Think Different 186: The Numbers All Go to Eleven

[sarah0114]

One dratted point away from unching again! Now that I know that it isn't a punch in the stomach, my whole goal is to unch. (I think I'm playing this game wrong.)

[econgator]

(I think I'm playing this game wrong.)

Unless you're already in 1st, then ... yeah.

[dhkendall]

Caboom and I seem to be having some issues.

Site went Caboom?

(Yeah, I noticed the technical stuff earlier, since it also affected the Archive (on the same server as the board), it sounds like it was just some brief server problem that's nothing to worry about (unless you're the site owner, when that happens on my site, I always go into panic mode.)

[MinnesotaMyron]

I'm having trouble seeing some of Vermonter's posts in this thread, which is frustrating to say the least. Question 4, for instance, shows up when I search for posts by him, but when I click the link, it just takes me to the page, and the thread can't be seen.

This is the link: http://www.jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... 96#p109696

[Vermonter]

Ordered by atomic number, name one of the first 11 elements on the periodic table with a two-letter atomic symbol. Either name or symbol is acceptable.

The twelfth such element is SCANDIUM (Sc, atomic number 21).

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PEANUT GALLERY: A shocker of a sheep!

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Correct responses

#3. BERYLLIUM (Be, atomic number 4) - 15 responses
ArtVark, Cat Hat, eboettch, HeathenBenny, hscer, jkbrat, LumosityFan, Mathew5000, PopeT_15, RandyG, seattlecyclone, Sherm, Turd Ferguson, UniquePerspective, WooWho?

#1. HELIUM (He, atomic number 2) - 11 responses
Alyssa, Caboom, Creed Bratton, DPP, gamawire, Leander, mitchparov, nightreign, NYCScribbler, This Is Kirk!, Woppy T

#2. LITHIUM (Li, atomic number 3) - 11 responses
Aardvark, amorris525, Bamaman, dhkendall, jeffwolfe, Lars, MarkBarrett, Paulsaysthought, periwinkle, sarah0114, Vanya

#4. NEON (Ne, atomic number 10) - 7 responses
clprez, d4z, dude33, naurae29, Peggles, soxfan99, spell4yr

#7. ALUMINUM (Al, atomic number 13) - 6 responses
Bob78164, Christy, dott888, geolawyerman, immaf, Woof

#5. SODIUM (Na, atomic number 11) - 5 responses
dnbguy, Joy, mennoknight, nserven, tjconn728

#11. CALCIUM (Ca, atomic number 20) - 4 responses
cheezguyty, gem, Lilac, TryingHarder

#9. CHLORINE (Cl, atomic number 17) - 4 responses
Bristle, chalupabatman786, econgator, Kayanne

#6. MAGNESIUM (Mg, atomic number 12) - 4 responses
goforthetie, lieph82, Magna, nestegg

#10. ARGON (Ar, atomic number 18) - 3 responses
ihavejeoprosy, Noon, xxaaaxx

#8. SILICON (Si, atomic number 14) - 2 responses
esrever, jpahk


Elevens

NONE


Incorrect responses - 30 points

#15. IRON (Fe, atomic number 26)
ElendilPickle

#16. COBALT (Co, atomic number 27)
zakharov

HYDROGEN (H)
JeopardyMom, Rackme32

BORON (B)
DadofTwins

FLUORINE (F)
jjwaymee

[Vermonter]

1) cheezguyty (25 + 4 = 29 pts) [+3]
2) d4z (23 + 7 = 30 pts) [+1]
3) Aardvark (23 + 11 = 34 pts) [unch]
3) nestegg (30 + 4 = 34 pts) [+3]
5) Lilac (31 + 4 = 35 pts) [+2]
6) Cat Hat (21 + 15 = 36 pts) [-5]
6) immaf (30 + 6 = 36 pts) [-1]
8) Kayanne (34 + 4 = 38 pts) [+3]
9) Bristle (35 + 4 = 39 pts) [+3]
9) geolawyerman (33 + 6 = 39 pts) [unch]

9) jpahk (37 + 2 = 39 pts) [+11]
12) esrever (38 + 2 = 40 pts) [+10]
12) Magna (36 + 4 = 40 pts) [+4]
14) gem (37 + 4 = 41 pts) [+5]
14) nserven (36 + 5 = 41 pts) [+3]
16) dott888 (36 + 6 = 42 pts) [+1]
16) ihavejeoprosy (39 + 3 = 42 pts) [+7]
16) mennoknight (37 + 5 = 42 pts) [+5]
16) xxaaaxx (39 + 3 = 42 pts) [+9]
20) Alyssa (32 + 11 = 43 pts) [-12]

