Rare Entries Quiz XI

[Sam]

I don't want to enter

[tubeguru]

OK, so we have all the entries in. And now for the scores and comments:

1 - Name a Plantagenet King of England who ruled England between 1154 and 1399 inclusive.

Edward II - steeevooo, Going Underground, Andi, Urzzz1871 [4]
King John - The Raven, krollo, jbom [3]
Edward III - Nozzacook, scrxisi [2]
Henry II - Hopeless Traveller [1]
Henry III - jamesthegill [1]
Richard II - greatkingrat [1]

Incorrect answers - NONE

2 - Name any female English/British monarch. Note - Lady Jane Grey is an INVALID answer.

Mary II (jointly with William III of course) - The Raven, Hopeless Traveller, Going Underground, Urzzz1871 [4]
Anne - krollo, jamesthegill, Nozzacook [3]
Elizabeth II - steeevooo, greatkingrat [2]
Elizabeth I - Andi, scrxisi [2]
Matilda (not an incorrect answer as far as I'm concerned) - jbom [1]

Incorrect answers - NONE

3 - Name a British Prime Minister who served under King George I or King George II.

Robert Walpole - krollo, Hopeless Traveller, Andi, jbom, scrxisi [5]
William Cavendish - Going Underground, Nozzacook [2]
Spencer Compton - The Raven, steeevooo [2]
Henry Pelham - jamesthegill, greatkingrat [2]
Thomas Pelham - Urzzz1871 [1]

Incorrect answers - NONE

4 - Name any person who has served as leader of the Liberal Democrats (the UK political party) from their formation in 1988 to the present day.

Charles Kennedy - The Raven, steeevooo, Hopeless Traveller, jamesthegill, scrxisi [5]
Paddy Ashdown - Going Underground, Andi, greatkingrat [3]
Menzies Campbell - krollo, jbom [2]
Vince Cable - Nozzacook [1]
David Steel (interim leader after merger in 1988) - Urzzz1871 [1]

Incorrect answers - NONE

5 - Name a candidate in the London Mayoral Elections of 2012.

Carlos Cortiglia - The Raven, steeevooo, Hopeless Traveller, Nozzacook, jbom [5]
Jenny Jones - Andi, jamesthegill, greatkingrat [3]
Boris Johnson - krollo [1]
Ken Livingstone - scrxisi [1]
Brian Paddick - Urzzz1871 [1]
Lawrence Webb - Going Underground [1]

Incorrect answers - NONE

6 - Name any of Queen Victoria's children who outlived her (in other words, were alive after the 22nd of January, 1901).

Princess Beatrice - krollo, Going Underground, Nozzacook [3]
Princess Victoria - Andi, scrxisi [2]
Princess Louise - Urzzz1871, greatkingrat [2]
Princess Helena - The Raven, steeevooo [2]
Prince Edward (later Edward VII) - jbom [1]

Incorrect answers:

Edward VIII - er, he was the child of George V!
The Duke of Edinburgh, whilst a child of Victoria (although not the current D of E), died in 1900.

jamesthegill and Hopeless Traveller score six points each.

7 - Name a British Prime Minister whose total time in office amounted to less than 365 days.

Earl of Shelburne - Going Underground, Andi, greatkingrat, Urzzz1871 [4]
Andrew Bonar-Law - steeevooo, scrxisi [2]
Sir Alec Douglas-Home - Hopeless Traveller, jbom [2]
Earl of Bute - The Raven [1]
George Canning - krollo [1]

Incorrect answers:

Benjamin Disraeli served for a total of six years, 339 days.
Charles Watson Wentworth, Earl of Rockingham served for a total of one year and 113 days.

jamesthegill and Nozzacook both score eight points.

8 - Name any person to have held the office of Deputy Prime Minister in the UK.

Richard Butler - steeevooo, Nozzacook, jbom [3]
Geoffrey Howe - Going Underground, Urzzz1871 [2]
Clement Atlee - The Raven, krollo [2]
Anthony Eden - Andi [1]
William Whitelaw - greatkingrat [1]
John Prescott - scrxisi [1]

Incorrect answers:

Oh dear, it looks like a couple of you fell into the trap of assuming that a deputy party leader is automatically the Deputy PM. Sadly not.

Harriet Harman and Gordon Brown were never Deputy PM. Hopeless Traveller and jamesthegill score six points each.

9 - Name a person residing between positions 1 and 10 inclusive in the Line of Succession to the British throne.

Princess Beatrice - jamesthegill, Urzzz1871, greatkingrat, jbom [4]
Prince Harry - Hopeless Traveller, Andi, scrxisi [3]
Prince William - The Raven [1]
Princess Anne - Going Underground [1]
Prince Andrew - steeevooo [1]
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor - Nozzacook [1]
Princess Eugenie - krollo [1]

Incorrect answers - NONE.

