The Forum Games Pointless/PEEHS Advent Calendar 2022

Electric Nitwit · 22-12-2022 8:20am

Today is the last posting day for Christmas, better get to the post office for some stamps! On that subject...

Question 22: name the country that issued one of these Christmas stamps...

HeidiHeidi · 22-12-2022 8:34am

WTF???

Electric Nitwit · 22-12-2022 9:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120024298#Comment_120024298

There's clues there 😉

Electric Nitwit · 22-12-2022 7:42pm

Tricky round today, here's the answers...

Iceland, Ireland, Canada

New Zealand, UK

South Africa, Mexico, Australia

The clues in the pictures were...

Iceland - the bunting is the Icelandic flat

Ireland - pretty obvious

Canada - uses English and French

New Zealand - aside from summer beach cricket, there's a silver fern in the corner

UK - red postbox

South Africa - tough one, but I thought guessable

Mexico - wiki says "Piñatas are commonly associated with Mexico"

Australia - yeah, this one was impossible! There is an Australian flag on one of the envelopes

I've realised that the New Zealand one may have been really mistaken for Australia, but that would have been a valid answer so you'd get away with it. Oh well...

All but one answer was given, plus a couple of extras. And just a few lifelines 🤣

Electric Nitwit · 22-12-2022 7:43pm

Amazingly, no one went for Ireland!

New Zealand and Australia are the joint sheep, and I think the Australia guesses were lucky not to be wrong!

Trigger picks up a lovely ace, and 9 people used their lifeline!

Heidi and Aisling slipped up though

Electric Nitwit · 22-12-2022 7:44pm

Most of the top of the table sheeped, but Barna moves into the joint lead while Edser, DvB and Posy all move into good positions.

guiri and DvB still have their lifelines, it really could be anyone yet...

Electric Nitwit · 23-12-2022 8:19am

As people seemed to like the song anagrams last time, let's have another round...

Question 23: name one of the Christmas songs from the anagrams below

1 Deplored, he is the odder runner

2 Anagram wine ya

3 Honesty Warms Font

4 Ms Allen Tate

5 Hardy Symbolic

6 This warm ethics

7 Green Motel Dysentery Germ

8 Handwritten Bike Mile

Aisling(",) · 23-12-2022 12:18pm

I'll be lucky to get one 🙈

DvB · 23-12-2022 2:54pm

My last answer in today, travelling tomorrow so will play my lifeline for that one.

Thanks for organising @Electric Nitwit really enjoyed this year's game.

HildaOgdenx · 23-12-2022 3:03pm

I'm going around singing 'Green Motel Dysentery Germ' - not really but it definitely should be a song 🤣.

I love anagrams so am having a bit of fun working these ones out. Hope I don't forget to send in my 🐑 though!

Electric Nitwit · 23-12-2022 6:01pm

Tonight's reveal is likely to be delayed. Mammy Nitwit is flying in but her flight is delayed, so I'm not sure what time I'll be home from the airport now

So this one hour warning is very gentle, but yet to hear from...

@Aisling(",)

@HeidiHeidi

@Mutleyboo

Electric Nitwit · 23-12-2022 6:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120028895#Comment_120028895

You're welcome DvB, glad you liked it. Save travels and Merry Christmas

HeidiHeidi · 23-12-2022 7:48pm

Awww, welcome to Mrs Nitwit 😊

I was in the airport this morning at stupid o'clock and it was absolutely bedlam. Hope it's a bit better this evening 🤞

Answer gone in, for what it's worth (and hopefully in time)..... my only challenge left at this stage is to stay off the bottom of the page 😭 - and I was so proud of myself getting up near half way at one point!

Electric Nitwit · 23-12-2022 8:21pm

Yeah, chaos here. Will be a pretty late reveal tonight

Electric Nitwit · 23-12-2022 9:39pm

Today's answers were...

