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Quiz #18 (Closed for New Entries)

Ponster · 2009-03-15 21:38:39

The point of the game is pretty simple. In a PM to me, answer each of the 10 questions below. There are no wrong answers. The point is to give the answer that you think the majority of the people will give. Try to think of the most popular answer. If you need to comment or clarify a question then do it in thread please.…

15-03-2009 10:38pm

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The point of the game is pretty simple. In a PM to me, answer each of the 10 questions below. There are no wrong answers. The point is to give the answer that you think the majority of the people will give.

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...

1. answer
2. answer
3. answer

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

The game will end when we have 40 entrants or after 7 days, whichever comes first.

1. Name a country with a king.
2. Name a President of a country other than that of the United States or Ireland
3) What is the most popular month for births?
4) Name a state that cowboys come from
5) Name an American writer.
6) Name a drink in which tequila is an ingredient.
7) Name a popular movie with “American” in the title.
8) Aside from poker, name a popular card game.
9. Name a famous trumpeter.
10) What age do you begin “middle aged?”

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#2 15-03-2009 10:43pm

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Cool quiz! PM sent

Thanks

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#3 15-03-2009 11:01pm

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SENT!

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#4 15-03-2009 11:45pm

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#5 15-03-2009 11:53pm

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Hopefully do a little bit better in this one

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#7 16-03-2009 1:18am

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#8 16-03-2009 1:21am

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I'm not sure about question number 3, is there even a definite answer for that? It just doesn't seem like the right type of question for this quiz.

PM will be sent shortly

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#9 16-03-2009 10:59am

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#24 19-03-2009 11:40am

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PM Sent:D

wooo woo can't believe I came 2nd in the last one, well done me:) think the last time I even placed in the top 10 was back in quiz 3 or 4

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#25 19-03-2009 12:30pm

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jobucks wrote: »

PM Sent:D

wooo woo can't believe I came 2nd in the last one, well done me:) think the last time I even placed in the top 10 was back in quiz 3 or 4

Maybe you'll be higher up on the table when I redo it eh?

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055400822

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#29 20-03-2009 1:36am

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Done and dusted

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#31 20-03-2009 3:59pm

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PM Sent!:D

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#32 20-03-2009 4:09pm

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im in too!! its so exciting!!

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#33 23-03-2009 12:21pm

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PM Sent!!!

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#35 23-03-2009 3:29pm

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Are the results out?

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#36 23-03-2009 3:31pm

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No. The rugby took over the weekend

I'll do them this evening....

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#37 23-03-2009 3:35pm

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Take ur time I was just replying to see if anyone else does it!!

Cheers buddy

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#38 24-03-2009 1:33pm

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aw man enough have done it, dont take your time!!

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#39 25-03-2009 9:11pm

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1. Spain 27
1. China 1
1. Denmark 1
1. England 2
1. Jordan 1
1. MONACO 2
1. Norway 2
1. Saudi Arabia 1
1. Sweden 3
1. Thailand 1
1. Zambia 1

A lot of different answers here...

2. Sarkozy 31
2. Iraq 1
2. Itallian 1
2. Jacque Chirac 2
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 1
2. Mary McAleese 1
2. Miterrand 1
2. Mugabe 2
2. Tony Blair 1

Tony Blair??

3. September 10
3. July 7
3. April 1
3. August 4
3. December 2
3. January 3
3. June 1
3. MARCH 2
3. May 4
3. November 3
3. October 5

4. Texas 41
4. Oklahoma 1

5. Stephen King 17
5. Mark Twain 6
5. Augusten Burroughs 1
5. Dan Brown 2
5. Edgar Allen Poe 1
5. F. Scott Fitzgerald 2
5. Hemingway 3
5. Jack Kerouac 1
5. John Grisham 3
5. John Steinbeck: 1
5. Michael Crichton 2
5. Robert Ludlum 1
5. Tom Clancy 2

It seems that people don't actually understand the point of this quiz. You're suppose to give the most popular answer, not the first one that comes to mind...

