TD 213: The Cure For Triskaidekaphobia

[gamawire]

start the reveal early on Tuesday.

Just so you know, it's not early - even by Pacific standards.

[teapot37]

start the reveal early on Tuesday.

Just so you know, it's not early - even by Pacific standards.

He also didn't specify which Tuesday.

[gamawire]

start the reveal early on Tuesday.

Just so you know, it's not early - even by Pacific standards.

He also didn't specify which Tuesday.

Ya got me there!

[lisa0012]

It's not Tuesday anymore.

[Vanya]

Maybe he has aperiophobia.

[RandyG]

OK, let's get the reveal started. Going to be very limited for now. Sorry about the delay in moving this along.

1. Several sources, including the official SCRABBLE® dictionary, confirm that there are sixteen 5-letter English language words starting with the letter “T” that can be made from the letters T-H-I-R-T-E-E-N. If I arbitrarily eliminate “teeth”, “titer” and "titre" from the list, name one of the 13 remaining words. Each letter may be used only up to the number of times it appears in "THIRTEEN." Proper nouns and slang are not valid for this question.


I can hear the regrets already. And then, for some of you the reverse strategy worked just fine.... but for others, a careless error. Go figure.


TRITE – 14 responses
Abraxas
cf1140
Creed Bratton
dhkendall
jepkid97
Kingrat47
Leander
lisa0012
lpmastor
mitchparov
nightreign
Shaymin
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Vermonter

TENET – 12 responses
Blue Lion
CheezeWhiz
doihavetoreally
econgator
ElendilPickle
geolawyerman
Lumosityfan
MarkBarrett
Peachbox
Peggles
Tigershark
Tpmorrison

TITHE – 8 responses
coolcah36
dott888
gamawire
jjwaymee
jkbrat
periwinkle
whatisbishkek
xxaaaxx

THINE – 7 responses
barandall800
dnbguy
lieph82
Rackme32
spell4yr
TheyCallMeMrKid
Woppy T

TENTH – 5 responses
debramc
Goatman
Linear Gnome
Magna
teapot37

THEIR – 3 responses
brainpower
JoshuaRQI
mennoknight

TRINE – 3 responses
ihavejeoprosy
Lefty
TerrHeel

TERNE – 2 responses
CandiceT
goforthetie

Wild Card – 2 responses
Bamaman
jgamer

THERE – Singleton!
Caboom

THREE – Singleton!
BobF

TREEN – Singleton!
Vanya


Correct answers not given:
TETRI
THEIN


Incorrect answers (19 points):

ENTER..... Doesn't start with "T"
clprez
immaf
nserven
tjconn728

ETHER..... Doesn't start with "T"
Woof
ZachTheRiah


Drops (0 points)
psgola
Ryno
sarah0114
SavoyGirl
Turd Ferguson

[immaf]

RTFQ, immaf!

[tjconn728]

RTFQ, immaf!

Well, you were far from alone in failing reading comprehension.

[whatisbishkek]

There and three, singletons? Ouch. Well, at least I didn't go with trite. I was thinking about it.

[RandyG]

2. In clinical psychology, a “phobia” is a persistent and often disproportionate and irrational fear of an object or situation. Select one the 13 generally-accepted phobias below and say what it’s a fear of. Your answer does not need to match exactly any clinical definition of the phobia, but it must describe essentially the same thing. You don't need to include the letter of your choice.

(A) acrophobia
(B) arachnophobia
(C) claustrophobia
(D) coulrophobia
(E) leukophobia
(F) monophobia
(G) mysophobia
(H) necrophobia
(I) panphobia
(J) phasmophobia
(K) pyrophobia
(L) somniphobia
(M) tachophobia


FIRE (K. pyrophobia) – 13 responses
Abraxas
Blue Lion
brainpower
Caboom
coolcah36
debramc
jepkid97
lisa0012
Lumosityfan
mennoknight
Shaymin
Turd Ferguson
Vanya

SLEEPING (L. somniphobia) – 11 responses
clprez
Creed Bratton
geolawyerman
Leander
lieph82
nightreign
periwinkle
TheyCallMeMrKid
Tigershark
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Woppy T

SPIDERS (B. arachnophobia) – 10 responses
cf1140
dott888
jgamer
jjwaymee
lpmastor
MarkBarrett
Rackme32
SavoyGirl
Tpmorrison
whatisbishkek

CLOWNS (D. coulrophobia) – 6 responses
Bamaman
BobF
immaf
Lefty
sarah0114
teapot37

BEING ALONE (F. monophobia) – 4 responses
doihavetoreally
ihavejeoprosy
spell4yr
xxaaaxx

HEIGHTS (A. acrophobia) – 4 responses
dnbguy
ElendilPickle
goforthetie
ZachTheRiah

SPEED (M. tachophobia) – 4 responses
jkbrat
Linear Gnome
nserven
Peachbox

COLOR WHITE (E. leukophobia) – 3 responses
JoshuaRQI
Magna
Woof

EVERYTHING (I. panphobia) – 3 responses
dhkendall
econgator
mitchparov

DEATH/DEAD THINGS (H. necrophobia) – 2 responses
tjconn728
Vermonter

ENCLOSED SPACES (C. claustrophobia) – 2 responses
barandall800
psgola

GERMS (G. mysophobia) – 2 responses
Goatman
Peggles

Wild Card – Singleton!
Ryno


DROP – 0 points
gamawire


Correct answers not given:
GHOSTS (J. phasmophobia)


Incorrect answers (18 points):

BLOOD...... fear of blood is hemophobia
CandiceT
CheezeWhiz
Kingrat47

CANCER ...... fear of cancer is carcinophobia
TerrHeel


QUESTION #2: CUMULATIVE SCORES

I'm having a problem getting these to total and sort properly.......

