Any more for Round 18? I will leave it one more day.

ROUND 22 - Monday

Apologies for my recent absence (family life intrudes rather a lot during the summer holidays), however things should get back to normal in another two weeks. Many thanks to ElfTwinkle for taking over my load in the recent past. In the meantime here are the questions for this week:

1) Name me one of the Irish Sports promoted by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association/Cumann Lúthchleas Gael)
2) A trivial, non-essential 'extra' fitting found in many modern cars
3) A grocery supermarket chain found in France
4) A principal character from A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket)
5) A product from the Tayto "Snacks" range

August Trivia Rounds: Round 15/August 15th
RESULTS: 6 players participated


Give me the:

QUESTION 1

Quote:

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Name of a movie released BEFORE 2005 starring actor Robert Beatty (Note: movies released in 2005 or later, movies made for TV, and movies that Robert Beatty was either uncredited or just provided the voice for a character will NOT be accepted)

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10 points: The Amorous Prawn, Bikini Paradise, The Gentle Gunman, The Amateur

5 points: The Square Ring (2)

Not Mentioned: There were lots more to chose from --- This site gives a list (Note: this list includes the responses which I specified would not be accepted as well)


QUESTION 2

Quote:

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Name of a book in the Benny Cooperman Series written by Howard Engel

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10 points: Dead and Buried, The Ransom Game, Murder on Location, There Was an Old Woman

5 points: Murder Sees the Light (2)

Not Mentioned: The Suicide Murders, A City Called July, A Victim Must Be Found, Getting Away with Murder, The Cooperman Variations, Memory Book


QUESTION 3

Quote:

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Title of a song on the album, Just The Same (released in 1996) by Terri Clark

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10 points: Twang Thang, You Do or You Don’t, Keeper of The Flame, Neon Flame

5 points: Just The Same (2)

Not Mentioned: Any Woman, Emotional Girl, Hold Your Horses, Not What I Wanted to Hear, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Something in The Water



QUESTION 4

Quote:

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NFL (National Football League) football training camps opened this past Saturday, and the 2004-05 season will be underway in a few short weeks --- what is one of the NFL teams that plays in the North division of either conference (ie AFC North or NFC North)

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10 points: Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers

5 points: Detroit Lions (2), Green Bay Packers(2)

Not mentioned: Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings


QUESTION 5

Quote:

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I'm still hungry --- give me the name of a place in Canada that has a "berry" as a roadside attraction (Any kind of berry will do / There are at least 4)

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10 points: Oxford, Nova Scotia (World's Largest Blueberry)

5 points: Deer Lake, Newfoundland (Strawberry) (2); St. George, New Brunswick (Blueberry) (3)

Not Mentioned: Jacket River, New Brunswick (Strawberry)

These are the 4 that I am aware of --- there may be others as well.


RESULTS

cinnam0n: 45 points
ozzz2002: 45 points


Ballykissangel: 35 points
gatsby722: 35 points
ren33: 35 points

Mugaboo: 30 points




Congratulations to cinnam0n and ozzz2002 who each collect a point for this round. : cool:


Thanks for playing everyone!

Round 18
As you see I live in Hong Kong now, so this is a HK based quiz. Please ask if you have any queries.

Quote:

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1 Name an island in Hong Kong with a population of more than 100.

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For 10 points: Peng Chau, Ping Chau, Kau Sai Chau and Lantau
For 5 points Ap Lei Chau (2)Countless others unmentioned

Quote:

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2 Name a former British Governor of HK

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For 10 points: Sir William Robinson, Sir Samuel Bonham, Sir Matthew Nathan, Sir Cecil Clementi, William Peel, Sir Francis May (that's everyone,yay!!)Countless others unmentioned.

Quote:

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3 Name a popular tourist venue in Hong Kong

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For 10 points: The Peak Tram,Wong Tai Sin Temple, The Giant Buddha, The Police Museum, Victoria Peak, The HK Science Museum. (all!! all wonderful choices , well done!)Countless others unmentioned including Ren's house at Fanling...

