One quiz at a time

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:57 Wed 08 Apr 2009

What Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film is now playing, for at least the dozenth time, in the Wiseman household?

{If you get it right, you then have to pose an equally useless but guessable question. If you guess wrong, you can’t guess again until somebody else has had a guess, or until a new question is posed (which would happen because a previous guess is marked ‘correct’).}

Post by **DRT** » 01:24 Wed 08 Apr 2009

King Kong

Post by **jdaw1** » 02:35 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Wrong.

{Reminder: next guess can’t come from DRT.}

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 04:05 Wed 08 Apr 2009

The Wizard of Oz.

Post by **jdaw1** » 04:19 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Glenn E. wrote:The Wizard of Oz.

Correct. Your question next.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 15:48 Wed 08 Apr 2009

In what sport did GEE's wife get her nickname, k2DangerGirl?

(That may actually be too easy.)

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:10 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Knitting?

Post by **DRT** » 17:11 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Crossword Puzzles

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:14 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Mountaineering?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 17:30 Wed 08 Apr 2009

No, no, and no.

The first two guesses were not sports, though she counts both as hobbies, and this is a recognized and legitimate sport.

Also, you need not know anything about my wife in order to figure it out, though some very basic knowledge of the sport and its subculture is probably necessary.

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:41 Wed 08 Apr 2009

I think I know but I may not guess until somebody else does.

Post by **DRT** » 18:22 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Skiing

Post by **jdaw1** » 18:23 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Running?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 18:51 Wed 08 Apr 2009

No and no, but one guess was close.

Post by **DRT** » 19:08 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Ice skating

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 19:14 Wed 08 Apr 2009

No, though she does also ice skate. Getting colder.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 19:16 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Is it as obvious as mountain climbing?

ooops - already guessed, so no then.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:19 Wed 08 Apr 2009

jdaw1 wrote:Mountaineering?

KillerB wrote:Is it as obvious as mountain climbing?

No. It’s snowboarding.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 19:25 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Correct!

k2 is a dual purpose signifier - it represents both her initials and the brand of her board, boots, and bindings. DangerGirl comes from the way she used to ride... we're both older and significantly less crazy now.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:33 Wed 08 Apr 2009

We were rubbish.

Let’s have one that will be easier for Derek. What big-year port have I just decanted? It is the second bottle of this Symington port that I have opened this year.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 19:39 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Graham's 1970

Post by **DRT** » 19:46 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Warre 63

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:57 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Alas no. Alas no.

Post by **DRT** » 20:01 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Dow 85

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:02 Wed 08 Apr 2009

I’d forgotten that I’d had a D85 this year. But not today no.

Also, seeing how this game is going, the rules above have been edited for clarity:

jdaw1 wrote:{If you get it right, you then have to pose an equally useless but guessable question. If you guess wrong, you can’t guess again until somebody else has had a guess, or until a new question is posed (which would happen because a previous guess is marked ‘correct’).}

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 20:04 Wed 08 Apr 2009

I'm sticking with 1970 - Smiff-Woody

Post by **DRT** » 20:13 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Cockburn 1970

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 20:32 Wed 08 Apr 2009

I think 1970 is too obvious. I'm going with 2000 Ramos Pinto.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:23 Wed 08 Apr 2009

jdaw1 wrote:this Symington port

DRT wrote:Cockburn 1970

Glenn E. wrote:2000 Ramos Pinto

You’re all wrong, especially Derek and Glenn.

Extra clue: I’ll be drinking most of the decanter tomorrow.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 22:30 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Oops!

I must wait before my next guess.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 23:04 Wed 08 Apr 2009

Errrmmm Quarles Harris 1970?

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:10 Wed 08 Apr 2009

No. You appear to be ignoring the most recent clue.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 23:15 Wed 08 Apr 2009

jdaw1 wrote:No. You appear to be ignoring the most recent clue.

Not really - my connection lost all pertinent information and it was the last thing I had.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 00:17 Thu 09 Apr 2009

The most recent clue led me to a guess that has already been used - 1985 Dow.

I'm afraid that I am stumped. It appears that the answer is either a 1970 or a bottle for which JDAW did not author a TN thread.

But I will flail blindly nevertheless and guess 1970 Gould Campbell.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 00:40 Thu 09 Apr 2009

clearly it was a port from 1975.

Post by **jdaw1** » 03:46 Thu 09 Apr 2009

No and no.

Symington.
Big year.
Had one this year though I did not author the TN thread.

Extra clue:
Drinking the following day must have a long recommended decant time! What does that suggest about the age?

Extra extra clue:
Not 1970.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 04:31 Thu 09 Apr 2009

jdaw1 wrote:Symington.
Big year.
Had one this year though I did not author the TN thread.

Extra clue:
Drinking the following day must have a long recommended decant time! What does that suggest about the age?

Extra extra clue:
Not 1970.

I got all those clues... except that since you originally said it was one that you opened this year I read that to mean your bottle, and therefore likely a thread you authored.

I'll have another guess in the morning.

Post by **jdaw1** » 05:26 Thu 09 Apr 2009

So what might have caused somebody else to author a thread about a bottle I opened?

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 10:45 Thu 09 Apr 2009

Graham 1994

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:45 Thu 09 Apr 2009

KillerB wrote:Graham 1994

Yes! (Previous G94.)

Next question please.

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 15:42 Thu 09 Apr 2009

jdaw1 wrote:So what might have caused somebody else to author a thread about a bottle I opened?

Well I was going to say a themed tasting, but KillerB already guessed it.

The guess I'd worked up overnight was going to be a G85, but I needed to check it before posting. Too late, and wrong anyway.

C'mon KillerB, next quiz is yours!

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 10:26 Fri 10 Apr 2009

What fish am I having for Good Friday?

Post by **DRT** » 11:14 Fri 10 Apr 2009

Sea Bass

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 11:52 Fri 10 Apr 2009

DRT wrote:Sea Bass

Nope

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 11:56 Fri 10 Apr 2009

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 11:58 Fri 10 Apr 2009

RonnieRoots wrote:Cod

I suppose it had to be said, but nope.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:20 Fri 10 Apr 2009

Haddock.

Could we get a hint or a clue, so that we can do more than wild guessing? (E.g., my first question said ‟Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer”, and by saying ‟at least the dozenth time” suggested child compatibility.)

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 13:56 Fri 10 Apr 2009

pathagonian toothfish

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 14:00 Fri 10 Apr 2009

Not Haddock not Patagonian Toothfish.

Ask the guy at the gates.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 14:09 Fri 10 Apr 2009

boo too easy.. can we guess how it's prepared? =)