6. Tequila Sunrise 18
6. Margarita 17
6. Matador 1
6. tequila 1
6. Tequila Rose 1
6. Tequila Slammer 4

7. American Beauty 14
7. American pie 14
7. American Gangster 5
7. American Graffiti 1
7. American History X 2
7. American Psycho 5
7. An American Tail 1

8. Bridge 16
8. BlackJack 12
8. Rummy 2
8. Snap 6
8. Solitaire 6

9. Louis Armstrong 27
9. Adolf herseth 1
9. Astro from UB40 1
9. Crispian Steele-Perkins 1
9. James Knabe 1
9. Je Ne Sais Pas 1
9. Marvin Stamm 1
9. Maynard Ferguson 1
9. Miles Davis 6
9. The Pied Piper 1

10. 40 26
10. 30 2
10. 45 6
10. 50 6
10. 55 1
10. 35 1

I feel sorry for the person who said 35.....

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#40 25-03-2009 9:13pm

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And this weeks winner with the following answers is.....

1. Spain
2. Sarkozy
3. September
4. Texas
5. Stephen King
6. Tequila sunrise
7. American Beauty
8. Bridge
9. Louis Armstrong
10. 40

Quality 540,48 Almost the max possible score !

intermittentmay 490,48

square_igloo 483,33
Flooper 483,33

Pandamoanium 480,95
sillyputty 473,81
kev_s88 471,43
Macros42 469,05

deuceswild 459,52
suziewong 457,14
soundwave 454,76
themadchef 452,38
egan2020 452,38

elmososto 447,62
XXXciaraXXX 442,86
Samurai 440,48
Buck Naked 421,43
$hifty 416,67

Pride Fighter 414,29
jobucks 407,14
baby4 404,76
patmac 404,76

Dizzyblonde 395,24
Armin_Tamzarian 395,24
Das Kitty 390,48
Loveit 385,71
Michellenman 380,95

ratinakeg 366,67
wacker 366,67
Sean_K 352,38
matrim 350,00
Poloman 350,00

Ghostintheruins 340,48
scorpio girl 340,48
eliza64 338,10
Edser 335,71
Christo 330,95
s_carnage 309,52

Bajingo 304,76
useful contacts 297,62
murfie 292,86
Lobelia Overhil 214,29

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#41 25-03-2009 9:28pm

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I am back!!!

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#42 25-03-2009 10:37pm

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Near the bottom.

A proper lol to the person who answered "The pied piper" to question 9

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#43 25-03-2009 10:45pm

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I was last!!

*chokes back tears*

I'd just like to thank everyone who made this mediocrity possible,

*gets drowned out by muzak*

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#44 26-03-2009 10:20am

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GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Near the bottom.

A proper lol to the person who answered "The pied piper" to question 9

I was actually still laughing at that answer when i read your comment!!!!

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#45 26-03-2009 11:19am

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Lobelia Overhil wrote: »

I was last!!

What do you expect when you can't name the president of a country besides Eire or USA

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#46 26-03-2009 12:29pm

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balls! thought i was going to do really well this time around, suppose top third will do :pac:

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#47 26-03-2009 12:39pm

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Ponster wrote: »

What do you expect when you can't name the president of a country besides Eire or USA

there are other countries? :eek:

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#48 26-03-2009 12:58pm

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Samurai wrote: »

balls! thought i was going to be really well this time around, suppose top third will do :pac:

It was a close one where one 'wrong' answer costs a lot of points. You were let down by others not saying "Dan Brown"

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#49 26-03-2009 1:25pm

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PM sent, im a first timer for this quiz so go easy on me

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#50 26-03-2009 1:35pm

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Shivers26 wrote: »

PM sent, im a first timer for this quiz so go easy on me

This quiz has finished!

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#51 26-03-2009 1:50pm

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Lobelia Overhil wrote: »

I was last!!

*chokes back tears*

I'd just like to thank everyone who made this mediocrity possible,

*gets drowned out by muzak*

i wasnt to far behind you, how would anyone know the most popular month for births, is it an actual statistic!? google is my friend for this quiz in future!

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