Wipeout Round 1 Board 1 (Xalxe up)

StrangerCoug · Post Post #7 (isolation #0) » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:39 am

OK, we've got our three players and the challengers for the game after. Let's play!

Green has a lot of good connotations. It's the color that allows you to go through a traffic light. It's the color of nature and of money. Can you find 11

shades of green

on this board?

I've decided that I'm going to allow speeding up the game by guessing multiple answers at once; however, keep in mind that I'm going to go through them in the order you give me. If you put a wipeout in the list, I will ignore everything after it.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #12 (isolation #1) » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:07 am

For anyone else having trouble seeing the board, the 16 in order are Isabelline, chartreuse, honeydew, ecru, mint, jade, lime, periwinkle, harlequin, myrtle, amaranth, cordovan, emerald, viridian, celadon, and clover.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #14 (isolation #2) » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:42 am

Sure.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #16 (isolation #3) » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:37 am

The first five are right, but the last one is a light bluish-purple. You lose $375 ($25 for mint + $50 for clover + $75 for emerald + $100 for lime + $125 for jade).

cjdrum, it goes to you. Six right and four wrong left.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #18 (isolation #4) » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:53 am

SHH!!!

Don't shout out answers, right or wrong!

StrangerCoug · Post Post #20 (isolation #5) » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:56 am

Thanks for reminding me of Press Your Luck. (It and this game were hosted by the same person, if you're curious.)

StrangerCoug · Post Post #25 (isolation #6) » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:11 am

I'll update the images when I get home, but all three are correct, putting cjdrum at $325 and JDGA at $200. It is animorpherv1's turn with three right and four wrong answers left.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #28 (isolation #7) » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:49 am

Here's everything again.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #30 (isolation #8) » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:15 pm

Cordovan is a shade of brown. Sorry, ani. Ecru and honeydew I can't tell you at this point.

cjdrum, it's half and half right now. Three right and three wrong.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #32 (isolation #9) » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:08 pm

I just realized that I skipped Drench's signup (his was before JDGA's), so he's at the top. My apologies.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #36 (isolation #10) » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:02 am

Isabelline is a light warm gray. You may hear somebody describe an animal as that color.

JGDA, you're up. Three right and two wrong answers left.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #42 (isolation #11) » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:44 am

Cheaters never prosper

I'm going to trust cjdrum here and make the punishment for JDGA a $425 fine, but the next person caught editing will be wiped out and replaced with the next person in the queue.

Prof. Guppy is correct in describing the shade of ecru, by the way.

animorpherv1, two right and one wrong left. What'll it be?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #46 (isolation #12) » Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:10 pm

Jinxing yourself into picking a shade of red. Hip hip hooray.

Well, we know the other two are shades of green, so we move on to the next board. Give me a moment to set it up...

StrangerCoug · Post Post #49 (isolation #13) » Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:16 pm

There's two more boards in Round 1 still, and money at risk carries over to later boards. We have no winner yet.

ROUND 1, GAME 2

Did you go out a lot last year? To the movies, most specifically? I hope you did, because you're looking for 11

movies released in 2010

on this list.

cjdrum, as player 2, you start game 2. First answer is still worth $25.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #50 (isolation #14) » Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:18 pm

Oh, and some of those are abbreviated for space, so let me give you full titles. Remember, you want to pick the ones released in 2010.

Iron Man 2
2012
Inception
I Am Number Four
Gulliver's Travels
Quantum of Solace
The Lincoln Lawyer
Despicable Me
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Alpha and Omega
Shrek Forever After
The Pink Panther 2
Red

StrangerCoug · Post Post #71 (isolation #15) » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:54 am

My ruling is that once you announce you're stopping, you end your turn. You can't take anything back.

Inception is right (July 16) as is Shrek Forever After (May 21), but 2012 was released too early (November 13, 2009). You lose $75.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #88 (isolation #16) » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:22 pm

Sorcerer's Apprentice was released on July 14, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (as long as I can tell, I'll take the answer) was released on July 30, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was released on December 10, but I Am Number Four wasn't released until February 11, 2011. JGDA loses $300.

As for animorpherv1, Despicable Me was released on July 3, Gulliver's Travelers was released on December 25, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Inception were both already guessed (so are being ignored), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released on February 12, and Iron Man 2 was released on May 7. A pretty nice rackup.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #90 (isolation #17) » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:36 pm

Can't say about Quantum of Solace, but Pink Panther 2 was released in 2009, I can tell you that. February 6.

JDGA, it's half and half. Can you pick the two that are right?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #95 (isolation #18) » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:41 pm

Obviously.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #101 (isolation #19) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:12 am

Ding ding ding! We have the other two: Alpha and Omega on September 17 and Red on October 15!

As for the other two wipeouts, Quantum of Solace was released on November 14, 2008 and The Lincoln Lawyer didn't come out until this month, on March 18, 2011.

Remember, animorpherv1 and JDGA—your money is not safe. With dollar values doubled in the next board, cjdrum could catch up with you two or you two could wipe out and lose the money you earned this round.

Next board in a bit.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #103 (isolation #20) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:32 am

ROUND 1, BOARD 3

(The reword is for clarity, by the way.)

Obsessed with something specific? You might not be alone—scientists might have a name for it. Which of these 11

manias

is correctly paired with the thing with which it is an obsession?

Somewhere on this board, I have hidden the Hot Spot: a $5,545 trip to Washington, D.C. To win it, you must win the game without wiping out. (Therefore, in practice it's just to see how high up you can get on the high score board.) If you wipe out, it will go back on the board.

