The Foot.ie Challenge

[stann]

:D :D



Very tough selection today, lot of working through the options needed, good questions though. (Important not to be cribbing all the time! :D)

[oldyouth]

Are we all getting the same questions now, yeah?

(I didn't play on Saturday, so that post isn't a clue!)
No, my son & I usually have a go straight after eachother, never been the same yet

[tiktok]

1 genuine correct answer, 9 guesses of which four were correct.
I knew there wasd a reason I didn't like 'people'.

[stann]

A few handy ones for meself today, couple of guesses, and a visit from the boss halfway through, very inconsiderate.
Also, my confidence greatly rocked by the fact that, for the first time since this quiz started, 'all of the above' hasn't been the right answer! Even though I knew what the answer was I still went for 'All of the above' as it's always that. Well no more! :eek:

[tiktok]

...and a visit from the boss halfway through, very inconsiderate.

:D

Got to hate that one, the risk of agreeing to anything just to keep the time down is a killer.

[stann]

Nah he was just on a social call, worse again. A strained smile and one eye wandering to the screen the whole time... :D

[stann]

While fully in the knowledge that it'll look like sour grapes (and that may or may not be because it is), this question today was just pathetic, and once again shows why you should never let the public organise ANYTHING.

Q: You've just taken a quiz which you believe is truly horrible. Which is the best thing to do?

A: Send a message to the quizmaker telling them how awful the quiz is
B: Rate it "Very Poor" or "Poor"
C: Nothing- what can you do?
D: Send a message to a category Editor asking them how they can put such crap online


What kind of question is that FFS? How the hell do you answer it?
(Not with C anyway :D )

What next? "What word am I thinking of now?"

Was a good battle at the top until now too, ah well.

</rant>

[tiktok]

While fully in the knowledge that it'll look like sour grapes (and that may or may not be because it is), this question today was just pathetic, and once again shows why you should never let the public organise ANYTHING.

Q: You've just taken a quiz which you believe is truly horrible. Which is the best thing to do?

A: Send a message to the quizmaker telling them how awful the quiz is
B: Rate it "Very Poor" or "Poor"
C: Nothing- what can you do?
D: Send a message to a category Editor asking them how they can put such crap online


What kind of question is that FFS? How the hell do you answer it?
(Not with C anyway :D )

What next? "What word am I thinking of now?"

Was a good battle at the top until now too, ah well.

</rant>

I got the same one, guessed it correctly but I agree it was an awful question.
Hitman is on a bit of a tear the last few days and will walk away with it if he sustains it but it's very close at the top, good tussle.

[pineapple stu]

Did you send a message to the quizmaker telling them how awful the quiz is?

Or did you dismiss answer (c), but then do just that. :p

[gustavo]

What is Winona's favorite color?

Yellow
Blue
Black
White

[Hitman]

What is Winona's favorite color?

Yellow
Blue
Black
White

Should be none of the above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzhL-0_pC3E

Edit: A smarter man than myself would have checked what the correct answer was before doing the quiz, as it inevitably came up and I predictably got it wrong.

[stann]

Poor question alright, this category is rife with them mind.
Though at least it's about someone people will have heard of. Will sound like I'm auditioning for Grumpy Old Men now, but I would have thought that one of the first requirements, in fact THE pre-eminent requirement, for any celebrity is that we should know who the f**k they are? :p

This internet connection at work is gone gank this last while, thought for a good bit I was going to get the 'cannot find server' page after submitting. Not that it mattered a whole lot today! :D

[tiktok]

Who were David Cassidy's parents?
A better question might be who is David Cassidy?

Though the worst was asking the name of a character Red Skelton played in a film they described but didn't bother to name and I got that one right.

How I got 7 in that I'll never know.
I'll say it now, congratulations Hitman!

[Hitman]

Who were David Cassidy's parents?
A better question might be who is David Cassidy?

Though the worst was asking the name of a character Red Skelton played in a film they described but didn't bother to name and I got that one right.

How I got 7 in that I'll never know.
I'll say it now, congratulations Hitman!

Get out of that with your mind games, my failure in the next few days will now be intentional rather than down to my ineptitude. Honestly.

[Battery Rover]

Who were David Cassidy's parents?
A better question might be who is David Cassidy?


This is the way the question was

3. Who are David's parents (birth parents, not steps)?

I think the answer chice was
(A)Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy
(B)Marty Ingels and Shirley Jones
(C)Evelyn Ward and Jack Cassidy
(D)Joanna Cassidy and Jack Cassidy

The correct answer was Evelyn Ward and Jack Cassidy.

Shirley Jones was his step-mother, Marty Ingels is her present husband. I don't think Joanna Cassidy is related to the family

[tiktok]

I'll say it now, congratulations Hitman!