21) MarkBarrett (33 + 11 = 44 pts) [-11]
22) Noon (42 + 3 = 45 pts) [+9]
23) spell4yr (39 + 7 = 46 pts) [+1]
24) Creed Bratton (36 + 11 = 47 pts) [-11]
24) lieph82 (43 + 4 = 47 pts) [+12]
26) econgator (44 + 4 = 48 pts) [+13]
26) soxfan99 (41 + 7 = 48 pts) [+4]
26) Woof (42 + 6 = 48 pts) [+6]
29) Christy (43 + 6 = 49 pts) [+4]
30) Joy (45 + 5 = 50 pts) [+14]

31) hscer (36 + 15 = 51 pts) [-16]
31) naurae29 (44 + 7 = 51 pts) [+9]
31) RandyG (36 + 15 = 51 pts) [-13]
34) Caboom (41 + 11 = 52 pts) [-7]
34) DPP (41 + 11 = 52 pts) [-7]
34) Leander (41 + 11 = 52 pts) [-7]
34) Peggles (45 + 7 = 52 pts) [+12]
38) Bob78164 (47 + 6 = 53 pts) [+10]
38) tjconn728 (48 + 5 = 53 pts) [+15]
40) clprez (47 + 7 = 54 pts) [+9]

40) dnbguy (49 + 5 = 54 pts) [+14]
40) goforthetie (50 + 4 = 54 pts) [+15]
40) jeffwolfe (43 + 11 = 54 pts) [-5]
44) periwinkle (44 + 11 = 55 pts) [-3]
44) WooWho? (40 + 15 = 55 pts) [-18]
44) Woppy T (44 + 11 = 55 pts) [-2]
47) amorris525 (46 + 11 = 57 pts) [unch]
48) chalupabatman786 (54 + 4 = 58 pts) [+12]
48) eboettch (43 + 15 = 58 pts) [-14]
48) Lars (47 + 11 = 58 pts) [+2]

48) PopeT_15 (43 + 15 = 58 pts) [-11]
48) Sherm (43 + 15 = 58 pts) [-11]
48) TryingHarder (54 + 4 = 58 pts) [+14]
54) Paulsaysthought (48 + 11 = 59 pts) [-3]
54) This Is Kirk! (48 + 11 = 59 pts) [-3]
56) Mathew5000 (45 + 15 = 60 pts) [-11]
57) mitchparov (52 + 11 = 63 pts) [-1]
57) nightreign (52 + 11 = 63 pts) [-1]
59) Bamaman (53 + 11 = 64 pts) [-1]
59) sarah0114 (53 + 11 = 64 pts) [-1]

61) HeathenBenny (54 + 15 = 69 pts) [unch]
62) NYCScribbler (60 + 11 = 71 pts) [+6]
63) dhkendall (61 + 11 = 72 pts) [+6]
63) seattlecyclone (57 + 15 = 72 pts) [+2]
63) Vanya (61 + 11 = 72 pts) [+7]
66) ArtVark (58 + 15 = 73 pts) [unch]
66) LumosityFan (58 + 15 = 73 pts) [unch]
68) ElendilPickle (45 + 30 = 75 pts) [-25]
69) jkbrat (62 + 15 = 77 pts) [+2]
69) Turd Ferguson (62 + 15 = 77 pts) [+2]

71) gamawire (68 + 11 = 79 pts) [+3]
72) UniquePerspective (66 + 15 = 81 pts) [+1]
73) Rackme32 (55 + 30 = 85 pts) [-10]
74) DadofTwins (57 + 30 = 87 pts) [-10]
75) dude33 (83 + 7 = 90 pts) [+3]
76) zakharov (71 + 30 = 101 pts) [-1]
77) jjwaymee (77 + 30 = 107 pts) [-1]
78) JeopardyMom (82 + 30 = 112 pts) [-1]

[Bob78164]

What happened to the scores for Questions 2 and 3? I know that Question 2, at least, was there because I saw it last night, but I can't seem to find it now. --Bob

[hscer]

What happened to the scores for Questions 2 and 3? I know that Question 2, at least, was there because I saw it last night, but I can't seem to find it now. --Bob

Yeah I'm checking the results for the first time and got very confused when the thread seemed to skip the scoring on questions 2 and 3.

