Xmas Quiz 2016 - answers thread

Score update @ 1333z:

  1. G0LGS - 58
  2. VK2IO - 36
  3. G8VNW - 26
  4. MW0WML - 16
  5. G0VOF - 14
  6. VK1DA - 9
  7. F5UBH - 4
  8. MM0FMF - 2
  9. G4OIG - 2
  10. G0AZS - 2
  11. VK3AFW - 1

Pedants’ Corner (incorporating Unseasonal Grumblers)

  1. VK3AFW
  2. MM0FMF
  3. VK1DA
  4. M1MAJ
  5. VK2IO
  6. G4MD
  7. MW0WML
  8. G8ADD

Just 9 remaining unsolved! Question sheet updated in the sticky post.f just 9 remain, it means positions 1), 2) and 3) cannot possibly change now, so congratulations to G0LGS, VK2IO and G8VNW, and thanks everyone for playing.

170 maximum checkout in darts :white_check_mark:

501 down - a leg of darts :white_check_mark:

M1EYP: You got there in the end Gerald!

68 guns by the alarm :white_check_mark:

Yep… had to think back to the old days in the local… playing while drinking a pint of Watneys Red Barrel. :frowning: Yuk, the good old days!

Score update @ 1346z:

  1. G0LGS - 58
  2. VK2IO - 36
  3. G8VNW - 26
  4. MW0WML - 16
  5. G0VOF - 14
  6. VK1DA - 9
  7. F5UBH - 4
  8. G4OIG - 3
  9. MM0FMF - 2
  10. M0VED - 2
  11. G0AZS - 2
  12. VK3AFW - 1

…and then there were 6… (left unanswered)

Yea! Fame at last! :slight_smile:

Symmetrical 32123 ?? :negative_squared_cross_mark:

Piccadilly Key 103 :white_check_mark:

Sphenic 32123 :negative_squared_cross_mark:

Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 :white_check_mark:

brazil 55 the dialing code :negative_squared_cross_mark:

score 32123 :negative_squared_cross_mark:

214 flags in the world :negative_squared_cross_mark:

214 flowers in the window :negative_squared_cross_mark:

M1EYP: This number is actually meaningful and significant in the context of the question!

59 Balls in the National Lottery :white_check_mark:

berlin 55 :negative_squared_cross_mark:

214 Fells in the Wainwrights :white_check_mark:

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ahh drat it!

Ha ha. I was fixated on countries and territories of the world… of which there are 214 by some measures.

M1EYP: Ha ha you see there were still SOME SOTA related questions in this year’s quiz!

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