Christmas Sporcle Challenge 2017 & 2018 (for 2019 - look for new thread)
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Re: * Christmas Sporcle Challenge 2018 * ALL NEW for this Xmas *
Day 6 link
sportsmeister, DaveBill - 15
leeloo - 14
unc.si. - 12
tommymooney, Hogmeister, bluenosey- 10
Arabian Knight - 9
morganb 8
murf - 7
Ralfbergs - 5
sportsmeister, DaveBill - 15
leeloo - 14
unc.si. - 12
tommymooney, Hogmeister, bluenosey- 10
Arabian Knight - 9
morganb 8
murf - 7
Ralfbergs - 5
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one came up with a totally different answer than the one I put in - scored it as a correct answer even though mine was completely different
not that I'm complaining mind, just odd
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one came up with a totally different answer than the one I put in - scored it as a correct answer even though mine was completely different
not that I'm complaining mind, just odd
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Day 7 link
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Maybe there were 2 possibilities somewhere (even though that would be odd for this type of quiz)?
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Day 6 scores:
sportsmeister, DaveBill - 15
leeloo - 14
unc.si. - 12
tommymooney, Hogmeister, bluenosey- 10
Arabian Knight - 9
morganb 8
murf - 7
Ralfbergs - 5
Day 6 results:
1 = sportsmeister, DaveBill - 25
3 leeloo - 15
4 unc.si. - 12
5 = tommymooney, Hogmeister, bluenosey- 10
8 Arabian Knight - 4
9 morganb - 2
10 murf - 1
sportsmeister, DaveBill - 15
leeloo - 14
unc.si. - 12
tommymooney, Hogmeister, bluenosey- 10
Arabian Knight - 9
morganb 8
murf - 7
Ralfbergs - 5
Day 6 results:
1 = sportsmeister, DaveBill - 25
3 leeloo - 15
4 unc.si. - 12
5 = tommymooney, Hogmeister, bluenosey- 10
8 Arabian Knight - 4
9 morganb - 2
10 murf - 1
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TOTAL SCORES
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Pos Player Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 TOTAL
1 DaveBill 25 15 12 25 18 25 120
2 Bluenosey 8 18 4 18 25 10 83
3 unc.si 12 12 10 12 18 12 76
4 leeloo 10 0 15 0 18 15 58
5 Tommymooney 25 0 2 8 10 10 55
6 murf 4 8 25 6 8 1 52
7 morganb 0 10 25 10 4 2 51
8 Ralfbergs 15 25 2 2 2 0 46
9 sportsmeister 6 1 10 1 1 25 44
10 Mystery 0 0 0 15 8 0 23
11 Hogmeister 1 0 0 4 0 10 15
12 Arabian Knight 2 2 6 0 0 4 14
13 GregsEggs 1 8 0 0 0 0 9
14 Moist von Lipwig 0 4 2 0 0 0 6
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I also got a different answer to one I typed. I'm assuming it's the same one?!tommymooney wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 10:08 Day 7 link
DaveBill - 29 (3.05 left)
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney 21
Ralfbergs 18
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So did I! I think there must be an American answer and a British answer to that question.DaveBill wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 10:36I also got a different answer to one I typed. I'm assuming it's the same one?!tommymooney wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 10:08 Day 7 link
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Day 7 link
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leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney 21
Ralfbergs 18
Note sure Greek mythology should be classed as "Religion"...
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Note sure Greek mythology should be classed as "Religion"...
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Without giving too much away - I gave the 'GA' answer, thinking of a role alongside 'DD'? Is that the question we're thinking of?morganb wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 10:55So did I! I think there must be an American answer and a British answer to that question.DaveBill wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 10:36I also got a different answer to one I typed. I'm assuming it's the same one?!tommymooney wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 10:08 Day 7 link
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Day 7 link
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
Just one that I really should have got today. Impressed with those top two scores!
PS We need to watch out for quizzes on Sporcle that are US-oriented, there were 4-5 in there today that were US-specific.
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leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
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Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
Just one that I really should have got today. Impressed with those top two scores!
PS We need to watch out for quizzes on Sporcle that are US-oriented, there were 4-5 in there today that were US-specific.
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Day 7 link
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
Missed one sitter, spelt one wrong
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
Missed one sitter, spelt one wrong
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PS Who had heard of Eswatini the other day ?
Sounds a bit like an electronic country
Sounds a bit like an electronic country
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Day 7 link
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney, Arabian Knight 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney, Arabian Knight 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
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I know what you mean (and I picked today's quiz!) but knowing the answers to those US questions helps separate players in the scoring table. Today's quiz wasn't a good one for guessing unlike some other formats they have on their site.Hogmeister wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 17:30 Just one that I really should have got today. Impressed with those top two scores!
PS We need to watch out for quizzes on Sporcle that are US-oriented, there were 4-5 in there today that were US-specific.
I think there is a real skill to picking a suitable Sporcle - if you are no good at geography then some of the quizzes this week were really difficult. I know in the past that I set a UK-centric quiz which disadvantaged some players. Today I worried about picking an 80s-based quiz as it is unfair on youngsters. I would also feel slightly guilty picking a really specialist subject.
