Bill and I have tied at 4 apiece. I was 4/4 then second guessed myself out of the next two and then just had nothing for the last one. If I took it again I think I would do better.

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This week's made-up German guy is Reiner Haushaser

Bill got 2 and I got 0 because the BBC News quiz is now paywalled . Any ideas?
This week's made-up German guy is Wolf Schafsfell.

I got three and Bill bested that with 4. I knew the British sports question!
This week's made-up German guy is Martin Kleckenklapp

I got three right, Bill handily beat that with 5. I started strong and then the walloping started.
This week's made-up German guy is Bernd Toastbrot.

Bill and I have tied at five apiece. Put on your guessing togs and lucky trainers and see if you can break through!
This week's made-up German guy is Gottfried Dörflein.

I got three and Bill bested that with 5. I switched away from two good ones!
This week's made-up German guy is Willi Wählton.

Bill got 5 correct, far surpassing my mere two right answers. There's a cricket history question!
This week's made-up German guy is Emil Nasswasser.

I got four and Bill has bested that with 5. I knew a couple. It's lightly British this week and highly guessable. Hop in!
This week's made-up German guy is Uwe Zofiel.

Bill got 3 and I edged past that with four. There is much pride in the Lioness team amongst the quiz givers it seems.
This week's made-up German guy is Dietrich Löwinbeobachterin.

Bill got 4 and have bested that with five. I missed the royal vacation and the Labor Party leader one, because I am not British (obviously then the Lily Allen one was a lucky guess.)
This week's made-up German guy is Wolfgang Kiemenwesen.

BBC News quiz of the week: How many years since Lily Allen last released an album? How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

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BIll got 2 and I have doubled that with Four. There's a tricky question in there and it isn't about soccer coaches...or is it?
This week's made-up German guy is Dirk
Flusswohner.

Bill got a mere 2 and I barely bested that with three. This week it is British all the way down, even managing to make the Taylor Swift question be about Shakespeare.
This week's made-up German guy is Anderes Engländer.

Bill got a mere one and I bested that with 5. I knew some and had a couple of lucky guesses, including rail stations.
This week's made-up German guy is Sebastian Kleinerhut.

Bill and I have tied at five apiece. I was thwarted by a big pot of jollof and not paying attention to the Emmy awards.
This week's made-up German guy is Wolfgang Wülf.

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I got a mighty 6 and Bill a mere 2. I switched away on my only miss, saving room for a challenger. I knew a few of these and guessed correctly on all the British sports ones. At least they skipped having a question about notable cricket coaches.
This week's made-up German guy is Jurgen Amftt.

Bill got 5 and I barely showed up with a mere 2. I might have done slightly better if I'd slowed down but not much better.
This week's made-up German guy is Baron Frederick von Castellburg.

Bill and I have tied again at 4. There's a wide range of topics and many of them are pretty Americanesque.
This week's made-up German guy is Leon Garnelenfänger.

I got 5 and Bill has bested that with 6. I suspect he knew the Russian volcano while I did not.
This week's made-up German guy is Kristof Zimmermann.

Bill and I have tied at 5 apiece. It's a good week for knowing a couple of things! Can you break though the blockade and top us?
This week's made-up German guy is Kristian Pinscher.

Bill got three and I have bested that with 4. I cannot account for the edge but I did know a couple.
This week's made-up German guy is Conrad Dikty.

I got three and Bill blew past that with 5. I was a fortunate guesser else that trey would have been nil.
This week's made-up German guy is Klaus Spaßsuchender.

Bill got three and I tanked it with a perfect 0. I'm not feeling to hip about these new abbreviation based bands like BTS and U2.
This week's made-up German guy is Martin Haargelfluss.

I got two and Bill doubled that for 4. I was just plain wrong on a couple and otherwise just guessed poorly.
This week's made-up German guy is Rainer Trippelwülf.

Bill got three and I have bested that with 4. There's a couple of Britishish questions that I guessed at and I knew the tennis one.
This week's made-up German guy is Fabian Boehner.

I got 4 and Bill bested that with a five. I split my guesses about evenly between successful and unsuccessful, beating the odds.
This week's made-up German guy is Hendrick Sielaff.

Bill got 5 and I have bested that with six. I think because I watched the Eurovision last night.
It's not too British so hop on in!
This week's made-up German guy is Abel Verdammtental.

I got a three and Bill bested that handily with 5. I did get the one with my cousin as possible answer. There's a run of several British questions.
This week's made-up German guy is Wilhelm von Außerhalb.

Bill and I have tied at three apiece. The BBC calls that "The Dog's Breakfast" of scoring, a most evocative epitaph.
This week's made-up German guy is Max Bleistift.