Post by sandbachhatter on Feb 23, 2015 9:28:36 GMT
Morning all, and welcome back to Quizland!
Time for something with a bit of a (nasty) twist!
Over the next 4 weeks, I’m going to give you clues to 4 County players from the past (yes, yes, I know that sounds like lots of my quizzes but hear me out!)
With Clue 1 on Monday, I’ll also give you 4 answers, one of which is the correct one. You have to decide on the Monday who you think it is, and send me a PM or e-mail to sandbachhatter@hotmail.co.uk. I won’t tell you whether you’re right though!
With Clue 2 on Tuesday, you have to decide whether you want to stick with your answer or switch to another one. Same for Wednesday and so on for the remainder of the week.
At the end of the week, I’ll reveal the answer and you will score points depending on when you made your final decision. So, if you choose an answer on Monday, stick with it, and it’s correct, you get 5 points. If you settle on the correct answer on Tuesday 4 points and so on.
Beware – if you get the right answer on Monday, switch on Tuesday and then switch back again on Wednesday, you’ll still only get 3 points. It’s when you make your final decision that counts!
Whilst you will of course know at the end of each week how well you’ve done, I won’t be revealing anyone’s scores at all until the very end of the quiz so you won’t know how well your competition are faring.
Here’s the nasty twist.
After the 4 weeks, there will then be a 5th and final week where you will get the opportunity to steal points from your opponents. I will use a random generator thingy I found online to pair you all up and will reveal who your partner is on the Monday of that final week. You will not know how many points your partner has.
You then have the remainder of the week (until midnight Friday) to make a decision as to whether you want to “Split” or “Steal” some extra bonus points. There will be 10 bonus points up for grabs per pair. This final week’s thread will not be locked, so you can discuss with your partner what you’re thinking, and what decision you think you should both make, but you must make your final decision to me, individually, in private, again by PM or e-mail. Your partner must not know what decision you've made. Here’s what happens next:
If you both choose to split the bonus points, then they are split between you and you receive 5 each;
If one of you chooses to split, and one chooses to steal, the person who chose to steal gets all 10 bonus points;
If you both choose to steal, neither of you receive anything.
Choose carefully!
Incidentally, this may sound like a former day time quiz show called “Golden Balls” hosted by Jasper Carrott, but I assure you, for legal reasons, it is slightly different (cough).
Then, and only then, will I reveal the final scores and who has got some bonus points, so you will know whether your partner was honest, whether you’ve screwed them over, or whether they’ve screwed you!
Right then, off we go!