Quote:

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4 Name a place you want to visit from HK that is within 5000 kms.

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For 10 points: ChongKing, Cambodia,Guangzhou,Bangkok,Manila,Dijiangyan(Sichuan)
Of course there are many others , to prove that HK is a great centre for travel in the area.

Quote:

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5 Name a souvenir from here that you could take home legally .

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For 10 points: postcard,DragonBeard Candy, a kite,A doll in National costume, Plastic chopsticks, Photos.
Of course you would shop for a year and never run out of ideas... the silk clothing comes to mind,
Well done all Top Scorers:
50 pts:Gats,Gemini Mugaboo,Ozzz
and 45 to Elftwinkle and Cinnamon.
Thanks all!!

Round 19 is closed. Results up as soon as I can get this box 'o' junk to post 'em. (Box 'o' junk being the new name I've adopted for my computer )

ROUND 19 RESULTS

9 players had a go at this round.


Question 1: Tell me a question answered under the FAQ page of the FT Forums.

Answers worth 10 points: "What's with all the buttons?", "How do I put a poll in my post?", "Why is a post's subject so important?", "I can't get my URL tags to work", "What does the flashing envelope icon on the menu bar denote?", "What do the letters in Received Private Messages display denote?", "Can I use HTML in my posts?"

Answers worth 5 points: "Is there a spellchecker?"[2]

Some not mentioned: There are a lot.



Question 2: Tell me a colour scheme/sheet style you can choose in order to view the FT Forums.

Answers worth 10 points: Infopop

Answers worth 5 points: Desert Classic[2], Wild[2], Greenday[2], Desert[2]

Some not mentioned: Default, Black & Blue, Frosted, The Harish Superstyle, The Blues



Question 3: Tell me a forum moderator or administrator with a number attached to their screen name.

Answers worth 10 points: Ozzz2002, Sue943, LadyMacb29

Answers worth 5 points: Exit10[3], Leau78[3]

Some not mentioned: A few of you worried that everyone would say Gatsby722 and nobody did. Funny how that happens. Gtho4 was also not mentioned.


Question 4: Tell me the name of the forum which you least visit.

Answers worth 10 points: Movies & Television, Science & Technology, Tipping Forum, Jokes & Humour, Why is the Sky Blue?, Music Cellar, Ask the Quiz Editors.

Answers worth 5 points: Sports Stadium[2]

Some not mentioned: Games & Challenges, Chain Games, Feedback, Bookworms, The Welcome Centre, FunTrivia Lounge, Usefull Tips & Tricks, Current Events, The World Around Us


Question 5: When composing a private message, you are given a box of instant UBB code links, instant graemlins, and instant font colours. Give me one of the items in the instant UBB code box.

Answers worth 10 points: List End, Image, URL, Italics, Bold, Underline, Code

Answers worth 5 points: Quote[2]

Not mentioned: List Start, List, Item, Email


Scores for this round:

Exit 10 = 45
Cinnamon = 40
ElfTwinkle = 40
Gatsby722 = 40
Ozzz2002 = 40
Polaris101 = 40
JaneMarple = 35
Mugaboo = 35
Ren33 = 35


Yay! to our winner this round, Exit10 and thanks everyone else for playing.

Round 23 - Tuesday

1. Name any European King of exactly 500 years ago. (Please give nation as well as name.)
2. Give me anything that can be attached to the outside wall of a house.
3. Yesterday saw the British premiere of "The Dukes of Hazzard". Name any character that featured in both the film and the TV series.
4. This week is International Rocket Week. Give me any Soviet Cosmonaut, who went into space before Neil Armsrong landed on the moon.
5. Using the first letter of each question, give me any word of three letters or more.

Feel free to PM me if you need help

Gatsby is forlorn again. Nodody picked me on the Mod with numbers one? *Boo hoo. Spit. Sneeze.* Just kidding, of course .

ROUND 22 CLOSED

Results in a couple of hours.

Round 24

Q1- 'Kiwi' is a four-letter Scrabble-permitted word that contains two "i"'s. Can you find another?

Q2- Give me a Morse code letter that has only three dots/dashes in it (in total- ie, --- is fine, but ---- is no good).

Q3- One of the events in the Olympic heptathlon.

Q4- All living things on earth are classified into five kingdoms. Name one of these kingdoms.

Q5- A track from the album "The Who- Live at Leeds"

Good luck, all


Amended to clarify Q2.

ROUND 22 RESULTS

1) Name me one of the Irish Sports promoted by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association/Cumann Lúthchleas Gael)

10 Points: Gaelic Football, Camogie, Rounders, Hurling

5 Points: Handball (2)

Disallowed: Football (Gaelic Football follows different rules to classic 'Football')

The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. The organisation also promotes Irish music and dance, and the Irish language as an integral part of its objectives. The organisation is largely based, both functionally and in terms of competition, on the traditional counties of Ireland.

2) A trivial, non-essential 'extra' fitting found in many modern cars

10 Points: Heated seats, GPS, Delayed/fade courtesy lights, Xenon headlamp, Hood ornaments, Telephone, Electric Windows

Others not mentioned: cup holders, ashtrays, sunroof, heated steering wheel, heated wing mirrors and heaps of other gadgets.

3) A grocery supermarket chain found in France

10 Points: STOC, Super-U, Shopi, Carrefour, Intermarché/Les 3 Mousquetaires

5 Points: Auchan (2)

Others not mentioned: Casino, Champion, E.Leclerc, Ed, Monoprix and others

4) A principal character from A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket)

10 Points: Count Olaf, Violet Baudelaire, Uncle Monty, Sunny Baudelaire, Mrs Squalor

5 Points: Klaus Baudelaire (2)



This series of books is second only to the Harry Potter series in popularity and deserves mention.

5) A product from the Tayto "Snacks" range

10 Points: Onion Rings, Ripples, Tayto Snax Snacks

5 Points: Popcorn snacks (2), Treble Crunch Snacks (2)

THE SCORES

50 Points: ozzz2002, ElfTwinkle
45 Points: Ballykissangel
40 Points: Gatsby, Ren
35 Points: Cinnam0n
30 Points: Mugaboo

*edited to amend Cinnam0n's score.*


Thanks all for playing, and congratulations to our two winners this week, ozzz2002 & ElfTwinkle!

Round 25 questions

1. Name one of the episodes of the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon".
2. A planet which has two or more moons.
3. An actor or actress who appeared in the 1964 movie "The Moon-Spinners".
4. Give the name (call sign) of a lunar module which landed Apollo astronauts on the moon.
5. A crater on Earth's moon whose name begins with Y.

Hope nobody minded being "mooned"

Round 23 will close in 24 hours.

Round 26:

1. Name a character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

2. Name a famous person who died on August 26 of any year from 1850 to the present.

3. Name a painter or poet who was a member of or closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

4. Name a film actor or actress who was/has been married only once, and was/has been married to that spouse for at least 10 years.

5. Name a reason you would make an appointment to visit your dentist's office.

If anyone has any questions, please send a PM. Enjoy!

Round 21 is now closed. Apologies for the delay. Results soon, I promise.

Results of Round 23

Q1. Name any European King of exactly 500 years ago. (Please give nation as well as name.)
For 10 points: Louis XII of France; Manuel I of Portugal; Ferdinand V of Spain (Lucky to give you this. He was Ferdinand II of Aragon as well as King of Naples and Sicily. He was Ferdinand V of Castile and León until his wife died in 1504)
For 5 points:Alexander I of Poland [2]
Not allowed: Sigismund I of Poland - Wasn't elected King until December 8th 1506. His brother (above) died August 19th 1506.
Not mentioned include:Ladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia; Henry VII of England; James IV of Scotland

Q2. Give me anything that can be attached to the outside wall of a house.
For 10 points: An electrial fusebox; NIC (network interface device for telephone service); antenna; A hook for a hanging basket; A birdfeeder; Greenhouse
For 5 points: none
Not mentioned include:Door bell; lamp; drain pipe; balcony

Q3. Yesterday saw the British premiere of "The Dukes of Hazzard". Name any character that featured in both the film and the TV series.
For 10 points: Daisy Duke; Cooter
For 5 points: Bo Duke [2]; Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane [2]
Not mentioned: Luke Duke; Uncle Jesse; Deputy Enos; Boss Hogg

Q4. This week is International Rocket Week. Give me any Soviet Cosmonaut, who went into space before Neil Armsrong landed on the moon.
For 10 points: Valeri Byokovskiy; Alexei Leonov; Konstantin Feoktistov; Vladimir Komarov
For 5 points: Georgi Beregovoi [2]
Not mentioned:Y. Gagarin; G. Titov; A. Nokoleav; P. Popovich; V. Tereshkova; B.Egorov; P.Belayev, V. Shatalov; B. Volynov, Y.Khrunov, A.Yeliseyev

Q5. Using the first letter of each question, give me any word of three letters or more.
For 10 points: Gut; Tung
For 5 points: Tug [2]; Guy [2]

Scores:
45: Ozzz2002; ElfTwinkle
40: Polaris101; Ren33
35: Cinnam0n
25: Gatsby722

Well done to our two winners.

RESULTS ROUND 21

Eight players played this round. Thank you all for playing, and for your patience!

1 Any green vegetable

Ten points for everybody!
Artichoke, arugula, green pepper, jalapeno pepper, lettuce, peas, Pei Tsui (very nice for stir frying, I’m told), Swiss chard


2 A golfer who wore the Masters Tournament's green jacket between 1996 and 2005

Worth 10 points:
Tiger Woods (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005), Jose Maria Olazabal (1999), Vijay Singh (2000), Phil Mickelson (2004)

Worth 5 points:
Mark O’Meara (1998)(2), Mike Weir (2003)(2)

Not mentioned: Nick Faldo (1996)


3 A famous person with Green anywhere in their name

Ten points all around once again!
George Green (mathematician and physicist), Jeff Green (NASCAR driver), Joshua Green (editor), Kerri Green (actress), Valentine Green (engraver), Mutz Greenbaum (choreographer), Graham Greene (actor), Lorne Greene (actor)

One person rejected their first choice, skier Nancy Greene Raine because of the ‘e’, but she’d have been acceptable (and if any difference would have been made to the scores, taken as your first choice). Other possibilities include the author Graham Greene and I’m sure many others.


4 An actor or actress who played a member of the Morgan family in the 1941 movie 'How Green Was My Valley'

Worth 10 points:
John Loder (Ianto), Roddy McDowell (Huw), James Monks (Owen), Maureen O’Hara (Angharad)

Worth 5 points:
Sara Allgood (Mrs Beth)(2), Donald Crisp (Gwilym Sr)(2)

Not mentioned:
Evan S. Evans (Gwilym Jr), Richard Fraser (Davy), Patric Knowles (Ivor), Anna Lee (Mrs Ivor)


5 A recipient of the Victoria Cross associated with the modern regiment The Royal Green Jackets

Worth 10 points:
Valentine Bambrick (Private, 60th Regt (later KRRC), India, 1858), Edward Cooper (Sergeant, 12th Bn, KRRC, Belgium, 1917), Harry Daniels (Company Sgt Major, 2nd Bn, The Rifle Brigade, France, 1915), Robert Hawthorne (Bugler, 2nd Bn, 52nd Regt (later Ox & Bucks LI), India, 1857), George Peachment (Private, 2nd Bn, KRRC, France, 1915 – posthumous), Same (John) Shaw (Private, 3rd Bn, The Rifle Brigade, India, 1858)

