Think Different "2": Not Quite Dog Days Of Summer

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2. Name either a novel or a full length book written by George Orwell.

The two expected sheep WERE the sheep. However, there's a disparity.

1984(8):
BigDaddyJ
barandall800
oddsox
Uncle Jeff
jepkid97
Bamaman
econgator
debramc

Animal Farm(5):
MarkBarrett
Ivan
cheezguyty
TomKBaltimoreBoy
jeff6286

Burmese Days (2):
Peggles
dhkendalll

Coming Up For Air (1):
Gamawire

Down and Out in Paris and London (1):
Vanya

The Road to Wigan Pier (1):
Randy G

DROP (0):
billiej
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Scores after 2:
Vanya: 1
gamawire:2
billiej:3
dhkendall:3
Peggles:3
Randy G: 4
cheezguyty:5
MarkBarrett:5
jeff6286:6
TomKBaltimoreBoy:6
Bamaman:8
barandall800:8
BigDaddyJ:9
Uncle Jeff: 9
econgator: 11
Ivan: 11
debramc:14
jepkid97:14
oddsox:14

To be continued tomorrow.
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:cry: I didn't realize groups and periods of elements are different. :cry:
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3. Name a member of Barack Obama's cabinet.

I suppose first ladies get all of the attention.

Hilary Clinton(7):
gamawire
dhkendall
MarkBarrett
oddsox
jepkid97
Ivan
Jeff6286

Janet Napolitano(3):
barandall800
Uncle Jeff
debramc

Hilda Solis (2):
Peggles
Randy G

Leon Panetta (2):
BigDaddyJ
Vanya

Ray LaHood (2);
econgator
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Thomas Vilsack (1:
billiej

Joe Biden (1):
Bamaman

Kathleen Sebelius (1):
cheezguyty
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4. Name the first and last name of one of the top 13 finalists in the 2011 season of American Idol.

One of those times where I think more people dropped/got it wrong then got it right.

Pia Toscano(2):
Peggles
Vanya

Lauren Alaina(1):
gamawire

Karen Rodriguez(1):
MarkBarrett

Ashton Jones(1):
barandall800

Scotty McCreery(1):
jepkid97 (You murdered the spelling, but it's distinguishable)

Haley Reinhart(1):
billiej

James Durbin(1):
cheezguyty


DROP(0):
BigDaddyJ
dhkendall
oddsox
Uncle Jeff
econgator
debramc
TomKBaltimoreBoy
jeff6286

Incorrect Answers(4):
Alan Smithee: Randy G
Jastin Biber: Ivan
Don’t Care: Bamaman
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5. Name any person who has served as an anchor on the CBS Evening News weekday edition.

You know you're playing Think Different when one of the sheep is a person I'd never even heard of until I wrote this question.

Walter Cronkite(4):
gamawire
Uncle Jeff
debramc
jeff6286

Douglas Edwards(4):
MarkBarrett
Randy G
Bamaman
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Bob Schieffer(3):
Peggles
billiej
econgator

Scott Pelley(2):
Vanya
barandall800

Connie Chung(1):
BigDaddyJ

Dan Rather(1):
dhkendall

Katie Couric(1):
oddsox

Harry Smith (1) (I’m going to make a call that he was enough of an interim person to count):
cheezguyty

DROP(0):
jepkid97
Ivan
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Scores after 5:
Vanya: 7
billiej:8
cheezguyty:8
Peggles:10
dhkendall:11
BigDaddyJ:12
TomKBaltimoreBoy:12
barandall800:14
gamawire:14
Randy G: 14
econgator:16
Uncle Jeff: 16
Bamaman:17
MarkBarrett:17
jeff6286:17
debramc:21
Ivan: 22
jepkid97:22
oddsox:22
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UniquePerspective wrote:5. Name any person who has served as an anchor on the CBS Evening News weekday edition.

You know you're playing Think Different when one of the sheep is a person I'd never even heard of until I wrote this question.

Walter Cronkite(4):
gamawire
Uncle Jeff
debramc
jeff6286

Douglas Edwards(4):
MarkBarrett
Randy G
Bamaman
TomKBaltimoreBoy
That's TD for ya, UP -- Douglas Edwards was the fellow Cronkite replaced -- but is probably best known to a bunch of game-show devotees for hosting the 5-minute news program that used to run in the middle of CBS' daytime schedule. Too tempting a singleton bait for me -- and 3 others -- to pass up!

**Unless you've never heard of Uncle Walter, of course.....
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6. Name a nation who made it to at least the quarterfinals of this year's FIFA Women's World Cup.

