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Thursday 625

Wednesday 575

Tuesday 625

Potentially. On the other hand, many would not have died this year, and then we'll need to factor in people left w longterm disabilities or generally increased frailty by the infection as well for a complete picture. But for the moment, overall mortality is the hardest and best data we have.

The best index to compare countries on is on how their overall mortality has changed compared to usual imho, since definitions of covid deaths vary so much. You can see the figures for European countries here: https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps It looks like England is doing the worst of the countries they have data for, for whatever reason.

Kim Yong-ju please.

Monday 325

I make that 5 marks. Well done!

I definitely made this round too hard. Will make it slightly easier for my family. 1.5 marks.

Little Willy Johnson is going to be bullied mercilessly at school. Is this the "boy named sue" theory of parenting?

Sunday 325

Further round: Mountains and rivers Apologies if there's a slight British bias to the questions Mountains and rivers 1) Which French Mountaineer led the first expedition to reach a summit higher than 8000m? 2) What is the highest mountain in Europe? 3) When was the great eruption of Krakatoa? 4) How high is the summit of Ben Nevis? 5) On what mountain is the world’s CO2 concentration measured? 6) The Nile is the world’s longest river. How many countries does it pass through? 7) What river is the world’s second longest? 8) Which is the tallest waterfall in the world? 9) Which British river in 2018 had the worst recorded microplastics pollution in the world? 10) How many miles long is the river Thames?

I might take out question 5, since I'm not sure it's all that recognised as a title. What if I asked instead for people to name at least 4 of the events in the Pentathlon? (Half a mark if at least two correct)

6 marks. Well done! 2.5 marks. Still not bad, since as I said, I reckon these were tricky The correct answers:

Incidentally, I think this may be the first forum game that I've won.

I may have made this quiz round too tricky. Tried to compensate a bit by setting wide intervals for correct answers, but it'll be good to see how you get on: The Olympics 1) The Ancient Greek Olympics are believed to have first been held in 776 BC. But when was a ban on the games imposed which led to them being suspended until the modern era? [Full mark if correct to within 100 years, half if correct to within 200] 2) When was the first Olympic games of the modern era held? [Half mark if within 10 years] 3) When did "Tug of War" last feature as an event in the Olympics? [Mark if within 10 years] 4) What is the Olympic record in the pole vault to the nearest metre? 5) Traditionally, the title "World's Greatest Athlete" is given to the man and woman who win which two events? [Half a mark for each] 6) When did China first win an Olympic medal? (Mark if within 10 years) 7) Which country has taken part in the most summer Olympics without ever winning a medal? 8) The first Olympic drug suspension was of a Swedish pentathlete in 1968. What drug were they found guilty of consuming? 9) Name two new sports which will appear at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics? 10) Where will the next winter Olympics be held in 2022?

Saturday 700

Friday 675

Happy to continue playing in May (would be cheap of me not to)

Yeah, I think the clue in 9 may have made 4 too easy.

Does anyone else now have the tune from 10 stuck in their head? Also, seeing as everyone got 4, 5 and 9 right, did I make these specific questions too easy? Likewise as nobody got 2, did I make that one too hard?

4.5

I count 6 correct answers, if that makes you feel better.

Allegedly, there was once a soprano who made herself so unpopular with the backstage crew that they replaced the crash mat with a trampoline, causing her to ruin her tragic exit by bouncing back up in view of the whole audience...

Well, I bombed on that one...