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Beijing 2022 Provisional Quotas after 2/4 World Cup Events M 5000m Relay: Hungary China Canada Netherlands Italy ROC South Korea France M Individual Quotas x5: ,, , , , x4: , x3: , x2: , , x1: , , , , , W 3000m Relay: Netherlands South Korea Italy China United States ROC Canada Japan W Individual Quotas x5: , , , , , , x4: x3: , , x2: x1: ,, , , , Mixed 2000m Relay: Canada China France Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands Poland ROC South Korea United States

And thank you for playing. You are too risk-taking though, even if it's just for imaginary points. So this night has been a one-man show and it concludes the 2021 Halloween Special with the first millionaire run on this forum. mrv86 TOTAL WINNINGS ♦ P t s . 1 M I L L I O N ♦ Season 3 #Run Player Lifelines Winnings Reached Notes Date 14 mrv86 (III) 3 Pts. 1 Million Q15 Halloween Special first 12 questions without lifelines first to see final question first millionaire 31st October 2021 --- --- --- --- --- ---

SEWERNOSE DE BERGERAC Pts. 1 Million In the 'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers' episode 'A Case of Stage Blight', a stage play is sabotaged by the alligator ...? ♦ A: Cloacus the Great ♦ B: Jean-Baptiste Gully ♦ C: Sewernose de Bergerac ♦ D: Karl Friedrich Drain mrv86 ♦ M I L L I O N A I R E ♦

Broom references on Halloween?

So guys, this is the newest Tourist trap in Slovakia It has 6400m2 and apparently the newest record to solve this is now 1 hour and some seconds

I’ll be around as well if you need an expert with all the wrong answers…

Damn, should have taken that 50-1 bet when the bookies offered it.

@Quasit I would like to provide my help as an expert lifeline for tonight. Specialties: Politics (European politics and International politics), History (European/Western History from 15-century and forward), Music (Broad, but especially rock and metal), Geography (Flags and countries), Animals (All, but less when it comes to insects), Film/Tv (Horror) and Food/Cuisine (Broad knowledge).

Wait Teletext still exists? O.o

Kontaveit has won 26 of her last 28 matches

Thank you @Quasit, @OlympicIRL & @Wumo. It's been an entertaining Sunday!!

Congratulations, you have killed this game tonight, on a special occasion no less. Including the "trick" scare after Q10. As for Sewernose, yes, that his name in English. He's obsessed with theatre and wants to take over the opera in the only episode he appeared in.

No less than 6 Frenchmen in Inzell this week-end WC qualification time in the 1 500m for 21 y.o Mathieu Belloir and several NJR ... do you think anyone will hear about it ? Of course no, the Ice Sports Federation doesn't give a damn, and L'Equipe, a thousand days from Paris 2024 is too busy wanking over Kylian M'Bappé speaking about his participation to the f***ing olympic football tournament But as we now use to say here "alors peut-être" ...

Woop woop, congrats @mrv86

CORRECTLY Pts. 500,000 The Soyombo symbol appears on the flag of which Asian country? ♦ A: ♦ B: Kyrgyzstan ♦ C: Mongolia ♦ D: Question by OlympicIRL ♦ P t s . 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ♦

Great work! I also did the calculations and have the same for the men. For the women I have Hungary at 2 (not 3) and Kazakhstan at 2 (1). And so Kazakhstan also has a quota for the mixed relay.

The lost years are a migration. Those animals return to the spot they were born at after some decades. And only sea turtles of those do that! That's 250,000 for you! Pts. 250,000 For which of these creatures are the so-called "lost years" an important stage in life? ♦ A: Eagle owls ♦ B: Sea turtles ♦ C: Hercules beetles ♦ D: Polar bears ♦ P t s . 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ♦

45 men before him have been the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Porfirije, born Prvoslav Perić, is currently the 46th.

