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Oop sorry, been ill, doing it now!’
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Right then, I'm on the verge of falling asleep and already starting to hallucinate so here're the results. 23 took part in Top Answers this time, whilst 20 did Pointless.
1. Name a US state whose name begins with a vowel Alabama - 12 Alaska - 8 Arizona - 2 Ohio - 1 2. Name a colour on the flag of South Africa Green - 21 Red - 2 3. Name a country that shares a border with Brazil Argentina - 17 Colombia - 2 Peru - 2 Bolivia - 1 France - 1 4. Name a world capital city that begins with the letter A Amsterdam - 15 Athens - 6 Abu Dhabi - 2 5. Name a river, other than the Amazon, Nile or Thames Mississippi - 12 Danube - 4 Ganges - 2 Seine - 2 Yangtze - 2 Severn - 1 6. Name a volcano, other than Vesuvius, Etna or Krakatoa Mount St. Helens - 13 Mt. Fuji - 9 Tambora - 1 7. Name a landlocked country Switzerland - 7 Afghanistan - 6 Austria - 4 Kazakhstan - 4 Chad - 1 Luxembourg - 1 8. Name a European city that isn't a capital Manchester - 11 Barcelona - 6 Venice - 2 Hamburg - 1 Krakow - 1 Munich - 1 Valencia - 1 9. Name a language widely spoken in multiple countries, other than English Spanish - 13 French - 8 Mandarin - 2 10. Name a city that has hosted the Summer or Winter Olympic Games at some point London - 21 Rio de Janeiro - 1 United Kingdom - 1 Scores Calderyon - 138 Daniel. - 128 Denver - 124 Matthew. - 123 Liam- - 122 Rob! - 121 Jake. - 120 Strictly Jake - 120 Black Dagger - 118 MTVN - 117 Shaun - 117 Mitchell - 114 Babayaro - 113 MB. - 113 Niamh - 113 Cal. - 112 Cherie - 111 Ammi - 110 AnnieK - 110 James - 109 Jessica - 93 Smithy - 87 Amy Jade - 78 |
I'll post the Pointless scores, and the mid-way league tables, tomorrow, or "today" lol, I am literally nodding off
To tide you over, here's Round 6 to get thinking on. https://i.imgur.com/8EpRKVL.png Science & Nature 1. Name a documentary or series presented by Sir David Attenborough 2. Name an element on the periodic table whose symbol is a single letter 3. Name a type of renewable energy 4. Name a moon that is in our solar system (other than Earth's moon) 5. Name a winner/laureate of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 6. Name a species of animal that has suffered at the hands of poachers 7. Name a species of bird that is native to the UK 8. Name a country severely impacted by the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 9. Name a poisonous type of mushroom 10. Name one of the body's five senses For the Pointless edition: For #2, there are fourteen correct answers and they have one letter for their chemical symbol. Please name both the element AND the symbol. For #7, they must appear in the wild. For #8, I am considering countries that took physical damage only. Plenty of countries lost tourists to the disaster, but I am only accepting answers that were in the Pacific/Indian Ocean. For #10, the five senses are pretty obvious and there's no sneaky "ESP" or whatever to try and suggest :p All of the other questions are pretty open to interpretation unless you go completely off the rails and start naming moons from solar systems other than our own :spin2: |
ffs I originally had Spanish but opted for Mandarin bc its literally the most common language :s
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Ah **** I forgot to do this round. :bawling:
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...well done Cald...:love:...and Daniel and Denver as well coming right up behind you...:love:..
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**** it, I'm having a second wind and I'll just storm through now. As mentioned above, 20 sets of answers means that an incorrect one would be worth 20... if there are any!