Sure I'll say it again ;) Congratulations Hitman.
Impressive late surge by Stann in the end though.
Good contest, enjoyed it.

[Hitman]

Sure I'll say it again ;) Congratulations Hitman.
Impressive late surge by Stann in the end though.
Good contest, enjoyed it.

Thanks. Three cheers for everyone though, it was a decent contest alright. I'd particularly like to thank Noah for ensuring at least one easy question on the Bible each week, and everyone who has politely avoided pointing out that in two extra days I managed to get one point more than Stann.

[stann]

Immaterial. You were defending a lead. Which you did with aplomb. :)

[tiktok]

Can I just say, I have a strong dislike for 'people' and also for my laptop taking over a minute to 'submit' because of a slow wifi connection [I guess that's what slowed it anyway]

[oldyouth]

Can I just say, I have a strong dislike for 'people' and also for my laptop taking over a minute to 'submit' because of a slow wifi connection [I guess that's what slowed it anyway]
Or were you trying to close Google at the same time as submitting your answers :D

[Schumi]

Can I just say, I have a strong dislike for 'people'
Me too. I'd no idea who at least half of the questions were about.

[stann]

Just to keep this on page one. Why don't I just bookmark it?

[HarpoJoyce]

10. Which of these was NOT thrown in the fiery furnace?

Your Answer: Shadrach
The correct answer was Cadillac.

I should hope not neither.

[Hitman]

If anyone out there is looking for an idea for a thesis, it might be worth their while tracking the correlation between the decline in my scores and exposure to Paul Doonil's "football".

[gustavo]

8. Catherine Zeta-Jones starred as a movie star in which of these movies?

Your Answer: Entrapment

The correct answer was America's Sweethearts.

She was in Entrapment too:mad:

[stann]

I got caught by that one a few weeks back, read the question! I didn't either. :D

She was in Entrapment for sure, can't remember the other options but she probably was in those too, but she didn't star "as a movie star" in them.

[Hitman]

Congratulations Stann.

And hard luck to Tiktok, if ye give me a two week headstart this month I might begin to get close.

[passinginterest]

I think I got brain damaged at some point early last month, hopefully things will improve in April!

[stann]

And hard luck to Tiktok, if ye give me a two week headstart this month I might begin to get close.

Cheers, thought I'd left the door open a bit yesterday. Hard luck tiktok!

Don't need to be giving you any head starts either Hitman!

[Hitman]

You can't beat a decent test of general knowledge:

"9. You're at a stop light and you notice the person in the car next to you - ahem - picking their nose. This is an exercise that you have always personally found appalling. Private gripes aside, what is the best way to proceed?"

[superfrank]

I got that one as well. I went with the "ignore" answer and got a green tick.

[theworm2345]

Good god today's is hard. I went from getting 9 right to 3 :o

[stann]

bumpity

[Battery Rover]

Tough today scored 9 on music and still last of 8

[stann]

Gah, talk about pipped at the post! Damn you Metallica! :mad:

:D

Well done tiktok, excellent stuff! :)

[Hitman]

Well done Tiktok.

[tiktok]

Cheers

I completely fluked that in fairness, not to mention the whole playing more days than others. Close competition across four people though. There was one stage as well where the winners view was seven different players over seven different days, I hadn't seen that before

Had the month ended on tuesday or 'people' day, I wouldn't have had a prayer.

[Magicme]

bumpity bump bump bump

[stann]

Congrats again tiktok, brilliant last effort! :)

[superfrank]

Bump.

[tiktok]

http://my.funtrivia.com/tournament/The-Footie-Challenge-86537.html

Thischarmingman is the person behind it, there used to be a thread on it here [so I hope I'm not stepping o the toes of whoever deleted it].
A new monthly competition just started, it passes a bit of time on a boring day, why not give it a go?

[tiktok]

It seems that I just couldn't find the thread, thanks whoever merged it.
I now feel far too thick to take part in the quiz I've been plugging :D

[shakermaker1982]

I've had a bash tonight - not realising you shouldn't take too long on your answers because it's timed.....oh well 6 out of 10 ain't bad for a first go.

[blobbyblob]

Disasterous 5 in a pathetic time. I feel ashamed

[shakermaker1982]

I thought it was solid again. Do they not have any guitar band based questions??!!!

[tiktok]

A lot of 10/10 today, my knowledge of country music lyrics let me down :D
foxe's 10/10 in 29 seconds! I've never seen the like of it

[blobbyblob]

None for today???? I want more

[tiktok]

None for today???? I want more

There's a new one every day.

[tiktok]

Looks like my time on the challenge is over, thanks to the firewall are work. :(

[Hitman]

Looks like my time on the challenge is over, thanks to the firewall are work. :(

Commiserations, and the big smile on my face is because I'm thinking about something else. Honestly.