Okay, here we go with yesterday's answers. Still far too many people on full marks. Although I am impressed by your continued awesomeness.

13. STOCKHOLM (home for stock) or BASSETERRE (baster)
14. BELMOPAN (anagram of 'Lamb? Nope. Islamabad totally not an acceptable answer for 7 or 8 reasons I'm afraid)
15. NEW DELHI (A new deli. Terrible joke but, hey, it's Christmas!)
16. BERN/BERNE (burn)
17. BANGKOK (Ban cock. Got that out of the way without a rude clue)
18. BEIJING (The act of making beige)

Well done if you got all of those at home. New questions up shortly.

Richard xxx

CGWQ2011 DAY THREE!!!

Here we go then. Usual rules apply. Send all answers to geekquiz@endemoluk.com by midnight tonight. Please include your Twitter name in your email.

DO NOT POST OR TWEET ANSWERS. So far you are being awesome at this, I am very proud of you all.

So, today I've been thinking about Christmas dinner. And that has accidentally led me to create six clues, the answers to which are all capital cities. And here they are;

13. PLACE FOR TURKEY JUICES
14. LAMB? NOPE! RIDICULOUS!
15. WE'RE GETTING OUR CHRISTMAS FOOD SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR
16. OVERCOOK THE ROAST POTATOES
17. OUTLAW CHICKEN
18. NOT WHITING, BUT NOT BROWNING EITHER

The very best of Christmas luck to one and all.

Ok, here come the answers to yesterday's questions. A few people tripping up, particularly on question 8 and question 12. But still over 100 people on 12/12.

7. BUCHAREST (Book a rest)
8. ASTANA ( a Stannah)
9. MONTEVIDEO ('Monty' video)
10. SEOUL (soul)
11. VALETTA (a valleter. That's a real job, right?)
12. BAGDHAD (a bag for Dad. You didn't think I'd forget my Dad surely?)

Well done if you got all of those at home. Today's questions will follow shortly...

Ok, here are your next six questions. All answers to be sent to geekquiz@endemoluk.com by midnight tonight.

DO NOT TWEET OR POST ANSWERS. You can tell that's important, because it's in big letters.

Once again, the answers are all capital cities, and the clues are all Christmassy.

In fact, today's clues happen to be my Christmas present shopping list for this year. Which is a very happy co-incidence.

7. RESERVE A SPA DAY  (MUM)
8. STAIRLIFT (NAN)
9. 2010 RYDER CUP FILM (BROTHER)
10. OTIS REDDING ALBUM (SISTER)
11. PERSONAL CAR CLEANER (UNCLE)
12. SOMETHING ELSE (FOR SOMEONE ELSE)

Don't forget £100 up for grabs for the charity of the winner's choice, and a further £100 to the charity of one plucky loser.

#CGWQ2011 DAY TWO!!!

Ok, here are the answers to yesterday's questions. Good luck...

1. SANTIAGO (anagram of 'I go Santa')
2. BRASILIA (more like a Brazil)
3. LISBON (Liz -bon)
4. SINGAPORE (singer-poor)
5. TRIPOLI (triple-e)
6 CARACAS (crackers, of course)

Very well done if you got all of those at home. Over 100 people scoring 6/6, and hundreds more with 5/6, but there are tougher questions to come. How d'ya like that?

Thank you for all your lovely comments and photos too.

Your Pointless friend,

Richard xxx

Okay folks, here goes.

If you don't like cryptic clues, or appallingly bad puns then please STEP AWAY FROM THE QUIZ. Seriously, do yourself a big favour and enjoy a relaxed week rather than plough through this nonsense. There are a few question examples from the summer quiz in the previous post.

First, a few things you need to know

All the answers will be Capital Cities. I would print out a list, because there are lots of them (even places like Fiji have one. What's with that?)

DON'T TWEET OR POST YOUR ANSWERS.

All answers to today's 6 questions should be emailed to geekquiz@endemoluk.com by midnight tonight. Please include your Twitter name. Don't forget, photos of cute cats/dogs etc were greatly appreciated last time.

The answers, and the next 6 questions will appear here tomorrow morning.

There will be a first prize of £100 to the charity of the winner's choice. NO-ONE is going to get full marks this time. You have a cast-iron Osman guarantee on that. There will be a further charity prize of £100 to one entrant picked at random (you'll have to have attempted all of the questions).

No-one is allowed to murder me if they don't like some of the answers. Seriously, no murdering.

So, the clues are all Christmas themed, and the answers are all capital cities, here are the first 6 questions;

1. I GO SANTA CRAZY!
2. MORE LIKE A CHRISTMAS NUT
3. THE FRENCH LIKE THE QUEEN'S SPEECH
4. CLIFF RICHARD RUBBISH
5. WHAT'S MISSING FROM "SANTA'S RINDR"
6. WHERE I GET THESE TERRIBLE CHRISTMAS PUNS FROM


Good luck all. There will be 40 questions in all. 6 questions a day this week, then 10 more on Saturday. Hope you enjoy it.

Lots of love,

Richard xxx

A FEW EXAMPLE CLUES AND ANSWERS FROM THE SUMMER QUIZ

Here's an idea of how these cryptic/wordplay/very weak pun questions work. I asked 50 questions, the answers to which were all US States. Some example questions...

1. HEAVY LAUNDRY
2. HORSE HAIR
3. BREAKS AN' BREAKS
4. NICOLAS SARKOZY'S SUNBED
5. MORE RUDDY
6. ...AND I'LL FETCH THE GRAVEL
7. BOO! YOUR MANDIBLE IS RUBBISH!
8. HONOUR AMONGST THIEVES
9. AAH! WII BROKEN!
10. BOTTOM OF A TIN

And here are the answers (and reasons why)

1. WASHINGTON (washing ton)
2. MAINE (mane)
3. NEBRASKA (anagaram of 'an breaks)
4. MONTANA ('mon tanner' - classic Osman weak pun)
5. FLORIDA (more florrid)
6. UTAH ("You tar, and I'll etc")
7. GEORGIA (jaw jeer)
8. CONNECTICUT (con etiquette)
9. HAWAII (anagram of aah wii)
10. KANSAS (can's ass)

So, there are some of the basic principles. Some cryptic, some puns, some basic wordplay. And all fairly annoying until you get them.