2021 Last Person Standing January Quiz

Trigger

Clarabel wrote: »

Anyone wanna take a brown envelope?

Considering you can't win the competition and you are a floater.

No

Mollyb60

Clarabel wrote: »

I visited in my 2nd or 3rd week in the country. Back in 1998, I was terrified I was gonna get blown up, murdered. I wouldn't look anyone in the eyes. Then I got there and was blown away by how gorgeous it is!

When I moved up my da thought it was height of hilarity to sing Amhrán na Bhfiann at the top of his voice out the window of the car. as we drove around the city lost. I was equal parts terrified and mortified.

Collie D

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Speaking as a resident, Belfast is delightful now (I mean in general, not currently cos everywhere is a ****hole when nothing is open) and I would highly recommend that everyone come visit. There's barely any murders here at all these days.

Nothing against Belfast personally and have been a few times but most other cities in the world would distance themselves from an unsinkable ship that went down on its first voyage rather than build their tourist industry around it.

HeidiHeidi

Collie D wrote: »

Nothing against Belfast personally and have been a few times but most other cities in the world would distance themselves from an unsinkable ship that went down on its first voyage rather than build their tourist industry around it.

It's doing mighty well off the back of it though!

Could be seen as a stroke of genius!

Electric Nitwit

Mollyb60

Collie D wrote: »

Nothing against Belfast personally and have been a few times but most other cities in the world would distance themselves from an unsinkable ship that went down on its first voyage rather than build their tourist industry around it.

If the only other thing you're known for is trying to blow each other up, I think the guys here were right to focus on the most famous sunken ship in the world as a tourist attraction. And as they love to say here, it was fine when it left the port! Not our fault it sank. That was the Brits.

Collie D

Mollyb60 wrote: »

If the only other thing you're known for is trying to blow each other up, I think the guys here were right to focus on the most famous sunken ship in the world as a tourist attraction. And as they love to say here, it was fine when it left the port! Not our fault it sank. That was the Brits.

Fair points.

Clarabel

Trigger wrote: »

Considering you can't win the competition and you are a floater.

No

But it'd be free money if that was the case

Posy

Mollyb60 wrote: »

When I moved up my da thought it was height of hilarity to sing Amhrán na Bhfiann at the top of his voice out the window of the car. as we drove around the city lost. I was equal parts terrified and mortified.

I hope ye weren't driving around Sandy Row. :pac:

Mollyb60

Posy wrote: »

I hope ye weren't driving around Sandy Row. :pac:

Not too far away from there actually. It was an interesting journey.

Green&Red

I lived in Belfast for a couple of years, loved it, great city

Anyway, to the results

First Osh went for 28 and Cee_jay went for 36, so not a big difference but who was closer??

cee_jay

Oh talk about leaving us hanging!

Green&Red

So the correct answer was 25 months, decision made June '36 and President Hyde came into office June '38


So we say goodbye to Cee-Jay

Purgative

I read somewhere that the longest drumroll was 2 minutes 47 seconds.


Just saying loike :P

Green&Red

So for a long time it looked like Trigger had overshot the runway with 97 months but then right at the end CJ Maxx swooped in with a guess of 13 years. Now I know civil servants have a bad name but jees.

Johnny foreigner Clarabel was closest


ShaneU 6
Mollyb60 9
Sephiroth_dude 10
Pawwed Rig 11
hurlingman97 11
Loughc 12
BuileBeag 13
Toto Wolfcastle 13
Kolido 17
Zaph 17
rainbowtrout 18
Purgative 20
Electric Nitwit 23
Also Starring LeVar Burton 23
Clarabel 24
Osh 28
Irish Aris 30
cee_jay 36
HeidiHeidi 36
Shorty69664 48
Collie D 50
KathleenGrant 50
Posy 55
wrestlemaniac 59
duffman13 61
Reberetta 90
Trigger 97
cj maxx 156

cj maxx

Green&Red wrote: »

So for a long time it looked like Trigger had overshot the runway with 97 months but then right at the end CJ Maxx swooped in with a guess of 13 years. Now I know civil servants have a bad name but jees.