Interesting thing about the sheep, it seemed like it was going to have just a couple answers for awhile, then we got something like 4 or 5 in a row.

Sweden (7):
barandall800
oddsox
jepkid97
Ivan
billiej
Bamaman
econgator

Brazil(3):
Peggles
gamawire
cheezguyty

Japan(3):
BigDaddyJ
dhkendall
debramc

England(3):
MarkBarrett
Uncle Jeff
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Germany (1):
Vanya

United States (1):
Randy G

Incorrect Answers (14):
China (Did not participate in cup): jeff6286

Correct Answers Not Given (Should update the others soon probably, but this one only has 2, so that's easier):
France, Australia
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7. Name any word in the English language of 10 letters or less that contains at least two Zs. Basis of confirmation will be M-W.com(Merriam Webster's website)

I love these word questions, and I thought this one was fairly specific enough that there wouldn't be THAT many answers. I was wrong.

Pizzazz(3):
gamawire
jepkid97
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Nuzzle(1):
Peggles

Gizzard(1):
BigDaddyJ

Puzzle(1):
MarkBarrett

Buzzing(1):
Vanya

Dazzle(1):
barandall800

Pizzicato(1):
oddsox

Razzmatazz(1):
Randy G

Fizziest(1):
Uncle Jeff

Zigzag(1):
Ivan

Muzzle(1):
billiej

Pizzas(1):
Bamaman

Drizzle(1):
econgator

Sizzle(1):
debramc

Drizzled(1):
Cheezguyty

Dazzling(1):
Jeff6286

Incorrect Answers(6):
Pizzaz (With these word questions, I have to take it as you spelled it, and it’s double Z at the end only): dhkendall
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8. Name a Marvel Comics hero or group of heroes that has had at least one movie about them released in the United States since 2006. Movies about superheroes released after the day this question was posted will not count.

Interesting sheep. Not the most recent hero, but perhaps the most well known.

Spider-Man(5):
dhkendall
barandall800
jepkid97
Bamaman
debramc

Ghost Rider(3):
Peggles
gamawire
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Fantastic Four(2):
BigDaddyJ
Randy G

Iron Man(2):
MarkBarrett
billiej

X-Men(2):
oddsox
Uncle Jeff

The Incredible Hulk (2):
cheezguyty
jeff6286

Silver Surfer (1) (First of all, that does NOT fit your three stooges example, so minus brownie points for confusing me. Secondly, I’ll allow this because he was a title character in the second Fantastic Four movie as well as the focus):
econgator

Incorrect Answers (10):
Captain America (After the release date of this question): Vanya (I feel bad about this because he posted this before I clarified the point, but he seemed to never notice the clarification and ask me a question about it)
Green Lantern (DC Comics): Ivan
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UniquePerspective wrote:8. Name a Marvel Comics hero or group of heroes that has had at least one movie about them released in the United States since 2006. Movies about superheroes released after the day this question was posted will not count.

Interesting sheep. Not the most recent hero, but perhaps the most well known.

Spider-Man(5):
dhkendall
barandall800
jepkid97
Bamaman
debramc

Ghost Rider(3):
Peggles
gamawire
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Fantastic Four(2):
BigDaddyJ
Randy G

Iron Man(2):
MarkBarrett
billiej

X-Men(2):
oddsox
Uncle Jeff

The Incredible Hulk (2):
cheezguyty
jeff6286

Silver Surfer (1) (First of all, that does NOT fit your three stooges example, so minus brownie points for confusing me. Secondly, I’ll allow this because he was a title character in the second Fantastic Four movie as well as the focus):
econgator

Incorrect Answers (10):
Captain America (After the release date of this question): Vanya (I feel bad about this because he posted this before I clarified the point, but he seemed to never notice the clarification and ask me a question about it)
Green Lantern (DC Comics): Ivan
Interesting that both Wolverine and Thor went completely unused, as well as the Punisher. Very nice snag on the Silver Surfer, econgator. When you asked for movies "released since 2006", I wasn't sure if that would or would not include movies released in 2006, but now that I look at a list of Marvel movies, it wouldn't matter either way, as the only one released in 2006 was X-Men: The Last Stand, and X-Men also had a 2011 release so they could be used anyway.

Total brain-fart on my part on the World Cup question, answering China when I meant Japan, you know, the team that won the thing, and I watched the final in its entirety. I guess that's what I get for sending my answers in 5 minutes after the deadline, and rushing through them. I should have just gone with my first instinct and answered the USA, figuring that everyone else would be afraid of it being a massive sheep. Oh well, I knew I had no chance to win this one anyway with my HIllary Clinton and Animal Farm answers, and I also bypassed 3 good answers (Rather, Chung, and Couric) to choose the sheep of Walter Cronkite.

