Jan 20th
This is early, I know, but I have a busy week ahead.
Villains
1 Name one of the members of the Jesse James Gang.
2 Name one of Charles Dickens' villains
3 Name one of the sons or daughters of Al Capone.
4 Name a woman spy in history.
5 Name one of the Great Train Robbers of 1964.
Ask if you need assistance...

ROUND 9 RESUKTS

"Fun With Words"

1) An Oxford English Dictionary-approved word which begins with three vowels, eg, Ouagadougou

10 Points: Aoudad (a Barbary sheep), Oeuvre (A work (of art)), Eouase, Eaux, Ouabain (a white poisonous glucoside), Aerolian (island), Aeon (an age), Aiee (an interjection)

2) A Plural word which has no singular form, eg, scissors

10 Points: Measles, Smithereens, Knickers, Cattle, Pyjamas, Thanks, Pants

I disallowed Fish as Fish is a word which is both singular and plural at the same time, although the plural form fishes is also valid.

3) A word which anagrams to another single word, eg, REPLAYS and PARSLEY

10 Points: Replays/Parsley, Interogatives/Reinvestigator, Conversation/Conservation, Farmer/Framer, Danger/Garden, Monday/Dynamo, Dream/Armed, Crudities/Diuretics

4) An Antigram. An antigram is an anagram which has a meaning opposite to it's unscrambled version, eg, FUNERAL and REAL FUN

10 Points: Evangelists/Evil's Agents, Funeral/Real Fun, Saintliness/Entails sins, Astronomers/No more stars, Restful/Fluster, honestly/on the sly

5 Points: Violence/Nice Love (2)

This also anagrams to 'anal retentive' or 'a latrine event' which is a nice (??) thought :S

5) "Siamese Twins" which use antonyms. In relation to English Language "Siamese Twins" refers to a pair or grouping of words often used together as an idiomatic expression and usually conjoined by the words and or or. Siamese Twins using antonyms would be a pair of words which mean the opposite of each other, joined by and or or forming a well known idiom, eg, Give and Take

10 Points: Ups and downs, Highs and lows, Forwards and backwards, More or less, Black or white, Give and take

5 Points: Sooner or later (2)

SCORES

50 Points: ozzz, ElfTwinkle, Howie
45 Points: Mugaboo, Ren, Auszev, Cinnam0n
40 Points: LeoDaVinci

Thanks for playing, everyone.

January Trivia Rounds: Round 16/Jan. 16th

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Give me:

Question 1) Name of a movie released BEFORE 2006 starring actor Paul Gross (Note: movies released in 2006 or later, movies made for TV, and movies that Paul Gross was either uncredited or just provided the voice for a character will NOT be accepted)


Question 2) A work written by Kevin Major


Question 3) A track on the Pop Goes The World album (released in 1987) by Men Without Hats


Question 4) A forum which is listed under/with The FunTrivia Community at FunTrivia


Question 5) A place in Canada which has a logger/lumberjack as a roadside attraction (There are at least 9):

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Note: As per usual, if you are having trouble with any of these
questions, please PM me and I will point you in the right
direction


Have fun!

Welcome to another round of: The Tuesday questions!

I just got in from a long day of class...
So without further ado, I give you:
Round XVII - Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.

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The Questions:

1. Name a feature movie released in the 1930s with Shirley Temple...
2. The Temple Owls are an American college football team, name a team they lost to in the 2005 season...
3. The Jewish place of worship is often mistakenly called "temple", name a place of worship for any active religion... (not a specific name, just generic)
4. Name an album released by the Stone Temple Pilots...
5. Name a state in the United States that has a city called Temple...

No, I'm not going back to religion...

Good luck and have a great week!

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Wednesday 18th January
This week I am concentrating on some of my favourite British Comedy classics. And there are links to all if anyone needs help!
Q1 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Porridge
Q2 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Dad’s Army
Q3 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who plays them – in Open All Hours
Q4 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Fawlty Towers
Q5 – Can’t finish without mentioning my all time favourite comedy! Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Only Fools and Horses
Hope it doesn’t prove to difficult for anyone!

Round 13 Results:

1. Name a feature film starring Montgomery Clift.

10 points: I Confess, Red River, The Young Lions, Raintree County, A Place in the Sun

5 points: Wild River (2)

Montgomery Clift was such a great actor, but what a tragic life. He died of a “coronary occlusion” at age 45.