Board 2 ended with the player scheduled to start Board 3, so it remains JGDA's turn.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #108 (isolation #21) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:43 pm

Plutomania is an obsession with wealth. You lose $675.

animorpherv1, you're the only person with money left. Nine right and four wrong answers on the board.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #110 (isolation #22) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:35 pm

NICE!

The D.C. trip!

Eight and four, cjdrum. With the next correct answer being worth $200, you can catch up if you pick enough right.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #113 (isolation #23) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:09 pm

Looking good

Let's make some money back, JGDA. Six right and four wrong left.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #114 (isolation #24) » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:10 pm

cjdrum's score should be $450, not $425. I'll fix it with the next update.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #120 (isolation #25) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:40 am

That was a pretty nasty one because of the spelling. Prof. Guppy is right and you lose $300. (I fixed your name tag, though.)

animorpherv1, you have $900 and the trip. Five right and three wrong answers left.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #122 (isolation #26) » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:03 am

Books in general, not just the Bible. Sorry.

cjdrum, there are five right and two wrong answers left and the Hot Spot has been re-hidden on the board. It's still the same trip.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #126 (isolation #27) » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:46 pm

Glazomania is an obsession with making lists. You lose $1,200.

Three and one, JDGA.

jmj3000 wrote:bibliotecha = library in spanish

I probably butchered the spelling of that, but I don't care.

Good, because you did xD

StrangerCoug · Post Post #128 (isolation #28) » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:10 pm

Right. CH is always pronounced as in "chance" in Spanish.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #133 (isolation #29) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:20 pm

Philemanmania is an obsession with kissing. (Perhaps this makes it a fetish too?

)

We all know, therefore, that the other three are correct, but what we don't know is where I put the Hot Spot back. I'd upload the image, but Photobucket is being slow, so I'll tell you it was behind Siderodromomania/Railroad Travel.

I'll tabulate everything tomorrow and tell you who advances then.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #138 (isolation #30) » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:31 pm

Both animorpherv1 and JGDA have ten correct answers to cjdrum's six, so the former two advance! Congratulations!

animorpherv1 will be first in Round 2 because he has one fewer wipeout than JDGA at four to five.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #141 (isolation #31) » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:47 pm

You win Round 1, yes.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #150 (isolation #32) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:20 pm

I respond faster to PM's, people.

ROUND 2, BOARD 1

Which eight of the following twelve days are

federal holidays in the United States

?

animorpherv1, start the bidding.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #152 (isolation #33) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:33 pm

Can't judge any of them until you give me a number.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #159 (isolation #34) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:58 pm

Picture was uploaded already, but I can wait for clarification.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #161 (isolation #35) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:00 pm

You can bid again, though. You may either make JDGA name seven or attempt to name all eight.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #163 (isolation #36) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:18 pm

Easter Sunday is not a federal holiday. Sorry.

JDGA, you only need one correct answer. Which one do you think is one of the two left?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #174 (isolation #37) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:25 am

Uh-oh—animorpherv1 looks like he's tearing himself up by not putting Memorial Day earlier in the list. Has JDGA stolen the board from him?

Yes he has! JGDA is one point away from going to the bonus round!

What was the other one?

Washington's Birthday.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #177 (isolation #38) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:17 am

The next one's up, actually, and American or not, most of these should be accessible to English-speakers around the world.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #179 (isolation #39) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:27 am

Still Round 2, actually.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #198 (isolation #40) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:07 pm

Blowing it right off the bat. Artemis Fowl is a human being, which does not count as an animal for the purposes of this board.

animorpherv1, you just need to guess one of the eight on there to tie up the round.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #202 (isolation #41) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:21 pm

As long as Simba is right, you've tied up the round...

And you have! It's one to one!

With what else could you have stolen the board?

You could have put any of the other four you said first (two tigers, a dog, and a rat respectively); you could have given me General Woundwort (rabbit), you could have given me Ozy Llewellyn (fox), and you could have given me Dyna Blade (bird).

Michael Douglas is human and Balto and Sockington, a dog and a cat respectively, both really existed.

Last board in a moment.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #203 (isolation #42) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:34 pm

ROUND 2, BOARD 3

Stressful day at work? You're not alone—sometimes that's part of the job description. How many of the eight

most stressful jobs according to careercast.com's Jobs Rated 2011 report

can you find?

animorpherv1 starts the bidding.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #208 (isolation #43) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:47 pm

animorpherv1 doesn't think you can guess five stressful jobs, JDGA. If you prove him wrong, you're playing for a car!

StrangerCoug · Post Post #211 (isolation #44) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:53 pm

Third most stressful job. Good start.

One down and four to go.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #214 (isolation #45) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:58 pm

#6 gives you two down and three to go.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #217 (isolation #46) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:05 pm

Barely made it. Bottom of the top eight.

Three down and two to go.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #224 (isolation #47) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:12 pm

Down there at #18. Sorry.

animorpherv1, here's your shot! If you pick one of the remaining five jobs that careercast.com thinks is more stressful than a flight attendant, you're sending JDGA home and playing for the car!

StrangerCoug · Post Post #238 (isolation #48) » Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:26 pm

For the match, is firefighter among the eight most stressful jobs in the Jobs Rated 2011 report?

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INDEED NUMBER ONE!

And animorpherv1 is going to the bonus round!

What else would you have won with?

