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The New, New Crew's Quiz

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  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    edited May 2020
    I'm pretty sure we had that question before - shame I got it wrong again.

    Top of another page!

    Edited to add link - Piglet, Circus host
  • McMaverickMcMaverick Shipmate
    The wind chill factor is an interesting question: I’d be really concerned in every season 😂 especially as a gardener. Went with the head, though.
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    No good on Chinese astrology or fictional characters’ drinking preferences.
  • Failed on Chinese astrology too.
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    edited May 2020
    No one necessarily failed on the Chinese astrology question because the list they give is incorrect, giving an animal that isn't in the traditional canon. I suspect they were working from a westernised list. (I worked for one of the old HK based companies for a number of years.)
  • McMaverickMcMaverick Shipmate
    Yes, I picked the ‘correct’ one but was was thinking the same.
  • McMaverickMcMaverick Shipmate
    Grr! Doubted myself and changed a right answer to a wrong one!
  • HeavenlyannieHeavenlyannie Shipmate
    edited May 2020
    Ah, stupidly clicked the wrong answer to one I knew!
  • Guessed my way through the Sunday Quiz.
    (doin' the happy dance)
  • Wet KipperWet Kipper Shipmate
    Not only did I - as predicted - miss a weekend but got a question wrong today. Not sure I'll be able to make up the missed ground on @Anna_Baptist
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Slow and a wrong guess - I remain so uninterested in the Super Bowl as not really to know what it is.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I share your lack of interest in the Superb Owl, but that question's come up before, and I managed to put right a previous wrong guess.
  • I suspect we all went for the blindingly obvious wrong answer :cry:
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Several right guesses and a wrong one, but second place!

    For now, anyway ...
  • McMaverickMcMaverick Shipmate
    The guessometer was working today! I then misread the last question that I did know 😂
  • It takes me too long to decide which wrong answer to choose.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I might have been a bit quicker if I hadn't had to stop halfway through to sneeze ...
  • Tree BeeTree Bee Shipmate
    Bless you Piglet.
  • Wet KipperWet Kipper Shipmate
    I've tried to be quicker today than I was yesterday
  • So did I
  • Does look like it's going to be a fast one today. I'm expecting Leorningcniht (if they turn up) to be in the teens.
  • Wet KipperWet Kipper Shipmate
    So did I

    touche :tongue:
  • Even I broke 30 seconds.
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    I didn’t :cry:
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Crikey, AB - 20 seconds!

    <notworthy>

    I didn't break 30 either - I doubt I ever will using a Tablet. However, I've just bought a laptop, and if I can find a mouse, I might just manage it one day!
  • PriscillaPriscilla Shipmate
    Never heard of the single, but I had a lucky guess as to the singer!
  • McMaverickMcMaverick Shipmate
    Grr! Fell into a trap. 🙄
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    For once, I managed not to!
  • Wet KipperWet Kipper Shipmate
    so busy noticing (too late) that I had got my new "bete noir" wrong AGAIN (the one about the animals) that I didn't notice I got a SECOND question wrong. my chance to catch up on Anna was completely lost. Barring a nightmare day (or 2) for her, I don't think I can overturn a 30 point deficit in 1 week.
  • McMaverickMcMaverick Shipmate
    With a time like 69 seconds, I don’t suppose I’ll be in 2nd place for much longer!
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    I should have listened to the Guessometer. :neutral:
  • Wet KipperWet Kipper Shipmate
    jedijudy wrote: »
    I should have listened to the Guessometer. :neutral:

    same here for me for today, Guessy tried to help me twice and I ignored it
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    He doesn't like being ignored ... :mrgreen:

    I'd forgotten how much better my speed is if I'm using a proper computer with a mouse rather than a Tablet and my clumsy trotters!
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Hah! One guess and I got it right! In the top five!
  • May 20

    24 players played during the month.

    1. Anna_Baptist (438 points, 15 wins)
    2. wet_kipper (387 points, 9 wins)
    3. TreeBee (321 points, 1 wins)
    4. ceesharp (312 points, 1 wins)
    5. Jonah_the_Whale (306 points, 3 wins)
    6. jedijudy (290 points, 0 wins)
    7. TheRogue (241 points, 0 wins)
    8. Gussie (239 points, 0 wins)
    9. piglet (224 points, 0 wins)
    10. SidneyRip (203 points, 0 wins)
  • without wanting to spoil anything, I have a pedantic point about these "which Religion" questions. I wonder if anyone else shares my view
  • Yes. But I suspect we're in the minority.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I know what you mean.
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    Well. Surprise! I felt I was going really slowly so amazed to see my name at the top. For a few seconds!! :wink:
  • Can someone explain the scoring system to me, please? I find it baffling!
  • a simple view would be that the more people you do better than, the more points you get.
    So it seems possible to get more for being 3rd on a day that 25 people play, than being first on a day with just 10 people

    and I can't believe I forgot to play yesterday. I was ready to play, but the daily maintenance was at the same time and I never came back :disappointed:
  • orfeoorfeo Suspended
    He who hesitates is 1 second off the pace. I'm sure that's happened to me before.
  • orfeo wrote: »
    He who hesitates is 1 second off the pace. I'm sure that's happened to me before.

    Also with respect to the scoring, if you get the same time as someone else, whoever competed earlier in the day is placed higher.
  • Thanks!
    Wet Kipper wrote: »
    a simple view would be that the more people you do better than, the more points you get.
    So it seems possible to get more for being 3rd on a day that 25 people play, than being first on a day with just 10 people

    and I can't believe I forgot to play yesterday. I was ready to play, but the daily maintenance was at the same time and I never came back :disappointed:

  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Too hasty. Stupid misread. Too slow!
  • Slooow :grimace:
  • 'Murrican sport :grimace:
  • orfeoorfeo Suspended
    Okay, it's the early stages of today, but I've beaten Wet Kipper. Consequently, I am very nervous.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    'Murrican sport :grimace:

    Quite! :rage:
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    Guessometer and I had a bit of an altercation. :unamused:
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