Bbc Quiz : Week 28

[Buenchico]

It’s Friday, so here we go again . .

It’s a middling start for me this week, with FOUR out of seven in the main quiz:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62163298

Middling again the kids’ quiz too. THREE out of five for me:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51318780

At least I’m consistent this week! A middling FIVE out of ten for me in the Timed Teaser:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62076401

So, will YOUR scores match the weather this week and be HOT, HOT, HOT? Or will they be more like some welcome rain, i.e. DAMP AND SOGGY? Please tell!

[Buenchico]

I hope that it's a decent Scotch, Tony. Some of the blended stuff (but certainly not all of it), is rubbish!

Well done on beating me, GG! I hope that you didn't meet Don H backstage on one of the band's more recent tours. Quote: "There’s no partying, no alcohol, it’s like a morgue backstage" ;-)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/01/don-henley-theres-no-partying-no-alcohol-its-like-a-morgue-backstage

[goodgoalie]

Chris, it was a while back in the USA, and he had his own dressing room!

[Buenchico]

Were you invited into his dressing room, GG, or did you just get lost in the venue while looking for the Gents?
;-)

[Caran]

3/7, 1/5, 3/10.
I'm getting worse!

[JimF]

"Some of the blended stuff (but certainly not all of it), is rubbish!"

Couldn't agree more!

[tonyav]

BuenchicoQuestion AuthorI hope that it's a decent Scotch, Tony. Some of the blended stuff (but certainly not all of it), is rubbish!

It's not bad, Chris. If I like the taste I sip it :-)

[Buenchico]

>>> I'm getting worse

Nah, I'd just say that you're being consistent, Caran ;-)
[Thanks for joining in, anyway!]

Jim:
Back in the days when I was largely unemployed, I decided to treat myself to a half bottle of whisky at Christmas. Due to having almost nothing to buy it with, I made the mistake of buying the cheapest supermarket 'value' product I could find. The taste was so foul that even mixing it 50-50 with ginger wine, to make a Whisky Mac, didn't result in a pleasant drink. On the other hand though, a blended whisky like Monkey Shoulder can outshine many single malts.

[FatticusInch]

Only did the main one, a paltry 3/7.

[Buenchico]

>>> "If I like the taste I sip it".

Is the converse true then? i.e. "If I don't like the taste, I simply gulp it down"?
;-)

[Buenchico]

'Paltry', maybe, FI, but at least it's not 'disastrous' ;-)

[tonyav]

"If I don't like the taste, I simply gulp it down"?
;-)

LOL.

[Gromit]

4/7 for me.
Very underwhelming.

[Buenchico]

There are weeks, Gromit, where I'd be delighted to score 4 out of 7!
(Indeed, I'm not totally displeased with having achieved that score this week!)

Perhaps you're setting your targets too high?

;-)

[JJ109]

5 & 4 respectively, but a lot were guesses

[twix123]

Thanks Chris. At least it was more than half marks this week:

4/7
4/5
5/10

[10ClarionSt]

The usual underwhelming performance, Chris. 3/7 and 3/5.
Not even a kid at heart this week!

[Arksided]

Oh dear...
News 5/7
Youngsters: 3/5
Speed: 5/10

No excuses I'm happy being a dimmy.

[Buenchico]

Guesses all count, JJ109, and they helped you to beat me twice over this week!

Decent scores, Twix, and sneaking just one point ahead of me too!

Put it down do the heat, 10CS ;-)

You still did better than I did (albeit by a single point), Arky!

[Mozz71]

Been an age since I've done these, and it shows for two of them!

3/7 on the main quiz
4/10 on the timed quiz
But I'm hoping for a gold star and a sweetie from teacher for 5/5 on the kids quiz!

[Buenchico]

Welcome back, Mozz!

You can have your gold star but sweeties are bad for your teeth

Teacher knows best ;-)