Senior corporate executive is #4, roustabout is #56 (despite them thinking it's the worst job of the 200 they rated), attorney is #25, actor is #7, photojournalist is #5, commercial airline pilot is #2 and highway patrol officer is #13.

Bonus round likely to be tomorrow.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #243 (isolation #49) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:34 am

ROUND 3

All right, animorpherv1, here's the bonus round. You have three chances to name all six

countries in the European Union

. If you do so, you leave us with a 2011 Dodge Charger worth $25,170.

Ready?

GO!

StrangerCoug · Post Post #244 (isolation #50) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:37 am

Uploads were out of order; if it's still not there by the time you read this, the choices are Norway, San Marino, Andorra, Serbia, Poland, Cyprus, Morocco, Latvia, Switzerland, Austria, Bulgaria, and Estonia.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #246 (isolation #51) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:41 am

I need four more before I can judge.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #248 (isolation #52) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:55 am

You got four of those right. Two chances left.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #250 (isolation #53) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:02 am

Still only four right. One last chance, ani.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #253 (isolation #54) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:01 am

You have only three correct then.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #255 (isolation #55) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:19 am

If these are the six, you've got a Dodge Charger...

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NO!

You only got four of them!

Let's see what they were...

Poland, Cyprus, Latvia, Austria, Bulgaria, and Estonia.

Well, you'll be playing against Drench and Prof. Guppy soon. They should be worthy opponents.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #271 (isolation #56) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:12 pm

JDGA wrote:That was so not fair. How was I supposed to know that humans didn't count as animals anyways?

You could have asked to clarify

I don't have a board ready, so it's going to be awhile. I'll try not to make it later than tomorrow night.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #274 (isolation #57) » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:16 am

I know. Distracted by Tron at home.

This is a quick throw-together, which means that the regularly scheduled board is not ready and neither do I have the images. Don't worry; I'm using the same randomization process for this board as I do for the ones I have the image ready.

ROUND 1, BOARD 1

The United States is not the only country split up into states. In fact, there are many countries that split themselves up into partially self-governing regions. Such a country is called a federation. Germany is one such federation. Below are 11 of the 16

German Länder

(due to font limitations, it will be spelled "Laender" in the image when I make it); the other five have been replaced with something else. Can you identify the 11 Länder below?

Bremen
Brandenburg
Berlin
Liechtenstein
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Saarland
Thuringia
Vorarlberg
Zurich
Baden-Württemberg
Tyrol
Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Wiesbaden
Rhineland-Palatinate
Bavaria

The singular is Land, by the way.

animorpherv1:

$0

Drench:

$0

Prof. Guppy:

$0

animorpherv1, you start. First correct answer is worth $25.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #276 (isolation #58) » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:26 am

GERMAN LÄNDER

Bremen
Brandenburg
Berlin
Liechtenstein

WIPEOUT!
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Saarland
Thuringia
Vorarlberg
Zurich
Baden-Württemberg
Tyrol
Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Wiesbaden
Rhineland-Palatinate
Bavaria

Liechtenstein is a country in its own right. Sorry.

animorpherv1:

$0

Drench:

$0

Prof. Guppy:

$0

Drench, it's your turn.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #278 (isolation #59) » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:29 am

That's the good news.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #279 (isolation #60) » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:45 pm

Images are current.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #283 (isolation #61) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:14 pm

$25 for Saxony and $50 for Berlin—believe it or not, the city is its own Land!

Have you come up with anything else, Drench, or do you want to pass?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #289 (isolation #62) » Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:05 am

I just realized that I misspelled Brandenburg—as spelled on the board, it's a small town in Austria—but nevertheless it is supposed to be a correct answer, so he will be credited the $75 for it as intended. The other two are correct as well, putting Prof. Guppy up to $300.

animorpherv1's turn again.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #291 (isolation #63) » Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:37 pm

See, animorpherv1? You know at least

SOMETHING

about German geography!

Want to try for the $175 answer, or do you want to pass?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #293 (isolation #64) » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:22 am

Wiesbaden is in Germany, all right, but it's a city.

Five and three, Drench.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #296 (isolation #65) » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:08 am

Someone go prod Drench.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #300 (isolation #66) » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:05 am

Drench has been given a 24-hour notice. If he fails to respond, he will be replaced.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #303 (isolation #67) » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:52 am

Another $175 in your pocket.

Four and three. Do you have another answer or do you wish to pass?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #307 (isolation #68) » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:54 pm

Not the exact name, but I can tell what you mean.

Schleswig-Holstein is a German Länder for $200.

Prof. Guppy, it's half and half. Three right and three wrong.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #309 (isolation #69) » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:22 pm

Good, good!

(

I'm not sure if that last image loaded. If it didn't, animorpherv1 should be at $0, Drench should be at $450 and Prof. Guppy should be at $775.

Got it now.)

animorpherv1, let's end this board with money in your bank. I'm going to tell you that the last answer is

worth $275

.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #311 (isolation #70) » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:26 pm

Vorarlberg is a Land in Austria.

One and two, Drench.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #313 (isolation #71) » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:29 pm

Should now. Made the post and uploaded the images in the wrong order.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #315 (isolation #72) » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:50 pm

Try clearing your cache.

Thanks for reminding me it should be one and two, though.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #318 (isolation #73) » Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:18 am

Tyrol is a Land in Austria as well.

Prof. Guppy, if you can tell me which of Thuringia or Zurich is a Land in Germany, you'll finish the board with $1,050!

StrangerCoug · Post Post #324 (isolation #74) » Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:13 am

Has Prof. Guppy solved the board by process of elimination?

