Wipeout Round 1 Board 1 (Xalxe up)

[StrangerCoug]

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?

[animorpherv1]

Emma, Emily, Mary, Natalie, Madison, Patricia

[Tragedy]

A name that's supposed to be there isn't there.

[StrangerCoug]

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).

[Prof. Guppy]

Abigail

will help me hang on to my sweet trip to, uh, Whereverton.

[StrangerCoug]

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.

[Prof. Guppy]

I love the finesse play.

[StrangerCoug]

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

[Prof. Guppy]

I know the Number 1 boy's name. It was on the Million Dollar Money Drop.

Besides that one, I think I can name three others,

four

in total.

[animorpherv1]

5

[StrangerCoug]

Both acknowledged.

[Prof. Guppy]

:pfft: Like I'm taking this bullet.

Challenge

[animorpherv1]

Jacob, William, Daniel, Michael, Alexander

._.

[StrangerCoug]

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.

[animorpherv1]

Woo!First one to get all of what I need to get!

[JDGA]

Which is sort of sad, really XD

[animorpherv1]

Which is sort of sad, really XD

Shut up, you. You were part of the reason.

[JDGA]

>_>

[animorpherv1]

I can't stay mad at JDGA >.>

[Prof. Guppy]

Well played, ani. Wish I could do that.

[animorpherv1]

Well played, ani. Wish I could do that.

Thanks, but once I got to like #4, I was guessing. I would've lost at 6. Also, Jacob at #1 was also luck.

[StrangerCoug]

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.

[animorpherv1]

>.>

FFS.

3

[Xalxe]

*raises hand*

'scuse me. I know all 8.

[animorpherv1]

You live in the USA. I do not.