Week 3: Question Tracker
| Question | Category | Answered |
|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Missing Words 📝 | ✅ @moecki (NO team) |
| Question 2 | Missing Words 📝 | ✅ @chriddi (NO team) |
| Question 3 | Missing Words 📝 | ✅ @disconnect (Solo) |
| Question 4 | Missing Words 📝 | ✅ @event-horizon (NO team) |
| Question 5 | Missing Words 📝 | ✅ @disconnect (Solo) |
| Question 6 | 📚 Literature 📖 | ✅ @chriddi (NO team) |
| Question 7 | 📚 Literature 📖 | ✅ @inspiracion (Inspired) |
| Question 8 | 📚 Literature 📖 | ✅ @disconnect (Solo) |
| Question 9 | 📚 Literature 📖 | ✅ @henryclive (Two Shreks and Fiona) |
| Question 10 | 📚 Literature 📖 | ✅ @pennsif (Solo) |
| Question 11 | ⚽ Sports 🏏 | ✅ @chriddi (NO team) |
| Question 12 | ⚽ Sports 🏏 | ✅ @chriddi (NO team) |
| Question 13 | ⚽ Sports 🏏 | ✅ 0.5 @alexanderkass (Two Shreks and Fiona) ✅ 0.5 @event-horizzon (NO team) |
| Question 14 | ⚽ Sports 🏏 | ✅ @alexanderkass (Two Shreks and Fiona) |
| Question 15 | ⚽ Sports 🏏 | ✅ @pennsif (Solo) |
| Question 16 | 🎥 Movie Magic 🎬 | ✅ @pennsif (Solo) |
| Question 17 | 🎥 Movie Magic 🎬 | ✅ @flowertron (Solo) |
| Question 18 | 🎥 Movie Magic 🎬 | ✅ @soulfuldreamer (Solo) |
| Question 19 | 🎥 Movie Magic 🎬 | ✅ @alexanderkass (Two Shreks and Fiona) |
Question 10
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
Hints
1. "Two opposites meet beneath a tree, their journey begins."
2. "The book title is the name of the lead protagonist."
3. Children's Literature 😊
Mr. Happy by Roger Hargreaves
Ugghh... I have this book at home for years. 😭
✅
👏👏👏
NEVER heard of it… 😔
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Hidden door in the Whomping Willow. Two opposites, Lupin (prudent) and Black (reckless) meet beneath that tree.
👎 It's not a book by J.K. Rowling 😊
Think younger - you probably read them to your children.
Ughh.. can't think of anything relevant.
My replies have become very happy 😊😊😊
It could be "Das magische Baumhaus" in German... Original: "Magic Tree House" by Mary Pope Osborne.
👎
I didn't know that. But after watching the video, the pictures make sense. 😇
Can't be...
Unless Magic Tree is the main protagonist...
Yes, I was a bit generous with the interpretation. The tree house does play an important role...😀
Happens to the best of us ;))))
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland
👎 I tried that one but it was too easy for AI to solve 😊
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee
👎 it’s not To kill a mockingbird 😊
Maybe -The Door in the Wall, H.G. Wells?
👎 that’s not it 😊
Although I didn't guess it, let's sing.
And now, all together on the count of 3
1...... 2...... 3
Weeeee aare the champions, my frieeends,
And weeee’ll keep on figghhting ‘til the eend!
Weeee aare the champions, weeee aare the champions,
Nooo tiiiime for loooosers, ‘cause weee are the champions... of the wooorld!
🤟
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King.
👎 It's not Stephen King
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
👎 it’s not the night gardener 😊
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
👎 It’s not Terry Pratchett 😊😊😊
The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin?
👎 It's not The Beginning Place 😊😊😊😊😊
J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
👎 It's not The Lord og the Rings 😊😊😊😊😊😊
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss?
👎 It's not The Name of the Wind 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Tom's Midnight Garden: Philippa Pearce
👎 It’s not Tom’s Midnight Garden 😊😊😊😊
Ugh... I'm at my limit. And what's with the smileys? 😆😖
I don’t think the smileys are getting the recognition they deserve 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf - Roald Dahl
👎 It’s not a book by Roald Dahl 😊😊😊
Is it "The Tale of Despereaux" by Kate DiCamillo?
👎 Is that what this question has become? "The Tale of Despereaux"?
