Bbc Quiz : Week 49

[Buenchico]

Hello again, everyone. So who’s already fed up of mince pies then?

A middling start for me this week, with FOUR out of seven in the main quiz:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63902792

Only TWO out of five for me in the junior quiz though. (I couldn’t even get the World Cup question right, which shows just how much interest I’ve got in football!):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51318780

I couldn’t achieve half marks in the Timed Teaser either this week. Just FOUR out of ten for me:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63854520

So I don’t even need to take my shoes and socks off to work out my aggregate score. I’ve just got enough fingers and thumbs to make the total come to TEN. You can beat that, surely, can’t you?

[weecalf]

Honestly got 7/7 on a roll

[Buenchico]

Brilliant, Weecalf!

- but can you match it on the other two quizzes, I wonder?

;-)

[jourdain2]

Only just, Buenchico. I'm horribly busy is my excuse.
4/7 2/5 6/10 = 12 total

[cashier]

Four and four.

[Milo2]

5, 2 and 6. A few guesses in the timed quiz.

[cashier]

Five on the timed, by some fluke.

[Karamia]

Good evening, Chris!
Still enjoying tucking in to the mince pies here.
6/7 yay!
4/5 yay!
3/10 don't ask!
Wishing you a fabulous weekend as always :-)

[Buenchico]

Well done on pipping me, by a couple of points, at the final hurdle, Jourdain2!

Guesses all count, Milo2! Well done with that 13 aggregate!

Another 13! Well done, Cashier!

And yet another one! Well done on being both a near-perfect grown-up and a near perfect kid (albeit a lousy sprinter) this week, Karamia! (There were no mince pies in Morrisons the other day. Well, not the ones I like anyway. Sob, sob!). I hope that your weekend goes well too.

[-SharonA-]

3/7
2/5
4/10

[Buenchico]

Thanks, Sharon. You've made me feel a bit better about my own scores now ;-)

[BTW: You're not really expecting anyone to believe that statement in your avatar, are you?}
;-)

[kwillmott]

I have been extremely determined not to start on the Mince Pies. I plan to eat them during the Wintertime.

3/7

3/5

1/10

I thought that I was going to get a 0. But just got a 1!

The end of year quiz should be interesting this year.

[Sam1960]

Evening Chris.

4/7

4/5

3/10

started off ok, then lost it on the timed quiz

Hope this finds you well ; ))

[Buenchico]

>>> I plan to eat them during the Wintertime.

It's -2C outside here at the moment, Kwillmott, with the temperature forecast to fall to -5C overnight. That sure seems like winter to me!

Well done on avoid any zero scores, anyway ;-)
[I agree that the four-part end of year quiz should be worth looking forward to , assuming that Aunty Beeb follows her usual way of doing things, of course].

I spend most of my life 'losing it' these days, Sam ;-)
Well done on just edging ahead of me this week. I'm in fine fettle, thank you, as I hope that you are too.

[Canary42]

Consistent this week 4,4 and 4.

[haras2]

4/7 v 3/7
2/5 v 4/5
4/10 v 7/10
Just click on the least likely answer does wonders for your score and a black cat strolling across the keyboard also helps :-))
Hope you're all keeping warm tonight .

[Buenchico]

So that's full marks then, Canar42 - for consistency, that is ;-)

Well done on beating my miserable score!

[Buenchico]

^^^ Canar?

I've knocked the tail feathers off your Canary! Sorry about that ;-)

Well done, Haras2! You're our leader at the moment! (Or should that be "You and Shady are our leaders at the moment?" It seems that you got some help!).

We're all reasonably warm, thank you. (Moonbeam is on my chair downstairs, with his own personal heater. It's costing me a fortune to keep him warm. I'm upstairs, at my desk, with a little 450 watt oil-filled radiator tucked under my legs. Chequers and Tablo are asleep beside me, on my bed). I hope that you and Shady are nice and cosy - and that you'll have a good weekend together.

[tonyav]

Ohhhh bad week for me, Chris.
2/7, 3/5 and 3/10.

[Buenchico]

Oops, Tony!

Time to drown your sorrows, methinks ;-)

[If you ever happen to come across Bangla beer, I can thoroughly recommend it. As the name suggests, it's from Bangladesh. I had it in an Indian/Bangladeshi restaurant on Tuesday and it's far, far better than the usual Cobra or Kingfisher that one gets offered in Asian restaurants. Alas, no UK supermarkets seem to stock it though].

[tonyav]

Bangla beer

Can't say that I have heard of that, Chris. I'll keep my eye out for it though.