Famous Females Quiz-type thingy (CLOSED FOR NEW ENTRIES)

Ponster

lol

Ok. As soon as I get through this batch of work e-mails I'll post up the results (within the day no doubt).

patmac

Ponster wrote: »

Thx all.

12 replies so far.

All I gotta do now is think of a prize

Any one of these will be fine:
http://www.ferrariworld.com/FWorld/fw/index.jsp

shrapnel222

Ponster wrote: »

lol

Ok. As soon as I get through this batch of work e-mails I'll post up the results (within the day no doubt).

must've been a hell of a lot of emails!!!:p

are you going to post the highest scoring answers in each category too?

Ponster

Yeah, once I've triple-checked the scores so people don't accuse me of not giving them enough points.

BTW, I get about 250 emails per day, of which I'll have to reply to about 40. Some of them are pretty long though

Ponster

Answers in bold are the top answers.



Marie Curie 18
Maria Cassidy
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson


Angelina Jolie 5
Nicole Kidman 3
Meryl Streep 3
Gwyneth Paltrow
Halle Berry
Julia Roberts
Jennifer Aniston
Meryl Streep
cameron diaz
Goldie Hawn
Susan Sarandon
Judy Dench

Maggie Thatcher 8
Mary McAleese 3
Hilary Clinton 2
Angela Merkel 2
mary harney 2
Condolese Rice
Z Greciani
Helen Clarke

Sonia O’Sullivan 8
Paula Radcliffe 7
Maria Sharapova
serena williams
Venus Williams
Derval O'Rourke
Fatima Whitbread

Amy Winehouse 4
Kylie Minogue 3
Madonna 3
britney spears 2
Christina Aguilera
Beyonce
Dolly Parton
Maria Carey
Duffy
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion
Nina Simone

j.K Rowling 7
Maeve Binchy 4
agatha christe 2
Cathy Kelly 2
C Aherne
Jane Austen
Enid Blyton
Annie Proux
George elliot



Oprah Winfrey 4
Martha Stewart 3
Deborah Meaden 2
gillian bowler 2
Margaret Heffernan 2
Karen Bradey
Jacqueline Gold
Anita Roddick
mary kay ash
Jordan
Adi Roche

E II 13
Elizabeth 3
Queen Victoria 2
Mary Queen of Scots
Quene Maeve

Germaine Greer 9
Betty Friedan 2
Emily pankhurst 2
nell mcaferty 2
Susan B. Anthony
ruth Ginsburg
Simone de Beauvoir
Oprah
Susan Sonntag

Myra Hindley 9
Catherine Nevin 4
Lizzy Borden 2
Rose West 2
Mary Ann Cotton

Ponster

And the winner is square_igloo with a total score of 390 for the following answers :


Marie Curie
Angelina Jolie
Mary McAleese
Sonia O'Sullivan
Madonna
JK Rowling
Martha Stewart
Queen Elizabeth II
Germaine Greer
Myra Hindley




square_igloo 390
spurious 370
Aisling(",) 360
MB74 355
Blisterman 345
elmolesto 315
shrapnel222 315
Ponster 310
angeldelight 290
patmac 290
Spike440 280
Hermy 265
rgiller 260
Dizzyblonde 250
eliza64 235
Laoisforliam 235
rescue26 225
Quality 195
Windsock 155
patrickc 125




5 points per answer * numer of entries. Unique entries where no one else offered the same answer = 0

There are no wrong answers in this type of quiz where you are trying to give the same answer as you think most other people will give.

Well done to everyone. That was fun Look out for the next one coming this Sunday. It'll be at least a weekly thing if the support keep up.

shrapnel222

thanks for that Ponster- good idea for a quiz!!

WindSock

Thanks Ponster. I failed as I was trying not to give the same answers as everyone else:D

Spike440

shrapnel222 wrote: »

thanks for that Ponster- good idea for a quiz!!

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Quality

WindSock wrote: »

Thanks Ponster. I failed as I was trying not to give the same answers as everyone else:D

ha same here!!!

That was fun,
Thanks Ponster...

Let us know when you start a new one!!! Hopefully I can do better next time!!!

Dizzyblonde

WindSock wrote: »

Thanks Ponster. I failed as I was trying not to give the same answers as everyone else:D

Me too! I enjoyed it though, thanks Ponster.

Well done square_igloo

laoisforliam

well in ponster, i cant use the same excuse that i was trying to be diff!!! BUt when i see the most common ones compared to mine.. WTF was i thinkin:D

Ponster

yeah, I was looking through the answers and it was clear that some maybe hadn't understood all the rules

I've got another one ready (The USA) and am finishing another which will be much harder (must give unique answers not the same as everyone esle and the answer must be correct).


