TD 376 - CLASSIC AREA CODES 6xx (FINAL RESULTS)

[dhkendall]

Wasn’t sure if Sark had enough people do I didn’t choose it. I checked after And Wikipedia says alternately “about 500” and “492” (which seems like an estimate in the source. What’s your source that shows it definitively has more than 500 people?

[floridagator]

I reviewed the cacti. The answers that were wrong yesterday are still wrong. But I'm not convinced any of my photos are the organ pipe.


605 - SOUTH DAKOTA

Great Faces, Great Places. Name one of these famous creations made of stone.


Crazy Horse - 12 (SHEEP)

wpwells
mennoknight
dhkendall
ElendilPickle
classicroadster
Kirbstar
MarkBarrett
sillymoose
Vintsanity
Tybalteon
AFRET CMS
Quantum

Christ the Redeemer - 8

MasterCone
xxaaaxx
casketromance
Ironhorse
Cutty Sark
Rackme32
Tabby50894
Gamawire

Old Man of the Mountain - 7

clt013
MattKnowles
squarekara
Coach P
SenseiCAY
immaf
Woof

Stone Mountain - 7

9021amyers
Peachbox
ajk
badgerfellow
guessonguessonguess
acthomas
Rolling Rock

Mount Rushmore - 6

bev nar
Saturnalia
BobF
spell4yr
heppm01
merica

Stonehenge - 6

clprez
tjconn728
Troydozzy
twelvefootboy
threearruda
Sims

Giant Buddha of Leshan - 1 (SINGLETON!)

ouachiouat

DROP

jbeltz

Unused

Rock Sculpture of Decebalus
Citadelle de Belfort
Skeli Dovbusha

NO SHEEP OR INCORRECT


606 - KENTUCKY

With 120 counties, Kentucky has more than all but two other states. See if you can figure out these Kentucky counties.

• One county shares its name with a Kentucky pioneer, and also his descendants Pat and Debby who became popular singers.
• One county takes its name from the river that forms the state's northern boundary.
• One county has the same name as the lake formed by the Glen Canyon Dam.
• What county has the same name as Lisa, Bart, and Maggie?
• Kentucky has counties with the same name as the most populous counties in Michigan and Nevada. Name either. (Will be scored separately.)
• Kentucky, a border state that didn't secede, has counties bearing the names of the two principal generals of North and South. Name both.
• One county is named for a revolutionary war general, as is a fort most famous as a repository for precious metal.
• One county is named for a great man of colonial America who never set foot in Kentucky but invented a stove, bifocals, the public library, the fire department...
• One county shares its name with a president who was born in Kentucky.
• One county is named for Zebulon, who has the most famous peak in the Rockies named for him.

WAYNE - 9 (SHEEP)

wpwells
Tybalteon
Ironhorse
Cutty Sark
Woof
heppm01
clprez
tjconn728
jbeltz

CLARK - 8

dhkendall
MasterCone
xxaaaxx
Tabby50894
squarekara
9021amyers
Peachbox
badgerfellow