2. Give me a regular character on The Wonder Years TV series.

10 points: Kevin Arnold, Karen Arnold, Coach Cutlip

5 points: Jack Arnold (2), Winnie Cooper (2)

3. Name a person who is buried in Poets Corner at Westminster Abbey in London.

10 points: Laurence Olivier, Thomas Parr, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Edmund Spenser, Robert Browning

5 points: Rudyard Kipling (2)

4. Pick a song from the CD When I Fall in Love by Chris Botti.

10 points for all: One for My Baby, La Belle Dame Sans Regrets, Make Someone Happy, No Ordinary Love, Someone to Watch Over Me, What’ll I Do, Nearness of You

5. Give me a word that rhymes with door.

10 points: more, floor, snore, implore, flaw (New Zealand pronunciation is "floor," per this player's answer)

5 points: boar (2)

And now for the scores:

50 points:
Howie72

45 points:
Santana2002
ElfTwinkle
Ozzz2002

40 points:
Cinnam0n
Ren33

35 points:
Mugaboo

Congrats to our four winners in this round! I simply can't bring myself to retract Santana, Elf, and Ozzz from the winner's circle due to the miscommunication with the "flaw" answer, so I say we have four winners this time. Thanks for playing, everyone.

EDITED TO AMEND SCORES AND ANSWER TO QUESTION 5, "FLAW."

Results Round 14 - 6 players


1. Charles Dodgson died on this day in 1898. Give me a book written by Lewis Carroll.
For 10 points: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Sylvie and Bruno; A Tangled Tale; The Hunting of the Snark
For 5 points:Through the Looking-Glass [2]

2. The Clarinet was invented on this day in 1690 by Johann Denner. Name any Clarinet Sonata.
For 10 points: Saint-Saens' Clarinet Sonata in E Flat Major (Op.167); Mendelssohn's Clarenet Sonata in E Flat Major; Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor; Brahms' Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E Flat
For 5 points: Francis Poulenc's Clarinet Sonata [2]

3. Give me a country that has an official claim to territory in Antarctica.
For 10 points: Australia; United Kingdom; New Zealand; Norway
For 5 points: France [2]
Not mentioned: Argentina; Chile

4. Name any athlete who broke broke 10 seconds in the 100m sprint in 2005.
For 10 points: (none)
For 5 points: Asafa Powell (Jamaica) [2]; Justin Gatlin (USA) [4]
Not mentioned: Leonard Scott (USA); Marc Burns (Trinidad); Abdul Aziz Zakari (Ghana); Darrel Brown (Trinidad); Shawn Crawford (USA); Ronald Pognon (France); plus six others who had illegal wind assistance or hand timing.

5. Robert Parker is a famous wine taster. Give me the name a vintage (region and year) which he has given a rating of 97 or greater between 1970-1904.
For 10 points: Chateauneuf Du Pape (Southen Rhone, 2000); 2001 Fox Creek "Reserve" (McLaren Vale, Australia 2000); Pinot Gris "Clos Windsbuhl" Domaine Zind-Humbrecht (Alsace, 2001); Masel/Saar/Ruwer (Germany, 1971); Barsac/Sauternes (Bordeaux, 1988); Dominus Estate (California, 1991)
For 5 points:(none)

Scores:
45 points: Howie; ElfTwinkle
40 points: Ren; Cinnam0n
35 points: Ozzz; Santana

Thanks to those who played and well done to both winners

Round 11 results - 10 players

Q1. One of the four time zones of the continental United States.

10 points: Central

5 points: Eastern (5), Mountain (4)

not mentioned: Pacific


Q2. A cliché which has the word 'time' in it.

10 points: "to weather the test of time", "put your pants on one leg at a time", "time heals all wounds", "in the nick of time", "if you had time to do it twice, you had time to do it right the first time", "time and tide wait for no man", "time is money", "it's about time"

5 points: "time flies when you're having fun" (2)

not mentioned:"if I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times", "long time no see", "all in due time", "a stitch in time saves nine", "there is no time like the present", "the third time's a charm", "time after time", "time and again", "the time of your life", "the times, they are a changing", "too much time on your hands"


Q3. A movie which involves time travel.

10 points: The Butterfly Effect, Star Trek: First Contact, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Timeline, Twelve Monkeys, The Time Machine, Back to the Future, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Timecop, Primer

not mentioned: The Terminator, Time after Time, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Time Bandits, Somewhere in Time, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Final Countdown, Kate & Leopold, The Philadelphia Experiment, Just Visiting, Millennium


Q4. A unit, or increment, of time.

10 points: nanosecond, day, century, picosecond

5 points: decade (2), year (2), lustrum (2)

not mentioned:second, minute, week, fortnight, millennium, millisecond, eon, quarter, month, hour


Q5. Something which shows you the time of day.

10 points: dive computer, grandfather clock, Big Ben, mantle clock, oven clock, astrolabe

5 points: sundial (2), water clock/clepsydra (2)

not mentioned: cell phone, VCR, computer, alarm clock, watch


SCORES

45 - leo, jimjih, ozzz

40 - littlewoman, Mugaboo, Howie, cinnam0n
35 - ren, Santana
30 - Elf

Thanks everyone for taking the time to play
Congratulations to leo, jim and ozzz!

Going to leave round 18 open until Sunday!

Round 17 CLOSED!!! Give me a day or two to sort through it...

Re: Round 20 , It has just been pointed out to me that question 3 is wrong. It should be "Name a sibling of Al Capone." I am so, so sorry everyone. Actually,nearly everyone who has entered HAS, in fact, put a sibling's name.I am pm-ing those who named a son, so they can alter their answer. It was a bad mistake on my part. Thanks to ElfTwinkle for noticing~!

Round XVII - January 17th, 2006...

The Results!

8 people played this round...

Question I: Name a feature movie released in the 1930s with Shirley Temple...
For 10 points: Captain January, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Littlest Rebel, Just Around the Corner, Bright Eyes, Our Little Girl, Baby Take a Bow, Curly Top
For 5 points: Nobody got 5!
Not Mentioned: many, many movies

Question II: The Temple Owls are an American college football team, name a team they lost to in the 2005 season...
For 10 points: Clemson, Navy, University of Virginia, Wisconsin
For 5 points: Western Michigan (4)
Not Mentioned: Arizona State, Toledo, Bowling Green, Miami (FL), Maryland, Miami (OH).
Temple, well, they lost ALL their games in 2005...

Question III: The Jewish place of worship is often mistakenly called "temple", name a place of worship for any active religion...
For 10 points: Nizhal Thangal, pathi, synagogue
For 5 points: chapel (2), church (3)
Not mentioned: Islamic mosques, Shinto shrines, Hindu mandirs, Jain derasars, Sikh gurdwara, and more...

Question IV: Name an album released by the Stone Temple Pilots...
For 10 points: No. 4, Thank You
For 5 points: Purple (4), Core (2)
Not mentioned: Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Giftshop, Shangri -- La Dee Da

Question V: Name a state in the United States that has a city called Temple...
For 10 points: California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire
For 5 points: Texas (3)
Not mentioned: North Dakota, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan
I accepted California even though the name of the city is actually Temple City, and not Temple.


The Results:
Our winners: Howie72 and ElfTwinkle with 45 points...
The rest:
40 points: Mugaboo, cinnamOn
35 points: ren33, Santana2002, littlewoman2, ozzz2002

Thanks to all for playing.
Congratulations to our winners, ElfTwinkle and Howie72.
Have a great week!

Round 21

On January 9, the Phantom of the Opera bcame the longest running show on Broadway.I went to see the show as it stopped in Pittsburgh on its US Tour today, so my questions are about this fabulous production!

1. Name a character from The Phantom of the Opera.
2. Name a song from The Phantom of the Opera.
3. The Phantom has been produced in over 20 countries around the world. Name one.
4. Name a city on the current US (&Canada) tour.
5. Andrew Lloyd Weber composed the amazing score. Name another production he composed music for.

This will close Tuesday or Wednesday.
Have a good rest-of-the-weekend!

Q1 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Porridge
For Ten Points:
Grouty, Geoffrey Venables, Heslop, Lukwarm, Mr Mackay,
For Five points:
Ten points to all
Not mentioned:
Mr Barrowclough, Norman Stanley Fletcher, Lennie Godber, Blanco (played by David Jason) and lots more
The comedy was the only one ever set in a prison - Slade prison


Q2 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Dad’s Army
For Ten Points:
Mr. Yeatman, Lance Corporal Jones, Private Charles Godffrey, Private Joe Walker, Willy Hodges (the air warden)
For Five points:
Ten points to all
Not mentioned:
Mr Mainwaring, The vicar (who was played by Frank Williams – still going strong, saw him in Panto last week!) Private Pike, Private Frazer (“We’re all domed….doomed!”)and more
The comedy dealt with the Second World War, and the men who were the Home Guards


Q3 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who plays them – in Open All Hours (Not as many characters in this one, but enough!)
For Ten Points:
Albert Arkwright, The Milkwoman, Granville (played by David Jason),
For Five points:
Mavis (2)
Not mentioned:
Mrs Bewit, Mrs Featherstone, Nurse Gladys Emmaunuel and more
This comedy was set in a corner shop. The funniest thing in it was a vicious cash till!


