NV you’re the quizmaster, it’s your quiz now, break some balls. Decide what you want, put it in the rules and we’ll follow either way. You clearly won’t be able to suit everyone, but if people don’t like the rules, they don’t have to play.
Googling is permissible in the current rules, and has been for a long time, so I do it within the rules. If it’s taken out I won’t, simple as that. It really shouldn’t be any harder than that and it’s ridiculous that a bit of fun lighthearted quiz is causing so much angst.

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Already did tbf

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Never realised it was such a bone of contention until last week

Absolutely this. Doing an absolutely cracking job, NV.

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Considering 93% of people have voted that allowing googling doesn’t take the fun out of the game, I don’t think it is much of an issue for most people.

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Apart from separating wham and George Michael, obviously

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80s teenagers know the difference

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I found the question. Those are some awful answers :joy:

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Ooof - The National then…

I mis-remembered Animal Collective but they were 2nd

Not having heard of a female Marvel character is not embarrassing. It’s probably more embarrassing if you can think of a legitimate answer. No shame it writing “dunno”, which is what I would’ve done if I hadn’t cheated.

Would’ve been a one horse race if OvertakenByTractors had allowed Radiohead. Don’t think there’s a single properly good band amongst all of the answers given.

Thanks but i find it embarrassing to be potentially the only one who doesn’t know a single answer to a question

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Googling was a lot more of an issue when the fiendish single existed. If you’re stuck now, just accept your single point and suck it up, buttercup

You need to have more self-confidence!

I don’t think it’s unfair!

i mean i don’t see how it’s even debatable

basically your poll is terrible and you should feel bad about it

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Pretty sure that literally evert point of view on this has been heard now and I would suggest that we leave it to the quizmaster to decide on what rules he wants to use for the quiz that he is organising. Going back and forth over this for 500 replies will absolutely not get us anywhere or change anyone’s mind

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If it’s to find the most popular answer then Googling isn’t so bad, but I reckon you should always just go with your gut instinct on these things. I missed the last AQOS but I’ve always just gone with the first thing I think of…and don’t my record show it?

If you ever do the reverse (Pointless rules) then Googling is an absolute no-no.

ban for anyone that mentions the word ‘google’ in the answer thread imo

whatever rule noah decides to use

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tbh I do. I can understand why meow feels picked on a bit and that wasn’t my intention, but this debate has gone on in this thread and also ran right through the last ‘answers’ thread as well so feels like it needs to be resolved, mainly because NV puts a lot of time and effort into it and in my personal view it’s disrespectful to be constantly going on about it.

@Aggpass put it best…

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