Season 108 saw a record-breaking 93 active users – the record until this point was 79 quizzers so we broke the record in style. Now when I say we, I must be quick to admit that breaking the record and breaking it in such a way is entirely the work of this season’s quizmaster @Hasini Minuvanpitiya - a woman I now suspect must be some kind of local Sri Lankan celebrity. I mentioned her name in a few posts and all of a sudden 32 Sri Lankans were playing. This caused me to introduce a new format to Quizzypedia – Clash of Countries - but I will get back to that in a later post. First, I would like to thank Hasini for her excellent set of questions – a set you were quite happy with too – the average rating was 3.9 out of 5 stars - and for bringing attention to Quizzypedia to so many new quizzers. I really hope you will all continue playing – I'm sure Hasini will continue to play too, so if you do keep playing, you will still be in the presence of the local celeb. And now for the reveal you have all been waiting for. Which player runs away with the Season 108 trophy. Well... you are gonna have to wait a little bit longer, because the winner, as so ofthen before had to be found in a tie-breaker. This time the topic was member states of the United Nations that starts with a vowel. This was quite a popular topic as 9 quizzers chose to participate, six of whom, Bob Douglas, Bob Thompson, Dorian Willems, Duncan McDonald, Kathryn Hutchinson and Sander van der Heyden all had perfect seasons (so did Indika Jayasinghe, but he did not participate in the tie-break).
And I must say that all the quizzers did extremely well. The lowest score was 29 out of a possible 35 countries (and that included the country we all know as the United Republic of Tanzania – okay nobody knows Tanzania by that name, so in reality there were 34 countries to mention). And what can I say... Do not go up against Duncan when it comes to geography. It was no surprise to me that he mentioned all 34 countries and he is (once again) our new champion. This is Duncan’s sixth championship – please give him a big round of applause.
Tie-Break Breakdown:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rdryi6a6tMSkKL5W1VqQiniW068JdlXn4zLL9RxLcDI/edit?usp=sharing
The answers to the final three days of the season are: _________________________
Question of the day quiz – Season 108 - Day 12 of 14 Category: Commonwealth This country which gained independence from the British in 1948 has had thirteen prime ministers and seven executive presidents so far. Among the prime ministers there is a father and a son duo, a married couple and their daughter. A mother had worked as the prime minister while her daughter served as the executive president of this country and its current prime minister and the executive president happen to be a pair of brothers. What is this country?
Answer: Sri Lanka
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Question of the day quiz – Season 108 - Day 13 of 14 Category: Oceans, Lakes and Rivers According to geography a sea is defined as a portion of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land. The Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Adriatic Sea are examples of seas. What is the only sea in the world that has no land boundaries?
Answer: Sargasso Sea
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Question of the day quiz – Season 108 - Day 14 of 14 Category: Mountaineering He is an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. On the third expedition, in June 1924, he and his climbing partner Andrew “Sandy“ Irvine both disappeared somewhere below the summit during their attempt to make the first ascent of the mountain and his body was finally discovered in 1999. The British author Jeffrey Archer has written a novel called Paths of Glory (published in March 2009) which is based on his life. Who is he?
Answer: George Mallory __________
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
Season 7: Mette Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 8: Jonas Ravn
Season 9: Ida Rud
Season 10: Mette Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 11: Remi Nikolai Nissen
Season 12: Mette Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 13: Troels Leth
Season 14: Mette Mølgaard Pedersen
Season 15: Jonas Ravn
Season 16: Inge Støttrup
Season 17: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 18: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 19: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 20: Adrian Allen
Season 21: Nick Cuthbert
Season 22: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 23: Remi Nikolai Nissen
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
Season 39: Kathryn Hutchinson
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
Season 49: Bob Thompson
Season 50: Allie Livesley
Season 51: Allie Livesley
Season 52: Thomas Kolåsæter
Season 53: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 54: Sisira Mark Anthony
Season 55: Dan Palethorpe
Season 56: Tony Moore
Season 57: Tony Moore
Season 58: Tony Moore
Season 59: Dan Palethorpe
Season 60: Tony Moore
Season 61: Allie Livesley
Season 62: Tony Moore
Season 63: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 64: Chris Grandison
Season 65: John Robinson
Season 66: Allie Livesley
Season 67: Sisira Mark Anthony
Season 68: Dan Palethorpe
Season 69: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 70: Bjarke Hansen Christensen
Season 71: Sarah Jane Bodell
Season 72: Kasper Fuhlendorff
Season 73: Sisira Mark Anthony
Season 74: Tony Moore
Season 75: Jens Andersen
Season 76: Allie Livesley
Season 77: Tony Moore
Season 78: Allie Livesley
Season 79: Dan Palethorpe
Season 80: Isuru Anuradha
Season 81: Tony Moore
Season 82: Sarah Jane Bodell
Season 83: Sisira Mark Anthony
Season 84: Sarah Jane Bodell
Season 85: Laruchka Budelinik
Season 86: Tony Moore
Season 87: Allie Livesley
Season 88: Isuru Anuradha
Season 89: Sisira Mark Anthony
Season 90: John Robinson
Season 91: Duncan McDonald
Season 92: Mads Theodorsen
Season 93: Duncan McDonald
Season 94: Bastian Fischer Season 95: Duncan McDonald
Season 96: Bob Thompson
Season 97: Ananthakrishnan Harikrishnan
Season 98: Ananthakrishnan Harikrishnan
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
Season 106: Jens Andersen
Season 107: Jens Andersen
Season 108: Duncan McDonald