[ZachTheRiah]

Incorrect answers (19 points):

ETHER..... Doesn't start with "T"
ZachTheRiah

Reading fail! @_@

[Shaymin]

Is this the part where I start bleating? Two straight opening sheep... ouch.

[Leander]

Flipped a coin between "trite" and "there" and obviously picked the wrong one.

[Linear Gnome]

I had my own reading FAIL: I only skimmed the directions and didn't notice that there was a DROP option with no advantage for not using it. Duh.

[lisa0012]

And the psychologist sheeps on the psychology question. Go me.

[Caboom]

THERE – Singleton!
Caboom

I've finally figured these things out! I did get lucky though, as I didn't notice it had to start with a T.

FIRE (K. pyrophobia) – 13 responses
Caboom

Hmm, ok, so maybe a bit more figuring out to do.

I guess the final test will be whether or not Obama will be a lowscoring choice for me later on.

[Blue Lion]

Well, I'm off to a "roaring" start.

[doihavetoreally]

Didn't choose three or there because I thought they would sheep (only for boarded would this sentence make sense).

Next time will go for most obvious answers and will see what happens.

[dhkendall]

Didn't choose three or there because I thought they would sheep (only for boarded would this sentence make sense).

Next time will go for most obvious answers and will see what happens.

Believe me you'd be far from the first to come up with this strategy, and it didn't work for them either.

Avoiding the sheeps doesn't work. Going for the sheeps doesn't work. The only winning move is not to play.

[RandyG]

Above: From the 1960's British TV series "Ready Steady Go"

BONUS!!!! Who introduces The Supremes in the video? 1 point off to the first to identify her in this thread.

3. One singing group that certainly didn’t have philophobia -- i.e. the fear of love -- was The Supremes. In all of the group’s various iterations, combinations and associations with other groups throughout their heyday in the 1960s and early 70s, the Supremes charted 14 times in the Billboard Hot 100 with songs that had “love” somewhere in the title, either as a standalone word or as part of a longer, related word. The last of these was 1972’s “Your Wonderful Sweet Sweet Love” in the post-Diana Ross era, which topped out at #59. (Does anybody actually know or remember that song?) Name one of their 13 other Hot 100 songs containing “love.”

A lot of drops -- 19. I think a lot of you were more afraid of this question than you needed to be. I heard a lot of different suggestions as to what would be the sheep, obviously not all correct. And because of the drops, this question has one of the lowest sheep, next highest on the whole quiz.

I had been sitting on this question for a long time, so I finally found a way to include it in a TD. You know me..... 1960s music.

Sorry about the delays. Life + spreadsheet issues. Should be better from this point on.


LOVE CHILD – 9 responses
brainpower
CandiceT
coolcah36
ElendilPickle
mennoknight
Peggles
Ryno
sarah0114
Turd Ferguson

STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE – 7 responses
cf1140
debramc
Goatman
immaf
jkbrat
JoshuaRQI
spell4yr

Wild Card – 7 responses
Creed Bratton
dnbguy
gamawire
lieph82
Magna
TerrHeel
xxaaaxx

BABY LOVE – 5 responses
Blue Lion
BobF
lisa0012
SavoyGirl
Tigershark

YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE – 5 responses
barandall800
clprez
dhkendall
nserven
periwinkle

WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO – 4 responses
Leander
Linear Gnome
Peachbox
Rackme32

LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU'RE GONE – 3 responses
Shaymin
TomKBaltimoreBoy
Vermonter

I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME – Singleton!.... The Supremes & The Temptations
Woof

IN AND OUT OF LOVE – Singleton!
jgamer

WHEN THE LOVELIGHT STARTS SHINING THROUGH HIS EYES – Singleton!
Abraxas

DROP
Bamaman
Caboom
CheezeWhiz
doihavetoreally
dott888
econgator
geolawyerman
goforthetie
ihavejeoprosy
jepkid97
Kingrat47
Lefty
lpmastor
Lumosityfan
MarkBarrett
mitchparov
nightreign
teapot37
TheyCallMeMrKid


Correct answers not given:
LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEART
EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE (post-Diana Ross)
STONED LOVE (post-Diana Ross)
YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART (post-Diana Ross)


Incorrect answers (14 points):

I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY..... charted by The Spiral Staircase, #12 in 1969
Tpmorrison

LOVE IS A SYMPHONY..... thinking of the Supremes "I Hear a Symphony"?
psgola

LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER..... charted by The Captain & Tennille, #1 in 1975
jjwaymee