POW - Prediction of the Week 245

here is... deadline is Sunday 29, 18:00



Feid Club (aka Paris Paris): 6 + 86 (says Hélène??? :)

well, wasn't to be, eh?!?!

POW - Prediction of the Week 244 - UPDATE

Just in time for the "open air summer special quiky" - here are the points you start with if you show up tomorrow:

Eurostars (aka Paris..): 2
Sportfreaks: 1
Leninskij: 1
Hi 5: 1
Pinkies: 1

Quiky 244 - it's happening!!!!

As the participants of the football fest last Thursday already know, we will give the much postponed Quiky 244 another try.. Thursday 26 June, 8pm, Kilkenny, outdoors... "open air", like..

Obviously it depends a bit on the weather but so far the forecast says warm & dry.. so bring your wellies, brollies & large plastic sheets (or cheats, in Brain's case).. the rest shall be provided..

details on rounds, features, and other stuff that doesn't come to mind at the mo will be up here after the weekend...
...watch this space (or check our mail)

Split Loyalties

First of all, you have to believe that I've given this quite some thought.... BUT
..after weeks of careful planning the first "open air" quiky, it looks increasingly as if the petty matter of European football (and - rather speculatively at the time of writing - Germany's part in it) might foil our plans and spoil the fun..

IF (and at this point it's more wishful thinking) Jogi's Jungs make an apfelstrudel out of Austria's amateurs (I KNOW.. we can still f*** it up in style :) AND Croatia (or their 2nd string) beat Poland or draw with them, Germany would come second in the group, thus having to face Portugal in the first semi final on Thursday.. MEANING that there wouldn't be any quiz, outside or inside, as I'd most certainly sit in the pub, face pain(t)ed and Bulmers & cigarettes at the ready... to cheer the lads in their last game of the EUROs...

IF HOWEVER (and this scenario is less likely than the one above) Germany go San Marino on Austria AND Poland manage to beat Croatia's 2nd string, we'd come top of the group, thus playing the 2nd quarter final on Friday.. against Turkey... IN WHICH CASE we could have an "open air quiky" on Thursday.. unless everyone wants to watch Portugal beat Croatia...

UPDATE
at the time of writing, Germany have managed to just squeeze through to the quarter finals... and looking back on tonight's performance (or lack thereof), I'd rather do a quiz for 5 people, outside, even in pouring rain, than sit through another 90 minutes of .... ...
However, being a football fan, and masochist, I'll be supporting what's left of former glory.. in the Kilkenny, after/with copious amounts of alcohol... meaning that there will be

NO QUIZ ON THURSDAY 19th

Next round totally depends on the results of the next few days.. updates here as soon as they come in... might be Thursday 26, outside.. or 3 July, inside... you'll know it as soon as I do...

POW - Prediction of the Week 244

competition is closed.. and the predictions are

Eurostars (aka Paris..): David Villa (4)
Sportfreaks: David Villa (5)
Leninskij: David Villa (6)
Hi 5: David Villa (5)
Pinkies: David Villa (5)

for once, all teams are backing the same horse (more or less).. obviously, the points count for Quiky #244, whenever that might be.. (see post "split loyalties")

Quiky 243 - Rankings

here's the points from last Thursday's quiz extravaganza...

Ou sont les Anglais?

Ben voila, enfin :)

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POW 242 - ZE FINAL

Card count after Day 5, 23:00.. not a single red one, and still a rather average number of 3 per game..

Cheese Fondue vs Budweiser 3
Port Wine vs Kebab 3
Apfelstrudel vs Maraschino 4
Bratwurst vs Borschtsch(tschtsch....) 3
Baguettes vs Vampires 4
Hash Cookies vs Sour Grapes 4
Sangria vs Vodka 0
Feta vs knäckebröd 3
Kebab vs Cheese Fondue 4
Budweiser vs Port Wine vs 2

total count 30... which means points for...

none o' yis...

dommage, pity, schade.. better luck next time..

I luv ya bay-hay-bee...

This week's bestest news.. I've FINALLY bought my notebook... YAY!!! Never thought it'd happen (and I know some of yis were doubting me too :) but it's mine, it's getting "pimped" as I'm writing this and hopefully it's ready for action on Thursday... baptism of fire, like :)

That means we'll loads more music (even the stuff I don't listen to) and maybe videos and maybe karaoke capability.. and .. we'll see :)

..and I pity the fool who gets near it with liquids of any kind... anything happens to my baby and heads will roll!! :)

Summer Special Open Air Quiky

As mentioned before (and after the last 2 quizzes) we will most likely have to give up the back room for the last 2 weeks of June.. it's EURO 2008 quarter/semi finals and there might be some people who want to watch the footie on the big screen..

Options so far are:

a) move the quiz to a different night (the only possible one would be Tuesday tho as there is neither live music nor football)
b) take it outside... which means that we can't have picture rounds (or just handouts) and music (unless you feel like singing :) BUT if offers countless other possibilities to have fun..

We could do charades, or other games/creative rounds, we could actually do some sort of "karaoke" or write/recite "poetry/limericks/jokes".. or play something like ..whatever that's called when you have to draw your answers.. the mind boggles, like :)

It would take a bit of extra preparation and I would need to know exactly how many teams we're going to be but it sounds as if we could be having massive fun.. and we wouldn't have to take ciggie breaks every 10 minutes :)

All that, of course, if the weather holds.. which, according to the forecast for June, should be the case..

If anyone has other ideas, suggestions, remarks - do leave a comment here or drop me a line on quiz_miz@hotmail.com .. or just tell me next Thursday :)

Quiky 242 - Rankings

2nd place decided after "extra time and penalties" :) - haven't done that in ages.. tie break questions over the next few weeks, if necessary, will most likely be football-related .. so check your statistics or bring footie experts :)

POW - Prediction of the Week 242

Predictions so far (actually, the deadline is Saturday 7 June, 23:00)

Leninskij: 24 / 3
Pinkies: 2 / 2
Paris Paris: 40 / 2
Hi5: 7 / 0

Somehow shows how some people believe in the good and some.. are more realistic :)

POW - Prediction of the Week 241

Competition is closed .. you know that "unfair advantage..." thingie by now..
Predictions are as follows

Dumbass Canucks: 11
Hi Five: 5
Paris Sausages: 10
Pinkies: 4
(BTW.. that was +/- 2 mio)
Paris / Sausages - since you left only 1 joint prediction you'll have to share the point if you're correct.. if both teams are in on Thursday, that is...

Quiky 240 - Rankings

it's quality, not quantity.. or so I'm told :)