ZONE 1 CHALLENGE CUP 2009 OFFICIAL QUIZ

[palkanetoijala31]

THE ZONE 1 OFFICIAL QUIZ 2009

Will begin at around 6pm in the Horse & Groom pub after the results have been read out.In the quiz will be the following stuff.

a 30 question main quiz 5 rounds of 5 questions and a final wipeout round
a picture quiz of 15 different pictures they will be available to look at in the pub before the quiz starts to allow people to arrive
a 10 question quiz of tube related past or present
3 on the spot various questions

prizes will be a trophy for the Winning team in the main quiz(that they must return the following year) and boxes of chocolates for any winning team in the other 5 anybody is allowed to win the pictures but if u win the main quiz u r not allowed to participate in the final on the spot.

The Wipeout round as will be explained on the day is question 26 = 5 points question 27 = 4 points question 28 = 3 points down to a single point for 30 but leave a gap or a wrong answer and u be wipeoutd.But for example u know 26 and 27 but not 28 then save the 9 points if u know 29 then dont answer it unless u can guess 28

[tubeguru]

Clear as mud.

[palkanetoijala31]

I forgot to mention that 1 of the 5 rounds u can joker to get urself double points in that round.(not the wipeout though)

[tubeguru]

Ah yes, that was the confusing bit ...

[palkanetoijala31]

question 26 = 5 points
question 27 = 4 points
question 28 = 3 points
question 29 = 2 points
question 30 = 1 point

So if u got all 5 correct u could get a maximum 15 points but u can also save.

5 points question 26 correct but dont answer anymore
9 points question 26,27 correct but dont answer anymore
12 points question 26,27,28 correct but dont answer anymore
14 points question 26,27,28,29 correct but dont answer the final question

Some teams might like to chance their way through other teams might be more cautious and save the points.

[al]

Wipeout rounds in quizzes are always good, and can quite often swing a result. Nothing more annoying than when an "easy" question wipes you out though

[dudey]

Wipeout rounds in quizzes are always good, and can quite often swing a result. Nothing more annoying than when an "easy" question wipes you out though

ah so this is something other people have heard of then. i thought andi had just made it all up, as it often a theme.

[palkanetoijala31]

Sounds alright, though as we'll all be knackered I hope this thing fairly zips along and doesn't require much concentration

If you get the first two right (for 9) and wipeout on the third q, presumably you can salvage 3 points by getting the final two right?

Wipeout means exactly that only go as far as u can go if u didnt know question 28 then put the pen down and save 9 points.

[palkanetoijala31]

Wipeout means exactly that

i interpreted it as your points were wiped out so perhaps it's not as obvious as you think maybe you should make things clearer for people like me maybe

Yes ur right all ur points will be wiped out if u get 1 wrong answer in any of the five 26-30.Thats why some teams might be more cagey and save some points to be honest usually 26&27 are usually quite easy 9 points in the bag but 28 is hard (well i think it is.) so u might want to guess or not but remember u get 0 points if wrong.

[Soup Dragon]

I like the idea of the wipeout round. I have played that in a quiz once before but I don't remember that they gave the option to bank the points. From what I can re-call it was all or nothing.

[Starkey7]

Flaming Nora I love this forum. The way we can take a tiny, tiny little topic and string out pages and pages of posts about it - it's great! (eg Wipeout)

[jamesthegill]

There was me thinking one wrong answer would see you removed from existence and any memory of you erased...

[palkanetoijala31]

Like we could ever forget u james.

[greatkingrat]

Wouldn't the wipeout round be better if it was 1-2-3-4-5 rather than 5-4-3-2-1?

There is no point taking a risk on the later questions if they are only worth 1/2 points.

[palkanetoijala31]

Wouldn't the wipeout round be better if it was 1-2-3-4-5 rather than 5-4-3-2-1?

There is no point taking a risk on the later questions if they are only worth 1/2 points.

hmm interesting yes i could work it that way round.