Post by newey on Dec 21, 2014 0:58:08 GMT -5
Long-time members will recall when I used to sponsor a year-end quiz and/or raffle, designed to bolster participation hereabouts. The prize tended to be a pedal of some sort or other. . .
Whether any of that worked to stimulate debate and/or participation is debatable, and those days are probably gone forever anyway. Things have been quiet as of late.
Part of the issue with these things is the current ease of googling queries. My past quizzes relied largely on visual clues, thus frustrating easy searching. But, one can also simply be cryptic in clue-formation . . .
So, the following is for nothing other than bragging rights for 2015. Compete if you can, and if you desire. A simple 6 questions. BTW, I have sent the correct answers to sg as verification, so that my scoring can be double-checked. Many of these may be ambiguous, so my official answers rule; your guesses don't count if they don't match my answer, even if they are arguably correct.
1) Named a Presley, but not Elvis. You might think it's all wet-wet-wet.
2) In 2014, we said "Goodbye" to this guy.
3) Keith said he was a "soul mate"; you'll remember him blowing sweet on Virginia.
4) At one point, he was Johnny's most frequent guest, and a frequent guest host, remembered for being the father of observational comedy.
5) Sometimes this lady was just grazin' in the grass, but later she invoked all four of the classical elements, save one.
6) Name the common fact concerning the persons named in answer to questions 1 through 5 above.
Best score (1 point for each correct) before New Year's gets bragging rights for 2014! Don't post your answers here (thus spoiling it for everyone else); Do PM the answers to me before the deadline. Send sg a copy as a failsafe (extra brownie points if you get the "Failsafe" reference . . .)
Whether any of that worked to stimulate debate and/or participation is debatable, and those days are probably gone forever anyway. Things have been quiet as of late.
Part of the issue with these things is the current ease of googling queries. My past quizzes relied largely on visual clues, thus frustrating easy searching. But, one can also simply be cryptic in clue-formation . . .
So, the following is for nothing other than bragging rights for 2015. Compete if you can, and if you desire. A simple 6 questions. BTW, I have sent the correct answers to sg as verification, so that my scoring can be double-checked. Many of these may be ambiguous, so my official answers rule; your guesses don't count if they don't match my answer, even if they are arguably correct.
1) Named a Presley, but not Elvis. You might think it's all wet-wet-wet.
2) In 2014, we said "Goodbye" to this guy.
3) Keith said he was a "soul mate"; you'll remember him blowing sweet on Virginia.
4) At one point, he was Johnny's most frequent guest, and a frequent guest host, remembered for being the father of observational comedy.
5) Sometimes this lady was just grazin' in the grass, but later she invoked all four of the classical elements, save one.
6) Name the common fact concerning the persons named in answer to questions 1 through 5 above.
Best score (1 point for each correct) before New Year's gets bragging rights for 2014! Don't post your answers here (thus spoiling it for everyone else); Do PM the answers to me before the deadline. Send sg a copy as a failsafe (extra brownie points if you get the "Failsafe" reference . . .)
