Weekly Bonus Question
11:12 UK time, Friday, 29 January 2010
Welcome to the Weekly Bonus Question.
Each week the news quiz 7 days 7 questions will offer an answer. You are invited to suggest what the question might have been.
Suggestions should be sent using the COMMENTS BOX IN THIS ENTRY (and not in the form on the right). And since nobody likes a smart alec, kudos will be deducted for predictability in your suggestions.
This week's answer is 108 GOALS.
UPDATE 1800 GMT: The correct answer was something about football and some team that's conceded that many goals.
Of your self-consciously wrong answers, we liked, in no particular order:
- FilboidStudge's I think it's something to do with Canadian ice hockey, but I can never remember how to do the conversion to Fahrenheit.
- BeckySnow's What's an ambitious score if you're flicking paper balls and the cat's in goal?
- EnfieldBlues [14]'s What would make a game of cricket entertaining for an American audience?
- MightyGiddyUpGal wrote: Is that why they call it fantasy football, dear?
- Kipson's What do we need to solve the prison over crowding crisis?...... Oh! Sorry.
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Comment number 1.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:All doomed by January 7th.
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Comment number 2.
At 29th Jan 2010, Gruffalo wrote:The summarised list of objectives for Tony Blair leading Britain into the Iraq war
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Comment number 3.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:What was the final score after the goalkeeper was forced to watch an entire series of Wild At Heart back to back before the match?
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Comment number 4.
At 29th Jan 2010, rogueslr wrote:What's the least number of goals let in by a Scottish keeper in their international career?
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Comment number 5.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:How many did Delia Smith score when she had a kickabout with her Canaries in the park last Sunday?
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Comment number 6.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:How many should premier league footballers score per match to justify their obscene salaries?
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Comment number 7.
At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:Its a typo. It should read: 108 GOATS.
The latest dowry offer by Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor of Kenya for Chelsea Clinton's hand in marriage.
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At 29th Jan 2010, Steve Burton wrote:The list is published of China's reasons for (not) restricting internet access.
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At 29th Jan 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:What did I over-enthusiastically list on my job appraisal form?
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Comment number 10.
At 29th Jan 2010, EnfieldBlues [14] wrote:What would make a game of cricket entertaining for an American audience?
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Comment number 11.
At 29th Jan 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:What is Frank Skinner going to call his next World Cup song?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Steve Burton wrote:How many things are left on my list of 100 things to do before I die, after my friends got hold of it?
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Comment number 13.
At 29th Jan 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:What is the registration number on David Beckham's limo?
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Comment number 14.
At 29th Jan 2010, Steve Burton wrote:What is the weekly performance target in the Umbro Net factory?
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At 29th Jan 2010, rogueslr wrote:What does the mission statement of the Obsessive Compulsive Society consist of?
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Comment number 16.
At 29th Jan 2010, Rbentley wrote:The Number of goals conceeded by a team in the Unibond league that were going to fold but got a team together from a 6th form college. can't remember what the team is called.
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Comment number 17.
At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:What the average type A personality sets as his day's tasks?
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Comment number 18.
At 29th Jan 2010, ArgieWizard wrote:Since asking to double his shirt number to inspire him to double his scoring tally each season, what is Nicklas Bendtner's target this season?
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Comment number 19.
At 29th Jan 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:I think we're going to need a bigger to-do list
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Comment number 20.
At 29th Jan 2010, Candace9839 wrote:A few of Julie Andrews' favourite things these days?
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Comment number 21.
At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:What my boss feels is a reasonable workload for me this morning?
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Comment number 22.
At 29th Jan 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:What Tenby Football Club score (10B goals)?
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Comment number 23.
At 29th Jan 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:What registration plate manufacturers suggest you should score?
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Comment number 24.
At 29th Jan 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:The wife's off for a few days at her mother's. Now, where's that list?
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Comment number 25.
At 29th Jan 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Nine sozzled actors pooling their recoveries before the next play?
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Comment number 26.
At 29th Jan 2010, Nick Fowler wrote:Wayne, will you wake up?
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Comment number 27.
At 29th Jan 2010, R W Eeles wrote:The number of objectives unachieved during Adam Crozier's tenure at Royal Mail.
