Frankie S
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7/10. Got number of half-turns to undo champagne cork cage, Timmy Tiptoes and origin of gizzard etc. wrong. Was fairly confident on 5 of the 7 I got right - dinosaur and name for cork cage were guesses. -
7/10. Got the ballet, the book and the colour of Hope Diamond wrong.
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We got 8 of those, didn't get Dysprosium, but we did get Molybdenum. That Ytterby question comes up all the time. As does the place name derivations of Holmium - Stockholm, Hafnium - Copenhagen, Lutetium - Paris and of course the Scottish one, Strontium. Edit: Praseodymium and oh, Beryllium, which we got. Must have missed Neodymium.
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Nope, I don't have that, though it would come in very handy considering how often questions about the periodic table come up in quizzes. Lost a quiz last week from a winning position because we could only name 9 elements with a Y in their name, our rivals got all 12.
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8/10 on Ireland. Got colour associated with St. Patrick and most visited tourist attraction wrong. Guessed astronomer and Stripe question.
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Yeah, I do take quizzing quite seriously I admit. Probably do 1 or 2 pub quizzes a week. Booker Prize winners come up all the time, so Iris Murdoch and John Banville from the other day were questions I'd seen before. My team has won the last two Marie Curie Glasgow Brain Games at Kelvingrove Art Gallery (great night btw), Scottish Team Championship twice, Real Radio national team quiz, Edinburgh Champions Quiz twice and a bunch of other stuff. 2 halves of our team have won on Eggheads etc.
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10/10. Wasn't sure on fictional detective or element questions. I'll take it.
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Tempted as I am to respond to the childish comment posted above by Dee Man, I'll rise above it. 7/10 today.
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That was better than anything from BB series 1. Outstanding television. Loving this show so far.
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8/10. Got FISA and Quire wrong.
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9/10. Fairly gentle set to start the week. Didn't get French stock exchange.
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9/10. A celebrity chef rained on my parade.
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8/10. Got Montenegro and San Marino questions wrong. Knew the others.
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The Queen of the South thread
Frankie S replied to qos_75's topic in Scottish League 1 General Chatter
I have no idea how the deal for this gig is structured, but normally a promoter rather than the band or it's management takes all the risk in a concert promotion. Self-promoted gigs are pretty rare. The music business is structured in such a way that bands at a certain level demand guarantees that cover all the the costs (to the band) of their gig or tour. The band are guaranteed a basic fee (to cover their costs and expected earnings) set against a percentage of the net income (after deduction of VAT) from the concert's proceeds less agreed costs. If the band's earnings on the profit split exceed the basic guarantee, the band take the higher figure. The promoter covers all the costs, including sound and light and stage hire, crew, security, advertising, band accommodation, hospitality, technical rider etc. If insufficient tickets are sold, the promoter, not the band, covers the loss. If a profit is made, the band get their percentage of the profit split in addition to their guarantee, the promoter's share of the profit is his end, hence the gig has to exceed break even for the promoter to make money (though of course the promoter, assuming it is the club, can make money from peripherals such as drink, food, the house share of merchandise etc). The promoter may or may not be the club, or it may be the club in collaboration with someone else. Only if the promoter is an external promoter (i.e. someone not connected with the club hires the venue, pays rental for it and absorbs all the show costs) does the club not carry some financial risk (though it is still at risk of the gig being cancelled or income being lower than expected if insufficient tickets are sold - though the venue would normally structure a venue hire deal with the promoter to insulate against cancellation, possibly including a non refundable deposit, just as the band would normally demand a non refundable deposit from the promoter). Stadium gigs are expensive to stage, so the financial risk (to whoever is promoting) is unlikely to be inconsiderable. If the club are promoting the gig then their costs will be lower than an external promoter as they own the venue and won't have to pay themselves to hire it. The costs of staging and advertising the gig will still be considerable though. That's normally how the music business works. Like any business, and possibly more than most, it is speculative and comes with risk attached. Live music promotion is far from the guaranteed earner that many people seem to think it is. I'd have thought Status Quo would do ok in Dumfries, but I don't know what the gig's break even point is. As a shareholder, I'm not sure I'd be delighted with the prospect of the club entering the live music promotion game, if that is indeed what it is doing. I'd prefer if it was hiring the stadium to external promoters, who would absorb the risk on such gigs. -
10/10 too. Wouldn't have got that close without the link, had to change 3 or 4 after spotting it.
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9/10 on an easier than usual set for a Friday, aided by a couple of guesses (on the English drink and civil aircraft). Had no idea how many legs on a wood louse though.
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An unremarkable 6/10.
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Almost forgot to do this today. A slightly lucky 7/10.
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9/10. Couple of good guesses, silly mistake on the Wombles question.
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Another patchy batting display from Scotland, which is what we've come to expect against the elite. Lost count of the number of times I've seen Scotland toil to scratch out a respectable total on the big stage. Man for man, Ireland are not markedly better than Scotland, but they know how to rise to the occasion. I've seen Scotland chase down 300+ against Ireland and other associates in the fairly recent past, and we beat Ireland handily in a warm up game for this WC, but as soon as it matters you can bet that Ireland will take it up a level, whereas Scotland will look like a side that doesn't believe it can win. Why can Ireland put together a collective performance that exceeds the sum of the parts time and time again, taking at least one major scalp in practically every tournament, but Scotland, with a bigger playing pool to choose from and at least as many county players, can't get close to emulating them? One for the sports psychologists I guess, but Scotland's chances of turning it on on the big stage are receding as the authorities look to justify their institutional elitism and exclude the minnows from future tournaments. Ireland can make a convincing case for inclusion in future, but, sadly, Scotland cannot. I keep on hearing that Scotland bat 'all the way down', but the reality is McLeod at opener is no better than Davey at no. 8. It's not an embarrassment of riches, more a paucity of genuine talent. Lots of middling players with ODI averages in the 20s, Coetzer and possibly Machan aside, few batsmen with any real quality. Mommsen is a decent player, but takes too long to get going - if he gets out for more than 20 but less than 50 he's usually taken too many overs out of the game to get there. He's capable of making up the scoring rate later on, but doesn't usually stick around for long enough to do so. Didn't understand the decision to bring Coleman in at number 3 for the England game, he's got decent technique but he's still a callow youth with a first class average of 18 and an ODI average of under 12. Simply don't understand why Leask isn't playing, his belligerent 16 ball 42 against England last time out showed how effective he can be in the lower middle order. At least he can clear the boundary fence, and in the modern game that is infinitely more valuable than someone who scratches around for an hour for a dozen or so. The bowling in the first half of yesterday's match was rubbish. I know we've sacrificed a fifth bowler to lengthen the batting line up, but that was dreadful stuff from the so called front line bowlers too. Scotland still have a chance of two wins here - Bangladesh and Afghanistan are both beatable, providing Scotland play well. Let's hope we see them rise to the occasion against those two and justify their place in the tournament.
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6/10, bit of a struggle today.
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Scotland's bowling attack is disappointingly toothless today. England look set for 350-400.
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Isn't there 2 quizzes today? On the first one I got 8/10. Got The Man from Laramie and the Space Centre questions wrong. 7/10 on the tougher second one - guessed a couple. Didn't get El Dorado, Bismark sister ship or Ohio County.
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8/10. Knew the first 8, went the wrong way on the last two.
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8/10. Wizard of Oz and battleships let me down. The last one was a guess.
