FG Challenge Quiz - Game Thread

Trigger

I'm pretty certain I got 5/5 in the sports, then.. ill be back to normality

Sephiroth_dude

Yes moving up the table !

ari101

ari101 wrote: »

Well I wouldn't object to being a Brit but I'm actually from boggy Mayo

I knew there was a reason I liked you!

the purple tin

I've got two in the silliest answers section so far

I’d never heard of that malone fella but seeing as he has a nickname, I thought wrestling was my best guess.

cee_jay

the purple tin wrote: »

I've got two in the silliest answers section so far

Same Both sport related though for me, so to be expected!

aaronjennings

Oh, you know you've screwed up when Kolido names-and-shames one of your answers...

Sephiroth_dude

the purple tin wrote: »

I've got two in the silliest answers section so far

I only had one 🤣🤣🤣

Strawberry Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I’d never heard of that malone fella but seeing as he has a nickname, I thought wrestling was my best guess.

Me neither. I was trying to think what sport you'd 'deliver' in but I couldn't so I went NFL.

I really wanted to put "competitive post delivery" for that Mailman question. And given that my "serious" guess was wrong, I may as well have.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

[Deleted User] wrote: »

1. Catherine of Aragorn - divorced
2. Anne Boleyn - beheaded
3. Jane Seymour - died of natural causes
4. Anne of Cleeves - divorced
5. Catherine Howard - beheaded
6. Catherine Parr - died after her fat cúnt of a husband did.

I feel like there should be an Animaniacs video going through them all!

Horrible Histories had a song about it...

Zaph

ari101 wrote: »

Well I wouldn't object to being a Brit but I'm actually from boggy Mayo

I'd just say I was a Brit if I were you, it's less embarrassing.

rainbowtrout

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I’d never heard of that malone fella but seeing as he has a nickname, I thought wrestling was my best guess.

I thought that too. I think I put NFL, figured it was an Irish name and I had never heard of him, so he was probably American....

Trigger

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I’d never heard of that malone fella but seeing as he has a nickname, I thought wrestling was my best guess.

He always delivers!

Kolido

5 - Sport

How many football matches were played in total in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia?
A. 64

In which sport could you win the Davis Cup?
A. Tennis

Which famous football club was knocked out of the Champions League last week by PSG in the round of last 16?
A. Barcelona

Karl Malone, nicknamed 'The Mailman' is a famous name in which sport?
A. Basketball

What age was Tiger Woods when he won his first Major?
A. 21

the purple tin

the purple tin wrote: »

I've got two in the silliest answers section so far

Three. :cool:

And I suspect more to come!!

Sephiroth_dude

Imagine if the person with the most silly answers mentioned was the true winner of the game 🤣🤣🤣

Sawduck

Delighted with my score for the first two rounds, I'm going to pretend rounds 3 and 4 never happened though

Trigger

Right, full marks..

Thats me done, see yiz.

Necro

Yussssss finally full marks!

aaronjennings

I said basketball

I just didn't include the K or the T

Kolido

Player|R1|R2|R3|R4|R5|Total
Rainbowtrout | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26
Hurlingman | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 25
Night owl gal | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24
BuileBeag | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24
Necro | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24
Zaph | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24
LeVar | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23
Molly | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22
2D | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22
Strawbs | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21
Collie | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21
Aris | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21
Bubbly | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20
EEFGGFEDCCDEED | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20
Mack | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20
Homer | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19
CeeJay | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19
Baggly | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19
Kathleen |6 |4 |4 |2 |3 |19
Osh | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19
Trigger | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19
sawduck | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18
Seph | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18
Heidi | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17
HillBilly | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16
Edser | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16
Ari | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16
Purple | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15
Aaron | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15
Barney | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15
Scooby | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14
Rebe | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13
Purg | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12
Shane | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12

Also Starring LeVar Burton

ari101 wrote: »

Well I wouldn't object to being a Brit but I'm actually from boggy Mayo

That's worse to be honest

ari101

Well sport was never a strong suit for Mayo Is it 70 long years yet...?

I would have had full marks if it wasn't for the stupid mailman

rainbowtrout

aaronjennings wrote: »

I said basketball

I just didn't include the K or the T

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Kol said spelling didn't matter.....

Dammit. I changed 64 to 66 for some crazy reason as I knew it didn’t really fit into games played.

I based it all off the USA World Cup question.

ari101

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Dammit. I changed 64 to 66 for some crazy reason as I knew it didn’t really fit into games played.

I based it all off the USA World Cup question.