Q4 – Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Fawlty Towers
For Ten Points:
Miss Gatsby, Terry the chef, Polly Sherman
For Five points:
Major Gowan (2)
Not mentioned:
Basil, Manuel, Sybil and more
This comedy was set in an hotel, owned by Basil and Sybil, and their waiter from Barcelona.


Q5 – Can’t finish without mentioning my all time favourite comedy! Give me a character – not the actor/actress who played them – in Only Fools and Horses
For Ten Points:
Nobody!
For Five points:
Grandad, Damien, Denzil, Mike the Landlord, Del (Derek) (played by the one and only David Jason),
Not mentioned:
Rodney, Raquel, Cassandra, Uncle Albert, Trigger and more
This comedy was about the two borthers - Del and Rodney - and there attempts to become millionaires. They finally did it in 2001!


(You may notice that David Jason has appeared in three of the five comedies! No coincidence, seeming he is my favourite actor!)


SCORES
Five Competitiors

Cinnam0n - 50
ElfTwinkle – 50
Mugaboo – 45
Santana – 45
Howie – 40


Well done to Cinnam0n and Elf

ROUND 20

A SYSTEMATIC ROUND

A tad late with this round, my apologies.


1. Tell me a bodily organ that is directly connected to the digestive system. (looking for organs that are a part of the digestive system or that excrete fluids into the digestive system etc.)

2. Tell me a planet that can be found in our solar system.

3. Tell me a category classification in the Dewey Decimal System. (I'm looking for the subject rather than the numbers assigned to each classification.)

4. In the mid-90's, Nintendo came out with "Donkey Kong 64" for their Nintendo 64 gaming system. Tell me a member of the Kong family that was featured in that game.

5. Tell me a disease that might might attack a person's pulmonary system.


Help is available should you need any. I'll try to close this round by Friday. Have fun.

Why do we have 2 Round 20's? Is one of them supposed to be Round 19?

I think Ren's is supposed to be Round 19. I do Friday's and this Friday was the 20th, I think.

Ooops yes
Its not my week . Mistake number two. Sorry folks.Mine is 19. Answers later today.
Any more for any more here?

Tuesday 24 January
It’s a “musical” week this week – links are available!
Q1 – A song from “The King and I” – the musical
Q2 – A song from “Oklahoma” – the musical
Q3 – A song from “Carousel” –the musical
Q4 – A song from “The Wizard of Oz” – the movie
Q5 – A song from “South Pacific”, the musical

Round 19 Results
I have had a couple of glitches this time, I just hope there are none with the following result
Villains
1 Name one of the members of the Jesse James Gang.
10 points Clell Miller,Frank James,James Andrew Liddell, Frank Gregg
with 5 points Alan J Parmer(2)

2 Name one of Charles Dickens' villains
10 points Bill Sykes,Fagin,Sir John Chester, Mr Squeers
5 points Quilp (2)

3 Name one of the sons or daughters of Al Capone.
(Thanks all for your forbearance here. I really boobed.) However:
10 points Erminio, Rose,Amadeo
for 5 points Umberto (3)
4 Name a woman spy in history.
10 points Mata Hari,Evdohia Petrov,Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, Policarpa Salavanieta, Harriet Tubman, Antonia Ford
All got 10!
5 Name one of the Great Train Robbers of 1964
10 points
Ronnie Biggs, Thomas Wisbey,Robert Welch,Douglas Goody
5 points Bruce Reynolds(2)
So (Tada!!)
The winners with 45 points:
Ozzz, Howie and Mugaboo!!
Well done to Santana, ElfTwinkle and CinnamOn with 40
Thanks all XXX

Rounds 2 and 16 are both closed --- results for both should be up either tonight or tomorrow night.

Round 25 questions

Brought to you by the beach

1. Tell me something you do with the seashells you collect at the beach.

2. A character from the TV show China Beach.

3. A word of at least 3 letters from B-E-A-C-H-E-S.

4. A beach you've visited.

5. A song from the soundtrack of Beaches (1988).

About another 12 hours for Round 21 if anyone else wants to play!

