One quiz at a time

WineLoverPT · Post by **WineLoverPT** » 16:30 Mon 09 Jun 2014

flash_uk wrote:Baga

That's the one!

I'm a grape variety - I call myself Baga
Some say I remind them of Mick Jagger
I'm acid, think tannin,
So use me if you're plannin'
A wine with a bit of a swagga

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:37 Mon 09 Jun 2014

Haha. You're on again Mike!

Post by **flash_uk** » 16:41 Mon 09 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:Haha. You're on again Mike!

Is it permitted for the question to come straight back to me?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:41 Mon 09 Jun 2014

Yep. You won, so you lose.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 16:42 Mon 09 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:Yep. You won, so you lose.

Correct! Daniel is up.

Post by **flash_uk** » 16:43 Mon 09 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:Yep. You won, so you lose.

Correct answer to my question Daniel. Your turn.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:43 Mon 09 Jun 2014

Hey Glenn..

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:39 Mon 09 Jun 2014

flash_uk wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Haha. You're on again Mike!
Is it permitted for the question to come straight back to me?

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=75447#p75447]Here[/url] flash_uk wrote:These glasses...what measure are they?

They don’t learn.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:46 Mon 09 Jun 2014

Quite correct. Your turn Julian.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:01 Mon 09 Jun 2014

Relax peeps, a question and a questioner will present themselves when ready. I would think of one myself but I have some urgent foot dangling to attend to.

Post by **DRT** » 22:49 Mon 09 Jun 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
AHB wrote:My question.

Who should ask the next question?
DRT wrote:
AHB wrote:Who should ask the next question?
Not me?
And so the thread quietly self-destructs in a logical paradox. If Derek is correct, then he isn’t correct. And if he isn’t, then he is.

It should have died here. What followed has been a mess. I am starting to think that JDAW should have locked the thread immediately after that post.

Should we have a poll?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:42 Tue 10 Jun 2014

Is that a trick question?

Post by **DRT** » 01:48 Tue 10 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:Is that a trick question?

{Doctor Who theme tune, fading into the distance as the thread is locked by the next Admin to re-generate}

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 02:07 Tue 10 Jun 2014

I'll volunteer a question! What birth year port am I in the process of trying to buy 5 bottles of for $10 each from a reputable, knowledgable shop here in the states?

Hint 1: This Quinta still appears to make both table wine and port as they operate as a semi-independent entity (they're owned but still seem to operate on their own)

Hint 2: As far as I can tell, they don't produce VP anymore. They only have a 10 year tawny on offer at their online shop.

Hint 3: I was born in a not generally declared year in the '80s

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Post by **flash_uk** » 12:23 Tue 10 Jun 2014

1982 Feuerheerd

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 14:00 Tue 10 Jun 2014

flash_uk wrote:1982 Feuerheerd

Actually did just buy a bottle of this, but it wasn't quite that cheap, and it wasn't my birth year.

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:21 Tue 10 Jun 2014

1984 Messias

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 19:26 Tue 10 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:1984 Messias

Getting warmer on the year, and correct first letter of the name (leading Quinta aside)

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Post by **flash_uk** » 20:30 Tue 10 Jun 2014

1987 Port Morgado

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 20:49 Tue 10 Jun 2014

flash_uk wrote:1987 Port Morgado

Even closer on the year, but not quite. Another hint, it is an LBV.

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Post by **DRT** » 22:22 Tue 10 Jun 2014

1986?

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 22:24 Tue 10 Jun 2014

DRT wrote:1986?

Not '86, also should have said not Morgado, but again, correct on the M, saving the leading Quinta part of the title

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:37 Tue 10 Jun 2014

1988 Mackenzie

Post by **DRT** » 23:40 Tue 10 Jun 2014

1989 Morgan?

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 03:42 Wed 11 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:1988 Mackenzie

We've nailed down the year

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CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 03:43 Wed 11 Jun 2014

DRT wrote:1989 Morgan?

But have yet to nail the right Quinta

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LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 10:20 Wed 11 Jun 2014

1988 Roriz?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:22 Wed 11 Jun 2014

LGTrotter wrote:1988 Roriz?

It begins with an M

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 10:27 Wed 11 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:1988 Roriz?
It begins with an M

Ah yes, missed that bit. And Roriz produces a VP. And it's an LBV. Ahfergetit...

Post by **DRT** » 15:02 Wed 11 Jun 2014

1988 Morgado?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 15:32 Wed 11 Jun 2014

CaliforniaBrad wrote:
djewesbury wrote:1984 Messias
Getting warmer on the year, and correct first letter of the name (leading Quinta aside)

I was going to guess 1988 Messias Quinta do Cachao LBV, but that would be futile.

So instead, how about 1988 Martinez Quinta da Eira Velha? Does Martinez even make a Quinta-branded LBV?

