RJRouge wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:37 pm
Counting Cook Islands as an independent nation? That area is a little murky, so dealer's choice, really.
Yeah, "location" probably would have been a better word to use than "country".
Although, according to Wikipedia...
The Cook Islands is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand.
Yes, that's the murky part. It's self-governing, but is essentially a protectorate of New Zealand. Also according to Wikipedia, from a different but related article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political ... s_and_Niue ):
However, even though both the Cook Islands and Niue behave as sovereign states in international law, their constitutional statuses within the Realm of New Zealand (i.e., for matters of New Zealand domestic law) is different from that of a fully independent state
merica wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:56 am
After that seven sheep in a row for me in the last TD, my sheep streak in this one ends at four with my Reagan answer. (I guess it wouldn't have gone past five since I dropped Q10)
I am reluctant to make a request to add extra work for the writers of these TD's, but I think it would be cool for the rankings to include a "Mendoza line", showing where the all sheep answers would rank. It give us bottom dwellers something to strive for
you are currently in 8th place...hardly bottom dwelling
10. John Wayne (Winterset) won the Best Actor Oscar in 1969 for True Grit. Name the winner who received that award for their role in one of these one-word titles since then.
Amadeus [F. Murray Abraham]
Capote [Philip Seymour Hoffman]
Gandhi [Ben Kingsley]
Gladiator [Russell Crowe]
Lincoln [Daniel Day-Lewis]
Milk [Sean Penn]
Network [Peter Finch]
Patton [George C. Scott]
Philadelphia [Tom Hanks]
Ray [Jamie Foxx]
Shine [Geoffrey Rush]
Red Raiders (Texas Tech) - 2
MarkBarrett
MattKnowles
Gamecocks (South Carolina) - 2
travis
jbeltz
Eagles (Boston College) - 2
immaf
threearruda
SINGLETONS - 1
Longhorns (Texas)
classicroadster
Huskies (Washington)
merica
NOT USED
Golden Bears (California)
Tigers (LSU, Missouri)
Bulldogs (Mississippi State)
DROP = 0
gamawire
BlueberryPlainsNever
12. There are 99 counties in the state. Name a county that shares its name with one of the people described here.
3-time NCAA men's basketball champion coach Jim [Calhoun]
"Julia" and "Dynasty" actress Diahann [Carroll]
"I Go Crazy" singer Paul [Davis]
"Police Story" actress Angie [Dickinson]
"This Land is Your Land" singer Woody [Guthrie]
Actress Linda of "The Terminator" and TVs "Beauty and the Beast" [Hamilton]
"Empire" star Terrence [Howard]
Current SNL cast member Leslie [Jones]
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" director Ang [Lee]
Longtime "Hollywood Squares" host Peter [Marshall]
"Gone With the Wind" author Margaret [Mitchell]
Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan [Scott]
Christian singer Laura or Colorado shortstop Trevor [Story]
Three co-sheep, five singletons and one unused answer…
SenseiCAY wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:49 am
All riiiiiight...still doing better than that one doofus named “All Sheep Line.”
Somehow my limited knowledge has paid off for this one (temporarily in fourth), but I'll join you down there soon . These things are easy when you only know ONE (hopefully) correct answer, and everybody else runs away from it . I don't believe I've done a whole TD without a wrong answer, and it isn't because of trying to be too clever.
Thank you clt013 for giving this a try. The ASL (I think of it as the baseball equivalent Mendoza line) gives everybody an absolute gauge as to how good they've fleeced the flock. And if you beat it, you get a participation trophy! The derivative AWL (All Wrong Line) is just the ASL plus 5 x no. of Questions. Maybe this could be coined the "Trump Line"
Disclaimer - repeated exposure to author's musings may cause befuddlement.
