TD 178: Countdown
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The Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners have never played in a World Series. Six other current major league teams have not lost a World Series game since November 1, 1986. Name one of these six teams.
Um, actually . . .
Where you see a "six" in this question, ignore that. Turns out there are seven, all of which were submitted by at least 3 players. So for Countdown purposes, we're going to pretend that this qiestos has only six answers, even though you all know differently.
And now I do, too.
Kansas City Royals (last loss Game 5, 1985. Probably should have been Game 6, but for a botched call at first base late.) (7):
Alyssa
Bamaman
econgator
geolawyerman
Leander
MarkBarrett
This is Kirk!
Milwaukee Brewers (last loss Game 6, 1982) (4):
Aardvark
jpahk
Magna
Vanya
Baltimore Orioles (last loss Game 1, 1983) (3):
dnbguy
esrever
Woppy T
Cincinnati Reds (last loss Game 6, 1975 -- Carlton Fisk waving it fair) (3):
Joy
Paucle
tjconn728
Chicago Cubs (last loss Game 7, 1945) (3):
Creed Bratton
immaf
Linear Gnome
Chicago White Sox (last loss Game 6, 1959) (3):
ihavejeoprosy
Lilac
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Pittsburgh Pirates (last loss Game 5, 1979) (3):
goforthetie
Kayanne
nserven
INCORRECT ANSWERS (7)
Indians (last loss Game 7, 1997)
debramc
DROP
ElendilPickle
gamawire
Um, actually . . .
Where you see a "six" in this question, ignore that. Turns out there are seven, all of which were submitted by at least 3 players. So for Countdown purposes, we're going to pretend that this qiestos has only six answers, even though you all know differently.
And now I do, too.
Kansas City Royals (last loss Game 5, 1985. Probably should have been Game 6, but for a botched call at first base late.) (7):
Alyssa
Bamaman
econgator
geolawyerman
Leander
MarkBarrett
This is Kirk!
Milwaukee Brewers (last loss Game 6, 1982) (4):
Aardvark
jpahk
Magna
Vanya
Baltimore Orioles (last loss Game 1, 1983) (3):
dnbguy
esrever
Woppy T
Cincinnati Reds (last loss Game 6, 1975 -- Carlton Fisk waving it fair) (3):
Joy
Paucle
tjconn728
Chicago Cubs (last loss Game 7, 1945) (3):
Creed Bratton
immaf
Linear Gnome
Chicago White Sox (last loss Game 6, 1959) (3):
ihavejeoprosy
Lilac
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Pittsburgh Pirates (last loss Game 5, 1979) (3):
goforthetie
Kayanne
nserven
INCORRECT ANSWERS (7)
Indians (last loss Game 7, 1997)
debramc
DROP
ElendilPickle
gamawire
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Name one of the animals known by big game hunters as the "Big Five" most dangerous animals to hunt.
Every correct answer was given, and there was even a slight advantage to being wrong over being sheep-y here. Nicely played.
Lion (9):
Alyssa
Bamaman
Creed Bratton
dnbguy
geolawyerman
immaf
Lilac
MarkBarrett
nserven
Rhinoseros (7):
debramc
ElendilPickle
gamawire
Joy
jpahk
Leander
This is Kirk!
Leopard (4):
Aardvark
esrever
Kayanne
Paucle
Cape Buffalo (3):
econgator
Magna
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Elephant (3):
ihavejeoprosy
Vanya
Woppy T
INCORRECT ANSWERS (8):
Bengal Tiger
Linear Gnome
Hippopotamus
goforthetie
Wildebeest
tjconn728
Every correct answer was given, and there was even a slight advantage to being wrong over being sheep-y here. Nicely played.
Lion (9):
Alyssa
Bamaman
Creed Bratton
dnbguy
geolawyerman
immaf
Lilac
MarkBarrett
nserven
Rhinoseros (7):
debramc
ElendilPickle
gamawire
Joy
jpahk
Leander
This is Kirk!
