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The Great Big CaR Forum Quiz 2020! (And the winner is.....!)

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Hear ye, hear ye! It's the Great Big CaR Forum Quiz 2020!

Questions about video games, movies and the world beyond! 2020 has, let's be honest, been a bit of a shitshow of a year. Could YOU be the one to notch up a final small victory of the year?

Previously on the Great Big CaR Forum Quiz:

2018 winner: Combine Hunter
2019 winner: Simonsloth

Please find below, in the spoiler tags a ready formatted answer sheet for this years quiz. You can just copy and paste that in to a new post and add your answers. But please, POST YOUR ANSWERS IN SPOILER TAGS.

Ready formatted answer sheet is here:
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Round 1: General Gaming

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Round 2: Back To The Primitive

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Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

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Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

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Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1. MARINA'S CLOSING =
2. FRANTIC ME =
3. DO NOBLE, BRO! =
4. OILY SCUM Dies =
5. YO, NEAT BAT! =
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY? =
7. ME SHITS =
8. THE WEST SIN =
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL! =
10. IT'S LOW! PING! =


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

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Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

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Round 8: Movies

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Round 9: TV

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Round 10: Sport

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Round 11: Music

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Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

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So there you have it, 12 rounds and a massive 80 questions! In case of an unlikely draw, there is a tiebreaker question:

How many games (excluding demos, the NES and SNES online apps and the YouTube app, do I have currently installed on my Switch as of 10am on 26th December 2020? Your answer goes here:

We'll have to employ a degree of trust here, Google could help you immeasurably, but where's the fun in that?

You have until 2pm on SUNDAY 3rd JANUARY to submit your answers. So, without any more delay, on with the quiz!


Round 1: General Gaming

1. What is the name of the 'never officially translated to English' cyber-police detective game from Hideo Kojima?
2. Double Fine studios was founded by which ex-Lucas Arts adventure game veteran?
3. Super Meat Boy, Braid and Fez featured in which 2012 gaming documentary?
4. The sequence U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,B,A is better known as what?
5. Street Fighter 2 mutant, Blanka, honed his skills fighting on the streets of which South American country?
6. A,B,A,C,A,B,B enabled the blood mode in which Sega Megadrive game?
7. In which Nintendo game did Mario, known at the time as Jumpman, make his first ever appearance?
8. What is the maximum number of lines you can complete at any one time in a traditional game of Tetris?
9. What is the name of Tetsuya Mizuguchi's 2011 follow up to the cult-classic shooter, Rez?
10. What is the name of the thug who roughs up Guybrush Threepwood in the opening scene of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge?


Round 2: Back To The Primitive

1. The characters Bub and Bob are the stars of which 1986 platformer?
2. What game followed Desert and Jungle in the popular EA Strike series?
3. Based on the book by Ade Edmondson, this 1987 computer game encouraged you to be a complete what?
4. What animal was a secret playable character in Streets Of Rage 3?
5. Which much delayed John Romero FPS was finally released to a largely negative press in May 2000?


Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

1. The Last Of Us Part 2 is largely set in which US City?
2. Who composed the soundtrack to Doom Eternal?
3. Barret, Tifa and Heidegger are characters from the 2020 remake of which game?
4. What did Cane and Rinse arch-enemies, The Computer Game Show, vote as their 2020 Game Of The Year?
5. What is the name of the wise old museum curator in this year's Animal Crossing: New Horizons?


Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

1. Brotherhood, Unity
2. Lost Legacy, Golden Abyss
3. Origins, Inquisition
4. Shadows of Amn, Dark Alliance
5. Asylum, Knight
6. Minish Cap, Spirit Tracks
7. Song of Life, Like A Dragon
8. Memories of Celceta, Lacrimosa of Dana
9. Rising, Evolution
10. Bloodlines, Portrait of Ruin

Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1. MARINA'S CLOSING
2. FRANTIC ME
3. DO NOBLE, BRO!
4. OILY SCUM DIES
5. YO, NEAT BAT!
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY?
7. ME SHITS
8. THE WEST SIN
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL!
10. IT'S LOW! PING!