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Comment number 28.
At 29th Jan 2010, Catherine O wrote:What is Manchester United's extra time record?
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Comment number 29.
At 29th Jan 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:What should you never take to Newcastle?
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Comment number 30.
At 29th Jan 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:What was the score when Arsenal played the English Rugby Team?
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Comment number 31.
At 29th Jan 2010, MuteJoe wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 32.
At 29th Jan 2010, Ponty1 wrote:1. How many goals did Norwich Free Academy Wildcats score in a season?
2. How many attempts does it take to find this Comments box?
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Comment number 33.
At 29th Jan 2010, MuteJoe wrote:What can you make with 216 jumpers?
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Comment number 34.
At 29th Jan 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The Goals family reunion?
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Comment number 35.
At 29th Jan 2010, eddie-george wrote:I asked for "18 GALS" to be tattooed on my backside but most people think it says what?
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Comment number 36.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:What's an ambitious score if you're flicking paper balls and the cat's in goal?
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Comment number 37.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:What's a comfortably achievable score if the goal posts are salt and pepper grinders and the balls are peas?
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Comment number 38.
At 29th Jan 2010, Kieran Boyle wrote:How close was I to winning the pools last Saturday?
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Comment number 39.
At 29th Jan 2010, NerfMiester wrote:Number of targets for conservatives at next election?
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Comment number 40.
At 29th Jan 2010, Kapnag wrote:What can you make with 216 jumpers?
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aha, you would actually need 217! Unless you did it in a circle
I think the question is: After reviewing archives to prepare a case for appeal, how many are the Irish FA disputing?
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Comment number 41.
At 29th Jan 2010, Nzie wrote:What was the title of Trajan's State of the Empire address in AD108?
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At 29th Jan 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:So if Becks has 36 hat tricks, Billy, what's the answer?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Kieran Boyle wrote:How many goals in the last 10 minutes of an African Nations' Cup match does it take to rouse suspicion?
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Comment number 44.
At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Is that why they call it fantasy football, dear?
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Comment number 45.
At 29th Jan 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:What was on Tony Blair's list of things to do after "1. Find WMD"?
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Comment number 46.
At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:I think it's something to do with Canadian ice hockey, but I can never remember how to do the conversion to Fahrenheit.
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Comment number 47.
At 29th Jan 2010, Andrew Hunter wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 48.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:How many goals did I manage to fire past my 98 year old grandmother?
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Comment number 49.
At 29th Jan 2010, Gray Gable wrote:When do you know the halftime team talk is going to be bad?
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Comment number 50.
At 29th Jan 2010, rogueslr wrote:If Carlsberg did cup ties...
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Comment number 51.
At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The girl scouts got me for nine dozen I'm afraid?
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Comment number 52.
At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:At what point does multi-tasking just become sheer hell?
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Comment number 53.
At 29th Jan 2010, Raven Clare wrote:How far down the list do I suspect 'Goals' is on my local club's priorities?
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Comment number 54.
At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The average number of known unknown goals in a Rumsfeld briefing?
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Comment number 55.
At 29th Jan 2010, MuteJoe wrote:At which point did I realise my brother was cheating at Scrabble?
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Comment number 56.
At 29th Jan 2010, Raven Clare wrote:What's the ultimate aim of a dyslexic darts-player?
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Comment number 57.
At 29th Jan 2010, lillysarah wrote:How many goals could Thierry Henry's score in 90 minutes if he were allowed to use his hands in every match?
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Comment number 58.
At 29th Jan 2010, Jay Joseph wrote:It has nothing to do with football...
Goal is another word for jail and its how many new jails the UK would need if every dodgy MP and councillor was prosecuted.
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Comment number 59.
At 29th Jan 2010, Raven Clare wrote:According to the Guinness Book of Records, what's the world's longest penalty shoot-out?
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Comment number 60.
At 29th Jan 2010, Raven Clare wrote:By how much did the Sugababes lose playing football against The Spice Girls (plus guest)?
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Comment number 61.
At 29th Jan 2010, DT_Smitten wrote:How many goals England will score in the World Cup and will STILL lose?
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Comment number 62.
