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Title: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:06:14
Question 1
What is the captial of Botswana?
CornishCrew : gaborone
PinkOOF : no idea
TheBoy : abswer1

Question 2
Who is the Secretary of State for Health?
2s Company : Patricia Hewitt
CornishCrew : Dawn Primarolo
crazysponge : Niarobi near liverpool
PinkOOF : alan millburn
TheBoy : answer 2

Question 3
England's unsuccessful Euro 2008 campaign lead to the dismissal of the coach. How many goals did England score in Group E?
2s Company : 2
CornishCrew : 12
crazysponge : 5
mikedundee : not enough
PinkOOF : 5
TheBoy : answer 3

Question 4
Name the former Pakistan Cricket Captain now turned politician
2s Company : Imran Khan
CornishCrew : Imran Khan
crazysponge : Imran Khan
mikedundee : IMRAN KHAN
PinkOOF : Imran Khan
TheBoy : answer 4

Question 5
Motorcycle stuntman, Evel Knievel, recently passed away. How old was he?
2s Company : 69
CornishCrew : 69
crazysponge : 69
mikedundee : 83
PinkOOF : 69
TheBoy : answer 5

Question 6
In the 1977 classic, Smokey and the Bandit, who played Sheriff Buford T. Justice
2s Company : james hogg
CornishCrew : STMO123
crazysponge : A fat sod
mikedundee : JW Pepper
PinkOOF : jackie gleason
TheBoy : answer 6

Question 7
Which Intel microprocessor did IBM use in the original IBM PC
2s Company : pentium
CornishCrew : A square one
mikedundee : Intel 1
PinkOOF : 8086
TheBoy : answer 7

Question 8
Ayers Rock, near Alice Springs, as also known by which Aboriginal name?
2s Company : Uluru
CornishCrew : ularoo
crazysponge : yulara
PinkOOF : big rock
TheBoy : answer 8

Question 9
What is the common name of the ancient monument where the plans to make a tunnel for the A303 have been shelved again.
2s Company : Stone Henge
CornishCrew : Stone Henge
crazysponge : stonehenge
mikedundee : Pile of rock
PinkOOF : stonehenge
TheBoy : answer 9

Question 10
Who is this children's TV presenter?

2s Company : Johnny Morris
CornishCrew : Johnny Morris
crazysponge : Johnny Morris
mikedundee : John?
PinkOOF : johnny morris
TheBoy : answer 10

Question 11
Name this 80's group

2s Company : Adam & the Ants
CornishCrew : Adam and the Ants
crazysponge : Adam and the Ants
mikedundee : aDAM ANT
PinkOOF : adam and the ants
TheBoy : answer 11

Question 12
Name the dog who appeared alongside 70/80s Blue Peter presenter Simon Groom
2s Company : Shep
CornishCrew : Goldie
crazysponge : shep
mikedundee : Dougal
PinkOOF : holly
TheBoy : answer 12

Question 13
Tucker' Jenkins was a popular Grange Hill character from 1978 to 1982. What was Tucker's christian name?
2s Company : Alan
CornishCrew : Peter
crazysponge : david
mikedundee : Gary
PinkOOF : fred
TheBoy : answer 13

Question 14
From the same programme, who played the deputy head, Mr Bronson
2s Company : Stuart Organ
CornishCrew : michael sheard
crazysponge : whatshisname
mikedundee : Charles
PinkOOF : a man with a head
TheBoy : answer 14

Question 15
Name the 1980s childrens TV programme

2s Company : Rent a Ghost
CornishCrew : Rent-a-Ghost
crazysponge : rent a ghost
mikedundee : the jokers
PinkOOF : rentaghost
TheBoy : answer 15
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:23:32
Answers:
Gaborone
The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
24
Imran Khan
69
Jackie Gleason
8088
Uluru
Stonehenge
Johnny Morris
Adam and the Ants
Goldie
Peter
Micheal Sheard
Rentaghost
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:24:20
So:

2's Company: 7
CornishCrew: 11
Crazysponge: 7
mikedundee: 2
Pink OOF: 7
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:25:01
Thanks guys for taking the time to help test this. Please let me know of any technical problems.
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:26:51
For Answer 8, I gave anything that sounded similar ;)
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: MikeDundee on 01 December 2007, 18:27:14
Technical problem with my answers, obvioulsy did'nt come out as expected ;D ;D
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Elite Pete on 01 December 2007, 18:27:21
Mike Dundee question 14 answer Charles  ;D :y PMSL
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Golfbuddy on 01 December 2007, 18:28:14
Worked great for me although you appear to have got the answers to five questions wrong.  ::)
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 01 December 2007, 18:29:47
Well done Jamie that was great works a treat but i think you got 8 answers wrong  :D ;)
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:30:04
Was the timing too fast, too slow, or about right?
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Crazydad on 01 December 2007, 18:30:25
Great Work TB thanks  :y :y :y
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Golfbuddy on 01 December 2007, 18:30:28
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Worked great for me although you appear to have got the answers to five questions wrong.  ::)

And, I'm sure I've got eleven not ten.  :-?
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 01 December 2007, 18:31:14
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Was the timing too fast, too slow, or about right?

