TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Final results)

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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:58 am wouldn't it have been awesome if gilligan had done "sunshine on my shoulders"?
This is what happens when you do a TD in a hurry. I remember thinking "Wait, is that the dude from Gilligan's Island? Should I just write 'Denver'? Screw it, moving on..."
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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mahatma wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:31 am
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:58 am wouldn't it have been awesome if gilligan had done "sunshine on my shoulders"?
Is gilligan a death metal band?
there should be one...want to be one of the founding members? my vocals are shot in my old age, but i can still churn out some decent growls and grunts...screams a bit shakier though
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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heppm01 wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:30 am
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:58 am wouldn't it have been awesome if gilligan had done "sunshine on my shoulders"?
This is what happens when you do a TD in a hurry. I remember thinking "Wait, is that the dude from Gilligan's Island? Should I just write 'Denver'? Screw it, moving on..."
No doubt that Maynard G. Krebs would have killed this song!
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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we never learned Gilligan's first name, but according to a book by producer Sherwood Schwartz, he and Bob Denver agreed that if one were needed, it would be Willie.
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:43 am
mahatma wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:31 am
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:58 am wouldn't it have been awesome if gilligan had done "sunshine on my shoulders"?
Is gilligan a death metal band?
there should be one...want to be one of the founding members? my vocals are shot in my old age, but i can still churn out some decent growls and grunts...screams a bit shakier though
I'll play the drums, although I'm not much for the double bass thing, so it'll have to be A Slow Death.
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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mahatma wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:05 pm
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:43 am
mahatma wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:31 am
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:58 am wouldn't it have been awesome if gilligan had done "sunshine on my shoulders"?
Is gilligan a death metal band?
there should be one...want to be one of the founding members? my vocals are shot in my old age, but i can still churn out some decent growls and grunts...screams a bit shakier though
I'll play the drums, although I'm not much for the double bass thing, so it'll have to be A Slow Death.
yeah we can do a hybrid..tradition blows anyway..always good to make your own sound
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:56 pm
heppm01 wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:30 am
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:58 am wouldn't it have been awesome if gilligan had done "sunshine on my shoulders"?
This is what happens when you do a TD in a hurry. I remember thinking "Wait, is that the dude from Gilligan's Island? Should I just write 'Denver'? Screw it, moving on..."
No doubt that Maynard G. Krebs would have killed this song!
https://youtu.be/a8jUFC4dsd8
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q5-Q6 revealed)

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5. Name a non-numbered Bible book that is 4 letters in length [That means if looking for 5 letter books, 1 & 2 Kings would not count]

Gospels on either end…

Mark [SHEEP] - 6
MarkBarrett
saturnalia
merica
jeffwolfe
bmwhitehead
heppm01

Acts - 5
Floridagator
gwallace2
Ironhorse
Rackme32
clprez

Ezra - 4
Gamawire
casketromance
psgola
ElendilPickle

Jude - 4
SenseiCAY
barandall800
RougeGod
squarekara

Amos - 3
Woof
AFRET CMS
blueoncemoon

Joel - 3
shambolic
xabe
1stlvlthinker

Ruth - 3
threearruda
econgator
cthulhu

John - 2
True North
mahatma

Luke (SINGLETON!) - 0
twelvefootboy

DROP = 0
Peachbox

WRONG ANSWER = 10
MollyQMurphy (Enos)

6. Name a school whose athletic teams compete in the Ivy League

Perhaps appropriately for this season, Big Red and Big Green prove popular…

Cornell [Co-SHEEP] - 6
Floridagator
heppm01
AFRET CMS
RougeGod
1stlvlthinker
econgator

Dartmouth [Co-SHEEP] - 6
casketromance
merica
Rackme32
clprez
Peachbox
MollyQMurphy

Brown - 4
MarkBarrett
bmwhitehead
blueoncemoon
squarekara

Harvard - 3
True North
twelvefootboy
ElendilPickle

Pennsylvania - 3
gwallace2
Woof
cthulhu

Yale - 3
saturnalia
threearruda
barandall800

SINGLETONS - 0

Columbia
psgola

Princeton
Gamawire

DROP = 0
Ironhorse
shambolic
jeffwolfe
xabe
SenseiCAY
mahatma

STANDINGS AFTER Q6
1. psgola - 11
2. barandall800 - 12
2. mahatma - 12
4. Ironhorse - 13
5. True North - 14
6. AFRET CMS - 16
6. blueoncemoon - 16
8. casketromance - 18
8. bmwhitehead - 18
10. Gamawire - 19
10. xabe - 19
12. squarekara - 20
13. MarkBarrett - 21
13. ElendilPickle - 21
13. Woof - 21
13. twelvefootboy - 21
17. 1stlvlthinker - 22
17. shambolic - 22
19. threearruda - 23
20. merica - 24
20. Floridagator - 24
20. econgator - 24
20. jeffwolfe - 24
20. SenseiCAY - 24
25. RougeGod - 25
25. saturnalia - 25
25. Peachbox - 25
28. Rackme32 - 26
29. gwallace2 - 27
30. clprez - 28
31. cthulhu - 29
32. MollyQMurphy - 35
33. heppm01 - 36

ALL SHEEP LINE - 37
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q6 revealed)

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I didn't even know where to begin with "strategizing" on the Ivy League question but was leaning toward Cornell. Looks like I made the right choice.
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q6 revealed)

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Ironhorse wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:47 am I didn't even know where to begin with "strategizing" on the Ivy League question but was leaning toward Cornell. Looks like I made the right choice.
Cornell is the one that no one cares about, which means that it was definitely gonna sheep.
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q6 revealed)

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SenseiCAY wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:38 am
Ironhorse wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:47 am I didn't even know where to begin with "strategizing" on the Ivy League question but was leaning toward Cornell. Looks like I made the right choice.
Cornell is the one that no one cares about, which means that it was definitely gonna sheep.
https://youtu.be/AatyBej7Fw8
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q6 revealed)

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SenseiCAY wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:38 am
Ironhorse wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:47 am I didn't even know where to begin with "strategizing" on the Ivy League question but was leaning toward Cornell. Looks like I made the right choice.
Cornell is the one that no one cares about, which means that it was definitely gonna sheep.
Of the Ivies, Cornell, Penn and Columbia get the least respect IMO (and I say this as a Columbia alum). The most famous are just as clearly Harvard, Yale and Princeton. It's interesting to see how the choices skewed on this question.
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q4 revealed)

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squarekara wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:14 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:56 pm
heppm01 wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:30 am
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:58 am wouldn't it have been awesome if gilligan had done "sunshine on my shoulders"?
This is what happens when you do a TD in a hurry. I remember thinking "Wait, is that the dude from Gilligan's Island? Should I just write 'Denver'? Screw it, moving on..."
No doubt that Maynard G. Krebs would have killed this song!
https://youtu.be/a8jUFC4dsd8
My eyes hurt!! How can I un-see this :o . heppm01 has gotten even with us for taunting!
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q1-Q6 revealed)

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I'm going to hell in a handbasket on this one with nothing but middling answers and even a sheep
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q7-Q8 revealed)

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7. Name one of the Central American countries (located between Mexico and Colombia, the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean)

The flock heads to the least populated area…

Belize [SHEEP] - 8
Gamawire
Rackme32
psgola
xabe
AFRET CMS
ElendilPickle
blueoncemoon
cthulhu

Honduras - 4
threearruda
jeffwolfe
bmwhitehead
clprez

Nicaragua - 4
merica
mahatma
RougeGod
squarekara

Guatemala - 3
casketromance
barandall800
1stlvlthinker

Panama - 3
gwallace2
True North
SenseiCAY

Costa Rica - 2
saturnalia
Ironhorse

El Salvador - 2
shambolic
Peachbox

DROP = 0
MarkBarrett
Floridagator
Woof
heppm01
MollyQMurphy
econgator

WRONG ANSWER = 12
twelvefootboy (Mexico)

8. Name one of the ingredients that went with "two all-beef patties" in the 1970s Big Mac jingle

Lettuce leads the way…

Lettuce [SHEEP] - 8
gwallace2
psgola
jeffwolfe
xabe
clprez
SenseiCAY
mahatma
RougeGod

Onions - 7
Gamawire
casketromance
merica
heppm01
Peachbox
econgator
cthulhu

Pickles - 7
Floridagator
Woof
bmwhitehead
blueoncemoon
MollyQMurphy
1stlvlthinker
squarekara

