Think Different Contest #149: Beating me at my own game (again!)

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Re: Think Different Contest #149: Beating me at my own game (again!)

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3. Name an ancient Greek for whom some object, theorem, or concept in modern mathematics is named.

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Dozens of answers available here, especially if you know a little more geometry than usually gets taught in American schools. You all came up with an impressive spread; Vanya's answer was a new one to me.

Question for the Archimedes answerers: did you know of a specific term named for him, or did you just go off my note and figure that there must be something? He was the one I was most worried about (hence the note), since all the "Archimedean" objects are kind of obscure; it would have been a shame for the greatest of all Greek mathematicians to have gone unanswered.

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Euclid (11 -> 30 pts) (Euclidean geometry)
gloriaclemente
Bamaman
cbec
Magna
spell4yr
billy pilgrim
debramc
DadofTwins
Turd Ferguson
dhkendall
SkeeBallRaif

Pythagoras (5 -> 13.6 pts) (Pythagorean Theorem)
Creed Bratton
gamawire
Woppy T
MarkBarrett
goforthetie

Archimedes (4 -> 10.9 pts) (Archimedean property)
plasticene
amorris525
jeff6286
TreehugginCowgirl

Ptolemy (not the ruler) (2 -> 5.5 pts) (Ptolemy's Theorem)
Le Master
Cortina431

Diophantus (2 -> 5.5 pts) (Diophantine equations)
RandyG
Austin Powers

Eratosthenes (2 -> 5.5 pts) (Sieve of Eratosthenes)
Woof
cheezguyty

Plato (2 -> 5.5 pts) (Platonic solids)
econgator
xxaaaxx

Hero/Heron (1 -> 2.7 pts) (Heron's Formula)
Peggles

Menelaus (1 -> 2.7 pts) (Menelaus's Theorem)
jpahk

Zeno (1 -> 2.7 pts) (Zeno's paradox)
Paucle

Hippocrates of Chios (not the oath guy) (1 -> 2.7 pts) (Lune of Hippocrates)
Vanya

INCORRECT ANSWERS:

none

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT GIVEN:

Socrates's paradox
Plutarch numbers
Apollonius (Apollonian gasket)
Pappus's Theorem
... many others
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Re: Think Different Contest #149: Beating me at my own game (again!)

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I wonder if you would have accepted Aristotle, for logic?
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Vanya wrote:I wonder if you would have accepted Aristotle, for logic?
Had to look it up to make sure - his writings don't qualify him, but yes, the term "non-Aristotelian logic" is sometimes used by mathematicians. ("Aristotelian logic", by contrast, seems to be more of the domain of philosophers these days.)
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goforthetie wrote:
Vanya wrote:I wonder if you would have accepted Aristotle, for logic?
Had to look it up to make sure - his writings don't qualify him, but yes, the term "non-Aristotelian logic" is sometimes used by mathematicians. ("Aristotelian logic", by contrast, seems to be more of the domain of philosophers these days.)
I wasn't at all sure that you'd accept Zeno, either, since Zeno's paradox is usually considered more of a philosophical concept than a mathematical one (though it does presuppose infinite series).
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Re: Think Different Contest #149: Beating me at my own game (again!)

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I was ready to argue that Archimedes' Principle should count as mathematics. Never heard of his property. I was hoping being from Sicily would throw a few people off him, and I figured Socrates would have been a sheep. Oh well :) At least all the Passover seders I went to with my ex paid off for question 1.
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TreehugginCowgirl wrote:At least all the Passover seders I went to ... paid off for question 1.
Didn't help me, my answer wasn't different from all other answers.
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Re: Think Different Contest #149: Beating me at my own game (again!)

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4. Give an uncapitalized, unhyphenated word that has two double letters that are alphabetically consecutive, subject to the restrictions below.

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Some of these are really fun words, in particular the answer to the FJ in this game.