Worth 5 points:
Victor Turner (T/Lieut. Colonel, The Rifle Brigade, El Alamein, 1942)

The Royal Green Jackets claim a large number of Victoria Crosses, including those of The Rifle Brigade, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and those numbered regiments that were the predecessors of these. The RGJ are an amalgamation of these former regiments, the name coming from the tradition that rifle regiments wear green uniform jackets (instead of red), usually with dull black buttons.


The winner is cinnam0n with a perfect 50 points!

45 points: ElfTwinkle, gemini19, Mugaboo, ozzz2002, ren33
40 points: Polaris101
35 points: gatsby722

Great job everyone, and congratulations cinnam0n!

Round 24 Results

Eight players participated.

Q1- 'Kiwi' is a four-letter Scrabble-permitted word that contains two "i"'s. Can you find another?

10 points- Ziti, Tiki, Ixia, Nisi
5 points- Ibis (2), Iris (2)

There are 31 words in total, including such silly stuff as 'dixi, imid, iwis, inti and siri'.

Q2- Give me a Morse code letter that has only three dots/dashes in it

10 points- -.- (k), .-. (r), ... (s), ..- (u)
5 points- --. (g), .-- (w)
Not mentioned- -.. (d), --- (o)

Q3- One of the events in the Olympic heptathlon.

10 points- Long jump, shot put, 200 metres, 800 metres
5 points- High jump (2), 100m hurdle (2)
Not mentioned- Javelin


Q4- All living things on earth are classified into five kingdoms. Name one of these kingdoms.

10 points- No-one!
5 points- Protista (Algae, amoebas, etc) (4), Fungi (2), Animalia (2)
Not mentioned- Monerans (Bacteria and the like), Plants.

Q5- A track from the album "The Who- Live at Leeds".

10 points- 'I'm A Boy', 'Acid Queen', 'Shakin' All Over', 'Magic Bus', 'Happy Jack', 'Substitute'
5 points- 'A Quick One, While He's Away' (2)


Results

40 points - Gatsby, ElfTwinkle, Ren, Mugaboo

35 points- Littlewoman, Gemini
30 points- Cinnam0n, Polaris

Congrats to all the winners!

August 27th Questions

1. On August 27, 1953, Roman Holiday was released, eventually winning Audrey Hepburn a Best Actress Oscar. Name a movie she starred in after Roman Holiday.
2. Straight Shooting, John Ford's first feature length film, was released on August 27, 1917. Name another feature length movie he directed.
3. On August 27, 1871, author Theodore Dreiser was born. Name one of his novels.
4. Bennett Cerf, publisher and founder of Random House, died on August 27, 1971. One of the things he was most well-known for was being a panelist on What's My Line? Name someone who was on the panel with him, either regularly or as a special guest.
5. On August 27, 1962, Mariner 2, a space probe to Venus, was launched. Name one of the scientific instruments on board.

Have fun and PM me for hints if you need them!

Round 28 (28 August)

I'm substituting for spanishliz both this week and next week, so you know what that means don't you.

Please name
1. A former Prime Minister of India
2. A typical dish you would find in an Indian restaurant
3. One of the official Indian languages
4. One of the major characters from the film ‘Gandhi’
5. Name an Indian recipient of the VC from any Burma campaign.

Round 25 will be open a few more hours if anyone else wants to play

ROUND 29 - MONDAY

Please name me:

1) An extinct species of bird
2) An Asterism which is part of a constellation
3) A Historical tourist attraction found on the Isle of Man
4) The name of a nautical or fisherman's knot
5) A Prime number less than 4,000 which is also a Lucas Number

Happy Hunting.

Round 25 is closed. Results up soon.

