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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:27 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
jdaw1 wrote:g-man wrote:u lie!
I spotted in your kitchen last time!
A kitchen that is also used to feed a wife, a child, and a dog. I lie not.
I suppose that it's perfectly OK to feed a dog Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, must try it on the cats.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:07 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
Oh come on, you people are all hopeless. THIS IS A PORT FORUM!!!
The only possible first guess is GRAPE NUTS!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:09 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
Special K
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:58 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Glenn E. wrote:Oh come on, you people are all hopeless. THIS IS A PORT FORUM!!!
The only possible first guess is GRAPE NUTS!
I like the reasoning. Alas the answer is wrong.
DRT wrote:Special K
Wrong. Without even the excuse of good reasoning.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:59 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
A true Englishman would be eating Weetabix.
If you're eating any of the foreign muck you get over there, I'll get you stopped at customs - I have friends.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:47 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
Cornflakes
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:10 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:Cornflakes
Yes. Derek’s turn.
KillerB wrote:A true Englishman would be eating Weetabix.
If you're eating any of the foreign muck you get over there, I'll get you stopped at customs - I have friends.
Not bad. Shredded wheat another favourite, and my only American cereal is shredded oats.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:51 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
From which vintage is the oldest bottle of port in my house?
Clue: note small "p"
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:58 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
1878
and I thought Corn Flakes too obvious - teh!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:44 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
KillerB wrote:1878
and I thought Corn Flakes too obvious - teh!
Wrong (twice)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:07 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by Alex Bridgeman
1890
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:30 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:31 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
There are a lot of years, please use a bisection convergence routine to help us with this (say higher or lower)
1912
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:37 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
KillerB wrote:1912
No.
KillerB wrote:There are a lot of years, please use a bisection convergence routine to help us with this
No. Too easy.
The year of the vintage was a significant year for the land in which this wine was made.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:55 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
Come on somebody - I want another go before going to bed.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:06 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
KillerB wrote:Come on somebody - I want another go before going to bed.
Am I allowed to guess?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:11 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
DRT wrote:KillerB wrote:Come on somebody - I want another go before going to bed.
Am I allowed to guess?
You can guess my guess but that would be quiz within a quiz and it is one quiz at a time.
Adjudicator
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:11 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
1901
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:13 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
1910
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:14 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
Glenn E. wrote:1901
Wrong.
KillerB wrote:1910
Wrong.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:15 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
1908?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:17 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:1908?
Wrong.
Clues so far: Use of small "p" and from a vintage that was a significant year for the country in which it was made.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:18 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Rules adjudication: the questioner may not ‘guess’ an answer to the question posed by the questioner, especially not as an artificial device to give some favoured guesser an extra guess. Really, admins 1 and 2: England expects better.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:25 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by KillerB
Rats - good night
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:27 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:Rules adjudication: the questioner may not ‘guess’ an answer to the question posed by the questioner, especially not as an artificial device to give some favoured guesser an extra guess. Really, admins 1 and 2: England expects better.
In case you've forgotten, I don't bat for England
I suspect that Admin 1 did not guess again before going to bed simply so that Admin 3 could not do so either.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:36 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
DRT wrote:In case you've forgotten, I don't bat for England
Which, of course, has no bearing on England's expectations for you.
Dart board says: 1790!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:41 Wed 15 Apr 2009
by DRT
Glenn E. wrote: Dart board says: 1790!
No.
Clue number 3: the football team that I supported as a boy were founded in the same year
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:32 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
1873?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 04:53 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by DRT
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:13 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
1865?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:20 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
1888?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:15 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by g-man
1878
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:16 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by g-man
forgot to add the "?"
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:58 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:1888?
Correct!!
It is an Australian port. Lange's 1888.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:44 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
Why is 1888 important to Australia? It wasn't even a separate country until 1901, which was the background for my first guess.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:08 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Easy question, rewarding speed of response.
For a tasting this coming Friday, I am to decant several ports. Which will I decant first?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:11 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
The F85, I would assume.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:20 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Glenn E. wrote:The F85, I would assume.
You would assume? Under what circumstances would you assume it?
Anyway, yes: you’re on.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:22 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by DRT
Glenn E. wrote:Why is 1888 important to Australia? It wasn't even a separate country until 1901, which was the background for my first guess.
Australia Day #100
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:33 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
jdaw1 wrote:Under what circumstances would you assume it?
Had I not known the answer from reading it in the thread, I still would have assumed the F85.
This Saturday is an important annual event for my favorite sports team. What is it?
(Clues will be provided as necessary.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:40 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Ahh. They play, and usually beat, their traditional enemy.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:43 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by DRT
Chearleader auditions for the forthcoming 2009/10 season
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:47 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
No and no, though both guesses are events I would like to attend.
The sport is not in season.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:59 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
Draft?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:04 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by DRT
Anniversary of foundation?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:29 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
No and no.
Hmm. I have to be careful with clues, as ones suitable for the right-hand side of the pond would likely be too revealing for the left-hand side of the pond.
At about the same time that I was introduced to Port, I began wearing a particular color regularly every Friday in support of this team. The timing was a coincidence; it could be argued that the color is not.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:59 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by g-man
annual intra team football match?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:15 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
Correct. The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers (team colors: red and white) have their Spring Game on Saturday.
Note that this is just a glorified practice for a secondary school, really, yet the stadium is sold out (80,000 seats) and tickets are selling on Ebay for $90+. Europe does not have a monopoly on football craziness, even if our game is different than yours.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:19 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote:They play, and usually beat, their traditional enemy.
Wasn’t so wrong.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:21 Thu 16 Apr 2009
by g-man
Glenn E. wrote:Correct. The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers (team colors: red and white) have their Spring Game on Saturday.
Note that this is just a glorified practice for a secondary school, really, yet the stadium is sold out (80,000 seats) and tickets are selling on Ebay for $90+. Europe does not have a monopoly on football craziness, even if our game is different than yours.
ah yes, i couldn't find the team, but i remember you being from nebraska at steak night