Kind of ;)
The Secret Garden: Frances Hodgson Burnett
👎 It’s not the secret garden 😊
😊
Bridge to Terabithia: Katherine Paterson
👎 its not Bridge to Terabithia 😊
Neil Gaiman: Coraline
👎 It’s not Coraline ☹️
It was a very good version, I thought it was a victory.
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve: The Beauty and the Beast
👎 It's not The Beauty and The Beast 🙂
Julia Donaldson: The Gruffalo
👎 that was another one I tried but AI got too quickly.
Pennsif got it so finally, my last 30 comments will make sense!
I don't know the story and have NEVER seen the characters.
Yes, great, I have now found it too...
Of course I noticed your comments, but if you don't know the characters at all, you might think the gorilla is bored from the eternal thumbs-down.
And I don't know the figures at all. Although my mum could have read the stories to me the year they were published... 🤷♀️
😆 Well, I was going to go to bed last night chuckling to myself (until Pennsif got it) with all of the Mr Men I was sharing!
Mary Tourtel: Rupert Bear
👎 It’s not Rupert the bear 😊😊😊
Neil Gaiman: Stardust
👎 It’s not Stardust 😊😊
Question 10 - Hint
"Two opposites meet beneath a tree, their journey begins."
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt! (That is a wild guess)
How about sharing the second hint now?
👎 It's not Tuck Everlasting 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Another hint's been shared. I'd argue that I've shared lots of hints for this one 😊
Winnie-the-Pooh , A.A. Milne
👎 Getting closer 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Richard Adams
Watership Down?
👎 I did try watership down but AI solved it too easily 😊
Did you happen to write this book, Mr. Gorilla?
I used to work for a company in Bristol that shares the author’s surname 😊 And an old boss once bought me a mug with this character on it. Before he got to know me better 😆
Appearances can be deceiving; it takes time to see the inner gorilla in someone🙂
😁
Last try…
Beatrix Potter: Benjamin Bunny & Peter Rabbit
👎 No, it's not by Beatrix Potter (another one I tried but too obvious for AI).
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
👎 It's not The Hunger Games 😊😊😊😊
Michael Bond: Paddington
👎
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate??
Is this a children's classics or a modern one? 😣
It's just over 50 years old. 1971 was the first publication.
🤦♂️the smileys made sense...
Benjamin McTish and the Door Through the Grandfather Tree by June M. Pace of the Benjamin McTish series?
👎
Peter Pan!!!
(J. M. Barrie)
👎 it’s not Peter Pan 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Okay... I'm late but I'm here:
"Heidi" by Johanna Spyri?
Have one or two more ideas...
👎
You're welcome to share them. My hints are getting me nowhere.
... to share them 3 hours later, correct?
This question lasted so long that I wouldn't have made you wait 3 hours! pennsif has got it correct now.
Yes, I've seen: never heard about this book.
Could you tell us the genre?
Children’s Literature 😊😊😊
Question 10 - Hint
"The book title is the name of the lead protagonist."
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
👎 it’s not Jane Eyre 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Robert Louis Stevenson
👎 It’s not Jekylland Hyde 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
(I’m not sure how accurate it is that he met someone under a tree, but the fact that he was once a tree can’t be denied)
👎 That’s true. His relationship with trees is not in doubt!
Matilda by Roald Dahl!
This is exhausting now and I'm just guessing! 😵
Looks like it’s time for the third hint, no one seems to have a clue!
👎
I really don't think that I can give any more hints without saying the answer!
Question 5
Missing Words 📝
Please complete this sentence from a user's blog:
> Today, I am going to share with you guys every heart dear vegetable potatoes. Potatoes are very ❓ in every generation.
famous
Today, I am going to share with you guys every heart dear vegetable potatoes. Potatoes are very famous in every generation.
They are famous indeed!
Very famous 😉
They can be popular too. 🤔
✅ Absolutely! Potatoes are very famous in every generation.
I guess it could be healthy... doesn't quite fit, but who knows how the Steemians think...
👎 The correct answer was famous. Potatoes are very famous.
common
👎 The correct answer was famous
beautiful
👎 a good effort, but it’s not ‘beautiful’ this time!
Sh.., I've mixed something up: The flower and banana articles are always beautiful...
chatgpt said "popular"
👎 chatGPT doesn’t know our user base as well as it could 😉
Loved?
👎 they are much loved but that’s not the word that our author chose.
Much enjoyed?
👎 despite being true, it wasn’t the author’s chosen description.
tasty
👎 Tasty, tasty. Famous too.