[seattlecyclone]

My thought process for the last one: "Nobody ever thinks of beryllium. I'll go with that." False. Lots of people apparently think of beryllium.

I seem to have a knack for picking the sheep on this contest. Six questions, four sheep, two near-sheep. I would have six fewer points if I had just taken the "11" for every question.

[ElendilPickle]

What happened to the scores for Questions 2 and 3? I know that Question 2, at least, was there because I saw it last night, but I can't seem to find it now. --Bob

Yes, I was wondering that as well.

Question 5 - obviously, I've forgotten what little I knew about the periodic table.

[geolawyerman]

It seems as though posts made between approximately 5:30 and 10:30 Monday night are missing.

[MinnesotaMyron]

Not sure what the glitch is in this thread, but to see questions 2 and 3, go to page 2 of the thread, and change the "20" at the end of the URL to "35", then scroll to the bottom of the page.

Or, click here, maybe: http://www.jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1949&start=35 .

Not sure why those posts are hiding, but there they are.

[Vermonter]

Question 7. MUSIC.

Ordered alphabetically, name one of the first 11 songs in the canon of The Beatles, as released on studio albums or on Anthology. Leading articles ("A", "An") do NOT count as part of the title for purposes of this question (so "A Hard Day's Night" won't work).

Alphabetically twelfth is ANY TIME AT ALL.

ETA: One of my original answers was not on a "studio album"; rather, it was on Anthology. "All Things Must Pass" was NOT the song in question, as it was a demo for a George Harrison song, and is not acceptable here.

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PEANUT GALLERY: As I mentioned, I overestimated the Beatles knowledge in this group. A lot of people took 11, probably out of fear of hitting one of the big boys.

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Correct responses

#7. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - 15 responses
Bob78164, Cat Hat, chalupabatman786, Creed Bratton, econgator, ElendilPickle, immaf, jeffwolfe, lieph82, mitchparov, nightreign, Rackme32, spell4yr, tjconn728, WooWho?

#8. AND I LOVE HER - 11 responses
Aardvark, goforthetie, JeopardyMom, MarkBarrett, Paulsaysthought, Peggles, periwinkle, Sherm, This Is Kirk!, TryingHarder, Turd Ferguson

#5. ALL MY LOVING - 9 responses
Alyssa, ArtVark, clprez, dhkendall, jkbrat, Leander, Mathew5000, PopeT_15, seattlecyclone

#1. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE - 7 responses
cheezguyty, dott888, ihavejeoprosy, Lars, nestegg, nserven, NYCScribbler

#9. AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING - 6 responses
d4z, DPP, eboettch, jpahk, naurae29, Woppy T

#6. ALL TOGETHER NOW - 5 responses
gem, Joy, mennoknight, Vanya, Woof

#2. ACT NATURALLY - 4 responses
dude33, gamawire, Noon, sarah0114

#3. AIN'T SHE SWEET - 3 responses
Bristle, Kayanne, RandyG

#4. ALL I'VE GOT TO DO - singleton!
Christy

#10. ANNA (GO TO HIM) - singleton!
Lilac

#11. ANOTHER GIRL - singleton!
esrever


Elevens
DadofTwins, dnbguy, geolawyerman, HeathenBenny, hscer, jjwaymee, LumosityFan, Magna, UniquePerspective, xxaaaxx


Incorrect responses - 30 points

ABBEY ROAD (album, not song)
amorris525, Caboom

ALL I NEED IS LOVE
soxfan99

ALL WE NEED IS LOVE
Bamaman

BECAUSE
zakharov

[Vermonter]

Tight up there at the top! A three-way tie for the lead.

1) cheezguyty (29 + 7 = 36 pts) [unch]
1) d4z (30 + 6 = 36 pts) [+1]
1) Lilac (35 + 1 = 36 pts) [+4]
4) esrever (40 + 1 = 41 pts) [+8]
4) Kayanne (38 + 3 = 41 pts) [+4]
4) nestegg (34 + 7 = 41 pts) [unch]
7) Bristle (39 + 3 = 42 pts) [+2]
8) Aardvark (34 + 11 = 45 pts) [-5]
8) jpahk (39 + 6 = 45 pts) [+3]
10) gem (41 + 5 = 46 pts) [+4]

11) mennoknight (42 + 5 = 47 pts) [+7]
12) nserven (41 + 7 = 48 pts) [+3]
13) dott888 (42 + 7 = 49 pts) [+3]
13) ihavejeoprosy (42 + 7 = 49 pts) [+4]
13) Noon (45 + 4 = 49 pts) [+9]
16) Christy (49 + 1 = 50 pts) [+13]
16) geolawyerman (39 + 11 = 50 pts) [-6]
18) Cat Hat (36 + 15 = 51 pts) [-12]
18) immaf (36 + 15 = 51 pts) [-11]
18) Magna (40 + 11 = 51 pts) [-5]

21) Alyssa (43 + 9 = 52 pts) [-1]
22) Woof (48 + 5 = 53 pts) [+6]
22) xxaaaxx (42 + 11 = 53 pts) [-3]
24) RandyG (51 + 3 = 54 pts) [+9]
25) Joy (50 + 5 = 55 pts) [+5]
25) MarkBarrett (44 + 11 = 55 pts) [-4]
27) naurae29 (51 + 6 = 57 pts) [+5]
28) DPP (52 + 6 = 58 pts) [+7]
29) Leander (52 + 9 = 61 pts) [+7]
29) spell4yr (46 + 15 = 61 pts) [-6]

29) Woppy T (55 + 6 = 61 pts) [+16]
32) Creed Bratton (47 + 15 = 62 pts) [-8]
32) hscer (51 + 11 = 62 pts) [-1]
32) lieph82 (47 + 15 = 62 pts) [-7]
35) clprez (54 + 9 = 63 pts) [+5]
35) econgator (48 + 15 = 63 pts) [-9]
35) Peggles (52 + 11 = 63 pts) [+2]
38) eboettch (58 + 6 = 64 pts) [+11]
39) dnbguy (54 + 11 = 65 pts) [+2]
39) goforthetie (54 + 11 = 65 pts) [+3]

39) Lars (58 + 7 = 65 pts) [+11]
42) periwinkle (55 + 11 = 66 pts) [+2]
43) PopeT_15 (58 + 9 = 67 pts) [+8]
44) Bob78164 (53 + 15 = 68 pts) [-6]
44) sarah0114 (64 + 4 = 68 pts) [+16]
44) tjconn728 (53 + 15 = 68 pts) [-5]
47) jeffwolfe (54 + 15 = 69 pts) [-4]
47) Mathew5000 (60 + 9 = 69 pts) [+9]
47) Sherm (58 + 11 = 69 pts) [+5]
47) TryingHarder (58 + 11 = 69 pts) [+6]

51) Paulsaysthought (59 + 11 = 70 pts) [+3]
51) This Is Kirk! (59 + 11 = 70 pts) [+4]
51) WooWho? (55 + 15 = 70 pts) [-6]
54) chalupabatman786 (58 + 15 = 73 pts) [-6]
55) Vanya (72 + 5 = 77 pts) [+10]
56) mitchparov (63 + 15 = 78 pts) [+1]
56) nightreign (63 + 15 = 78 pts) [+2]
56) NYCScribbler (71 + 7 = 78 pts) [+6]
56) soxfan99 (48 + 30 = 78 pts) [-29]
60) HeathenBenny (69 + 11 = 80 pts) [+1]

61) dhkendall (72 + 9 = 81 pts) [+2]
61) seattlecyclone (72 + 9 = 81 pts) [+3]
63) ArtVark (73 + 9 = 82 pts) [+3]
63) Caboom (52 + 30 = 82 pts) [-29]
65) gamawire (79 + 4 = 83 pts) [+6]
66) LumosityFan (73 + 11 = 84 pts) [+1]
67) jkbrat (77 + 9 = 86 pts) [+2]
68) amorris525 (57 + 30 = 87 pts) [-21]
69) Turd Ferguson (77 + 11 = 88 pts) [+1]
70) ElendilPickle (75 + 15 = 90 pts) [-2]

71) UniquePerspective (81 + 11 = 92 pts) [+1]
72) Bamaman (64 + 30 = 94 pts) [-13]
72) dude33 (90 + 4 = 94 pts) [+3]
74) DadofTwins (87 + 11 = 98 pts) [unch]
75) Rackme32 (85 + 15 = 100 pts) [-2]
76) jjwaymee (107 + 11 = 118 pts) [+1]
77) JeopardyMom (112 + 11 = 123 pts) [+1]
78) zakharov (101 + 30 = 131 pts) [-2]

[JeopardyMom]

"One of the most obvious answers possible" is not only winning, it has a nice 6pt cushion

I decided to use the strategy of using the first thing that came to mind for this TD. It worked great until Joe Montana. We'll see how it works from here on out!