Round 25 questions - 9 players

Q1. Name one of the episodes of the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon".

10 points: The Original Wives Club, We Interrupt This Program, Galileo Was Right, Can We Do This?

5 points: That's All There Is (3), Spider (2)

not mentioned: Apollo 1, We Have Cleared the Tower, 1968, Mare Tranquilitatis, For Miles and Miles, La Voyage Dans La Lune


Q2. A planet which has two or more moons.

10 points: Uranus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn

5 points: Neptune (5)


Q3. An actor or actress who appeared in the 1964 movie "The Moon-Spinners".

10 points: Sheila Hancock, Eli Wallach, Hayley Mills, Pola Negri, Pamela Barrie

5 points: Tutte Lemkow (2), Irene Pappas (2)

not mentioned: Peter McEnery, Joan Greenwood, John Le Mesurier, Paul Stassion, Michael Davis, Andre Morrell, George Pastell, Steve Plytas, Harry Tardios, Terry Gilkyson


Q4. Name one of the lunar modules which landed Apollo astronauts on the moon.

10 points: Eagle, Intrepid, Antares, Challenger

5 points: Orion (3), Falcon (2)


Q5. A crater on Earth's moon whose name begins with Y.

10 points: Yamamoto, Yakovkin, Yerkes

5 points: Yablochkov (2), Young (2), Yoshi (2)

not mentioned: Yangel


SCORES

45 - ren & ozzz

40 - Mugaboo
35 - cinnam0n, Jimjih, ElfTwinkle, Santana
30 - littlewoman
25 - gatsby


Congratulations to ren & ozzz, and thanks to everyone for playing

Round 26 Answers


Question 1: Name a character in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

10 points: Scout Finch, Walter Cunningham, Maudie Atkinson, Aunt Alexandra, Tom Robinson, Link Deas, Sheriff Heck Tate

5 points: Boo Radley (2)

Not mentioned: Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Dill Harris, Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, Calpurnia, and others


Question 2: Name a famous person who died on August 26 of any year from 1850 to the present.

10 points: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles Lindbergh, Roger Nash Baldwin, Daniel Gorenstein

5 points: Lon Chaney Sr. (3), Charles Boyer (2)

Not mentioned: Ted Knight, Tex Avery, Irving Stone, and others


Question 3: Name a person who was a member of or closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

10 points: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Woolner, William Holman Hunt, John Lucas Tupper, William Windus

5 points: James Collinson (2)

Not accepted: Sir Ralph Abercrombie, who died in 1801 (47 years before the Brotherhood was founded)

Not mentioned: John Everett Millais, William Michael Rossetti, Frederic George Stephens, William Morris, John William Waterhouse, and others


Question 4: Name a film actor or actress who was/has been married only once, and was/has been married to that spouse for at least ten years.

10 points: Robert Michum, Don Rickles, Joanne Woodward, Spencer Tracy, Judi Dench, Ed Harris, Perry Como

5 points: Gracie Allen (2)

Not mentioned: Meryl Streep, James Stewart, Bob Hope, Denzel Washington, Charlton Heston, Irene Dunne, Grace Kelly, Jeff Daniels, and others

So often we read about the short-lived and tumultuous marriages of film stars, so I wanted this question to spotlight those who had only one long-lasting marriage union.


Question 5: Name a reason you might make an appointment to visit your dentist’s office.

10 points for everyone: to rebuild a broken tooth, to have a root canal, to examine a lump in the gums, to have an annual checkup, to get a tooth filled, to talk about having braces put on, to get an antibiotic for a tooth infection, to replace a lost filling, to get treatment for a cracked tooth


SCORES:

50 points:
Ren33
Gatsby722
Mugaboo
Santana2002

45 points:
Polaris101
ElfTwinkle

35 points:
Ballykissangel

30 points:
Exit10
Ozzz2002

Congratulations to our FOUR winners! Thanks for playing, everyone!