The Foot.ie Challenge

[dfx-]

Some lucky guesses today..what junk food appeared in WoW 1999/How did Joseph escape being imprisoned by the Pharoah..

[Only1Rovers]

Is a whale a fish? Am I nit-picking? Are some of these questions getting increasingly random?

[HarpoJoyce]

Is a whale a fish? Am I nit-picking? Are some of these questions getting increasingly random?

I did a Geography Dublin statutes quiz on the site yesterday.
Q. Which statute cannot be seen in Dublin?

A. Phil Lynnott
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Queen Victoria
D. James Joyce

I believe all of them are in Dublin. The answer Queen Victoria is on top of the Customs House (chose it anyway).

Whale is a mammal.

[stann]

Poor today. :mad:
Missed one that I didn't know but should have. Thought Angelo Dundee was Mike Tyson's trainer! :o
And missed another 'cos I didn't read the question properly.
Ah well...

[thischarmingman]

The answer Queen Victoria is on top of the Customs House (chose it anyway).


Surely not? There did used to be a Queen Victoria statue outside Leinster House before WW2 though.

[Battery Rover]

College, Bible and Opera questions for me today. What is it with yanks caring about what college some overpaid fool previously went to.

[holidaysong]

I believe all of them are in Dublin. The answer Queen Victoria is on top of the Customs House (chose it anyway).


I worked in the Custom House this summer and we weren't told anything about a Queen Victoria statue on the tour of the building. The one on top of the dome is a statue of Hope.

[DmanDmythDledge]

10/10! :cool:...and still only third

[stann]

Ouch! Sorry Oldyouth!.
If it's any consolation, if I had a mouse with this laptop it would have been more than one second. :p :D

[oldyouth]

Ouch! Sorry Oldyouth!.
If it's any consolation, if I had a mouse with this laptop it would have been more than one second. :p :D
Well I'm made use my PC while wearing a pair of boxing gloves. Long story, but I haven't gone blind yet despite the warnings

[sligoman]

80's music question let me down today, would have got the 10 if I knew who sang the lyrics given:(

[Magicme]

Dam it. Who the hell is Terry Labonte and why the feck did he drive a cheverolet instead of a ford. Would have beaten OldYouth to top spot (outta 2 players! whoop whoop) if he would only have driven a ford. Grrrrr

[stann]

Double damn it!!!
Got the baseball question right but then got one about the 1996 US gymnastic team, FFS! :mad:

[oldyouth]

Definitely different sets of questions coming up for all players. Or was I really that hungover

[passinginterest]

I mis-read the answers to a question about baths! :(

[pineapple stu]

Isn't Queen Vic outside the Eye and Ear Hospital off Leeson Street?

[TheBoss]

I am first for once :D (At the moment)

[oldyouth]

I've had a few 10s but with a slow time. I decided I'd speed things up today and made a dog's dinner of it. Then again, the bible is not my strong subject

Bishop Facks: So, Father. Do you ever have any doubts about the religious life? Is your faith ever tested? Anything you would be worried about? Any doubts you've been having about any aspects of belief? Anything like that?

Father Dougal: Well, you know the way God made us all, right? And he's looking down at us from heaven and everything?

Bishop Facks: Uh-huh.

Father Dougal: And then his son came down and saved everyone and all that?

Bishop Facks: Yes.

Father Dougal: And when we die we're all going to go to heaven?

Bishop Facks: Yes. What about it?

Father Dougal: Well, that's the bit I have trouble with.

[gustavo]

http://my.funtrivia.com/private/worldwide2.cfm?tid=86537

we done well yesterday :)

[Mr A]

Friggin baseball questions! And questions about actors- who cares like?

[Magicme]

Friggin baseball questions! And questions about actors- who cares like?

Dont mind the actors ones but feck baseball. I now officially hate it. Still 9 outta ten with me drinkin since 6 oclock isnt too bad.

[Longfordian]

Me is agreein with the Monaghan lady, 9 out of the ten and I can't really see the screen at this point <hic>... I'm sickened to be behind my Athlone colleague for no obvious reason though (save the alphabet which is overrated).

[Magicme]

Stop with the sweet talkin, am drunk enough ok? Callin me a lday! Indeedy.

[Longfordian]

Well I'm most sorry if I called you a 'lday' Ms Me..sounds horrid to be honest. I should be asleep by now really but instead I'm here, might revisit the teak thread.