PIKE - 6

mennoknight
classicroadster
Vintsanity
AFRET CMS
spell4yr
Troydozzy

BOONE - 5

Gamawire
immaf
twelvefootboy
Sims
ouachiouat

FRANKLIN - 4

Coach P
bev nar
Saturnalia
threearruda

OHIO - 4

MarkBarrett
Quantum
BobF
merica

GRANT & LEE - 3

Kirbstar
sillymoose
Rolling Rock

POWELL - 3

ElendilPickle
Rackme32
guessonguessonguess

KNOX - 2

MattKnowles
acthomas

LINCOLN - 2

SenseiCAY
ajk

SIMPSON - 2

casketromance
clt013

NO DROP OR SHEEP OR INCORRECT OR UNUSED


STANDINGS AFTER 606

1 bev nar 18
1 Saturnalia 18
1 clt013 18
4 ouachiouat 21
4 MattKnowles 21
6 ajk 25
7 clprez 26
7 9021amyers 26
7 Peachbox 26
10 mennoknight 28
10 BobF 28
10 ElendilPickle 28
10 SenseiCAY 28
14 Coach P 29
15 wpwells 30
15 MasterCone 30
15 squarekara 30
15 casketromance 30
19 xxaaaxx 31
19 Kirbstar 31
19 guessonguessonguess 31
22 tjconn728 32
22 badgerfellow 32
22 Troydozzy 32
22 immaf 32
22 twelvefootboy 32
22 sillymoose 32
28 dhkendall 33
28 classicroadster 33
28 threearruda 33
28 MarkBarrett 33
28 acthomas 33
33 spell4yr 35
34 Vintsanity 36
34 Rackme32 36
36 Ironhorse 37
37 jbeltz 39
38 Cutty Sark 40
39 Tybalteon 41
39 AFRET CMS 41
39 Rolling Rock 41
42 heppm01 42
42 merica 42
44 Woof 43
44 Quantum 43
46 Sims 45
47 Tabby50894 46
48 Gamawire 49

[heppm01]

I really appreciate clue 605 - I have never seen or heard of several of those creations but will be doing some reading about them now.

[sims]

INCORRECT - 16

Gamawire (Bryan)
Sims (Bill of Rights)

So, not like this is gonna help me at this point but can I argue that Madison did write the bill of rights?

[floridagator]

INCORRECT - 16

Gamawire (Bryan)
Sims (Bill of Rights)

So, not like this is gonna help me at this point but can I argue that Madison did write the bill of rights?

Yes, I will go for that. It will not show up in the standings right away.

[floridagator]

607 - NEW YORK

Cooperstown, New York, in the 607, is the birthplace of baseball and the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Name a current major league team.

San Diego Padres - 7 (SHEEP)

MattKnowles
ajk
clprez
squarekara
guessonguessonguess
tjconn728
acthomas

Detroit Tigers - 4

Saturnalia
clt013
Tybalteon
heppm01

Kansas City Royals - 4

mennoknight
wpwells
Troydozzy
Rolling Rock

Colorado Rockies - 3

threearruda
Vintsanity
AFRET CMS

Oakland A's - 3

Coach P
MasterCone
jbeltz

Boston Red Sox - 2

immaf
spell4yr

Milwaukee Brewers - 2

SenseiCAY
Tabby50894

Cincinnati Reds - 2

ouachiouat
casketromance

Cleveland Indians - 2

Cutty Sark
Quantum

New York Yankees - 2

twelvefootboy
xxaaaxx

Pittsburgh Pirates - 2

badgerfellow
merica

Tampa Bay Rays - 2

sillymoose
Ironhorse

SINGLETONS

Sims (Houston Astros)
dhkendall (Toronto Blue Jays)
Kirbstar (Chicago Cubs)
MarkBarrett (Chicago White Sox)
BobF (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, formerly Anaheim Angels, formerly California Angels, formerly Los Angeles Angels, capiche?)
ElendilPickle (Los Angeles Dodgers)
classicroadster (Florida Marlins)
Woof (Minnesota Twins)
bev nar (New York Mets)
Rackme32 (San Francisco Giants)
9021amyers (Seattle Mariners)
Gamawire (Texas Rangers)
Peachbox (Washington Nationals)

Unused
St. Louis Cardinals
Baltimore O's
Philadelphia Phillies

NO DROP OR SHEEP OR INCORRECT


608 - WISCONSIN

Name one of these cheeses. LETTER REQUIRED.




B. Edam - 6 (QUAD-SHEEP)

clprez
heppm01
Troydozzy
immaf
bev nar
9021amyers


C. cream - 6 (QUAD-SHEEP)

MattKnowles
threearruda
spell4yr
ouachiouat
casketromance
Kirbstar

D. string (mozz acceptable) - 6 (QUAD-SHEEP)

wpwells
Rolling Rock
twelvefootboy
BobF
Rackme32
Gamawire

F. cottage - 6 (QUAD-SHEEP)

acthomas
Coach P
SenseiCAY
merica
dhkendall
classicroadster

SHEEP

xxaaaxx

J. Swiss - 3

clt013
Quantum
MarkBarrett

K. mozzarella - 3

squarekara
tjconn728
ElendilPickle

B. Gouda - 2

ajk
sillymoose

E. Feta - 2

MasterCone
Tabby50894

G. American - 2

guessonguessonguess
Saturnalia

H. cheddar - 2

AFRET CMS
Peachbox

I. cheese curds - 2

jbeltz
badgerfellow

L. Brie - 2

Tybalteon
Sims

A. Parmesan - 1 (SINGLETON!)

Woof

DROP

Vintsanity
Ironhorse

INCORRECT - 13

Cutty Sark (A. mozz)
mennoknight (American without letter)

