Fiction-themed round: results!Q1. Name a Shakespearean character not mentioned in the play's title.
Iago (Proxima, bsmith) - 1 point
Banquo (namida) - 0.5
Puck (Crane) - 0.5
Viola (NaOH) - 0.5
Ophelia (Simon) - 0.5
Gertrude (607) - 0.5
Claudio (geoo) - 0.5
Capulet (Akseli) - 0.5
Q2. Name a fictional detective, other than Sherlock Holmes.
Hercule Poirot (Proxima, geoo, bsmith, Akseli) - 1 point
Inspector Gadget (NaOH, Simon) - 0.5
Dick Gumshoe (namida) - 0.25
Inspector Morse (Crane) - 0.25
Nancy Drew (607) - 0.25
Q3. Name a fictional cat, other than Puss-in-Boots.
Garfield (NaOH, Simon, 607, geoo, Akseli) - 1 point
The Cat in the Hat (namida) - 0.2
Luna (Proxima) - 0.2
Tom (Crane) - 0.2
Sylvester (bsmith) - 0.2
Q4. Name a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Frodo Baggins (namida, Crane, NaOH, Simon, 607, geoo, Akseli) - 1 point
Gandalf the Grey (Proxima) - 0.14
Samwise Gamgee (bsmith) - 0.14
Q5. Name a Hogwarts professor.
Albus Dumbledore (namida, NaOH, Simon, 607, Akseli) - 1 point
Severus Snape (Proxima, geoo, bsmith) - 0.6
Minerva McGonagall (Crane) - 0.2
Q6. Name a character from the Sonic series, other than Sonic.
Miles "Tails" Prower (namida, Crane, NaOH, Simon, 607, geoo, bsmith) - 1 point
Dr Robotnik / Eggman (Proxima, Akseli) - 0.28
Q7. Name a character from the Touhou series, other than Reimu.
Kirisame Marisa (NaOH, Simon, geoo, bsmith, Akseli) - 1 point
Izayoi Sakuya (namida, 607) - 0.4
Kochiya Sanae (Proxima) - 0.2
Fujiwara no Mokou (Crane) - 0.2
Q8. Name a Charles Dickens novel (inverse scoring).
Unique answers:
Little Dorrit (namida),
Our Mutual Friend (Proxima),
A Tale of Two Cities (geoo),
Bleak House (bsmith) - 1 point
David Copperfield (Crane, 607) - 0.5
Dombey and Son (NaOH, Simon, Akseli) - 0.33
Q9. Name a book in
The Chronicles of Narnia (inverse scoring).
The Silver Chair (Proxima) - 1 point
The Last Battle (NaOH) - 1 point
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (namida, 607) - 0.5
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Crane, Simon, geoo, bsmith, Akseli) - 0.2
Q10. Name a book in
The Adventures of Tintin (inverse scoring).
All answers submitted were unique, so 1 point each for
The Secret of the Unicorn (namida),
Cigars of the Pharaoh (Proxima),
Land of Black Gold (NaOH),
The Crab with the Golden Claws (Simon),
The Castafiore Emerald (607),
Tintin in the Congo (geoo),
Tintin in America (bsmith) and
King Ottokar's Sceptre (Akseli). Crane did not answer this question.
Q11. Quidditch.
Gryffindor have no members (score 0)
Hufflepuff have one Seeker (NaOH) (score 150)
Ravenclaw have two Chasers (Simon, bsmith), one Beater (Crane), three Seekers (namida, geoo, Akseli) and one Keeper (Proxima) (score 80)
Slytherin have one Beater (607) (score 0)
NaOH scores 1.5; all Ravenclaw members score 0.8.
Q12. The Hunger Games.
District 1: geoo
District 6: bsmith
District 7: namida, 607, Akseli
District 8: Proxima, Crane, Simon
District 12: NaOH
At 3hrs, bsmith attacks NaOH, leading to a mutual kill.
At 4hrs, Crane leads an attack on District 3, who have no members, so nothing happens.
At 5hrs, 607 leads an attack on geoo, who is killed.
At 6hrs, geoo's attack command is ignored due to his death.
At 8hrs, Simon leads an attack on District 4, who have no members, so nothing happens.
At 10hrs, namida leads an attack on District 3, who have no members, so nothing happens.
At 16hrs, Proxima leads an attack on District 12, who have no surviving members, so nothing happens. NaOH's attack command is ignored due to her death.
At 17hrs, Akseli leads an attack on District 4, who have no members, so nothing happens.
Survivors: namida, 607, Akseli, Proxima, Crane, Simon - 1 point each.
(This was an enormously fun question to run, as the gradual trickle of answer submissions kept drastically changing the outcome!)
Q13. Mornington Crescent.
Sudbury Hill (Crane), North Acton (NaOH), South Kensington (Simon), Lewisham (607), Northfields (geoo), High Street Kensington (Akseli) - 1 point
Euston Square (namida), Redbridge (bsmith) - 0.33
Tottenham Court Road (Proxima) - 0.17
Q14. Brockian Ultra-Cricket.
RubiX (Proxima), grams88 (NaOH, 607), Timballisto (Simon), SLIME MINISTER (geoo, Akseli), Ramon (bsmith) - 1 point
NaOH (namida) - 0
Akseli (Crane) - 0
Total scores:
NaOH - 11.85
Simon - 11.32
Akseli - 11.11
geoo - 11.1
607 - 10.15
bsmith - 9.27
namida - 8.98
Proxima - 7.39
Crane - 6.85
Congratulations to NaOH, who also won the previous round I hosted!
And thanks to everyone who took part.
I haven't received any PMs expressing interest in hosting the next round, so as far as I know, that's still open. I won't check this account regularly, so send a PM to Proxima if you want the Quizmaster password.