TD 199: ID 2: Merkel's Revenge

[tjconn728]

Question 14. As you may have noticed, the World Cup began a month ago and will be finishing up soon. Hopefully you caught some of the games, as that should help you with this next question. Identify the country who's team wore one of the following home uniforms during the 2014 FIFA World Cup:

BONUS: I will deduct two points off of your score if you can correctly name the group (A-H) and place (1-4) of your team after the group stage. There is no penalty for a wrong answer, but you must get the main question correct to be eligible for the bonus.

The sheep here wasn't a team that went deep in the tournament or one that is well known as a soccer power, which probably made it an attractive option if you recognized that beautiful checked jersey. Unfortunately, a few too many of you did recognize it...

E - Croatia (11 10 points) (A-3)
Peachbox (-2)
gamawire
sarah0114
geolawyerman (-2)
CheezeWhiz (-2)
MarkBarrett (-2)
Peggles
soxfan99
dnbguy (-2)
ihavejeoprosy
Cat Hat

J - Germany (7 points) (G-1)
TheyCallMeMrKid
Woppy T
A drop of golden sun (-2)
whatisbishkek
eboettch (-2)
debramc
mennoknight (-2)

G - Netherlands (7 6 points) (B-1)
ElendilPickle
sillymonkey
JoshuaRQI
Magna (-2)
econgator
skullturf (-2)
Bristle (-2)

A- Switzerland (4 points) (E-2)
immaf
Bamaman
hscer (no bonus, but I do look forward to the day when the tournament expands to the point where Ж-5 is a possible group result)
Mathew5000

I-Brazil (3 2 points) (A-1)
Fishercat (-2)
xxaaaxx
d4z

L- England (2 points) (D-4)
Vanya
Leander (-2)

H - Greece (2 points) (C-2)
jepkid97
Vermonter (-2)

F- Uruguay (2 1 point) (D-2)
barandall800 (-2)
Christy (-2)

D - France (2 1 point) (E-1)
CoachP
Binky (-2)

B - Ecuador (2 1 point) (E-3)
goforthetie (-2)
Aardvark (-2)

K - Russia (1 point) (H-3)
Kingrat47 (-2)

DROP
nserven
esrever

UNUSED ANSWERS
C - Mexico (A-2)

INCORRECT ANSWERS - 16 15 points
dott888 (B - Colombia)
jjwaymee (B - Colombia)
Close, as the Colombians do wear yellow, but not quite:

[skullturf]

I would have said Colombia for B also, had I picked it. It's pure luck that I didn't.

[tjconn728]

With little movement at the top of the leaderboard, it seems to be a two-person race as we head into the final question. But there's a tight group fighting it out for the third podium position.

Scores after Round 14
47. dott888 115 ()
46. Peachbox 98 (-1)
45. barandall800 95 (+1)
44. ElendilPickle 94 (-)
43. sillymonkey 90 (-1)
42. TheyCallMeMrKid 89 (-1)
41. gamawire 89 (-3)
40. CoachP 88 (+3)
39. sarah0114 88 (-2)
38. Woppy T 87 (+2)
37. jjwaymee 82 (-16)
36. immaf 82 (+3)
35. JoshuaRQI 80 (-)
34. geolawyerman 78 (-7)
33. A drop of golden sun 77 (-1)
32. whatisbishkek 77 (-2)
31. econgator 77 (-2)
30. Bamaman 77 (+3)
29. Magna 76 (+2)
28. CheezeWhiz 76 (-6)
27. Fishercat 75 (+9)
26. skullturf 75 (+2)
25. eboettch 72 (-)
24. Kingrat47 72 (+10)
23. MarkBarrett 72 (-3)
22. jepkid97 71 (+4)
21. hscer 71 (+3)
20. debramc 69 (-1)
19. Vanya 69 (+4)
18. mennoknight 66 (-)
17. xxaaaxx 63 (-)
16. Peggles 63 (-2)
15. soxfan99 61 (-4)
14. Vermonter 60 (+2)
13. nserven 56 (+2)
12. dnbguy 55 (+4)
11. d4z 54 (+2)
10. Mathew5000 54 (-)
9. Leander 51 (+3)
8. ihavejeoprosy 48 (-4)
7. Cat Hat 48 (-4)
6. esrever 47 (+3)
5. Christy 46 (+2)
4. goforthetie 45 (+2)
3. Bristle 43 (+2)
2. Binky 28 (-)
1. Aardvark 26 (-)

[jjwaymee]

INCORRECT ANSWERS - 16 points
dott888 (B - Colombia)
jjwaymee (B - Colombia)
Close, as the Colombians do wear yellow, but not quite:

Poop. I forgot about Ecuador. I thought Colombia was the only team with the old Gran Colombia colors.

[ihavejeoprosy]

The sheep here wasn't a team that went deep in the tournament or one that is well known as a soccer power, which probably made it an attractive option if you recognized that beautiful checked jersey. Unfortunately, a few too many of you did recognize it...

