Guesstimania: I Guess You Should Estimate Some Thanks

[econgator]

now I know my math skills have completely deteriorated since school. Maybe I should date Patricia Heaton.
What am I missing, TF? Why are we not in the proper format?

You have an extra power of 10 floating out there. Should be 4.7 x 10^48

No one said it had to be in normalized scientific notation. 47 x 10^47 is in the "(blank) x 10^(blank)" format, as requested.

[Rackme32]

Answer: 1.8986x 10^27

The answers as submitted for the record:

Rackme32: 54,375,983,798,574,398 (shame for not following directions)

I didn't "not follow" the instructions. It's more like "I had no idea what you were asking for, so I just typed some random numbers".

I hate math

[goforthetie]

Come back, UP! We still like you!

I'll even do the math for you:

Answer: 1.8986x 10^27

1. Turd Ferguson: 25x 10^25
2. HugoZ: 6.0444 x 10^25
3. MarkBarrett: 23x10^23
4. goforthetie: 3.2 x10^22
5. econgator: 6.03x10^21
6. fowlerism: 6.1 x 10^17
7. Rackme32: 54,375,983,798,574,398
8. Alietr: 2.87 x 10^11
9. amorris525: 3x 10^9
10. xxaaxx: 8.79x 10^8
11. barandall800: 3 x 10^3 (!!)
12. bibliophage: 6x x10^28
13. Woof: 3.8 x 10^30
14. MFalk: 1.2 x 10^32
15. Paucle: 47x 10^47
16. Bamaman: 10x 58^36

The scoring system turns this question into a The Price is Right bidding game: don't go over. Switch the last two people if you swap the 10 and 58 in Bamaman's response.

[barandall800]

Come back, UP! We still like you!

I'll even do the math for you:

Answer: 1.8986x 10^27

1. Turd Ferguson: 25x 10^25
2. HugoZ: 6.0444 x 10^25
3. MarkBarrett: 23x10^23
4. goforthetie: 3.2 x10^22
5. econgator: 6.03x10^21
6. fowlerism: 6.1 x 10^17
7. Rackme32: 54,375,983,798,574,398
8. Alietr: 2.87 x 10^11
9. amorris525: 3x 10^9
10. xxaaxx: 8.79x 10^8
11. barandall800: 3 x 10^3 (!!)
12. bibliophage: 6x x10^28
13. Woof: 3.8 x 10^30
14. MFalk: 1.2 x 10^32
15. Paucle: 47x 10^47
16. Bamaman: 10x 58^36

The scoring system turns this question into a The Price is Right bidding game: don't go over. Switch the last two people if you swap the 10 and 58 in Bamaman's response.

I love how I merited two red exclamation points. Between Jupiter and Monopoly, my estimating is even more awful than usual. Heaven forbid they ever release "Monopoly: Solar System Edition."

[Volante]

Come back, UP! We still like you!

I'll even do the math for you:

Answer: 1.8986x 10^27

1. Turd Ferguson: 25x 10^25
2. HugoZ: 6.0444 x 10^25
3. MarkBarrett: 23x10^23
4. goforthetie: 3.2 x10^22
5. econgator: 6.03x10^21
6. fowlerism: 6.1 x 10^17
7. Rackme32: 54,375,983,798,574,398
8. Alietr: 2.87 x 10^11
9. amorris525: 3x 10^9
10. xxaaxx: 8.79x 10^8
11. barandall800: 3 x 10^3 (!!)
12. bibliophage: 6x x10^28
13. Woof: 3.8 x 10^30
14. MFalk: 1.2 x 10^32
15. Paucle: 47x 10^47
16. Bamaman: 10x 58^36

The scoring system turns this question into a The Price is Right bidding game: don't go over. Switch the last two people if you swap the 10 and 58 in Bamaman's response.

I love how I merited two red exclamation points. Between Jupiter and Monopoly, my estimating is even more awful than usual. Heaven forbid they ever release "Monopoly: Solar System Edition."

They probably have, but http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1836/solarquest > any monopoly space knockoff.

[fowlerism]

I don't know if UP had a special reveal planned, but I have compiled the final scores. Should I post them? What is the etiquette involved here? I don't want to step on any toes, but UP hasn't been on the boards for 7 days now.

[alietr]

Don't know what happened to him, but I'd say go ahead and post the results. I'd almost forgotten my curiosity.

[fowlerism]

Okay.

Final standings after Question 10 (Bamaman's 10 x 58^36 taken as-is)

1. MarkBarrett 45
2. (tie) goforthetie 71
2. (tie) HugoZ 71
2. (tie) Turd Ferguson 71
5. econgator 77
6. (tie) MFalk 81
6. (tie) fowlerism 81
8. Woof 82
9. bibliophage 83
10. Alietr 85
11. Rackme32 88
12. amorris525 92
13. xxaaaxx 96
14. Paucle 98
15. barandall800 108
16. Bamaman 113


Final standings after Question 10 (Bamaman's 10 x 58^36 changed, as UP appeared to be willing to do)

1. MarkBarrett 45
2. (tie) goforthetie 71
2. (tie) HugoZ 71
2. (tie) Turd Ferguson 71
5. econgator 77
6. (tie) MFalk 81
6. (tie) fowlerism 81
8. Woof 82
9. bibliophage 83
10. Alietr 85
11. Rackme32 88
12. amorris525 92
13. xxaaaxx 96
14. Paucle 99
15. barandall800 108
16. Bamaman 112


Final standings after Question 10, Jupiter question thrown out

1. MarkBarrett 42
2. (tie) goforthetie 67
2. (tie) MFalk 67
4. (tie) Woof 69
4. (tie) HugoZ 69
6. Turd Ferguson 70
7. bibliophage 71
8. econgator 72
9. fowlerism 75
10. Alietr 77
11. Rackme32 81
12. (tie) Paucle 83
12. (tie) amorris525 83
14. xxaaaxx 86
15. (tie) barandall800 97
15. (tie) Bamaman 97

Several ties; not sure what the tiebreaker would have been.

[barandall800]

So all three ways, I'm either second-to-last or last. Figures.

[goforthetie]

Thanks, fowlerism. Mega-congrats to Mark, who smoked us all.

[MarkBarrett]

I still don't get the science/math of the Jupiter Q at all. I just picked number and repeated it. And that went along fine with failing to comprehend the Lions Q as well and lucking into a decent answer. Thanks for including things about sports and TV I...guess?

[xxaaaxx]

13th or 14th out of 16...yep, that's about what I expected Congrats MB, even blind luck is better than most of us managed