Christmas quiz

[sish101]

I host a weekly quiz at the Community and Sports Club in my village.

If anyone would like a copy of my Christmas quiz that I'll be doing this Thursday then please PM me your email address and I'll send them over (as PDF). They might be useful to you for work events, family get togethers etc.

The quiz round is a nice easy 40 questions.

The picture round has a Christmas answer for each photo (such as Noel Gallagher and Juan Pablo Angel).

Cheers all and stay safe.

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[unclealec]

I am presenting the annual Weardale Road Pub Quiz League Christmas Extravaganza on Monday week; at least I was. Page 3 of the Pictograms section is being evaluated by the Vice Squad.

If anyone wants to take part, just rock up at the Three Rooms of Gloom, Weardale Road, at about 8-30pm. All proceeds are going to Guide Dogs for the Drunk.

If you want a quiz-on-a-plate, I suggest that you contact shish101; a generous offer.

If you want a quiz that's a bit left-field, unfortunately you will have to compile your own, as I store mine in the DTP software that I use for my editing job.

One example from one of my previous Christmas Extravaganzas:

Name the 5-times Oscar-winning feature film that told the story of a Canadian RAF pilot who after WWII gave up flying to become a gentleman's gentleman.

[Saint-Just]

I am afraid that being French I wouldn’t be patient enough to take part.

[gunner]

Had this one sent to me, the question being: what do the numbers represent...?

Anyone?

[Rob Leeds]

Had this one sent to me, the question being: what do the numbers represent...?

Anyone?

The year they were formed minus the current year 23.

[Kingstepper]

The year they were formed minus the current year 23.

How does this maths work, subtract 2023 or 23?

Sunderland, for example, formed in 1879 how do we get to minus 6?

[Rob Leeds]

How does this maths work, subtract 2023 or 23?

Sunderland, for example, formed in 1879 how do we get to minus 6?

Not a clue.
Leeds were formed in 1919 so I just had a guess at -4.

[sish101]

That all sounds a lot more complicated than my quiz regulars enjoy!

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[docd]

Just got a copy of the Quiz - thanks Sish could be very useful for the upcoming big family gathering

[sish101]

Just got a copy of the Quiz - thanks Sish could be very useful for the upcoming big family gathering

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[xxnick1975]

Great quiz. Thanks to Simon for sharing. Very generous and much appreciated

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[sish101]

Just a polite reminder that if you PM me for a copy, please remember to include your email address

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[Montello]

Had this one sent to me, the question being: what do the numbers represent...?

Anyone?

Come on ... what is the answer ... ?

Thanks again for the quiz sheets.

[gunner]

Come on ... what is the answer ... ?

Thanks again for the quiz sheets.

I don't know!!

Was hoping one of you lot would work it out!

[Montello]

I don't know!!

Was hoping one of you lot would work it out!

Time to go back to the person who sent it and ask maybe ...???

[gunner]

Time to go back to the person who sent it and ask maybe ...???

The challenge is still open so they're not going to give the answer out just yet.

[Montello]

The challenge is still open so they're not going to give the answer out just yet.

Is that a full list or the top 21?

Many notable teams missing. Bit of an old school list.

[gunner]

Is that a full list or the top 21?

Many notable teams missing. Bit of an old school list.

That's the list that's been given. I assume the constituents are a clue to the answer.

[Montello]

That's the list that's been given. I assume the constituents are a clue to the answer.

Exactly. So must be something that only those teams have achieved is part or the solution.

Some notable exceptions.

[Montello]

Plus the negative numbers imply the solution is a function of two numbers.

[Montello]

There was only a few years when there was 21 teams in the first division.

Maybe wins - losses for one of those years

[Kingstepper]

There was only a few years when there was 21 teams in the first division.

Maybe wins - losses for one of those years

Or goal difference?

[Rob Leeds]

There was only a few years when there was 21 teams in the first division.

Maybe wins - losses for one of those years

21 teams in 87/88 but Leeds were in the 2nd division then.

[sish101]

Maybe its some kind of football Duckworth Lewis system!

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[estoban7]

Had this one sent to me, the question being: what do the numbers represent...?

Anyone?

League cup match victories?

[Rob Leeds]

It could possibly be the goal difference for cup competitions in the 77/78 season when forest won the European cup and the league cup.
Edit to say 79/80 or 80/81.

[Montello]

21 teams in 87/88 but Leeds were in the 2nd division then.

That was the only year there were 21 teams, but they don’t match up with the above list …

[Rob Leeds]

That was the only year there were 21 teams, but they don’t match up with the above list …

I think it's to do with the year forest won the double.

[Foggy]

I think it's to do with the year forest won the double.

Forest have never won the double, if we’re talking traditional interpretation of the double i.e. league winners along with FA cup.

Foggy

[xxnick1975]

I think it might be nothing to do with their playing record and something like (obviously it's not) their names Scrabble score, or something like that

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[kevkojak]

Had this one sent to me, the question being: what do the numbers represent...?

Anyone?

It's the hottest ever temperature recorded at their respective ground.
I've been to Elland Road in summer, -4 sounds about right.