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embarrass (6 -> 30 pts)
Cortina431
Vanya
gloriaclemente
debramc
Woof
plasticene

toffee (5 -> 25 pts)
Creed Bratton
econgator
xxaaaxx
Turd Ferguson
SkeeBallRaif

coffee (5 -> 25 pts)
goforthetie
Bamaman
spell4yr
dhkendall
amorris525

cassette (2 -> 10 pts)
MarkBarrett
RandyG

addressee (2 -> 10 pts)
cbec
Magna

woodchipper (2 -> 10 pts)
Woppy T
DadofTwins

mattress (2 -> 10 pts)
Peggles
jeff6286

etouffee (1 -> 5 pts)
Austin Powers

hootenanny (1 -> 5 pts)
gamawire

whippoorwill (1 -> 5 pts)
jpahk

yellowhammer (1 -> 5 pts)
cheezguyty

cossette (1 -> 5 pts)
TreehugginCowgirl

donnybrook (1 -> 5 pts)
billy pilgrim

INCORRECT ANSWERS:

bootstrapping (does not have its own entry)
Le Master

bitterroot (none of O, R, T are consecutive alphabetically)
Paucle

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT GIVEN:

buttress
crosscurrent
offscreen
mammilla
... among others

Standings after Q4:

gloriaclemente 105.0
Creed Bratton 98.6
Paucle 97.7
Le Master 95.5
Bamaman 95.0
spell4yr 90.0
debramc 89.0
Woof 80.5
Turd Ferguson 79.0
cbec 79.0
Magna 79.0
SkeeBallRaif 74.0
dhkendall 74.0
Woppy T 73.6
Vanya 71.7
plasticene 70.9
billy pilgrim 70.0
DadofTwins 69.0
gamawire 68.6
MarkBarrett 68.6
econgator 65.5

The following players are beating me at my own game:

jpahk 61.7
amorris525 59.9
Cortina431 59.5
Peggles 57.7
xxaaaxx 50.5
jeff6286 44.9
RandyG 44.5
TreehugginCowgirl 43.9
Austin Powers 24.5
cheezguyty 23.5
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Re: Think Different Contest #149: Beating me at my own game (again!)

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Did you add that note to number four in the original post regarding the word "bootstrapped" after I submitted my answers, or am I really that lazy of a reader?
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Le Master wrote:Did you add that note to number four in the original post regarding the word "bootstrapped" after I submitted my answers, or am I really that lazy of a reader?
That was there from the beginning. Maybe you saw it out of the corner of your eye and thus were subliminally influenced...
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goforthetie wrote:4. Give an uncapitalized, unhyphenated word that has two double letters that are alphabetically consecutive, subject to the restrictions below.

cassette (3 -> 15 pts)
MarkBarrett
RandyG
TreehugginCowgirl
Could you please double check my answer? It wasn't cassette . . . it would have been cassette if I'd thought of it, but luckily I didn't.
goforthetie wrote: whippoorwill (1 -> 5 pts)
jpahk

yellowhammer (1 -> 5 pts)
cheezguyty
As a bird nerd, I am jealous that y'all thought of these, and I didn't. What a great source for compound words.
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TreehugginCowgirl wrote: Could you please double check my answer? It wasn't cassette . . . it would have been cassette if I'd thought of it, but luckily I didn't.
My bad! Changed an o to an a. I'll correct it.
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5. Name someone who was credited as a voice actor in at least two of the three Toy Story movies.

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Thinking of all these characters puts a smile on my face. There is one surprising omission, though...

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Tim Allen (7 -> 30 pts)
Creed Bratton
spell4yr
debramc
DadofTwins
amorris525
Cortina431
xxaaaxx

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John Ratzenberger (6 -> 25.7 pts)
Turd Ferguson
SkeeBallRaif
dhkendall
Woppy T
Vanya
gamawire

Image
Wallace Shawn (4 -> 17.1 pts)
gloriaclemente
econgator
jpahk
Peggles

Image
Tom Hanks (4 -> 17.1 pts)
billy pilgrim
goforthetie
RandyG
TreehugginCowgirl

Image
Jim Varney (3 -> 12.9 pts)
Le Master
MarkBarrett
Austin Powers

Image
Laurie Metcalf (3 -> 12.9 pts)
Paucle
cbec
plasticene

Image
Don Rickles (2 -> 8.6 pts)
Bamaman
Woof

Image
Annie Potts (1 -> 4.3 pts)
Magna

Image
Jodi Benson (1 -> 4.3 pts)
jeff6286

Image
R. Lee Ermey (1 -> 4.3 pts)
cheezguyty

INCORRECT ANSWERS:

None!

