FG Challenge Quiz - Game Thread

Night owl gal

Will you be posting the answers, after each round?

Hillybilly4

Mine's in. Had a couple of last minute lightbulb moments but there were some where the lights never even flickered...

Mollyb60

Necro wrote: »

Erm...

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

rainbowtrout wrote: »

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

Ah here. I'm fecked.

Purgative

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.

I thought it was Miserable. Margaret Miserable Thatcher.

Hillybilly4 wrote: »

Mine's in. Had a couple of last minute lightbulb moments but there were some where the lights never even flickered...

I'm still waiting for any lightbulbs, four hours after posting my answers.

Irish Aris

I think I have the correct song for the MTV Europe thing, remains to be seen of course, I avoid googling the answers, for the element of surprise.

Very disappointed with myself on the music round where I thought it would save me. I couldn't remember who sang the Bond theme and threw a name which is definitely wrong. and quite a few don't knows (unless you are a Taylor Swift hardcore fan why would you know what farm she grew up in? )

Kolido

Night owl gal wrote: »

Will you be posting the answers, after each round?

I will be doing a reveal tomorrow evening of yesterday and todays answers and the group will be split in 2 for the next stage of the quiz.

Final reveal will be on Saturday

Mollyb60

Irish Aris wrote: »

I think I have the correct song for the MTV Europe thing, remains to be seen of course, I avoid googling the answers, for the element of surprise.

Very disappointed with myself on the music round where I thought it would save me. I couldn't remember who sang the Bond theme and threw a name which is definitely wrong. and quite a few don't knows (unless you are a Taylor Swift hardcore fan why would you know what farm she grew up in? )

Well seeing how Necro knew Maggie's middle name I'm fully expecting him to know Tay Tay's childhood farm too.

ari101

It's funny sitting here thinking:
1. Some of my answers are such embarrassing guesses as they are the only thing I can think of...
2. I know the answer to this question but I can't remember it right now...
3. I could do with a maths round, but that could be terrible too...

:pac:

When do the hard questions commence?

Zaph

Irish Aris wrote: »

unless you are a Taylor Swift hardcore fan why would you know what farm she grew up in?

cee_jay

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.

Hmmm I think I missed this question. Not that I would have any idea!

cee_jay

cee_jay wrote: »

Hmmm I think I missed this question. Not that I would have any idea!

So what you’re saying is Maggie’s second name is the chemical element pb?

aaronjennings

That was much harder than yesterday's selection

See y'all in the Loser's bracket

Kolido

cee_jay wrote: »

Hmmm I think I missed this question. Not that I would have any idea!

You all can still change or answer any question you missed until the deadline.

rainbowtrout

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Well seeing how Necro knew Maggie's middle name I'm fully expecting him to know Tay Tay's childhood farm too.

Well Tay Tay’s farm didn’t feature in The Crown so there’s hope...

Hillybilly4

I couldn't resist Googling the answer to one of the questions I had not a clue about...

cee_jay

Kolido wrote: »

You all can still change or answer any question you missed until the deadline.

Not that it will make any difference - but just in case they are all moved up one

Kolido

Deleted User wrote: »

When do the hard questions commence?

You missed a round in your PM

aaronjennings

Kolido wrote: »

You missed a round in your PM

Can't get questions wrong if you don't answer them

Collie D

I really struggled today and having just Googled after submitting I’m in trouble. Good score yesterday will hopefully save me but very bad today. Some I just had no clue and some 50/50s where I managed to pick the wrong one every time.

Booooo

ari101

I'm not looking stuff up, I know I have loads wrong, but I'll let Kolido depress surprise me in person tomorrow

hurlingman97

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.

How can one properly insult someone's memory if one doesn't know her full name?

Kolido

Still a few to get their answers in. I'm a reasonable dude though, if their in when I start totting up numbers tomorrow if will be grand

Sephiroth_dude

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

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

the purple tin wrote: »

Night owl gal

My answers are in

Kolido

All in except Sinead, still time if you want to play on.

Folks, I totally forgot it's Paddys Day and I scheduled the reveal for this evening. I can postpone it if folk are busy, personally I have nothing else to be doing so I'm free.

Necro

Kolido wrote: »

All in except Sinead, still time if you want to play on.

Folks, I totally forgot it's Paddys Day and I scheduled the reveal for this evening. I can postpone it if folk are busy, personally I have nothing else to be doing so I'm free.

:pac: Nothing is the sum total of most people's plans this year I suspect

I'm fine with the reveal this eve anyways Kol

Purgative

Kolido wrote: »

All in except Sinead, still time if you want to play on.

Folks, I totally forgot it's Paddys Day and I scheduled the reveal for this evening. I can postpone it if folk are busy, personally I have nothing else to be doing so I'm free.

Well I was going out but then, oh wait a minute. No I'm fine :P

ari101

And here was I thinking you scheduled it for tonight to give us something to look forward to on Paddy's Day!

Kolido

Grand so, see you all later.


I can reveal now, all scores received have been totted up.

I can also reveal that one player hit both tie breaker answers on the nose, outstanding answering. Will they be needed, we will see!

I can also reveal that Music proved to be the toughest category overall

Purgative

Kol you little tease you .


