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« Reply #30 on: June 10, 2017, 22:53:18 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on May 01, 2017, 22:57:59

Despite having scored an embarrassingly low 5 out of 15 on my first attempt, I'm rather pleased that I didn't get the Nailsea & Backwell one wrong.  Embarrassed


On my second attempt, I have just scored 10 out of 15 - and one of those was a Taunton, which I got right!  Shocked

I also got right the apparently most difficult one (see grahame's post above), which made me feel rather smug.  Grin
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« Reply #31 on: June 11, 2017, 02:23:35 »
Those two "hardest" are IMO▸ (in my opinion) the easiest!
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« Reply #32 on: June 11, 2017, 06:35:38 »
Quote from: plymothian on June 11, 2017, 02:23:35
Those two "hardest" are IMO▸ (in my opinion) the easiest!

I've often noticed in our quizzes that pictures taken event slightly away from National Rail / Network Rail land are the last ones to be guessed.  So this result was no surprise to me ... helped me sanity check my algorithm.  And at the other end, I can see why those (other) two were the easiest.
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« Reply #33 on: June 11, 2017, 07:47:24 »
11 out of 15 last night.  Some guesses partly inspired by my knowledge of Graham's travels.
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« Reply #34 on: June 11, 2017, 12:02:09 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on June 10, 2017, 22:53:18

I also got right the apparently most difficult one (see grahame's post above), which made me feel rather smug.  Grin


I had to do the quiz 11 times to get that yellow tram to appear...  Angry

I reckon my average score was eventually about 14...  Grin

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« Reply #35 on: June 11, 2017, 14:27:03 »
OK ... It's Crewkerne ... looks like the GPS on my phone was a bit off as it's labelled successive similar pictures as Honiton and Crewkerne ... and some other (bare platform ones) also as Honiton.   Data corrected - anyone still playing who's offered this now has the advantage of the right option ...
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« Reply #36 on: June 11, 2017, 23:19:08 »
11/15 and yes, it might get a bit addictive.
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« Reply #37 on: June 12, 2017, 00:18:30 »
It is indeed becoming addictive - but on my third attempt, I've dipped slightly to 9 / 15.  Roll Eyes

However - I rather think 'Burngunlow' is not a valid option, on a Maiden Newton one (which I actually got correct).  Wink
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« Reply #38 on: June 12, 2017, 05:44:38 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on June 12, 2017, 00:18:30
However - I rather think 'Burngunlow' is not a valid option, on a Maiden Newton one (which I actually got correct).  Wink

Perfectly OK to offer Burngunlow as an incorrect option, I think ... I have, however, changed the data to Burngullow as that's a real place  Grin
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