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

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QI - genre all his own

scores

oops the destroyer +3 correct answer

mckay the disorganised +3 song titles

me +1 elf

QI - genre all his own

scores

oops the destroyer +3 correct answer

mckay the disorganised +3 song titles

me +1 elf

score posted 9/11

QI - Who was
Score time

me +1 elf

Feisor +3 correct +1 extra for full answer
Mal +3 QI post 17
Icy +3 Post 18
Mc Kay +3 post 22


SCORE POSTED 9/11

QI - A FAR WRITE MOVEMENT.

QI (+6)

Malabarista (Mr Vail)


Klaxons (-5)

Robyn (HAM Radio)
Rod (submarine)
Whisky (Warships)
Whisky - again - (The Military)


Correct. (+3)

Rod (dot dash alphabet)
Taff (U.S Civil War re-enactors)

Elf (+1)

Clive.

QI - What hath God wrought

QI (+6)

B'elana (Plante Battery)
Taff (Ground Return in WWII)

Klaxons (-5)
None awarded

Correct. (+3)
Robyn (Aurora)

Elf (+1)

Clive.

QI - Depth Perception

QI (+6)

InfiniteImp (Short wavelengths and depth)
Dead Angel (why water is blue at depth)

Klaxons (-5)
None awarded

Correct. (+3)
Icy (Green light)
Robyn (Preferred Depth)
Icy - twice - (wavelength)

Elf (+1)

Clive.

Missed one.

QI - Depth Perception.


Correct (+3)
Pedro (long wavelengths)

QI - A Divine Comedy.


QI (+6)
Pedro (Tuscan Dialect)
Ben (St Lucia Day)
Rod (Parsee customs)
Taff (Hamlet)

Correct (+3)
Bob Stafford (Indoor Plumbing)
Bob Stafford (Air Raids)


Klaxons (-5)
Orcus (Florence)
Pedro (Venice)
Ben (Venie)


Elf (+1)
Clive


Net totals:

Pedro +1
Ben +1
Bob Stafford +6.

QI - Napoleon

QI (+6)
Taff Agent of Kaos (for pique)
Taff Agent of Kaos again (for meaning of the word kremlin)
Taff Agent of Kaos (for artillery background)
Bob Stafford (for thoughts on logistics)
Bob Stafford again (for Patriotic War)
Malabarista (for tough women and pastry cooks)
Malabarista again (for the Netherlands)
Mol (for rations)

Nothing at all for all the good things Napoleon and Hitler did in between killing people. Not that those things are not Quite Interesting, just me exercising my prejudices.

Klaxons (-5)
None awarded, in spite of Taff's terrible pun


Correct. (+3)
Toy Box
Feisor (subsidiary question)


Elf (+1)
Infiniteimp

Net totals
Taff Agent of Kaos +18
Bob Stafford +12
Malabarista +12
Mol +6
Toy Box +3
Feisor +3
Infiniteimp +1

QI - A FAR WRITE MOVEMENT.

QI eureka (+6)

Malabarista (Mr Vail)


Klaxons bluelight (-5)

Robyn (HAM Radio)
Rod (submarine)
Whisky (Warships)
Whisky - again - (The Military)


Correct. diva (+3)

Rod (dot dash alphabet)
Taff (U.S Civil War re-enactors)

Elf elf (+1)

Clive.


SCORE POSTED 12/11

QI - What hath God wrought

QI eureka (+6)

B'elana (Plante Battery)
Taff (Ground Return in WWII)

Klaxons bluelight (-5)
None awarded

Correct. diva (+3)
Robyn (Aurora)

Elf elf (+1)

Clive.

SCORE POSTED 12/11

QI - Depth Perception

QI eureka (+6)

InfiniteImp (Short wavelengths and depth)
Dead Angel (why water is blue at depth)

Klaxons bluelight (-5)
None awarded

Correct. diva (+3)
Icy (Green light)
Robyn (Preferred Depth)
Icy - twice - (wavelength)

Clive.elf (+1)


SCORE POSTED 12/11


Pedro (long wavelengths)(+3)

QI - A Divine Comedy.


QI eureka (+6)
Pedro (Tuscan Dialect)
Ben (St Lucia Day)
Rod (Parsee customs)
Taff (Hamlet)

Correct diva (+3)
Bob Stafford (Indoor Plumbing)
Bob Stafford (Air Raids)


Klaxons bluelight (-5)
Orcus (Florence)
Pedro (Venice)
Ben (Venie)


Elf elf (+1)
Clive

SCORE POSTED 12/11

QI - Napoleon

QI eureka (+6)
Taff Agent of Kaos (for pique)
Taff Agent of Kaos again (for meaning of the word kremlin)
Taff Agent of Kaos (for artillery background)
Bob Stafford (for thoughts on logistics)
Bob Stafford again (for Patriotic War)
Malabarista (for tough women and pastry cooks)
Malabarista again (for the Netherlands)
Mol (for rations)

Nothing at all for all the good things Napoleon and Hitler did in between killing people. Not that those things are not Quite Interesting, just me exercising my prejudices.

Klaxons bluelight (-5)
None awarded, in spite of Taff's terrible pun


Correct. diva (+3)
Toy Box
Feisor (subsidiary question)


Elf elf (+1)
Infiniteimp

Net totals
Taff Agent of Kaos +18
Bob Stafford +12
Malabarista +12
Mol +6
Toy Box +3
Feisor +3
Infiniteimp +1


SCORE POSTED 12/11

QI: Going To The Dogs

Taff, Post 2: (-5) x 4 for tripping 4 klaxons, +1 for the Byzantine Empire, +1 for Rome
Bob, Post 3: +1 for Diocletian
King Bomba, Post 5: +3 for the end to the rule
King Bomba, Post 12: +3 for knowing why I said he was one of four emperors to rule
Bob, Post 13: +1 for Greece
Ben, Post 16: +6 for the QI about Numerianus
Clive, Post 26: +1 for the "fabulous Roman palace that was built over", even if he incorrectly said there wasn't much left!
King Bomba, Post 32: +1 each for Yugoslavia and Croatia, and +1 for Dalmatia, which makes it easier to guess who ruled it!
Taff, Post 38: +1 for Austro-Hungarian Empire, -5 for Nazi Germany
Zagreb, Post 52: +3 for identifying Split, +6 for QI information on Diocletian
Icy North, Post 55: +1 for Venice
King Bomba, Post 69: +1 for the rest of the city being destroyed
Yarreau, Post 79: +1 for Italy
Yarreau, Post 91: +3 for solving what happened to Split


Totals:

Taff: -22
Bob: +2
King Bomba: +10
Ben: +6
Clive: +1
Zagreb: +9
Icy: +1
Yarreau: +4

QI: Going To The Dogs
Mal +1

Totals:

Taff: -22
Bob: +2
King Bomba: +10
Ben: +6
Clive: +1
Zagreb: +9
Icy: +1
Yarreau: +4


SCORE POSTED 15/11

Not much to say about this one.


QI - Pennies from Heaven.

Correct
Mu Beta +3.

QI - Pennies from Heaven.

Correct
Mu Beta +3.
Clive +1

SCORE POSTED 16/11

QI - The Half-White Ship

QI (+6)

Toy Box (monarch looking the wrong way)
Robyn Hoode (target idea)
Yarreau (coming and going)
Taff Agent of Kaos (strapped to an iceberg)
Ben (family stories)

Klaxons (-5)
None awarded

Correct. (+3)
Elfish Gurgling Twit
Yarreau
Whisky

Elf (+1)

None. Infinitimp really made a hash of this.