SlipperyP Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 4/10.C'mon the Beazer League teams. Let's have some shocks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Finland is a Nordic country but not Scandinavian since Swedish rule ended in 1809. Surely the bit of Finland at the north-west sandwiched between Sweden and Norway is part of the Scandinavian peninsula and so it's Scandinavian? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, Eednud said: Surely the bit of Finland at the north-west sandwiched between Sweden and Norway is part of the Scandinavian peninsula and so it's Scandinavian? Part of the term Scandinavian involves sharing a nearly identical language. Finnish is utterly different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Part of the term Scandinavian involves sharing a nearly identical language. Finnish is utterly different. Isn't Swedish still one of the official languages of Finland? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 1 minute ago, Eednud said: Isn't Swedish still one of the official languages of Finland? Yes, but only 5% use it. Scandinavia is more of a cultural term than strictly geographical. The Scandinavian countries share a Viking heritage as well as written history and folklore, Finland was never part of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serbo99 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 4/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 3 minutes ago, serbo99 said: 4/10. Welcome! Would you like to join our quiz league, or is this a "one night only" type visit?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serbo99 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) Hi, I'd like to join, apologies. Just noticed this thread. Looks fun (or frustrating.....) Edited December 16, 2016 by serbo99 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serbo99 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Yes, but only 5% use it. Scandinavia is more of a cultural term than strictly geographical. The Scandinavian countries share a Viking heritage as well as written history and folklore, Finland was never part of that. Language wise Finnish is pretty different too. I work with some Finnish guys who say a lot of people resent Swedish being one of the official Languages. Road signs are in both languages. Finnish is a mad language. One of the Uralic languages. This link is cracking for a breakdown of European languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_families#/media/File:Languages_of_Europe.svg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I need to work on my 50/50's. all wrong again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, serbo99 said: Hi, I'd like to join, apologies. Just noticed this thread. Looks fun (or frustrating.....) No worries! It is both fun and frustrating... if you want to take the rest of the quizzes for Mon-Thu this week, I'll add you to the league table. A new quiz gets posted every week day (although we're having a week off at the end of December) and we also will have a cup competition that takes place over the weekends in January. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 8 minutes ago, serbo99 said: Hi, I'd like to join, apologies. Just noticed this thread. Looks fun (or frustrating.....) Looks can be deceptive... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Finland, Iceland and the Faroes are sometimes classed as part of Scandinavia, sometimes not, according to Wikipedia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Saint Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Your Eminence, the horse racing question has 2 of the triple crown in the answers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Stupid idea making horses wear crowns anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 8 minutes ago, Leeds Saint said: Your Eminence, the horse racing question has 2 of the triple crown in the answers Aye, sorry about that. That was a result of planning to have it as a NOT question, then changing my mind. I've corrected it now. Hopefully it won't have a bearing on the results! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 3 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Still a few results to come in the league so no updates to the trophy cabinet yet. In the Premier League, WRK is hot-favourite to win another title, unless Alang1993 sobers up and posts a monster score. Down at the bottom, not quite sure what to do about Deej. I know he's busy with exams, and is struggling even with simple addition at the moment, but I guess rules is rules and he gets relegated if he doesn't post his scores! They are all done now, and now I can focus on the stuff that really matters in life - the P&B daily Aussie quiz Thursday 9/10 Friday 5/10 Hopefully enough to stave off relegation 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I got 4 on the cup quiz. I am bloody terrible at quizzes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I'll need to demand a reply in the cup tie if I lose by one point then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) My Swedish ex is adamant that Finland isn't part of Scandinavia - and having worked with a bunch of Swedish-speaking Finns a few years back they'd agree. BTW complaining about pedantry on a quiz thread? Tsk tsk. As for Friday's score....a Sevcoing 4/10. I won't talk too much about my answer to the 'loquacious' question... Edited December 16, 2016 by The_Kincardine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.