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Ok shaky, no problem
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Apologies if repeating what's been said. I agree with Andy that q's have had an old feel to them. Only way this will change though is by having more compilers of a younger age. I for one will be setting more modern questions for those in other leagues and I would trust that there would be others who would do so for mine.
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all my questions will be tellytubby related to redress the balance ;)
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Superbob, please see my 17.37 post.
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If players provide three Pop Music Qs on different eras we'll be fine. Youngsters can do one each on the 80s, 90s, 00s and the wrinklies the 50s, 60s and 70s.
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I'm young as you all know, but I appreciate that the average league quizzer is probably what, 38 or so? I expect all entertainment questions to be before my time, unless if they're about acclaimed subjects such as Spice Girls, The Office, Titanic etc. It's something I have to live with imo. I wouldn't expect to beat the top quizzers because I was lucky enough to go head-to-head on a question about Missy Elliott, which I'd have more chance of getting right.
It will complicate things too much if the topics were broken down into sub-topics. Who would decide the sub-topics, and how would it be decided who'd set the questions for which particular sub-topics? By the time the Admin team decided such matters, they could have spent that time instead making the questions themselves. ;) Let's just have it all 16 subjects all-in. If you strike the questions lucky you strike them lucky; if not, not. |
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talk about mountains and mole hills!!
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Lozzy When did i say i wasnyt in the cola league?
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if this is the road we are giong down can i suggest that rfeligion is asuibject in its own right?
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isnt it the same thing?
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not as mythology no
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Dk, all entertainment Qs won't be before your time. We're bringing in sub categories to avoid this. You would only chose the eras/styles you knew, eg. 90s, 00s Music, and leave the others.
We've avoided having general categories only and divided them into subs to remove any bais towards 'old' Qs. |
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OK. Just letting it be known that I have no qualms with whatever's decided. :)
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sorry completely missed gt's post
thanks GT you certainly seem to be "down" with the kids :D |
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I am 42 Andy..but have always tried to put some 'current' Q's in my Quizzes where possible..whether that be 'News' or Music or Sport..
I think it is only fair to ask a Quizzer different eras.. either A) Who is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ? OR B) Who is Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr. ? This ensures anyone aged 20 to 35 can win Quizzes too |
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b is the big boppa
no idea on the first ;) |
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i noticed in your lyrics quizzes you do modern songs to, they are great :D
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:)
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speaking of which, i dont recall having one for a while ^o)
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..watch this space Andy..I was thinking of doing one only today...
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A. meatloaf
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Admin team is off out tonight .
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ttt
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Please can the quizzers in bold post up their position on this matter as to whether they are happy to provide the 99 questions for the leagues.
PREMIERSHIP QUIZZERS (questions to be sent to jake2130@lycos.com) Poppydog Muntz Street YES Paddy Mayne Jimmy69 YES Studyform YES Tobermory YES GrahamGreen YES Miami2017 Redrich YES Paulie Walnuts YES Coachbuster YES The Game Tevez is God Clarkson Shaky YES Nirvana YES Dark Destroyer YES SLB NO CHAMPIONSHIP QUIZZERS (questions to be sent to lozzyquiz@googlemail.com) Knight of Ni Joe Jordan YES Blackjacking YES GT YES Pumphol YES Jockay MadMadMoon YES Positively4thSt Tom Petty Is God YES Collywobble Gleeman YES Hall Green Spy Runandskip Seasider Baggers NO Ovalman Mr Miggins Natalia Gemelover COLA LEAGUE QUIZZERS (questions to be sent to manofmanymoods@h0tmail.com) Splicer Keats DDuck Terry McCann Andy Murray UNSURE -will wait on format The Dragon UNSURE -will wait on format Man of Many Moods YES Astontom Cedarmaster Ribber Transmission Vamp YES Redbag YES Lozzy YES Alex69 YES DK1986 YES Superbob Chad Collins YES Rinse Vacant (tba) |
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anyone care to answer my question on religion being asubject in its own right?
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could also someone plz summarise exactly what is required in respect of the questions ie how many on,what and in what format.
hard to make out from this thread |
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Dragon here are the 16 subjects
ART CLASSICAL MUSIC (including Operas & Musicals) FILMS & CINEMA FOOD & DRINK GEOGRAPHY HISTORY LITERATURE MYTHOLOGY & RELIGION NATURAL WORLD PEOPLE & PLACES POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS POP MUSIC POT LUCK SCIENCE SPORT TELEVISION 3q`s from each subject (Q1, Q3 multi A-f and Q5) All questions must be to a high standar and shoudlnt be questions already heard on quizzes on here before. That makes up the first batch of 48Q`s wanted by early December, then they will require a further 51 Q`s on what is needed by mid Jan. HTH |
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thanks bj
any move on making religion a stand alone subject |
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But as Nirvana has stated Dragon when you do one of the above 16 categories dont make all 3 questions from the same mould. For example if its sport dont write all 3 Q`s on football... maybe football, olympics and cricket
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Dragon its not for me to say mate about religion being a subject on its own, but IMVHO i dont think it would be very popular therefore to have its own standing wouldnt be worth while, thats why i think its been coupled anyway
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thats the prob with this it puts us all into the same pot and removes uniqueness.
i am very strong on religion but it would appear u have to be a generalist to do well in this system |
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thanks anyway bj
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Yes bjk, that's right. We've joined together a few subjects that, standing alone, would probably be unpopular and would not be viable as separate categories.
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Drag, that won't be the case. Qs will still be available on players' favourite topics; it's just that this season the narrow topics are out. Eg. Qs on a specific TV programme are no longer allowed.
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THREAD SUMMARY
As this thread has got quite long, it's worth summarising it: 1. Players are asked to provide three Qs on each of the 16 Home categories, ie 48 in total, by Sunday, Dec 14. All three Qs for each category should be different, eg. on Sport, players should provide one Q each on, say, Boxing, Cricket and Football, rather than all three on the same sport. More details on page 1 of the thread. 2. Guidelines to setting Qs are on page 2 (my post in bold, 19 Nov 15:49). 3. Players are also required to submit a second batch of Qs, 51 on GK, by Sun, Jan 24 - BUT should not work on these until directed to do so. This is because we'd like to target the categories where more Qs are needed after the first batch of Qs (Home categories) has been completed. 4. Each of the 16 Home categories will be divided into around 20-30 sub-categories. Pop Music would have, for example, different eras and styles of music (eg. 70s/80s/90s music, etc; Punk, hip hop, reggae, etc.). This would make the home subjects less obscure/specific than was generally the case last season. 5. Players will be allowed to choose at least two Home categories but each sub-category can only be used once. The exact format for Home categories is still under discussion but will be decided soon. |
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thanks Nirv :)
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mail nirv . :-)
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Cheers, reply sent.
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Sent mine of to Lozzy if I have messed up I suspect I will hear back in due course !
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Splicer Keats
DDuck Terry McCann Andy Murray UNSURE -will wait on format The Dragon UNSURE -will wait on format Man of Many Moods YES Astontom Cedarmaster Ribber Transmission Vamp YES Redbag YES Lozzy YES Alex69 YES DK1986 YES Superbob Chad Collins YES Rinse YES Vacant (tba) |