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Quiz #14 - MOVIES (Closed for New Entries)

Ponster · 2008-10-08 21:34:33

Thanks this week go to Spike440 for the questions. The point of the game is pretty simple. In a PM to me, answer each of the 10 questions below. Try to think of the most popular answer. If you need to comment or clarify a question then do it in thread please. And if you could reply once you've sent a PM it'd keep the…

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Thanks this week go to Spike440 for the questions.

The point of the game is pretty simple. In a PM to me, answer each of the 10 questions below.

Try to think of the most popular answer.

If you need to comment or clarify a question then do it in thread please. And if you could reply once you've sent a PM it'd keep the thread alive Thanks!

Write your answers like this...

Do not repeat the questions, no full-stops at the end of answers, no spaces between lines, no comments, no fancy list coding. Thanks.

JUST LIKE THIS:

1. Dr Maria O' Brien
2. Kathy Wells
3. XXXX

Those who don't reply like this will be ignored.

The game will end when we have 40 entrants or after 5 days, whichever comes first.

Please, no full-stops after the answers and put a space in between the 1. and the answer ok?

1. Name a film that is set in Ireland
2. Name a film that is an adaptation of a book
3. Name a winner of the Academy Award for Best Film
4. Name a science-fiction film
5. Name a film about World War II
6. Name a film starring Kevin Bacon
7. Name a film that is based on a TV series
8. Name a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
9. Name a film released in 2008
10. Name a film made by Disney Studios

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PM HERE

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#2 08-10-2008 10:09pm

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#3 08-10-2008 10:27pm

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sent.
A lot of answers for that one!

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#4 08-10-2008 11:33pm

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will be hard to get the most popular in this one.

thanks ponster and spike440

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#5 08-10-2008 11:36pm

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i liked that one didnt need to google anything:)

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#7 09-10-2008 10:06am

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PM sent. I take it as a bad sign that I have only seen 2 of my answers

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This is a very difficult one - so many possible answers! Compliments to the question-maker!!

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pm sent:D

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PM'd thanks

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Sent.

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Sent yo !

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pm'd thanks

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Pm Sent, and thanks to Spike440 for the question.

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Could be a lot of ties for last place on this one;)

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PM sent thanks Spike 440 and Ponster

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#31 13-10-2008 9:42am

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Oops entered on Saturday!

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Cheers.

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Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#38 16-10-2008 8:05pm

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1. The Commitments 8
1. Michael Collins 7
1. into the west 6
1. Angela's Ashes 1
1. far and away 3
1. Intermission 1
1. My Left Foot 4
1. Ryans Daughter 1
1. The Crying Game 1
1. The Field 2
1. The Quiet Man 5
1. The wind that shakes the barley 2

2. The Lord of the Rings 19
2. The Da Vinci Code 5
2. Angela's Ashes 1
2. Fight Club 1
2. Harry Potter 3
2. Jurassic Park 2
2. One Flew over The Cuckoos Nest 1
2. Pride and Prejudice 1
2. ps i love you 1
2. Schlinder's List 1
2. shawshank redemption 3
2. Silence of the Lambs 1
2. The Godfather 2
2. The Notebook 1

3. Titanic 15
3. Ben hur 1
3. Chicago 1
3. Crash 1
3. Forrest Gump 2
3. Gladiator 4
3. Gone with the wind 2
3. Lord of the Rings 2
3. million dollar baby 1
3. My Fair Lady 1
3. No Country For Old Men 3
3. Rocky 1
3. Schindler's List 3
3. Stephen Spielberg 1
3. The Godfather 4

4. Star Wars 25
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey 5
4. Alien 2
4. Blade Runner 1
4. E.T. 1
4. Independence Day 1
4. Planet of the Apes 1
4. Star trek 2
4. The Matrix 2
4. Transformers 1
4. War of the Worlds 1

5. Saving Private Ryan 28
5. Grave of the Fireflies 1
5. Pearl Harbour 2
5. Schindler's List 7
5. The boy in the striped pyjamas 2
5. the dirty dozen 1
5. The Great Escape 1

