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Quiz #4 - Food

Ponster · 2008-08-17 21:36:07

he 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, to get the most people matching you. You don't want a unique answer, you have to answer with what you think everyone else will put. If you need to comment or clarify a question then do it in…

17-08-2008 10:36pm

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he 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, to get the most people matching you. You don't want a unique answer, you have to answer with what you think everyone else will put.

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 periods 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
...

Those who don't reply like this will have 20 points removed for giving me extra work.

The game will end when we have 25 entrants or after 5 days, whichever comes first.

1. Name a popular type of ethnic food
2. Name something made with minced meat
3. Name a traditional Irish dish/meal
4. Name a pizza topping besides cheese or tomato
5. Name a dish/meal that you associate with France
6. Name a method of cooking an egg
7. Other than McDonald's name a fast food restaurant chain
8. Name a brand of cereal
9. Name a type of soup
10. Name a type of Cheese (but not cheddar)

Send PM

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#2 17-08-2008 10:40pm

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I've decided to try my hand at this one myself

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#3 17-08-2008 10:41pm

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Submitted!!

Do I get extra points for being in early??:D:D

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#4 17-08-2008 10:47pm

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PM sent. Cheers OP!

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#5 17-08-2008 10:52pm

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Entered

btw, I took Q1 to mean a particular ethnic dish as opposed to a particular ethnicity. Was this what you meant?

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#6 17-08-2008 10:56pm

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****e...I'm already losing

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#7 17-08-2008 11:05pm

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pm sent

thanks ponster

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#8 17-08-2008 11:18pm

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Done:)

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#9 17-08-2008 11:26pm

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Done.

Thanks Pon.

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#10 17-08-2008 11:27pm

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pm sent.

This one was harder than it seemed. So many possibilities!

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#11 17-08-2008 11:28pm

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Sent.

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#12 17-08-2008 11:36pm

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pm sent

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#13 17-08-2008 11:58pm

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Pm sent.

Cheers Ponster.

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#14 17-08-2008 11:59pm

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pm sending now

thanks dude.
i love theese

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#15 18-08-2008 1:02am

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Done

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#16 18-08-2008 1:02am

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Message sent.
Thanks again.

Genealogy Forum Mod

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#17 18-08-2008 1:07am

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I'm in.

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#18 18-08-2008 1:19am

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Yay! I'm in. Thought I'd missed it.

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#19 18-08-2008 7:15am

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pm sent thanks

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#20 18-08-2008 8:38am

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pm sent

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#21 18-08-2008 9:06am

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Thanks again, PM sent!

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#22 18-08-2008 10:34am

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PM sent

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#23 18-08-2008 11:09am

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PM sent.
Thanks.

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#24 18-08-2008 11:21am

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For information :

1. Name a popular type of ethnic food

You can answer either with a location that a type of popular type ethnic food comes from or a dish in particular, it's really up to you what you think other people will answer.

For those that answered 'curry' for question 1, I'm going to consider that you mean an Indian curry unless otherwise stated in the PM okay?

If you put down 'curry' but you didn't mean Indian then just PM me.

8. Name a brand of cereal

It's a brand folks, not a type or cereal If you said something like 'General Mills' then that's fine, "General Mills - Frosty O's " ok, but not just the type i.e. "Frosty O's"

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#25 18-08-2008 11:23am

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#26 18-08-2008 11:33am

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Done!

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#27 18-08-2008 11:39am

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PM sent. Very interested to see the results of this!

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#28 18-08-2008 11:58am

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I'm on the edge of my seat already, come on lucky number 'Quiz 4'.....

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#29 18-08-2008 12:50pm

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Honey-ec wrote: »

PM sent. Very interested to see the results of this!

I must admit that I'm surprised by how many different types of French foods have been given and it seems that my answer for the fast food chain is really out though I thought that it was the answer everyone would give !

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#30 18-08-2008 1:11pm

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Done. Good work once again Ponster .

The answers to the ethnic dish should be interesting, lots to choose form there. I could only think of two French dishes, I just know I chose the wrong one.

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#31 18-08-2008 1:38pm

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#32 18-08-2008 1:59pm

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french one seemed abit easy was gonna go for xxxxx but went for xxxxx because its probably what the french are know best for lol

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#33 18-08-2008 2:47pm

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#35 18-08-2008 4:28pm

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In

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#36 19-08-2008 9:52am

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PM sent.

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#37 19-08-2008 11:03am

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Mine's in

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#38 19-08-2008 1:27pm

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PM Sent

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#39 19-08-2008 3:31pm

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PM Sent
Thanks Ponster

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#40 19-08-2008 3:38pm

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Sorry Ponster
Just realised you have the full number of entries. Sorry for overloading you with PM's. I'll look out for your next quiz and try and get in early. Great idea though.
Sulukie

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#41 19-08-2008 3:42pm

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Sulukie wrote: »

Sorry Ponster
Just realised you have the full number of entries. Sorry for overloading you with PM's. I'll look out for your next quiz and try and get in early. Great idea though.
Sulukie

Woops..pm sent here also.......sry

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#42 19-08-2008 4:35pm

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No worries. It isn't over until the topic changes. I'll post the results tonight so there's no reason to close it until I have to

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#43 19-08-2008 5:16pm

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gino85 wrote: »

french one seemed abit easy was gonna go for xxxxx but went for xxxx because its probably what the french are know best for lol

By the way Ponster any thoughts on possible ploys to influence voters?
Not saying this is one exactly and definitely, but maybe for your next quiz mention that answers should not be posted until after results are out.

