ok cloone - i asked the funkypool audience and got the following

A) France 100%
B) Germany 0%
C) Spain 0%
D) Belgium 0%

I also got one person say Jamaica but I think we can disregard that one

how much do you trust that audience - if it helps I will tell you that one response came from a 'highly intelligent' staff member

Edited at 19:18 Sat 13/12/08 (GMT)

Ok, let's see... Germany is in the middle of Europe, there were a lot of Prussian and Austrian battles there I would think... What the hell, Germany, final answer.

And I want to see evidence of the answer!!!

sorry cloone its not Germany - its Belgium - the country dubbed 'the battlefield of europe' for its history from the 15th to 20th centuries

Ah well!

HALL OF FAME

£500,000
1_eye

75,000
katie_bug (2nd go)

£50,000
pot_the_lot

£32,000
justsumgirl (original account before deletion, I think)
clooneman (3rd go)

£1,000
sean_paul
hothead_bob

£0
clooneman (1st go)
clooneman (2nd go)

Did not finish
katie_bug (1nd go) - did not answer £1,000,000 question
gigglytwig - failed to answer Q1 and then deactivated
smithbit - did not answer £64,000 question
_niall_ - did not answer £125,000 question right (lost posting rights)
berbatov_9 - failed to answer Q1

Who's our next question master? Or do you fancy it again?? I have first refusal, don't I?

i dont mind cloone - either way is fine

You can do it again if you like?

If there's no takers for this soon I'll be quizmaster, so if you want to, now's your chance

Right, I'll have a go at the questions. Time for Fastest Finger First to see whose go it is.


Starting with the most common and ending with the least common, put these letters in order of the total amount of times they appear among the names of Funkypool players in the table for the Top 50 best scores.

a
b
c
d

It's a silly question, I know; if there's no answer by later on I'll ask another. Now's your chance though...

i assume you mean the top50 current points table? anyway from a quick look at it i will guess at a, c, d then b

Did I not mention Golf at all????????? Holy Jesus.... My bad... The top 50 Golf scores

Top of the list among those four letters is a (42), followed by c (13), then d (11), and finally b (9).

The table will change if someone gets a 10 for a second time, or if someone higher in alphabetical order than aarond gets their first 10.

A is the most common character among those fifty usernames, followed by r (28), o (26), n (24), l (23) and e (22). q and 5 make zero appearances, while _ is tied with t in 10th place with 18.

The digits in order of frequency are 1, 0, 2, 3, 4, 9, 6, 7, 8, 5.

So... Are you ready to play, Chris???

Yeh I knew all that

yep cloone go on then fire away....

Q1 £500
Q2 £1,000
Q3 £2,000
Q4 £5,000
Q5 £10,000
Q6 £20,000
Q7 £50,000
Q8 £75,000
Q9 £150,000
Q10 £250,000
Q11 £500,000
Q12 £1 million

Right, well you have 12 questions to go before you can be crowned our first millionaire, and you have three lifelines, which are Phone a Fifty, Ask the Friend, and Audience-Audience. So let's see if we can quickly get you up to £1,000, and here is Q1.

Which is these is NOT a province of Ireland?

A) Ulster B) Munster
C) Leinster D) Hamster

that which was eaten by freddie starr - D) hamster

Hamster is right, you're up to £500. For the safety of having at least £1,000, answer this one:

Larry Hagman was famous for his portrayal of which TV character?

A) J. J. Cowing B) J. D. Maring
C) J. R. Ewing D) J. R. R. Tolkien

C) JR

That's right, you have a guaranteed £1,000!!!!!!

So, onwards and upwards we go, and not they start to become a little challenging. Q3 is for £2,000. Let's see how it goes.

---------£2,000---------

What year did England win the FIFA World Cup?

A) 1962 B) 1966
C) 1970 D) 1974

B) 1966

Yip, fairly easy, and you're up to £2,000. Question 4 is for £5,000, and it's coming up after this break!

hope its quick - after this evening i'm not back till thursday night/friday