The answers were interesting though. 12 different female actors named and 8 people said Sonia O’Sullivan (I had forgotten she existed!)

patrickc

I well failed

thanks ponster

Ponster

laoisforliam wrote: »

well in ponster, i cant use the same excuse that i was trying to be diff!!! BUt when i see the most common ones compared to mine.. WTF was i thinkin:D

That's what I love about this type of quiz. There you are trying to think of a female author that everyone else will name and you just can't think of anything. Then you see the answers and kick yourself for not thinking of them

KnifeWRENCH

YAY! I WON!
I beat the internet!!

It was a really good idea for a quiz. Big thanks to Ponster. Now when do I get my ferrari? :P

Blisterman

WindSock wrote: »

Thanks Ponster. I failed as I was trying not to give the same answers as everyone else:D

Well, seeing as you came second last, looks like you failed at that too.



Great quiz ponster. Looking forward to the next one.

Aisling(",)

yay i came 3rd!
whooo

Dizzyblonde

Ponster wrote: »

.....will be much harder (must give unique answers not the same as everyone esle and the answer must be correct)

I think this will work better Bring it on, I love these quizzes!

MB74

Super idea for a quiz... came fourth...gunning for better next time!!!

r3nu4l

Er Ponster. Did you get my PM? You don't seem to have calculated my results. I calculate them as 345 points...

r3nu4l via PM wrote:

Hi Ponster, great game

1. Name a female scientist
Marie Curie

2. Name an actress
Angelina Jolie

3. Name a female political leader
Mary Harney

4. Name a sportswoman
Sonia O' Sullivan?

5. Name a female singer
Madonna

6. Name a female writer
JK Rowling

7. Name a businesswoman
Deborah Meaden (Dragons Den woman)

8. Name a queen
Elizabeth II

9. Name a feminist
Germaine Greer

10. Name a murderess
Myra Hindley

So that's top answers for Q's 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10.
5 * (18), (5), (8), (7), (13), (9), (9) = 345

/I'm assuming I'm calculating this correctly?

Larianne

Same.. I sent a PM no mention, didn't win though anyway... but it's nice to be mentioned..:o

aine-maire

done ; )

Ponster

Strange, I don't remember receiving a PM from either of you two (r3nu4l + Larianne).

You're not in my excel sheet and nothing in my inbox ?

Sorry about that though. Larianne, post up your entry and we'll add you, along with r3nu4l, to the leaderboard.

Larianne

Yep, I checked my sent messages there.. and message was sent to you.

here's what I sent you.:o

1. Name a female scientist Marie Curie
2. Name an actress Nicole Kidman
3. Name a female political leader Mary Harney
4. Name a sportswoman Sonia o Sullivan
5. Name a female singer Sinead o Connor
6. Name a female writer Marian Keyes
7. Name a businesswoman Tamara Mellon(founder of Jimmy Choo Shoes)
8. Name a queen Queen Elizabeth II
9. Name a feminist Germaine Greer
10. Name a murderess myra hindley

r3nu4l

Yep, I definitely sent it to you. I'll check with CuLT regarding the missing PM's, seems strange for vBulletin to do that. Interesting that there was a discussion recently on another forum saying that read receipts for PM's were unnecessary, looks like they are necessary after all.

No harm Ponster, it's only a game after all

Legend_DIT

Same thing happened to me - my PM wasn't counted but I figured it wasn't a malicious snub or anything!

This is what I sent on 05-08-2008, 13:35

1. Marie Curie
2. Angelina Jolie
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Sonia O'Sullivan
5. Amy Winehouse
6. JK Rowling
7. Jacqueline Gold
8. Elizabeth II
9. Germaine Greer
10. Myra Hindley

This is a pretty cool idea!

Brian

Ponster

Very strange....Maybe I've been working too hard recently !

Larianne

Legend_DIT wrote: »

Same thing happened to me - my PM wasn't counted but I figured it wasn't a malicious snub or anything!

This is what I sent on 05-08-2008, 13:35

1. Marie Curie
2. Angelina Jolie
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Sonia O'Sullivan
5. Amy Winehouse
6. JK Rowling
7. Jacqueline Gold
8. Elizabeth II
9. Germaine Greer
10. Myra Hindley

This is a pretty cool idea!

Brian

I sent mine at 13.05 on 5-08 so maybe something happened in that hour affecting PMs? No bother.