5 Minute Monopoly Quiz

Dr Who · Post by **Dr Who** » 29 Oct 2006, 18:48

Ok here is a Sunday evening poser and no getting the board out having a look and cheating

Can you name the 4 mainline London Stations on the Monopoly board, WITHOUT looking first...

Please PM with answers so several people get a chance to reply...

I will then post the answers later.......

Dr Who · Post by **Dr Who** » 30 Oct 2006, 09:26

Well Done to Mr Tube Guru who answered the four stations questions correct which where:
King's Cross
Marylebone
Fenchurch Street .
Liverpool Street

Thanks to every one else who sent me answers

hwolge · Post by **hwolge** » 30 Oct 2006, 09:55

But then again, this was an American game originally. What are the station names there?

Or, a bit harder, what are the station names in the Swedish version of Monopoly?

Post by **tubeguru** » 30 Oct 2006, 10:15

Are you telling me that I am the only person who got it right?!

Dr Who · Post by **Dr Who** » 30 Oct 2006, 11:38

I have made a cock up jonny was the first to get it right and Tube Guru was the last to get it. I didn't look at the dates when the answers where sent.

so jonny is the real winner

Tube Guru
A2
garion24wales
gasman also got it right

(just not fast enough)

Dr Who · Post by **Dr Who** » 30 Oct 2006, 11:41

Also there is a special Worthing Monopoly but I will let Soup Dragon tell you more about that

Post by **tubeguru** » 30 Oct 2006, 11:55

I was robbed.

Garion · Post by **Garion** » 30 Oct 2006, 14:49

Hey take it easy. It's just a game. Remember?

Starkey7 · Post by **Starkey7** » 30 Oct 2006, 17:04

hwolge wrote:But then again, this was an American game originally. What are the station names there?

Or, a bit harder, what are the station names in the Swedish version of Monopoly?

I'd guess the following:

SlottsgÃƒÂ¥de
BÃƒÂ¸rnholmersgÃƒÂ¥de
StockholmerskattendegÃƒÂ¥de
KristiansundolmerhjelmingtoftersgÃƒÂ¥de

(using my limited knowledge of the Swedish language) Was I right?

gasman · Post by **gasman** » 30 Oct 2006, 17:25

If that's the sort of thing you get in the Swedish version of Monopoly, I shudder to think what the Swedish version of Scrabble is like.

hwolge · Post by **hwolge** » 30 Oct 2006, 17:33

Starkey - Close, but no cigar! ("ÃƒÂ¸" is Danish/Norwegian only. In Swedish it's "ÃƒÂ¶". Bornholm is a Danish island)

Actually they are all terribly boring:

Centralstationen (Central station)
Norra station (North station)
Ãƒâ€“stra station (East station)
SÃƒÂ¶dra station (South station)

But they are all actual station names in Stockholm...

hwolge · Post by **hwolge** » 30 Oct 2006, 17:40

Swedish scrabble is both harder and easier than English. First of all we only have around 120 000 words in our dictionary, you have something like 330 000, I think. Furthermore our words can only appear in their base form (no plurals, no past tense etc.). On the other hand we have quite a few listed "combined words" so I'd say there are lots of possibilities to significantly lengthen an already played word. And obviously our letters have different count and points.

Bottom line is that it's quite different but well worth playing (at least if you are fluent in Swedish).

editorsfoot · Post by **editorsfoot** » 30 Oct 2006, 18:09

hwolge wrote: (at least if you are fluent in Swedish).

I'd hate to think how long it would take me to learn Swedish, although Mrs Editorsfoot can understand it and speak a little, although she can also speak Danish, Norwegian, a bit of German and English.

Puts me to shame

Soup Dragon · Post by **Soup Dragon** » 30 Oct 2006, 21:12

Dr Who wrote:Also there is a special Worthing Monopoly but I will let Soup Dragon tell you more about that

Yes but there is only one "hand made" copy of Worthing Monopoly, if anyone would like to quess the stations they are more than welcome!

Post by **tubeguru** » 30 Oct 2006, 22:07

What was the question again?

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