E - Croatia (11 points) (A-3)
Peachbox (-2)
gamawire
sarah0114
geolawyerman (-2)
CheezeWhiz (-2)
MarkBarrett (-2)
Peggles
soxfan99
dnbguy (-2)
ihavejeoprosy
Cat Hat

Ouch. I thought i'd try some TD strategy by going for an obvious choice thinking people would stay away from it. But nooooo. That's TD for you.

[tjconn728]

Before I get to the final question, I'm going to do the drop bonus first. I think a TD is more fun when there are more responses, but I also recognize that sometimes a category may just be a total blank for some players, so I like to have the drop option, but encourage people not to use it. 15 players, or about 1/3 the field, did not use his/her drop, and thus I've subtracted 5 points from their scores. Incidentally, each of these players scored a 6 or higher on at least one question, so it would have been beneficial to use the drop at some point, the trick is identifying when.

Those players are:
barandall800
Kingrat47
d4z
Cat Hat
CoachP
Bristle
jjwaymee
hscer
Aardvark
Woppy T
whatisbishkek
CheezeWhiz
Christy
Binky
gamawire

Resulting in scores heading into Question 15 of:
47. dott888 115 (-)
46. Peachbox 98 (-)
45. ElendilPickle 94 (-1)
44. barandall800 90 (+1)
43. sillymonkey 90 (-)
42. TheyCallMeMrKid 89 (-)
41. sarah0114 88 (-2)
40. gamawire 84 (+1)
39. CoachP 83 (+1)
38. Woppy T 82 (-)
37. immaf 82 (-1)
36. JoshuaRQI 80 (-1)
35. geolawyerman 78 (-1)
34. A drop of golden sun 77 (-1)
33. econgator 77 (-2)
32. jjwaymee 77 (+5)
31. Bamaman 77 (-1)
30. Magna 76 (-1)
29. Fishercat 75 (-2)
28. skullturf 75 (-2)
27. eboettch 72 (-2)
26. whatisbishkek 72 (+6)
25. MarkBarrett 72 (-2)
24. jepkid97 71 (-2)
23. CheezeWhiz 71 (+5)
22. debramc 69 (-2)
21. Vanya 69 (-2)
20. Kingrat47 67 (+4)
19. hscer 66 (+2)
18. mennoknight 66 (-)
17. xxaaaxx 63 (-)
16. Peggles 63 (-)
15. soxfan99 61 (-)
14. Vermonter 60 (-)
13. nserven 56 (-)
12. dnbguy 55 (-)
11. Mathew5000 54 (-1)
10. Leander 51 (-1)
9. d4z 49 (2)
8. ihavejeoprosy 48 (-)
7. esrever 47 (-1)
6. goforthetie 45 (-2)
5. Cat Hat 43 (+2)
4. Christy 41 (+1)
3. Bristle 38 (-)
2. Binky 23 (-)
1. Aardvark 21 (-)

[tjconn728]

15. As you may be aware, this quiz is not the only sequel out there. In fact many movies these days also have sequels. Identify the movie franchise by the subtitle of its sequel listed below:

a. Their First Assignment
b. Rise of an Empire
c. Legacy
d. Prince Caspian
e. The Streets
f. Havana Nights
g. The Smell of Fear
h. Book of Secrets
i. Freddy's Revenge
j. The Two Towers
k. The Winter Soldier
l. Judgment Day

Almost another "perfect" question, as all answers were used, there were no drops, and there was just one wrong answer that was so close to being right that for a minute I thought I had forgotten a second movie with the same subtitle. A big sheep and near sheep here, one surprising, the other not so much. It seems as if America collectively wants to forget that Dirty Dancing had a sequel, but looks like we all remember, we just choose to ignore it. And once again, it's probably the three most obvious answers that are singletons.

Interesting bit of trivia I learned about Havana Nights from "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" and which Wikipedia (as always) summarizes better than I can:

Havana Nights is based on an original screenplay by playwright and NPR host Peter Sagal, based on the real life experience of producer JoAnn Jansen, who lived in Cuba as a 15 year old in 1958-59. Sagal wrote the screenplay, which he titled Cuba Mine, about a young American woman who witnessed the Cuban revolution and had a romance with a young Cuban revolutionary. The screenplay was to be a serious political romance story, documenting, among other stories, how the Cuban revolution transformed from idealism to terror. It was commissioned in 1992 by Lawrence Bender, who was rising to fame with his production of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. The screenplay was bought by a film studio, which requested several rewrites before deciding not to produce the film. A decade later, Bender decided to make a Dirty Dancing sequel, and the film was very loosely adapted from Sagal's script. Not a single line from Sagal's original screenplay appears in the final film and Sagal says that the only remnants of the political theme that existed in his script is a scene wherein some people are executed.