He has! Someone aced European geography class!

Zurich is indeed a city in Switzerland. It's the capital of the canton of the same name.

Give me a moment and I'll set up for Board 2.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #325 (isolation #75) » Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:40 am

ROUND 1, BOARD 2

I'm the butt of my own joke about what I listen to—I often say that my music tastes are older than I am. Can you name the 11

songs released before I was born on December 26, 1989

out of the 16 below?

A couple things before I let you loose:

I'm going by the earliest release date I could find for it. If a song was released on an album prior to December 26, 1989 and then as a single on or after that date, it is correct.
For brevity, only the song titles appear on the board. The songs with the bands are:
- Couple Days Off
  by Huey Lewis and the News
- All That She Wants
  by Ace of Base
- Love Shack
  by The B-52's
- Alphabet St.
  by Prince
- Banned in the U.S.A.
  by 2 Live Crew
- Don't Worry, Be Happy
  by Bobby McFerrin
- This Love
  by Pantera
- Dr. Feelgood
  by Mötley Crüe
- Lover Come Back to Me
  by Dead or Alive
- Youth Gone Wild
  by Skid Row
- Pop Singer
  by John Cougar Mellencamp
- About a Girl
  by Nirvana
- Finish What Ya Started
  by Van Halen
- Knock Me Down
  by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Faith Alone
  by Bad Religion
- Wipe Out
  by The Surfaris

Drench starts.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #331 (isolation #76) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:10 am

Love Shack was released on June 27, 1989.

Still your turn, Drench. Do you want to go for the $50 answer or pass to Prof. Guppy?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #333 (isolation #77) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:58 am

Wipe Out was old even then, coming out in 1963.

Nine right and five wrong, Prof. Guppy. Can you hold onto your massive lead?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #334 (isolation #78) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:38 am

Proposing a rule change starting next match. See the poll.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #336 (isolation #79) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:01 am

I did make the board a bit Jeopardy!-esque, didn't I?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #338 (isolation #80) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:10 am

That's what coming to immediate mind right now. The U.S. version only allowed you to play one board in Round 1—you weren't good at the category, it was an uphill battle. I don't like that, so gameplay-wise, what you're playing is closer to the Spanish version.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #340 (isolation #81) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:57 am

Going the conservative route of one answer at a time. Is it working?

For now, yeah. 1988, possibly March 29.

animorpherv1, it's eight and five. What do you think came out before I was born?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #342 (isolation #82) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:22 am

We should be singing that for cjdrum, if you've been hearing the commotion about his leaving...

StrangerCoug · Post Post #344 (isolation #83) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:26 am

We're worried he's suicidal. His sig says he is going to "hang [him]self or do something stupid like that" and to replace him out of everything.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #346 (isolation #84) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:35 am

Apparently.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #348 (isolation #85) » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:17 pm

Dr. Feelgood being released on August 28, 1989 puts everybody on the board. That's what I like to see.

Seven and five, Drench.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #351 (isolation #86) » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:23 am

Yes, yes! Any further answers?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #354 (isolation #87) » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:35 pm

OK, Prof. Guppy is up. Updates when I get home.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #356 (isolation #88) » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:21 pm

StrangerCoug · Post Post #358 (isolation #89) » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:33 am

I can't remember my Photobucket password, so can't update the images until I get home (my computer there has it saved), but you now have $1,275. April 1985.

By the way, Alphabet St. was released on April 23, 1988 and About a Girl was released on June 15, 1989.

Your turn, animorpherv1.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #360 (isolation #90) » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:38 am

Sorry. February 25, 1992.

Drench, it's your turn.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #363 (isolation #91) » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:46 am

May 24, 1988. Yes.

I think the scores are wrong, so let me retabulate when I get home.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #365 (isolation #92) » Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:40 pm

Scores should be as follows:

StrangerCoug · Post Post #369 (isolation #93) » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:50 am

Ouch. Scandinavia may have had a chance to listen to the song first, but it still had to wait until December 1992. $1,300, the most someone here has had so far, gone.

I blame unlucky number thirteen...

animorpherv1, it's half and half. The next correct answer is worth $225.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #371 (isolation #94) » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:02 am

Oh God, what? The 50:50 chance worked in your favor (August 16, 1989)?

Still your turn.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #373 (isolation #95) » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:17 am

Your turn, Drench. It's two and three.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #375 (isolation #96) » Sun May 01, 2011 3:38 am

*wakes up from nap*

ARGH,

why did that good dream have to end? Where am I, anyway?

...Youth Gone Wild? What youth got wild?

Oh, the song released January 24, 1989! That means I owe you... $250, right?

One more answer left! Do you want to take a stab at it or pass it?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #377 (isolation #97) » Sun May 01, 2011 3:58 am

Prof. Guppy, one of the remaining songs was released before my birth on December 26, 1989; the three others were after. Can you identify the one from before the date?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #380 (isolation #98) » Thu May 05, 2011 2:02 pm

Wrong. April 20, 1990.

animorpherv1's turn to try.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #382 (isolation #99) » Thu May 05, 2011 2:13 pm

YES!

You end Board 2 with $500!

Pop Singer was released on May 9, 1989; Couple Days Off was released in 1991; and Faith Alone was released on November 23, 1990.

Board 3 this weekend.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #384 (isolation #100) » Sat May 07, 2011 8:07 am

ROUND 1, BOARD 3

Perhaps the most famous intelligence agent in fiction is James Bond, created by Ian Fleming for his series of novels. Can you find 11

James Bond novels by Ian Fleming

below?

A bit of clarification before I let you loose: To count, it must be a full-length novel of his. If it is a short story, was written after his death, or exists only as a movie, it is a wipeout.

animorpherv1, you start the third board. Dollar values are doubled and I'm hiding an

eight-day tour of New England

worth $4,878 somewhere. That's your hot spot this round.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #386 (isolation #101) » Sat May 07, 2011 8:16 am

Yeah. That's what I meant.

StrangerCoug · Sat May 07, 2011 11:49 am

I know the majority wanted money won to be kept after each board, but I'm not particularly keen about adding that anymore, so it's not going to happen. I have something else planned for the next match, though

StrangerCoug · Thu May 12, 2011 12:10 am

You have $500

animorpherv1, you're up.

StrangerCoug · Thu May 12, 2011 12:18 pm

You're in the lead now

Drench, it's half and half. There are five right and five wrong answers left and you're in second place.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #392 (isolation #105) » Sun May 15, 2011 4:35 am

Hello?

StrangerCoug · Fri May 20, 2011 11:43 am

Acknowledged; will get it when I'm home.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #396 (isolation #107) » Fri May 20, 2011 5:18 pm

So far, so good! Still no wipeouts picked!

It's still your turn. There are four right and five wrong answers left and the New England tour is still on the board. Do you want to try another answer or pass?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #398 (isolation #108) » Fri May 20, 2011 5:34 pm

Prof. Guppy, over to you.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #400 (isolation #109) » Sat May 21, 2011 1:14 pm

Hate to break it to you, but EON Productions made The World Is Not Enough up. You lose $900.

Three and four, animorpherv1. The New England tour is still lurking somewhere.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #402 (isolation #110) » Sat May 21, 2011 1:34 pm

Yeah.

Drench, it's two and four. If you're right, you have a fifty-fifty chance of picking up the tour.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #405 (isolation #111) » Tue May 24, 2011 2:56 pm

EON's dream child as well.

Prof. Guppy, you won't be able to get back in first, but you can still try to get second (and keep the tour out of animorpherv1's hands). What'll your choice be?

StrangerCoug · Wed May 25, 2011 10:13 am

No hot spot, but fortunately no wipeout either. You got $500 back.

Do you want to try for the other or hope animorpherv1 and Drench pick wipeouts?

StrangerCoug · Thu May 26, 2011 12:46 pm

You found it!

I just realized that the first post contradicts what I said earlier—I implied you had to be in the lead at the end of the round when in fact the OP says you have to win the game without wiping out. I'll let the tour be at stake in Round 2, but when I change the rules for next game I'm going to make this bit clearer.

Tomorrow Never Dies is an EON Productions original story; the other two are short stories and not full-length novels.

Give me a moment to set up.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #415 (isolation #114) » Thu May 26, 2011 1:04 pm

ROUND 2, BOARD 1

What's in a name? A lot. Every year, about four million American couples have a name, and you must call it something. Some names, however, are more popular than others. According to the Social Security Administration, what are the eight

most popular names for girls born in 2010?

animorpherv1 and Prof. Guppy, congratulations on making it this far. (Drench, I'm sorry, but you didn't make the cut.) You two will now bid on how many names you can give that fit the category. As animorpherv1 ended Round 1 with more money, he starts. The bidding will continue until one person challenges the other or bids to name all eight correct answers.

Go for it.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #417 (isolation #115) » Thu May 26, 2011 1:18 pm

animopherv1 thinks he knows four of the eight most popular girl's names from last year. Prof. Guppy, what is your bid?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #419 (isolation #116) » Fri May 27, 2011 1:28 am

What language is that? Franspañol?

Anyway, bid of five acknowledged. Back to ani.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #422 (isolation #117) » Fri May 27, 2011 4:21 pm

You can wait 14½ hours

I just didn't feel like making such a minor update.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #425 (isolation #118) » Sun May 29, 2011 2:52 am

Prof. Guppy doesn't think animorpherv1 can name six of the eight most popular names given to baby girls last year. Can animorpherv1 prove Prof. Guppy wrong?

StrangerCoug · Sun May 29, 2011 11:23 am

I checked, Tragedy. Be quiet.

Emma was the third most popular name at 17,179 births last year and Emily the sixth at 14,172, but Mary is buried down there at #109 and 2,836 births.

Prof. Guppy, if you can give me a name that fits the category, you will steal it from animorpherv1 (and keep the tour, mind you).

StrangerCoug · Post Post #430 (isolation #120) » Mon May 30, 2011 3:34 am

If Abigail is among the top eight girl's names of 2010, Prof. Guppy will steal the board from animorpherv1 and hang onto his tour of New England...

...and 14,124 new Abigails last year puts it at #7! Prof. Guppy is still in the running for the trip!

What else would have worked?

Isabelle was the top name last year. 22,731 sets of parents named their girls that. Olivia was #4 at 16,860, Ava #5 at 15,300, Madison #8 at 13,070, and Sophia #2 at 20,477.

Patricia is becoming less common of a name. It's in an apparent tie with Jaylin and Mckayla as the 613th most common name, but as the SSA breaks ties in alphabetical order it was officially the 615th. Natalie, on the other hand, was a common name last year, but didn't make the cut—8,715 births puts it at only #14. Brooke was #72 at 3,683.

Next round later today.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #432 (isolation #121) » Mon May 30, 2011 3:39 pm

This is just a quick copy-paste from my Notepad file with my notes deleted. Yes, this is a different one from Board 1. Prof. Guppy bids first.

