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15/11/2008, 3:20 AM
thischarmingman

Quote:

Originally Posted by stann

**** it, done by a retard's question! :mad:
Which number has an eerie conection with the Twin Towers attack.
I figured it was going to be 9 or 11. :D
What I didn't know was there was 11 people on one plane, 65 on the other (6+5, wooooooo), and the flags flew at half mast until the 22nd (2 11s, woooooooo!)
(BTW, there was 11 crew on that plane, 81 passengers. Why not 8+1=9 woooooooo! Or why not 92, as the 65 on the other plane was passengers AND crew)
Jesus is there no quality control with the questions in this thing??!!
[/rant]

I enjoyed that rant. Thoroughly.
15/11/2008, 7:29 PM
stann

Sorry.
These "spooky" occurrences drive me cracked anyway.
When sh!t like that is in a quiz and it costs me a perfect 10...
Feel better now though. Unless there's more today! :D
17/11/2008, 9:56 AM
stann

Not a rant, but FFS how could 4 of 10 literature questions be about Stephen King? And I wasn't the only one to get a pile of them by the look of it.
This, and the situation mentioned above, is what happens when you let the public get involved in anything! :p :D

Just as well I used to read his stuff. Missed a Dark Tower one (never read those), but got Cujo, Dreamcatcher and Needful Things. Oh, and missed the one Shakespeare one in the ten. :o
17/11/2008, 9:59 AM
Magicme

I got my shakespeare right but havent a clue on Stephen King as have never read any of his books and only have seen The Shawshank Redemption. Am too much of a softie for King!
17/11/2008, 10:05 AM
stann

Me too.
My parents made me read a pile of his books years ago.
Didn't work.
;)
17/11/2008, 10:50 AM
dfx-

I was getting worried when greeted with the first six red x's...
17/11/2008, 11:23 AM
pineapple stu

What important number do Percy Shelly and Sylvia someone or other have in common?

30. They both died age 30. Except for Percy, who was almost 30.

Like, wtf?!
24/11/2008, 12:29 PM
oldyouth

Time for a bump
24/11/2008, 3:22 PM
pineapple stu

Just thinking - as it's a foot.ie forum quiz, any chance of a football/sport round one of the days?
24/11/2008, 4:08 PM
stann

World: UK is up in a bit. :D
01/12/2008, 10:10 AM
Hitman

Congratulations Stann.
01/12/2008, 12:24 PM
stann

Ta Hitman, good battle!
01/12/2008, 12:28 PM
oldyouth

Well done Stann. A long way back to 3rd:o
07/12/2008, 1:28 PM
superfrank

Probably the strangest question yet:

10. All that frolicking in fountains and running around on mountains has taken its toll. Maria caught a cold, and it swiftly passed to the Captain and then through all the Von Trapp children. So, for the moment, the hills are alive with the sound of...?

Your Answer: Mucus
11/12/2008, 5:13 PM
sligoman

Question in the UK catagory...

Father Dougal McGuire and Mrs Doyle served in which show?

'Father Ted'
'The Vicar of Dibley'
'Bless Me Father'
'Oh Brother'

:o, on a British channel alright but British, it was not.
11/12/2008, 5:22 PM
HarpoJoyce

Quote:

Originally Posted by sligoman

Father Dougal McGuire and Mrs Doyle served in which show?

'Father Ted'
'The Vicar of Dibley'
'Bless Me Father'
'Oh Brother'

:o, on a British channel alright but British, it was not.

You're not getting on my table quiz team!
11/12/2008, 5:35 PM
superfrank

Quote:

Originally Posted by sligoman

:o, on a British channel alright but British, it was not.

Well, technically the show was produced in the UK on a UK channel with UK companies. They were all Irish writers but they'd lived in the UK for a while.
18/12/2008, 8:49 PM
stann

Sorry Sligoman, it was made by Hat Trick, who do quite a few shows including Have I Got News For You, Room 101, and the new Armstrong & Miller - I think Rory McGrath is involved with them btw.
Also, pretty much all the inside scenes were filmed in England.