Pointless 1) Name a US state that begins with a vowel Shaun - Indiana Niamh - Oregon Rob! - Idaho Calderyon - Utah Denver - Ohio Strictly Jake - Illinois Cal - Illinois Mitchell - Idaho Cherie - Arkansas MB - Oregon MTVN - Indiana Matthew. - Iowa Ammi - Arizona Liam- - Illinois Jake - Utah Jessica - Oregon AnnieK - Oregon Babayaro - Indiana Smithy - Utah Black Dagger - Arkansas There were 12 potential answers here, and nobody said Oklahoma or Alabama. As a result, many points lingering. Oregon scores 3, Utah, Illinois and Indiana score 2. Arkansas and Idaho score just 1. 2) Name a colour on the flag of South Africa Shaun - Black Niamh - Black Rob! - White Calderyon - White Denver - Green Strictly Jake - White Cal - Red Mitchell - Green Cherie - Red MB - Gold MTVN - White Matthew. - Gold Ammi - Green Liam- - Blue Jake - White Jessica - Gold AnnieK - White Babayaro - Blue Smithy - Gold Black Dagger - Red With only six options it seemed inevitable there'd be no pointless answer, although Liam- did look like he'd sneak it with blue before Marc came along. Blue, Red and Black just share 1pt, Gold and Green share 2, whilst White picks up a hefty 5. 3) Name a country that borders Brazil Shaun - Colombia Niamh - Peru Rob! - Guyana Calderyon - Suriname Denver - France Strictly Jake - Suriname Cal - Paraguay Mitchell - Uruguay Cherie - Colombia MB - Bolivia MTVN - Suriname Matthew. - Bolivia Ammi - Argentina Liam- - Uruguay Jake - Peru Jessica - Uruguay AnnieK - France Babayaro - Paraguay Smithy - Guyana Black Dagger - Suriname Ten potential answers and it seems the revelation that Brazil shares a border with France was too curious an observation to resist here, scoring 1pt along with Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. Not as bad as Uruguay, with 2pts, or Suriname, with 3pts, though! Venezuela passes by as an unused pointless answer. 4) Name a capital city of the world that begins with the letter A Shaun - Accra Niamh - Alofi Rob! - Ashgabat Calderyon - Ashgabat Denver - Ashgabat Strictly Jake - Andorra la Vella Cal - Apia Mitchell - Athens Cherie - Andorra la Vella MB - Ashgabat MTVN - Antananarivo Matthew. - Antananarivo Ammi - Amsterdam Liam- - Apia Jake - Athens Jessica - Algiers AnnieK - Asuncion Babayaro - Asuncion Smithy - Athens Black Dagger - Athens I agonised over which letter to use for this question because the letters L, P, R, B etc. gave off too obvious answers for Top Answers and I felt this one would split the room quite interestingly in both games. It did! Sorry Niamh, but I've only just checked that Alofi is the capital of Niue which isn't an independent country and is classed as a part of New Zealand :( Some other big scores here: Athens gets 3pts, as does Ashgabat. Apia, Andorra la Vella and Asuncion only get 1pt. Unused pointless answers here were Amman, Addis Ababa, Abuja, Asmara and Ankara. I'm up for putting the incorrect answer to TiBB here since it's a tricky area; Niue is a "self governing nation in free association with New Zealand" but... technically isn't an independent country recognised by the UN :think: 5) Name a river other than the Thames, Amazon or Nile Shaun - Dart (UK) Niamh - Lee (Ireland) Rob! - Witham (UK) Calderyon - Tornionjoki (Scandinavia) Denver - Žeimena (Lithuania) Strictly Jake - Yarlong Tsangpo (China) Cal - Minho (Iberia) Mitchell - Ishim (Russia/Kazakhstan) Cherie - Guadalmedina (Spain) MB - Hunza (Pakistan) MTVN - Kuakanjoki (Finland) Matthew. - Don (UK) Ammi - Mississippi (USA) Liam- - Onyx (Antarctica) Jake - Cray (UK) Jessica - Nenagh (Ireland) AnnieK - Orinoco (Venezuela/Colombia) Babayaro - Oise (Belgium/France) Smithy - Vid Flumina (Saturn's moon) Black Dagger - Sutlej (India/Pakistan) Unsurprisingly, this was a completely pointless question! 6) Name a volcano other than Etna, Vesuvius or Krakatoa Shaun - Kaena (Hawaii, USA) Niamh - Rinjani (Indonesia) Rob! - Mount Olympus (Mars) Calderyon - Suwanosejima (Japan) Denver - Mousa Ali (Ethiopia/Eritrea/Djibouti) Strictly Jake - Pico de Fogo (Cabo Verde) Cal - Piip (Russia) Mitchell - Shishaldin (Alaska, USA) Cherie - The Nut (Australia) MB - Nabukelevu (Fiji) MTVN - Villarrica (Chile) Matthew. - Arenal (Costa Rica) Ammi - Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Liam- - Rajabasa (Indonesia) Jake - Taal (Philippines) Jessica - El Chicon (Mexico) AnnieK - Pacaya (Guatemala) Babayaro - Shinmoedake (Japan) Smithy - Sapas Mons (Venus) Black Dagger - Paricutin (Mexico) Once again, unless I'm missing something, a completely successful question for everyone. 