ROUND 2 BOARD 2: TOP BOY'S NAMES FOR 2010
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Daniel
Alexander
Noah
John
William
Jayden
Jacob
Jeffrey
Ethan
Samuel
Michael
Edward

StrangerCoug · Tue May 31, 2011 10:35 am

Both acknowledged.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:08 am

Jacob: #1, 21,875 births in 2010
William: #5, 16,870 births in 2010
Daniel: #8, 15,679 births in 2010
Michael: #3, 17,133 births in 2010
Alexander: #6, 16,634 births in 2010

animorpherv1 got it!

The other three names on the top eight were Noah at #7 with 16,281 births in 2010, Jayden at #4 with 17,030 births in 2010, and Ethan at #2 with 17,866 births in 2010. John was #26 at 11,424, Jeffrey was #223 at 1,601, Samuel was #24 at 11,776, and Edward was #136 at 2,874.

Next round soon.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #446 (isolation #124) » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:25 am

ROUND 2, BOARD 3

Ahh, the familiar faces on national currencies that we've come to learn through out history books. How many of the eight

people that have appeared on regular-issue U.S. currency

can you name?

A couple notes:

The operative word is "regular-issue". The currently minted dollar coins, for example, don't count.
The person does not have to appear on current U.S. money. If he or she has been replaced by someone else or was on a discontinued denomination of currency, it still counts.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #456 (isolation #125) » Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:03 am

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YES!

Prof. Guppy is going to the bonus round!

Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the dime, Andrew Jackson is on the $20 bill, William McKinley was on the $500 bill, Alexander Hamilton is on the $10 bill, John F. Kennedy is on the half dollar, Ulysses S. Grant is on the $50 bill, Susan B. Anthony was on the dollar coin, and Benjamin Franklin is on the $100 bill.

animorpherv1, it's weird being defeated as champion and going home with nothing, eh? Well, I think you deserve some nice parting gifts. I'll hand them to you on the way out of the studio.

Bonus round this afternoon most likely.

StrangerCoug · Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:05 pm

Prof. Guppy, here we are at the bonus round. You have three chances to guess all six correct answers in the category. Pull it off and you retire undefeated and go home in a 2011 Chevy Malibu LS worth $21,975. Ready?

BONUS ROUND

Which of the following six people are

characters from the newspaper strip FoxTrot?

GO!

StrangerCoug · Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:11 am

You have two right.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #464 (isolation #128) » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:36 pm

Three right.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:42 pm

Acknowledged; posting when I get home.

StrangerCoug · Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:30 am

No, I was kidnapped

A couple of those aren't even from a newspaper comic. Chloë Fox really exists and is a politician from Australia; while Fletcher Emerson is from a webcomic called Panthera.

Of the other four wipeouts, Herb Woodley is from Blondie, Oliver Warbucks is from Little Orphan Annie, Mark Slackmeyer is from Doonesbury and Cindy Summers is from Funky Winkerbean.

Next game soon. I will reveal the rule change then.

StrangerCoug · Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:36 am

Tonight.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #474 (isolation #132) » Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:07 pm

ROUND 1

One of the states you hear about a lot is California, and no wonder—more people live in California than in any other state. Can you name the 11

cities in California

on this list?

Now, before I let you loose, I'm going to tell you what the rule change is: I've quadrupled everything. For the first two boards, the first answer is worth $100 and each subsequent answer is worth $100 more than the previous; while the first answer in the third board is worth $200 and subsequent answers there are worth $200. And since we've got more money in play, I think we might need room for another digit on those scoreboards...

There.

Prof. Guppy, as champion, you get to go first in Round 1.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #477 (isolation #133) » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:52 am

Despite there having been a German-based question? OK, if you don't like the boards that are coming up, I can see why you want out...

Kind of hard to get a grand before, eh?

mallowgeno, you're up.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #479 (isolation #134) » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:41 am

Federal Way is in Washington. It's in the Seattle area.

Kcdaspot, you're up.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #481 (isolation #135) » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:01 am

Good, good!

You have $1,100. Are you able to come up with another city in California for $700 or do you pass?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #483 (isolation #136) » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:27 am

Seven more C-notes!

$1,800. Do you want to go for the $800 answer or pass?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #485 (isolation #137) » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:39 am

Prof. Guppy, it's half and half—four right and four wrong. Can you name another California city for $800?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #487 (isolation #138) » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:09 am

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StrangerCoug · Post Post #488 (isolation #139) » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:12 am

You know your California cities, don't you?

mallowgeno, you won't be able to catch up this round, but you can still get a total of $2,100 if you can guess the last two cities correctly.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #491 (isolation #140) » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:10 pm

Nogales is in Arizona.

Kcdaspot, it's two and three. $1,000 if you can get the next one and another $1,100 if you give me the last one too.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #493 (isolation #141) » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:23 pm

Hey, hey, look who has nearly four grand!

There

DOES

happen to be a Santa Fe, Texas, but the much better-known one is in New Mexico. Daytona Beach is in Florida as you said, while Durango is in Colorado.

I need some time to write up Board 2, so it may be awhile.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #501 (isolation #142) » Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:49 am

It's called whacking me with a PM, not bumping the thread.

On it.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #502 (isolation #143) » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:17 am

ROUND 1, BOARD 2

The year 2000—we thought computers weren't going to be able to display that year correctly! But we got the kinks worked out, and a number of other notable events happened then. Which 11 of the events below

happened in 2000?

