Necro's Christmas Safari

[Necro]

Time to try and bring some Christmas spirit to the forum and maybe get some life back into the old girl ahead of the new year.

As part of this I decided to run a Christmas Trilogy! Kinda like Die Hard but with less people dying and much much more swearing.



In traditional Necro mind-bending fashion, we are playing...

ELEPHANT!!!



Then KANGAROO



And finally we finish off with a lovely SHEEP!!




It's not quite the advent calendar replacement but it's sure to be a bit of fun....


Here is our list of players...

16 players:

@Declan A Walsh
@DejaBoo (who sadly only completed one leg of the trilogy)
@Edser
@E.N.
@HildaSilvioOgden
@Homer J. Fong
@Jluv
@jp liz v1 (who got me all excited by sending one PM for each game making me think we had more players)
@Kol
@Leg End Reject
@Mam of 4
@Necrina
@Neowise
@nothing
@Sawduck
@ShaneU



First up, of course...

Is Elephant!

[Necro]

PART 1: ELEPHANT

Elephant is a game where the start of the next word must begin with the end letter of the word before.


Like a line of elephants walking along holding each other, trunk to tail. The Elephants get upset if their tails are not being held.

e.g.

elephanT

TigeR

RhinO

OctopuS

Seal

Simple enough, but it can end up being a total train wreck. Once you step off the path, getting back on again can be a mindmelt.... not that there is any set path

What you had to do was connect the tails for these set of questions....

An country in Asia
A breed of cattle
An English Premier League team
A TV show
A Stranger Things character
A snooker ball colour
A 90s song
A capital city
A Stephen King novel
A Christmas song

[Necro]

Question 1: A country in Asia


Many options here but what would be best elephant wise?

[Necro]

Question 1: A country in Asia

China gets 10 of you off to a nice start... well compared to the rest.

China - 10
Declan A Walsh
Deja Boo
EN
Homer J. Fong
Kol
Leg End Reject
Neowise
nothing
Sawduck
ShaneU

Cyprus - 2
HildaSilvioOgden
Jluv

ACES - 1:

Japan - Necrina
Syria - JP Liz V1
Saudi Arabia - Mam of 4
Nepal - Edser

[Necro]

Question 2: A breed of cattle

Cows up next, what breed went well to connect your elephant's tails though....

Did you connect smooth or end up like this little chap

[Leg End Reject]

Hilda and jluv must have hit the sherry hard. 😂

[Leg End Reject]

Where is everyone? I'm like a stalker here on my own!

[Necro]

Question 2: A breed of cattle

9 of you are on the same wavelength and some have gone way off course....

Aberdeen Angus - 9
Deja Boo
Homer J. Fong
JP Liz V1
Kol
Leg End Reject
Neowise
nothing
Sawduck
ShaneU

Simmental - 2
HildaSilvioOgden
Jluv

ACES - 1:

Aubrac - Declan A Walsh
Norwegian Red - Necrina
Ayrshire - EN
Albanian - Mam of 4
Limousin - Edser

[Necrina]

Nope not on your own 

[Necrina]

Not a great start so far

[Necro]

Question 3: An English Premier League team

Anyone watch Match of the Day to prepare for this one?

No? Didn't think so.

[Leg End Reject]

Nope not on your own 

[Necro]

Question 3: An English Premier League team

Another strays off from the main herd to pick Spurs. In typical Spursy fashion, it's a swing and a miss

Basement dwellers Sheffield United top this table. Derby County even get a mention somehow

Sheffield United - 8
Deja Boo
Homer J. Fong
JP Liz V1
Kol
Leg End Reject
Neowise
nothing
ShaneU

Liverpool - 2
HildaSilvioOgden
Jluv

ACES - 1:

Chelsea - Declan A Walsh
Derby County - Necrina
Everton - EN
Newcastle United - Mam of 4
Spurs - Sawduck
Nottingham forest - Edser

[Necro]

Question 4: A TV show


This one threw a lot of people... our herd has dispersed and the elephants are angry!

