❓Steemit Quiz 2025 - Week 3
An update on Week 2's Results and Overall Rankings as well as starting Week 3
It's been another hectic week of quizzing with 4 new question categories. It felt like some worked better than others and I'd appreciate your thoughts on the types of question so far - what have you enjoyed and what would you like to see in Week 3 and beyond?
Week 2 Winner
There were 22 questions in week 2 (if you ignore the failed Steemit Award Question) and it was a great week for @pennsif who correctly answered 9 questions to win this week's prize. As a solo player, he keeps the 10% beneficiary to this post all to himself. Well done pennsif!
Overall Rankings After Week 2
Two Shreks and Fiona (@bluelavender, @alexanderkass and @henryclive) continue to lead the way and pennsif's good week has seen him close the gap and move up into 2nd. Oops-a-lot (@mojociocio and @ady-was-ere) continue to chip away with some good answers and will be hoping for a strong Week 3.
| Team | Score |
|---|---|
| Two Shreks and Fiona | 18.5 |
| @pennsif (Solo) | 11 |
| Oops-a-lot | 10.5 |
| @disconnect (Solo) | 4 |
| NO team | 2.5 |
| Others | <= 1 |
Question Tracker
I thought that the question tracker worked well, so I'll use that again this week. Stay tuned and I'll make an effort to kick off proceedings tonight.
Week 3: Question Tracker
✅ 0.5 @event-horizzon (NO team)
Question 10
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
Hints
1. "Two opposites meet beneath a tree, their journey begins."
2. "The book title is the name of the lead protagonist."
3. Children's Literature 😊
Mr. Happy by Roger Hargreaves
Ugghh... I have this book at home for years. 😭
✅
👏👏👏
NEVER heard of it… 😔
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Hidden door in the Whomping Willow. Two opposites, Lupin (prudent) and Black (reckless) meet beneath that tree.
👎 It's not a book by J.K. Rowling 😊
Think younger - you probably read them to your children.
Ughh.. can't think of anything relevant.
My replies have become very happy 😊😊😊
It could be "Das magische Baumhaus" in German... Original: "Magic Tree House" by Mary Pope Osborne.
👎
I didn't know that. But after watching the video, the pictures make sense. 😇
Can't be...
Unless Magic Tree is the main protagonist...
Yes, I was a bit generous with the interpretation. The tree house does play an important role...😀
Happens to the best of us ;))))
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland
👎 I tried that one but it was too easy for AI to solve 😊
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee
👎 it’s not To kill a mockingbird 😊
Maybe -The Door in the Wall, H.G. Wells?
👎 that’s not it 😊
Although I didn't guess it, let's sing.
And now, all together on the count of 3
1...... 2...... 3
Weeeee aare the champions, my frieeends,
And weeee’ll keep on figghhting ‘til the eend!
Weeee aare the champions, weeee aare the champions,
Nooo tiiiime for loooosers, ‘cause weee are the champions... of the wooorld!
🤟
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King.
👎 It's not Stephen King
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
👎 it’s not the night gardener 😊
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
👎 It’s not Terry Pratchett 😊😊😊
The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin?
👎 It's not The Beginning Place 😊😊😊😊😊
J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
👎 It's not The Lord og the Rings 😊😊😊😊😊😊
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss?
👎 It's not The Name of the Wind 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Tom's Midnight Garden: Philippa Pearce
👎 It’s not Tom’s Midnight Garden 😊😊😊😊
Ugh... I'm at my limit. And what's with the smileys? 😆😖
I don’t think the smileys are getting the recognition they deserve 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf - Roald Dahl
👎 It’s not a book by Roald Dahl 😊😊😊
Is it "The Tale of Despereaux" by Kate DiCamillo?
👎 Is that what this question has become? "The Tale of Despereaux"?
Kind of ;)
The Secret Garden: Frances Hodgson Burnett
👎 It’s not the secret garden 😊
😊
Bridge to Terabithia: Katherine Paterson
👎 its not Bridge to Terabithia 😊
Neil Gaiman: Coraline
👎 It’s not Coraline ☹️
It was a very good version, I thought it was a victory.
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve: The Beauty and the Beast
👎 It's not The Beauty and The Beast 🙂
Julia Donaldson: The Gruffalo
👎 that was another one I tried but AI got too quickly.
Pennsif got it so finally, my last 30 comments will make sense!
I don't know the story and have NEVER seen the characters.
Yes, great, I have now found it too...
Of course I noticed your comments, but if you don't know the characters at all, you might think the gorilla is bored from the eternal thumbs-down.
