OT - IWS #59 Results

[QuikSand]

IWS #59 – The results are in…

It’s a Chariots of Fire kind of finish… a huge uspet! After all this *tension* ...


Let’s go through the questions, shall we?

1. Name a color

blue - 24
red - 18
black - 6
white
green

Good old standard question… and lots of people got right in the two-part wheelhouse of blue and red, which I expected to finish in that order. As you later gathered, my main interest in this question was to set up #4, which I thought was much more interesting.


2. Name a “good luck” superstition

four leaf clover - 19
rabbit’s foot – 16
knock on wood – 3
horseshoe – 3
find a penny heads up – 2
rewearing clothing – 2
crossing fingers – 2
jumping over chalk lines in baseball
putting on right shoe first
lucky penny

I expected “crossing fingers” to make a better showing, but the distribution here wasn’t much of a surprise to me, overall. I though the top two here might determine the winner of the whole contest… but rabbit’s feet made a late rally to allow those entries to have a shot.


3. Name a “bad luck” superstition

black cat – 18
broken mirror – 13
walk under a ladder – 8
Friday the 13th – 5
number 13 – 3
broken window
step on a crack…
stepping on the foul line

I’m a little surprised here… I thought that Friday the 13th might win this, and I think that would have been my answer. I would have been an also-ran in my own contest, I’m sure.


4. Name a color, other than what you named for #1

red – 22
blue – 16
green – 6
white – 5
black

I loved the idea of this question, even though it had the potential to make this pair of questions a real feast-or-famine double shot. Unfortunately, the results here pretty paired-up (as I had feared they might get) -- I didn’t want to see people who submitted red then blue get a giant penalty, even though they might have had the “right” two answers, in the wrong order. Alas, the major key to this contest was submitting the two most popular colors… blue/red was the best choice, then red/blue… if you picked anything else, you got flattened.


5. Name a non-integer number, greater than one

pi – 17
1.5 – 9
1.1 – 7
3.14 – 5
1.01 – 2
2 – 2
2.5 – 2
none – 2
5/3
3
100
69

I loved this question, and would have predicted the top three responses, but I didn’t see the runaway win for pi. Yes, I know, it’s harsh to declare that 3.14 is a different response than pi… but really now, the game rules are very clear and you know who’s running the show this time, gang. If you wanted pi, you could say pi – I can handle it. (It didn’t affect the overall winner, fortunately) I graciously combined the two non-answers into a match, though… I’m really not such a bad guy. By the way, it was my intention to make this a puzzle that did not require any “googling” research… but certainly the word integer can be quickly researched, though that prospect didn’t occur to me originally.


6. Name a three-letter acronym that nearly everyone recognizes

NFL – 16
FOF – 10
USA – 5
FBI – 3
IRS – 3
IWS – 3
CIA – 2
GOP
lol
AVG
ADD
MIA
www
AAA
PAT

Okay, here’s where I would have fallen totally off my own wagon, as I would have gotten a lousy score here. The bottom line seems to be: when you heard “everyone” did you interpret that as “the whole population” or as “everyone at FOFC.” It looks like the latter prevailed (or at least people had their minds on football) and so the runaway winning guesses were football-related. In designing the contest, I did not have that in mind at all… and I really struggled with this one until deciding that USA was going to be the “right” answer. ::buzzer sound::

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And with all that behind us, let’s see how things finished up. We had no prefect score (I’m glad) and the entry I was watching as I tallied things up held on to win it all… are you sitting down?

MIJB#19	24	16	18	22	17	16	41361408
sterlingice	24	19	13	22	17	16	35473152
Buccaneer	18	16	18	16	17	16	22560768
Anxiety	24	19	8	22	17	16	21829632
spleen1015	24	19	13	22	9	16	18779904
Alf	18	19	18	16	7	16	11031552
panerd	24	16	18	22	17	3	7755264
finkenst	24	16	3	22	17	16	6893568
wheels	24	19	13	22	17	3	6651216
TheLionKing	24	16	8	22	5	16	5406720
ardent anthusiast	18	19	18	16	5	10	4924800
kingfc22	24	16	18	6	7	16	4644864
Masked	18	19	3	16	17	16	4465152
The herd	18	19	18	16	9	5	4432320
FishFan	18	16	18	16	5	10	4147200
GoSeahawks	24	16	13	22	2	16	3514368
John Galt	18	19	18	6	17	5	3139560
Dutch	24	16	18	22	2	10	3041280
Sublime	24	2	18	22	9	16	2737152
Maple Leafs	18	16	3	16	17	10	2350080
VPI97	24	2	18	22	17	5	1615680
RPI-Fan	18	16	13	16	17	1	1018368
Silver Owl	24	19	18	22	5	1	902880
MizzouRah	24	19	8	22	1	10	802560
mauboy1	18	16	18	16	9	1	746496
Ramzavail	6	19	8	5	9	16	656640
wade moore	24	16	8	6	2	16	589824
msf518	18	19	5	16	7	3	574560
Marmel	18	16	1	22	9	10	570240
nol	18	19	5	16	2	10	547200
digamma	24	2	18	22	9	3	513216
Crim	6	16	18	5	17	3	440640
albionmoonlight	24	1	18	22	9	5	427680
Sun Tzu	18	19	18	6	1	10	369360
AgPete	18	19	13	16	1	5	355680
Solecismic	24	1	13	22	17	3	350064
EaglesFan27	24	3	13	22	1	16	329472
General Mike	24	19	13	22	2	1	260832
Woflpack	18	3	13	16	7	2	157248
corbes	24	2	8	6	17	3	117504
fantastic flying froggies	6	19	5	22	2	3	75240
tucker342	24	2	8	22	7	1	59136
JeeberD	6	3	8	5	5	16	57600
MikeVic	6	19	13	5	7	1	51870
sooner333	6	2	5	5	17	10	51000
SirFozzie	1	16	13	1	17	10	35360
Aylmar	1	3	13	16	7	3	13104
Barkeep49	18	3	5	16	2	1	8640
wbatl1	18	1	1	16	9	1	2592
cartman	24	3	1	6	2	2	1728

As usual, the formatting will be all screwed up… but all you need to see is in the upper left corner.

Congratulations, Matthijs, you have climbed the mountain! With the biggest IWS contest in quite some time (I think), you prevailed… and are the rightful winner of IWS #59!

Meep! Meep! Zzzzzoooooooofffffff!

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

5. Name a non-integer number, greater than one
pi – 17
1.5 – 9
1.1 – 7
3.14 – 5
1.01 – 2
2 – 2
2.5 – 2
none – 2
5/3
3
100
69

Nobody... nobody chose 2/3?

(And yeah, I know... greater than one. Since when do people read the question?)

[Dutch]

Okay, somebody help the dumb guy with the definition of non-integer.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Nobody... nobody chose 2/3?

Actually, the "greater than one" was dumped in there for exactly this reason. After thinking briefly about my original draft, it occurred to me that easily 2/3 of the responses would be 2/3.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Dutch

Okay, somebody help the dumb guy with the definition of non-integer.

Integer = round number like 1 or 4 or 90 (some call them "whole" numbers)

Non-integer = anything else, like 1.1, 3.14, 90 1/2, etc.

[spleen1015]

Wouldn't 3.14 qualify as pi? I'm sure that's what those folks were thinking.

[SirFozzie]

Mind if I run a IWS, Meeeester queeksand?

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Mind if I run a IWS, