PEEHS - Famous Women Picture Quiz - REVEAL

She's no stranger to controversy and perhaps that notoriety is what causes her to Sheep; Germaine Greer picks up a surprisingly high score. Whereas poor Marian Keyes, just down the road from us all, gets no love at all!

Persepoly takes a good guess, but sadly not a correct one.

Question 5: Literature

Germaine Greer - 11
bolgbui41
BuileBeag
Collie D
conor222
Declan A Walsh
Griffin Disgusting Restaurant
miamee
phatkev
Strawberry Milkshake
twirlagig
yozico

JK Rowling - 6
davetherave
Kolido
Local_Chap
munster87
mustang shelly
Necro

Maeve Binchy - 6
aaronjennings
lassykk
q2ice
Rikand
sKeith
Three More Big Sleeps

Sylvia Plath - 5
EEFGGFEDCCDEED
millie35
Reberetta
ShaneU
Skippy44

Agatha Christie - 5
bubblypop
Green&Red
quickbeam
Ted_YNWA
Zaph

Margaret Atwood - 4
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Electric Nitwit
grumpylumpy
rainbowtrout

Maya Angelou - 3
Sheridan81
Siobh73
Toto Wolfcastle


INCORRECTS - 16.5:

Doris Lessing - Persepoly

I thought jk Rowland was the woman that wrote sex in the city! Whatever her name is.....

quickbeam

Oh wow, that's a bit of a surprise.

bubblypop

bubblypop wrote: »

I thought jk Rowland was the woman that wrote sex in the city! Whatever her name is.....

Candace Bushnell. I have no idea what she looks like.

yozico

Just checked this thread now. It was all going so well

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Candace Bushnell. I have no idea what she looks like.

Clearly I don't either

ShaneU

Deleted User wrote: »

Whereas poor Marian Keyes, just down the road from us all, gets no love at all!

Just googled her, she sounds like a right plank!

ShaneU

ShaneU wrote: »

Just googled her, she sounds like a right plank!

I like her

And we've hit the halfway point! Germaine Greer hurts yozico and causes them to slip a few places, with munster87 and EEFGGFEDCCDEED the beneficiaries. But it's all still really close, at both ends of the table.

Scores after question 5:

Player Score
munster87 22
EEFGGFEDCCDEED 22
ShaneU 24
bubblypop 24
Green&Red 25
yozico 25
sKeith 26
rainbowtrout 26
Reberetta 26
Toto Wolfcastle 28
Electric Nitwit 31
Sheridan81 31
Ted_YNWA 31
miamee 31
BuileBeag 32
Strawberry Milkshake 32
grumpylumpy 32
Declan A Walsh 33
Zaph 34
Griffin Disgusting Restaurant 34
davetherave 34
millie35 34
q2ice 34
quickbeam 35
phatkev 36
Rikand 36
Also Starring LeVar Burton 37
twirlagig 37
Three More Big Sleeps 37
aaronjennings 37.5
mustang shelly 38
Necro 38
Skippy44 38
Siobh73 38.5
Collie D 39
lassykk 39
Persepoly 39.5
Kolido 40
conor222 43
bolgbui41 44
Local_Chap 44.5

q2ice

Halfway point

Im falling down that ladder at an awful speed

Green&Red

Deleted User wrote: »

Im falling down that ladder at an awful speed

Village at this rate

We're now going to take a short break, I'll be back in 10 minutes or so to kick off the second half.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Im falling down that ladder at an awful speed

bolgbui41

I’m going into denial and telling myself highest points win - it’s the only way to save my ego.

Only half a point and I’m top of the list!

Green&Red

Lots of new people round for these games

Ye should check out werewolf, basically the backbone of forum games, games typically run over 4-5 days but there is one night game happening this Friday, check it out here

Its very easy to play but like Peehs its harder to explain than it is to actually play

Ok, everyone ready to get back to the reveal?

This was a fairly tough round; one very big Sheep and two excellent Aces coming up....

6. Nobel Prize
All of these women have received a Nobel Prize in (at least) one discipline


TOP ROW:
Marie Skłodowska Curie: Polish scientist. Winner of 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. First woman to win either prize and the only person to date to win the prize in two different scientific fields.
Malala Yousafzai: Pakistani civil rights activist. Winner of 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Youngest ever Nobel laureate.
Betty Williams: Northern Irish peace activist. Winner of 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. Died on 17th March 2020.
Aung San Suu Kyi: Burmese politician. Winner of 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.

BOTTOM ROW:
Toni Morrison: American novelist and essayist. Winner of 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Mother Teresa: Albanian nun, born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. Winner of 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Liberian politician who served as President of Liberia 2006-2018. First elected female head of state in Africa. Winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.
Mairéad Maguire (née Corrigan): Northern Irish peace activist. Winner of 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Betty Williams.

Skippy44

Ouch, a shedload of points incoming

ShaneU

Was on the fence between Marie and Malala

Biggest Sheep of the night thus far but perhaps not a hugely surprising one; the incomparable Madame Curie.
I thought perhaps Betty Williams might score a bit higher, given her recent passing; perhaps she may have done were it not for Covid-19 overshadowing pretty much every other item in the news.

We have two Aces in this round; well done to bolgbui41 and Green&Red for their excellent answers.
It's not good news for Skippy, however, as they make a sprint towards the wooden spoon.

