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

WASP

sorry

WASA

*sits down with a pencil and starts scoring*

QI - Let the rookie win.
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Correct (+3)
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Van-Smeiter (141) - "Jedis"



QI Bonus (+6)
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None Awarded.


DGI Bonus (+1)
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ReddyFreddy (14) -"Brighton and Hove U.A is quite big."
Vip (12) - "Doing something for the first time"
Vip (20) - "It's a verb"
"Taff (63)- "population"


Klaxon (-5)
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Vip (4) - "Rollerbladers"
Taff (10) - "Homosexuals"
Hygienic Dispenser (33) - "Demonstrations / Political rallies"
Honest Iago (34) - "students"
Taff (65) - "Teachers / Dons"
Taff (86) - "foreigners"
Taff (86) - "National Front/ Nazis etc"
Taff (137) - Old People


Elf Bonus (+2)
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Clive +2



Van -Smeiter gets to kiss his own sister and have no one think it's weird or anything +3
Taking over the Imperial Senate through stealth and cunning - it's er... me (!) your QI Sith Lord on +2.
Reddy Freddy has the keys to the Millennium Falcon and a wookie to snuggle with : A respectable +1
And a welcome return to form for the King of the klaxons (pebbledrook take note) A room with a view - on board The Death Star - for our loser Taff, The Grand Moff Tarkin of QI with -24.



Total to be added or subtracted.
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Van-Smieter
1 x Correct = +3
Total +3

Clive
1x Elf = +2
Total +2

Reddy Freddy
1 x DGI = +1
Total +1

Hygienic Dispenser
1 x
Total -5

Honest Iago
1x
Total-5

Vip
1 x -5
2 x DGI +1
Total -4

Taff
5 x -25
1 x DGI +1
Total -24

Ooops, not quite Clive - I make (-5 +1 +1) = -3, not -4.

Worse luck, Taff.

Oh Shitake mushrooms.

Yes. Good spot.

Bob's been notified.

I remember I put down that you had 1 DGI then caught myself and amended it to 2, but forgot to change the solution.

Out of interest, Clive, would I have got more points if I'd expanded on Jedi/census and/or quoted large chunks of A New Hope? It is a serious question and not just because I want to get more points to get more prizes.

And what do points mean?

ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHY WE PLAY QI!

>Would I have got more points if I'd expanded on Jedi/census and/or quoted large chunks of A New Hope?<

No.

The correct answer in this case was fairly binary, the first mention of Jedi was sufficient (the actual answer - the verb, as Vip pointed out - was declaring yourself to be a Jedi) but that would have been nitpicking on my part. My recent icebergs QI ("Humbug") had multiple correct answers, and some poeple scored more than once in the same category: icebergs, algae, and the business with the match. So different questions work differently.

>what do points mean?

They can mean everything or nothing.

Seriously, it's so things don't get too silly (- 10000 for that etc): they are standardised. It's a way of rewarding and encouraging participation. They put some teeth behind the ideas of being Quite Interesting and NOT being OBVIOUS. The elf bonus is there to encourage people to start QI forums; the DGI to reward reasonable good guesses. To some people having the most QI bonuses or (apropos Taff) a triple digit negative score can be badges of character and pride. To others they are of trivial unimportance and detract from the pure pursuit of the love of knowledge.

I think, they are there, and you decide your own level of engagement.