The Return of Sheep - RESULT

First topic message reminder :

Sheep is back albeit without the late (great) host paperbag_puncher.

Anyone ever play sheep? Basically I'll ask a series of "culturally" related questions and the aim is to answer with the most popular answer. You would PM me your answers for each round. So for example if in a sports round I asked name a boxing heavyweight champion and 7 people said Ali they would get 7 points. If 5 said Louis they would get 5 points and so on. There will be 10 questions in each round. Whoever gets the most points in each round of questions wins. There will be 5 rounds in each season provided the pilot is successful.

Points will be awarded to the first 5 players in each game no matter how many players.

1st -10
2nd-7
3rd-5
4th-3
5th-1

If there is a tie for a position players will get equal full points for their position, eg if 3 people tie for 1st then all 3 will get 10 points each. Games must have a minimum of 10 players. The winner of each season will be the person with most points after the 10 games. If level after 10 games the winner will be decided by how many 1st places a person had and so on.


Overall placings, and the new........

MIG 83
Stella 78
Adam D 70
Cane 67
Grumpy G 65
Superfly 62
Jules 57
Alistair 56
SerialDave 53
Windows 52
Dagless 51
Eyetoldyou 47
C&R 45
Dolphin 44
MadChelsea 42
Nadeem 37

Adam has made me chuckle with a couple of his selections in each round....

I'm pretty sure that the age profile of my fellow competitors determines the popularity of some of the answers.

Eyetoldyouso wrote:I'm pretty sure that the age profile of my fellow competitors determines the popularity of some of the answers.

Dont worry - we will score highly in the Charleston round.

Latecomer to this, may I partake?

Of course. Still in with a chance, there be 5-7 rounds in total, possibly includingh a round of Heep for double points.

Union Cane wrote:Latecomer to this, may I partake?

I wouldn't bother, Cane.  It is an appalling quiz.  Absolutely awful.  Hence it being moved to the Nerds & Virgins section.

It ain't no UCPL or Culture Cup 2.0, that's for sure.

I don't think we'll see the likes of the UCPL again, it had its own lounge and everything.

Union Cane wrote:it had its own lounge and everything.

Very arrogant.

Wrankled with you for years, that, didn't it.

Still does.

seanmichaels wrote:Of course. Still in with a chance, there be 5-7 rounds in total, possibly includingh a round of Heep for double points.

So no definitive round structure? Are you just making this up as you go along?

Alistair wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Of course. Still in with a chance, there be 5-7 rounds in total, possibly includingh a round of Heep for double points.

So no definitive round structure? Are you just making this up as you go along?

I've been a staunch supporter of Sean through the years but this is embarrassing.

I said there will be 5 rounds. Will happily extend to 7provided the popularity of the quiz is still far and above anything ever seen on 606v2.

seanmichaels wrote:I said there will be 5 rounds. Will happily extend to 7provided the popularity of the quiz is still far and above anything ever seen on 606v2.

So 5 rounds then.

Alistair wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Of course. Still in with a chance, there be 5-7 rounds in total, possibly includingh a round of Heep for double points.

So no definitive round structure? Are you just making this up as you go along?

That's the way- not orthodox, I don't live by "the rules" you know. And if there's one other person who's influenced me in that way I think, someone who is a maverick, someone who does that to the system, then, it's Ian Botham. Because Beefy will happily say "that's what I think of your selection policy, yes I've hit the odd copper, yes I've enjoyed the old dooby, but will you pi5s off and leave me alone, I'm walking to John O'Groats for some spastics.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Alistair wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Of course. Still in with a chance, there be 5-7 rounds in total, possibly includingh a round of Heep for double points.

So no definitive round structure? Are you just making this up as you go along?

I've been a staunch supporter of Sean through the years but this is embarrassing.

I really wanted this to be successful, so people wouldn't laugh at Sean constantly behind his back, but it's just a comedy of errors. Making the rules up as he sees fit. Adding extra rounds; probably to help someone win.

I must admit, I was jokingly harsh towards Hero and his Music Cup; oh how i wish this was run with even half the ability.

Deadline 3pm today

seanmichaels wrote:Deadline 3pm today

Unless it changes, of course.

Then the rules will move again.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Deadline 3pm today

Unless it changes, of course.

Then the rules will move again.

It won't change. This isn't Culture Cup 2.0.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Deadline 3pm today

Unless it changes, of course.

Then the rules will move again.

Hit every deadline so far petal.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Deadline 3pm today

Unless it changes, of course.

Then the rules will move again.

Hit every deadline so far petal.

Ran like clockwork!

Very tight in questions 2, 7 , 9.

And 3 actually...

just sent mine in. missed out round two as have no idea about (non-classical) music.

I don't know how to seperate Moore/Charlton or Daley Thompson / Farah..........

Just call it a tie?