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 18:41 Wed 11 Jun 2014

Glenn E. wrote:
CaliforniaBrad wrote:
djewesbury wrote:1984 Messias
Getting warmer on the year, and correct first letter of the name (leading Quinta aside)
I was going to guess 1988 Messias Quinta do Cachao LBV, but that would be futile.

So instead, how about 1988 Martinez Quinta da Eira Velha? Does Martinez even make a Quinta-branded LBV?

No clue, but it's not Martinez or Messias.

The name of the producer starts Quinta do M??????????? if that helps at all (the number of question marks is random).

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Post by **flash_uk** » 19:16 Wed 11 Jun 2014

Madalena

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:19 Wed 11 Jun 2014

flash_uk wrote:Madalena

Isn't that a sidekick of Smitty W? And they produce a VP. I should be slightly jealous of Madelena at this price, it seemed to be going home last time I had it but it was my prop in many barren year.

Post by **flash_uk** » 19:24 Wed 11 Jun 2014

LGTrotter wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Madalena
Isn't that a sidekick of Smitty W? And they produce a VP. I should be slightly jealous of Madelena at this price, it seemed to be going home last time I had it but it was my prop in many barren year.

Yes indeed. As an answer it may well not fit all the known facts around this question - I didn't really bother to check! Can't fathom many other Quinta do M??.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:24 Wed 11 Jun 2014

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:26 Wed 11 Jun 2014

flash_uk wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Madalena
Isn't that a sidekick of Smitty W? And they produce a VP. I should be slightly jealous of Madelena at this price, it seemed to be going home last time I had it but it was my prop in many barren year.
Yes indeed. As an answer it may well not fit all the known facts around this question - I didn't really bother to check! Can't fathom many other Quinta do M??.

See where you're coming from, I have just done the same thing.

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 20:47 Wed 11 Jun 2014

It is not Magdalena, nor Mar. Since it seems no one has heard of this obscure producer, I'll reveal it's Quinta do Murcas and ask a gimme to pass the question asking duties: What was the most recent team to both host and win the same World Cup (Football/Soccer) tournament?

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Post by **DRT** » 20:54 Wed 11 Jun 2014

CaliforniaBrad wrote:It is not Magdalena, nor Mar. Since it seems no one has heard of this obscure producer, I'll reveal it's Quinta do Murcas and ask a gimme to pass the question asking duties: What was the most recent team to both host and win the same World Cup (Football/Soccer) tournament?

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France - 1998.

CaliforniaBrad · Post by **CaliforniaBrad** » 23:29 Wed 11 Jun 2014

DRT wrote:
CaliforniaBrad wrote:It is not Magdalena, nor Mar. Since it seems no one has heard of this obscure producer, I'll reveal it's Quinta do Murcas and ask a gimme to pass the question asking duties: What was the most recent team to both host and win the same World Cup (Football/Soccer) tournament?

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France - 1998.

Correct, your question.

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Post by **DRT** » 23:07 Thu 12 Jun 2014

A first for OQaaT in that the quiz master is allowed to guess…

England are 344/5 at the end of the first day of the test against Sri Lanka at Lord's.

What will be the gap in run scores at the end of day 2?

DRT's first guess is England up by 256 runs.

Closest guess at the end of tomorrow's play wins.

Last acceptable guess must be submitted by 11:00 UK time on 13 June 2014.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:27 Thu 12 Jun 2014

I am assuming you mean the England score minus the Sri Lankan score at the end of day two. So England bat until just before tea and put on 160 runs? Plus 344 comes to 504. Sri Lanka reply with just shy of a hundred in the last session. So 504 take 97 comes to 407.

That's my guess; 407.

Post by **DRT** » 23:33 Thu 12 Jun 2014

LGTrotter wrote:I am assuming you mean the England score minus the Sri Lankan score at the end of day two. So England bat until just before tea and put on 160 runs? Plus 344 comes to 504. Sri Lanka reply with just shy of a hundred in the last session. So 504 take 97 comes to 407.

That's my guess; 407.

Your maths are correct. But you guessed the wrong score.

DRT guess 2: England up by 198.

Post by **DRT** » 23:34 Thu 12 Jun 2014

Guesses so far:

England up 198 - DRT
England up 256 - DRT
England up 407 - LGT

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:18 Fri 13 Jun 2014

I'm not guessing. I just think we're doing quite nicely.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:22 Fri 13 Jun 2014

djewesbury wrote:I'm not guessing. I just think we're doing quite nicely.

'Nicely'! It's this sort of lose talk that needs to be stopped. By act of parliament if need be.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:24 Fri 13 Jun 2014

That's not very nice.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:34 Fri 13 Jun 2014

Sorry.

If I guess again does that mean Derek can guess again?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:36 Fri 13 Jun 2014

Was that a guess?

Post by **flash_uk** » 09:43 Fri 13 Jun 2014

Hmmm. I reckon the boys will put another 150 on, and Sri Lanka will get about 170 in response, so my guess is 324.