Question 6: Nobel

Marie Curie - 13
BuileBeag
Collie D
davetherave
EEFGGFEDCCDEED
lassykk
miamee
mustang shelly
q2ice
quickbeam
Reberetta
Strawberry Milkshake
Ted_YNWA
twirlagig

Mother Theresa - 8
Also Starring LeVar Burton
grumpylumpy
Kolido
Local_Chap
munster87
Necro
Rikand
sKeith

Aung San Suu Kyi - 6
bubblypop
conor222
Electric Nitwit
Griffin Disgusting Restaurant
Siobh73
yozico

Malala Yousafzai - 5
aaronjennings
phatkev
rainbowtrout
ShaneU
Toto Wolfcastle

Toni Morrison - 4
millie35
Persepoly
Sheridan81
Three More Big Sleeps

Betty Williams - 2
Declan A Walsh
Zaph

ACES - 1:

Mairéad Maguire - Green&Red
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - bolgbui41

INCORRECTS - 19.5:

Bernadette McAliskey - Skippy44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JFRi0Qm_s

quickbeam

I knew the top two. And knew the next two but not well enough how to spell them to be sure that it'd not be a wrong answer. I had hoped that most people would avoid Curie for being too obvious.

EEFGGFEDCCDEED takes a tumble as Green&Red's Ace sees him now take the lead. Shane's wise decision to opt for Malala sees him move into 2nd. Still all very tight at the top, however.

Scores after question 6:

Player Score
Green&Red 26
ShaneU 29
munster87 30
bubblypop 30
yozico 31
rainbowtrout 31
Toto Wolfcastle 33
sKeith 34
Declan A Walsh 35
EEFGGFEDCCDEED 35
Sheridan81 35
Zaph 36
Electric Nitwit 37
millie35 38
Reberetta 39
Griffin Disgusting Restaurant 40
grumpylumpy 40
phatkev 41
Three More Big Sleeps 41
aaronjennings 42.5
Persepoly 43.5
Rikand 44
Ted_YNWA 44
miamee 44
Siobh73 44.5
Also Starring LeVar Burton 45
BuileBeag 45
Strawberry Milkshake 45
bolgbui41 45
Necro 46
davetherave 47
q2ice 47
Kolido 48
quickbeam 48
conor222 49
twirlagig 50
mustang shelly 51
Collie D 52
lassykk 52
Local_Chap 52.5
Skippy44 57.5

quickbeam

Green&Red wrote: »

Lots of new people round for these games

Ye should check out werewolf, basically the backbone of forum games, games typically run over 4-5 days but there is one night game happening this Friday, check it out here

Its very easy to play but like Peehs its harder to explain than it is to actually play

The one on Friday would be a great intro to anyone curious about it. It's not a 4-5 day game, it'll all be done over the course of one evening. If you've ever wondered, then what better time to try when you can't go out anyway

Never mind, just realised that one has reached capacity. Watch out for the next one though.

And now we move to:

7. TIME Magazine's Women of the Century
All of these women have been named in TIME Magazine's "Women of the Century" list, published in March 2020



TOP ROW:
Corazon Aquino: Filipino politician. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 1986.
Sinéad O’Connor: a.k.a. Shuhada' Sadaqat. Irish singer-songwriter and Pope-photo-ripper-upper. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 1993.
Marilyn Monroe: American actress and pop culture icon. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 1954.
Princess Diana of Wales: British royal and philanthropist. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 1987.

BOTTOM ROW:
Greta Thunberg: Swedish environmental activist. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 2019.
Frida Kahlo: Mexican artist. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 1938.
Oprah Winfrey: American businesswoman and media personality. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 2004.
Hillary Clinton: American senator and former Democratic nominee for President. TIME’s “Woman of the Year” for 2016.

We have another double-digit Sheep in this round, but with so many high profile ladies which one will it be?

Definitely Princess Di.

Green&Red

I went for looks here and I'll apologise to no man for it

Green&Red

Green&Red wrote: »

I went for looks here and I'll apologise to no man for it

Me too.

Corazon Aquino is arguably the most difficult answer to get here, and in the end nobody got it; Collie D admirably took a swing but didn't quite hit (I doubt very much Imelda Marcos would like being mistaken for the woman who played a large part in bringing down her husband's regime! )

What I thought was the second most difficult answer here....is the Sheep! Because that's how this game often works.

Question 7: TIME

Frida Kahlo - 11
bolgbui41
conor222
EEFGGFEDCCDEED
grumpylumpy
miamee
millie35
Persepoly
quickbeam
Sheridan81
Skippy44
Zaph

Sinéad O'Connor - 7
bubblypop
Electric Nitwit
lassykk
Local_Chap
phatkev
Rikand
sKeith

Marilyn Monroe - 5
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Green&Red
Kolido
Siobh73
Three More Big Sleeps

Oprah Winfrey - 5
Declan A Walsh
munster87
Reberetta
ShaneU
Ted_YNWA

Hillary Clinton - 5
aaronjennings
BuileBeag
davetherave
mustang shelly
twirlagig

Greta Thunberg - 4
Necro
q2ice
Toto Wolfcastle
yozico

Princess Diana - 3
Griffin Disgusting Restaurant
rainbowtrout
Strawberry Milkshake


INCORRECTS - 16.5:

Imelda Marcos - Collie D

ShaneU

Hahaha never even heard of Frida Kahlo