By now, you will know that I put clues for the locations of the mines in all the previous games. Have I placed clues in this one? Well…
Either I have:
(A) constructed a clue based on some obscure knowledge that will require you to read up on a very niche subject, possibly even scouring my posts over the last couple of months all over the forum on the off-chance I sneakily posted a hint about it; or…
(B) there are no clues
On with the final quiz!
Q1 What 5 letter word, meaning “gain knowledge or skills”, is an anagram of the word that means “of or relating to the kidneys”
Q2 What prime number is the sum of five consecutive prime numbers, the lowest of which is 109?
Q3 [BLANK] Supreme is a Marvel superhero team created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema; [BLANK] Sinister is a Marvel supervillain team created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema. What is [BLANK]?
Q4 VE Day and VJ Day mark the Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan respectively. Which war do these relate to?
Q5 What is the first thing that Sam Cooke admits he doesn’t know much about in the song Wonderful World?
Q6 Cellarette, Tallboy and Ottoman are all examples of what?
Q7 In April 1948, the paper “The Origin of Chemical Elements”, which described how the Big Bang would create Hydrogen, Helium and the heavier elements, was published in the scientific journal Physical Review. It was written by PhD student Ralph Alpher and his advisor George Gamow. But someone else was credited, much to the dismay of Alpher. Who was this other person?
Q8 On 16th December 1965, just prior to re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere, astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford reported seeing… what?
Q9 What band did Phil Lynott form in 1984?
Q10 What do the following have in common? A shrub that you beat around if you don’t want to get to the point; a US household appliance manufacturer synonymous with vacuum cleaners in the UK, as well as a failed free flight promotion in 1992; and a shallow river crossing that you might be able to drive a Model T through.
Quick summary of rules:
Two of the above questions are secretly mined; I hope you like guessing! Submit as many or as few questions (in any order) as you dare by private message to me. Please number your answers. I will mark the answers in the order you send them to me.
If you answer a question that has a mine, it will blow up, regardless of whether or not your answer is right.
If you don’t set off a mine, you will be invited to submit more answers, or lock in your score. If you answer all the non-mine questions correctly, the mines are defused, and you will be invited to answer the mine questions. These mines will not explode, even if you answer them incorrectly.
WARNING: You must wait for me to tell you the mines are defused before attempting them, or they WILL explode. Seriously, you need to wait. If you submit all your answers in one go, your score is going to be really low.
Scoring: all questions are worth one point each. For every question you attempt, your multiplier will increase by one. E.g. attempt five questions, and your multiplier is five. Your score is the number of questions you get right multiplied by the multiplier. If a mine blows up, your multiplier drops to one.
You only get one attempt at each question. Also, watch out for the automatic numbering system; I strongly recommend you preface your answers with the letter A: e.g. A1, A5, A7 etc. If you realise you’ve got it wrong, edit your message to me. Do not rely on me telling you the numbering is wrong, as I’m not doing that (sorry!). I will always wait at least one hour before marking, so you have a bit of time. Once I’ve “liked” your post, it means I’ve started marking, so please don’t change anything after that point.
All the questions have been thoroughly checked, but if you do see an error, please let me know by private message only. If there is a mistake, I will inform everyone.
A full breakdown of the rules, plus a sample game, may be found here. There is also a trial game for you to go at (if you wish) before you play for real, which may be found here.