6. Footloose 17
6. Tremors 6
6. A Few Good Men 3
6. American Beauty 1
6. Apollo 13 1
6. Death sentence 1
6. Flashdance 1
6. Flatliners 2
6. hollow man 2
6. Murder in the First 1
6. Mystic river 2
6. Sleepers 4
6. The River Wild 1

7. Sex and the city 12
7. The Simpsons 8
7. Batman 1
7. Bewitched 1
7. Charlies Angels 2
7. Miami Vice 2
7. Mission Impossible 2
7. Serenity 2
7. Star trek 6
7. Starsky and Hutch 3
7. The Addams Family 1
7. The fugitive 1
7. The Saint 1

8. Psycho 25
8. The Birds 14
8. Dial M for Murder 1
8. rear window 1
8. Rebecca 1

9. Batman - The Dark Knight 29
9. cloverfield 1
9. Hellboy II 1
9. I Am Legend 1
9. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the crystal skull 1
9. Sex and the City 2
9. Taken 1
9. the boy in the striped pyjamas 2
9. Tropic Thunder 2
9. WALL-E 2

10. The Lion King 18
10. Bambi 3
10. Beauty and the Beast 2
10. Cinderalla 3
10. finding nemo 1
10. Jungle Book 1
10. Lion king 3
10. monsters inc 1
10. pirates of the Caribbean 1
10. Sleeping beauty 1
10. Snow White 6
10. The Jungle Book 1
10. The Parent Trap 1
10. Wall-e 1

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#39 16-10-2008 8:07pm

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And the winner of the movie quiz is Photi 423,81

2. The Lord Of The Rings
3. Gone With The Wind
4. Star Wars
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Footloose
7. The Simpsons
8. Psycho
9. Batman - The Dark Knight
10. The Lion King

gabigeist 421,43

Macros42 414,29

Mathias 373,81
Edser 371,43
Cacio 364,29
Spike440 359,52
themadchef 352,29
Blisterman 345,24

Baby4 335,71
Aisling 333,33
Larianne 330,95
Mark Hamill 323,81
tSubh Dearg 323,81
Ponster 321,43

Dulpit 319,05
Nummnutts 314,29
Creature 311,90
Ivy The Terrible 307,14
genie_us 304,76
AoifeN 300,00

deuceswild 297,62
Ghostinthe Ruins 295,24
elmolesto 292,86
Ikky Poo2 292,86
Square_igloo 290,48
JP Liz 283,33

janets_in_clubs 283,33
Xavi6 278,57
Samurai 261,90
beertons 261,90
eliza64 250,00
jobucks 246,51
patmac 245,24

delspeed78 233,33
Sean K 221,43
Limerickwoman 216,67
gramlad 216,67
Honey-ec 190,48
lorweld1 186,36

Fozzie Bear 140,48

Karl Hungus 123,81
patrickc 83,33

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#40 16-10-2008 8:10pm

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After the dizzying heights of 4th place, it's back to mid-table obscurity....

Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#41 16-10-2008 8:19pm

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Did I do so bad I'm not included?:(

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#42 16-10-2008 8:19pm

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Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

After the dizzying heights of 4th place, it's back to mid-table obscurity....

Not to worry. You did better than our resident "Film Forum" moderator

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#43 16-10-2008 8:21pm

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last place, better have done better in animals so:rolleyes:

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#44 16-10-2008 8:23pm

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Once again, thanks Ponster

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#45 16-10-2008 8:24pm

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lorweld wrote: »

Did I do so bad I'm not included?:(

You broke my Excel sheet

But I fixed it now...

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#46 16-10-2008 9:59pm

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Dang it - thought I had that one nailed!

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#47 16-10-2008 10:24pm

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Yeah thanks Ponster, really breathed some life into this forum

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#48 16-10-2008 10:33pm

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Ace!

Thanks Ponster. Fantastic idea.

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#49 17-10-2008 8:28am

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Great questions and great format. Thanks guys!

In the interest of fairness, we should probably split "the lord of the rings" into three parts and bump me up to first:D

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#50 17-10-2008 10:53am

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Boooo, thats a big drop.

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