Blimey, I usually score top marks for Herc's quizess but today I just about scored 4 out of 10 on the regular questions.
I correctly answered: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q5.
I incorrectly answered: Q4, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10.
See you all next week.
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Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 8th November 2023, 10:40 AMBut, how many did you get?
4/10 and 3/5. But as I said, the others were wild guesses as opposed to informed ones.
I love these quizzes. They brighten up the mid-week and bring back memories.
Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ 8th November 2023, 2:38 PM4/10 and 3/5. But as I said, the others were wild guesses as opposed to informed ones.
I love these quizzes. They brighten up the mid-week and bring back memories.
OMG a benign and jolly MM ! So glad you are happy - gives you a warm glow, doesn't it not to be grumpy or spice lusting. 😁
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 8th November 2023, 9:03 AMNot bad. 😁 Presumably you never watched Miranda, as I thought that was an easy one, and fancy not remembering both of what Les didn't like and did like in Vic Reeves Big Night Out - would have thought one went with the other! 😊
And did you know 5, or was that a guess?
Never watched Miranda, it doesn't seem like it'd be my cup of tea.
Question 5 was a lucky guess! The only Old Mother Riley thing I'm familiar with is Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, as it co-starred Bela Lugosi who I'm a fan of.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 8th November 2023, 3:18 PMOMG a benign and jolly MM ! So glad you are happy - gives you a warm glow, doesn't it not to be grumpy or spice lusting. 😁
Yeah, that's that out of the way for the next decade.
😆
Quiz 280 - and a pretty respectable 7/10 for me.
The 'how many episodes did such-and-such run for' type questions are usually a bit of a guess (except if it was something that only lasted one or two series), so getting that right was lucky. Otherwise, I knew quite a few for definite this week.
Nice to see a question on that Viz Top Tips video from the 90s! Think I've still got that somewhere...
Correct answers: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.
F**k me, that was hard. 3/10 with one I knew (1), one lucky guess (7) and one wild guess (4).
You did very well with seven right Plate, this was a good hard quiz. Nice to see them getting ramped up a bit. 4/10 for me. Mike & Angelo?? Ran for 120 eps!!! Was that on CBeebies or another universe as I'm sure I was around then?
7 out of 10 in the main quiz. Good really because a couple of the others I've never seen.
Then in the bonus round I really should have got number 11.
I got numbers 1, 3 & 8 correct ok plus numbers 4 (educated guess) & 9 (random guess).
Not so sure about the official answer to number 10. There is one supposedly incorrect option there that I would have said was not - in the main at least - a Radio 4 series. Certainly not a "long running" one.
Quiz 280: The answers
You scored 8/10
Brilliant! You really know your stuff!
Quiz 280
"You scored 6/10 - More than half - good job!" It said - really? And for the first time ever I didn't get one of the Bonus 5 questions, with a number of them I'd never heard of, like for example 11 thru to 15 or ever watched.
And if I'd got No. 1 wrong I would have had to taken myself out to the shed and shot meself!!
And.....................
Quote: a plate @ 15th November 2023, 1:21 AMThe 'how many episodes did such-and-such run for' type questions are usually a bit of a guess (
......................Yes almost as bad as asking whose birthday is? NOT the type of question I would set, as again, and I make no apology in saying it, was a lazy question.
Also, "Mike & Angelo" - 180 episodes? So what? Are we including children's television in the questions now?!?!?
Gripe over, but hope the powers that be will take notice and give us a totally adult quiz.
Quote: a plate @ 15th November 2023, 1:21 AMThe 'how many episodes did such-and-such run for' type questions are usually a bit of a guess.
I managed to add that one up correctly. I still have the DVD of the Christmas special from that series which I won in a competition on this website many years ago.
9/10 and 2/5 for me this week, good to see questions on new (to me) shows and people.
Correctly answered 1, 3-10, 13-14.
8 out of 10! Just got 7 and 10 wrong. Quite pleased.