January Trivia Rounds: Round 2/Monday January 2nd

Results: 9 players participated


Give me:

Question 1)

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

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10 points: Thunder Pass, Tomorrow Never Comes, Ride the High Iron, Affair in Havana, Rear Window, The Whip Hand, A Cry in the Night, Count Three and Pray, You're Never Too Young

5 points: Everyone got 10 points

Not mentioned: Tons more to choose from



Question 2)

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A work written by W. P. (William Patrick) Kinsella

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10 points: The Miss Hobbema Pageant, The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt, Lieberman in Love, Dance Me Outside, Magic Time

5 points: The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (2); Red Wolf, Red Wolf (2)

Not mentioned: Scars, Born Indian, Shoeless Joe, The Thrill of the Grass, The Alligator Report, The Fence Post Chronicles, Five Stories, Box Socials, The Dixon Cornbelt League and Other Baseball Stories, Brother Frank's Gospel Hour, The Winter Helen Dropped By, If Wishes Were Horses, The Secret of the Northern Lights, Japanese Baseball and Other Stories



Question 3)

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A track on the Silver Side Up album (released in 2001) by Nickelback)

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10 points: How You Remind Me, Woke Up This Morning, Never Again

5 points: Where Do I Hide? (4), Just For (2),

Not mentioned: Too Bad, Hollywood, Money Bought, Hangnail, Good Times Gone



Question 4)

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A forum which is listed under/with Fun & Games at FunTrivia

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10 points: No one

5 points: Tipping Competitions (2), Jokes and Humor (3), Games & Challenges (2), Chain Games (2)

Not mentioned: All were mentionned




Question 5)

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A place in Canada which has a Salmon as a roadside attraction (There are at least 6)

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10 points: Sault Saint Marie, Ontario; Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland ; Thessalon, Ontario; Campbellton, New Brunswick

5 points: Hell's Gate, British Columbia (2); Sicamous, British Columbia (3)


Not mentioned: These are the 6 that I am aware of --- there may be more


RESULTS

gemini19: 45 points
Santana2002: 45 points

cinnam0n: 40 points

Auszev: 35 points
Howie72: 35 points
Mugaboo: 35 points
ren33: 35 points

littlewoman2: 30 points
ozzz2002: 30 points

Congratulations to gemini19 and Santana who each collect a point for this round.


Thanks for playing everyone!

January Trivia Rounds: Round 16/Monday January 16th

Results: 6 players participated


Give me:

Question 1)

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Name of a movie released BEFORE 2006 starring actor Paul Gross (Note: movies released in 2006 or later, movies made for TV, and movies that Paul Gross was either uncredited or just provided the voice for a character will NOT be accepted)

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10 points: Nobody

5 points: Married to It (2), Whale Music (2), Paint Cans (2)

Not mentioned: Wilby Wonderful, Men with Brooms, Aspen Extreme, Buried on Sunday, Cold Comfort, Divided Loyalties



Question 2)

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A work written by Kevin Major

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10 points: The House of Wooden Santas, Hold Fast, Dear Bruce Springsteen, Blood Red Ochre, As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador, Eating Between the Lines

5 points: Everyone got 10 points

Not mentioned: Far From Shore, Thirty-Six Exposures, Diana: My Autobiography, No Man's Land, Gaffer, Eh? to Zed: A Canadian Abecedarium, Ann and Seamus


Question 3)

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A track on the Pop Goes The World album (released in 1987) by Men Without Hats

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10 points: Moonbeam, In The Name Of Angels, Pop Goes the World

5 points: Jenny Wore Black (3)

Not mentioned: Intro, On Tuesday, Bright Side of the Sun, O Sole Mio, Lose My Way, Real World, Valese d'Euge'nie, Intro/Walk on Water, End (of the World)




Question 4)

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A forum which is listed under/with The FunTrivia Community at FunTrivia

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10 points: FunTrivia Lounge, Useful Tips & Tricks

5 points: Current Events (2), The Welcome Center (2)

Not mentioned: Why is the Sky Blue?



Question 5)

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A place in Canada which has a logger/lumberjack as a roadside attraction (There are at least 9)

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10 points: Boiestown, New Brunswick; Ironbridge, Ontario; Goodsoil, Saskatchewan

5 points: Massey, Ontario (3)

Not mentioned:
Stanhope Township, Ontario; Sooke, British Columbia (3)
Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan; New Hazelton, British Columbia;
Kedgewick, New Brunswick; Renfrew, Ontario;

I found another 1 after posting the question --- These are the 10 that I am aware of --- there may be more


RESULTS

Howie72: 45 points
ren33: 45 points
Santana2002: 45 points

cinnam0n: 40 points

Mugaboo: 35 points

ozzz2002: 30 points

Congratulations to Howie, ren and Santana who each collect a point for this round.


Thanks for playing everyone!