Yes, just after I had sent ‘tasty’, I remembered our famous dialogues. Disconnect was faster (or rushed into my waiting time) or simply works more carefully... ;-)
consumed
👎 The correct answer was famous. Potatoes are very famous.
common
👎 Famous was the correct answer. Potatoes are very famous in every generation.
Question 6
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
🥳
✅ Another successful question for NO team.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wie geil ist das denn???
Both suggestions from the gut, only verified via Wikipedia whether my memory of the plot of these classics is correct.
Then I asked myself whether it had to be a classic at all, but by then it was already ‘too late’... ;-)
Yeah, ich freue mich!!!
I like that your answers are based on your readings. I also responded according to what I remember from the stories...🙂
Yes, I think that's what makes the puzzles fun.
A Long Engagement, Sebastien Japrisot?
👎 It's not Sebastien Japrisot
Papillon, Henri Charrière?
👎 It's not Henri Charrière
Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
👎 It's not Les Misérables
Alexandre Dumas: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
If I'm not mistaken, he did not reunite with Mercedes. He loved BMW
👎 It's not Alexandre Dumas
Question 8
📚 Literature 📖
Please identify the author and book title from the bullet points below:
Unravels desires & 🕶 (Shady) secrets beneath surface!
That's Fifty Shades of Grey
by E. L. James… 😎…🕶… 😎
Fits well with the description.
✅ It is Fifty Shades of Grey - don't forget to include the author next time!
When Chriddi commented I noticed it! I’ll be sure to include the author next time.
Where is half the point for NO team?! 😉
Grats!
👍
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
But there was no graduation. 🤔
Maybe the next question??? I think so. Go ahead, you are the expert… 🪄
But students… 🤷♀️
Though, I think Disconnect is correct.
If not and if not Harry Potter, I have no further idea.
👎 disconnect is indeed correct
This sounds like 50🕶, 🤷♂️ but I think I'll take my chances with "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne.
👎 If only you'd gone with your instincts!
wtf...😭
😟
But your description is too broad. I mean, every other romantic/thriller novel falls under the same category, No?
Or are your emojis also meant to be hints?
If so, then I think chriddi might be right. The graduation cap somehow reminds me of Harry Potter, along with the secret door. But where’s the magic emoji then?
Don't grumble, guess!
Of course the symbols are part of it, as you could see from the previous questions. If you simply "translate" them, you won't necessarily get much further. Think a little round the corner and take a GUESS. It's (just) a game.
The emojis are part of it too.
disconnect got it.
I'm thinking what gender is it?🤔I still can't think of anything...
Question 13
⚽ Sports 🏏
Each of the following clubs has won the European Cup, but which is the odd one out and why?
Aston Villa played in the final only once, while the other clubs reached the final twice.
👉 VERY close… what’s significant about all of their other appearance in the final?
Unlike others, Aston Villa never lost a European competition final.
Edit:
They are also the only club who lost home league the same year they won the European competition.
✅ Correct - They are the only team in that list never to have lost a European / UCL Cup Final.
The answer was in alexanderkass's response. I still took help from my husband because I don't follow sports. It was good to learn a thing or two today. 😆
I’ve discovered a few things from people’s answers too!
Aston Villa has gone the longest without winning a national championship among these clubs.
👎 You nearly had it with your last answer. This answer isn't as close.
I think I know the answer.
If it's correct, I'll let you have it. Your answer's so close, I'm tempted to let you have the point anyway!
Aston Villa did not concede a single goal on their way to winning the 1982 European Cup.
HSV, because it is the only club that does not play in the first division of its country.
👎 Oh, I didn't realise that. Poor Hamburg.
No Problem. When I was interested in football, HSV was Deutscher Meister an I (little girl) in love with their star Kevin Keegan… 😉
Ah, King Kev. Great bloke.
Haha, I think I remember even the show... "Musikladen" - always cool stuff... ;-D
I don't think it was as successful as Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle... such a blessing that footballers stick to football now.
Marseille - it is the only club that won the European Cup after it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in the 1992/93 season.
The others all won it as the European Cup.
👎 Ah, I tried to avoid teams the won it as the rebranded version to prevent confusion. I’ll add Man City to the question.
Steaua București, because English clubs did not play this year and because they are the first Eastern Bloc club to win the tournament, and also because they won the final on penalties thanks to the goalkeeper
👎 I like it when I learn something with the answers 🙂
Steaua București is the only team that won its final (1986 against Barcelona) after extra time and a penalty shoot-out. All other teams won in regulation time. They are the only team that won with a two-goal difference (2:0). For the others, the difference was only one goal (4x 1:0; 1x 2:1).
