Last Hussar's Quiz Night

[mollinary]

I think the idea is you answer the questions privately.

Its a bit of a spoiler to have someone's marked answers posted
 

I have merely put down my answers, not which ones were right or wrong, so no spoilers from me! 

[fred.]

I think the idea is you answer the questions privately.

Its a bit of a spoiler to have someone's marked answers posted
 

Of course - but after a day I'm not too sure having the answers available is a big issue - especially if they are 10 posts or so later. It would certainly be more convenient. I attempted to share with my wife and daughter over tea - but then realised that what I'd thought were the answers as first glance weren't. 

[Last Hussar]

Things I didn't expect to cause a meta disagreement: This! 

I will post the answers, my assumption is what is posted is just people's guesses. Given the prize is "feeling of smug you knew" I don't think it matters if someone posts their answers, you'll know if you knew.

[Last Hussar]

Answers to Round 1

1   No. Turing committed suicide in 1954, while Gates was born in 1955.

2   Yes, George died in 1936, and the Queen was born in 1926.

3   No, Bach died in 1750, while  Beethoven was born 1770

4   Yes – Chaplin died in 1977, and Downey was born in 1965.

5   Yes – Frederick died in 1786. Bonaparte was born in 1769.

6   No, Peel died in 1850, Conan Doyle was born in 1859

7   No, William Hartnell died in in 1975, and Jodie Whitaker was born in 1982

8   Yes, just – Hardy died in August 1957, while Paul Merton was born in July 1957.


9   Yes. Waldseemuller lived 1470 to 1520, while Columbus bumped into the Caribbean but not the main land, in 1492.

10   No. James I died in 1625, while his grandson James II was born in 1633.

[Last Hussar]

Round 2

Games (Anyone who gets a certain ones of these wrong should be banished from the forum...)

1   Which game was originally called 'The Landlord's Game" and was invented to show how property owners became rich from the work of ordinary people?

2   Of the ten digits, which would score the most when played as a word in English language Scrabble? Write the word, not the digit.

3   How many legal first moves does White have in chess?

4   Author HG Wells wrote rules for toy soldiers, what he described as "a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books". How is it known?

5   Originally coming from a sixth century Indian board game, which race game for two to four players has the name which means 'Play' in Latin?

6   We are familiar with French Suited playing cards, which are 52 cards in a pack. Excluding jokers, how many playing cards are in a Spanish suited deck of cards?

7   Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson published which genre-defining game in 1974?

8   Which game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game? continuously played to the present day? It was the last game which A-I became good enough to beat the world champion.

9   Which common board game gets its name from the verb 'to draw' – draw as in the verb move?

10   If a game is described as a 4X game, what 4 things does the X stand for – half a point if you get 2.

[Gwydion]

1- Monopoly
2- Zero
3- One! but I presume you mean from 12 possible moves? [I just had a quick think about this instead of being smug - it's 20 possible moves isn't it? B*gger!] Edited for stupidity.
4- Little Wars (did I escape censure?)
5- Ludo
6- Can't remember - thought it varied?
7- Dungeons & Dragons
8- Wei Chi/Go
9- Draughts
10- Haven't a Scoobies - Castlemaine XXXX?

[Unmarked - I have my suspicions about which are right and wrong but I have not checked so if you copy any of this it's your own fault when we all end up in detention]

[Leon]

Round 2

Games (Anyone who gets a certain ones of these wrong should be banished from the forum...)

1    Which game was originally called 'The Landlord's Game" and was invented to show how property owners became rich from the work of ordinary people?

Monopoly

2    Of the ten digits, which would score the most when played as a word in English language Scrabble? Write the word, not the digit.

Eight?

3    How many legal first moves does White have in chess?

Two?

4    Author HG Wells wrote rules for toy soldiers, what he described as "a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books". How is it known?

Little Wars

5    Originally coming from a sixth century Indian board game, which race game for two to four players has the name which means 'Play' in Latin?

Ludo?

6    We are familiar with French Suited playing cards, which are 52 cards in a pack. Excluding jokers, how many playing cards are in a Spanish suited deck of cards?

1000!

7    Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson published which genre-defining game in 1974?

Dungeons and Dragons

8    Which game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game? continuously played to the present day? It was the last game which A-I became good enough to beat the world champion.

Chess

9    Which common board game gets its name from the verb 'to draw' – draw as in the verb move?

Pictionary?

10    If a game is described as a 4X game, what 4 things does the X stand for – half a point if you get 2.

Not a clue. Extreme, Exciting, Excellent, Eggs.

[Last Hussar]

Don't tell Nobby, but Leon isn't the God of Eternity... He has AT LEAST one wrong!

[DecemDave]

Oh come on.  He clearly would delegate forum work to the assistant to the third deputy acting IT technician.  And anyway he was busy with my order placed Thursday afternoon and dispatched 26 hours later!!

[Raider4]

Answers to Round 1

6/10 here. Need another pint...

[Raider4]

Round 2

Games (Anyone who gets a certain ones of these wrong should be banished from the forum...) . . .

Pretty certain I've got 8/10 here (unless question 3 is a trick, in which case I'm out). The other two I don't have a clue.

[Last Hussar]

I haven't written 3 as a trick.

[Last Hussar]

6/10 here. Need another pint...

That makes it 7 out of 11!

[mollinary]

I haven't written 3 as a trick.

I am assuming it is 20. Eight pawns move one square, eight pawns move two squares, two knights dog leg to the right, two knights dog leg to the left. Or have I missed something?

[Gwydion]

That's what I thought - 20 as described - but you could (although why you would want to I haven't the foggiest) resign - so 21?
But of all those you are only allowed to carry out one move. So possibly only 1 legal move from all the above possibilities.