FG Challenge Quiz - Game Thread

cee_jay

cee_jay wrote: »

@Kolido, you have awarded me a score of 4 for the last round, I only scored 3.

Sssssshhhhhh

Purgative

cee_jay wrote: »

@Kolido, you have awarded me a score of 4 for the last round, I only scored 3.

I thought I got two - not that it makes the slightest difference.

KathleenGrant

**** me I said Seoul

BUT can't believe Coronation Street was not the soap answer. What was the episode?

Kolido

cee_jay wrote: »

@Kolido, you have awarded me a score of 4 for the last round, I only scored 3.

Thanks for that, I will update the following tables

HeidiHeidi

KathleenGrant wrote: »

**** me I said Seoul

BUT can't believe Coronation Street was not the soap answer. What was the episode?

Three of us!! :D:D


Must have been the dodgy question - who ever talks about Olympic venues in countries???

Trigger

Necro wrote: »

I miscounted the PL teams too, disaster of a round

Easy to forget about Arsenal i suppose

Necro

Between all of us it's likely Kolido has all of the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody now in his inbox.

Necro

Trigger wrote: »

Easy to forget about Arsenal i suppose

Nope I had 8 Magicked a club out of nowhere

Kolido

6 - Music

Which country hosted the first Eurovision song contest?
A. Switzerland

American signer Martika had a US No.1 in 1989, what was the song called?
A. Toy Soldiers

What singer holds the world record for most words in a hit single?
A. Eminem

Which 1988 U2 hit was written as a homage to American Jazz singer Billie Holiday?
A. Angel of Harlem

Which music legend won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016?
A. Bob Dylan

How many members make up the Texas rock band, ZZ Top?
A. 3

Which song gave Madonna her first UK number one?
A. Into the Groove

John Lennon was shot outside his apartment on December 8 1980 in which city?
A. New York

The albums Parklife and Definitely Maybe were released by Blur and Oasis respectively in which year?
A. 1994

In 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody was number one for nine weeks. It was finally knocked off the top slot by a song with a name that appears in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody. Name the song that ended Queen’s number one success.
A. Mama Mia

Kolido

Champions League

Player|R1|R2|R3|R4|R5|R6|Total
Rainbowtrout | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 37
2D | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 36
LeVar | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 34
Night owl gal | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 33
Hurlingman | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 33
Zaph | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 33
CeeJay | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 33
EEFGGFEDCCDEED | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 32
BuileBeag | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 31
Necro | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 31
Aris | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 31
Bubbly | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 30
Collie | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28
Strawbs | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28
Homer | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25
Molly | 7 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24
Mack | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19



Europa League

Player|R1|R2|R3|R4|R5|R6|Total
Kathleen | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 29
Osh | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27
Barney | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26
Heidi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25
Edser | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24
Baggly | 7 | 2.5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23.5
Trigger | 6 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21.5
Ari | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20
Purple | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20
Aaron | 6 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19.5
sawduck | 5 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19.5
Shane | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18
HillBilly | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17
Seph | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16
Scooby | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14
Purg | 4 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12.5

Just catching up, just in time to lose

Is it better to be the worst in the premier league or the best in the other division (that I can't remember the name of...) ?

ShaneU

Forgot the ZZ top drummer uggggggggggh

ari101

Kol is being generous with 2 I'd give me 1 and a half at best...
I had Eminem and changed it before submitting... :pac: that was a bad round but I knew it when I answered them!

Sawduck

Happy I did good in the music round especially since my dumb ass thought Athens was a country

Hillybilly4

Kolido

Let's have a look at some of the answers submitted for round 7

Struth' and 'Ya flamin' galah' are phrases you might hear from which soap character?

Crocodile Dundee

Phil Mitchell moonlighting in Home & Away

Joe Mangle? (only Australian soap character I can remember the name of)

Kylie Minogue's character in whichever one she was in

Dingle


Street’s like a jungle, so call the police, following the herd, down to Greece' name the song these lyric appear in.

Blur

We didn't start the fire

Rock the Casbah


Which popular Forum Gamer brought a bagful of new games here a couple of years ago?

Reberetta

Baggly

Necro

Trigger

Ectoplasm

ShaneU

Electric Nitwit


Which 3 numbers have the same answer whether they’re added or multiplied together?

0 1 and 2

Haven't a Scooby


Bouncer, a Labrador Retriever, featured on which soap between 1987 and 1993?

Coronation Street

Eastenders

Emmerdale


What was the world's tallest building between 2004 and 2010?

Petronas Towers

Burj Khalifa

Empire State

Don't know (but I think it might have been in Shanghai)

The Shard

Sears Tower


What is the southernmost US state capital?

Florida

Austin

tallehesses

New Orleans

Orlando

Miami

Albuquerque

Necro

Sawduck wrote: »

Happy I did good in the music round especially since my dumb ass thought Athens was a country

rainbowtrout

Kolido wrote: »

6 - Music

How many members make up the Texas rock band, ZZ Top?
A. 3

The only guy in ZZ Top without a beard is called.... Frank Beard. :pac:

Necro

I DID IT AGAIN


Blur. AHHHHHH

rainbowtrout

ari101 wrote: »

Kol is being generous with 2 I'd give me 1 and a half at best...
I had Eminem and changed it before submitting... :pac: that was a bad round but I knew it when I answered them!

Would have never got Eminem in a million years.

Woah woah woah!

Somebody thinks Electric Nitwit is popular??

hurlingman97

Just realized u wanted Alf's name and not the soaps name

Sephiroth_dude

Trigger wrote: »

Easy to forget about Arsenal i suppose

Necro

Reberetta

Baggly

Necro

Trigger

Ectoplasm

ShaneU

Electric Nitwit

An eclectic list of legends there

Hillybilly4

Necro wrote: »

An eclectic list of legends there

Leg Ends?

Kolido

7 - Requests

In which year was the first Werewolf game played here?
A. 2016

Struth' and 'Ya flamin' galah' are phrases you might hear from which soap character?
A. Alf Stewart

Street’s like a jungle, so call the police, following the herd, down to Greece' name the song these lyric appear in.
A. Girls and Boys

How many Police Academy movies have been released?
A. 7

Sonic the hedgehog's sidekick and best friend, Tails, is what kind of animal?
A. Fox

Who was known as 'The King of the Blues'?
A. B.B.King

Which popular Forum Gamer brought a bagful of new games here a couple of years ago?
A. Rikand

Which 3 numbers have the same answer whether they’re added or multiplied together?
A. 1,2,3

Solve this anagram, clue, an 80s movie. A Rotten Hermit
A. The Terminator

Cary Grant and James Stewart both starred in how many Hitchcock movies? (Not together)
A. 4

Bouncer, a Labrador Retriever, featured on which soap between 1987 and 1993?
A. Neighbors

What was the world's tallest building between 2004 and 2010?
A. Taipei 101

What is the southernmost US state capital?
A. Honolulu

Because you're worth it, is the slogan for which brand?
A. L'Oreal

In which decade was McDonald's Big Mac introduced?
A. 1960s

Which fictional cat created by Jim Davis will turn 43 this year?
A. Garfield

Ida Dalser and Rachele Guidi were married to which world leader?
A. Benito Mussolini

How long does a game of American football last? (Not including stoppages)
A. 60 minutes

In what year did Johnny Logan win the Eurovision with 'Hold me now'?
A. 1987

Who presented the Irish quiz show, 'Blackboard Jungle'?
A. Ray Darcy

Sephiroth_dude

Deleted User wrote: »

Woah woah woah!

Somebody thinks Electric Nitwit is popular??

:pac:

ari101

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Would have never got Eminem in a million years.

It was a total guess but I changed my mind... it's not like I'm even winning the Europa League though so...

Hillybilly4

Hono feckin Lulu!

ShaneU

Kolido wrote: »

What is the southernmost US state capital?
A. Honolulu