Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“As we all know claires_dad very kindly holds a "Guess the Cover Design Competition" which we all enjoy entering.
But, between now and then is a period of boring anticipation and nothingness. It's your fault claires_dad, you run the competition far too well!
So, I decided to run a Christmas Quiz based on Radio Times entries from the past. Each week I will ask ten questions. If you PM me with your answers, at the end of each week I will gather up your answers and officially announce that week's winner. The questions will be asked each week until W/E 12/10/14. The person(s) who wins overall by gaining more points will win a copy of my poetry book called "A Gift For Christmas".
(Rules will be explained later).
So, without further ado, here are the first ten questions:
1: In what year did ITV trounce BBC1 on Christmas Night by showing Raiders of the Lost Ark?
2: What was BBC1's opposition to that movie on the same night?
3: In 1974, BBCtv received complaints about their Christmas Day schedule. Can you tell me why?
4: What was significant about BBC2's Christmas night offering in 1993 at 9.15pm?
5: BBC1 has traditionally shown animated movies on Christmas afternoon after the Queen's speech for several years now. But, what was the year that the run of animation movies began?
6: Before the run of animated movies started, can you name the afternoon movie in the year preceeding it?
7: What famous musical received its television premiere on Christmas Day 1975 and received the exact same slot two years later in 1977?
8: 1981 was considered a relatively poor Christmas on BBC1. But they had one main event with the premiere of Gone With The Wind. But, what classic sci-fi movie received its television premiere on BBC1 on New Year's Day 1982?
9: What classic television drama was shown on BBC2 on Christmas Day 1975?
10: What year did the Radio Times release its first double issue?
There you go. The first ten questions.
RULES:
Only one entry per person per week. Multiple entries will be ignored and only the first entry honoured.
The person with the most correct will be announced every Sunday from August 24th 2014. Answers will be given every Sunday morning from August 24 2014. . The weekly winner will receive 5 points. The person who comes second will get 3 points and the person who comes third will get 1 point. The person with the most points at the end of the Quiz which will end on Saturday 12th October, will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the names will be put into a hat and the overall winner selected randomly, but only if there are more than two winners.
Please PM me your answers. It will invalidate any entry if you reveal the answers publicly as you could be enabling others to see the answers too.
GAINING POINTS
To gain points you need to enter the competition frequently. You will not be considered a winner with 5 points if you only entered once. You do not have to enter every week. The weekly winner will get 5 points. The person who comes 2nd gets 3 points and the person in third place gets 1 point. If there are more people who come 2nd than third, then all those will score 3 points and the third place ranking will be disregarded in any particular week that this occurs.
Any other issues, please feel free to PM me and I will do my best to answer them.
Good luck, and enjoy!”
Round One of the quiz closes at midnight tonight guys! Answers and this week's top 3 entrants will be revealed in the morning. Your last chance this week to enter!