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT GIVEN:

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John Morris

Image
Estelle Harris

Image
Jeff Pidgeon

Image
Erik von Detten

Image
Joan Cusack

... and a few miscellaneous others who play different characters from movie to movie. Most notable among them are Lee Unkrich, the director of Toy Story 3, who is heard as the Jack-in-the-box ("New toys!"), and Andrew Stanton, director of Wall*E and Finding Nemo, who voices Emperor Zurg.
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At last, a singleton! Thank you Annie Potts! :mrgreen:
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6. The first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album was given in 1996. Name a rapper or rap group that has won this award.

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Unsurprisingly, this was the question that tripped the most people up.

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Kanye West (7 -> 30 pts) (4-time winner)
gloriaclemente
SkeeBallRaif
Creed Bratton
spell4yr
DadofTwins
amorris525
Cortina431

Eminem (5 -> 21.4 pts) (5-time winner)
econgator
Bamaman
Magna
goforthetie
debramc

Jay-Z (4 -> 17.1 pts)
MarkBarrett
Vanya
Paucle
TreehugginCowgirl

Fugees (2 -> 8.6 pts)
Woof
xxaaaxx

Puff Daddy (2 -> 8.6 pts)
Peggles
Turd Ferguson

Outkast (2 -> 8.6 pts) (2-time winner)
Le Master
jeff6286

Lil Wayne (2 -> 8.6 pts)
billy pilgrim
cheezguyty

Naughty by Nature (1 -> 4.3 pts)
Austin Powers

Ludacris (1 -> 4.3 pts)
plasticene

INCORRECT ANSWERS:

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Woppy T

Wu-Tang Clan
jpahk

Vanilla Ice
dhkendall

Snoop Dogg
RandyG

Chamillionaire
gamawire

Run-DMC
cbec

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT GIVEN:

None!

Standings at the halfway mark:

Creed Bratton 158.6
gloriaclemente 152.1
spell4yr 150.0
dhkendall 144.7
Woppy T 144.4
debramc 140.4
gamawire 139.4
cbec 136.9
SkeeBallRaif 129.7
DadofTwins 129.0
Paucle 127.7
Bamaman 125.0
jpahk 123.9
amorris525 119.9
Cortina431 119.5
Le Master 116.9
Vanya 114.6
Turd Ferguson 113.3
RandyG 106.6
Magna 104.7
econgator 104.0

The following people are beating me at my own game:

MarkBarrett 98.6
Woof 97.6
billy pilgrim 95.7
xxaaaxx 89.0
plasticene 88.1
Peggles 83.4
TreehugginCowgirl 73.2
jeff6286 57.8
Austin Powers 41.6
cheezguyty 36.3
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Cool, my score is exactly 98.6 after the 6th question and I matched an Austin Powers answer on the Toy Story question.
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Baa!
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goforthetie wrote:6. The first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album was given in 1996. Name a rapper or rap group that has won this award.

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Unsurprisingly, this was the question that tripped the most people up.
Some of us would consider that a badge of honor.
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Eh, I actually kinda liked the Fugees back in the day. The rest...meh.
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xxaaaxx wrote:Eh, I actually kinda liked the Fugees back in the day. The rest...meh.
Most of their good stuff wasn't really rap . . .
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MarkBarrett wrote:Cool, my score is exactly 98.6 after the 6th question and I matched an Austin Powers answer on the Toy Story question.
Well, if you want to be exact, your score is 98.6363... ;)
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