At 29th Jan 2010, zzianzz wrote:What will be the new Sport Utility Vehicle from Peugeot be called?
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Comment number 63.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:How many goals must you score before you can run around with your shirt over your head / ear cup at crowd / suck thumb / kiss ring finger / point at sky etc etc without looking like a muppet?
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Comment number 64.
At 29th Jan 2010, lillysarah wrote:How many goals could I save against Vinnie Jones upon giving him 110 chances?
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Comment number 65.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:The final score at a lunchtime game in the car park among embittered workers at a scotch egg factory.
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Comment number 66.
At 29th Jan 2010, Jeremy wrote:54 football pitches
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Comment number 67.
At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What makes for a good Swiss army knife?
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Comment number 68.
At 29th Jan 2010, AliasRed wrote:The Amount of goals labour will fail to deliver/achieve after making during the election run up (should they get re-elected)
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Comment number 69.
At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:What was the Springfield Isotopes' winning score in last Sunday's game?
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Comment number 70.
At 29th Jan 2010, derek tisbury wrote:Alan Sugar's daily personal target
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Comment number 71.
At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Who designed this jigsaw puzzle anyway?
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Comment number 72.
At 29th Jan 2010, Flux Redux wrote:How many prisons are there in Graet Britian?
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Comment number 73.
At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 74.
At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What was Plan B in Oceans Thirteen?
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Comment number 75.
At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:At what point was it decided that hiring an ex-cowboy as goalie might not have been the best strategy?
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Comment number 76.
At 29th Jan 2010, KÃllìnghölmê_Clᥠ(aka Charlie Cheesecake) wrote:A 'Narrow Band Focus Group' has been set up by the Government to promote concentrationon one task at a time.
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Comment number 77.
At 29th Jan 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What was scored by both teams in the film 'Escape to Victory'?
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Comment number 78.
At 29th Jan 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What was the total score in the last inter-convent football match?
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At 29th Jan 2010, rogueslr wrote:What was your first hint that the opposition hadn't turned up?
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At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What 'The Girl with...' book never made the cut with Stieg Larsson's publisher?
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Comment number 81.
At 29th Jan 2010, bizangoat wrote:What's the government's new initiative for locking up the rising number of dyslexic criminals?
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At 29th Jan 2010, BeckySnow wrote:What should narrowboat holiday companies refer to locks as to attract more customers?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:What does and is the Acme Goal Manufacturing Company aim to make in 2010?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Dan - 2OLEGEND wrote:How many goals Michael Owen has to score before Cappello things about picking him for the world cup squad?
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At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Oops there goes another rubber tree plant?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:The Alan Sugar Fan Club had manufactured how many motivational posters before they found his middle name began with an M?
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At 29th Jan 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Why are there so many empty chairs in the elite section?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Rhys wrote:Secretary at well known Telephone Directory company hopes mistake on Sales Meeting Agenda goes unnoticed...
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At 29th Jan 2010, Flux Redux wrote:Asterix's rapidly withdrawn 2nd book?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Whoami73 wrote:And the score for the auto kicking machine was?
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At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:Very good... now cover the other eye and try the next line, please.
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At 29th Jan 2010, Geoff wrote:How many would Gary Lineker have scored for England if Graham Taylor hadn't been manager?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Ill Phil wrote:Why was I disappointed with my 3 achievements in 2009?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Ill Phil wrote:What is the going rate for a Premiership manager's soul?
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At 29th Jan 2010, wanderer4eva wrote:what is the answer given by barack obama at inauguration speech when asked what he has to achieve
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At 29th Jan 2010, FilboidStudge wrote:What was Candace's final score for the LBQ?
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At 29th Jan 2010, DisgustedOfMitcham2 wrote:What did a junior minister write would be needed in response to the twin problems of poor standards of spelling and the growing prison population?
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At 29th Jan 2010, staggy_boy wrote:Official count of the chants at the 'Al Murray Beer Downing Contest'.
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At 29th Jan 2010, Ozzie Stan wrote:Oxfordshire company wins contract to deliver what to South Africa 2010?
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At 29th Jan 2010, Rod wrote:How many improvements will MP's need to achieve in their public persona to get re-elected in May...
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