Jacksgranda Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Hindi or Dutch. That's the one I was trying to remember. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 If it's number of countries that it's got some kind of official status in how about German? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Punjabi ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie S Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) If the question refers (as it appears to do) to the number of countries in which each language is spoken then I'd have gone with English, French, Arabic and Spanish as the top 4. There are quite a number of Portuguese speaking nations, I would have expected it to be 5th. The only other contender I can think of is Russian as there are a lot of ex Soviet states out there. On the Guardian quiz today: a slightly lucky 10/10. I knew 8, had a strong feeling about the African country and guessed the runner. Edited August 22, 2014 by Frankie S 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) Heh. A swing and a miss by everyone, including Bully Wee Villa's cheeky double guess. If nobody gets it by lunchtime I'm awarding myself a greener. Edit: b*****d. Frankie G got it with Russian, which I suppose makes sense (can't vouch for the veracity of the answer though). Kudos on getting 10 out of 10. Just to do a bit of name-dropping, I met the answer to the runner question at a parkrun last week... top bloke. Edited August 22, 2014 by Cardinal Richelieu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Klingon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Thought Frankie S had it with Russian.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Esperanto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 That was so easy that I'm expecting Knightswood Bear to waltz in claiming an 11. 8/10. Get it right up you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Sorry folks. Edited my response. Frankie gets it with Russian. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 BTW, just as a wee aside, pub quizmasters who do not make their questions crystal clear and completely unambiguous should be taken out and garrotted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) BTW, just as a wee aside, pub quizmasters who do not make their questions crystal clear and completely unambiguous should be taken out and garrotted. Couldn't agree more F_P. This guy is renowned for putting together shoddy questions... highlights include: Asking the question "How many Free Willy films have there been?", then marking everyone wrong for putting the correct answer 4 (he was insistent there was only three cos that's how many he'd heard of). Asking the question "What is the only foreign country to share a land border with Great Britain?", then insisting that NI was part of GB ("Great Britain, United Kingdom, same thing. You know what I meant"). Thinking a woodchuck was a type of dog And Greenland a country Absolutely adamant you can see The Great Wall of China from the moon. With that shoddily-worded question last night, he actually preceded it with "I've asked this question before and nobody got full marks". I wonder why that is!? Edited August 22, 2014 by Cardinal Richelieu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 8/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Seven. Got the first three wrong, as well... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 4/10 Got first three then crap guesses for most of the rest. http://www.theguardian.com/news/quiz/2014/aug/25/daily-quiz-25-august-2014 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 2/10. I should maybe stop playing now as the chimp would have beaten me. I wouldn't mind, but I only guessed seven of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 3/10. And that was lucky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 4 out of 10. I couldn't guess a winner in a 1 horse race at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 7, knew 3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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