NO UNUSED

STANDINGS AFTER 608

1 Saturnalia 24
2 bev nar 25
2 clt013 25
4 ouachiouat 29
4 Peachbox 29
6 ElendilPickle 32
7 9021amyers 33
7 Sims 33
9 ajk 34
9 MattKnowles 34
11 BobF 35
11 MasterCone 35
13 sillymoose 36
13 SenseiCAY 36
13 badgerfellow 36
16 MarkBarrett 37
17 casketromance 38
17 Kirbstar 38
17 Coach P 38
20 clprez 39
20 xxaaaxx 39
20 Vintsanity 39
20 Ironhorse 39
24 immaf 40
24 twelvefootboy 40
24 wpwells 40
24 classicroadster 40
24 dhkendall 40
24 squarekara 40
24 guessonguessonguess 40
31 Troydozzy 42
31 threearruda 42
31 tjconn728 42
34 spell4yr 43
34 Rackme32 43
36 jbeltz 44
37 mennoknight 45
37 Woof 45
39 acthomas 46
39 AFRET CMS 46
41 Tybalteon 47
42 Quantum 48
43 merica 50
43 Tabby50894 50
45 Rolling Rock 51
46 heppm01 52
47 Cutty Sark 55
48 Gamawire 56

[9021amyers]

“Edam always has the red rind, but Gouda doesn’t; I’m going to bet on a lot of negs for that letter.”

Alas, the judging was lenient.

[Ironhorse]

I had a sneaking suspicion my Royals would be best avoided here.

[BobF]

I had a sneaking suspicion my Royals would be best avoided here.

I thought my Mets would sheep, I was wrong on that. This was the question I struggled the most with how to answer since I could name all 30 easily and I know probably 3/4 of the other folks in the game could as well. I simply got lucky.

[MarkBarrett]

I had a sneaking suspicion my Royals would be best avoided here.

I thought my Mets would sheep, I was wrong on that. This was the question I struggled the most with how to answer since I could name all 30 easily and I know probably 3/4 of the other folks in the game could as well. I simply got lucky.

This question had me spending extra time on it as well as I knew there were singletons or doubletons to be had and it was just a matter of picking a good one. The strategy I settled on was to avoid either Eastern division. 20 teams left. Usually I just pick a NL West team while this time I thought that could be a hot spot for some as it can be considered division #6 as in some newspapers will list them last. 15 teams left. Cardinals, Cubs, and Pirates have too many fans. Out.

I considered Brewers & Reds out of NL loyalty, but then decided AL Central (other than Indians) was the play. Tigers? Too well known. Royals? Recent World Series winners. I went with the White Sox in thinking well known enough that others would avoid and not so unknown that others would flock. White Sox fans on the J! Board? I had no recollection of devotion posted and President Obama was not playing, so I expected 3 points at worst while hoping for 1 pt.

If in a later game floridagator goes for a different sport I'll have to exercise a different strategy since I laid out my attack on this one.

[badgerfellow]

I was kind of hoping you had a picture of squeaky cheese curds for 608. Fried is fine though, especially with ranch dressing.

[squarekara]

For the baseball question, I spent about five seconds deciding which team I've spent the least amount of time thinking about over a lifetime. Sure enough, it sheeped!

[clt013]

I originally was going with the Twins on the baseball question, then debated about switching to Tigers or Orioles.
Of course I picked the most popular one of the three.

[xxaaaxx]

I spend a good 15 minutes agonizing over my choice of baseball teams, since I knew there's plenty of baseball fans among TD folks, and even casual/non-fans can probably name a dozen teams. Finally figured that I could maybe finally get a good score picking the Yankees, since everyone would avoid the 'obvious' answer. Cardinals unused? Sure whatever. The last two WS champs singletons? Maybe people avoided them for the same reason I picked the Yankees. Padres the sheep??? It'll be the last time they're first in anything for the next decade.

