Guardian Thursday Quiz
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No Ta Doctor
Über Member
classic33
Leg End Member
Well 3rd remains in 3rd, with second moving further out of reach and 4th closing the gap.
Sniper worries should be over.
1 T4tomo 97
2 steverob 96
3 Mad Doug Biker 94
4 C R 86
5 No Ta Doctor 82
6 BrumJim 75
7 slow scot 73
8 ianrauk 72
9 richardfm 69
10 classic33 62
11 Electric_Andy 55
12 Tashman 39
13 Dogtrousers 28
14 Cavalol 8
15= lazybloke 5
15= the_mikey 5
Sniper worries should be over.
1 T4tomo 97
2 steverob 96
3 Mad Doug Biker 94
4 C R 86
5 No Ta Doctor 82
6 BrumJim 75
7 slow scot 73
8 ianrauk 72
9 richardfm 69
10 classic33 62
11 Electric_Andy 55
12 Tashman 39
13 Dogtrousers 28
14 Cavalol 8
15= lazybloke 5
15= the_mikey 5
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I was called that, but I never thought of myself as so - It was others saying it! 🤣
I tend to just sit and gradually plod through the field.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
4
No Ta Doctor
Über Member
7/15, though it honestly felt a lot worse than that - I knew all seven of the points I got, every single one of the eight guesses I made for the others was wrong.
Having looked back, there were seven questions with only three real answers (i.e. not involving
etc.) and six of these were the ones I got right and would have got right if there had been ten options.
The eight I had to guess only had one fake fourth option. That gives a mere 8.89892578125% chance of not getting at least one guess right, and my back of a chewing gum packet (I gave up smoking a few years ago) calculations suggests that guessing 2 right would be about the norm on pure random choice. For the seven I got right through actual knowledge, pure random guessing would give a 6.5843621399176954732510288065844% chance of not getting a single correct answer - a far lower number despite it being fewer questions.
To avoid all the negatives, there was a 91.10107421875% chance of getting a point randomly on the 8 answers I guessed and a 93.415637860082304526748971193416% chance of getting a point by guessing the seven answers I actually knew.
This is obviously grossly unfair.
In short, if you did better than me and had some guesses that got you points and they were on questions with fake fourth options, then you should probably have points deducted for being jammy or something. I'll be chairing a commission to look into a rule change for this. Stakeholders are welcome to fire their opinions into the heart of the sun.
PS: Though I make no copyright claim to the numbers published above I hereby grant permission to round them if you wish, though please not further than to 9 decimal places.
Having looked back, there were seven questions with only three real answers (i.e. not involving
Gary Barlow's massive son, 30-50 feral hogs or naughty miniature daschunds
The eight I had to guess only had one fake fourth option. That gives a mere 8.89892578125% chance of not getting at least one guess right, and my back of a chewing gum packet (I gave up smoking a few years ago) calculations suggests that guessing 2 right would be about the norm on pure random choice. For the seven I got right through actual knowledge, pure random guessing would give a 6.5843621399176954732510288065844% chance of not getting a single correct answer - a far lower number despite it being fewer questions.
To avoid all the negatives, there was a 91.10107421875% chance of getting a point randomly on the 8 answers I guessed and a 93.415637860082304526748971193416% chance of getting a point by guessing the seven answers I actually knew.
This is obviously grossly unfair.
In short, if you did better than me and had some guesses that got you points and they were on questions with fake fourth options, then you should probably have points deducted for being jammy or something. I'll be chairing a commission to look into a rule change for this. Stakeholders are welcome to fire their opinions into the heart of the sun.
PS: Though I make no copyright claim to the numbers published above I hereby grant permission to round them if you wish, though please not further than to 9 decimal places.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
9/15
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Nine