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

1. Paper Mario: The _ _ _ _ _ King
2. A Boy And His _ _ _ _ _
3. _ _ _ _ _ From Monkey Island
4. Plumbers Don't Wear _ _ _ _ _
5. Silent Hill 4: The _ _ _ _ _
6. Horizon _ _ _ _ _ Turbo
7. _ _ _ _ _ 2: Among Thieves
8. Fallout: _ _ _ _ _ Vegas
9. Luigi's Mansion: Dark _ _ _ _ _
10. Indiana Jones And The Fate Of _ _ _ _ _


Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

1. “They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. And then it was over.”
2. “What is a man? A Miserable little pile of secrets!”
3. "The cake is a lie."
4. "May your survival be long, may your death be swift."
5. “I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an arrow to the knee.”


Round 8: Movies

1. Quentin Tarantino originally released which film as a grindhouse double feature alongside Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror?
2. Which composer scored the films Blade Runner and Chariots Of Fire?
3. Harry Styles made his film debut in which 2017 war epic?
4. What was the film in which Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino first acted in the same scene together?
5. Which film opens with the line, "Saigon… Shit. I'm still only in Saigon"?


Round 9: TV

1. After being dismissed from Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson went on to co-present which Prime exclusive motoring show?
2. The numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 feature heavily in which mysterious television show?
3. Which actor links Boardwalk Empire, Line Of Duty, Band Of Brothers and the This Is England television series?
4. "That's Livin' Alright" was the theme tune to which 80s television show?
5. An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig, Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants and Imaginationland are episodes of which animated TV show?


Round 10: Sport

1. Which team defeated Miami Heat, 4 games to 2, to claim victory in this year's NBA Playoff finals?
2. YouTube 'celebrity' and colossal prick Jake Paul has offered £50m to which former UFC champion to face him in the boxing ring?
3. Lewis Hamilton recently equalled the record for Formula One championship wins set by which driver?
4. The Hawthorns is the home ground of which Premier League football team?
5. What is the maximum possible amount a player could score with 6 throws of a dart?


Round 11: Music

1. 'We passed upon the stair' is the opening line to which David Bowie song?
2. Members of which band performed alongside Nirvana during their legendary Unplugged set on the songs Lake Of Fire, Plateau and Oh Me?
3. Which song did Marty McFly suggest the audience weren't ready for, but "your kids are gonna love it" in Back To The Future?
4. 19, 21 and 25 are albums from which UK artist?
5. Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert have both provided live vocals for which British classic rock band?


Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

1. What is the name of James Acaster and Ed Gamble's food based comedy podcast?
2. The first ever issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast featured which video game?
3. As often featured in his podcast, what is the name of Adam Buxton's dog?
4. What was the name of David Turner's gaming podcast, co-hosted with Micheal Fox and others, prior to The Computer Game Show?
5. Which two regular Cane and Rinse contributors host the Video Wizards podcast?


So there you have it, 12 rounds and a massive 80 questions! In case of an unlikely draw, there is a tiebreaker question:

How many games (excluding demos, the NES and SNES online apps and the YouTube app, do I have currently installed on my Switch as of 10am on 26th December 2020? Your answer goes here:

Hope you enjoy the quiz!

And one last time - please post any answers in spoiler tags, and the submission deadline is 2pm on Sunday 3rd January. :)
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Blimey! Thanks for doing this again, Alex!
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:D
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My score's not gonna be good, but what can ya do:
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Round 1: General Gaming

1. Policenauts
2. Tim Schafer
3. Indie Game the Movie(Still haven't watched it, but have the soundtrack in my library!)
4. No idea, konami code?
5. Brazil. All Brazilians have electricity, duh!
6. I'd say Mortal Kombat but I'm fairly sure that was Nintendo
7. Its not Donkey Kong, so its the one with the horizontal pipes no one really talks about - Mario Brothers?
8.
9.
10.


Round 2: Back To The Primitive

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Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

1.
2. Mick Gordon
3. FF7R
4.
5.


Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

1. Assassin's Creed
2. Uncharted
3. Dragon Age
4. Baldur's Gate
5. Batman: Arkham
6. TLOZelda
7. Yakuza
8. Ys
9. Trials...?
10. Castlevania


Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1. MARINA'S CLOSING =
2. FRANTIC ME =
3. DO NOBLE, BRO! =
4. OILY SCUM Dies =
5. YO, NEAT BAT! =
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY? =
7. ME SHITS =
8. THE WEST SIN =
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL! =
10. IT'S LOW! PING! =


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

1. Origami
2. Blob
3. Tales
4. Belts?
5. Room
6. Super?
7. Uncharted
8. New
9. Moon
10. Atlantis


Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

1.
2. Castlevania
3. Portal
4.
5. Skyrim


Round 8: Movies

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4.
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Round 9: TV

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4.
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Round 10: Sport

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4.
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Round 11: Music

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Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

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Well you're winning so far mate!
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Round 1: General Gaming

1. Snatcher
2. Tim Schafer
3. Indie Game the Movie
4. Konami Code
5. Brazil
6. Streets of Rage (this is a guess)
7. Donkey Kong
8. 4
9. Child of Eden
10. ???


Round 2: Back To The Primitive

1. ???
2. Urban
3. ???
4. ???
5. Daikatana


Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

1. Seattle
2. Mick Gordon
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. Hades
5. ???


Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

1. Assassin's Creed
2. Uncharted
3. Dragon Age
4. Balder's Gate
5. Batman: Arkham (insert thing here)
6. The Legend of Zelda
7. Yakuza
8. ???
9. Trials
10. Castlevania


Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1. MARINA'S CLOSING = Animal Crossing
2. FRANTIC ME = Minecraft
3. DO NOBLE, BRO! = Bloodborne
4. OILY SCUM Dies = Disco Elysium
5. YO, NEAT BAT! = Bayonetta
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY? = Fantasy Zone
7. ME SHITS = The Sims
8. THE WEST SIN = The Witness
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL! = Hollow Knight
10. IT'S LOW! PING! = Pilotwings


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

1. Origami
2. Blob
3. Escape
4. Capes (this is a guess)
5. Room
6. Super
7. Uncharted
8. New
9. Moon
10. Atlantis


Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

1. ???
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
3. Portal
4. The Last of Us: Part II
5. Elder Scrolls: Skyrim


Round 8: Movies

1. Death Proof
2. ???
3. Dunkirk
4. Heat
5. Apocalypse Now


Round 9: TV

1. Grand Tour
2. Lost
3. Stephen Graham
4. ???
5. South Park


Round 10: Sport

1. ???
2. ???
3. Schumacher
4. ???
5. ???


Round 11: Music

1. Changes
2. ???
3. Johnny B Goode
4. Adele
5. Queen


Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

1. ???
2. God of War III
3. Rosie
4. Joypod
5. Ben Cartlidge and Michiel Kroder

So there you have it, 12 rounds and a massive 80 questions! In case of an unlikely draw, there is a tiebreaker question:

How many games (excluding demos, the NES and SNES online apps and the YouTube app, do I have currently installed on my Switch as of 10am on 26th December 2020? Your answer goes here: 23
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Round 1: General Gaming

1. Snatcher
2. David Alexis
3. Indie Game: The Movie
4. The Konami Code
5. Brazil
6. Streets of Rage
7. Donkey Kong
8. 4
9. Rezzed up Remix
10. Punchton Smashbury


Round 2: Back To The Primitive

1. Ice Climbers
2. Urban Strike
3. Idiot
4. Kangaroo
5. Daikatana


Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

1. Washington
2. Mick Gordon
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. The Last of Us Part 2
5. Wubble


Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

1. Assassin's Creed
2. Golden Sun
3. Dragon Age
4. World of Warcraft
5. Batman
6. Legend of Zelda
7. Yakuza
8. Final Fantasy tactics
9. Trials
10. Castlevania


Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1. MARINA'S CLOSING = Animal Crossing
2. FRANTIC ME = Minecraft
3. DO NOBLE, BRO! = Bloodborne
4. OILY SCUM Dies = Demosu... Sicily...
5. YO, NEAT BAT! = Bayonetta
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY? = Fantasy Zone
7. ME SHITS = The Sims
8. THE WEST SIN = The Witness
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL! = Hollow Knight
10. IT'S LOW! PING! = Pilotwings


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

1. Origami
2. Blob
3. Escape
4. Stilettos?
5. Room
6. Drive
7. Uncharted
8. New
9. Spirit
10. Ghosts


Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

1. The Last of Us
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
3. Portal
4. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
5. Skyrim