UniquePerspective wrote:7. Name any word in the English language of 10 letters or less that contains at least two Zs. Basis of confirmation will be M-W.com(Merriam Webster's website)

I love these word questions, and I thought this one was fairly specific enough that there wouldn't be THAT many answers. I was wrong.

Pizzazz(3):
gamawire
jepkid97
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Nuzzle(1):
Peggles

Gizzard(1):
BigDaddyJ

Puzzle(1):
MarkBarrett

Buzzing(1):
Vanya

Dazzle(1):
barandall800

Pizzicato(1):
oddsox

Razzmatazz(1):
Randy G

Fizziest(1):
Uncle Jeff

Zigzag(1):
Ivan

Muzzle(1):
billiej

Pizzas(1):
Bamaman

Drizzle(1):
econgator

Sizzle(1):
debramc

Drizzled(1):
Cheezguyty

Dazzling(1):
Jeff6286

Incorrect Answers(6):
Pizzaz (With these word questions, I have to take it as you spelled it, and it’s double Z at the end only): dhkendall
Looks like to make things more interesting, you should have asked for a word with 2 non-consecutive "z"s.
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Scores After 8:
cheezguyty:14
Peggles:17
BigDaddyJ:18
billiej:18
Randy G:18
Vanya: 19
TomKBaltimoreBoy:21
Uncle Jeff:22
gamawire:23
MarkBarrett:23
dhkendall:25
econgator:25
barandall800:27
Bamaman:30
debramc:30
oddsox:32
jeff6286:34
jepkid97:37
Ivan: 40

Final questions and the results next.
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9. Name either the title of a song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of July 23rd, or the singer/group who performs one of these songs. If a song has featured artists, I will only want the primary singer/group of that song.

Biggest sheep so far. People here don't know popular music well enough to be varied. Sad.

Lady Gaga(9):
Peggles
BigDaddyJ
dhkendall
Uncle Jeff
Ivan
Bamaman
econgator
debramc
jeff6286

Adele(3):
gamawire
Vanya
billiej

Last Friday Night (TGIF)(1):
MarkBarrett

Rolling In The Deep(1):
barandall800

Incorrect Answers(18):
Bruno Mars (other weeks yes, but not the one in the question): oddsox
Ke$ha: Randy G
Born This Way (Wrong Gaga song): jepkid97
Demi Lovato: cheezguyty
Chris Brown: TomKBaltimoreBoy
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10. Name one of the last 10 people to win at least 5 regular season games on Jeopardy. If anybody hits 5 or more after this question was posted, they will not count.

When writing this question, I thought Jay Rhee might have been the sheep because he was the most recent. I was wrong.

Roger Craig(5):
Peggles
dhkendall
Vanya
billiej
TomKBaltimoreBoy

Kara Spak(2):
barandall800
Bamaman

Jay Rhee (2):
oddsox
Jeff6286

Jason Zollinger(1):
BigDaddyJ

Terry Linwood(1):
MarkBarrett

Dave Belote(1):
Uncle Jeff

Tom Kunzen(1):
jepkid97

Tom Nissley(1):
debramc

Paul Kursky(1):
cheezguyty

DROP(0):
Gamawire
Randy G

Incorrect Answers(10):
Stephen Goodreau (Assuming you meant Stefan, he’s the #11 most recent): Ivan
Justin Bernbach (#12 most recent): econgator

Final scores are next.
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UniquePerspective wrote:Incorrect Answers(18):
Demi Lovato: cheezguyty
Why is this wrong?
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Not on the podium:
5.BigDaddyJ:28
6.Barandall800:30
7.Peggles:31
8.Uncle Jeff:32
9.cheezguyty:33
10.Randy G:36
11.dhkendall:39
12.debramc:40
13.Bamaman:41
T14.econgator:44
T14.TomKBaltimoreBoy:44
16.jeff6286:48
17.oddsox:52
18.jepkid97:56
19.Ivan: 59
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cheezguyty wrote:
UniquePerspective wrote:Incorrect Answers(18):
Demi Lovato: cheezguyty
Why is this wrong?
Week of July 30th. Not 23rd.
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In 3rd place, with a score of 27, and winning a single of "Summertime (and the livin' is easy)":

Vanya

(We don't really have a bronze like color. Deal with it.)
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In a tie for second place with scores of 26 each, and each winning a live performance of Fantasia Barrino singing "Summertime":

billiej and Gamawire

(Finding silver is even worse)
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