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Yeah, that one asking for a vowel really put the cat among the pigeons.
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Re: Rare Entries IX- assortment
Depending on how you interpret it, I reckon there are more possible answers to that question than any of the others.tubeguru wrote:Yeah, that one asking for a vowel really put the cat among the pigeons.
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Re: Rare Entries IX- assortment
It occurred to me to use vowels from French or German, but I decided against it - maybe I shouldn't. Similarly I did wonder about interpreting the base "10" on q1 as being in hexadecimal. Again - I didn't do it - maybe I'll regret that decision.
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Re: Rare Entries IX- assortment
Had I spent more time being anal, I could have answered all sorts of things to those questions.
Hopefully foreign vowels will be marked as correct, as he didn't specify which language they had to be in.
Hopefully foreign vowels will be marked as correct, as he didn't specify which language they had to be in.
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Re: Rare Entries IX- assortment
I hope so, as I used a Greek vowel. I did think about saying "W", which is a vowel in Welsh and also in a few English loan-words from Welsh (like "cwm").tubeguru wrote: Hopefully foreign vowels will be marked as correct, as he didn't specify which language they had to be in.
But in fact the word "vowel" strictly refers to a vowel sound rather than a vowel symbol, so I reckon you could have any of the 35 vowels of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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I think it's reasonable to assume that the number base is written in decimal rather than the base of the numbers being represented - otherwise every base would be base 10.Iain wrote:Similarly I did wonder about interpreting the base "10" on q1 as being in hexadecimal. Again - I didn't do it - maybe I'll regret that decision.
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Re: Rare Entries IX- assortment
1)1 Urzzz1871, Sam
2 GuyBarry, The Raven, Going Underground, greatkingrat
3 tubeguru
4 kateyay, Laxmeesh
5 hopeful traveller, Iain
6 The Orange One
7 jamesthegill, Rhys1995
8
9
10 nozzacook
2)Montag Urzzz1871
Dienstag jamesthegill, The Orange One, GuyBarry, greatkingrat, tubeguru
Mittwoch kateyay, Laxmeesh
Donnerstag Going Underground
Freitag hopeful traveller, The Raven, Sam
Samstag Rhys1995
Sonntag nozzacook, Iain
3)Mercury jamesthegill, Urzzz1871, kateyay
Venus nozzacook, GuyBarry, greatkingrat, Laxmeesh, tubeguru
Earth hopeful traveller, The Raven, Going Underground, Iain
Mars Sam
Jupiter Rhys1995
Saturn The Orange One
Uranus
Neptune
4)M23 jamesthegill, nozzacook, Iain, greatkingrat
M3 hopeful traveller, GuyBarry
M4 The Orange One, The Raven, kateyay, Rhys1995
M40 Laxmeesh
M1 Going Underground, Urzzz1871, tubeguru
M11 Sam
5)Sutton nozzacook, GuyBarry, Going Underground, Urzzz1871, kateyay
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Common hopeful traveller, The Orange One, Sam, Laxmeesh
Sutton Parkway
Kings Sutton The Raven
Little Sutton jamesthegill, greatkingrat
West Sutton Iain
Incorrect Answers:
Long Sutton Rhys1995 (There's a place, but no National Rail station)
Sutton in Ashfield tubeguru (Local station to the town is Sutton Parkway)
6)Louis Walsh nozzacook, The Orange One, The Raven, kateyay
Simon Cowell Urzzz1871, Iain, greatkingrat, Sam, tubeguru
Tulisa Contostavlos jamesthegill, GuyBarry, Laxmeesh
Gary Barlow hopeful traveller, Going Underground, Rhys1995
7)A nozzacook, The Orange One, The Raven, Going Underground, Urzzz1871, Laxmeesh
E greatkingrat, kateyay
I jamesthegill
O Sam, tubeguru
U hopeful traveller, Iain, Rhys1995
Ε (epsilon) GuyBarry
Rock Band nozzacook, GuyBarry, Urzzz1871, Rhys1995
Rock Band 2 Iain, greatkingrat, kateyay
Rock Band 3 hopeful traveller, The Orange One