Leopard (4):
Aardvark
esrever
Kayanne
Paucle
Cape Buffalo (3):
econgator
Magna
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Elephant (3):
ihavejeoprosy
Vanya
Woppy T
INCORRECT ANSWERS (8):
Bengal Tiger
Linear Gnome
Hippopotamus
goforthetie
Wildebeest
tjconn728
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Thank you, Busch Gardens.DadofTwins wrote:
Cape Buffalo (3):
econgator
Magna
TomKBaltimoreBoy
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And the Countdown through Day 4:
118 geolawyerman
97 tjconn728
95 immaf
95 Linear Gnome
93 ihavejeoprosy
87 Bamaman
87 Magna
86 debramc
77 Creed Bratton
77 Woppy T
69 Leander
68 gamawire
67 ElendilPickle
67 MarkBarrett
66 dnbguy
66 goforthetie
66 nserven
62 Vanya
61 TomKBaltimoreBoy
57 This is Kirk!
56 Alyssa
54 econgator
52 Joy
49 Lilac
45 esrever
44 jpahk
37 Paucle
33 Kayanne
24 Aardvark
118 geolawyerman
97 tjconn728
95 immaf
95 Linear Gnome
93 ihavejeoprosy
87 Bamaman
87 Magna
86 debramc
77 Creed Bratton
77 Woppy T
69 Leander
68 gamawire
67 ElendilPickle
67 MarkBarrett
66 dnbguy
66 goforthetie
66 nserven
62 Vanya
61 TomKBaltimoreBoy
57 This is Kirk!
56 Alyssa
54 econgator
52 Joy
49 Lilac
45 esrever
44 jpahk
37 Paucle
33 Kayanne
24 Aardvark
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"Um, sure, I meant to do that."DadofTwins wrote:Name one of the animals known by big game hunters as the "Big Five" most dangerous animals to hunt.
Every correct answer was given, and there was even a slight advantage to being wrong over being sheep-y here. Nicely played.
Actually, the one that has surprised me most was the gymnastics question. I considered the vault, I considered the floor exercise, and finally decided that no one would say rings. Guess I'm lucky that I didn't turn into woolly roadkill until my third TD.
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My line of thinking almost exactly (I took a detour through pommel horse too.)Linear Gnome wrote:I considered the vault, I considered the floor exercise, and finally decided that no one would say rings.
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And now we move into the strategy portion of the game. The last two questions are ones where all of the answers are deducible. But the question is not which of the available answers to choose, but whether to choose one at all.
So . . .
One classic approximation of pi is 22/7. Name one of the four digits that will NEVER appear after the decimal place when converting this fraction to a decimal.
I learned three cool things about the number 7 when I was in 7th grade. One is that the repeating decimal is .142857. Another is that when dividing by 7, the remainder determines where the repeating decimal begins, which makes calculating batting averages in your head that much easier.
The third thing is that the sum of the digits after the decimal point will always be divisible by 3, even though no individual digit is a multiple of 3. Hence the correct answers to this question.
Zero (8):
Alyssa
debramc
ElendilPickle
ihavejeoprosy
Leander
Magna
This is Kirk!
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Six (6):
econgator
esrever
geolawyerman
Joy
Linear Gnome
nserven
Three (5):
Aardvark
dnbguy
jpahk
Paucle
Vanya
Nine (2):
Lilac
Woppy T
INCORRECT ANSWERS (7):
Seven
Bamaman
goforthetie
Two
Creed Bratton
DROP:
gamawire
immaf
Kayanne
MarkBarrett
tjconn728
So . . .
One classic approximation of pi is 22/7. Name one of the four digits that will NEVER appear after the decimal place when converting this fraction to a decimal.
I learned three cool things about the number 7 when I was in 7th grade. One is that the repeating decimal is .142857. Another is that when dividing by 7, the remainder determines where the repeating decimal begins, which makes calculating batting averages in your head that much easier.
The third thing is that the sum of the digits after the decimal point will always be divisible by 3, even though no individual digit is a multiple of 3. Hence the correct answers to this question.
Zero (8):
Alyssa
debramc
ElendilPickle
ihavejeoprosy
Leander
Magna
This is Kirk!
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Six (6):
econgator
esrever
geolawyerman
Joy
Linear Gnome
nserven
Three (5):
Aardvark
dnbguy
jpahk
Paucle
Vanya
Nine (2):
Lilac
Woppy T
INCORRECT ANSWERS (7):
Seven
Bamaman
goforthetie
Two
Creed Bratton
DROP:
gamawire
immaf
Kayanne
MarkBarrett
tjconn728
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Name one of the three U. S. cities that meet the following three criteria: 1) Largest city in the state, 2) City name begins with a vowel, 3) NOT the state capital.
I don't think there's any doubt which answer Peyton Manning would pick . . .
Omaha (13):
Aardvark
Bamaman
Creed Bratton
debramc
esrever
gamawire
geolawyerman
jpahk
Leander
Lilac
MarkBarrett
nserven
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Albuquerque (5):
Alyssa
ElendilPickle
Joy
Magna
This is Kirk!
Anchorage (4):
Linear Gnome
Paucle
Vanya
Woppy T
INCORRECT ANSWERS (6):
Altimore
tjconn728
Atlanta
Kayanne
Austin
ihavejeoprosy
DROP:
dnbguy
econgator
goforthetie
immaf
I don't think there's any doubt which answer Peyton Manning would pick . . .
Omaha (13):
Aardvark
Bamaman
Creed Bratton
debramc
esrever
gamawire
geolawyerman
jpahk
Leander
Lilac
MarkBarrett
nserven
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Albuquerque (5):
Alyssa
ElendilPickle
Joy
Magna
This is Kirk!
Anchorage (4):
Linear Gnome
Paucle
Vanya
Woppy T
INCORRECT ANSWERS (6):
Altimore
tjconn728
Atlanta
Kayanne
Austin
ihavejeoprosy
DROP:
dnbguy
econgator
goforthetie
immaf
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In this game a player could drop as many times he or she liked. The penalty is that for each question dropped, the total* number of possible correct answers for each question dropped is multiplied together and added to the player's score at the end of the game.
*Unless I miscounted, in which case it is what I need it to be to make the game work.
Anyway, here are the drop scores for each player:
0 -- No drops
Aardvark
Alyssa
debramc
esrever
ihavejeoprosy
Joy
Lilac
Paucle
TomKBaltimoreBoy
3 -- Only dropped the last question.
dnbguy
econgator
goforthetie
4 -- Only dropped the next-to-last question
Kayanne
tjconn728
6 -- Only dropped the baseball question
ElendilPickle
7 -- Only dropped the Kwanzaa question
Creed Bratton
geolawyerman
Linear Gnome
Magna
nserven
This is Kirk!
Vanya
9 -- Only dropped the astronaut question
jpahk
12 -- Dropped the last 2
immaf
12 -- Dropped the full moon question
Bamaman
Leander
Woppy T
24 -- Dropped the number question and the baseball question
gamawire
28 -- Dropped Kwanzaa and the number
MarkBarrett
*Unless I miscounted, in which case it is what I need it to be to make the game work.
Anyway, here are the drop scores for each player:
0 -- No drops
Aardvark
Alyssa
debramc
esrever
ihavejeoprosy
Joy
Lilac
Paucle
TomKBaltimoreBoy
3 -- Only dropped the last question.
dnbguy
econgator
goforthetie
4 -- Only dropped the next-to-last question
Kayanne
tjconn728
6 -- Only dropped the baseball question
ElendilPickle
7 -- Only dropped the Kwanzaa question
Creed Bratton
geolawyerman
Linear Gnome
Magna
nserven
This is Kirk!
Vanya
9 -- Only dropped the astronaut question
jpahk
12 -- Dropped the last 2
immaf
12 -- Dropped the full moon question
Bamaman
Leander
Woppy T
24 -- Dropped the number question and the baseball question
gamawire
28 -- Dropped Kwanzaa and the number
MarkBarrett
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FINAL TOTALS
We had 29 players in this week's game. Thank you to everyone who participated. It was a lot of fun to create and run.
Counting down the leaderboard:
29-11
144 geolawyerman
119 Bamaman
112 Linear Gnome
108 MarkBarrett
107 immaf (8 correct answers, 2 drops)
107 Magna (8 correct answers 1 drop)
107 tjconn728 (9 correct answers, 1 drop)
107 ihavejeoprosy (11 correct answers)
107 debramc (12 correct answers)
105 gamawire
104 Creed Bratton
102 Leander
95 Woppy T
92 nserven
86 ElendilPickle
82 TomKBaltimoreBoy
78 Vanya
77 This is Kirk!
76 goforthetie
I don't know that I have ever seen a 5-way tie for any position in a TD game. Impressive.
We had 29 players in this week's game. Thank you to everyone who participated. It was a lot of fun to create and run.
Counting down the leaderboard:
29-11
144 geolawyerman
119 Bamaman
112 Linear Gnome
108 MarkBarrett
107 immaf (8 correct answers, 2 drops)
107 Magna (8 correct answers 1 drop)
107 tjconn728 (9 correct answers, 1 drop)
107 ihavejeoprosy (11 correct answers)
107 debramc (12 correct answers)
105 gamawire
104 Creed Bratton
102 Leander
95 Woppy T
92 nserven
86 ElendilPickle
82 TomKBaltimoreBoy
78 Vanya
77 This is Kirk!
76 goforthetie
I don't know that I have ever seen a 5-way tie for any position in a TD game. Impressive.
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I dropped Kwanzaa and pi.
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To set the mood . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBU6oskkNEc
Counting down from 10:
74 dnbguy
71 jpahk
69 Alyssa
Another tie for 6th place:
64 esrever (11 correct answers)
64 Lilac (12 correct answers)
And a tie for 4th:
63 econgator (12 correct answers, 1 drop)
63 Joy (12 correct answers, 0 drops)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBU6oskkNEc
Counting down from 10:
74 dnbguy
71 jpahk
69 Alyssa
Another tie for 6th place:
64 esrever (11 correct answers)
64 Lilac (12 correct answers)
And a tie for 4th:
63 econgator (12 correct answers, 1 drop)
63 Joy (12 correct answers, 0 drops)
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In bronze medal position, with a clean sheet and a score of 46 . . .
Paucle!
In silver medal position, with 12 correct answers including 2 singletons and 2 doubletons scoring a total of 43 points . . .
Kayanne!!
And your gold menalist . . . with 12 correct answers including 4 singletons and 3 doubletons and a final score of just 42 points . . .
Aardvark!!!
As your flag rises to the rafters, we play the anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw
Paucle!
In silver medal position, with 12 correct answers including 2 singletons and 2 doubletons scoring a total of 43 points . . .
Kayanne!!
And your gold menalist . . . with 12 correct answers including 4 singletons and 3 doubletons and a final score of just 42 points . . .
Aardvark!!!
As your flag rises to the rafters, we play the anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw
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Thanks to DadofTwins and to all of my competitors for a great game!
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Fixed. Thanks.MarkBarrett wrote:I dropped Kwanzaa and pi.
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Congratulations to the medalists, and thanks to DadofTwins for an enjoyable but tough (for me) TD.
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Perfect 10th. Thanks!
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I ended up better than I thought I would. Thanks, DadofTwins, for a great TD.
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I thought a lot more people would drop the last two. I considered it, but ended up with 9, so saved 3 points.
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I was going to drop one of the last two, but not both. I got greedy, deciding not to, but in the end only lost a point. So no change in standings for me.Vanya wrote:I thought a lot more people would drop the last two. I considered it, but ended up with 9, so saved 3 points.
Great game, DoT! Well-written representation of the original concept.