And I don't know the figures at all. Although my mum could have read the stories to me the year they were published... 🤷♀️
😆 Well, I was going to go to bed last night chuckling to myself (until Pennsif got it) with all of the Mr Men I was sharing!
Mary Tourtel: Rupert Bear
👎 It’s not Rupert the bear 😊😊😊
Neil Gaiman: Stardust
👎 It’s not Stardust 😊😊
Question 10 - Hint
"Two opposites meet beneath a tree, their journey begins."
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt! (That is a wild guess)
How about sharing the second hint now?
👎 It's not Tuck Everlasting 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Another hint's been shared. I'd argue that I've shared lots of hints for this one 😊
Winnie-the-Pooh , A.A. Milne
👎 Getting closer 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Richard Adams
Watership Down?
👎 I did try watership down but AI solved it too easily 😊
Did you happen to write this book, Mr. Gorilla?
I used to work for a company in Bristol that shares the author’s surname 😊 And an old boss once bought me a mug with this character on it. Before he got to know me better 😆
Appearances can be deceiving; it takes time to see the inner gorilla in someone🙂
😁
Last try…
Beatrix Potter: Benjamin Bunny & Peter Rabbit
👎 No, it's not by Beatrix Potter (another one I tried but too obvious for AI).
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
👎 It's not The Hunger Games 😊😊😊😊
Michael Bond: Paddington
👎
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate??
Is this a children's classics or a modern one? 😣
It's just over 50 years old. 1971 was the first publication.
🤦♂️the smileys made sense...
Benjamin McTish and the Door Through the Grandfather Tree by June M. Pace of the Benjamin McTish series?
👎
Peter Pan!!!
(J. M. Barrie)
👎 it’s not Peter Pan 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Okay... I'm late but I'm here:
"Heidi" by Johanna Spyri?
Have one or two more ideas...
👎
You're welcome to share them. My hints are getting me nowhere.
... to share them 3 hours later, correct?
This question lasted so long that I wouldn't have made you wait 3 hours! pennsif has got it correct now.
Yes, I've seen: never heard about this book.
Could you tell us the genre?
Children’s Literature 😊😊😊
Question 10 - Hint
"The book title is the name of the lead protagonist."
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
👎 it’s not Jane Eyre 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Robert Louis Stevenson
👎 It’s not Jekylland Hyde 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
(I’m not sure how accurate it is that he met someone under a tree, but the fact that he was once a tree can’t be denied)
👎 That’s true. His relationship with trees is not in doubt!
Matilda by Roald Dahl!
This is exhausting now and I'm just guessing! 😵
Looks like it’s time for the third hint, no one seems to have a clue!
👎
I really don't think that I can give any more hints without saying the answer!
Question 5
Missing Words 📝
Please complete this sentence from a user's blog:
> Today, I am going to share with you guys every heart dear vegetable potatoes. Potatoes are very ❓ in every generation.
famous
Today, I am going to share with you guys every heart dear vegetable potatoes. Potatoes are very famous in every generation.
They are famous indeed!
Very famous 😉
They can be popular too. 🤔
✅ Absolutely! Potatoes are very famous in every generation.
I guess it could be healthy... doesn't quite fit, but who knows how the Steemians think...
👎 The correct answer was famous. Potatoes are very famous.
common
👎 The correct answer was famous
beautiful
👎 a good effort, but it’s not ‘beautiful’ this time!
Sh.., I've mixed something up: The flower and banana articles are always beautiful...
chatgpt said "popular"
👎 chatGPT doesn’t know our user base as well as it could 😉
Loved?
👎 they are much loved but that’s not the word that our author chose.
Much enjoyed?
👎 despite being true, it wasn’t the author’s chosen description.
tasty
👎 Tasty, tasty. Famous too.
Yes, just after I had sent ‘tasty’, I remembered our famous dialogues. Disconnect was faster (or rushed into my waiting time) or simply works more carefully... ;-)
consumed
👎 The correct answer was famous. Potatoes are very famous.
common
👎 Famous was the correct answer. Potatoes are very famous in every generation.
Question 6
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
🥳
✅ Another successful question for NO team.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wie geil ist das denn???
Both suggestions from the gut, only verified via Wikipedia whether my memory of the plot of these classics is correct.
Then I asked myself whether it had to be a classic at all, but by then it was already ‘too late’... ;-)
Yeah, ich freue mich!!!
I like that your answers are based on your readings. I also responded according to what I remember from the stories...🙂
Yes, I think that's what makes the puzzles fun.
A Long Engagement, Sebastien Japrisot?
👎 It's not Sebastien Japrisot
Papillon, Henri Charrière?