BONUS ROUND #1: For questions 13-16, you want to "think different" enough to choose answers in the "least used" half to receive -1 bonus
[Q13 - most used answer = 0, Q14 - 2 most used = 0, Q15 - 3 most used = 0, Q16 - 4 most used = 0]
[If multiple answers are tied in the "middle" (where they could be considered most used or least used half), they are worth 0]
13. The Iowa caucuses have two main options - Democrat or Republican. A coin toss also has two options - choose one of them.
Other (3) = 0
ElendilPickle (Iowa)
econgator (Pass)
heppm01 (Indiana)
16. Give one of these answers that is the name of a river which is in or borders the state
Coniferous tree native to the western Himalayas and Mediterranean region [Cedar]
Third most widespread native language in the world [English]
Last name of Jennifer's Body actress Megan [Fox]
The Magnolia State [Mississippi]
State where Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail originated [Missouri]
North American mammal with masked face and ringed tail that some call a "trash panda" [Raccoon]
Albuquerque was one of these and he was feathered and fine [Turkey]
Europe's largest river in terms of discharge and watershed [Volga]
17. BONUS ROUND #2 - Answer up to five of these questions; Correct answers = -1, Sheep = 0, No penalty for incorrect responses
A. This Cedar Rapids native is one of only six golfers (along with Nicklaus, Woods, Snead, Ballesteros and Faldo) to win majors at both Augusta National and St. Andrews
B. Elgin Baylor was among the players from this NBA team on a plane that crashed into a snowy cornfield near Carroll while on the way back to Minneapolis
C. A tourism video titled "We Built Sioux City" was based on a 1985 song by this group
D. The world's largest one of these can be found along I-80 near Walcott
E. This "hilly" national monument sounds like a good place to burn a three-dimensional representation of a person in protest
F. About half of this highway (referred to by a 4-word term) between the hockey homes of the Wild and Blues can be found in Iowa
G. Riverside bills itself as the future birthplace of this starship captain
H. Belts located in the inner region of Earth's magnetosphere are named for this space scientist
I. This singer born in Wall Lake opened the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri
J. This pioneer of survey sampling techniques who had a popular public opinion poll named after him was born in Jefferson
K. This man was president when Iowa officially became a state in December 1846
L. This Czech composer spent a summer in Spillville - where he composed string quartets in F (The American) and E-flat
M. The longest serving governor in US history, this man left office to become the current Ambassador to China
From the least correct answers to the most…
M. Terry Branstad (2 correct answers, 2 attempts) = -1
BlueberryPlainsNever
9021amyers
A. Zach Johnson (4/8) = -1
travis
badgerfellow
9021amyers
jbeltz
I. Andy Williams (12/13) = -1
gamawire
MarkBarrett
Rackme32
Floridagator
AmericanIdiot
ElendilPickle
Magna
Peachbox
clprez
RJRouge
twelvefootboy
AFRET CMS
WRONG ANSWER = 0
MattKnowles (Dolly Parton)
E. Effigy Mounds (13/13) = -1
merica
immaf
MarkBarrett
Floridagator
badgerfellow
spell4yr
Magna
Peachbox
RJRouge
twelvefootboy
AFRET CMS
9021amyers
xxaaaxx
H. James Van Allen (13/13) = -1
merica
immaf
MarkBarrett
AmericanIdiot
SenseiCAY
MattKnowles
Peachbox
clprez
RJRouge
twelvefootboy
heppm01
AFRET CMS
xxaaaxx
18. BONUS ROUND #3 - My Iowa-born 11-year-old son had a hole-in-one on the golf course last August. How many yards long was the shot? The three closest guesses without going over earn a bonus of -3, -2 and -1, respectively.
Guesses ranged from 1 (Price is Right strategy) to 351. The correct distance was 185 yards.
THREE CLOSEST WITHOUT GOING OVER
3. AmericanIdiot - 175 = -1
2. travis - 181 = -2
1. clprez - 182 = -3
. These things are easy when you only know ONE (hopefully) correct answer, and everybody else runs away from it 
. I don't believe I've done a whole TD without a wrong answer, and it isn't because of trying to be too clever. 
