Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the QuizGB group: Which is your favourite TV quiz show? o University Challenge o Fifteen-to-One o The...
QuizGB@yahoogroups.com
May 16, 2001 5:05 pm
2
Welcome to the Quiz GB discussion group! Rob....
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 16, 2001 5:11 pm
3
Hi everyone! I think I've got everyone over the silly little bugs about joining - I have a facility to add people by e-mail address, and then the system links ...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 17, 2001 6:03 pm
4
I've written the instructions file - it's in the FAQs section of the Files, or I can e-mail to anyone who wants. There'll be a swathe of Oxonians joining...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 17, 2001 8:48 pm
5
What's the worst question that anyone's ever come across? <mode=pub_bore> And I'll tell you why I ask... From a quiz book earlier: Q. Which country in the...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 17, 2001 9:21 pm
6
... Not so much pub bore as general pedant! I was asked this in Trivial Pursuit on Saturday and had no problems getting it; of course it means shortest...
Sean Blanchflower
S.M.Blanchflower@...
May 18, 2001 9:08 am
7
... You called? :) ... Er. Right. No. Not even wrong. Aside: I must admit I'd have thought it was more than that, but I guess not. You do tend to forget...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 18, 2001 9:23 am
8
Friday comes from the old English Frigedæg, literally: Freya's day. But I agree it is bad having ambiguous or wrong answers....
Robert Chilvers
some1140@...
May 18, 2001 10:18 am
9
... Well, yes and no. Surely it literally means Frigg's Day. The question is whether the two Norse goddesses Frigg and Freya are one and the same. They're...
Sean Blanchflower
S.M.Blanchflower@...
May 18, 2001 10:34 am
10
... I'm sorry, but who precisely would want coasters portraying Norse gods and goddesses? It's vaguely reminicent of woodchip walls and draylon furniture... ...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 18, 2001 10:41 am
11
You may criticise my grammar but look at your atrocious spelling of reminiscent! ... From: Rob Linham <robert.linham@...> To: QuizGB@yahoogroups.com...
Robert Chilvers
some1140@...
May 18, 2001 10:45 am
12
I've been asked about moderating messages and the like, so I thought I might as well tell everyone... I suppose putting this in that lovely FAQ might be a good...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 18, 2001 10:50 am
13
... <looks back at the moderating policy that's just been sent out> <pontificates> I think, sir, that spelling flaming the moderator might possibly have to be...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 18, 2001 10:53 am
14
As the resident Norse mythology expert (or something!) I feel obliged to contribute something pointless. I believe some authorities consider Freya/Frigg as...
FREYA.MCCLEMENTS@...
May 18, 2001 11:15 am
15
... Marcus Berkmann has a section about 'bad questions' in his excellent book 'Brain Men'. He quotes one of the worst pub quiz questions which he's ever heard...
stephen.pearson@...
May 18, 2001 4:57 pm
16
... Quiz machines tend to be the worst offenders on these questions - if they want to get rid of you they'll throw out something like: In what year did the...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 18, 2001 5:04 pm
17
In message <Pine.OSF.3.96.1010518100003.25533B- 100000@...>, Sean Blanchflower <S.M.Blanchflower@... am.ac.uk> writes ... <snip list of...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
May 18, 2001 9:21 pm
18
In message <Pine.OSF.4.21.0105181017050.614-100000@...>, Rob Linham <robert.linham@...> writes ... <snigger> ... Actually, I wasn't asleep,...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
May 18, 2001 9:26 pm
19
In message <003901c0df83$e884c8e0$8aa601a3@...>, Robert Chilvers <some1140@...> writes ... Friggin' 'eck, an' I thought it...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
May 18, 2001 9:28 pm
20
In message <Pine.OSF.3.96.1010518113109.24384A- 100000@...>, Sean Blanchflower <S.M.Blanchflower@... am.ac.uk> writes ... Nope, they ain't,...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
May 18, 2001 9:35 pm
21
In message <Pine.OSF.4.21.0105181151170.614-100000@...>, Rob Linham <robert.linham@...> writes ... <Snort!> __ __ {{{{\ /}}}}...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
May 18, 2001 9:45 pm
22
In message <Pine.OSF.4.21.0105181138030.614-100000@...>, Rob Linham <robert.linham@...> writes ... Huh?!!!! Coasters surplus to...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
May 18, 2001 9:45 pm
23
In message <9e3k9v+er2p@eGroups.com>, stephen.pearson@... writes ... I think top of my list has to be: 'When does ptarmigan shooting season begin?' Like...
Sue Mitchell
sue@...
May 18, 2001 9:48 pm
24
For most of today, the group has been out-of-action - I believe Yahoo! may have temporarily deleted it. I'm looking into what happened. I'll keep an eye on the...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 19, 2001 4:13 pm
25
Dear All Are any of this illustrious group appearing on the radio 4 series Masterteams? Cheers Mark [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
MALabbett@...
May 21, 2001 12:33 pm
26
... There was of course the Oxford team who appeared on the most recent programme - Ian Bayley, David Stainer, David Brewis. I know Mr Stainer is lurking...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 21, 2001 2:02 pm
27
... I've taped Saturday's programme and haven't listened to it yet, but I suspect that the Lincolnshire captain might well have been Isabelle Heward, serial...
Stephen Pearson
stephen.pearson@...
May 21, 2001 2:32 pm
28
I think UC auditions are now finished (please correct me quickly if I'm wrong!), so: How was it for everyone? Has anyone yet heard how they've done? I think St...
Rob Linham
robert.linham@...
May 21, 2001 2:57 pm
29
... Not completely finished - Manchester started their audition twenty-eight minutes ago, and it's presumably still going. But it *is* the last day of...
Stephen Pearson
stephen.pearson@...
May 21, 2001 2:59 pm
30
Ours was okay. I thought the questions were easier than last year's and the interview went much better. Emma....
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