[jp liz v1]

Hello All

[Necro]

Question 4: A TV show

nothing and ShaneU manage to create a mini herd but the rest of you are all acing away. Which could make things interesting...

Dragon’s Den - 2
nothing
ShaneU

ACES - 1:

Almost Human - Declan A Walsh
Dawson's Creek - Kol
Young Sheldon - Necrina
Deception - Deja Boo
Late night with Jimmy Fallon - Jluv
Naked Attraction - EN
Digimon - Homer J. Fong
Dark Angel - JP Liz V1
Defending Jacob - Neowise
Dynasty - Mam of 4
Lost - HildaSilvioOgden
Succession - Sawduck
Dead to Me - Leg End Reject
The crown - Edser

[Leg End Reject]

The problem with elephant is if one of your answers is different you're pretty much screwed. 🤯

[Necro]

Question 5: A Stranger Things character

Can the scattered reconverge on a popular TV show?

One person forgot to answer this one altogether

[Necro]

Question 5: A Stranger Things character

Mam forgets her lines but Nancy is definitely the most popular here, 10 of you picked her but it's grouped by the last letter as the Y's and the R's are about to go in different directions..

Nancy Wheeler - 6
Declan A Walsh
Deja Boo
Edser
Jluv
nothing
ShaneU

Nancy - 4
EN
Homer J. Fong
Necrina
Sawduck

ACES - 1:

Karen Wheeler - Kol
Lucas Sinclair - JP Liz V1
billy - Neowise
Ted Wheeler - HildaSilvioOgden
Erica Sinclair - Leg End Reject

INVALIDS - 0:

(blank) - Mam of 4

[Leg End Reject]

All down to yellow or red now!

[Necro]

Question 6: A snooker ball colour

Funny how these things end up isn't it.

One question you have 15 seperate answers and then two questions later...

[Necro]

Question 6: A snooker ball colour

Red - 10
Declan A Walsh
Deja Boo
Edser
HildaSilvioOgden
Jluv
JP Liz V1
Kol
Leg End Reject
nothing
ShaneU

Yellow - 6
EN
Homer J. Fong
Mam of 4
Necrina
Neowise
Sawduck

[Necro]

Question 7: A 90s song

So songs that begin with D or W.... hmmmmm how many 90s songs could there be...

[Necro]

Question 7: A 90s song

Oasis are clearly the band of the moment as 7 of you picked their songs

Wonderwall - 4
EN
Homer J. Fong
Neowise
Sawduck

Don't Look Back in Anger - 3
Declan A Walsh
Edser
ShaneU

Doo Wop - 2
HildaSilvioOgden
Jluv

ACES - 1:

Don't speak - Kol
Disco 2000 (D) - nothing
Wannabe - Necrina
Don't Try So Hard - Deja Boo
Deceptacon - JP Liz V1
Wake me up before you go go - Mam of 4
Deeper Shade of Soul - Leg End Reject

[Necro]

Question 8: A capital city

[Necro]

Question 8: A capital city

London - 5
EN
Homer J. Fong
Leg End Reject
Neowise
Sawduck

Rome - 3
Declan A Walsh
Edser
ShaneU

Dublin - 2
Deja Boo
nothing

Paris - 2
HildaSilvioOgden
Jluv

ACES - 1:

Kingston - Kol
Edinburgh - Necrina
Nairobi - JP Liz V1
Oslo - Mam of 4

[Necro]

Question 9: A Stephen King novel

The more well-read here you are in Stephen King, the better...

[Necro]

Question 9: A Stephen King novel

Needful Things - 7
Deja Boo
Homer J. Fong
Kol
Leg End Reject
Neowise
nothing
Sawduck

End of Watch - 3
Declan A Walsh
Edser
ShaneU

Salems Lot - 2
HildaSilvioOgden
Jluv

ACES - 1:

Holly - Necrina
Nightmares - EN
IT - JP Liz V1
Outsider (the) - Mam of 4

[Necro]

Question 10: A Christmas song

Final elephant related question which also means the final elephant related pic!

