BBC Quiz of the Week

Posted on July 10, 2009 by archiearchive FCD

Back in the desert, back working 14 hour days, back with the stress and hassles, back with the raw beauty of the Australian Outback.

So, not a lot of news reading this week.

Last week, magic hands won herself another crown while yours truly, Rob, Mrs Eagle, Bunk, Karen, and Sandy. That’s correct, we each only have to wear the hat for one day.

So how will you go in this week’s BBC News Quiz of the Week.

Good luck

Hey! I got 4/7 this week.

Previous Dunces.

3rd Jul, 1/7, archie, Mrs Eagle, Karen, sandy, Rob, Bunk Strutts,
26th Jun, 2/7, Karen, sandy,
19th Jun, 1/7, azahar
12th Jun, 2/7, sandy, azahar
5th Jun, 0/7, Daddy Papersurfer
29th May, 1/7, nursemyra
22nd May, 0/7, healingmagichands
15th May, 2/7, nursemyra
8th May, 1/7, Rob, sledpress,
1st May, 2/7,Daddy Papersurfer, sandy
24th Apr, 2/7, Rob,Daddy Papersurfer, azahar , silverstar98121
17th Apr, 2/7, sandy, Rob
10th Apr, 2/7, sandy, Daddy Papersurfer, anniegirl1138, Archie

Crown Winners (7/7)

29th Aug Buff
5th Sept Buff
12th Sept Daddy P
17th Octember Buff
26th Octember, healing magic hands
5th Dec. Buff
9th Jan 2009, azahar
6th Feb 2009, archie
20th Feb 2009, healing magic hands
27th Feb, 2009, Buff
20th Mar, 2009, healing magic hands
3rd Apr, 2009, sledpress
17th Apr, 2009, anniegirl1138, Buff, Archie
15th May, Buff
5th June, Buff
4th July, healing magic hands

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19 Responses

  1. anniegirl1138, on July 10th, 2009 at 12:16 pm Said:

    You got 4 right!

    If only they’d asked how long it’s been raining in Alberta or if it truly was an El Nino year. But no.

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  2. Rob, on July 10th, 2009 at 12:22 pm Said:

    You got 3 right!

    Enough to get a breather from the dunce hat?

    Hope so….it’s starting to leave a ring round my head.

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  3. Buff, on July 10th, 2009 at 1:20 pm Said:

    You got 6 right!

    Damn, damn, damn. “-mycin” means Latin to me, not Polynesian.

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    • healingmagichands, on July 10th, 2009 at 11:29 pm Said:

      rapa is the operative part of the name. Before the British came along and renamed it, Easter Island was called Rapa Nui

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      • Buff, on July 11th, 2009 at 11:10 am Said:

        I’ve heard the name … but I didn’t know it was Easter Island, which is a silly name for a Pacific Island if you ask me. I know it relates to the finding it at Easter time in the Christian calendar (how presumptuous is that, to call an island the other side of the world something which relates to a British religious event!) but I like the original name best. It applies to all the other names which the Brits. have used for places like Uhluru (Ayer’s Rock) and Burma and Ceylon and Siam … the original names are so much more fitting.

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  4. G Eagle Esq, on July 10th, 2009 at 3:12 pm Said:

    Heil Braun

    2

    Who should be more embarrassed

    - An Aquilan able to Correctly=Guess the apparel worn by le Intellektuel Giant in charge of British Intelligence

    or

    - The hereinbefore-mentioned Intellect for posing in such apparel

    _ The Gouvernement General of Her Britannic Majesty [God Bless Her] for being so astute that they have NOT fired this Glittering Example of British Perspicacity for his high Intelligence – such brilliance was apparent at Gallipoli in 1915

    AND that wRetched Portoogaise Man who wRecked my Chance of securing single-handed ownership of te much-coveted Chapeau de Dunce

    La vie est si unfair

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  5. gitwizard, on July 10th, 2009 at 5:25 pm Said:

    Oh dear, I might as well have been in the desert, I tried 7 clever guesses but

    You got 1 right!

    and that was the Australian bottled water, useful in the desert………….

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  6. gitwizard, on July 10th, 2009 at 5:42 pm Said:

    Tried sending you an e-mail, but got lost when I was asked about servers. caldecourt56@googlemail.com

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  7. Puddock, on July 10th, 2009 at 5:59 pm Said:

    Oh dear – 2/7, and I only knew one of the answers – what James Bond wears on his holidays…

    But gitwizard has saved me (and herr eAgle) from the cap this week – thanks gw!

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  8. nursemyra, on July 10th, 2009 at 6:22 pm Said:

    I got 5 right – i think that’s a personal best for me

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  9. sledpress, on July 10th, 2009 at 8:34 pm Said:

    I seem to be holding steady at 3 every week.

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  10. Cybe R. Wizard, on July 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pm Said:

    Only two this week. A big thank you goes out to that /other/ wizard for keeping my head free of the hated pointy hat!

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  11. healingmagichands, on July 10th, 2009 at 11:27 pm Said:

    I got three right. From the heights to the depths.

    I thought old Sarah also talked fishing analogies along with the basketball, but apparently that wasn’t until the followup interviews. That woman is one long string of platitudes.

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  12. azahar, on July 11th, 2009 at 12:21 am Said:

    You got 3 right!

    :)

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  13. Mo, on July 11th, 2009 at 1:31 am Said:

    5 right and didn’t read very much news this week.

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  14. Daddy Papersurfer, on July 11th, 2009 at 11:06 pm Said:

    Even with the help of the TG I only 2 right. The theory of probability is probably wrong ………..

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  15. G Eagle Esq, on July 12th, 2009 at 2:31 am Said:

    Mrs Eagle = 1

    Die arme Sarah = Sie ist ein ZerstörungsPlatz

    [la pauvre Sarah - elle est un Area de Disastre]

    and she has de;reciated the Kindly Healing Lady’s score

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  16. daisy mae, on July 12th, 2009 at 10:47 am Said:

    woo-hoo! 2 right!

    i’m going to pretend that it’s my (imaginary) social life that’s gotten in the way from tuning into the news.

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  17. silverstar98121, on July 12th, 2009 at 5:08 pm Said:

    I also got two right, and thank those who went into the basement so I wouldn’t have to.

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