I'll have a spring in my step all day, thinking its me.:)

Well I'm working later today, but I have a feeling it won't be the busy day of St Patrick's day past, so I'll pop along

the purple tin

hurlingman97 wrote: »

How can one properly insult someone's memory if one doesn't know her full name?

Just make one up like 'Rusty Knickers' for eg

KathleenGrant

Awwwww so disappointed i missed this! Sob! Good luck everyone with it anyway.

Sephiroth_dude

Please please kol make the reveal today and give us all something to look forward too

the purple tin

Irish Aris wrote: »

I think I have the correct song for the MTV Europe thing, remains to be seen of course, I avoid googling the answers, for the element of surprise.

Does MTV even exist anymore? I know they stopped playing music vids years ago (Youtube probably hammered them) and then became like a reality TV channel.

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Well Tay Tay’s farm didn’t feature in The Crown so there’s hope...

Weren't that an old Bob Dylan song?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Kolido wrote: »

Folks, I totally forgot it's Paddys Day and I scheduled the reveal for this evening. I can postpone it if folk are busy, personally I have nothing else to be doing so I'm free.

Patrick was a top tier arsehole who came over here like the mad cult disciple that he was, and killed any Pagan (because we were all Pagans back then, and Paganism is great craic by all accounts) who wouldn't convert to Catholicism.

Under the tyranny of the Catholic Church all Pagan Festivals and Celebrations (ie. anything that involved having a few drinks and a bit of a party) were banned thanks to that prick Patrick and everyone was forced to pray and pay penance.

And over the years the Catholic Mafia covered it all up and turned it into a fun kids story about driving all the snakes out of Ireland, and all the SHEEPLE of Ireland celebrate and drink to the serial killer who forced religion down our throats whether we wanted ir or not, even though we've been enslaved by Catholicism ever since, and only recently been able to start freeing ourselves from those shackles.

All the great stuff, all the craic of being Irish, have trickled down and survived from the Pagan days in defiance against the will of the God Squad, so really what we should be doing every year is burning effigies of that Psycho Patrick and sharing the truth about the atrocities and crimes against our ancestors instead of all this "oh wasn't he great for scaring off those imaginary snakes that never existed here in the first place"... :rolleyes:

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk...

/Annual Rant Over

Kolido

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Awwwww so disappointed i missed this! Sob! Good luck everyone with it anyway.

If you havent googled any answers yet, pm me them and you can join the fun.

the purple tin

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Please please kol make the reveal today and give us all something to look forward too

Happy St Catricks Day

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Patrick was a top tier arsehole ...

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk...

/Annual Rant Over

That was wonderful! I really enjoyed it! :pac: Put me down for two tickets to next year's talk please!

aaronjennings

the purple tin wrote: »

Does MTV even exist anymore? I know they stopped playing music vids years ago (Youtube probably hammered them) and then became like a reality TV channel.

Their main channel is ****e, but they do have several music-only channels, yeah. MTV Music is my default channel to have on in the background when there's nothing to watch - not that it helped with yesterday's questions

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Deleted User wrote: »

That was wonderful! I really enjoyed it! :pac: Put me down for two tickets to next year's talk please!

And that was only the short condensed boards friendly version...

My first "The Real Story of Saint Patrick" seminar was back in 2015 at a family gathering and lasted about an hour as I dropped some truth bombs on my cousins...

I've toyed with the idea of adapting it into a Stand-Up Show, Novel, or Netflix Series over the years... One of these days I'll get around to it I'm sure... :pac:

Irish Aris

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

And that was only the short condensed boards friendly version...

My first "The Real Story of Saint Patrick" seminar was back in 2015 at a family gathering and lasted about an hour as I dropped some truth bombs on my cousins...

I've toyed with the idea of adapting it into a Stand-Up Show, Novel, or Netflix Series over the years... One of these days I'll get around to it I'm sure... :pac:

Were you invited back on family gatherings?? :pac:

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Irish Aris wrote: »

Were you invited back on family gatherings?? :pac:

I've still always been dragged along to family events whether I want to be there or not.

Some of my cousins beg me to do the whole rant again at every opportunity as if it were some sort of a party piece rather than the eye-opening lecture that it actually is...

I'd say you're hilarious when you're all worked up LeVar! I mean that in a good way!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd say you're hilarious when you're all worked up LeVar! I mean that in a good way!

I've been told as much anyway, and I enjoy going off on epic rants for my own amusement, so it's a win-win... :pac:

KathleenGrant

Kolido wrote: »

If you havent googled any answers yet, pm me them and you can join the fun.

Awww who is my new best friend. Haven't had time to google but i wouldn't anyway cos know alls don't have to.

Purgative

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I've still always been dragged along to family events whether I want to be there or not.

Some of my cousins beg me to do the whole rant again at every opportunity as if it were some sort of a party piece rather than the eye-opening lecture that it actually is...

Reminds me of that Stewart Lee thing in Glasgow, where he tells the audience that Robert the Bruce was a probably a pedo. Probably seen it already but here it is.

Night owl gal

Have zero plans here today, so ok for a reveal of answers

Are we also getting questions today?

Sephiroth_dude

the purple tin wrote: »

Happy St Catricks Day

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