1 Deplored, he is the odder runner Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

2 Anagram wine ya Away In A Manger

3 Honesty Warms Font Frosty The Snowman

4 Ms Allen Tate Santa Tell Me

5 Hardy Symbolic Mary's Boy Child

6 This warm ethics White Christmas

7 Green Motel Dysentery Germ God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

8 Handwritten Bike Mile In The Bleak Midwinter

Electric Nitwit · 23-12-2022 9:41pm

Big spread of scores, with a nice ace for jluv

Electric Nitwit · 23-12-2022 9:43pm

Which means a joint lead going into the final day. Guiri has a lifeline though, so Barna will really need an ace tomorrow

Electric Nitwit · 24-12-2022 8:40am

Final question, and we go back to where we started with a geography picture round

Question 24: name one of the cities from the Christmas markets below...

HildaOgdenx · 24-12-2022 9:59am

Latest and last 🐑 sent!

Great game @Electric Nitwit

Aisling(",) · 24-12-2022 11:57am

Done and dusted.

Thanks for organising Electric,it's been great fun.

Loughc · 24-12-2022 12:33pm

Thanks a million @Electric Nitwit for organising this. Great fun this year. Really well setup!.

Posy · 24-12-2022 4:51pm

It's been great (well, there have been highs and lows 😁 ). Thank you for all your work and for including our little forum. Have the loveliest Christmas, @Electric Nitwit. 😊

Electric Nitwit · 24-12-2022 5:58pm

Thanks all, glad you liked it 🙂

...oh, and one hour warning for @HeidiHeidi 😋

HeidiHeidi · 24-12-2022 6:57pm

Sorry, sorry - holding up the show again!

First one i haven't had a bulls notion of a single one!!

Great series, EN - well done!!

Happy Christmas 🎄 to one and all!

Electric Nitwit · 24-12-2022 7:57pm

Today's answers...

Cologne, London, Vienna, Edinburgh

Prague, Galway, Bruges, Manchester

Every answer was given (and a few wrong ones!) and there were two aces... was one Barna?!

Electric Nitwit · 24-12-2022 8:03pm

Let's see the top of the table. Guiri played his lifeline, so has a final score of 94. Only Barna could match that, and only with an ace...

Barna's guess today was Edinburgh, which was correct....

...but was also given my MutleyBoo and Necro!

Which means the winner of the 2022 FoG Advent Calendar is guirienespana, congratulations!

Electric Nitwit · 24-12-2022 8:05pm

Here's the full answers. Perhaps predictably, London is the sheep.

It's Neowise and DejaBoo who ace. Extra glory to Deja who didn't use her lifeline!

Electric Nitwit · 24-12-2022 8:07pm

So here's our final table. Guiri and Barna are the top two, and DvB rounds out the podium positions.

Butty takes a truly unassailable wooden spoon!

Electric Nitwit · 24-12-2022 8:08pm

So there we are, we made it!

Thanks for playing everyone, hope you enjoyed it

Have a wonderful Christmas, see you next year for more fun and games :)

Mutleyboo · 24-12-2022 8:42pm

Thanks for hosting! Was a great game! Fair play for the work you put in! Happy Christmas 🎄

DvB · 03-01-2023 4:29pm

Only noticed the final standings on this now, surprised I finished as high as I did, last time I had checked I was mid table...

Look forward to this again later in the year.

Loughc · 03-01-2023 4:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120060329#Comment_120060329

Only 332 days until it starts again.... 😪

kitten_k · 25-11-2023 10:11pm

@Electric Nitwit we doing this again this year?

DvB · 25-11-2023 11:25pm

enjoyed that last year, wouldn't mind taking part again if it's happening.

Loughc · 26-11-2023 1:50am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121418649#Comment_121418649

Same I really hope it’s on again this year

Electric Nitwit · 26-11-2023 2:48am

Sorry guys, not this year 😔

I didn't come up with any good ideas for it, and I don't think I'd have the time anyway. Also, I'm not sure we'd get that many players over in FOG these days

Never say never, but I think it's time may have passed

DvB · 26-11-2023 10:35am

Shame that. Understand totally on the lack of time bit though.

Leg End Reject · 26-11-2023 11:02am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121419211#Comment_121419211

I just saw your post on FoG and checked here. That's a pity but real life can get in the way.

Maybe someone here would like to take the helm?

Electric Nitwit · 26-11-2023 11:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121419610#Comment_121419610

Yeah, when I started this I had a one year old who'd fall asleep on top of me, allowing me lots of time online

Now I've a five year old and a three year old, the run up to Christmas is pretty hectic 😋

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens