Season 105 was an easy round. In fact, I think it was among the top 3 easiest seasons we have ever had – the average difficulty was 57 which is much higher than a regular season.
Does that mean that it was a bad set of questions? By no means!. Eight players did manage to get 13 points, but if you look a little closer at the scoreboard, those eight players had their one wrong answer on five different days. The way I interpret this is, that the individual questions might not have been so difficult, but the spread of the questions made the entire set difficult just the same.
The other advantage of a set like this is that a lot of quizzers are within reach of the title until the very end. In fact, 23 quizzers had 10 points or more on day 14, so the suspense was high way into the second week of the season. Therefore, in my book, this is what a very good set of questions looks like. So, thank you for supplying us with an excellent set, Marion. If I ever wore a hat... I most certainly would tip it to you.
As a little curiosity, I can tell you that your least favorite question (according to the ratings) came on day 4 (Movie Stars) and your favorite question fell on day 8 (Pop Stars) - I suppose you guys like pop music better than pop corn movies...
Okay, now back to declaring a winner of the season. As just mentioned, eight quizzers managed to finish the entire season with just one wrong answer. I think that deserves a special mention. Therefore, I would like to congratulate the following quizzers on a season well played: Dorian Willems, Hasini Minuvanpitiya, John Robinson, Kathryn Hutchinson, Kirsten Werther Melchiorsen, Lars Bo Friis, Niels Søndergaard, Phil Denman.
The answers to the final three days of the season are: _________________________
Question of the day quiz – Season 105 - Day 12 of 14
Category: Sports
Developed from a tribal game, this sport has become the oldest organised sport in North America. It is a ball game played by both male and female teams, on a field 110 yards x 60 yards. Each game lasts 4 quarters of 20 minutes. Time-outs can be called. Name the sport.
Answer: Lacrosse _________________________
Question of the day quiz – Season 105 - Day 13 of 14
Category: Botany
Anagallis arvensis are definitely sun worshippers, only revealing themselves in direct sunlight. A fictional hero known from a series of books first published in 1905 is known to leave a card depicting this particular flower for his enemies with the purpose of taunting them. Because the true identity of the hero is unknown to his enemies, they call him by the name of the flower. The novels have been adapted into films made in 1934 and 1982. What are these plants commonly called?
Answer: Scarlet Pimpernel
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Question of the day quiz – Season 105 - Day 14 of 14
Category: Explorers and Expeditions
At 11.30am on May 29 1953, Edmund Hillary scaled the summit of Mount Everest. Name the Nepalese Sherpa who was with him. Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Answer: Tenzing Norgay
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Past winners:
Season 1: Morten Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 2: Mette Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 3: Mette Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 4: Morten Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 5: Jonas Ravn
Season 6: Bjarke Hansen Christensen
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Season 9: Ida Rud
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Season 19: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 20: Adrian Allen
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Season 24: Tony Moore
Season 25: Tony Moore
Season 26: Karen Friis Clausager
Season 27: Andy Rowe
Season 28: Tony Moore
Season 29: Kathryn Hutchinson
Season 30: Michael Clark
Season 31: Dan Palethorpe
Season 32: Adrian Allen
Season 33: Tine Kristensen
Season 34: Andrew John
Season 35: Tony Moore
Season 36: Tony Moore
Season 37: Michael Clark
Season 38: Dan Palethorpe
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Season 40: Jens Andersen
Season 41: Sisira Mark Anthony
Season 42: Tony Moore
Season 43: Tony Moore
Season 44: Kathryn Hutchinson
Season 45: Kasper Fuhlendorff
Season 46: Franz Eichhorn
Season 47: Dan Palethorpe
Season 48: Tony Moore
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Season 57: Tony Moore
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Season 99: Dorian Willems
Season 100: Duncan McDonald
Season 101: Dorian Willems
Season 102: Bob Douglas
Season 103: Rishabh Gupta
Season 104: John Robinson
Season 105: Duncan McDonald