Sesame seed bun - 4
Rackme32
shambolic
threearruda
AFRET CMS

Cheese - 3
MarkBarrett
saturnalia
Ironhorse

Special sauce - 3
twelvefootboy
ElendilPickle
barandall800

SHEEP = 8 [Note: I treated "DROP" (not allowed for Q8) as "SHEEP"]
True North

STANDINGS AFTER Q8
1. barandall800 - 18
1. Ironhorse - 18
3. mahatma - 24
3. MarkBarrett - 24
5. True North - 25
6. psgola - 27
7. AFRET CMS - 28
7. casketromance - 28
7. Woof - 28
7. shambolic - 28
11. bmwhitehead - 29
12. saturnalia - 30
13. blueoncemoon - 31
13. squarekara - 31
13. threearruda - 31
13. Floridagator - 31
13. econgator - 31
18. ElendilPickle - 32
18. 1stlvlthinker - 32
20. Gamawire - 34
20. Peachbox - 34
22. xabe - 35
22. merica - 35
22. SenseiCAY - 35
25. twelvefootboy - 36
25. jeffwolfe - 36
27. RougeGod - 37
28. Rackme32 - 38
28. gwallace2 - 38
30. clprez - 40
31. MollyQMurphy - 42
32. heppm01 - 43
33. cthulhu - 44

ALL SHEEP LINE - 53
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Q7-Q8 revealed)

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clt013 wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:42 am STANDINGS AFTER Q8
1. barandall800 - 18
1. Ironhorse - 18
:shock: :shock: :shock:

(We’ll see if the last question ends this crazy dream I’m having.)
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Final results)

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9. Name a city in Iowa with an airport considered "primary" (scheduled passenger service and 10,000+ boardings) by the FAA

Equal sized flocks in two cities starting with the same letter…

Des Moines [Co-SHEEP] - 10
saturnalia
shambolic
threearruda
jeffwolfe
xabe
ElendilPickle
barandall800
RougeGod
1stlvlthinker
cthulhu

Dubuque [Co-SHEEP] - 10
MarkBarrett
casketromance
Ironhorse
Rackme32
Woof
psgola
True North
clprez
Peachbox
mahatma

Cedar Rapids - 3
twelvefootboy
SenseiCAY
econgator

Sioux City - 2
merica
blueoncemoon

Waterloo (SINGLETON!) = -1
Floridagator

SHEEP = 10 [Note: I treated "DROP" (not allowed for Q9) as "SHEEP"]
Gamawire
squarekara

WRONG ANSWERS = 14
gwallace2 (Council Bluffs)
bmwhitehead (Ames)
heppm01 (Quad Cities - airport located in Illinois)
AFRET CMS (Davenport)
MollyQMurphy (Fort Dodge)

FINAL STANDINGS
33. heppm01 - 57
32. MollyQMurphy - 56
31. cthulhu - 54
30. gwallace2 - 52
29. clprez - 50
28. Rackme32 - 48
27. RougeGod - 47
26. jeffwolfe - 46
25. xabe - 45
23. Gamawire - 44
23. Peachbox - 44
22. bmwhitehead - 43
19. AFRET CMS - 42
19. ElendilPickle - 42
19. 1stlvlthinker - 42
17. squarekara - 41
17. threearruda - 41
16. saturnalia - 40
15. twelvefootboy - 39
11. casketromance - 38
11. Woof - 38
11. shambolic - 38
11. SenseiCAY - 38
9. psgola - 37
9. merica - 37
8. True North - 35
5. mahatma - 34
5. MarkBarrett - 34
5. econgator - 34
4. blueoncemoon - 33

On the podium…
3. Floridagator - 30

Sharing the top spot…
1. barandall800 - 28
1. Ironhorse - 28

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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Final results)

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Wow-just off the podium! Congrats to the winners.
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Final results)

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Even with the last question being a mega sheep ... I WON?!?!? (I wasn’t surprised when I saw Des Moines sheep like crazy, but I was very surprised to see the final results as I kept scrolling down.) I’ve been playing these off and on for something approaching 10 years, and I’ve made the podium a handful of times, but never to my recollection taken the top spot. Thanks, clt013, for your excellent work in running what is now my favorite TD game. :P And congrats to the fellow boardies on the podium, especially my co-leader Ironhorse!
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Re: TD 435 - Narrowing Nine (Final results)

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Thanks for the TD. I'm very surprised to make 3rd place. I noted above that I was having a mediocre TD but it looks like everyone else was also.

Winners list updated: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5380&p=316864
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