h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How many questions do you want? So far I've got nine. This is harder than I thought it would be.

42 is the traditional number!

Or you could do 21 and we'll award 2 points per question?

RF

I've now got 13. How many points for each question does that make? I won't have time to do 42 before Saturday.

I've no idea if these are going to be difficult or easy either.

Sounds as if your having the same problems writing a quizz that I did when I did one... I wrote really really easy questions.... just no one else thought they were easy ... well I knew the answers... I'll have my phone with me at the meet and can get onto the internet etc., from it so that might be an idea and I'm sure a HooToo meet will have an excesss of with their PDAs etc

*giggles*

RF, don't be a tease!

I would say, anywhere between 15 and 20 will be enough

Please, make sure there are some easy ones, then I won't look a complete duffer

lil xx

Just be on the same team as me lil.... then they'l at least be one person in your team who won't know a single answer.... unless of course one of the answers is nighthoover... or BoB... or 2legs...

I've chosen

music
film
books
tv
h2g2 advice
general knowledge

and was thinking of throwing in a couple of 'community' questions. EG who's the bestest Researcher ever? Mina obviously.

If I can get three questions for each subject that'll be the 21 questions suggested.

But I've got to stop now as I have some other stuff to do. Be back later!

21 would be a good number I think.... I find a lot of pub quizzes do ten to drag on as they put question after question good work... oh... and I think you'l find the best researcher ever was nighthoover

Yep, but there's a reason for pubs making their quizzes drag on - people doing quizzes tend to buy various alcoholic goods from the bar for as long as the quiz goes on. Not that we'll need any encouragement on Saturday...

Btw, fellow researchers, may I remind you it is customary to wear name-badges at the Meets, for ease of identification, and so people can avoid each other

No, I was only joking on that last one. It helps new researchers know who they are talking to, as it can be intimidating surrounded by lots of people having fun, who now each other, but they don't know anyone form Bob, Rupert or Nighthoover.

The badge can be of absolutely any design, and as we are all so creative, I'm sure there will be some great badges.

In fact, I have just decided to offer a prize to the best badge design seen on the night! (selecting committee to be decided)

That should inspire you all!!!



Look at those little go!!!

*dashes off to find an empty washing up liquid bottle, some sticky back plastic and an cardboard tube from inside a kitchen roll I knew all those years of watching Blue peter would pay off, even if it did mean I missed out on uni letures

Is the evening meet definitely at the Shakespeare's Head in Holborn?

I hope so.. because I am about to leave for the train, and won't have the chance to get back online before the Meet!!

Be seeing you

yes, looking forward to it!

If the Shakespeare's Head in Holborn is wrong, could someone please email me and tell me the right pub, anniebarrnoneATyahooDOTcoDOTuk thank you very much, as I doubt I'll be on hootoo again before I leave for London.

Hope you all have fun tomorrow and we'll maybe catch you next time

I'm a late entrant, but I'll be there too. Day and evening.

Quiz all done. Some ridiculously easy ones, some I thought had funny answers and some that should be more of a challenge.

And now my printer is deciding not to work.

Yes, the evening meet (and the afternoon too for those of us going striaght to the pub)., is the Shakespere's head, high holborn, pretty much opposite and down a little from the tube station there... If your going to the afternoon meet you probably oughta contact MMF who's organising that half of things, or at least read the thread which is linked too from the main meet page about the afternoon meet, as I think that has the times and places where people are meeting up etc for it oo some of you travelling to London today then I guess? if anyone wants a contact telephone number and you've not got one, if you Email me at [email protected] with your mobile, then I will send a TXT to it identifying that its me, so you've a point of contact should it be needed.... I'll probably be in teh shakespere's head, with Roymondo from 3 PM Saturday, at the latest, I think... mainly because lookign at the trains from here, they're starting some kind of diversion part way through the afternoon so I'll ahve to get a slightly* earlier train in order to avoid diversionary tactics ooo excellent the quizz is written! errr..... Can't help much on the printing side I don't think we've used our printer for years (tend to use lodgers work printers instead) ooo and no problem signing up late either ; heck people can turn up unanounced if they like, its just good having a rough idea of how many we're expecting, as much as so we can keep a look out to make sure you've all made it to the right place

Right, here's the plan.

Park the car on Granville Road, but park it pointing up hill and away from Bramall Lane.

Go watch the Mighty Blades stuff Watford.

Leave Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane at 10 to 5 and return to the car.

Blast it down the M1.

Turn off onto the M25 at junction 6a.

Leave the M25 at the Potters Bar turn off and take the A111 towards London.

Turn left on to the A110 at the Bramley Road roundabout.

Park up at Oakwood station and catch a Piccadilly Line train all the way to Holborn.

Arrive at pub around 8 to 8:30 pm