[Magicme]

I am in bed, but since am alone this is bout best thing I can think of doing......at the moment!

[Longfordian]

I am in bed, but since am alone this is bout best thing I can think of doing......at the moment!

Young ones these days..Mercy! :o . :D

[Magicme]

i did come up with something else to do in bed, something I can do alone or with others.







Play monopoly!

When I sober up on Sunday I hope that these drunken ravings will have been consigned to the rubbish bin.

nite mr long

oops forgot the fordian bit.

[stann]

http://my.funtrivia.com/private/worldwide2.cfm?tid=86537

we done well yesterday :)

Hammered the living shiite out of F365! :D

[thischarmingman]

Right, I'll try and change the topics this week. You can specify a different topic every day of the week- the possible options are attached below so if you have any suggestions that you think might not have as many US oriented questions I'll put them in one or more days. I think I'll put General Knowledge Easy in on Monday so we all get a good start :)

[superfrank]

Just remove ones about American sports.

[Schumi]

Missed loads of days in Montenegro. :( Back on track today though. I liked the "What is Canada's other official language?" question this time. :D

[oldyouth]

Just remove ones about American sports.
Agreed, plus not too keen on the bible

[Magicme]

dam them jagerbombers. Othewise would have 10 out of 10 and quicker.

Misread English Channel question. But reading with this much alcohol in your system is a skill in itself so should get extra points.

[superfrank]

Aagh! WTF is the Winston Cup???

[stann]

Right, I'll try and change the topics this week. You can specify a different topic every day of the week- the possible options are attached below so if you have any suggestions that you think might not have as many US oriented questions I'll put them in one or more days. I think I'll put General Knowledge Easy in on Monday so we all get a good start :)

To be honest, even though I'm going to crib like feck again in a couple of sentences, I don't think changing topics will help too much. There'll always be US-only questions and we'll just have to work around them. In addition to the obscure sports questions there's plenty of TV shows, kids' books, sweets, cakes and various types of junk food, almae matres of various Z-listers which they seem particularly obsessed with for some reason, and of course those various Z-listers themselves, that we wouldn't have the faintest clue about over here.
Very annoying when you get them though. I mean, a question about the feckin' March Madness? Of 2003?? TBH I'm not even sure what sport that is, think it's college basketball but am not even going to look it up out of spite. :D

[gustavo]

I don't think we can complain really , if you are going to do a quiz on a site thats American based you have to expect American slanted questions

[TheBoss]

Stupid American questions, all of mine were American to my disappointment, just the 5 right.

[Schumi]

Bloody Nascar question tripped me up this time.

[Mr A]

Bloody questions about children of the Czar, wtf like?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Anyone else get "What is the capital of Republic of Ireland?":D

[holidaysong]

Anyone else get "What is the capital of Republic of Ireland?":D

Lucky git! :p

[Longfordian]

Anyone else get "What is the capital of Republic of Ireland?":D

The rest of them didn't suit you by the looks of things..Or was it "a bad line"? :p

[oldyouth]

I didn't get any of those questions from today. Must be totally random

[Magicme]

I had the Czar one a few days ago, one of the easier questions but then that story fascinated me as a child. Even prompted me to learn some Russian (which I forget now though)

[gustavo]

The only one i got wrong today was a rare one about football :( Kinda read it wrong about what colours do the Swedes wear

[thischarmingman]

Missed 2 days in a row there but back with a bang...10 in 49 :)

[oldyouth]

Bloomin Spiders plus one obscure one that I guessed right. I still don't understand the question

[stann]

Was that the one about the world's largest spider that's also named after a biblical character oldyouth? Got that one today as well if so.
Also got a 'take your pick from four baseballers' one right. Don't know what I was doing taking so long, not as if it was one that you could work out. Pure guess in the end that fluked in! :D

[oldyouth]

Was that the one about the world's largest spider that's also named after a biblical character oldyouth? Got that one today as well if so.
Also got a 'take your pick from four baseballers' one right. Don't know what I was doing taking so long, not as if it was one that you could work out. Pure guess in the end that fluked in! :D
No, that's the one I got wrong. It was something to do with little Johnny's parents wanting to obliterate some pests (or something)!!!!!!

[Longfordian]

Second to thischarmingman so far. Fix.