On a Sunday night I take part in a pub quiz. It’s based on a UK quiz show called Family Fortunes, which in turn is based on the US show Family Feud. To win you must answer all 5 questions correctly, the correct answer is whatever was the most popular answer in a survey of 100 people.
I’m curious to see if LessWrong does better than me.
We asked 100 people...
Name a part of your body that you’v had removed
Name something you might wave at a Football match
Name a female TV presenter
Name a country that has only 5 letters in it’s name
Fact or fiction, name a famous pirate
Rules/notes
In the pub you may not use the internet/reference material, but given the international audience I’ll relax that rule.
The questions are reproduced verbatim e.g. any ambiguity/odd wording you see was present to start with.
Submit just the SHA1 hash of your answer, or your answer ROT13d—to keep it fairish/avoid spoilers.
Include a second answer for any questions, if you wish. It won’t count, except for “I knew it!” moments
I’ll reveal my answers and the correct answers no later than 72 hours from now (sha1 b91d4589b142dbf8c567dae83d3e4d7b18c4e826).
You can work individually or as a team, your choice.
I’m slightly confident in two of my answers (rot13): 1. unve, 5. Oynpxorneq, and would not be surprised if 4. Vgnyl was right (or alternatively Fcnva if the poll was taken earlier in the year). I’m not even going to bother guessing the other two, as the only way I’d have a chance is to do a lot of research.
Family Fortunes Pub Quiz
On a Sunday night I take part in a pub quiz. It’s based on a UK quiz show called Family Fortunes, which in turn is based on the US show Family Feud. To win you must answer all 5 questions correctly, the correct answer is whatever was the most popular answer in a survey of 100 people.
I’m curious to see if LessWrong does better than me.
We asked 100 people...
Name a part of your body that you’v had removed
Name something you might wave at a Football match
Name a female TV presenter
Name a country that has only 5 letters in it’s name
Fact or fiction, name a famous pirate
Rules/notes
In the pub you may not use the internet/reference material, but given the international audience I’ll relax that rule.
The questions are reproduced verbatim e.g. any ambiguity/odd wording you see was present to start with.
Submit just the SHA1 hash of your answer, or your answer ROT13d—to keep it fairish/avoid spoilers.
Include a second answer for any questions, if you wish. It won’t count, except for “I knew it!” moments
I’ll reveal my answers and the correct answers no later than 72 hours from now (sha1 b91d4589b142dbf8c567dae83d3e4d7b18c4e826).
You can work individually or as a team, your choice.
As promised, the answers rot13 here so people can still choose to play, and unsullied so you can verify the hash
My answers (2nd, unsubmitted guess in brackets)
Gbbgu
Fpnes (Synt)
Svban Oehpr (Hyevxn Wbuaffba)
Vgnyl (Jnyrf)
Wnpx Fcneebj (Oynpx orneq)
Correct answers:
Gbbgu (grrgu npprcgrq)
Synt
Qnivan Znppnhy
Fcnva
Wnpx Fcneebj
Individual.
Nccraqvk
Synt
Qnivan ZpPnyy
Jnyrf
Oynpxorneq
Fun post. I’m not a fan of the show really, but it’s a neat idea. Have you seen Pointless? It’s almost the reverse of Family Fortunes.
nccraqvk
sbnz svatre
xngvr pbhevp
vgnyl
oynpxorneq
grrgu
onaare
Ubyyl Jvyybhtuol
Puvan
Oynpxorneq
I’m not British and not that familiar with British popular culture, so number 3 is hard. My answer is based on a couple of minutes of googling.
nccraqvk, 2. synt, 3. Xngvr Pbhevp, 4. Puvan, 5. Wnpx Fcneebj
I’m slightly confident in two of my answers (rot13): 1. unve, 5. Oynpxorneq, and would not be surprised if 4. Vgnyl was right (or alternatively Fcnva if the poll was taken earlier in the year). I’m not even going to bother guessing the other two, as the only way I’d have a chance is to do a lot of research.
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I expect Less Wrong people to be more “normal” than me though so… oh well.
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*awaits “EH-EHHH!” noise *