Just a thought. Toodles and fingers crossed for results

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#44 19-08-2008 5:21pm

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Tell you what, I'll let you know how many people said 'snails' after gino85's post and how many before.

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#45 19-08-2008 5:58pm

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am i in?

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#46 19-08-2008 11:12pm

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pm sent and fingers crossed, I think quiz is still open

once again well done and thanks to ponster for keeping our brains working

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#47 20-08-2008 8:01pm

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ANSWERS....

1. Curry 22
1. Chinese 15
1. Humus 1
1. Italian 2
1. Jamaican Jerk 1
1. Sushi 1

I lumped everyone who said 'curry' and 'Indian' together (except those who said Chinese curry. All I want to know now is what the hell 'Jamaican Jerk' is

2. Spag Bol 20
2. 2. Shepherd's Pie 7
2. cottage pie 1
2. Hamburger 11
2. Stew 1
2. Lasagne 2

Clear-cut winner here. I thought more people would say Lasagne though.

3. Irish Stew 34
3. Bacon and Cabbage 4
3. coddal 1
3. Irish breakfast 2

Coddal? Come on...it's the most popular answer folks

4. Pepperoni 30
4. chicken 1
4. Ham 8
4. mushrooms 1
4. Pineapple 1
4. Salami 1

Meat-eaters rule !

5. Snails 19
5. Frog Legs 12
5. boef bourguignon 1
5. Bouillabaisse 2
5. Coq au vin 4
5. Crepes 1
5. Fois Gras 1
5. Fondue 1
5. Ratatoullie 1

Wow...what a mix. Seems a lot of you have been over here at some stage or other. Not my favourite but snails is the clear winner.

6. Boil 27
6. fry 10
6. Omelette 1
6. Poach 2
6. scramble 2

Anyone one where if you didn't get the top answer then you had no chance of winning. I didn't think anyone would say 'poach' though...

7. Burger King 37
7. KFC 2
7. pizza hut 1
7. Supermacs 2

Poor Supermacs !

8. Kelloggs 39
8. Weetabix 1
8. corn flakes 1
8. Cornflakes 1

I asked for a Brand in the question and posted in the thread giving an example of what a brand name actually was. I couldn't therefore just accept 'cornflakes'.

9. Vegetable 18
9. chicken 9
9. Farmhouse Vegetable 1
9. Heinz 1
9. leak&potato 1
9. Mushroom 1
9. Oxtail 5
9. Tomato 6

A Surprise for me here. I never thought that 'veg' would be so popular !

10. mozzarella 12
10. Edam 10
10. Brie 9
10. Blue 1
10. Cottage 1
10. Emmental 1
10. Feta 1
10. Goats 2
10. Parmesan 2
10. Stilton 1
10. Swiss 2

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#48 20-08-2008 8:12pm

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Winners...

Well done to ecaf and patrickc who finished with equal points !

1. ecaf 607,14
1. patrickc 607,14

2. spike440 588,10
themadchief 571,43
orchidsrpretty 566,67
jobucks 554,76
jaffa20 552,38
Sean K 545,24

suziewong 540,48
Mark Hamill 538,10
rgiller 530,95
Dizzyblonde 528,57
wille joe 521,43

MB74 521,43
cacio 519,05
Creature 516,67
$hifty 511,90
enda1 504,76

sulukie 497,62
siofra 497,62
Larainne 485,71
genie us 480,95
DMG 1974 478,57

eliza64 478,57
Nachos 476,19
SmellyIrishman 471,43
Hermy 459,52
dabbler2004 452,38

laiosforliam 445,24
Aisling 438,00
ponster 438,10
Quality 435,71
Blisterman 435,71
shrapnel222 423,81

gino85 390,48
janat on clubs 388,10
square_igloo 385,71
smashey 383,33
nummnutts 380,95

baby4 376,19
Honey-ec 328,57
elmolsto 269,05

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#49 20-08-2008 9:20pm

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excellent ive won one, well jointly...

now for the next one thanks ponster

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#50 20-08-2008 11:35pm

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Too late ..damn

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#51 21-08-2008 10:45am

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Ponster wrote: »

ANSWERS....

2. Spag Bol 20
2. 2. Shepherd's Pie 7
2. cottage pie 1
2. Hamburger 11
2. Stew 1
2. Lasagne 2

Interestingly, Shepherd's Pie is traditionally made with minced lamb, not minced beef. What most people call Shepherd's Pie is actually Cottage Pie. I saw an episode of the F-word once where Gordon Ramsey got quite worked up about the distinction.

Ponster, are you still accepting incorrect answers even if they are popular?

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