Johnny foreigner Clarabel was closest


ShaneU 6
Mollyb60 9
Sephiroth_dude 10
Pawwed Rig 11
hurlingman97 11
Loughc 12
BuileBeag 13
Toto Wolfcastle 13
Kolido 17
Zaph 17
rainbowtrout 18
Purgative 20
Electric Nitwit 23
Also Starring LeVar Burton 23
Clarabel 24
Osh 28
Irish Aris 30
cee_jay 36
HeidiHeidi 36
Shorty69664 48
Collie D 50
KathleenGrant 50
Posy 55
wrestlemaniac 59
duffman13 61
Reberetta 90
Trigger 97
cj maxx 156

Oh dear, rooting for Trigger from now on

Trigger

Lmao totally misread the question.. knew the year that Hyde was elected but misread the question as the constitution was re-written in 1930.. :pac: holy crap that was too close for comfort.. need to take my time tomorrow

Electric Nitwit

Green&Red wrote: »

Johnny foreigner Clarabel was closest

Electric Nitwit 23
Also Starring LeVar Burton 23
Clarabel 24

Aaahh, so close!
Delighted with that as it was a straight up guess

Trigger

Surely the Pass should go to someone else as Clara is a ghost player? As in she can't win as she joined in too late?

osh

Wow, was expecting to go out, I really had no idea. Not consciously anyway!

Purgative

Trigger wrote: »

Surely the Pass should go to someone else as Clara is a ghost player? As in she can't win as she joined in too late?

Its true she can't win the comp and the trip to Colombia but hey, she can at least win the green jersey a couple of times

Electric Nitwit

Trigger wrote: »

Surely the Pass should go to someone else as Clara is a ghost player? As in she can't win as she joined in too late?

Good point. It said nearest unique player. Next nearest are me and ALSB. We're both unique, we both get a pass

Mollyb60

Not to be 'THAT GUY' but didn't they change the constitution in June 37 and Hyde was elected in June 38? So it would actually be 12 months?

Mollyb60

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Not to be 'THAT GUY' but didn't they change the constitution in June 37 and Hyde was elected in June 38? So it would actually be 12 months?

That's what I thought. So I went 13 to be the nearest unique answer. I'll never get a bye!!

Green&Red

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Not to be 'THAT GUY' but didn't they change the constitution in June 37 and Hyde was elected in June 38? So it would actually be 12 months?

The decision to change it was June 5th ‘36

RTFQ Molly!

cee_jay

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Not to be 'THAT GUY' but didn't they change the constitution in June 37 and Hyde was elected in June 38? So it would actually be 12 months?

This is why is asked for clarification this morning. G&R said from when the executive council decided to change the constitution...

cee_jay

cee_jay wrote: »

This is why is asked for clarification this morning. G&R said from when the executive council decided to change the constitution...

Aaahh read ALL the thread! Doh!

Mollyb60

Yeah I'm not getting my knickers in a twist about this but the question really wasn't clear then. I took it that the decision was made when the country voted and the Dáil passed the bill.
But anyway, I'm still in so onwards and upwards.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Aaahh, so close!
Delighted with that as it was a straight up guess

When in doubt I tend to just go with 23 and I didn't have a clue what the right answer was. Two-ish years did sound reasonable though.

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Good point. It said nearest unique player. Next nearest are me and ALSB. We're both unique, we both get a pass

Green&Red

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Yeah I'm not getting my knickers in a twist about this but the question really wasn't clear then. I took it that the decision was made when the country voted and the Dáil passed the bill.
But anyway, I'm still in so onwards and upwards.

Well that’s just impossible, the question asked when the decision was made to rewrite the constitution, by the referendum it had been rewritten