I think it can genuinely be claimed by both countries, as nobody can argue that it's not Irish, but yet when Linehan & Matthews went to the UK to get it made you could hardly argue that it's not British either.
As another btw, I think as well that that's a load of crap about RTE turning it down first.
19/12/2008, 10:05 AM
passinginterest

First 10 I've got this month after a run of 5's and 6's and I'm only 3rd out of 5 :(
19/12/2008, 11:22 AM
pineapple stu

Also on the Father Ted thing, the quiz was about British culture, not British-made stuff necessarily. So I got a question on Star Trek because Star Trek is popular in Britain, not because it's British.
26/12/2008, 11:59 AM
superfrank

Bump.

Anyone else for getting the categories changed again?
30/12/2008, 10:00 AM
Battery Rover

Quote:

Originally Posted by superfrank

Bump.

Anyone else for getting the categories changed again?

Yeah would agree to that.
30/12/2008, 12:42 PM
oldyouth

If they're not changed we had better start reading everything Stephen King ever wrote
01/01/2009, 1:44 PM
Hitman

Congratulations again Stann. I may just copy and paste that on the first of every month now.
07/01/2009, 1:47 AM
dfx-

(bump)

European questions were much more difficult than usual. EU has only expanded 5 times? Thought it was 6 in a rush :o
07/01/2009, 9:17 AM
stann

Cheers Hitman.
Don't know about that. Long way to go yet this month. :)
08/01/2009, 5:59 PM
Hitman

I'm beginning to think you deliberately score less on the days with fewer players just to tease me without letting me gain points on you. Which I suppose suggests that you're winning the mind games too. Sob.
09/01/2009, 2:51 PM
stann

That's too complicated for me! :D
Nah, nothing so calculating, just got very, very lucky. Really thought I'd lost a pile of ground specially 'cos World:UK is normally my favourite one, but I got a load of bridges and stately homes and none of the 70s and 80s TV shows this time. Blessed to somehow stay in the top 10.
16/01/2009, 11:45 AM
passinginterest

Can't be letting this slip off the first page.

New topics might be interesting.
19/01/2009, 11:50 PM
thischarmingman

Changed topics! :)

Sunday: Movies 2 : Intermediate
Monday: General Knowledge 4 : Harder
Tuesday: People 2 : More Difficult
Wednesday: Celebrities : More Difficult
Thursday: Music 2 : Intermediate
Friday: FunTrivia Mix
Saturday: Religion : Bible Trivia
19/01/2009, 11:53 PM
TheBoss

About time :D
20/01/2009, 3:15 AM
dfx-

Quote:

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

Saturday: Religion : Bible Trivia

:eek:
20/01/2009, 9:58 AM
pineapple stu

Agree.

Far more suitable for the Sunday quiz.
20/01/2009, 6:32 PM
stann

I disagree. :p
At a disadvantage now 'cos will probably end up boycotting the Bible trivia on a point of principle. :D
And Celebrities? Worse, American celebrities?? Here we go again with alum this, freshman that and sophomore the other. Gah!!!
29/01/2009, 9:01 AM
Magicme

bumpity bump bump bump
29/01/2009, 1:36 PM
TheBoss

I seem to be still bad despite the topic changes :D
04/02/2009, 10:06 AM
Hitman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitman

Congratulations again Stann. I may just copy and paste that on the first of every month now.

Sorry for the delay this month.
04/02/2009, 10:12 AM
tiktok

Quote:

Originally Posted by stann

At a disadvantage now 'cos will probably end up boycotting the Bible trivia on a point of principle. :D

Good...I might be in with a chance on those days so :D
04/02/2009, 4:10 PM
Battery Rover

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiktok

Good...I might be in with a chance on those days so :D

Have you been reading the gossip magazines getting 10 on celebrities:D
04/02/2009, 7:07 PM
dfx-

Should I be pleased at momentarily being top or ashamed at the particular topic...:o

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