I used a bunch of abbreviations, so here's everything written out in full:

Dot-com bubble bursts
Elián González given to his father
Kaprun disaster kills 155
Albania joins the World Trade Organization
Vicente Fox elected President of Mexico
Long Kesh prison closes
Euro begins circulation
Chernobyl shuts down completely
Gang attempts theft of The Millenium Star diamond
Air France Flight 4509 crashes in Gonesse
Charles M. Schulz passes away
India's billionth living person is born
Timothy McVeigh executed
Columbine High School massacre occurs
Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France for the first time
Tuvalu joins the United Nations

mallowgeno, you start.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #504 (isolation #144) » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:41 am

No. I decided I didn't like that proposed rule.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #506 (isolation #145) » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:52 am

Prodding mallowgeno.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #508 (isolation #146) » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:13 am

I will allow it to slide, but next time, if you don't tell me about V/LA and I time you out and replace you, you have no recourse.

StrangerCoug · Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:47 am

Now that we're doing something other than watching paint dry...

India's billionth living person was born on May 11, while Tuvalu jointed the United Nations on September 5.

Kcdaspot, you're up.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:29 am

Charles Schulz went to heaven on February 12 but the Euro didn't enter circulation until January 1, 2002. Kcdaspot loses $4,200.

As for Prof. Guppy, Elián González was returned to his father on April 22, but Lance Armstrong's first Tour de France win was on July 25, 1999, costing Prof. Guppy $3,100.

mallowgeno, you're the only one with money

Let's try to keep it that way. There are seven right and three wrong answers left and the next correct answer is worth $500.

StrangerCoug · Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:16 am

Not much time for me, but both right. September 29, November 7, $1,400.

Kcdaspot, you're up.

StrangerCoug · Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:19 am

Acknowledged, results from those tonight.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #524 (isolation #151) » Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:22 pm

The Kaprun disaster occurred on November 11 and Albania joined the WTO on September 8.

Prof. Guppy, it's half and half. What do you think happened in the last year of the 20th century?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #526 (isolation #152) » Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:14 am

What happens is that you get $900. Numerically, this happened on March 10.

Two and three. Do you want to pick another answer or pass?

StrangerCoug · Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:53 am

Prof. Guppy doesn't think you can pick the two right answers out of the five that remain, mallowgeno. Time to prove him wrong.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #530 (isolation #154) » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:50 pm

Timothy McVeigh wasn't executed until June 11 of 2001. Sorry.

Kcdaspot, it's half and half.

StrangerCoug · Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:58 am

You're picking Air France Flight 4509, yes, Kcdaspot?

StrangerCoug · Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:59 pm

Really? What was the first?

The throwoff is that the answer wasn't bolded, by the way, so that was basically me asking, "Final answer?"

Anyway...

That was a trick answer. An Air France flight

DID

crash in Gonesse on July 25, 2000, but its flight number was 4590, not 4509.

Prof. Guppy, avoid the wipeout and you'll be fine.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:19 pm

Prof. Guppy wrote:
Fox and Chernobyl
For the Win!

Yes, yes, and...

Prof. Guppy wrote:I've played Chrononauts enough times to know that Columbine occured April 20, 1999.

Yes! $3,000 total for you!

Round 3 in a bit.

PersonalIdiot04 wrote:
StrangerCoug wrote:That was a trick answer. An Air France flight
DID
crash in Gonesse on July 25, 2000, but its flight number was 4590, not 4509.

I actually PM'd him about the matter.

Yeah. I may mess up like I did on one round, but I like putting trick answers on the board too.

StrangerCoug · Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:00 am

When I have something that doesn't mean I do a geography board twice in a match.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #545 (isolation #159) » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:29 pm

How is that supposed to work out, by turning this into Win Ben Stein's Money? xD

StrangerCoug · Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:59 am

Screw this, I'm putting what I have. I know it's two geography boards in a round.

ROUND 1 BOARD 3

Which of these countries is paired with the correct capital city?

Australia/Sydney
Oman/Muscat
Nepal/Kathmandu
Jamaica/Nassau
Uruguay/Montevideo
Japan/Tokyo
Spain/Madrid
United States/Washington
Cyprus/Nicosia
Cuba/Havana
Trinidad and Tobago/Port of Spain
India/Mumbai
England/London
Tuvalu/Funafuti
Morocco/Casablanca
Norway/Helsinki

As you know, the third board is worth double and the Hot Spot is hidden on here somewhere. This time around, the Hot Spot is an all-inclusive trip to Las Vegas, including a seven-night stay at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, worth $5,209!

Kcdaspot's turn to start, if I'm not mistaken.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #550 (isolation #161) » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:43 pm

It's right, I checked.

The capital of Norway is Oslo. Helsinki is the capital of Finland.

Kcdaspot doesn't lose anything but his turn, fortunately for him. Prof. Guppy, it's eleven and four.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #553 (isolation #162) » Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:03 pm

I thought it was obvious from context. Yes.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:48 am

Why do you hate him; because you helped him up increase his score by almost 150%?

Prof. Guppy has $7,200 (I have no way of checking if one of those six is the Hot Spot right now) and

NOW

it's your turn with five and four.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:13 pm

Prof. Guppy did not pick the Hot Spot.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #561 (isolation #165) » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:22 pm

That would be Kingston. Nassau's in the Bahamas.

mallowgeno loses $1,400. Kcdaspot, it's back to you.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #563 (isolation #166) » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:24 pm

I realized that. Let me find out how to fix it...