👎 It's not Henri Charrière
Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
👎 It's not Les Misérables
Alexandre Dumas: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
If I'm not mistaken, he did not reunite with Mercedes. He loved BMW
👎 It's not Alexandre Dumas
Question 8
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
Unravels desires & 🕶 (Shady) secrets beneath surface!
That's Fifty Shades of Grey
by E. L. James… 😎…🕶… 😎
Fits well with the description.
✅ It is Fifty Shades of Grey - don't forget to include the author next time!
When Chriddi commented I noticed it! I’ll be sure to include the author next time.
Where is half the point for NO team?! 😉
Grats!
👍
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
But there was no graduation. 🤔
Maybe the next question??? I think so. Go ahead, you are the expert… 🪄
But students… 🤷♀️
Though, I think Disconnect is correct.
If not and if not Harry Potter, I have no further idea.
👎 disconnect is indeed correct
This sounds like 50🕶, 🤷♂️ but I think I'll take my chances with "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne.
👎 If only you'd gone with your instincts!
wtf...😭
😟
But your description is too broad. I mean, every other romantic/thriller novel falls under the same category, No?
Or are your emojis also meant to be hints?
If so, then I think chriddi might be right. The graduation cap somehow reminds me of Harry Potter, along with the secret door. But where’s the magic emoji then?
Don't grumble, guess!
Of course the symbols are part of it, as you could see from the previous questions. If you simply "translate" them, you won't necessarily get much further. Think a little round the corner and take a GUESS. It's (just) a game.
The emojis are part of it too.
disconnect got it.
I'm thinking what gender is it?🤔I still can't think of anything...
Question 13
⚽ Sports 🏏
Each of the following clubs has won the European Cup, but which is the odd one out and why?
Aston Villa played in the final only once, while the other clubs reached the final twice.
👉 VERY close… what’s significant about all of their other appearance in the final?
Unlike others, Aston Villa never lost a European competition final.
Edit:
They are also the only club who lost home league the same year they won the European competition.
✅ Correct - They are the only team in that list never to have lost a European / UCL Cup Final.
The answer was in alexanderkass's response. I still took help from my husband because I don't follow sports. It was good to learn a thing or two today. 😆
I’ve discovered a few things from people’s answers too!
Aston Villa has gone the longest without winning a national championship among these clubs.
👎 You nearly had it with your last answer. This answer isn't as close.
I think I know the answer.
If it's correct, I'll let you have it. Your answer's so close, I'm tempted to let you have the point anyway!
HSV, because it is the only club that does not play in the first division of its country.
👎 Oh, I didn't realise that. Poor Hamburg.
No Problem. When I was interested in football, HSV was Deutscher Meister an I (little girl) in love with their star Kevin Keegan… 😉
Ah, King Kev. Great bloke.
Haha, I think I remember even the show... "Musikladen" - always cool stuff... ;-D
I don't think it was as successful as Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle... such a blessing that footballers stick to football now.
Marseille - it is the only club that won the European Cup after it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in the 1992/93 season.
The others all won it as the European Cup.
👎 Ah, I tried to avoid teams the won it as the rebranded version to prevent confusion. I’ll add Man City to the question.
Steaua București, because English clubs did not play this year and because they are the first Eastern Bloc club to win the tournament, and also because they won the final on penalties thanks to the goalkeeper
👎 I like it when I learn something with the answers 🙂
Steaua București is the only team that won its final (1986 against Barcelona) after extra time and a penalty shoot-out. All other teams won in regulation time. They are the only team that won with a two-goal difference (2:0). For the others, the difference was only one goal (4x 1:0; 1x 2:1).
In addition, the final took place in Spain, the home country of the opponent, Barcelona. All other teams were allowed to play on "neutral ground".
👎 I'm learning a lot from some of these answers.
You can't imagine how much I'm learning! And that's despite the fact that watching sport or reading about it in the newspaper (apart from handball) doesn't interest me at all...
Ah, handball. Another sport that doesn't get enough air-time in the UK. Probably because we didn't invent it. I wonder if the person who created thought...
"Hmmm, football. Hmmm. What's football missing? How can we compete with feet? 💡 That's it! Hands!! Hands are better than feet. But what to call it? I need a memorable name. Feet have football, what can hands have...? 🤔"
In the final match against Bayern, Aston Villa's starting goalkeeper was substituted due to an injury. Nevertheless, despite lacking experience in such games, the substitute goalkeeper delivered an outstanding performance. (As for the other teams on this list, they did not substitute their starting goalkeepers in the finals of the European Champions Cup, if I'm not mistaken 🥹)
👎 event-horizon got the final link - Of all of the teams, Aston Villa are the only team never to have lost a European / UCL Cup Final.