10 - Name a post-1066 English/British monarch who acceded to the throne at the age of less that 19 years old. In other words, they had NOT yet celebrated their 19th birthday.

Edward III - steeevooo, Going Underground, greatkingrat [3]
Henry VI - Hopeless Traveller, Nozzacook, scrxisi [3]
Henry III - The Raven [1]
Edward VI - krollo [1]
Richard II - Urzzz1871 [1]
Henry VIII - jbom [1]

Incorrect answers:

Henry the Young King, the son of Henry II was never a reigning monarch of England. He was indeed "crowned" in his father's lifetime, but this was the tradition of the time, in readiness for his accession, but this did not make him king. He died before his father, and so never officially became the King of England. On Henry II's death he was succeeded by his son Richard.

Six points for Andi and jamesthegill.

AND THE SCORES
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1. krollo - 540
2. Urzzz1871 - 1024
3. The Raven - 2400
4. greatkingrat - 3456
5. jbom - 3600
= scrxisi - 3600
7. Going Underground = 6912
8. Nozzacook - 12960
9. steeevooo - 14400
10. Andi - 51840
11. Hopeless Traveller - 324000
12. jamesthegill - 622080

Congratulations to krollo!

[hopeful traveller]

8 - Name any person to have held the office of Deputy Prime Minister in the UK.

Richard Butler - steeevooo, Nozzacook, jbom [3]
Geoffrey Howe - Going Underground, Urzzz1871 [2]
Clement Atlee - The Raven, krollo [2]
Anthony Eden - Andi [1]
William Whitelaw - greatkingrat [1]
John Prescott - scrxisi [1]

Incorrect answers:

Oh dear, it looks like a couple of you fell into the trap of assuming that a deputy party leader is automatically the Deputy PM. Sadly not.

Harriet Harman and Gordon Brown were never Deputy PM. Hopeless Traveller and jamesthegill score six points each.

A quick scan of YouTube definitely shows that in the Brown years, when Brown and Cameron missed PMQs, it became Harriet Harman v William Hague. Harriet Harman would be, be definition, Deputy PM, just as Nick Clegg takes PMQs when Cameron is missing.

[tubeguru]

Yes, but that is only them filling in because the leader is away. They don't suddenly become "Deputy Prime Minster" in any official capacity.

Have a look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_Pri ... ed_Kingdom

[The Raven]

I like the fact that a lot of people went for the BNP candidate for the London Mayor! Which also the one I defiantly wouldn't want to see in power!

[tubeguru]

You all outwitted each other on the obvious ones there.

[Urzzz1871]

Happy with second for a first attempt!

[tubeguru]

You were one unique answer away from winning with 512.

[jamesthegill]

I think I'm being too clever with (some of) these. I should go for the obvious answers. (Or, for a change, the right answers.)

[tubeguru]

Be glad I'm not keeping a running score of all the rounds so far.

[The Raven]

I'd love to do one the subject of the Olympics but I'm having trouble working out the scoring!

[tubeguru]

The scoring works like this:

For each question, each person scores the same number of points as the number of people who gave the same answer they gave. So if three people including you give the same answer, and that answer is correct, you all get three points. The idea is to be the only person to get an answer, because then your score is 1.

An incorrect answer scores double the highest score for that question. So for question one of my quiz, had someone got a wrong answer they'd have scored 8 points.

A player's final score is all of their individual question scores multiplied together. Therefore, the lowest answer possible is 1, and the highest depends on the number of players, but can be hundreds of thousands.

If you are going to do one of these, make sure the questions are asked in such a way as to avoid loopholes, otherwise I will argue with you when you disallow my answer.

[The Raven]

Thanks for that I'll get reseaching!

[Going Underground]

The scoring works like this:

For each question, each person scores the same number of points as the number of people who gave the same answer they gave. So if three people including you give the same answer, and that answer is correct, you all get three points. The idea is to be the only person to get an answer, because then your score is 1.

An incorrect answer scores double the highest score for that question. So for question one of my quiz, had someone got a wrong answer they'd have scored 8 points.

A player's final score is all of their individual question scores multiplied together. Therefore, the lowest answer possible is 1, and the highest depends on the number of players, but can be hundreds of thousands.

If you are going to do one of these, make sure the questions are asked in such a way as to avoid loopholes, otherwise I will argue with you when you disallow my answer.

Neil I might try one of these, any chance you could set a new topic "sticky" showing the scoring system?

Most bizzare that I have entered loads of these without a clue how this worked

[tubeguru]

I'll sort one out when I get home later.