My Latest All Blacks Quiz

[Rugger Quizzes]

@Rapido Will do. Had added what I believe to be the nickname he had but you are right, best to add a few spelling variations.

[Rugger Quizzes]

On a roll today. All Black captains against the Lions. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/british-and-irish-lions-tours-to-new-zealand-all-blacks-captains

[Chris B.]

Never going to get the two in 1950 - got the rest!

[Bovidae]

@Chris-B. Yeah, good luck getting those two.

[booboo]

@Bovidae said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@Chris-B. Yeah, good luck getting those two.

Got one. Believe he played on with a busted shoulder. Meadsesque.

[Bovidae]

@booboo You old bugger!

A quick check showed that the capt in tests 1-3 had to leave the field for the last 7 mins of the 1st half with a head gash/injured collarbone in the 3rd test. The ABs were already down a prop at that stage so played with 13 men until after HT. That was the last test for both players.

[Rugger Quizzes]

@Rapido Just updated the type ins. So many variations about how that surname can be spelled. Think I've got them all!

[booboo]

Actually completed the quizz this time. (Just checked if I did know 1st 1950 before). And no didn't get 2nd 1950.

[booboo]

Aaaand may I add that 1950 was some way before my time. But you guys should have spent your boyhood reading Men in Black and such like. Got to know your history.

[Rugger Quizzes]

Now that Rugby has restarted for the year, quiz ideas are popping up left right and centre.

Most caps by country. Have extended this out well into the tier 2 nations to make it tricky. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/international-rugby-most-appearances-by-player-for-each-international-team

[Smudge]

@booboo said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@Bovidae said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@Chris-B. Yeah, good luck getting those two.

Got one. Believe he played on with a busted shoulder. Meadsesque.

Grew up in the same house as me in Dunedin - albeit 50-60 years apart. Unfortunately, he didn't leave any of his rugby skills lying around...

[Nepia]

@Rugger-Quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

Back online after a fleeting visit from the inlaws! Latest quiz. All Blacks Top 5 by category. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/new-zealand-all-blacks-rugby-top-5-players-by-category

That was tough, I missed the last most capped back, and the last top try scorer.

[booboo]

@Smudge you're 130?

[Smudge]

@booboo said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@Smudge you're 130?

Yes, but I could easily pass for 112.

[Bovidae]

@Nepia I thought the top 5 quiz was reasonably easy. It helps that the same name can be across multiple categories.

@booboo @Smudge When checking info on said AB (from Men in Black and Rugby Museum website) I noted that he is still alive if the info is current. He turned 94 last week.

[Smudge]

@Bovidae said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@Nepia I thought the top 5 quiz was reasonably easy. It helps that the same name can be across multiple categories.

@booboo @Smudge When checking info on said AB (from Men in Black and Rugby Museum website) I noted that he is still alive if the info is current. He turned 94 last week.

Yeah was weighing up on doing a feature story on him, but I've heard mixed reports on his health.

[Rugger Quizzes]

Half thinking of doing a quiz which contains every All Black ever.

Is it insanity to do a quiz with 1157 answers?

Who would have the time and inclination to actually take such a quiz?

[Chris B.]

@Rugger-Quizzes Maybe compromise and do it with ABs after 1970.

For the pre-1960s, most of us are going to be a bit lost after typing in Smith, Brown and Jones...and Nepia, Brownlie, Cooke and Gallagher....

[Bovidae]

I would agree with @Chris-B. Speaking for myself, I'd be needing plenty of guesses to name full AB teams pre 1970s outside of the more well-known players. Not all of us have read Men in Black cover to cover.

[Rugger Quizzes]

On second thoughts it's maybe a bit too ambitious. Do I cut it off at players who have appeared in the World Cup era perhaps?