It was unexpected
Question 18
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
Movie: Inside Out
Explanation:
You have shared the picture of London’s Lloyd’s Building.
✅ The Movie is Inside-Out. "Like a backpack" - I've never heard it described as being like a backpack before!
Yeah. What's tha anolagy between backpack and something turned inside out? No idea...
Skyscraper... What else... 😇
👎 I should probably watch that at some point
Inception
👎 It’s not inception
Sky High (2005)
👎 That also doesn't look like my kind of movie 😆
Lloyd (2001)
👎 It's not Lloyd - soulfuldreamer got it - Inside-Out.
Question 12
⚽ Sports 🏏
From the following list of cricketers who have all played over 100 Test Matches, who is the odd one out and why?
Two times Alastair Cook??? Well, never mind, here is my answer:
Steve Smith is the only one yet to pass the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket.
Oops. I did that when I was ordering them!
✅ Steve Smith is the only one who didn't pass 10,000 test runs - you'd think that he'd have played one more game wouldn't you??
It's not like I know the first thing about cricket...
AI helped me this time: I asked about trophies in cricket and immediately found the 10,000-run mark interesting (there was even a name I'd forgotten). Wiki. Club, club, club... 9.999... Wow! He may not be in the club, but I bet that number will immortalise Steve Smith!
So full intention not to get that one more run... ;-)
Ah yes, maybe that's it! If he'd have scored that 10,000th run, he'd never have anything to talk about! "Yeah, mate. I'm just one of a handful of players to score over 10,000 runs" whereas now, people will ask about always being 1 run short of 10,000 and he'll seem more interesting!
Question 2
Missing Words 📝
In this round, I will take a sentence or paragraph from a user's blog - all you have to do, is fill in the blanks.
> After praying the morning prayer I sat down at home because today was ❓.
Sunday
I also thought about Sunday... but I said Friday...😁
I also thought Friday but said Sunday because somebody else already said Friday... My luck... ;-)
✅ It is Sunday.
The user sat down at home, because it was Sunday.
cold
Again only a guess because I did not find the exact quote. Though I read them all… 🤪
What is this thing with double freshness....🤔🤔🤔
Edit: one more with the right sequence of hygiene routine:
Another edit:
In case, you forget the right order of things...
So is it brushing your teeth, first or washing your hands?
I am very particular about the order. I'm confused now... And yes, it matters!
Well, if it was me, I'd wash my hands first. I wouldn't want dirty hands all over my toothbrush and then potentially contaminating my mouth and teeth!
Right answer.
Wow, a load of them still brush their teeth. I can’t believe it… NO, I don’t want to believe it…
I read that one 🤣 I wondered "What's ablution?"
Thank fuck for that. Would've been a rough day if they'd forgotten that detail.
Same here!
Now I know that we wash our face with water and not powder. 🫠🙃
Now? I know this since the beginning of the diary game. Four years, five? Ouch...
👎 Sitting down at home because it is cold is too logical I'm afraid.
I don't think a Google search brings up this post.
There are a lot of users who write that they go back inside after getting up because it's too cold. After praying and brushing their teeth, of course.
I liked the grammar with ‘cold’. It would have been so beautifully typical... ;-)
In the meantime, this riddle probably belongs in the category ‘How do I kill time until my funeral?’, don't you think?! Reading diary games (or just the intros) is a great method... ;-)
It's remarkable how similar so many diary games look. I should probably write a "Diary Game" generator. That should be fairly easy 🙂
That would not only be very easy (because the vocabulary is so limited, you mean?), it would also be very funny. At least if you add a direct link from the posts to the sc accounts and an automatic mention of all major stakeholders.
holiday
👎 It's not holiday - not too far away though!
I will go with 'holiday' as o1eh suggested.
... today was a holiday so I stared at my toothbrush with a longing in my heart. It turns out toothbrushes also have a day off on Sundays.
👎 It's not 'holiday'. The answer's not 'toothbrush day' either 😉
After praying the morning prayer, I sat down at home because today was Christmas.
👎 It's not Christmas. The post is more recent than that.
because today was...my birthday?
👎 Happy Birthday! Oh, it's not their birthday though 😜
After praying the morning prayer I sat down at home because today was Friday
Yes, it's probably Friday, I hadn't seen this answer haha😅
👎 It's not Friday but you're very close. chriddi is correct with Sunday.
Friday
👎 Sunday was correct 🙂
Question 11
⚽ Sports 🏏
From the following list of Formula 1 drivers, who is the odd one out and why?
Hint: They are all Formula 1 Drivers' Champions
Lewis Hamilton never won a title with/for Ferrari.
✅ That is correct. He is the only driver who hasn't won a World Title whilst driving for Ferrari (yet).
