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So - rules are there are no rules, no insider footballer info needed - it's just who you think will win, lose or draw - like Paul the octopus in the last World Cup - this is using the brilliance of gransnetters (and CariGransnet's goldfish - named Goldie, of course) to predict who will win the World Cup.
Every morning we post the fixtures for that day for you to post your predictions.
You'll get a point for each correct prediction (win, lose or draw) and for those with a competitive streak, there will be a bonus points option suggested for the day, so you 'fancy' up your entry <ooh>
Every morning we will update our leaderboard, however you're more than welcome to join in at whatever stage. Obviously there's less chance of winning if you join in half-way, unless you're a pro and take part in the bonus rounds!
There will be a mystery prize for the gransnetters with the most points at the end of the World Cup (13 July).
Let the games commence! Post below if you'll be taking part from Thursday.
Sorry I didn't post my links yesterday - real life got in the way!!
Predictions for today
Colombia to win
England to win (please!!)
Greece to win
Films
Lets get Harry - Colombia
Four Weddings and a Funeral - England
Lost in Translation - Japan
Come on England!! 
I’ll go with:
Columbia v Ivory Coast, a draw
Japan v Greece, a draw
And England to win! 
It took a while to find a film set in (on?) the Ivory Coast, but I found mention of one called Burn It Up Djassa, which actually sounds really interesting.
For Japan, I was just going to post Lost in Translation – ugh, I hated it. I'll go with The Ring original instead.
And for England, on a football theme – Bend it like Beckham. Let’s hope someone on the England team manages that tonight!
England will WIN whatever Goldie says!!
Greece to WIN
Columbia v Ivory Coast DRAW
Mr and Mrs Smith met in Bogota, Columbia
Babel has one string of the story set in Japan
Snatch is set in the London underworld.
All of these films star my "cousin" Brad Pitt!!
Columbia to win
Japan to win
Uruguay to win 
Romancing the Stone set in Colombia
House of Bamboo set in Japan
Battle of the River Plate set in Uruguay
After a sad evening... yesterday's scores were as follows:
2 - 1 to Colombia
2 - 1 to Uruguay
0 - 0 in the Japan v Greece match
Here are the results this morning:
Maggiemaybe 25
Pittcity 24
kittylester 23
Happy2Be23
Tegan 20
rubysong 19
Charleygirl 8
thatbags 3
GrannyCaz1 1
Today's matches will be:
Italy v Costa Rica 5pm BBC1
Switzerland v France 8pm ITV
Honduras v Ecuador 11pm ITV
If you want to go the extra mile to get a few bonus points, today we're asking you to tell us a - not so obvious - tourist attraction for one of the countries per fixture. (no Eiffel Tower's please! 
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Italy, France and Ecuador to win as well, please.
Two tourist attractions that we loved:
For Italy: The Crypt in the Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini Church in Rome, is decorated with the bones of over 4,000 Capuchin friars, collected between the years of 1528 and 1870. Proper gruesome! 
For Switzerland: The Château de Chillon is on an island on Lake Geneva, near Montreux. Byron’s poem, The Prisoner Of Chillon, is about a monk who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. You can see Byron’s name carved on a pillar in the dungeons, which are cut into the rock the castle’s built on.
I’ve never been to Honduras or Ecuador, but apparently if you visit the Ahuano community in Napo in Ecuador you can learn how to hunt using blowpipes, and how to summon birds.
Italy (Forza Italia!!) and France to win and Honduras v Ecuador to draw (just to be different!)
DD1 has recently been to a wedding at Castello Doria, Portovenere It is a beautiful 11/12th century defensive castle overlooking the fishing village and sea in the north east of Italy. Photo is one of the views from the castle.
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in Southern France is well worth a visit for the Cambalou cheese caves and the visitor centre which illustrates the process of making Roquefort cheese and offers guests a chance to sample and purchase the product. In fact the whole region is a foodies delight!
I'm another who has never been to Honduras or Ecuador but can use Google - I would love to see some of the Mayan Temples, such as the ones in Copán,Honduras.
Italy to win, France to win, Honduras to win (hopefully)
I'm gadding off out with the girls shortly, so I'll leave my predictions for today before I go.
Argentina, Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina all to win please.
I'll tackle any bonus point tasks this evening, permitting.
Good midday everyone (it's taken me that long to figure out the maths on this!)
Yesterday's scores were as follows:
Italy 0 Costa Rica 1
Switzerland 2 France 5
Honduras 1 Ecuador 2
So the new leader-board is thus:
Maggiemaybe 30
Pittcity 28
kittylester 28
Happy2Be23
Tegan 20
rubysong 24
Charleygirl 11
thatbags 3
GrannyCaz1 1
HildajenniJ 1
Today's matches are
Argentina v Iran
Nigeria v Bosnia Hercegovina
Germany v Ghana
For an extra point today share a picture of something in your house that you brought back from holiday. Preferably from a different country but we will accept a tea towel from Norwich at a push And if you can't upload a photo just tell us about it and where it came from.
Good luck everyone!
Argentina, Nigeria and Germany to win!!
The photo is of what we thought was Limoncello that we bought in Montenegro (big bottle), but it turns out that it isn't and that I am allergic to it. The small bottle is real Italian Limoncello that DD2 bought back from wedding mentioned in my last post. It is going in the freezer now and I will be having a shot this evening..yum!
PS. Castello Doria, Portovenere is in North West Italy not east....must really get round to learning my left from my right!!
Argentina and Germany to win, Boz & Herz/Nigeria to draw.
Carving of a beautiful lady we brought back from Kenya many years ago.
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