Yeah, that was my strategy too. Avatar. 'Nuff said.

[immaf]

I knew it! I was just about to take 11, but thought of "All You Need Is Love" at the last moment. I could have saved myself 4 points, although that would still have dropped me out of the top ten.

Well, I had a good run.

[soxfan99]

ALL I NEED IS LOVE
soxfan99

Can't believe I wrote that. I know the name of the song, just wrote it too quickly and didn't look back.

[Mathew5000]

Ordered by atomic number, name one of the first 11 elements on the periodic table with a two-letter atomic symbol. Either name or symbol is acceptable.
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#8. SILICON (Si, atomic number 14) - 2 responses
esrever, jpahk

In the previous TD silicon was a sheep response, in this one it's the anti-sheep.

[econgator]

I knew it! I was just about to take 11, but thought of "All You Need Is Love" at the last moment. I could have saved myself 4 points, although that would still have dropped me out of the top ten.

Well, I had a good run.

I've only heard of 3 of those songs (the top-3 picks).

[Vermonter]

Name one of the 11 most-followed Twitter accounts for a human being as of March 31, 2014. (YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram fall inside the top 11 of all accounts, but are ineligible here.)

In twelfth is SHAKIRA (@shakira), who has 24.6 million followers.

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PEANUT GALLERY: A tough pop-culture prompt with a few obscure responses (Cristiano Ronaldo? Britney? and who knew Katy Perry was #1?) I'm just glad none of the negs were close to the proper range.

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Correct responses

#3. BARACK OBAMA (@BarackObama) (42.3 million) - 18 responses
Aardvark, Bamaman, Caboom, chalupabatman786, dhkendall, econgator, ElendilPickle, hscer, jpahk, Magna, Peggles, Rackme32, sarah0114, seattlecyclone, This Is Kirk!, Turd Ferguson, Vanya, Woof

#4. LADY GAGA (@ladygaga) (41.1 million) - 17 responses
amorris525, Creed Bratton, dnbguy, dott888, DPP, dude33, eboettch, geolawyerman, immaf, jjwaymee, Leander, LumosityFan, naurae29, nightreign, Noon, spell4yr, WooWho?

#2. JUSTIN BIEBER (@justinbieber) (50.6 million) - 10 responses
Bob78164, d4z, HeathenBenny, lieph82, Mathew5000, mitchparov, nserven, NYCScribbler, soxfan99, TryingHarder

#9. ELLEN DeGENERES (@TheEllenShow) (28.2 million) - 5 responses
esrever, gamawire, MarkBarrett, Paulsaysthought, xxaaaxx

#7. RIHANNA (@rihanna) (34.7 million) - 5 responses
Bristle, cheezguyty, clprez, jkbrat, Lilac

#5. TAYLOR SWIFT (@taylorswift13) (39.9 million) - 5 responses
DadofTwins, jeffwolfe, Kayanne, mennoknight, Woppy T

#11. CRISTIANO RONALDO (@Cristiano) (25.2 million) - 3 responses
Cat Hat, PopeT_15, UniquePerspective

#1. KATY PERRY (@katyperry) (51.9 million) - 3 responses
Alyssa, gem, Sherm

#6. BRITNEY SPEARS (@britneyspears) (36.6 million) - 2 responses
Christy, ihavejeoprosy

#10. JENNIFER LOPEZ (@JLo) (27.1 million) - singleton!
Joy

#8. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (@jtimberlake) (31.5 million) - singleton!
nestegg


Elevens
goforthetie, RandyG


Incorrect responses - 36 points

ASHTON KUTCHER (@aplusk) (15.9 million)
ArtVark, JeopardyMom, tjconn728

LEBRON JAMES (@KingJames) (12.4 million)
zakharov

THE POPE (@Pontifex) (3.9 million English, 12.9 million across language-specific accounts)
Lars, periwinkle