Wikipedia told me the four that won (well, each in an own tab...) and @mojociocio in his comment, that Hamilton starts for Ferrari. Thanks for the hint, Mojo... ;-)
I am so happy I helped finding the answer... 😆
No edit, just to be more precisely:
He is the only one who has not (yet?) won a world championship title for the racing team. I don't know if there are any other titles in Formula 1...
Niki Lauda is distinguished by the fact that he was severely injured in an accident and, despite severe burns, returned to racing in a short period of time, later winning the 1977 championship.
That's not the answer I'm looking for. I've added a hint to narrow down the possible answers.
Michael Schuhmacher because after an accident while a ski journey he was injured and is still very sick. He had never been able to drive again.
That's not what I'm looking for. I've added a hint because as pennsif points out, there are many possible answers.
Kimi Räikkönen - as he has only won one world championship.
The others have all won multiple times.
This question has several valid answers so it is a difficult one to call.
True. I've added a hint to point you in the right direction.
Juan Manuel Fangio, unlike the others, was a champion in Turismo Carretera and a winner of the long race Gran Premio del Norte (over 9,500 km) before Formula 1
👎 That's not what I'm looking for
Reminder: Please wait 3 hours from the time of this attempt before trying again.
Juan Manuel Fangio, as he is the only one to win the first Championship at 40 years, while the rest did it when they were in their 20s
👎 I didn't realise he was that old when he won his first World Title. I'm hoping Lewis will win one in his 40's too.
I’m really curios to see how he will get along with Ferrari
I just hope he wins that 8th world title that he was so cruelly robbed of.
Are you a fan of Norris also? Who is your favorite?
I hope that all of the British drivers do well - Hamilton, Norris, Russell, Bearman and Albon (although I see he's classified as Thai now).
I'd like Max to crash every race.
How about you?
Question 1
Missing Words 📝
In this round, I will take a sentence or paragraph from a user's blog - all you have to do, is fill in the blanks.
> I enjoyed a beautiful afternoon today. The afternoon was ❓ ❓.
I guess, the afternoon was very beautiful.
What I also can say... and I'll brush my teeth very soon 😇
✅ Are you in NO team with chriddi?
Hey, one tick for me... 👍
Yes, NO team is the right team.
Where do you find these brilliant quotes... ;-)))
Wahrscheinlich in zu vielen Posts... 😇
This one... the 1st Diary Game I opened. If you open a Diary Game from certain geographies, you're pretty much guaranteed that it'll start along these lines!!
[…] The afternoon was beautiful today.
Just guessing… 🤪
👎 you’re close, but not quite. Moecki got it.
Great! Since we are a team...
Question 7
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince.
Ah, Le Petit Prince!
When I saw your answer I immediately knew it was right… 😊
👏💪🥳
✅ it is indeed “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Oh great!! By the way, that's one of my favorite books.😀
🥳 I've not read it although I think that I should!
You should!!
I shall 🙂
Yeah! It is a magical book, one that adults would not understand, but I think you will!🙂
I have reserved a copy from my local library 📚
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?
👎 It's not 'The Alchemist'. Inspiracion got this one correct.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón: La sombra del viento (Der Schatten des Windes / The Shadow of the Wind)
👎 Not correct this time. This was Inspiracion's turn to be correct.
Once again a brilliant stroke by Inspiration... :-))
I give it a try: Michael Ende "Die unendliche Geschichte" ("Neverending Story")...?
👎 Be sure not to edit your comments - if you change your mind, it's best to reply to your comment and I'll see both 🙂
It's not 'Michael Ende' - Inspiracion got this one.
Question 19
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
Interstellar
Nailed it🥳
Let’s sing it one more time.
On the count of three...
One... two... three...
Weeeee aare the chaaaampions, my frieeends,
@henryclive @bluelavender
Aaaand weee’ll keeeep on fiiighting ‘til the eeeend!
Weeeeee aare the chaaaampions, weeeeee aare the chaaaampions,
Nooo tiiiime for loooosers, ‘cause weee are the chaaaampions... of the woooorrrrld!
😂
Well done guys! 🖐🏼
Thank you, boss☺️
✅ Lucky I didn't see your first guess 😉
Yeah, I managed to delete it 😬
But I saw it, having Inter(Mailand)stella(beer)r in my mind, thinking "Haha, I'm in time"...
Just you wait!
And I realized I made a mistake almost immediately: on the left, Stella McCartney, on the right, Stella Artois, in the middle, an arrow pointing to the flags of the Milan club Inter, and I changed my answer, so I was just a little ahead of you. Sorry
Apology accepted... 😉
Question 15
⚽ Sports 🏏
In the world of Rugby Union, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England and France are consistently amongst the best in the world.