In addition, the final took place in Spain, the home country of the opponent, Barcelona. All other teams were allowed to play on "neutral ground".
👎 I'm learning a lot from some of these answers.
You can't imagine how much I'm learning! And that's despite the fact that watching sport or reading about it in the newspaper (apart from handball) doesn't interest me at all...
Ah, handball. Another sport that doesn't get enough air-time in the UK. Probably because we didn't invent it. I wonder if the person who created thought...
"Hmmm, football. Hmmm. What's football missing? How can we compete with feet? 💡 That's it! Hands!! Hands are better than feet. But what to call it? I need a memorable name. Feet have football, what can hands have...? 🤔"
In the final match against Bayern, Aston Villa's starting goalkeeper was substituted due to an injury. Nevertheless, despite lacking experience in such games, the substitute goalkeeper delivered an outstanding performance. (As for the other teams on this list, they did not substitute their starting goalkeepers in the finals of the European Champions Cup, if I'm not mistaken 🥹)
👎 event-horizon got the final link - Of all of the teams, Aston Villa are the only team never to have lost a European / UCL Cup Final.
It was unexpected
Question 18
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
Movie: Inside Out
Explanation:
You have shared the picture of London’s Lloyd’s Building.
✅ The Movie is Inside-Out. "Like a backpack" - I've never heard it described as being like a backpack before!
Yeah. What's tha anolagy between backpack and something turned inside out? No idea...
Skyscraper... What else... 😇
👎 I should probably watch that at some point
Inception
👎 It’s not inception
Sky High (2005)
👎 That also doesn't look like my kind of movie 😆
Lloyd (2001)
👎 It's not Lloyd - soulfuldreamer got it - Inside-Out.
Question 12
⚽ Sports 🏏
From the following list of cricketers who have all played over 100 Test Matches, who is the odd one out and why?
Two times Alastair Cook??? Well, never mind, here is my answer:
Steve Smith is the only one yet to pass the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket.
Oops. I did that when I was ordering them!
✅ Steve Smith is the only one who didn't pass 10,000 test runs - you'd think that he'd have played one more game wouldn't you??
It's not like I know the first thing about cricket...
AI helped me this time: I asked about trophies in cricket and immediately found the 10,000-run mark interesting (there was even a name I'd forgotten). Wiki. Club, club, club... 9.999... Wow! He may not be in the club, but I bet that number will immortalise Steve Smith!
So full intention not to get that one more run... ;-)
Ah yes, maybe that's it! If he'd have scored that 10,000th run, he'd never have anything to talk about! "Yeah, mate. I'm just one of a handful of players to score over 10,000 runs" whereas now, people will ask about always being 1 run short of 10,000 and he'll seem more interesting!
Question 2
Missing Words 📝
In this round, I will take a sentence or paragraph from a user's blog - all you have to do, is fill in the blanks.
> After praying the morning prayer I sat down at home because today was ❓.
Sunday
I also thought about Sunday... but I said Friday...😁
I also thought Friday but said Sunday because somebody else already said Friday... My luck... ;-)
✅ It is Sunday.
The user sat down at home, because it was Sunday.
cold
Again only a guess because I did not find the exact quote. Though I read them all… 🤪
What is this thing with double freshness....🤔🤔🤔
Edit: one more with the right sequence of hygiene routine:
Another edit:
In case, you forget the right order of things...
So is it brushing your teeth, first or washing your hands?
I am very particular about the order. I'm confused now... And yes, it matters!
Well, if it was me, I'd wash my hands first. I wouldn't want dirty hands all over my toothbrush and then potentially contaminating my mouth and teeth!
Right answer.
Wow, a load of them still brush their teeth. I can’t believe it… NO, I don’t want to believe it…
I read that one 🤣 I wondered "What's ablution?"
Thank fuck for that. Would've been a rough day if they'd forgotten that detail.
Same here!
Now I know that we wash our face with water and not powder. 🫠🙃
Now? I know this since the beginning of the diary game. Four years, five? Ouch...
👎 Sitting down at home because it is cold is too logical I'm afraid.
I don't think a Google search brings up this post.
There are a lot of users who write that they go back inside after getting up because it's too cold. After praying and brushing their teeth, of course.
