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Sheep - A General Knowledge MishMash

Necro · 2020-08-19 15:55:31

Hey folks, Let's keep the good times rolling with another sheep! For the newbies: The aim of Sheep is to guess the most popular answer to the below questions. Google is permitted for sheep. Send me an un-numbered list with your answers! 1. Name an african bird 2. Name an asian mammal 3. Name a Christmas movie 4. Name a…

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Hey folks,

Let's keep the good times rolling with another sheep!

For the newbies: The aim of Sheep is to guess the most popular answer to the below questions. Google is permitted for sheep.

Send me an un-numbered list with your answers!

1. Name an african bird
2. Name an asian mammal
3. Name a Christmas movie
4. Name a type of yoghurt
5. Name a type of dessert
6. Name a type of soda/soft drink
7. Name a Caribbean country
8. Name a circus act
9. Name a magician
10. Name an active supermodel
11. Name a retired supermodel
12. Name a famous person who died at 27
13. Name an English Premier League Team for the 2020/2021 season
14. Name a seaside town/village in Dublin, Sligo or Cork
15. Name a way to eat your eggs
16. Name the best type of sandwich
17. Name an alcoholic cocktail
18. Name the best pizza topping
19. Name a former or current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
20. Name a former or current Taoiseach of Ireland

Gonna run this one off on Sunday evening (yes, that is this Sunday, 23rd August)

Will kick things off around 8pm so will accept sign ups up until 7.30pm.

So what you waiting for? Get your wooly jackets out and dive in like these lads!!

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#2 19-08-2020 4:01pm

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Necro wrote: »

Let's keep the good times rolling with another sheep!

Edit: just looked through, a few deceptively difficult questions in there. Either that or I'm missing something obvious!

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#3 19-08-2020 4:14pm

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I love wooly things so I'll play

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#4 19-08-2020 4:44pm

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Necro wrote: »

New Sheep Game:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=114356656#post114356656

Sign Ups open till 7.30pm on Sunday evening!

Yayy! Anything to take my mind off bloody covid and the storm!

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#5 19-08-2020 4:46pm

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I will get an entry to you sometime soon...

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#6 19-08-2020 5:22pm

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heidiheidi, other thread is a no chat thread. eek....so i couldn't respond there.

distraction from covid is welcome, but i ain't heard much about the storm, i suppose i'm sheltered from hearing news today.

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#7 19-08-2020 6:24pm

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#8 19-08-2020 7:31pm

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Neowise wrote: »

heidiheidi, other thread is a no chat thread. eek....so i couldn't respond there.

distraction from covid is welcome, but i ain't heard much about the storm, i suppose i'm sheltered from hearing news today.

Whoops, sorry...... kinda thought of that after I'd pressed Post!!

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#9 19-08-2020 7:56pm

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I'm in!

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#10 19-08-2020 8:18pm

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I'm in!

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#11 19-08-2020 8:41pm

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Great uptake for this so far, already up to:

8 players:

Declan A Walsh
Homer J. Fong
Mark Hamill
Neowise
quickbeam
Sawduck
Spook_ie
wrestlemaniac

I'm considering trying to run a Sheep/Heeps/Peehs game every second week for the next while, if people have a topic they would like me to run shoot me a PM!!!

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#12 19-08-2020 8:58pm

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I'm in... will work on entry directly, thanks Necro!

....which questions do we paint? :pac:

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#13 19-08-2020 8:59pm

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Deja Boo wrote: »

....which questions do we paint? :pac:

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#14 19-08-2020 9:03pm

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Will get an entry in over the next couple of days.

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#15 19-08-2020 9:17pm

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and in!!!

I found the supermodel questions a bit tricky - who's active and who's retired, so I ended up selecting 2 of my favourites.

Sunday evening sorted so!!

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#16 19-08-2020 9:29pm

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Irish Aris wrote: »

and in!!!

I found the supermodel questions a bit tricky - who's active and who's retired, so I ended up selecting 2 of my favourites.

Sunday evening sorted so!!

It’s the only question I had to Google. I expect an ace on it.

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#17 19-08-2020 11:34pm

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Necro if you don't get an entry from me by Friday night, I've clearly just forgotten this exists, but I do intend to enter... if I remember to do so...

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#18 20-08-2020 2:42pm

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Now up to:

12 players:

Collie D
Declan A Walsh
Homer J. Fong
Irish Aris
lassykk
Mark Hamill
Neowise
quickbeam
Sawduck
Spook_ie
the purple tin
wrestlemaniac

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#19 20-08-2020 4:48pm

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In , will send my usual random guesses answers in tonight :pac:

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#20 20-08-2020 11:40pm

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Necro wrote: »

Gonna run this one off on Sunday evening (yes, that is this Sunday, 23rd August)

Will kick things off around 8pm so will accept sign ups up until 7.30pm.