@mrv86 I don't even mess with you on this one as you're right YET AGAIN. Pts. 125,000 Since February 2021, Porfirije is the current head of which position? ♦ A: Vienna Philharmonic General Manager ♦ B: Dutch Minister of Kingdom Relations ♦ C: Serbian Orthodox Church ♦ D: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Org. ♦ P t s . 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 ♦

Indeed, I can barely hold the stick of my broom in the palm of my hand.

@mrv86 Well, you are giving us this thrilling game on Halloween today as we've entered record territory here. Nobody else has answered the first 11 questions without any trace of a lifeline before.

... a wooden beam! Pts. 64,000 At the Highland Games, what is required for the event of caber toss? ♦ A: Heavy weight ♦ B: Hammer ♦ C: Wooden beam ♦ D: Bundle of straw ♦ P t s . 6 4 , 0 0 0 ♦

I am very familiar with this event

Wow, no kidding that is a hard one that only @OlympicIRL could be sure of the right answer... Still I'll take a risk and save my lifelines (if I get this right) Answer is C: Wooden beam

@mrv86 Oh boy, it's getting chilly in here. You know what that means. You've lost your safety net and your board looks like this now: 50:50 Expert Switch Team 15 Pts. 1 Million 14 Pts. 500,000 13 Pts. 250,000 12 Pts. 125,000 11 Pts. 64,000 10 ♦ Pts. 32,000 9 ♦ Pts. 16,000 8 ♦ Pts. 8,000 7 ♦ Pts. 4,000 6 ♦ Pts. 2,000 5 ♦ Pts. 1,000 4 ♦ Pts. 500 3 ♦ Pts. 300 2 ♦ Pts. 200 1 ♦ Pts. 100 It seems you're really up for a test now, considering you've lost in both your previous appearances.

Nice twist I'm ready @OlympicIRL

@mrv86 And now for today's little surprise which could change your game totally. In a minute, @OlympicIRL will show you six bags and you will have to pick one of them. Three of them contain "Trick", three of them contain "Treat". The following two outcomes may occur: 1. you pick "Treat" -> you will get to keep the safety net on 32,000 and the 4th lifeline (team) will be given to you 2. you pick "Trick" -> you won't get the 4th lifeline and also, the safety net will be taken away from you This is the reason for why you didn't get to choose lifelines earlier. That's my little, scary special for you today.

@mrv86 It also helps speaking Spanish here as garbanzo is the Spanish word for chickpea. No test at all. Pts. 16,000 Garbanzo bean is another name for what? ♦ A: Red lentil ♦ B: Kidney bean ♦ C: Peanut ♦ D: Chickpea ♦ P t s . 1 6 , 0 0 0 ♦

@mrv86 Trying to double that now with Pts. 2,000... Pts. 2,000 The last nine letters of which country can be omitted to spell another country that is about 1,000 km apart? ♦ A: Trinidad and Tobago ♦ B: Papua New Guinea ♦ C: North Macedonia ♦ D: Dominican Republic

I haven't seen the sequel yet actually but the first film was pretty good. And that brings you a guaranteed 1,000 points! Pts. 1,000 Elsa and Anna are the central sisters in which Disney film? ♦ A: Moana ♦ B: Frozen ♦ C: Tangled ♦ D: Zootopia ♦ P t s . 1 , 0 0 0 ♦

You know, you're getting all the "ant questions" but once again, you're right. The 1920 Olympics were held there. Pts. 300 Which city once hosted the Summer Olympics? ♦ A: Mothringen ♦ B: Antwerp ♦ C: Waspend ♦ D: Flyège ♦ P t s . 3 0 0 ♦

@mrv86 Pts. 300 Which city once hosted the Summer Olympics? ♦ A: Mothringen ♦ B: Antwerp ♦ C: Waspend ♦ D: Flyège

It's time to start quizzing again after 5 months, right on Halloween this time. Some changes and specials will be introduced. We will get to that once it's time for it Today's first player has been found as well. It's gonna be mrv86 on his third run. mrv86 ♦ ♦ Mexico Let me know once you're all set. @mrv86

Happy Halloween to all Totallympians!