StrangerCoug · Post Post #564 (isolation #167) » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:25 pm

Refresh your browser and you should be good to go.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #566 (isolation #168) » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:37 pm

World geography is not our strongest subject, now is it?

Mumbai's just India's largest city. The capital is New Delhi.

Prof. Guppy, your turn again. You're the only one with any money and that Vegas trip that you want so much is still up there. Four and two.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:32 pm

I see slot machines in your future!

Half and half, mallowgeno.

StrangerCoug · Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:40 pm

That's Rabat. Casablanca's the biggest city.

Kcdaspot, stay away from the last Wipeout and you're guaranteed a spot in the next round.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:01 am

We have our two people advancing to Round 2!

And before I move on, let me fix Prof. Guppy's score since I shorted him $1,700:

The Vegas trip bumps him up to $15,809 for the match and his winnings from last match brings him to a grand total of $21,587.

StrangerCoug · Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:22 pm

And I make the same kind of mistake with him as I did with you >< You're right.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #577 (isolation #173) » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:21 pm

Ah? Where'd you get this?

StrangerCoug · Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:29 am

Round 2 after I get home, probably after my pizza fix.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #583 (isolation #175) » Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:18 pm

ROUND 2, BOARD 1

The best-selling book writer in the world is Agatha Christie, creator of the famous Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot of her detective novels. She had written more than 80 books in her lifetime, eight of which are listed below. How many

Agatha Christie novels

can you identify below?

Prof. Guppy, as the top winner of Round 1, you get to go first. "POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS 2x" written completely out is

The Postman Always Rings Twice

, by the way.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #586 (isolation #176) » Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:35 pm

Kcdaspot wrote:i don't have a clue...

I don't think you should have said that.

Kcdaspot wrote:so 4 are wrong...

Yep.

StrangerCoug · Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:49 am

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StrangerCoug · Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:58 am

Solo dos para el profesor, dice él.

What does Kcdaspot say to that?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #592 (isolation #179) » Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:19 pm

He has not given them; this is still the bidding phase.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #595 (isolation #180) » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:21 pm

Four for Kcdaspot. Prof. Guppy, do you want to bid higher or challenge?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #597 (isolation #181) » Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:29 am

Good luck, Kcdaspot!

StrangerCoug · Post Post #599 (isolation #182) » Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:03 am

Go ahead.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #601 (isolation #183) » Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:18 am

The Westing Game is by Ellen Raskin.

Prof. Guppy, you said you know two for sure. Pick one and be one step closer to the bonus round.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #604 (isolation #184) » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:29 pm

For the steal, was Murder on the Orient Express written by Agatha Christie?

Yes it was! You're halfway there!

What else would have worked?

"K" is for Killer is by Sue Grafton, The Postman Always Rings Twice is by James M. Cain, and Blacklist is by Sara Paretsky.

Just out of curiousity, Prof. Guppy, what was the other one you knew was by Christie and the two you knew were not?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #607 (isolation #185) » Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:19 pm

2.2 shouldn't be later than tomorrow night.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #608 (isolation #186) » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:17 pm

Don't feel like doing graphics right now.

ROUND 2, BOARD 2

How many of the below are

elements on the periodic table?

Arctium
Iodine
Lead
Copernicum
Yttrium
Neon
Cobalt
Bronze
Borax
Rubidium
Petroleum
Vanadium

Kcdaspot, you start the bidding.

StrangerCoug · Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:39 am

Start naming them

Prof. Guppy wrote:I can name
seven
for certain, but I don't know if one of the ones I think is a Wipeout is actually a typo. Is the first answer spelled that way intentionally?

Yes.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #617 (isolation #188) » Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:08 pm

Those three are right. Keep going...

StrangerCoug · Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:17 am

The two that are official guesses are correct. Keep going.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #626 (isolation #190) » Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:42 pm

One more. Which of arctium, cobalt, bronze, borax, or petroleum is it?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #628 (isolation #191) » Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:59 pm

ITT animorpherv1 fails at backseat modding (and I somehow fail at finishing my post before I send it).

StrangerCoug · Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:00 am

Prof. Guppy is the winner here. Next round soon.

StrangerCoug · Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:53 pm

Ah, yes. Thanks for reminding me.

This is going to be the last match I'm modding; I've lost interest here. I'm going to try to find a takeover mod.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #639 (isolation #194) » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:17 pm

All right, Prof. Guppy, here it is: the bonus round. Get all six correct in three tries or less, and you're going home in a

2012 Volkswagen CC

worth $28,515. You don't... well, that's the studio's retirement gift to me

Without further ado...

BONUS ROUND

Solitaire takes on many forms than you may think—it actually means any one-player game. which of the following are

card games played by one person only?

Ready... set...

GO!

StrangerCoug · Post Post #640 (isolation #195) » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:21 pm

I don't think the podium updated, but I'm keeping track. Don't worry.

StrangerCoug · Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:52 pm

*gasps*

...Seriously? On the first try!?

Well, I guess that means I have to hand over the car keys. I thought we were going to have you stumped there.

You leave us with $50,102 in cash and prizes. I hope you enjoyed.

...Want my job since I make things too easy for you?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #644 (isolation #197) » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:35 pm

mallowgeno will be the new host.

StrangerCoug · Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:27 pm

Mist7676 wrote:I do not remember you writing the 1st post

I still have a few mod powers left over

Oh, and /in.

StrangerCoug · Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:32 am

jmj3000's score should be $300 with the new values set last match, not $75.