The deadline is up and the results have been counted.
For the first time in one of my quizzes, a score of over 75% has been attained.
The quality of answers was such that just 2 questions went unanswered. Nobody guessed that a British hit single must have a running time of 40 minutes or under, or that the penaque is the only genus of fish to survive largely by eating wood.
A particularly notable score was attained by Michael McPartland who, on his first attempt at one of my quizzers, managed to come 5th. Amazingly, 98% of the answers he gave were correct. I don't believe I've ever seen that before. I've invited him to attend a future a GP. If this score is anything to go by, he should do very well.
There were, as always, several correct answers that were given by just one person. They were:
Q. 19 - Christchurch - Dom Tait
Q. 29 - Vigo & La Coruña - Lars Heggland (several people got one or other but only Lars named both cities).
Q. 104 - Kappa Sigma - Michael McPartland
Q. 110 - Naraka - Shanker Menon
Q. 170 - Kinderwhore - Michael McPartland
Q. 184 - Holden - Mark Grant
Q. 189 - Isabela - Keith Andrew
And to the results:
1. Pat Gibson 151
2. Olav Bjortomt 144.5
3. Barry Simmons 129.5
4. Mark Grant 125
5=. Michael McPartland 121.5
5=. Scott Dawson 121.5
7. David Stainer 114.5
8. Shanker Menon 114
9. Jamie Dodding 109
10. Chris Quinn 106.5
11. Harald Aastorp 101.5
12. Chris Jones 100.5
13. John Harrison 93.5
14. Nic Paul 90.5
15=. Diane Hallagan 90
15=. Mark Kerr 90
17. Derek Heyes 89
18. Lars Heggland 88.5
19=. Dom Tait 85.5
19=. Peter Ediss 85.5
19=. Keith Andrew 85.5
22. Dave Bill 85
23=. Pete Smith 81
23=. Quentin Holt 81
25. Paul Sinha 80.5
26. Audrey Doyle 77
27=. Darren Martin 76.5
27=. William Barrett 76.5
29. Alan Bowell 73.5
30. Will Jones 66.5
31. Ian Dalziel 64.5
32. Myron Meyer 60
33. Rob Jones 58
34. Sam Roberts 46
35. Ivar Areklett 41.5
36. Lesley Saunders-Davies 32
Congratulations to Pat on an extraordinary score. And many thanks to all those who took the time to enter.
