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Jon Senior"s FunkQuest

FunkQuest is an interactive discussion show. Funksters get to pick their own questions... they just don"t know what they are. We look to find out things we didn"t know, by talking to people we wouldn"t normally talk to.

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19:10

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Barb Braendlein v JR Reed

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2021/11/08

Season 4 of FunkQuest opened with 3 time semi-finalist, two time finalist but never actual winner, number 1 Barbara Braendlein.Funking up was newcomer and number 16 JR Reed.We still do ladies first on FunkQuest, and in any event, it was good to show the new guy the ropes.Question 1Barb chose the row of bikes.Where do you keep your trophys/medals/certificates?Barb confessed that she was the kind of person that never won any medals trophies or certificates as a child (or adult).But that if she ever

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3:12

Season 3 - Lisa Fey - Crowning episode

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2021/02/19

FunkQuest - Season 3 - Lisa Fey - Champion Funkster - Crowning episodeLisa has beaten all her competitors to become the Grand Champion Funkster of Season 3 of FunkQuest.She is the first American winner of FunkQuest as; Season 1 and 2 Champions, Leana Delle and Ann Smith were both Canadians. Since winning the series, she has had many conversations with friends and relatives and is pleased to have met all the interesting people she has played against.

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16:42

Tag Team Challenge - Final

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2021/01/22

The FunkQuest Tag Team Challenge Final proved to be as entertaining as promised, with Barb Braendlein and Phil Pelucha facing up to their opponants Ann Smith and Leana Delle.Barb was first to chose from the FunKQuest Board and choosing the 'Ballerina feet' meant that Phil had to answer the question - "What job would an octopus be good at?" His answer 'a Chef' especially with all the pots it would have to fling aroundAnn as head of the pink team chose Leana to answer the question - "What are you

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20:31

Season 3 - GRAND FINAL - Barb Barb Braendlein v Lisa...

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2021/01/13

These two ladies may look familiar, and you would be right to think that you have seen them somewhere before, the reason is; Barb and Lisa played each other in Semi Final 1 of FunkQuest Season 3. Barb was beaten in the semi final but has agreed to return as 'Sheriff' due to unforseen circumstances. So they play again in this FunkQuest Season 3 Grand Final.Barb was first to choose an Icon. Her answer to the question was that generally she is very easy to shop for, as she loves opening presents

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19:24

Season 3 - Semi Final 2 - Barb Braendlein v Jean Robor

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/12/07

FunkQuest - Season 3 - semi final 2 - Barb Braendlein v Jean RoborIn this second Semi Final match of FunkQuest Season 3 you will see a familiar face - Barb Braendlein. Barb was also a player in the first semi final of this season and has agreed to be the Sheriff for this second round as a player did not turn up.Barb chose the first Icon and therefore answered question 1 - 'How fast can you learn something new? This all depends on how much she wants to learn the thing. If she is interested in

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16:50

Season 3 - Semi Final 1 - Barb Braendlein v Lisa Fey

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/11/13

FunkQuest - Season 3 - SemiFinal 1 Barb Braendlein v Lisa FeyIn this, the first Semi - Final of FunkQuest Season 3, both Barb and Lisa, are fighting to maintain their unbeaten status. However, only one of them can reach the final!Lisa answered question 1 after choosing the 'glasses of wine' icon. With no experience of the job she was assigned, after a great interview, to a boss who was really too busy to help his struggling apprentice.Barb confessed that, because of her broken foot and having to

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18:32

Tag Team Challenge - Semi Final 2 - Barb and Phil v...

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/11/09

FunkQuest - Tag Team Challenge - Semi Final 2 - Barb and Phil v Lisa and GingerLisa and Ginger (Orange team)were the first to go in this Semi-Final 2 Episode of FunkQuest Tag Team Challenge.Lisa, as head funkster of her team chose the 'Lion' icon. The question; 'Who comes when you call?' was answered by Ginger and we found that she can make a variety of noises to call her dog. As Head funkster of the pink team, Barb chose the strawberry cake' icon and answered the question; 'If you died

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18:41

Season 3 - Episode 4 - WT Hamilton v Zakary Haines

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/11/07

FunkQuest -Season 3 - Episode 4 - WT Hamilton v Zakary HainesWayne (WT) and Zak are the last players, before the semi finals, in this short season 3.Wayne chose the 'guitar' icon for his first question 'How do you see yourself physically?' He sees himself as very sexy (ha ha). He went to the gym before covid 19 to burn off the calories he gets from drinking beer.Zac revealed he has moved house many times through his teenage years, he has been settled for the last 3 years. He doesn't like the new

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14:51

Season 2 - Ann Smith - Crowning victory episode

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/11/07

FunkQuest - Season 2 -Ann Smith- crowning victory episodeUndefeated on any of her FunkQuest challenges, Ann Smith is most definitely the Grand Champion Funkster of FunkQuest Season 2.