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Day 7 link
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
murf - 23 (24 if I could spell)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney, Arabian Knight 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
murf - 23 (24 if I could spell)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney, Arabian Knight 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
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They basically reverted to their original African name or something like that.tommymooney wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 19:19That was new to me, apparently it was changed this year by the King.
As I read somewhere - eSwatini in their language means ''the place of the people of Mswati" - that lower case "e" is a prefix meaning "to or from".
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I don't think that people should be too worried about what type of quiz they pick (maybe as while as they are not too specific and unrelatable to too many people here - like, I don't know, for example cities of Costa Rica or whatever ). UK-centric quizzes gives a bit of a disadvantage to people like me, who do not live in UK, but they at least are suitable, as majority of people here do live in UK.morganb wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 18:55
I think there is a real skill to picking a suitable Sporcle - if you are no good at geography then some of the quizzes this week were really difficult. I know in the past that I set a UK-centric quiz which disadvantaged some players. Today I worried about picking an 80s-based quiz as it is unfair on youngsters. I would also feel slightly guilty picking a really specialist subject.
The problem here was probably that we had too many geography related quizzes in a row at the beginning so it disadvantaged some players more
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Day 7 link
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
Mystery - 24 (3:20 left)
murf - 23 (24 if I could spell)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney, Arabian Knight 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
DaveBill - 29
leeloo - 26 (3:16 left)
Mystery - 24 (3:20 left)
murf - 23 (24 if I could spell)
bluenosey 22
morganb, unc.si., tommymooney, Arabian Knight 21
Hogmeister 20
Ralfbergs 18
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Was why I set something a bit silly when I did it. Not really favouring anyone other than a quick typist I suppose.Ralfbergs wrote:I don't think that people should be too worried about what type of quiz they pick (maybe as while as they are not too specific and unrelatable to too many people here - like, I don't know, for example cities of Costa Rica or whatever ). UK-centric quizzes gives a bit of a disadvantage to people like me, who do not live in UK, but they at least are suitable, as majority of people here do live in UK.morganb wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 18:55
I think there is a real skill to picking a suitable Sporcle - if you are no good at geography then some of the quizzes this week were really difficult. I know in the past that I set a UK-centric quiz which disadvantaged some players. Today I worried about picking an 80s-based quiz as it is unfair on youngsters. I would also feel slightly guilty picking a really specialist subject.
The problem here was probably that we had too many geography related quizzes in a row at the beginning so it disadvantaged some players more
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Morning all! No doubt after my whinging about some of the earlier Sporcles, everyone is going to hate this one
Anyway, I'm mixing it up a bit with a totally different subject area, and it's one that sort of feels appropriate for xmas time. This time I suspect my score may not be the worst (despite it rejecting one of my answers on a technicality!), but let's see...
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Anyway, I'm mixing it up a bit with a totally different subject area, and it's one that sort of feels appropriate for xmas time. This time I suspect my score may not be the worst (despite it rejecting one of my answers on a technicality!), but let's see...
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The link does not work - you have not put actual link in your url
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Definitely is my subject. Wouldn't have got the others thoughRalfbergs wrote: ↑20 Dec 2018, 10:05 Day 8 Link
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Yup, this is definitely not my subject
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I was very tempted to go with a 'Brazilian states' one, which would I reckon have pretty much guaranteed me a win for that day. Geography and todays one are two of my favourite categories.Ralfbergs wrote: ↑20 Dec 2018, 07:10I don't think that people should be too worried about what type of quiz they pick (maybe as while as they are not too specific and unrelatable to too many people here - like, I don't know, for example cities of Costa Rica or whatever ). UK-centric quizzes gives a bit of a disadvantage to people like me, who do not live in UK, but they at least are suitable, as majority of people here do live in UK.morganb wrote: ↑19 Dec 2018, 18:55
I think there is a real skill to picking a suitable Sporcle - if you are no good at geography then some of the quizzes this week were really difficult. I know in the past that I set a UK-centric quiz which disadvantaged some players. Today I worried about picking an 80s-based quiz as it is unfair on youngsters. I would also feel slightly guilty picking a really specialist subject.
The problem here was probably that we had too many geography related quizzes in a row at the beginning so it disadvantaged some players more
Probably a bit unethical to put one up that really is your 100% specialist subject, although I'd expect everyone's to be something that they know a reasonable amount about unless they just go for a completely random one.
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Hogmeister 13
Tommymooney 9
Ralfbergs 4
Anything other than geography is fine by me.
Should've got 2 more (1 obvious miss, the other I typed in 4 of the 5 words in the title but not close enough to be given the mark); other 3 - I've never heard of.
Unc.si., leeloo - 14
Hogmeister 13
Tommymooney 9
Ralfbergs 4
Anything other than geography is fine by me.
Should've got 2 more (1 obvious miss, the other I typed in 4 of the 5 words in the title but not close enough to be given the mark); other 3 - I've never heard of.
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