I remembered to add one for the 3rd/4th playoff but overestimated the earlier number of matches :eek:

the purple tin

aaronjennings wrote: »

I said basketball

I just didn't include the K or the T

Ha! same here. I reasoned thus: Maybe The Mailman sends the ball out of the park a lot

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Ugh not a single one right in the actual Sports round, but I did know Scottie Pippin from guest starring on Fresh Off The Boat... so still did better at Sports than I expected... :pac:

ari101

the purple tin wrote: »

Ha! same here. I reasoned thus: Maybe The Mailman sends the ball out of the park a lot

I figured he 'slotted them home'... and randomly guessed basketball :pac: If I was doing it again I would have put ice hockey but thankfully that didn't come to mind at the time

Kolido

Kolido wrote: »

5 - Sport

How many football matches were played in total in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia?
A. 64

*sigh* This was actually my worst answer in the game, or at least the one I'm kicking myself most about.

I tried working it out from first principles; you've a final, a 3rd/4th playoff, two semi finals, 4 quarter finals and 8 second round games. That's 1+1+2+4+8 = 16 games. So far so good.

Now just the group games to go; I somehow convinced myself that 8 groups where each side plays 3 games means that there will be 8*3 = 24 group matches. So 24+16 = 40 overall. Which is what I submitted.

....you can probably see the issue here. I somehow forgot to account for the fact that every team in each group plays three games; I was only accounting for one team playing three games overall without considering the others. So it should have been 6 games per group times 8 = 48, and then 48+16 = 64 would have been correct.

tl;dr - I fail at basic maths.

the purple tin

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Ugh not a single one right in the actual Sports round, but I did know Scottie Pippin from guest starring on Fresh Off The Boat... so still did better at Sports than I expected... :pac:

Kolido

Let's have a look at some of the answers submitted for round 6

Rednex, who had a UK No.1 in 1995 with 'Cotton Eyed Joe', are from which country?

Canada (hoping its a trick question )

Ireland


Taylor Swift grew up on what type of farm?

Potato

Cotton

Peanut Farm

Chicken farm

No idea (come on Kol, what type of farm hahahahaha!!!)

Dairy farm

Turkey

Cattle

American farm, I know nothing about this one, nor do I want to!!

Lemons

Alpaca


Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake famously turned up to the American Music Awards in 2001 wearing outfits made out of what?

Their own sense of self satisfaction

Frog Spawn

Fur

Chainmail

Bags

Leather

Bubble wrap

Newspaper

Leaves

Latex

Dollars

Snake skin

Barney92

This is going to end shortly, but my low scores have led me to be the only one to have not had a worse round than any before. Either improved or stayed the same. That run is going to get skewered in a moment though.

Kolido wrote: »

Player|R1|R2|R3|R4|R5|Total
Rainbowtrout | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26
Hurlingman | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 25
Night owl gal | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24
BuileBeag | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24
Necro | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24
Zaph | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24
LeVar | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23
Molly | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22
2D | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22
Strawbs | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21
Collie | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21
Aris | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21
Bubbly | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20
EEFGGFEDCCDEED | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20
Mack | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20
Homer | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19
CeeJay | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19
Baggly | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19
Kathleen |6 |4 |4 |2 |3 |19
Osh | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19
Trigger | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19
sawduck | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18
Seph | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18
Heidi | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17
HillBilly | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16
Edser | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16
Ari | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16
Purple | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15
Aaron | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15
Barney | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15
Scooby | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14
Rebe | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13
Purg | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12
Shane | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12

Necro

Ireland

That's mine... WHOOPS!

Trigger

Hahahaha 3 of my answers up there

Hmmmm my farm wasn't included in silly answers!! Could pumpkin be right??? :pac: :pac:

rainbowtrout

Kolido wrote: »

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake famously turned up to the American Music Awards in 2001 wearing outfits made out of what?

Their own sense of self satisfaction

:D:D:D:D

This deserves a point.

Trigger

Necro wrote: »

That's mine... WHOOPS!

I said Canada :pac:

Kolido

Kolido wrote: »

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake famously turned up to the American Music Awards in 2001 wearing outfits made out of what?

Their own sense of self satisfaction

I see nothing incorrect about this.

Leather was mine, bringing me up to four silly answers published. \o/ At least I got the farm one right....I think.

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmmmm my farm wasn't included in silly answers!! Could pumpkin be right??? :pac: :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hmmmm my farm wasn't included in silly answers!! Could pumpkin be right??? :pac: :pac:

No.

Awww

Sephiroth_dude

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmmmm my farm wasn't included in silly answers!! Could pumpkin be right??? :pac: :pac:

Nor was mine :pac:

the purple tin

Tay Tay. Slang for potato! Dammit how did I miss that

Kolido

This round was also noted for a high volume of answers for this song, it was indeed the first music video played on MTV, but was it the first played on MTV Europe?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

On an unrelated note...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3rDTAdM2o

the purple tin

If it's Dire Straits I'll kick meself.

the purple tin

the purple tin wrote: »

If it's Dire Straits I'll kick meself.

I really hope it is