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17:28

Season 3 - Episode 3 -Jean Bailey Robor v Laurie Herbers

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/10/30

Jean and Laurie are two more, brand new, players, trying to get the 'Funk Out' in Season 3 of FunkQuest.Jean was first to choose an Icon - the Battleship' - a childhood reminder of a loved game. - Her question revealed that she had never learned to do CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) but it was on her' list to do' now she had grandchildren and babysitting duties.Laurie's worst boss; was a narcissistic shouter, who she reported to HR, after he shouted at her for something that

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18:03

TagTeam Challenge - Semi Final 1

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/10/26

The FunkQuest Tag Team Challenge is a short competition for a few select FUNKSTERS- two semi finals and a Final. The team has 2 players one plays as the head funkster and is the decision maker for Icons chosen - the question that arises from that, can be answered by either player.In this game, the Orange team consists of Ann Smith and Leana Dell (who just happen to be Champion Funksters) and the Pink team of Vicki Wusche and Tom Evans.The 'guitar' icon was chosen by Ann, the question was

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16:01

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Lisa Fey v Sarah Ross

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/10/23

FunkQuest - Season 3 - Episode 2 - Lisa Fey v Sarah Ross Two new funksters to FunkQuest in this second episode of Season 3.Working on time differences and the fact that it was still early in America, Lisa chose the 'Trumpet' icon for her first question, to wake her up. The last costume she wore was a blue sari which she had bought in india. She felt that some times people need to get out of the ordinary.Sarah was asked where she would build an Ark. You may soon be finding, somewhere around the

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16:24

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Barbara Braendlein v Casey Bell

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/10/16

FunkQuest - Season 3 - Episode 1 Barbara Braendlein v Casey Bell Barbara and Casey are the first two players in this third season if FunkQuest and inevitably nervous.For her first Question Barbara chose the VR Mask icon and we found out that she has a declutter every saturday. She says she is a 'maintainer'which stops her having deep clean. Caseys first question was 'When did you realise you didnt know everything?' This was his first year in college. Having little confidence in high school he

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16:32

FunkQuest - Nobility - Ann Smith v Teri Ritter

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/10/09

Ann and Teri are the first two friends to play in our new funkquest series of 'one off' challenges.Ann took the first question by choosing the 'Highland Cattle icon. Delicately proceeding without introducing politics and naming no names, she related that she now boycotts the clothing stores of a certain famous american CEO because of his behaviour.Teri chose the 'fish' icon and her overrated piece of technology is the mobile/cell phone. This technology along with tablets and laptops, has stopped

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16:53

Season 2 - Grand Final - Ann Smith v Dr. Kimya Nuru...

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/09/25

FunkQuest - Season 2 - Grand Champion Final - Ann Smith v Dr. Kimya Nuru DennisTwo very adept and well known funksters in this Final, but when it comes down to the vote, who will be crowned Grand Champion of FunkQuest Season 2?Kimya chose the 'clownfish' icon for the opening question. How fast can she get dressed? - pretty fast as it turns out. Meetings, held within minutes of hearing about them and being a night owl and waking up just in time, have honed her dressing skills.Ann explained

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16:48

FunkQuest Challenge Match - Alexander Stafford MP v...

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/09/15

In this one off challenge edition of FunkQuest, we match up our, Season One Champion Funkster-Leana Dell, with Alexander Stafford, MP for Rother Valley.As Alexander had never played Funkquest before, Leana was chosen to go first to show him how it goes.Leana chose the 'Pumpkin icon and answered the question about how she took to losing games. She said that she doesn't mind losing to others but is very competive against herself. At golf she always likes to be able to beat her last game. In most

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14:03

Season 2 - Semi Final 2 - Ann Smith v Sarah Elkins

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/09/11

We are entering the last game of season 2 before the Final show. Ann or Sarah, Kimya or Alyson who will turn out to be the Grand Champion of Funkquest this season. Maybe this episode will help you decide.Ann was first to the board and chose the Icon of 'coloured balls'. 'Who always seems to win when you play a game with them? Ann was certain that is she ever played any physical games there would be no doubt about someone else winning - but if a game like Trivial Pursuits was played, she would

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17:29

Season 2 - Semi Final 1 - Alyson Lex v Dr. Kimya Nuru...

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/09/04

FunkQuest -Season 2 - Semi Final 1 - Alyson Lex v Dr. Kimya Nuru DennisWe are now at the Semi Final stage of FunkQuest season 2 and taking part are 2 very experienced Funksters, so listen well.The round began with Alyson choosing the 'city scape icon'. The way she tends to remember things is through Mnemonics (using easier words/ images to remember more complicated or multiple ideas), She first learned this at high school.Kimyas first question was 'How many questions do you ask'. Her answer was;

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15:58

Season 2 - Quarter Final 4 - Lora Cheadle v Sarah Elkins

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/08/28

FunkQuest - Season 2 - Quarter final 4 - Lora Cheadle v Sarah ElkinsSarah and Lora get to play each other a second time because of circumstance caused by Covid 19, so we have a second chance to listen to even more of their funky ideas.Lora started the game by explaining; how fast she could probably learn something new. It all depended on if she had some of the skills already, it would be quite quickly, if she would have to learn everything from the start that would be different.Sarah first

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15:45

Season 2 - Quarter Final 3 - Ann Smith v Lisa Pezik

Jon Senior"s FunkQuest ·

2020/08/21

FunkQuest -Quarter Final3 - Ann Smith v Lisa PezikAnn and Lisa are the third pair to play in the FunkQuest quarter finals and are old hands at this by now.Lisa started play with the answer to 'How many questions do you ask? - She always has to ask at least 5 why questions deep - this is so she can get to the true answer.Anns first question 'Where have you seen a ghost' might have been a tricky one but she was certainly able to come up with a good 'ghost story'.Leaving her family house and home in

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