

6 correct guesses... :D

although my luck will run out if we have a whole week of these questions Ooo

[Fadetoblack]

Right, where's that big tub of red goo.....

Glos you're doing a great job with this quiz and it was a super idea, but let's face it, if we're gonna build you up and place you on a pedestal then we have to knock you off it just as fast. You just make it that bit easier to do that with questions about the drummer in Devil's Genitalia, or the piece of R2-D2 that by passes the main circuit board just above his hard drive...

[bigcumba]

. Randy Rhoads? Sunds like a wrestler to me.

Randy was the guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne's original solo band after he got sacked from Black Sabbath. Sadly the guy was killed in an accident when he was only around 23 when a light aircraft crashed into his trailer while he was sleeping in it.... a very talented bloke and a sad loss to the rock world when it happened

Just shows that what some of us think is obscure others will know right away!

[Fadetoblack]

Who asked you!









( :D )

[bigcumba]

Got 6 right today but took longer than Vegy (but then his wife says we all take longer than Vegy.... :laugh )

[sparkyminer]

Looks like mi' luck ran out. :(
And it aint come back yet. :mover
I didn't know a single question. :wiggle:

[mathare]

I knew one and guessed the rest. Just scraped in ahead of Sparky :)

[presto]

have to admit metal isn't my specialist subject, and i hadn't a clue about any question i was asked thus the score of 2/10 (in 28 seconds :) )

[markwales]

2/10 and I'm a rock fan !!!

That was incredibly difficult. Had only heard of one band, in one of the questions, and got that question wrong.

[GlosRFC]

I googled.


But not very well :(

[vegyjones]

Only 12 hours and 41 minutes to go to avoid this humiliation


The Smartest Player today is currently vegyjones.
:laugh :laugh

[Ruby]

Oh dear:(
Not many "Shakey" questions there then....:D :laugh