FG Challenge Quiz - Game Thread

ari101

Collie D wrote: »

The Tube map question comes up in lots of quizzes and I always guess. It’s probably not that difficult to learn them all but I can just not be bothered. I’m not even sure I’d be bothered if I was living in London.

I know some of them for sure (ones I've used lots), and then I know names and some colours but I don't know which goes with which, so I just guessed

Necro

Collie D wrote: »

The Tube map question comes up in lots of quizzes and I always guess. It’s probably not that difficult to learn them all but I can just not be bothered. I’m not even sure I’d be bothered if I was living in London.

So does the Henry VIII question but like hell can I remember more than one or what order they were in :pac::pac:

Collie D

Necro wrote: »

So does the Henry VIII question but like hell can I remember more than one or what order they were in :pac::pac:

That one too. I could name them all but I don’t know the order apart from first and (hopefully) last.

Have set myself up for a fall there.

Sephiroth_dude

Hard at work on my questions.

SineadSpears

Do you need to answer the tie breaker questions now or only if there is a tie breaker?

Kolido

SineadSpears wrote: »

Do you need to answer the tie breaker questions now or only if there is a tie breaker?

Now please, saves me having to wait if players aren't online when needed.

SineadSpears

Kolido wrote: »

Now please, saves me having to wait if players aren't online when needed.

Just sent The Winners answers through a min ago :pac:

I'll add on the other two ..

Hillybilly4

I haven't had TV for years and years so was floundering a bit but I had a really unbelievably lucky break today...I was in a hospital waiting room and there was a TV on...

the purple tin

I did a last minute change. I wouldn't mind too much being wrong, but if I was right at the start and changed over to a wrong answer...oh that drives me nuts!

Night owl gal

Just sent in my anwers, that was tough

EEFGGFEDCCDEED

Just in before the deadline.
No time to second guess, plenty of first guesses in there though

Mr Kolido, sir. Seph Dude is disrupting the class again.

Kolido

Please stand by for todays questions.

I am pleased to say that everyone who PMd me yesterday and changed some answers got there on time, all were accepted.

We have 33 players in the game.

Today there will be a picture round which I will post separately, if you can though, please send your answers all together

the purple tin

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Mr Kolido, sir. Seph Dude is disrupting the class again.

HeidiHeidi

Oh God, a picture round....... :eek:

Right, I've decided this might be my best chance ever at supplementing my cutlery drawer.....

Kolido

4 - Pictures

1. Name the US state highlighted

2. In which city would you see this building?

3. Name the former sports star.

4. Name the movie this promo poster is from.

5. Name the song this music video still is from.


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Kolido

5. Sport

How many football matches were played in total in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia?
In which sport could you win the Davis Cup?
Which famous football club was knocked out of the Champions League last week by PSG in the round of last 16?
Karl Malone, nicknamed 'The Mailman' is a famous name in which sport?
What age was Tiger Woods when he won his first Major?

6. Music

Rednex, who had a UK No.1 in 1995 with 'Cotton Eyed Joe', are from which country?
The Friends theme song, I’ll Be There For You, was recorded by which band?
Which band released albums entitled ‘Morrison Hotel, ‘Waiting for the Sun’ and ‘L.A. Woman’?
Who sang 'Nobody Does it Better', the theme song to The Spy Who Loved Me?
In what year did Robbie Williams first leave Take That?
American singer Peter Gene Hernandez is better known by what stage name?
What was the first music video played on MTV Europe?
Taylor Swift grew up on what type of farm?
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake famously turned up to the American Music Awards in 2001 wearing outfits made out of what?
Girls Aloud were formed on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 – but can you name the boy band that was formed at the same time?

7. General Knowledge

What was Margaret Thatcher's middle name?
Which metal has the chemical symbol Pb?
Lemurs are native to which island?
Which is the only letter in Scrabble to have a value of five points?
How many suspects are there in the original version of the board game Cluedo?
Which of these media services was launched first, Twitter, Youtube, or Reddit?
Which sports star has the most followers on Instagram?
As of 2020, how many member states are there in the EU?
What is the currency of Denmark?
In which year did Big Brother first air on Channel 4?

Baggly

Kol image links arent working - i tried to take a look but cant see where the issue is.

rainbowtrout

There's no pictures

Kolido

Apologies guys, let me see if I can sort of post them another way.

Kolido

Let me know please if you can see them now

rainbowtrout

ya they are working now

Trigger

So many music questions

Purgative

Now I'm looking forward to the losers playoffs.:(

Baggly

Tricky sets of questions! Appreciate it Kolido!!

Trigger

Think I got 9 from the first 10 questions (thank you sport knowledge!) Then went downhill pretty sharpish. From the bottom 20 I think I knew 3 or 4 answers and the rest were pretty much guesses

So near but yet so far on some of my submitted answers

Grrrrrrrrr

Zaph

Trigger wrote: »

So many music questions

Plus one about Rednex

HeidiHeidi

Purgative wrote: »

Now I'm looking forward to the losers playoffs.:(

Do you think there might be a playoff for the losers of the losers' playoffs?

Purgative

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Do you think there might be a playoff for the losers of the losers' playoffs?