The Beatles: Rock Band Going Underground
Green Day: Rock Band Sam
Lego Rock Band jamesthegill, The Raven, tubeguru
Incorrect answers:
Bat Country Laxmeesh (A song playable in Rock Band, not a game itself)
9)Geoff Marshall Urzzz1871
Anthony Smith GuyBarry, The Raven, kateyay, Laxmeesh
Richard Griffin
Kevin Brown Going Underground
Damian Cook nozzacook
Nigel White Sam
Martin Hazel
Andrew Chilcraft
Iain MacNaughton
Rhys Benjamin hopeful traveller, Rhys1995
Glen Bryant
Rachel Chilcraft
Ethan Brazell Iain
Peter Smyth, The Orange One, greatkingrat
Ian MacIntyre
Ian Imrie
Incorrect answers
James Tong jamesthegill (There is no entry on the top times thread, so I cannot reasonably be expected to accept this as a correct answer)
Richard Graham tubeguru (I suspect you were thinking of Richard Griffin. Evidently there are too many Richard 'G' tube challengers)
10)Breakfast Urzzz1871
The Sheriffs are Coming
Homes Under the Hammer
Saints and Scroungers Iain
Britain’s Empty Homes
Bargain Hunt
BBC News nozzacook
BBC Local News- South East Today jamesthegill Points West GuyBarry, greatkingrat
Doctors hopeful traveller, The Raven, Rhys1995, tubeguru
Keeping Up Appearances Laxmeesh
Perfection
Escape to the Country Sam
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is The Orange One
Pointless Going Underground, kateyay
Scores:
Sam 240
Iain 2,880
The Orange One 7,680
Going Underground 8,640
Urzzz1871 10,800
jamesthegill 17,280
nozzacook 19,200
Rhys1995 23,040
hopeful traveller 27,648
kateyay 46,080
Laxmeesh 46,080
GuyBarry 96,000
greatkingrat 96,000
The Raven 221,184
tubeguru 720,000
Well done Sam. A remarkably good score considering there were 15 entries and not many correct answers for some of the questions. tubeguru ends up in last position, as normal, even though he submitted serious answers this time!
I love the fact that GuyBarry and greatkingrat outsmarted each other on Q10- both submitting the same 'loophole' answer. They'd have been better off choosing a 'regular answer'!
2 GuyBarry, The Raven, Going Underground, greatkingrat
3 tubeguru
4 kateyay, Laxmeesh
5 hopeful traveller, Iain
6 The Orange One
7 jamesthegill, Rhys1995
8
9
10 nozzacook
2)Montag Urzzz1871
Dienstag jamesthegill, The Orange One, GuyBarry, greatkingrat, tubeguru
Mittwoch kateyay, Laxmeesh
Donnerstag Going Underground
Freitag hopeful traveller, The Raven, Sam
Samstag Rhys1995
Sonntag nozzacook, Iain
3)Mercury jamesthegill, Urzzz1871, kateyay
Venus nozzacook, GuyBarry, greatkingrat, Laxmeesh, tubeguru
Earth hopeful traveller, The Raven, Going Underground, Iain
Mars Sam
Jupiter Rhys1995
Saturn The Orange One
Uranus
Neptune
4)M23 jamesthegill, nozzacook, Iain, greatkingrat
M3 hopeful traveller, GuyBarry
M4 The Orange One, The Raven, kateyay, Rhys1995
M40 Laxmeesh
M1 Going Underground, Urzzz1871, tubeguru
M11 Sam
5)Sutton nozzacook, GuyBarry, Going Underground, Urzzz1871, kateyay
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Common hopeful traveller, The Orange One, Sam, Laxmeesh
Sutton Parkway
Kings Sutton The Raven
Little Sutton jamesthegill, greatkingrat
West Sutton Iain
Incorrect Answers:
Long Sutton Rhys1995 (There's a place, but no National Rail station)
Sutton in Ashfield tubeguru (Local station to the town is Sutton Parkway)
6)Louis Walsh nozzacook, The Orange One, The Raven, kateyay
Simon Cowell Urzzz1871, Iain, greatkingrat, Sam, tubeguru
Tulisa Contostavlos jamesthegill, GuyBarry, Laxmeesh
Gary Barlow hopeful traveller, Going Underground, Rhys1995
7)A nozzacook, The Orange One, The Raven, Going Underground, Urzzz1871, Laxmeesh
E greatkingrat, kateyay
I jamesthegill
O Sam, tubeguru
U hopeful traveller, Iain, Rhys1995
Ε (epsilon) GuyBarry
Rock Band nozzacook, GuyBarry, Urzzz1871, Rhys1995
Rock Band 2 Iain, greatkingrat, kateyay
Rock Band 3 hopeful traveller, The Orange One
The Beatles: Rock Band Going Underground
Green Day: Rock Band Sam
Lego Rock Band jamesthegill, The Raven, tubeguru
Incorrect answers:
Bat Country Laxmeesh (A song playable in Rock Band, not a game itself)
9)Geoff Marshall Urzzz1871
Anthony Smith GuyBarry, The Raven, kateyay, Laxmeesh
Richard Griffin
Kevin Brown Going Underground
Damian Cook nozzacook
Nigel White Sam
Martin Hazel
Andrew Chilcraft
Iain MacNaughton
Rhys Benjamin hopeful traveller, Rhys1995
Glen Bryant
Rachel Chilcraft
Ethan Brazell Iain
Peter Smyth, The Orange One, greatkingrat
Ian MacIntyre
Ian Imrie
Incorrect answers
James Tong jamesthegill (There is no entry on the top times thread, so I cannot reasonably be expected to accept this as a correct answer)
Richard Graham tubeguru (I suspect you were thinking of Richard Griffin. Evidently there are too many Richard 'G' tube challengers)
10)Breakfast Urzzz1871
The Sheriffs are Coming
Homes Under the Hammer
Saints and Scroungers Iain
Britain’s Empty Homes
Bargain Hunt
BBC News nozzacook
BBC Local News- South East Today jamesthegill Points West GuyBarry, greatkingrat
Doctors hopeful traveller, The Raven, Rhys1995, tubeguru
Keeping Up Appearances Laxmeesh
Perfection
Escape to the Country Sam
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is The Orange One
Pointless Going Underground, kateyay
Scores:
Sam 240
Iain 2,880
The Orange One 7,680
Going Underground 8,640
Urzzz1871 10,800
jamesthegill 17,280
nozzacook 19,200
Rhys1995 23,040
hopeful traveller 27,648
kateyay 46,080
Laxmeesh 46,080
GuyBarry 96,000
greatkingrat 96,000
The Raven 221,184
tubeguru 720,000
Well done Sam. A remarkably good score considering there were 15 entries and not many correct answers for some of the questions. tubeguru ends up in last position, as normal, even though he submitted serious answers this time!
I love the fact that GuyBarry and greatkingrat outsmarted each other on Q10- both submitting the same 'loophole' answer. They'd have been better off choosing a 'regular answer'!
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Re: Rare Entries IX- assortment
Unbelievable - I could have picked any of the regional news programmes but decided to stick with my local one. And I got the most popular answer on six occasions - clearly I've got a lot to learn about this game!tractakid wrote: I love the fact that GuyBarry and greatkingrat outsmarted each other on Q10- both submitting the same 'loophole' answer. They'd have been better off choosing a 'regular answer'!
(Still pleased with "epsilon" for (7), though. Wonder why no one chose Y?)
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Y is considered a consonant. At least, it is in English.
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Y can be a consonant or a vowel in English, e.g. consonant in "yes", vowel in "happy".tractakid wrote:Y is considered a consonant. At least, it is in English.
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I was going to go for tractakid for Q10, but changed my mind at the last second because he was writing the quiz...
EDIT: Q9, not Q10.
EDIT: Q9, not Q10.
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Good choice. 'tractakid' was not broadcast on BBC1 at any point.
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Also, which language/alphabet to use was not specified, therefore any vowel from any non-latin alphabet should have been an acceptable answer.tractakid wrote:Y is considered a consonant. At least, it is in English.
I am fairly pleased with my score where I deliberately picked the 1st (in a given sequence - i.e Mercury) or what I considered the most obvious answer (e.g. Geoff Marshall). So a mid table finish isn't bad.
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At long last!GuyBarry wrote: In fact the BBC has digitized the entire Radio Times programme listings archive going back to 1923, well before the start of television - see here. It's currently only available to BBC staff, but they plan to make it available to the general public soon.
http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/
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