Yes/No Grand Slam 2008 Tournament

2008 Grand Slam Trophy
By Ged
January 1 2008

Following the success of earlier Yes/No games, MTWD is proud to present a Grand Slam version of the game. New rules are set out from rule 11 onwards, but basically it is the same fun game. The 2007 trophy was wide open until the end. Grand Slam Yes/No provides a lot more room for the cream to bubble to the top. And what a magnificent gold e-trophy is up for grabs. Go for it.

2008 Grand Slam Yes/No Guess the Player Tournament

Competition Rules

The Rules are as follows:

1/ the cricketer will be current or will have recently retired - he will have played 1st class cricket for Middlesex and/or be a player with some element of international cricket behind them - thus will be assumed to be known to anyone who has a reasonable knowledge of cricket...

2/ each question must be a closed question, i.e. one that can be answered with either a simple “yes” or “no”. E.g. has this player ever played test cricket?

3/ one of the 2 game moderators will endeavour to answer with a yes or no within 24 hours.

4/ If the answer is yes, that player, and that player only, has up to 24 hours to ask a further question.

5/ If the answer is no, the next question will be thrown open to anyone apart from the person who asked previous question.

6/ only one person at a time can ask the questions - so leap in quick each time a new round starts or when the current player receives the answer no

7/ Following this process the person who correctly names the cricketer wins that round.

8/ Anyone who fails to observe these rules will be eliminated from that round..... Persistent offenders will be barred from thread………

9/ Random acts of trivia will occur from time to time, so it is always worth keeping in touch with each round and seeing if you can steal a win.

10/ Barmy Kev has relinquished title to the game and stood down from the elite panel of game moderators in order to take part in this version of the game.

11/ Edits to postings containing questions or guesses will be prohibited - if a contestant makes an edit, that contestant will be eliminated from that round. There will be no amnesties or second chances for a breach of this rule.

12/ If a contestant makes an incorrect guess at the player's name, that contestant is prohibited from chiming in again that round unless or until another contestant makes an incorrect guess at the player's name.

13/ The only acceptable questions are those of a factual nature that the game moderators can reasonably be expected to answer accurately. Facetious questions or questions that the game moderators in their absolute judgement deem to place unreasonable expectations upon them will receive the answer "unfair question" which will count as a "no" against the contestant.

14/ The first contestant to name five players correctly wins the magnificent Grand Slam e-trophy illustrated above.

15/ There might still be grey areas, but the game moderator's decision is final. And remember it is only a bit of fun.

Good luck

Hall of Fame:

Player	Winner
Michael Yardy	Loverboy
Mahela Jayawardene	JC67
Mal Loye	Pistol Pete
Tim Murtagh	Diamond
Dale Steyn	Diamond
Owais Shah	JC67
Simon Cook	JC67
Chris Read	Adelaide
David Nash	JC67
Jacques Kallis	Adelaide
Andrew Symonds	Adelaide
Player L
Player M
Player N
Player O
Player P
Player Q
Player R

RESULTS SO FAR:

JC 67 4

Adelaide 3

Diamond 2

Loverboy 1

Pistol Pete 1

Rest of the World 0

JC WILL TAKE SOME STOPPING, BUT ADELAIDE IS HOT ON HIS HEELS AND OTHERS AREN'T ENTIRELY OUT OF IT!!

Yes/No Grand Slam 2008 Tournament

Posted by: Middlesex till we die (IP Logged)

Date: 01/01/2008 18:14

Yes/No Grand Slam 2008 Tournament

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2008:01:22:19:02:54 by Ged.