I think so , but then that could just be added to the list of things I've got wrong.

rainbowtrout

Zaph wrote: »

Plus one about Rednex

Three years ago this was the favoured tune of my Transition Year students, any day away where they had music playing we got a blast of this. If I didn't get this question right........ :D:D

Purgative

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Three years ago this was the favoured tune of my Transition Year students, any day away where they had music playing we got a blast of this. If I didn't get this question right........ :D:D

I thought it was something you put in car engines

the purple tin

Any sense of optimism I had after yesterday's questions has been torpedoed with today's set

In, best I could do anyway. I hope I don't look like too much of a dope when the answers are posted.

cee_jay

Kolido wrote: »

In what year did Robbie Williams first leave Take That?

It is still like a little dagger to my heart. I remember my Mam coming in to my bedroom and waking me to tell me the news. I may have cried a little

HeidiHeidi

cee_jay wrote: »

It is still like a little dagger to my heart. I remember my Mam coming in to my bedroom and waking me to tell me the news. I may have cried a little

This (along with a good few of the other questions) came up recently in one of the rubbish evening telly quiz shows I'm hopelessly addicted to.



I really, really need to start paying a bit more attention to them!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Bit tougher than yesterday (always was going to be with sports in the mix), but don't think I fared too terribly, plenty there that I'd be confident in anyway... All that useless knowledge I've retained coming in handy... :pac:

Entries sent. That wasn't so bad, actually; knew a good few of them and the ones I didn't know were ones I could at least make a (hopefully) decent guess at.

The "first video on MTV" one is bugging me though, because I know I've heard it before and just can't recall it now. I made a guess that sounds like it could be correct but also could be horribly wrong.

Kolido

Guys, a quick question. We have a late entry, I have no problem letting them play from today. However I have also no problem with them answering yesterdays questions and giving them fair crack at it. Would everyone be okay with this?
I know I set deadlines but I don't want to turn anyone away where possible.

We obviously won't be able to accept any late entries after stage 1.

HeidiHeidi

Deleted User wrote: »

Entries sent. That wasn't so bad, actually; knew a good few of them and the ones I didn't know were ones I could at least make a (hopefully) decent guess at.

The "first video on MTV" one is bugging me though, because I know I've heard it before and just can't recall it now. I made a guess that sounds like it could be correct but also could be horribly wrong.

I couldn't resist googling this, and am pleasant surprised that although I was wrong (as expected), I at least hit the right decade!

Trigger

Kolido wrote: »

Guys, a quick question. We have a late entry, I have no problem letting them play from today. However I have also no problem with them answering yesterdays questions and giving them fair crack at it. Would everyone be okay with this?
I know I set deadlines but I don't want to turn anyone away where possible.

We obviously won't be able to accept any late entries after stage 1.

Fire away, more the merrier

Trigger

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Entries sent. That wasn't so bad, actually; knew a good few of them and the ones I didn't know were ones I could at least make a (hopefully) decent guess at.

The "first video on MTV" one is bugging me though, because I know I've heard it before and just can't recall it now. I made a guess that sounds like it could be correct but also could be horribly wrong.

Mine is so so so so so so soooooo wrong :pac:

ShaneU

Got the mtv video mixed up with the American station ughhhh. I actually had the right answer and changed it.

Necro

Deleted User wrote:

The "first video on MTV" one is bugging me though, because I know I've heard it before and just can't recall it now. I made a guess that sounds like it could be correct but also could be horribly wrong.

Hadn't a clue on that one, just took a stab which is most likely horribly wrong :pac:

Zaph

I enjoyed those questions more than I did yesterday's. Still doesn't mean I got them right, but I have better educated guesses for some of the ones I didn't know.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

ShaneU wrote: »

Got the mtv video mixed up with the American station ughhhh. I actually had the right answer and changed it.

I had a similar problem where I know both the first video for the US and the European launches, but couldn't confidently remember which was on which... Haven't checked it, but hoping I went with the right one...

cee_jay

I may have misread the question - I know the US launch, that is what I answered. Don't know if I know the European one so wouldn't have made a difference.
The sports questions really killed me though. They were terrible for me. All guesses. And probably all wrong guesses.

Mollyb60

Answers in. Mostly wrong I'm sure. And anyone that knows Margaret Thatchers middle name needs to be hoisted by his undergarments from the highest flagpole around here.

HeidiHeidi

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Answers in. Mostly wrong I'm sure. And anyone that knows Margaret Thatchers middle name needs to be hoisted by his undergarments from the highest flagpole around here.

So it's ok to know it if you're a girl then???


How could you NOT know that little nugget?

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote:

Answers in. Mostly wrong I'm sure. And anyone that knows Margaret Thatchers middle name needs to be hoisted by his undergarments from the highest flagpole around here.

Erm...

I recently watched the crown and decided to google how factual things were and it was something that kinda stuck

rainbowtrout

Necro wrote: »

Erm...

I recently watched the crown and decided to google how factual things were and it was something that kinda stuck

We were made to learn essays in Irish about random world leaders in fifth class (This was around 1989). One of them was Margaret Thatcher. Some of those sentences are still stuck in my head in Irish. :pac:

Rugadh Margaret X Roberts i míle naoi gcead fiche cuig.......:D