7) Name a landlocked country Shaun - Botswana Niamh - Niger Rob! - Rwanda Calderyon - Luxembourg Denver - Turkmenistan Strictly Jake - Burundi Cal - Laos Mitchell - Mali Cherie - Laos MB - Moldova MTVN - Liechtenstein Matthew. - Laos Ammi - Austria Liam- - Botswana Jake - Tajikistan Jessica - Laos AnnieK - Chad Babayaro - Nepal Smithy - Niger Black Dagger - Switzerland With 49 potential valid answers here, I was expecting fewer casualties. As it turned out, there was something enticing about Laos, as it scored 3pts. Niger and Botswana both score 1pt. 8) Name a city in Europe that isn't a capital city Shaun - Kharkiv (Ukraine) Niamh - Cork (Ireland) Rob! - Lincoln (UK) Calderyon - Lappeenranta (Finland) Denver - Dubăsari (Moldova) Strictly Jake - Lancaster (UK) Cal - Obeliai (Lithuania) Mitchell - Chelmsford (UK) Cherie - Galway (Ireland) MB - Radviliškis (Lithuania) MTVN - Bangor (UK) Matthew. - Inverness (UK) Ammi - Manchester (UK) Liam- - Velika Gorica (Croatia) Jake - Chelmsford (UK) Jessica - Aveiro (Portugal) AnnieK - Manchester (UK) Babayaro - Sochi (Russia) Smithy - Poznań (Poland) Black Dagger - Kharkiv (Ukraine) Manchester I can understand being a popular answer. Chelmsford, maybe, if a couple of you live near there. But ****ing Kharkiv!? THANKS A LOT, LUCAS. 9) Name a language, other than English, that is commonly spoken in more than one country Shaun - Maithili Niamh - Persian Rob! - Bengali Calderyon - Portuguese Denver - Bantu Strictly Jake - Hausa Cal - Malay Mitchell - Portuguese Cherie - Persian MB - Kirundi MTVN - Tswana Matthew. - Gaelic Ammi - French Liam- - Albanian Jake - Russian Jessica - Arabic AnnieK - Mandarin Babayaro - Bhojpuri Smithy - Klingon Black Dagger - Greek Not a great round for the P languages, aapparently. 10) Name a city that has hosted an Olympic Games (Winter or Summer) since 1896. Shaun - Calgary (1988) Niamh - Salt Lake City (2002) Rob! - Salt Lake City (2002) Calderyon - Helsinki (1952) Denver - Sarajevo (1984) Strictly Jake - Garmisch Partenkirchen (1936) Cal - Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) Mitchell - Tokyo (1964, 2021) Cherie - Squaw Valley (1960) MB - Albertville (1992) MTVN - Sapporo (1972) Matthew. - Moscow (1980) Ammi - Rio de Janeiro (2016) Liam- - St. Moritz (1928, 1948) Jake - Sarajevo (1984) Jessica - Albertville (1992) AnnieK - Munich (1972) Babayaro - Sydney (2000) Smithy - Chamonix (1924) Black Dagger - Antwerp (1920) Not too much damage here; only a point at worst Scores Ammi - 3 Babayaro - 5 Shaun - 6 Denver - 7 Matthew. - 7 Cal - 8 Cherie - 8 Jessica - 8 Niamh - 8/28 Black Dagger - 9 Smithy - 9 MB - 10 Mitchell - 10 AnnieK - 11 Liam- - 11 MTVN - 11 Rob! - 11 Strictly Jake - 11 Jake - 13 Calderyon - 14 Congratulations indeed to Ammi and Marc this round :clap1: |
...and congratulations Shaun, because I know that you’re too Shaunified to say it...:love:..also Denver and Matthew, but the scores were so close for everyone, there was really nothing in it...a great round everyone...:love:..
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...well done Babs...:love:..
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..Shaun, why did you put 8/28 for Niamh’s score..?...
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Well done Ammi, Babs and Shaun :love:
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Flaming Laos :fist:
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Baffled at Spanish getting more than French :oh: also no one else choosing Chad for the landlocked country when it's the largest :oh:
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I need to do these on my breaks in the day and not after work at midnight when I am frazzled :laugh:
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And Niamh with her Persian ...I was going to put Urdu and changed :fist:
Cork and the Lee though I knew Niamh would put those :love: |
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Well done, Miss Ammi :clap1:
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