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POST SCORES 2008
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 6, 2009
QI - See through*
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Correct 
(+3)
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Feisor (2)- The Aldas
Feisor (14) - Schizophrenia.
QI Bonus 
(+6)
---------------------
None awarded.
Decreasing General Ignorance Bonus 
(+1)
---------------------
None awarded.
Klaxon 
(-5)
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Beatrice (3) - blindness.
Elf 
(+2)
---------------------
Clive
POST SCORES 2008
bobstafford Posted Sep 6, 2009
QI - See through*
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Correct (+3)
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Feisor (2)- The Aldas
Feisor (14) - Schizophrenia.
Klaxon (-5)
---------------------
Beatrice (3) - blindness.
Elf (+2)
---------------------
Clive
score posted 5/9/09 
POST SCORES 2008
Mu Beta Posted Sep 7, 2009
Only Connect Grid 3
Beatrice +5
Ekky99 +2
Clive +1
Not-so-bald-Eagle +1
No klaxons, sadly. I shall have to try harder.
B
POST SCORES 2008
bobstafford Posted Sep 7, 2009
Only Connect Grid 3
Beatrice +5.
Ekky99 +2.
Clive +1.
Not-so-bald-Eagle +1
No klaxons, sadly. I shall have to try harder.
B. +2
SCORE POSTED 7/5/09
POST SCORES 2008
Beatrice Posted Sep 9, 2009
Bea's Connect grid:
Vip +5
Robyn Hood +5
No klaxons, it was obviously far too easy...
POST SCORES 2008
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
Bea, you forgot to award yourself +2, for setting the question! 
POST SCORES 2008
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
QI - The Sound of Silence 
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Correct (+3)
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King Bomba (38) - 'Spiritual Exercises and Silent Meditation.'
QI (+6)
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~jwf~ (5) - The Jesuit's expulsion from Mexico
DGI (+1)
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King Bomba (28) - 'frequency'
Klaxon (-5)
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OldBuffer (4) - roadworks
Taff (9) - 'excavating relics on consecrated ground'
Taff (17) - 'digging a hole'
Elf (+2)
---------------------
Clive
Totals to be added or deducted.
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~jwf~ +6
King Bomba +4
Clive +2
Old Buffer -5
Taff -10
POST SCORES 2008
Secretly Not Here Any More Posted Sep 9, 2009
Correct (+3)
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Mu Beta - All are 8th wonders, assigned a value
QI Bonus (+6)
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NONE
Decreasing GI Bonus (+1)
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Radox the Green - Andre The Giant is an 8th Wonder
Mu Beta - Grand Canyon is an 8th Wonder
Felsior (x5) - Five 8th Wonders
Klaxons (-5)
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Ekky99 - Pyramids are one of the 7 wonders
Elf (+2)
---------
Psycorp603
TOTALS:
Ekky99 -5
Radox the Green +1
Psycorp603 +2
Mu Beta +4
Felsior +5
POST SCORES 2008
bobstafford Posted Sep 9, 2009
QI - The Sound of Silence
~jwf~ +6..
King Bomba +4...
Old Buffer -5...
Taff -10
Clive(+2)...
SCORES POSTED 09/09/09 
POST SCORES 2008
bobstafford Posted Sep 9, 2009
Bea's Connect grid:
Vip +5
Robyn Hood +5
No klaxons, it was obviously far too easy...
Bea's +2
SCORES POSTED 09/09/09
POST SCORES 2008
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 27, 2009
A high scoring round, this one, which makes a pleasant change.
QI - Hands down. 
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Correct (+3)
----------------------
HonestIago (6) - 'Lord Howe is an island...'
Feisor (18) - 'The Kentia /Thatch Palm'
QI (+6)
----------------------
HonestIago (6) - '...and a former penal colony.'
Taff (13) - 'Opium Poppy Export.'
DGI (+1)
----------------------
Taff (13) - 'it's a plant'
Feisor (19) - 'indigenous'
Fesior (19) - 'strong import controls'
Klaxon (-5)
----------------------
None awarded....
Elf (+2)
----------------------
Clive
Totals to be added or subtracted.
HonestIago +9
Taff +7
Feisor +5
Clive +2
POST SCORES 2008
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 27, 2009
No-ones yet posted any scores from those grid questions I note. 
POST SCORES 2008
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 27, 2009
QI - if all those grids are giving you square vision 
- try this instead!! 
------------------------
Correct (+3)
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GT (47) - 'it lives on Papua New Guinea...'
Feisor (79) - 'Hicks The Marathon Poisoner'
RF & Taff (89, 97) - 'poison dart frogs get their poison from what they eat'
Toybox (98) - '...it's an insect. '
Taff (110) - 'is it a beetle?'
QI Bonus (+6)
------------------------
Icy (70) - 'the uses of botulinium.'