Which one's the odd one out and why?
France - the only country not to have won the Rugby World Cup.
✅
France
It is the only country where English is not an official language of the country... 😎
👎 The answer is related to rugby 🙂
My answer is rugby related. Rugby is an English game… 😎
Okay, okay, sir… 😉
We invented a lot of different sports didn't we? I wonder why.
Too small, the royal island? Bored subjects who, after the end of the Crusades, had to come up with ways to kill time? Long journeys weren’t really an option for them... ;-)
No, you’re simply a very active and creative people... :-))
Despite being the smallest country in terms of population and area, New Zealand confidently dominates rugby and is the global leader in this sport.
👎 They've also got a bit of a reputation for under-achieving - especially at the big tournaments. I don't watch much Rugby any more but they're currently ranked 3rd behind South Africa and Ireland.
I'm surprised to see Australia in 8th!
Question 16
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
Got to try the obvious 🙂 - Rocky III
✅
I had a feeling you might get this one 🙂
Avengers: Infinity War
👎 It's not Avengers. I might watch that tonight after the Man City game.
Haven't you seen this movie?
I have but it's been a whlle. I got a few DVDs for Christmas and I think this was one of them. Along with the most recent Spider-man which I watched last week.
I think it's "Infinity War" rather than "Endgame".
I guess the third Jesse Stone movie: Death in Paradise (2006)
👎 Does the movie have any correlation to the TV Series? I like the TV Series 🙂
Yes, it's a TV movie... like the other 8.
Julius Caesar (2002)
👎 It's not Julius Caesar
Question 9
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
This sounds like Weisser-rabe's answer the other day...Could it be Michael Ende's The Neverending Story?
✅ It is indeed 'The Neverending Story' or 'Die unendliche Geschichte'
🥳
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit
👎 henryclive was correct with 'The Neverending Story'
🐉, witches, and giants always remind me of Game of Thrones,
so I’ll go with A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.
👎 henryclive was correct with 'The Neverending Story'
J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince??
👎 henryclive was correct with 'The Neverending Story'
J.R.R. Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
👎 henryclive was correct with 'Die unendliche Geschichte'
Pft...
☹️
And this is for you, so you won't be upset 🌹
🥰…
Don’t worry, me is (almost) always joking… 😉
🙂👍🏻
Question 17
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
Reservoir Dogs
✅ It is indeed, Resevoir Dogs.
Are you in a team or are you playing solo?
That's great ! I'm solo at the moment because I've just found your quiz but it looks fun.
I hope that you continue to enjoy it 🙂 I'm planning to continue for many, many weeks!
You're welcome to play solo - a few others have chosen to do so too and are doing well.
Triple Dog
👎 That movie looks terrible.
Yes. 😆
On Golden Pond
👎 I've not seen that one. Have you?
Yes, many years ago.
Famous for starring father and daughter Henry and Jane Fonda.
Entertainment
Team Eagle
👎 I don't know that one. Worth watching?
I also didn't watch. It's a bollywood film.
It seems too easy: Water dogs (2014)
👎 Sorry, it's not that easy 😉 But quite easy... flowertron has got it correct.
The Incredible Journey
(1963)
👎 I do like my old movies but I don't think that one's for me 🙂
Golden River
Question 14
⚽ Sports 🏏
The following players have all had long runs Ranked as No. 1 in the World by the ATP and ended the year Ranked #1 at least 4 times. Related to their time ranked as #1, which is the odd one out and why?
Note: It is unrelated to whether they're still actively playing or not
Note: It’s also unrelated to specific tournament victories inc. Grand Slams
Rafael Nadal has the shortest duration of consecutive time spent at world No. 1 in the ATP rankings, specifically consecutive time, with 56 weeks. This is much less than the others.
✅ That’s correct. All of the other players had achieved more than 100 weeks at number 1.
Yahhooo.......
🥹
Pete Sampras finished as year-end No.1 for six consecutive years.
👎 how does that compare to the others? Djokovic must be close to that?
Question 3
Missing Words 📝
In this round, I will take a sentence or paragraph from a user's blog - all you have to do, is fill in the blanks.
> But after waking up I tried to not waste any single moment from my time. I took my ❓ and ❓...
toothbrush and toothpaste
But after waking up I tried to not waste any single moment from my time. I took my toothbrush and toothpaste...
to feel fresh and germs free. 😅
I also thought of this one... Don't know how chriddi missed it!
✅
This fella's a big fan of pink.
Next quiz! Who had a pink toothbrush to feel fresh 😉
He also wears pink pants to keep warm.