Round 8: Movies

1. From Dusk till Dawn
2. Vangelis
3. Dunkirk
4. The Irishman
5. Apocalypse Now


Round 9: TV

1. Speed
2. Lost
3. Idris Elba
4. Cheers
5. American Dad


Round 10: Sport

1. LA Angels
2. Conor McGregor
3. Michael Schumacher
4. West Bromwich Albion
5. 360


Round 11: Music

1. China Girl
2. Alice in Chains
3. Johnny Be Good
4. Adele
5. Rolling Stones


Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

1. Teaching One's Granny To Suck Eggs
2. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
3. Rosy
4. Gameslop
5. Mike and Leon

So there you have it, 12 rounds and a massive 80 questions! In case of an unlikely draw, there is a tiebreaker question:

How many games (excluding demos, the NES and SNES online apps and the YouTube app, do I have currently installed on my Switch as of 10am on 26th December 2020? Your answer goes here: 46
Thanks Alex for organising this, cool set of questions. Those anagrams had me scratching my head for hhhooouurrrs.
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OK all, you have until 2pm on Sunday if you fancy a go... :)
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I love this every year Alex. I will try and do tonight or tomorrow night.
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Top work. Will get my answers in asap
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Thank you for doing this! Had equal parts enjoyment and pain from my brain melting :D

Happy new year everyone. :)
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Round 1: General Gaming

1.Policenauts
2.Tim Schafer
3.Indie Game the movie
4.The Konami Code
5.Brazil
6.Mortal Kombat
7. Donkey Kong
8. 5
9.Child of Eden
10. Thug McThugason



Round 2: Back To The Primitive

1.Bubble Bobble
2. Soviet
3. Sh*t
4. Hedgehog
5.Dai Katana


Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

1. Somewhere in the states.
2. Mick Gordon
3. FF7
4. Hades
5. Blathers


Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

1.Assassin's Creed
2.Uncharted
3.Dragon Age
4.Baldurs Gate
5.Batman
6.Legend of Zelda
7.Yakuza
8.Ys
9.Trials
10. Castlevania



Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1. MARINA'S CLOSING = Animal Crossing
2. FRANTIC ME =
3. DO NOBLE, BRO! =
4. OILY SCUM Dies = Disco Elysium
5. YO, NEAT BAT! =
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY? =
7. ME SHITS =
8. THE WEST SIN =
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL! = Hollow Knight
10. IT'S LOW! PING! = Pilot Wings


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

1. Paper Mario: The Origami King
2. A Boy And His Blob
3. EscapeFrom Monkey Island
4. Plumbers Don't Wear
5. Silent Hill 4: The room
6. Horizon Chase Turbo
7. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
8. Fallout: New Vegas
9. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
10. Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis



Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

1.Max Payne
2.Castlevania symphony of the night
3. Portal
4. Fortnite - no idea!
5. Skyrim




Round 8: Movies

1. Jackie Brown
2. Vangelis
3. Dunkirk
4. Heat
5. Apocalypse Now



Round 9: TV

1. The Grand Tour
2. Lost
3. Damien Lewis
4. Auf Wiedersehen pet
5. South Park




Round 10: Sport

1. LA Lakers
2.
3. Michael Schumacher
4.
5. 360


Round 11: Music

1. Man who sold the world
2. The Meat Puppets
3. Johnny B Goode
4. Adele
5. Queen



Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

1.
2.
3.Bella
4. Joypod
5. Michiel Kroder and Ben Cartlidge

So there you have it, 12 rounds and a massive 80 questions! In case of an unlikely draw, there is a tiebreaker question:

How many games (excluding demos, the NES and SNES online apps and the YouTube app, do I have currently installed on my Switch as of 10am on 26th December 2020? Your answer goes here: 23
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AARGH!
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Round 1: General Gaming

1. Snatcher
2. Tim Schafer
3. Indie Game: The Movie
4. Konami Code
5. Brazil
6. Mortal Kombat
7. Donkey Kong
8. 4
9. Child of Eden
10. Largo


Round 2: Back To The Primitive

1. Bubble Bobble
2. Pacific
3. Bastard
4. Kangaroo
5. Daikatana


Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

1. Seattle
2. Mick Gordon
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. Hades
5. Blathers


Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

1. Assassin's Creed
2. Uncharted
3. Dragon Age
4. Baldurs Gate
5. Batman: Arkham
6. The Legend of Zelda
7. Yakuza
8. Ys
9. Trials
10. Castlevania


Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1. MARINA'S CLOSING = Animal Crossing
2. FRANTIC ME =
3. DO NOBLE, BRO! =
4. OILY SCUM Dies =
5. YO, NEAT BAT! = Bayonetta
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY? = Fantasy Zone
7. ME SHITS = The Sims
8. THE WEST SIN =
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL! =
10. IT'S LOW! PING! =


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

1. Origami
2. Blob
3. Escape
4. Ties
5. Room
6. Chase
7. Uncharted
8. New
9. Moon
10. Atlantis


Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

1.
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
3. Portal (Though I get the feeling the game never says it and the actual answer is something referencing it)
4.
5. Skyrim


Round 8: Movies

1. Machete
2. Vangelis
3. Dunkirk
4. Heat
5. Apocalypse Now


Round 9: TV

1. The Grand Tour
2. Lost
3.
4.
5. South Park


Round 10: Sport

1. LA Lakers
2. Conor McGregor
3. Michael Schumacher
4. West Bromwich Albion
5. 360


Round 11: Music

1. Changes
2.
3. Johnny B Goode
4. Adele
5. Queen


Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

1. Off Menu
2. Resident Evil 4
3.
4. Midnight Resistance
5. Michiel Kroder and Ben Cartlidge

So there you have it, 12 rounds and a massive 80 questions! In case of an unlikely draw, there is a tiebreaker question:

How many games (excluding demos, the NES and SNES online apps and the YouTube app, do I have currently installed on my Switch as of 10am on 26th December 2020? Your answer goes here: 38
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my stab at this is pretty poor honestly. Not even certain I can answer more than about a quarter of those answers ...
maybe I should have listened to more of the podcasts in 2020.

Good luck to those who have put answers in!
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Good work all - I'll put a bit of an extension on this so anyone who intended to play gets a chance, it'll be a couple of days till I tot up the scores I'm sure, so feel free to post your answers until I do :)
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Extension welcomed! I’ve just remember the deadline is now!!
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Whoops me too! I will do it tonight :)
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Re: The Great Big CaR Forum Quiz 2020!

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Here's mine. I'm still trying to work out the last few anagrams. Hopefully I can get them in before you close entries!
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Round 1: General Gaming

1. Policenauts
2. Tim Schafer
3. Indie Game the movie?
4. Konami Code
5. Brazil
6. Mortal Kombat
7. Donkey Kong
8. 4
9. Child of Eden
10. Largo LaGrand


Round 2: Back To The Primitive

1. Bubble Bobble
2. Soviet Strike?
3. B*****d
4. Werewolf?
5. Daikatana


Round 3: This Was The Year That Was

1. Seattle
2. Herman Hellmusicson
3. FF VII
4. Well it should have been Animal crossing but it was HADES
5. Blathers


Round 4: Subtitles (which series do the following games come from)

1. AC
2. Uncharted
3. Dragon Age
4. Dungeons and Dragons
5. Batman
6. Zelda
7. Yakuza
8. Ys
9. Trials
10. Vampire

Round 5: The Infamous Anagrams (decode the game, ignore all punctuation)

1.Animal Crossing
2. FRANTIC ME
3. Bloodborne
4. OILY SCUM DIES
5. Bayonetta
6. ZEN OF ANTS, AY?
7. ME SHITS
8. THE WEST SIN
9. GOTH LINK, HOWL!
10. IT'S LOW! PING!


Round 6: The Missing Words Round (number of dashes does NOT indicate number of letters)

1. Paper Mario: The Origami King
2. A Boy And His _Blob
3.Escape From Monkey Island
4. Plumbers Don't Wear ?Pants?
5. Silent Hill 4: The _Room _ _ _ _
6. Horizon _ _Chase _ _ _ Turbo
7. _ _Uncharted _ _ _ 2: Among Thieves
8. Fallout: _ _New _ _ _ Vegas
9. Luigi's Mansion: Dark _ Moon_ _ _ _
10. Indiana Jones And The Fate Of _ _Atlantis _ _ _


Round 7: Don't Quote Me On That... (which games do these quotes come from?)