Providing the Champions League final with some stiff competition there Necro. :pac:

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#21 21-08-2020 7:42am

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Well Zaph, we will soon be closing in on having more players on the field than in the Champs League final

16 players:

Also Starring LeVar Burton
Collie D
Declan A Walsh
Deja Boo
Homer J. Fong
Irish Aris
lassykk
Mark Hamill
Neowise
Pawwed Rig
quickbeam
Sawduck
Spook_ie
the purple tin
wrestlemaniac
Zaph

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#22 21-08-2020 3:35pm

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Winning entry has been submitted.

Whether it is the top prize or wooden spoon, who knows. Either way I am going to win something.

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#23 21-08-2020 7:17pm

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Looking froward to this!

Another mid table result is in the bag!

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#24 21-08-2020 7:20pm

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Gru wrote: »

Looking froward to this!

Another mid table result is in the bag!

The bottom third is my stamping ground.

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#25 21-08-2020 9:08pm

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Thanks for the entries today folks, we are now up to

21 players:

aaronjennings
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Collie D
Declan A Walsh
Deja Boo
Gru
Homer J. Fong
Irish Aris
lassykk
Mark Hamill
Neowise
Pawwed Rig
quickbeam
Sawduck
Spook_ie
Ted_YNWA
the purple tin
Toto Wolfcastle
Trigger
wrestlemaniac
Zaph

Still time to get your entry in, closing Sunday eve ahead of the reveal!!!

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#26 21-08-2020 10:52pm

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I'm in!

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#27 22-08-2020 10:40am

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It is good to see the sheep making a comeback, they were an endangered species for while there.

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i'm in.
mostly guessed, but had to google supermodels.
I'm not ashamed

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#29 22-08-2020 11:08am

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bubblypop wrote: »

i'm in.
mostly guessed, but had to google supermodels.
I'm not ashamed

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#30 22-08-2020 11:59am

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Don't have your entry yet EN :pac:

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#31 22-08-2020 12:02pm

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Necro wrote: »

Don't have your entry yet EN :pac:

We're selling our house, I'm blitzing the place for an open viewing here. I'll definitely be entering though

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#32 22-08-2020 6:00pm

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#33 22-08-2020 10:54pm

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With less than 24 hours to go we now have

27 players:

aaronjennings
Also Starring LeVar Burton
bubblypop
Collie D
Declan A Walsh
Deja Boo
Gru
HeidiHeidi
Homer J. Fong
Irish Aris
JohnGreenFan
lassykk
Mark Hamill
Neowise
Pawwed Rig
quickbeam
Reberetta
s1ippy
Sawduck
ShaneU
Spook_ie
Ted_YNWA
the purple tin
Toto Wolfcastle
Trigger
wrestlemaniac
Zaph

Still time to get your entry in folks, see you all tomorrow evening!!!

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#34 23-08-2020 10:35am

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Electric Nitwit wrote: »

OK, I'm in

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I got my entry in last night. Went with the auld first thing that pops into your head strategy. I'm fecked!

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#36 23-08-2020 1:46pm

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If I don't win, it's because too many people submitted less obvious answers!:D

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#37 23-08-2020 1:53pm

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I got my entry in last night. Went with the auld first thing that pops into your head strategy. I'm fecked!

More or less my approach as well - on the basis that if I've heard of it, it must be VERY well known

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#38 23-08-2020 2:14pm

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Went with the strategy of not having a strategy, which is really the only strategy that might work in Sheep...

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#39 23-08-2020 2:27pm

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Few more entries this morning bringing our total to

31 players:

aaronjennings
Also Starring LeVar Burton
and in the morning Diamonds of Frost
bubblypop
BuileBeag
Collie D
Declan A Walsh
Deja Boo
Electric Nitwit
Gru
HeidiHeidi
Homer J. Fong
Irish Aris
JohnGreenFan
lassykk
Mark Hamill
MicksJaguar
Neowise
Pawwed Rig
quickbeam
Reberetta
s1ippy
Sawduck
ShaneU
Spook_ie
Ted_YNWA
the purple tin
Toto Wolfcastle
Trigger
wrestlemaniac
Zaph

4 hours left to get your entry in!!!

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#40 23-08-2020 3:03pm

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Reveal Thread is now up!

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#41 23-08-2020 6:30pm

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Righteo folks, sign ups are now CLOSED

See y'all at 8pm!!

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