TD 285: Harry & More Than the Hendersons - FINAL Standings!

[Caboom]

Question 1: Name a famous (non-fictional) magician.

Iiro Seppänen — Singleton!
Caboom

I was fairly confident of my singleton here.

I won't be laughing for long though, as I missed with my guess for the next question.

[mpahu]

I dedicate that drop to being completely lazy and thinking I couldn't do better than David Blaine. I'll never doubt the collective creativity of JBoard again.

[Woppy T]

Not trying to hurt Rusty, but how is Bill Bixby a correct answer?

[SlickRick87]

Not trying to hurt Rusty, but how is Bill Bixby a correct answer?

He was a member of the Magic Castle, as he was an accomplished amateur magician, in addition to playing one on TV.

[MitchO]

In that vein, I'm surprised no one went with Neil Patrick Harris.

[Magna]

How about Fruit Pie the Magician? (You know, the Hostess Pie technician.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiPeDyVbLGw

But seriously folks, Cardini is very worth watching, even today. His stage persona was an upper-crust British fellow who was constantly being baffled, sometimes even startled, by his own magic. Beyond just looking effortless (as if that weren't hard enough), he made it look accidental. Here's a vintage video of one of his performances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZ_DYGK6xY

[ElendilPickle]

I picked someone I've seen on Masters of Illusion purposely avoiding someone like Mat Franco from America's Got Talent and I ran into a very unexpected doubleton.

I was going to pick Mat Franco. But noooooo.

[Vermonter]

Question 1: Name a famous (non-fictional) magician.

Mark Wilson — Singleton!
Vermonter

I was wondering if any old-timers would pick this one, too. Mark Wilson was the star of The Magic Land of Allakazam, which put magic on the TV map in the early 1960s.

I interviewed him for a story on Letterman's favorite magician; nice guy, and I believe I still have a standing invitation to the Magic Castle.

[CailinGaoilge]

Very surprised that anyone else got Paul Daniels! But very happy with my doubleton.

[Rusty's in the club]

Not trying to hurt Rusty, but how is Bill Bixby a correct answer?

As mentioned, he was originally an amateur magician and was cast in the TV show "The Magician".

It was a one-season show that I loved watching. He drove a car with the license plate "SPIRIT" and used magic to solve crimes. The intro to the show had a voice over saying: "All the magic you are about to see is performed without any trick photography of any kind by Bill Bixby, The Magician".

FWIW, Mark Wilson was a consultant to the show.

I would say that he thus could definitely be considered both famous and a magician.

[Armandillo]

Another fairly good question for many of you! The Sheep should not surprise anyone

2. Moving on Up – Before becoming a U.S. President, Harry S. Truman served as a Senator from Missouri. Name ANY OTHER U.S. President who served at least SOME time in the Senate before becoming President. They did NOT have to go immediately from the Senate to the Presidency.


WRONG! — 19 responses
Deano - Gerald Ford: Served in the House of Representatives, but NOT the Senate.
SBurrus - Joe Biden: Has not served as President . . . yet.
Caboom - George H W Bush: Served in the House. . .


Barack Obama - SHEEP! — 13 responses
AgentCooper
Caboom
coach P
dinghammer
dnbguy
dott888
Holocene Hero
immaf
kettledrum
MikeyB
pburns1587
Peachbox
Tabby
the_rick64


John F. Kennedy — 11 responses
AgentSeto
bkburner
CailinGaoilge
Carpe Diem
colonialrampage
ElendilPickle
Gamawire
osxpert
Rackme32
SlickRick87
This is Aoba


Lyndon Baines Johnson — 7 responses
alamble
barandall800
Category 13
drdoug41
econgator
mpahu
sillymonkey


Warren G. Harding — 5 responses
9021amyers
goroshnik
ihavejeoprosy
jev15
MarkyMarkm


Andrew Johnson — 3 responses
Bamaman
BigDaddyMatty
Woppy T


John Quincy Adams — 3 responses
ChexMix
mitchparov
mrexley


Richard Nixon — 3 responses
clprez
MitchO
Tigershark


Andrew Jackson — 2 responses
Kirbstar
Peggles


John Tyler — Singleton!
MarkBarrett


Martin Van Buren — Singleton!
Rusty's In the Club


William Henry Harrison — Singleton!
michaelk

DROP
Magna
Vermonter


UNUSED ANSWERS
James Monroe; Franklin Pierce; James Buchanan; Benjamin Harrison


STANDINGS!
1. Magna — 1 + 0 → 1 pts [↑1]
1. Vermonter — 1 + 0 → 1 pts [↑1]
3. michaelk — 1 + 1 → 2 pts [↓1]
3. Rusty's In the Club — 1 + 1 → 2 pts [↓1]
5. MarkBarrett — 2 + 1 → 3 pts [↑12]

6. BigDaddyMatty — 1 + 3 → 4 pts [↓4]
6. clprez — 1 + 3 → 4 pts [↓4]
6. Peggles — 2 + 2 → 4 pts [↑11]
9. MitchO — 2 + 3 → 5 pts [↑8]
9. mitchparov — 2 + 3 → 5 pts [↑8]
9. Woppy T — 2 + 3 → 5 pts [↑8]

12. 9021amyers — 1 + 5 → 6 pts [↓10]
12. Bamaman — 3 + 3 → 6 pts [↑17]
12. mrexley — 3 + 3 → 6 pts [↑17]
12. Tigershark — 3 + 3 → 6 pts [↑17]