F - Dirty Dancing (10 9 points)
barandall800
sarah0114
A drop of golden sun
Fishercat
Kingrat47
mennoknight
Peggles
dnbguy
d4z
ihavejeoprosy

D - The Chronicles of Narnia (9 8 points)
TheyCallMeMrKid
immaf
econgator
Magna
eboettch
jepkid97
Vanya
Mathew5000
Cat Hat

C - Tron (5 4 points)
Peachbox
CoachP
xxaaaxx
soxfan99
Bristle

G - The Naked Gun (4 points)
jjwaymee
skullturf
MarkBarrett
hscer

B - 300 (4 3 points)
debramc
Vermonter
Leander
Aardvark

H - National Treasure (3 points)
ElendilPickle
Woppy T
geolawyerman

E - Step Up (3 2 points)
whatisbishkek
CheezeWhiz
Christy

A - Police Academy (3 2 points)
dott888
nserven
Binky

A - Captain America (2 1 point)
gamawire
esrever

L - Terminator (1 point)
JoshuaRQI

J - The Lord of the Rings (1 point)
sillymonkey

I - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1 point)
Bamaman

INCORRECT ANSWERS - 15 14 points
goforthetie (H - Blair Witch) The sequel was "Book of Shadows," not "Book of Secrets"

[tjconn728]

On to our final results!

Finishing in the bottom half of the standings, but still having put in a better effort and a more respectable showing than Brazil in its World Cup semifinal...

Places 24-47:
47. dott888 118
46. Peachbox 103
45. barandall800 100
44. TheyCallMeMrKid 98 (11 correct)
43. sarah0114 98 (14 correct)
42. ElendilPickle 97
41. immaf 91 (12 correct, 0 singletons)
40. sillymonkey 91 (12 correct, 1 singleton)
39. CoachP 88
38. A drop of golden sun 87
37. econgator 86 (13 correct, 0 singletons, 29th to enter)
36. gamawire 86 (13 correct, 0 singletons, 3rd to enter)
35. Magna 85
34. Fishercat 85
33. Woppy T 85
32. geolawyerman 81 (12 correct, 0 singletons)
31. JoshuaRQI 81 (12 correct, 1 singleton)
30. jjwaymee 81
29. eboettch 81
28. jepkid97 80
27. skullturf 79
26. Bamaman 78
25. Vanya 78
24. Kingrat47 77

[tjconn728]

Outside the top 10 and proud winners of a German phrasebook:

Places 11-23
23. mennoknight 76 (14 correct, 0 singletons, 7th to enter)
22. MarkBarrett 76 (14 correct, 0 singletons, 2nd to enter)
21. whatisbishkek 75
20. CheezeWhiz 74
19. Peggles 73 (14 correct, 0 singletons)
18. debramc 73 (14 correct, 1 singleton)
17. hscer 70
16. xxaaaxx 68
15. soxfan99 66
14. dnbguy 65
13. Vermonter 64
12. Mathew5000 63
11. goforthetie 60

[tjconn728]

Just off the podium and winning their own version of "The Scream:"

Places 4-10
10. nserven 59 (14 correct, 0 singletons)
9. d4z 59 (14 correct, 1 singleton)
8. ihavejeoprosy 58
7. Leander 55
6. Cat Hat 52
5. esrever 49
4. Christy 44

[tjconn728]

And now to the podium:

In 3rd place, with 2 singletons and 43 points, and winning a backstage pass to Faith Hill's 1999 This Kiss tour: Bristle!

[tjconn728]

In 2nd place, with 26 points, just one behind the leader, and three singletons, winning an trip to Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum, it's Binky!

[tjconn728]

And in 1st place, our champion, with only 25 points and an amazing four singletons, winning a trip to Camden Yards to see orioles and The Orioles and a lifetime supply of ants: Aardvark!

[hscer]

Yeah, I'll take 17th

Great game TJ, thanks!

[tjconn728]

Thanks to everyone for participating, hope you enjoyed playing as much as I enjoyed hosting! Now go and have a great weekend and be sure to enter Magna's TD before the Monday deadline!

[Aardvark]

Thanks, tjconn! This was fun! Congrats to my podium mates Binky and Bristle.

[Binky]

Aardvark beat me by one point, but I'm satisfied to come in second - especially since this is only my third TD. I hope to do better next time. Thanks TJ for the great TD! Congrats to Aardvark and Bristle.

[goforthetie]

goforthetie (H - Blair Witch) The sequel was "Book of Shadows," not "Book of Secrets"

Ach du lieber!

*Seufzer*

[I'm making use of my consolation prize already! Vielen Dank, tjconn! Herzliche Glückwunsche für Aardvark, Binky, und Bristle!]

[nserven]

Thanks for a fun TD. I thought the map question was particularly clever.

[skullturf]

Thanks for doing this. I was pleased to work my way up almost to the median, after a bad start that included a wrong answer on the very first question.