[Necro]

Question 10: A Christmas song

Silent Night tops the poll with Happy Xmas just one behind.... how does that show on our leader board?

Silent Night - 4
Deja Boo
Homer J. Fong
Leg End Reject
nothing

Happy Xmas (War is Over) - 3
Declan A Walsh
Edser
ShaneU

Santa Baby - 2
EN
Neowise

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - 2
Kol
Sawduck

ACES - 1:

You're a Mean One Mr Grinch - Necrina
The twelve days of Christmas - Jluv
The Christmas Song - JP Liz V1
Rejoice , ye Christians - Mam of 4
The First Noel - HildaSilvioOgden

[Necro]

Scores after question 10:

It means that @nothing wins the first leg of our Christmas Safari by a single point!

@DejaBoo and @Homer J. Fong share the podium with her and Shane is just a further point off

Player	Score
nothing	59
Deja Boo	58
Homer J. Fong	58
ShaneU	57
Leg End Reject	56
Neowise	53
Kol	50
Sawduck	49
Declan A Walsh	41
EN	35
JP Liz V1	34
Edser	32
Jluv	30
HildaSilvioOgden	25
Necrina	18
Mam of 4	14

@Mam of 4 takes the spoon by 4 points from Necrina at the other end.

5 minute break and we go straight into Kangaroo!

[Mam of 4]

Well now, off to a flying start 😁

[Necro]

Kangaroo is like sheep except your answers have to be factually wrong. 



If I ask for a comedy movie starring Tom Hanks then you could answer:

Cast Away (not a comedy)
Old School (not starring Tom Hanks)
Bosom Buddies (Not a movie)

you could also answer anything random like "Banana" or even "Bruce Willis' Jumper"

but the aim of the game is the same as sheep where you want to match others. This means answers like the first 3 are probably better than a totally random answer.

Anything that is correct scores 0 for the question.

Highest score wins.

A decoration for your Christmas tree
A food that's traditionally eaten at Christmas
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Movie
A Christmas Drink
A job you'd expect to be working on Christmas Day
A religion that celebrates Christmas
A Thundercat
A colour of a snooker ball
A month of the year
A season of the year
An Irish president
A number one single by Bruce Springsteen
A Forum of Games poster with more than 100 posts on the site

[Necrina]

And there goes my elephant 🤣

[Leg End Reject]

I've just realised the last one is a poster with more than 100 posts, for some reason I read it as less. 😬😬😬😬

[Necro]

Question 1: A decoration for your Christmas tree

What could the minds of FOG come up with for an incorrect decoration...

The world was your oyster...

[Mam of 4]

I've just realised the last one is a poster with more than 100 posts, for some reason I read it as less. 😬😬😬😬

Erm ..so did I 🙈 But maybe the answers we gave will still be right as they're wrong 🤣

[Necro]

Question 1: A decoration for your Christmas tree

Food was a popular choice but it was a very mixed bag across the board so no standouts yet.

Turkey - 2
Declan A Walsh
Jluv

Carrot - 2
Edser
nothing

ACES - 1:

Pumpkin - Kol
Presents - ShaneU
Moon - Necrina
Wreath - EN
Easter Bunny - Homer J. Fong
Socks - JP Liz V1
Die Hard - Neowise
A mince pie - HildSilvioOgden
Eggnog - Sawduck
Witches - Leg End Reject
Armadillo - Mam of 4

[Necro]

Question 2: A food that's traditionally eaten at Christmas

Not too hard to avoid the traditionals here right?

Wrong! We have our first correct incorrect here...

[Homer J. Fong]

"Kan....ga....Roo Roo Roo
Push pineapple, shake the tree...."