1. “They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. And then it was over.” Max Payne
2. “What is a man? A Miserable little pile of secrets!” Castlevania SOTN
3. "The cake is a lie." Portal
4. "May your survival be long, may your death be swift." Last of us 2
5. “I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an arrow to the knee.” Monkey Island 2


Round 8: Movies

1. Quentin Tarantino originally released which film as a grindhouse double feature alongside Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror? DeathProof
2. Which composer scored the films Blade Runner and Chariots Of Fire? Vangelis
3. Harry Styles made his film debut in which 2017 war epic? Dunkirk
4. What was the film in which Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino first acted in the same scene together? Heat
5. Which film opens with the line, "Saigon… Shit. I'm still only in Saigon"? Platoon


Round 9: TV

1. After being dismissed from Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson went on to co-present which Prime exclusive motoring show? Drviing around the world?
2. The numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 feature heavily in which mysterious television show? Lost
3. Which actor links Boardwalk Empire, Line Of Duty, Band Of Brothers and the This Is England television series?
4. "That's Livin' Alright" was the theme tune to which 80s television show? No idea
5. An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig, Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants and Imaginationland are episodes of which animated TV show? South Park


Round 10: Sport

1. Which team defeated Miami Heat, 4 games to 2, to claim victory in this year's NBA Playoff finals? Chicago Bulls
2. YouTube 'celebrity' and colossal prick Jake Paul has offered £50m to which former UFC champion to face him in the boxing ring? Tyson Fury
3. Lewis Hamilton recently equalled the record for Formula One championship wins set by which driver? Schumacher
4. The Hawthorns is the home ground of which Premier League football team? West Brom
5. What is the maximum possible amount a player could score with 6 throws of a dart? 360


Round 11: Music

1. 'We passed upon the stair' is the opening line to which David Bowie song? The man who sold the world
2. Members of which band performed alongside Nirvana during their legendary Unplugged set on the songs Lake Of Fire, Plateau and Oh Me? The cure?
3. Which song did Marty McFly suggest the audience weren't ready for, but "your kids are gonna love it" in Back To The Future? Power of Love- Huey Lewis
4. 19, 21 and 25 are albums from which UK artist? Adele
5. Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert have both provided live vocals for which British classic rock band? Queen


Round 12: And Finally, Podcasts...

1. What is the name of James Acaster and Ed Gamble's food based comedy podcast? Off Menu
2. The first ever issue of the Cane and Rinse podcast featured which video game? Resident Evil 4
3. As often featured in his podcast, what is the name of Adam Buxton's dog? Pickles
4. What was the name of David Turner's gaming podcast, co-hosted with Micheal Fox and others, prior to The Computer Game Show? Joypod
5. Which two regular Cane and Rinse contributors host the Video Wizards podcast? Micheal and Ben


So there you have it, 12 rounds and a massive 80 questions! In case of an unlikely draw, there is a tiebreaker question:

How many games (excluding demos, the NES and SNES online apps and the YouTube app, do I have currently installed on my Switch as of 10am on 26th December 2020? Your answer goes here: 26
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Re: The Great Big CaR Forum Quiz 2020!

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Round 1

Policenauts
Tim Schafer
Indie Game: The Movie
The Konami Code
Brazil
Donkey Kong
Four
Child of Eden
Dave

Round 2

Bubble Bobble
Urban Strike
Twat
Kangaroo
Daikatana

Round 3

Washington
Mick Gordon
Final Fantasy VII Remake
I can't remember but it was clearly Animal Crossing New Horizons
Blathers

Round 4

Assassins Creed
Uncharted
Dragon Age
Baldurs Gate
Batman
The Legend of Zelda
Yakuza
Kingdom Hearts
Trials
Castlevania

Round 5

Animal Crossing


Round 6

Origami
Blob
Escape
Hats
Room
Super
Uncharted
New
Moon
Atlantis

Round 7

Max Payne 3
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Portal
God of War
Skyrim

Round 8

Deathproof
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Dunkirk
Goodfellas
Mulan

Round 9

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Lost
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South Park

Round 10

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W.B.A
120

Round 11

Ziggy Stardust
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Ed Sheeran
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Round 12

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God of War 3
Rosie
Joypod
Michiel and Leah

I answered these while cooking dinner so ... might be a load of guff
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Re: The Great Big CaR Forum Quiz 2020!

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I’m itching to see who the winner is Alex!
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me too :D
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