We'll start in about an hour. @mrv86

I'm not a fan of the upcoming code of points either. The reinclusion of an artistic score doesn't do much to change things since difficulty will still play a big role in the final score. Even Bulgaria had to drastically alter their routines losing a lot of charm and artistic value so they could focus on higher difficulty and win the Olympic gold medal. Bulgaria is still miles ahead of Russia in artistry, but their routines were even more beautiful when choreography was explored more than difficulty. The way I see it, with the return of the artistic score, I wish we could have split routines in groups: one artistic routine and one technical routine. Maybe one free, open routine could be added too, and an all-around event with the sum of the three routines. In theory, the artistic presentation should enable countries like China, Uzbekistan and Mexico to win medals at the World Championships. The way things are now, not even traditional nations in this sport, like Ukraine, can win medals at the World Championships anymore! Also, I would like FIG to return with the 4 Continents Championships. There are great gymnasts from USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, North and South Korea who have no chance of winning medals at the World Championships despite huge improvements.

So......... when do we hit the fire alarm?

we are completely futile when it comes to some lobbying skills or behind-the-scenes pressure and fights for our case. This is nothing new, we have so much experience with unsuccessful protests and unjust decisions towards our athletes that, in fact, such things do not bother us so much anymore , obviously if it is not about hockey. then you can expect pitchforks and riots in your social medias

clinches spot at Men's worlds with wins over and

Would anyone be interested in a run tonight?

Tim Price & Falco lead the Pau 5* after cross-country, but perhaps the main story of the event so far are Padraig McCarthy and Fallulah who sit 2nd. Less than a pole behind Price, McCarthy might just be able to earn the first Irish 5* win since 1965... In other news, Joao Oliva won the CDI4* Grand Prix in Oldenburg, Germany, becoming the first Brazilian ever to win a 4* competition. Due to some footing controversy, several riders withdrew, but history is history, and this is a big one for Brazil.

This code is just a sh** Luckily this was the last time that we see that, we'll back to the REAL rhythmic gymnastics and not just apparatus difficulty

Bulgaria Olympic champions, Harnasko world champion and now Italy's group world champions. I absolutely HATE this code of points, but after suffering through it for 5 years, we finally were rewarded with the most deserving groups and individuals finally getting a gold medal.

I'm working on them right now, I'll post it soon!

"Only" 1000 Days to go !

Yes, Teletekst is still hugely popular in The Netherlands. Especially page 818 with the Eredivisie scores is followed massively.

Well, it's Halep vs Kontaveit in the Cluj final. If Kontaveit wins, she will be #8 for YEC.

She's also become more known among non-sports fans this year, due to a documentary about her family and mostly her mother. She had a brain bleed a few years ago and nowadays can only speak a few words and that's about it. I haven't seen it yet, but apparently it's rather...impressive? Intense? Not sure what the right word is. I remember a few years ago Schouten finally had a big breakthrough win (probably in a mass start) in Heerenveen, which she immediately dedicated to her mom who had just survived the bleed and was sitting in a wheelchair behind a window in the stadium, sort of staring down and not entirely 'there'. That was pretty heartbreaking. So, yeah. Go Schouten.

Screen dumps from Teletext? You’ll be carving the results on the walls of Pyramids next.

Okay, it's still early but I tried to calculate the olympic quotas. The qualification system is very confusing so there's a good chance there'll be a few mistakes but it should be hopefully be mostly accurate. Beijing 2022 Provisional Quotas after 1/4 World Cup Events M 5000m Relay: Netherlands Hungary Italy China ROC France Canada Belgium *Note that Korea isn't ranked in the top 8 yet so they'll probably bump out Belgium eventually M Individual Quotas x5: , , x4: , , , , x3: , , , x2: , x1: , , , , W 3000m Relay: China Netherlands South Korea Italy United States Canada ROC Poland W Individual Quotas (Names are of those that currently have the quota position) x5: , , , , x4: , , x3: , , x2: , , x1: , , , Mixed 2000m Relay: Canada China France Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands ROC South Korea United States