Pedro (78) - 'snake toxins'
DGI Bonus (+1)
------------------------
Taff (19) - 'Caterpillar that becomes poisonous due to their diet...'
GT (21) - doesn't need to break the skin
Taff (51) - Poisonous birds in New Guinea rainforests.
Icy (70) - 'There a myth...'
Klaxon (-5)
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RF (66) - 'Cobras'
Ekky (81) - 'Jellyfish'
Elf Bonus (+2)
------------------------
Clive
Total to be added or subtracted.
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Taff +8
Icy +7
Pedro +6
GT +4
Feisor +3
Toybox +3
Clive +2
RF -2
Ekky -5
POST SCORES 2008
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 28, 2009
QI - 'A tail of much woe'
'Has a Christian ever been persecuted and fed to a lion?'
Correct (+3)
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Ekky (44) - "Exhibited in Blackpool"
Ekky (61) - "Saving fallen women / The Prostitute's Padre"
Taff (76) - "Causing an obstruction"
GT (130) - "Attempted Suicide"
Mal (136) - "Starving himself."
QI Bonus (+6)
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Masaqui (32)- "Harrod's sold a lion cub."
Iago (35) - "The Sassanians sense of humour."
DGI Bonus (+1)
------------------------
Taff (24) - "The Book of Daniel"
Taff (64) - "The Missionary was based on Davidson" *
Masaqui (32) - "He stepped on the lion's tail."
Feisor (94) - "He didn't 'do' anything."
KB - "Failure to pay" **
Klaxon (-5)
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Iago (2) - In answer to the original question: "No."
Taff (10) - "The Romans"
Taff (24) - "Siegfried and Roy"
Taff (49) - "Telling the bishop to F- off!
Elf Bonus (+2)
------------------------
Clive
Total to be added or subtracted.
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Masaqui +7
Ekky +6
GT +3
Mal +3
Clive +2
King Bomba +1
Feisor +1
Iago +1
Taff -10
POST SCORES 2008
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 28, 2009
QI-dad do you know the pianos on my foot
points
GT+3 move hands near it
GT+3 theramin
lil-5 pipe organ
lil+1 you hum it son
clive+1 hollow piano
clive+6 cross dressing chimps
me
POST SCORES 2008
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 28, 2009
QI join the club
points
CHURCHILL
CENTURION
CHALLENGER
CHIEFTAIN
Tanks
SULTAN
SPARTAN
SCORPION
SCIMITAR
*Armoured Personell carriers*?
SCOUT
LYNX
APACHE
GAZELLE
Army air corps helicopters
PUMA
WESSEX
CHINOOK
SEAKING
RAF helicopters
MMF+3 tanks
MMF+3 APC
Reddyfreddy+3 RAF
Reddyfreddy+3 Army
Br robyn hoode+3 army attack/RAF supply
me
POST SCORES 2008
bobstafford Posted Sep 30, 2009
QI-dad do you know the pianos on my foot
points
GT+3 move hands near it
GT+3 theramin
lil-5 pipe organ
lil+1 you hum it son
clive+1 hollow piano
clive+6 cross dressing chimps
me elf Taff
SCORE POSTED 30/9
POST SCORES 2008
bobstafford Posted Sep 30, 2009
QI - Hands down. applause
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Correct diva (+3)
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HonestIago (6) - 'Lord Howe is an island...'.....
Feisor (18) - 'The Kentia /Thatch Palm'..........
QI eureka (+6)
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HonestIago (6) - '...and a former penal colony.'....
Taff (13) - 'Opium Poppy Export.'.....
DGI doh (+1)
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Taff (13) - 'it's a plant'....
Feisor (19) - 'indigenous'....
Fesior (19) - 'strong import controls'....
Klaxon bluelight (-5)
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None awarded....
Elf elf (+2)
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Clive ...
SCORES POSTED 30/9
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POST SCORES 2008
- 521: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 6, 2009)
- 522: bobstafford (Sep 6, 2009)
- 523: Mu Beta (Sep 7, 2009)
- 524: bobstafford (Sep 7, 2009)
- 525: Beatrice (Sep 9, 2009)
- 526: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 527: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 528: Secretly Not Here Any More (Sep 9, 2009)
- 529: Secretly Not Here Any More (Sep 9, 2009)
- 530: bobstafford (Sep 9, 2009)
- 531: bobstafford (Sep 9, 2009)
- 532: bobstafford (Sep 9, 2009)
- 533: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 27, 2009)
- 534: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 27, 2009)
- 535: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 27, 2009)
- 536: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 28, 2009)
- 537: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 28, 2009)
- 538: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 28, 2009)
- 539: bobstafford (Sep 30, 2009)
- 540: bobstafford (Sep 30, 2009)
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