[twelvefootboy]

I spend a good 15 minutes agonizing over my choice of baseball teams, since I knew there's plenty of baseball fans among TD folks, and even casual/non-fans can probably name a dozen teams. Finally figured that I could maybe finally get a good score picking the Yankees, since everyone would avoid the 'obvious' answer. Cardinals unused? Sure whatever. The last two WS champs singletons? Maybe people avoided them for the same reason I picked the Yankees. Padres the sheep??? It'll be the last time they're first in anything for the next decade.

Sorry to cost you a point, but I went with Yankees out of irony. As the expression goes, I always root for the Cardinals, and whoever is playing against the Yankees!

[ajk]

On the baseball question, I also thought it over for awhile and ended up with the Padres. I knew I should have went with an obvious answer, but I tried getting cute. I was looking for the most boring team in the league. I was also trying to avoid teams people might consider unknown: the four most recent additions, any of the smaller metropolitan areas, any team that had moved to a new city. Big city. Not that new. Just boring. A little too boring.

[floridagator]

I have gotten religion on the cheese. I previously combined everyone who said gouda and edam. The photo was of gouda. I have decided it was not fair to penalize people who correctly said gouda by combining them; neither would it be fair to penalize those who said edam because I did not pin the answer. So they are now separate entries, and this affects those who answered one or the other or took the sheep option. The scores on the previous reveal are correct.

609 - NEW JERSEY

New Jersey is named for a European island. Name a European island.

Isle of Man - 4 (CO-SHEEP)

immaf
Rolling Rock
Quantum
mennoknight

Isle of Wight - 4 (CO-SHEEP)

Cutty Sark (full credit given for Isle of White)
twelvefootboy
MarkBarrett
xxaaaxx

Guernsey - 3

AFRET CMS
ouachiouat
bev nar

Majorca - 3

Gamawire
ajk
Coach P

Sicily - 3

Sims
heppm01
spell4yr

DUPLICATES - 2

MasterCone (Capri)
Rackme32
threearruda (Crete)
sillymoose
clt013 (Elba)
squarekara
Tybalteon (Iceland)
SenseiCAY
jbeltz (Isle of Skye)
Saturnalia
Tabby50894 (Malta)
classicroadster
clprez (Mykonos)
acthomas

SINGLETONS

dhkendall Anglesey
BobF Aran
guessonguessonguess Clare Island
Kirbstar Faroe Islands
Woof Gran Canaria
merica Ireland
tjconn728 Ischia
9021amyers Lanzarote
Vintsanity Lesbos
casketromance menorca
Ironhorse Patmos
badgerfellow Rhodes
ElendilPickle Sark
Peachbox Svalbard
wpwells Tenerife
Troydozzy Texel
MattKnowles Thessalonia

NO DROP OR SHEEP OR INCORRECT


612 - MINNESOTA

As has previously been mentioned, Minneapolis is a major corporate center. Name one of these Minnesota companies.

• The former Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company changed its name to this.
• Name the Minneapolis-based retailing company whose logo is visible on the aerial photo of the shopping center above.
• Name the Minneapolis-based company founded as Washburn-Crosby Company that makes Hamburger Helper, Cheerios, Betty Crocker cake mix, and Green Giant vegetables.
• What dairy products giant had its ticker symbol decades before it became a familiar internet abbreviation? (Either the company name or abbreviation is fine.)
• Name either of the giant window manufacturers headquartered in Minnesota. (They are giant companies. They don't make giant windows.) (Will be scored separately.)
• Give the last name of the founder of the Austin, Minnesota food company that makes untold quantities of chili and beef stew, packaged pepperoni, Spam, chicken & dumplings, and Skippy peanut butter.
• What one-word Minneapolis-based agribusiness trading company is the largest private corporation in the U.S.?
• What two-word Edina-based Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary is the largest retailer of soft-serve ice cream in the United States and Canada?
• What chain of hotels (some of which are blu) began with its flagship hotel in Minneapolis named for a French fur trader and explorer?
• What Minneapolis-based retailing company whose logo is a yellow price tag, was originally called "The Sound of Music" (and started the same year that movie was made)?

Hormel - 15 (SHEEP, one of the few animals they don't process)

Rolling Rock
MarkBarrett
Gamawire
ajk
Sims
spell4yr
MasterCone
Rackme32
threearruda
Tabby50894
dhkendall
9021amyers
Ironhorse
wpwells
Troydozzy

Best Buy - 7

mennoknight
AFRET CMS
Coach P
Saturnalia
BobF
Kirbstar
tjconn728

Land O'Lakes - 5

xxaaaxx
badgerfellow
heppm01
Vintsanity
casketromance

3M - 4

Quantum
twelvefootboy
merica
MattKnowles

Radisson - 4

clt013
jbeltz
guessonguessonguess
ElendilPickle

Dairy Queen - 3

Cutty Sark
squarekara
clprez

Target - 3

ouachiouat
Woof
Peachbox

General Mills - 2

bev nar
sillymoose

Cargill - 1 (SINGLETON!)

acthomas

DROP

Tybalteon

NO SHEEP

UNUSED

Marvin Windows
Andersen Windows

INCORRECT - 20

immaf (Kraft, HQ in Pittsburgh)
SenseiCAY (Pella, Iowa window manufacturer)
classicroadster (Pella)


BONUS - The following get -1 for identifying the Pillsbury Doughboy, whose name is Poppin' Fresh.
9021amyers
AFRET CMS
ajk
bev nar
classicroadster
dhkendall
ElendilPickle
Gamawire
guessonguessonguess
immaf
MarkBarrett
MasterCone
MattKnowles
mennoknight
ouachiouat
Rackme32
SenseiCAY
Sims
spell4yr
squarekara
threearruda
Woof
wpwells

Wrong answers include Joe, Frankie, Pokey, Hoo-Hoo, Harold, Chuckles, Jason McDoughy, Donald, Doughy the Pillsbury, and Phil.


STANDINGS AFTER 612

1 bev nar 29
2 clt013 31
3 Saturnalia 33
3 Peachbox 33
5 ouachiouat 34
6 ElendilPickle 36
7 MattKnowles 38
8 sillymoose 40
9 badgerfellow 42
10 BobF 43
11 casketromance 44
11 clprez 44
11 squarekara 44
11 guessonguessonguess 44
15 Vintsanity 45
16 Kirbstar 46
17 9021amyers 48
17 Coach P 48
17 xxaaaxx 48
17 twelvefootboy 48
17 Woof 48
22 acthomas 49
22 Tybalteon 49
24 Sims 50
24 tjconn728 50
24 jbeltz 50
27 ajk 51
27 MasterCone 51
29 MarkBarrett 55
29 Ironhorse 55
29 wpwells 55
29 dhkendall 55
29 mennoknight 55
29 AFRET CMS 55
29 merica 55
36 Quantum 56
37 SenseiCAY 57
38 Troydozzy 58
38 threearruda 58
40 Rackme32 59
41 spell4yr 60
41 heppm01 60
43 classicroadster 61
44 Cutty Sark 62
45 immaf 63
46 Tabby50894 67
47 Rolling Rock 70
48 Gamawire 73

[classicroadster]

For the business, I knew Andersen was one of the window companies but figured people had heard of it. The other one that came immediately to mind was Pella which I went with without thinking too much. Fast forward to this past weekend, the inn my wife and I were staying at was having its windows replaced with Marvin windows, and I had a serious facepalm moment knowing that my Pella answer was wrong...

[floridagator]

For the business, I knew Andersen was one of the window companies but figured people had heard of it. The other one that came immediately to mind was Pella which I went with without thinking too much. Fast forward to this past weekend, the inn my wife and I were staying at was having its windows replaced with Marvin windows, and I had a serious facepalm moment knowing that my Pella answer was wrong...

There was time until Monday 9 AM to change your answer.

[MattKnowles]

My answer of Thessalonia for the European Island probably should have been marked wrong. I was trying to go for Cephalonia but instead pulled something very close to the name of Greece's second biggest city and the namesake of a New Testament book. I looked it up afterwards and couldn't find an island called Thessalonia. I think I got the Pillsbury Dough Boy one wrong too but I don't remember exactly what I put and that might have just been close enough to count.