I think it's dog and mobile.
Die sagen nicht "mobile", die sagen "phone", oder?!
Zahnbürste, die Zahnbürste muss mit rein. Und die Paste?
Hm... @peppermint24, hilf!
Hm, Deepl sagt "mobile phone".
Mein Englisch-Deutsch-Wörterbuch ist eindeutig zu alt (Ausgabe von 1997). Da steht das (noch) nicht drin. Ja, ich weiß, wer benutzt heute noch sowas...
Wahrscheinlich ist phone allein eindeutiger als mobile. Smartphone ginge wohl auch...
Aber sag mal, mache ich da was falsch?! Wenn ich meinen Tag nutzen will, nehme ich doch nicht meine Zahnbürste und Zahnpaste (mit)... Ich versteh's nicht. Ich glaube, ich habe einen Tag(alb)traum, kann mich bitte jemand wecken...
Denke, das ist korrekt (wenn nicht bereits die Weiterentwicklung zum 'Smartphone' (smart phone, smart-phone?). In vielen englischsprachigen Ländern wird - meine ich - 'mobile' gesagt. Dort, wo solche Diary-Game-Posts herkommen, wird aber auf dem 'phone' getippt.
Vielleicht kann uns der Quizmaster Herr Gorilla als Muttersprachler weiterhelfen.
Wenn dein erster Gedanke des Tages (okay, der erste Gedanke nach dem Gebet) nicht deiner Zahnbürste gilt, schon. Ja. Und wenn du sie nicht immer bei dir hast, auch. Kann ja etwas passieren. Einschneien oder so. Und dann ohne Zahnpasta. Geht's noch?
Herr Gorilla hat alle Hände voll zu tun... ich kann mir kaum vorstellen, dass er das das ganze Jahr durchhält... Wenn doch, ziehe ich nicht nur einen Hut :-)
Wo du recht hast... Wie kann man nur so unvorbereitet sein. Ich besorge mir gleich morgen so'ne Unendlich-Tasche (wie aus Harry Potter), in die man alles stopfen kann. Dann habe ich alles, was notwendig ist, dabei. Gut, dass wir darüber geredet haben. Ich sollte mehr Tagebuch lesen...
Aber nur, wenn du an einem Tag mit schlechter Laune noch schlechtere bekommen möchtest...
Okay, mal wieder richtig lachen zu wollen, wäre auch eine Option, doch für die Nadel im Heuhafen muss man durch viel zu viel Duweißtschonwas scrollen... 🤷♀️
Mir geht's gerade sehr gut: Kümmere mich fast ausschließlich um dieses Quiz. Für alles andere reicht mein Steemit-Zeitlimit nicht aus. Ich lese viel weniger von dem, was mich eh nicht interessiert. Fühlt sich fast wie eine Entlastungskur an, für die ich dann auch gern auf die CR verzichte. Obwohl - das mache ich gar nicht bewusst. Ich denke einfach nicht daran, mal "durchzuvoten", denn dafür müsste ich ja lesen... ;-)
@chriddi is correct. The toothbrush does have to go in, and what use would a toothbrush be without toothpaste? disconnect got it!
Really?! I can't believe it, did someone really write it like that... NO words...
I took my mobile and wrote a post on Steem.
I think we only need two words, no 'half a sentence'.
Come on, we can do it! This is the week of NO team... 🏆... 😎...
I have found the exact text but disconnect got their first. 😛
There's a picture as well of both items. 🤣
🤣 Yes. There is. It saves me from asking the follow up question:
The end of that paragraph is the best.
Are we ever truly germ free?
You have an eye for great content.
I don't think so. Toothbrushes are also LOADED with germs.
They wouldn't be if people washed their hands BEFORE cleaning their teeth 😁
Oh dear, you didn't understand the text.
There is a world of difference between ‘being germ free’ and ‘feeling germ free’!
You have to tell me how to find the posts. Google doesn't work with restrictive characters and page limits. I also scroll way too much and spend so much time on the computer that I could really use for more creative things. This way I will quickly lose interest.
Although it is very, very fun to catch up on old times with you all... ;-)
toothbrush and mobile 😏
👎 You’re on the right track… I’d love to know what they do with their toothbrush and mobile?
They brush their teeth first (or was it wash their hands and face first?🤔), and then they get to work on their mobile phone🤨 (I dunno some online job, perhaps)
Personally, I'd wash my hands and face first. Then I'd have breakfast before brushing my teeth. But my culture is very different to theirs 😉
This person decided to wear their pink pants, to protect themselves from the cold.
In my case, I let the dog out first, and then wash my hands and face...