A bit fast when more in a team to confer i think but great sytem

Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:31:32
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Worked great for me although you appear to have got the answers to five questions wrong.  ::)

And, I'm sure I've got eleven not ten.  :-?
Quite possibly - I was trying to add in the heat of the moment, whilst answering other threads on the forum  :-[
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: CaptainZok on 01 December 2007, 18:31:57
Cheers TB that was a mammoth effort, constructive criticism would it be possible to add a timer to the captains page?
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Post by: Crazydad on 01 December 2007, 18:32:14
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Worked great for me although you appear to have got the answers to five questions wrong.  ::)

And, I'm sure I've got eleven not ten.  :-?
P*ss off Teachers Pet ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:32:16
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Worked great for me although you appear to have got the answers to five questions wrong.  ::)

And, I'm sure I've got eleven not ten.  :-?
Quite possibly - I was trying to add in the heat of the moment, whilst answering other threads on the forum  :-[
Yup 11... ...sorry
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Golfbuddy on 01 December 2007, 18:32:46
Technically it worked great. Next time a user's guide would be useful.

Setting out in one place, the start time, number of questions, links to the quiz and captains pages, time limit for questions etc.

Maybe others can think of other things to put in the guide??
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:33:28
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Cheers TB that was a mammoth effort, constructive criticism would it be possible to add a timer to the captains page?
Yes, if I wasn't so rusty on javascript  :-[
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Golfbuddy on 01 December 2007, 18:33:54
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Worked great for me although you appear to have got the answers to five questions wrong.  ::)

And, I'm sure I've got eleven not ten.  :-?
P*ss off Teachers Pet ;D ;D ;D

 :P :P :P
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Crazydad on 01 December 2007, 18:34:04
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Technically it worked great. Next time a user's guide would be useful.

Setting out in one place, the start time, number of questions, links to the quiz and captains pages, time limit for questions etc.

Maybe others can think of other things to put in the guide??
Yes the bloody answers ;D ;D ;D :y :y
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:34:48
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Technically it worked great. Next time a user's guide would be useful.

Setting out in one place, the start time, number of questions, links to the quiz and captains pages, time limit for questions etc.

Maybe others can think of other things to put in the guide??
Yes, was a bit rushed - I was trying to get this tested enough tonight, so we can have a real quiz tomorrow.

Any volunteers for quizmaster?
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: CaptainZok on 01 December 2007, 18:36:48
I've still got 20 Q plus tiebreaker here if you wanna use them.
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Crazydad on 01 December 2007, 18:38:10
CZ, you be the quizmaster, after all you have done a lot of work to get the questions
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:38:15
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I've still got 20 Q plus tiebreaker here if you wanna use them.
PM sent
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: CaptainZok on 01 December 2007, 18:39:08
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Cheers TB that was a mammoth effort, constructive criticism would it be possible to add a timer to the captains page?
Yes, if I wasn't so rusty on javascript  :-[

Don't ask me I stopped at sinclair basic
10POKE 23659,0
20 PRINT "break off "
30 GOTO 20

Used to be funny in the shops round town once upon a time.  ;D
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: razzo on 01 December 2007, 18:39:32
Top man Jaime, thanks for your efforts mate  :y :y
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:40:08
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Cheers TB that was a mammoth effort, constructive criticism would it be possible to add a timer to the captains page?
Yes, if I wasn't so rusty on javascript  :-[

Don't ask me I stopped at sinclair basic
10POKE 23659,0
20 PRINT "break off "
30 GOTO 20

Used to be funny in the shops round town once upon a time.  ;D
Blimey, what a memory. I'd forgotten about that poke...
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: MikeDundee on 01 December 2007, 18:42:37
Yeah job well done :y........I was only in it for laughs ;D ;D
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Post by: CaptainZok on 01 December 2007, 18:42:42
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Cheers TB that was a mammoth effort, constructive criticism would it be possible to add a timer to the captains page?
Yes, if I wasn't so rusty on javascript  :-[

Don't ask me I stopped at sinclair basic
10POKE 23659,0
20 PRINT "break off "
30 GOTO 20

Used to be funny in the shops round town once upon a time.  ;D
Blimey, what a memory. I'd forgotten about that poke...
LOL yup can't remember my name most days but stuff from years ago no prob.
In the same note POKE 23658,8
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:44:41
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Yeah job well done :y........I was only in it for laughs ;D ;D
You succeeded - you made me laugh!

Thanks for taking the time - testing the system was more important than the answers :y
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:45:53
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Cheers TB that was a mammoth effort, constructive criticism would it be possible to add a timer to the captains page?
Yes, if I wasn't so rusty on javascript  :-[

Don't ask me I stopped at sinclair basic
10POKE 23659,0
20 PRINT "break off "
30 GOTO 20

Used to be funny in the shops round town once upon a time.  ;D
Blimey, what a memory. I'd forgotten about that poke...
LOL yup can't remember my name most days but stuff from years ago no prob.
In the same note POKE 23658,8
Was that the one that messed with the shift keys?
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: TheBoy on 01 December 2007, 18:50:28
Right, Captain Zok has agreed to set up a quiz for tomorrow evening.  I will let him start a new thread with the details and format :y
Title: Re: Quiz Night - Qs and As so far
Post by: Crazydad on 01 December 2007, 18:58:02
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Yeah job well done :y........I was only in it for laughs ;D ;D
Yes we could see that on how many you got right ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y