[Rob Leeds]

Forest have never won the double, if we’re talking traditional interpretation of the double i.e. league winners along with FA cup.

Foggy

They've won a double of sorts with the league cup and European cup.

[Foggy]

They've won a double of sorts with the league cup and European cup.

Which is why I stated traditional double.

If we’re making up other doubles, we could be here a long time 😉

Foggy

[Pretzel]

A thank you to Sish for a very entertaining quiz, much better than all this kick ball nonsense.

[Red Steve]

I host a weekly quiz at the Community and Sports Club in my village.

If anyone would like a copy of my Christmas quiz that I'll be doing this Thursday then please PM me your email address and I'll send them over (as PDF). They might be useful to you for work events, family get togethers etc.

The quiz round is a nice easy 40 questions.

The picture round has a Christmas answer for each photo (such as Noel Gallagher and Juan Pablo Angel).

Cheers all and stay safe.

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Yes please..
Steve@vividfs.co.uk
Thanks very much.
Steve.

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[Danstone]

Had this one sent to me, the question being: what do the numbers represent...?

Anyone?

This has been driving me crazy. Please share the answer when known.
Initial thought was something Clough related with Forest and Derby at the top. It can’t be goal difference as it’s too positively skewed.
Only thought left is it’s an extract of the setters current Football Manager league table. Leeds, Newcastle and Sunderland have been deducted points for repeated claims exaggerating their history and support levels. This is the 2031-32 season, the Man City investigation is still ongoing.

[Montello]

This has been driving me crazy. Please share the answer when known.
Initial thought was something Clough related with Forest and Derby at the top. It can’t be goal difference as it’s too positively skewed.
Only thought left is it’s an extract of the setters current Football Manager league table. Leeds, Newcastle and Sunderland have been deducted points for repeated claims exaggerating their history and support levels. This is the 2031-32 season, the Man City investigation is still ongoing.

Agreed, we need the answer now. I do hope it’s sensible.

[xxnick1975]

Metres above sea level of their stadiums

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[Speedyexplorer]

Metres above sea level of their stadiums

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Good effort, but there is no football ground below sea level according to google

Blundell Park is also the lowest football stadium in the United Kingdom, at a height of only 2 feet above sea-level.

[Montello]

Good effort, but there is no football ground below sea level according to google

Blundell Park is also the lowest football stadium in the United Kingdom, at a height of only 2 feet above sea-level.

I’m sure the 21 teams in the list is a clue to the solution.

[sish101]

The quiz is going down a treat. As is the beer. The quizmaster (me) has been treated to some free pints and is struggling to pronounce some of the longer words!

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[pete-r]

The quizmaster (me) has been treated to some free pints and is struggling to pronounce some of the longer words!

Next question. Who invented the plug...?

[apm101]

I host a weekly quiz at the Community and Sports Club in my village.

If anyone would like a copy of my Christmas quiz that I'll be doing this Thursday then please PM me your email address and I'll send them over (as PDF). They might be useful to you for work events, family get togethers etc.

The quiz round is a nice easy 40 questions.

The picture round has a Christmas answer for each photo (such as Noel Gallagher and Juan Pablo Angel).

Cheers all and stay safe.

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Yes please, matey: alexmears@me.com

I always include a question for people to calculate a total for each of the gifts given in the 12 days...

[Montello]

Had this one sent to me, the question being: what do the numbers represent...?

Anyone?

Any news on the answer?

[xxnick1975]

Any news on the answer?

No. I think every team on that list has won the top level championship

West Ham and Fulham, just to name 2, aren't on the list, haven't

I wonder if thats something to do with it.

Percent of being champions when playing in the top flight? But doesn't account for negatives

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[gunner]

Any news on the answer?

I do now have the answer…

BUT, frustratingly, it turns out that rather than just being a football question, it was a work/football question. I work in real estate…

xxnick1975 was getting as close as any of us were likely to get by spotting that all of the teams had won the top division.

The numbers actually represented the % return on the UK real estate market in the years that each team won the top division.

I spent ages looking at squad sizes, year each club was formed and even asked google Bard for an answer (it seems were a long way off AI solving anything like this!).

Sorry!!

[xxnick1975]

I do now have the answer…

BUT, frustratingly, it turns out that rather than just being a football question, it was a work/football question. I work in real estate…

xxnick1975 was getting as close as any of us were likely to get by spotting that all of the teams had won the top division.

The numbers actually represented the % return on the UK real estate market in the years that each team won the top division.

I spent ages looking at squad sizes, year each club was formed and even asked google Bard for an answer (it seems were a long way off AI solving anything like this!).

Sorry!!

Very interesting, thanks for following up.



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[Foggy]

I do now have the answer…


The numbers actually represented the % return on the UK real estate market in the years that each team won the top division.


Sorry!!

Blimey, I can’t imagine anyone got that right.

Also, a lot of the teams are multiple winners, so is it the last time they won?

Cheers

Foggy

[sish101]

If I asked that type of question at my quiz I'd be strung up from the club's rugby posts!

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[Montello]

The numbers actually represented the % return on the UK real estate market in the years that each team won the top division.



Sorry!!

Grrrrr … I feared such an answer