FG Table Quiz July 2019 Game Thread

quickbeam

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Thank god you told me cos I’d have been leaving it till last minute.

Wasn't sure you got my sarcasm, so I thought on the safe side I'd better tell you. If you beat us in the game though, it'll be war!!

Necro

TheValeyard wrote:

Yes. I'd also like to publicly take the piss out of Necros answer on Monday.

Will be funny if we have the same scores

Green&Red

What’s a good score?

Green&Red

Cause whatever it is we have it!

#teamwearesmartacus4life

quickbeam

Max score is 25 per round.
2 x 8 = 16
+ 1
+ 8

Kolido

I've had no requests to pause the game, so we will continue as scheduled. Rounds 3 and 4 will be posted this afternoon.

Electric Nitwit

What about requests to stop the game and never make the results public?

Kolido

I will post rounds 3 and 4 shortly, round 4 is the themed round.

Kolido

Welcome to rounds 3 and 4

Round 3



1 ‘Do geese see God' is an example of a what?

2 In January 1777 which American General defeated the British General Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton?

3 Created by Jim Henson, which series is about the adventures of Gobo, Mokey, Red, Wembley, Boober?

4 Singer Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is best known by which stage name?

5 The 1961 movie 'The Misfits' was the last completed movie for both Marilyn Monroe and which iconic leading man?

6 The Swedish pop band ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo" in April of which year?

BQ: In which country did ABBA win the Eurovision?

7 In what year did the attack on Pearl Harbour take place?

8 Who holds the record of 8 singles men titles at Wimbledon?


Round 4 is the Themed round



Movies

1 In the movie 'Home Alone', in which city do the McCallisters reside?

2 Jurassic Park is based on a novel by which writer?

3 What coloured pill does Neo take in 'The Matrix' to show him the truth?

4 Which actress plays Thelma in the movie 'Thelma and Louis'?

5 In which year were the Academy Awards, or "Oscars", first presented?

6 What is the name of the kingdom where the 2013 animated movie Frozen is set?

7 Which 1952 musical comedy tells the story of three performers making the transition from silent movies to "talkies"?

8 What was the spaceship called in the 1979 movie 'Alien'

9 John Ford won the best director Oscar in 1941 for the movie adaptation of which John Steinbeck novel?

10 The famous quote, "Go ahead, make my day", is from which movie?



Sports

1 How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win with the Chicago Bulls?

2 How is soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known?

3 Which country has produced the most Formula One World Championship winning drivers?

4 Which European football team are nicknamed 'the Old Lady'?

5 Who was the first boxer to beat Mike Tyson in a professional fight?

6 In which track and field combined event is former British athlete Daley Thompson best known?

7 In which city were the 1984 Summer Olympics held?

8 Which county has won the most All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles?

9 Who scored the first ever English Premier League hattrick?

10 Which country will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup?



Geography

1 Which Australian State has the highest population?

2 In which royal palace would you find the Hall of Mirrors?

3 Montego Bay is a popular tourist destination in which Caribbean island?

4 What is the largest landlocked country in the world?

5 What is the most abundant element in the earths crust?

6 What is the capital city of Turkey?

7 The first underground rail service in the southern hemisphere was opened in 1913 in which South American city?

8 How many South American countries does the equator pass through?

9 Which 2 countries share the longest international border in the world?

10 Which capital city (non UK countries) is closest to London?



How to answers:


Please PM me the answers before 21:00 today by any member of your team.

I will only accept your first answer.

Please add your team name and Q numbers in the PM

For round 3, Questions 1-8 are worth 2 points each, BQ is worth 1 point.

If you answer correctly questions 1-8 in round 3, you earn a round bonus of 8 points.

Round 4 is the themed round, please only answer 1 category. Each question is worth 3 points. There is no round bonus in this round.

Kolido

All entries in, thanks.

Clarabel

Kolido wrote: »

All entries in, thanks.

I love how civilised it is, now.

Kolido

Clarabel wrote: »

I love how civilised it is, now.

Hopefully it will kick off when we do results

Ted_YNWA

Do you to give us top prize now while the decorum is still here.

Baggly

Ted_YNWA wrote:

Do you to give us top prize now while the decorum is still here.

You get a special merit prize for trying your best Ted.

Leave the trophy to the real teams like us.

Ted_YNWA

Baggly wrote:

You get a special merit prize for trying your best Ted.


Leave the trophy to the real teams like us.

You're lucky I am in a good mood, or you would have met the wrath of SuperTed.

Baggly

What a cartoon

Kolido

***BREAKING NEWS***

Round 5 will be the Nicolas Cage round *

*may or may not be true

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Round 5 will be the Nicolas Cage round *

And I heard Round 6 had one question.

Die Hard: Christmas movie or not?

:P

Kolido

Welcome to rounds 5 and 6

Round 5

1 On which date is groundhog day celebrated in USA?
2 Also sprach Zarathustra (or Thus Spoke Zarathustra), made famous by 2001: A Space Odyssey, is a musical piece composed by which German composer?
3 Who had a UK number one in 2016 with the song 'Stitches'?
4 In which fictional town in Indiana is the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' set?
5 The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico, but rises in which State?
6 Social networking site Facebook was founded in February of which year?
7 The iconic sculpture, Mount Rushmore, is in which US state?
BQ Of the 4 former USA presidents depicted in the sculpture, which is the most recent to hold office?
8 Which song was Oasis' first number one in the UK Singles Chart in April 1995?

Round 6

1 How many studio albums have the 'Spice Girls' released?
2 According to Greek mythology who was the first woman on earth?
3 Which British 1980's pop group took their name from a mad scientist in the movie Barbarella?
4 In which modern day country was J. R. R. Tolkien born?
5 Who was the US president when the first 'Star Wars' movie was released?
6 Who directed their daughter to an Oscar winning performance in the 1985 movie Prizzi's Honor?
7 What is the chemical symbol for Iron?
BQ What alloy is formed from a mixture of Iron and Carbon?
8 What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

How to answers:

Please PM me the answers before 21:00 today by any member of your team.
I will only accept your first answer.
Please add your team name and Q numbers in the PM
Questions 1-8 are worth 2 points each, BQ is worth 1 point.
If you answer correctly questions 1-8 in any round, you earn a round bonus of 8 points.

Kolido

Answers are in and results have be counted...stay tuned.

Have I got time to paint a ceiling and walls first?

Ficheall

Kolido wrote: »

Answers are in and results have be counted...stay tuned.

"have been" or "have to be", you typoing tease?

Kolido

Ficheall wrote: »

"have been" or "have to be", you typoing tease?

Have been

@Strawbs, always start with ceilings. Loads of time

Electric Nitwit

Do we have to attend a ceremony to collect our trophy or will it be delivered to us?

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote:

Do we have to attend a ceremony to collect our trophy or will it be delivered to us?

Ah we'll send in a video link of our acceptance speech I suppose. Seems to be the done thing these days

kitten_k

What time is this kicking off?

Kolido

Around 9 when I get everyone to bed.

Mollyb60

I tried to contribute as much as possible so apologies to my team but I'm raging I missed this. Please someone do another one.

osh

Yeah it was good fun so hopefully we can do it again

osh

And the reveals not even done which’ll be the best part

Discord worked great too. Can’t imagine trying to do this by pm in hindsight.