16. jev15 — 2 + 5 → 7 pts [↑1]
16. mpahu — 0 + 7 → 7 pts [↓15]
18. econgator — 1 + 7 → 8 pts [↓16]
18. MarkyMarkm — 3 + 5 → 8 pts [↑11]
20. barandall800 — 2 + 7 → 9 pts [↓3]
20. Kirbstar — 7 + 2 → 9 pts [↑29]

22. alamble — 3 + 7 → 10 pts [↑7]
22. Category 13 — 3 + 7 → 10 pts [↑7]
22. ChexMix — 7 + 3 → 10 pts [↑27]
22. goroshnik — 5 + 5 → 10 pts [↑22]
22. ihavejeoprosy — 5 + 5 → 10 pts [↑22]
22. sillymonkey — 3 + 7 → 10 pts [↑7]

28. drdoug41 — 5 + 7 → 12 pts [↑16]
28. Rackme32 — 1 + 11 → 12 pts [↓26]
30. CailinGaoilge — 2 + 11 → 13 pts [↓13]
30. Carpe Diem — 2 + 11 → 13 pts [↓13]
30. This is Aoba — 2 + 11 → 13 pts [↓13]

33. AgentCooper — 1 + 13 → 14 pts [↓31]
33. AgentSeto — 3 + 11 → 14 pts [↓4]
33. colonialrampage — 3 + 11 → 14 pts [↓4]
33. dinghammer — 1 + 13 → 14 pts [↓31]
33. dnbguy — 1 + 13 → 14 pts [↓31]
33. Gamawire — 3 + 11 → 14 pts [↓4]
33. kettledrum — 1 + 13 → 14 pts [↓31]
33. Peachbox — 1 + 13 → 14 pts [↓31]
33. SlickRick87 — 3 + 11 → 14 pts [↓4]

42. dott888 — 2 + 13 → 15 pts [↓25]
42. MikeyB — 2 + 13 → 15 pts [↓25]
44. bkburner — 5 + 11 → 16 pts [unch]
44. coach P — 3 + 13 → 16 pts [↓15]
44. osxpert — 5 + 11 → 16 pts [unch]
44. pburns1587 — 3 + 13 → 16 pts [↓15]
44. the_rick64 — 3 + 13 → 16 pts [↓15]

49. ElendilPickle — 7 + 11 → 18 pts [unch]
50. Caboom — 1 + 18 → 19 pts [↓48]

51. Holocene Hero — 7 + 13 → 20 pts [↓2]
51. immaf — 7 + 13 → 20 pts [↓2]
51. Tabby — 7 + 13 → 20 pts [↓2]
54. SBurrus — 3 + 18 → 21 pts [↓25]
55. Deano — 7 + 18 → 25 pts [↓6]


Still too early to tell who will prevail. Question 3 coming tomorrow!

[SBurrus]

OMG! What an embarrassing miss. Oh well...gravitating to the bottom, as usual.

[Magna]

Oh my, looks like rain. I think we're probably going to have to call the game at this point and declare whoever is in the lead the winner.

[Armandillo]

Oh my, looks like rain. I think we're probably going to have to call the game at this point and declare whoever is in the lead the winner.

Alright, I will award you second and Vermonter first if that's what you wish

[Rusty's in the club]

Oh my, looks like rain. I think we're probably going to have to call the game at this point and declare whoever is in the lead the winner.

Not a bad strategy. I invoked that one on TD 281 and no one objected. But then, we might have to schedule future TDs for indoor stadiums to guard against weather related cancellations.

If I had the source data, I could likely do a reveal and then score TD 281. Maybe I'll even research all the possible answers to give at least some cloture to that TD.

[dinghammer]

UNUSED ANSWERS
James Monroe; Franklin Pierce; James Buchanan; Benjamin Harrison; Harry S. Truman

Well you did say OTHER.

Why couldn't TMBG have mentioned that Martin Van Buren and James Buchanan had both been senators in James K. Polk? For the first time, that song has let me down.

[Caboom]

Another fairly good question for many of you! The Sheep should not surprise anyone

2. Moving on Up – Before becoming a U.S. President, Harry S. Truman served as a Senator from Missouri. Name ANY OTHER U.S. President who served at least SOME time in the Senate before becoming President. They did NOT have to go immediately from the Senate to the Presidency.

Barack Obama - SHEEP! — 14 responses
Caboom

Unfortunately I said George H.W. Bush. So give me my extra 4 points!

Oh my, looks like rain. I think we're probably going to have to call the game at this point and declare whoever is in the lead the winner.

Not a bad strategy. I invoked that one on TD 281 and no one objected. But then, we might have to schedule future TDs for indoor stadiums to guard against weather related cancellations.

If I had the source data, I could likely do a reveal and then score TD 281. Maybe I'll even research all the possible answers to give at least some cloture to that TD.

We've done this at least once before, where everyone sent their remaining answers to someone who finished the reveal.

I'm not surprised Lumosityfan dropped the ball in TD 281, he has a history of not finishing TDs. That's probably one of the reasons his TDs usually get less participants than most others. I'm more surprised TD 276 was left unfinished by caknuck.

[Armandillo]

Whoops! I fixed the mistakes. Thank you for being honest Caboom.

I pride myself on finishing my TDs, even if some of the questions aren't the best . . .

[Vermonter]

Oh my, looks like rain. I think we're probably going to have to call the game at this point and declare whoever is in the lead the winner.

Alright, I will award you second and Vermonter first if that's what you wish

But we haven't completed half of the questions!

[Magna]

Oh my, looks like rain. I think we're probably going to have to call the game at this point and declare whoever is in the lead the winner.

Alright, I will award you second and Vermonter first if that's what you wish

But we haven't completed half of the questions!

Busted.