ROUND 3 RESULTS

Wembley 18
Lewis 10
Terry Henry 7
Gooch 5
Rocket Ronnie 12
Bolt 9
Moore/ Charlton 8
Fury 13
Thompson/Farah 9
Hamilton 12

I cannot split Moore & Charlton and as a result I will not split Farah & Thompson even though Thompson is the greatest.

Scores therefore:


Superfly 94 (10 points)
Cane 91 (7 Points)
ammersmiff 84 (5 points)
Sir Johnny 82 (3 points)
Windows 81 (1 point)
Dagless 76
Grumpy G 74
London Tiger 73
Jules 72
Madforchelsea 71
Adam D 69
MIG 69
Eyetoldyouso 67
C&R 64
Alistair 61
Stella 54
Nadeem 52
Dolphin Z 48
Serial Dave 44

Eyetoldyouso abstained from the batsmen question for fear of it being our favourite saffa KP. He didn't receive one vote.

Jesus, Hamilton better than Sir Jackie? Tyson Fury? Did anyone else vote for Stanley Matthews?

GOOCH???????

Rick the only person not to pick wembley

Who came second in the overseas EPL player, sean?

Alistair wrote:Jesus, Hamilton better than Sir Jackie? Tyson Fury? Did anyone else vote for Stanley Matthews?

2.

1 George Best as well

Stella wrote:Who came second in the overseas EPL player, sean?

Cantona 6, then Ronaldo 4, 1 for Zola and Bergkamp.

Cantona was my other choice.

Who is Terry Henry?

seanmichaels wrote:

Stella wrote:Who came second in the overseas EPL player, sean?

Cantona 6, then Ronaldo 4, 1 for Zola and Bergkamp.

Ronaldo would have been my second vote.

Alistair wrote:Jesus, Hamilton better than Sir Jackie? Tyson Fury? Did anyone else vote for Stanley Matthews?

It's not who you think is best - it's who you think everyone else will vote for.

Stella wrote:GOOCH???????

Agreed. GOOCH??????
Just goes to show how easy it is to over-estimate your fellow man.

Adam D wrote:Who is Terry Henry?

Don't the Arsenal fans call him Terry?

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Stella wrote:GOOCH???????

Agreed. GOOCH??????
Just goes to show how easy it is to over-estimate your fellow man.

I'm surprised he got any votes, good player that he was. I'm equally surprised Pietersen didn't get a vote.

Alistair wrote:Jesus, Hamilton better than Sir Jackie? Tyson Fury? Did anyone else vote for Stanley Matthews?

I did

Fury like it or not just beat the best heavyweight in the world, which surely makes him the best current British boxer? I'lll admit I went for Hamilton, not because I believe he's the best, but for tactical reasons...

Best ever England batsman must have produced some very different opinions, judging from the low score of the winner?

Also, Ronnie O'Sullivan?????

Gooch seemed the obvious choice, not long ago enough to be forgotten and not current enough to be overlooked.

Hammersmith harrier wrote:Gooch seemed the obvious choice, not long ago enough to be forgotten and not current enough to be overlooked.

Not sure about that, even though you're probably right, judging by the fact he won.

Mad for Chelsea wrote:

Alistair wrote:Jesus, Hamilton better than Sir Jackie? Tyson Fury? Did anyone else vote for Stanley Matthews?

I did

Fury like it or not just beat the best heavyweight in the world, which surely makes him the best current British boxer? I'lll admit I went for Hamilton, not because I believe he's the best, but for tactical reasons...

Best ever England batsman must have produced some very different opinions, judging from the low score of the winner?

Also, Ronnie O'Sullivan?????

I voted for him as he is the greatest Snooker player of all time.

seanmichaels wrote:Eyetoldyouso abstained from the batsmen question for fear of it being our favourite saffa KP. He didn't receive one vote.

I thought I voted for Sir Jack Hobbs who is unquestionably England's greatest batsman, I may also have said that I didn't really care who anyone else voted for.

Eyetoldyouso wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Eyetoldyouso abstained from the batsmen question for fear of it being our favourite saffa KP. He didn't receive one vote.

I thought I voted for Sir Jack Hobbs who is unquestionably England's greatest batsman, I may also have said that I didn't really care who anyone else voted for.

I voted for Hobbs.

Hobbs wasn't in the best English batsmen of his era; Hammond and Sutcliffe fight over that honour.

Hammersmith harrier wrote:Hobbs wasn't in the best English batsmen of his era; Hammond and Sutcliffe fight over that honour.

That's very debatable. Sutcliffe has the better average, but most say Hobbs was the better bat. Hammond was another who was in my mind, plus Pietersen, due to him being a great player, and a recent one.

I ruled out Pietersen for the same reason I didn't vote for Hamilton, he's seen as a bit of twonk.

In a sport that is so reliant on stats and numbers it's impossible to look past the superior averages of his contemporaries; Bell for instance is a more talented player than Cook but there's no question who the better batsmen was/is.