Hmm... did you just give a hint? That means the waiting period is reset 🤔
Ah, no. That wasn't a hint. It just amused me that they said what pants they were planning to wear. As though pink pants keep you warmer.
Can I try again or should I wait 3hrs?
It's the usual 3 hour wait 🙂
After waking up, I tried not to miss a single moment of my time. I took my favorite whiskey and poured it into a glass.
👎 The perfect start to the day (if you like Whiskey… which I don’t)… this user’s started their day sub-optimally! 😆
clothes and phone
👎 I was sure you'd get this one... where's @peppermint24 when you need him?
Hm... Have to talk to him before 19:42 o'clock...
Any bonus marks for discovering similaractivities...
Ha ha. I'm trying not to make the questions too easy 😂
Question 4
Missing Words 📝
Please complete this blog title:
> I took pictures of ❓
vegetables.
✅ You'd be amazed by how many posts of flowers I opened before deciding upon this one. The title just made me laugh.
I didn't even see the pictures and I felt very happy 😆
I know vegetables can sometimes give you a dopamine hit. I felt the same when I got to know how to grow potatoes from potatoes. If you know what I mean. @o1eh @chriddi
Sure I know what you mean.
My choice would have been „potatoes“ if „vegetables“ were not correct… 😁
Btw Grats! No team will rock this week… 😉
One of the greatest posts in Steemit's history. I must find it and see if that great author's still active...
You're part of NO team aren't you?
Yes. NO team.
Great, we are NO team ;-D
Best moment I spent with kids at Manpura New Park with family
Oops! blog title!
👎 event-horizon got it. The answer was vegetables
I'l like a swan shaped pedalo.
Question, question, question… 📣
Time stamp, time stamp, time stamp… 📣
Thank you for the beneficiary.
It was good fun!
The Who Am I style of question, where people could ask questions, worked best from my angle.
The Movie ones were interesting although I missed most of them while I was out.
I don't have a musical bone in my body so not so keen on music questions.
Quizzes like this are the last stand for humans v AI.
How long can we hold out... I just watched a YouTube that suggests OpenAI may be on the cusp of ASI - with their latest iteration in the works now able to surpass the PhD specialist test consistently.
I'm pleased to hear that you're enjoying it - I'll have to add more music questions if you start doing too well 😉
Of all the question categories so far, I’d say I enjoyed the musical dinosaurs the most - probably because I’m into music 😅
I also like the movies as well. It’s quite fun deciphering the image first before crawling our way to IMDb’s top movies lists.
However, I’ve noticed that the questions, especially the later ones, tend to be posted around my bedtime or while I’m asleep. As a result, most of them are already answered by the time I’m awake. It's no big deal if you have teammates but what about those who planned to play solo? A bit of a disadvantage, I think. Overall, week 2 was a bit fun...
It certainly is. Having engaged teammates in different timezones gives you an advantage in answering more questions. The downside... you have to share the prize!
I'm glad you enjoyed that one. I enjoyed creating them but have struggled with time last week so didn't really get the opportunity to record any! Definitely more to come though!
🥳I hope they come up soon...
I liked the first week more, probably because we were leading in it😁, and the Steemit Awards questions were quite challenging for us as newcomers to the platform.
You're still doing well - I'm expecting you to be at the top end if you continue all year!
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I am following the quiz every day, although I can't think of the answers, I still enjoy seeing how it goes and I like to see what the questions consist of. But I'm afraid I'm playing alone,🤔 I can't see my team here. We haven't communicated outside of here either...
I saw a couple of your team members in the 1st week but not since. One of them complained that they'd have to look at my blog instead of me tagging them for each question. You're welcome to remove yourself from the team and go solo if you'd like?
It's nice to have you here 🙂
There is no problem with the team, I was hoping to see them and I have missed them, but I will still be here 🙂
Hopefully they’ll join in at some point. They’re probably busy at work!
It’s been a fun week with all those creative quizzes! overall I enjoyed them all. I’m a bit disappointed I couldn’t participate in the first week, but since it’s a year-round competition, I’ll take the slow and steady approach like a turtle 😀
By the way, I believe my points should be 04 (Q7, 8, 11, 15).
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Yes, you're absolutely right. I've updated the table.
Pennsif was quiet in the 1st week too - I suspect the winning team will be the one that consistently plays throughout the year.
Hello @the-gorilla, 3 days ago my wife made a steem transfer but forgot to include a memo. Could you please provide a little help for this issue? I will be very grateful and appreciate it 🙏
The only option that I'm aware of is to contact the exchange that she transferred it to and give them as much detail as you can.
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Sir, it has been 12 days but there is no message for verification or being fake (message about work).
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