I liked the grammar with ‘cold’. It would have been so beautifully typical... ;-)
In the meantime, this riddle probably belongs in the category ‘How do I kill time until my funeral?’, don't you think?! Reading diary games (or just the intros) is a great method... ;-)
It's remarkable how similar so many diary games look. I should probably write a "Diary Game" generator. That should be fairly easy 🙂
That would not only be very easy (because the vocabulary is so limited, you mean?), it would also be very funny. At least if you add a direct link from the posts to the sc accounts and an automatic mention of all major stakeholders.
holiday
👎 It's not holiday - not too far away though!
I will go with 'holiday' as o1eh suggested.
... today was a holiday so I stared at my toothbrush with a longing in my heart. It turns out toothbrushes also have a day off on Sundays.
👎 It's not 'holiday'. The answer's not 'toothbrush day' either 😉
After praying the morning prayer, I sat down at home because today was Christmas.
👎 It's not Christmas. The post is more recent than that.
because today was...my birthday?
👎 Happy Birthday! Oh, it's not their birthday though 😜
After praying the morning prayer I sat down at home because today was Friday
Yes, it's probably Friday, I hadn't seen this answer haha😅
👎 It's not Friday but you're very close. chriddi is correct with Sunday.
Friday
👎 Sunday was correct 🙂
Question 11
⚽ Sports 🏏
From the following list of Formula 1 drivers, who is the odd one out and why?
Hint: They are all Formula 1 Drivers' Champions
Lewis Hamilton never won a title with/for Ferrari.
✅ That is correct. He is the only driver who hasn't won a World Title whilst driving for Ferrari (yet).
Wikipedia told me the four that won (well, each in an own tab...) and @mojociocio in his comment, that Hamilton starts for Ferrari. Thanks for the hint, Mojo... ;-)
I am so happy I helped finding the answer... 😆
No edit, just to be more precisely:
He is the only one who has not (yet?) won a world championship title for the racing team. I don't know if there are any other titles in Formula 1...
Niki Lauda is distinguished by the fact that he was severely injured in an accident and, despite severe burns, returned to racing in a short period of time, later winning the 1977 championship.
That's not the answer I'm looking for. I've added a hint to narrow down the possible answers.
Michael Schuhmacher because after an accident while a ski journey he was injured and is still very sick. He had never been able to drive again.
That's not what I'm looking for. I've added a hint because as pennsif points out, there are many possible answers.
Kimi Räikkönen - as he has only won one world championship.
The others have all won multiple times.
This question has several valid answers so it is a difficult one to call.
True. I've added a hint to point you in the right direction.
Juan Manuel Fangio, unlike the others, was a champion in Turismo Carretera and a winner of the long race Gran Premio del Norte (over 9,500 km) before Formula 1
👎 That's not what I'm looking for
Reminder: Please wait 3 hours from the time of this attempt before trying again.
Juan Manuel Fangio, as he is the only one to win the first Championship at 40 years, while the rest did it when they were in their 20s
👎 I didn't realise he was that old when he won his first World Title. I'm hoping Lewis will win one in his 40's too.
I’m really curios to see how he will get along with Ferrari
I just hope he wins that 8th world title that he was so cruelly robbed of.
Are you a fan of Norris also? Who is your favorite?
I hope that all of the British drivers do well - Hamilton, Norris, Russell, Bearman and Albon (although I see he's classified as Thai now).
I'd like Max to crash every race.
How about you?
I like Max but not when he is driving like a mad man and I also Piastri. He reminds me a bit of Raikkonen with how chill he is while driving.
Hopefully, this year we will have a competitive season with less drama and controversy :))
Question 1
Missing Words 📝
In this round, I will take a sentence or paragraph from a user's blog - all you have to do, is fill in the blanks.
> I enjoyed a beautiful afternoon today. The afternoon was ❓ ❓.
I guess, the afternoon was very beautiful.
What I also can say... and I'll brush my teeth very soon 😇
✅ Are you in NO team with chriddi?
Hey, one tick for me... 👍
Yes, NO team is the right team.
Where do you find these brilliant quotes... ;-)))
Wahrscheinlich in zu vielen Posts... 😇
This one... the 1st Diary Game I opened. If you open a Diary Game from certain geographies, you're pretty much guaranteed that it'll start along these lines!!
[…] The afternoon was beautiful today.
Just guessing… 🤪
👎 you’re close, but not quite. Moecki got it.
Great! Since we are a team...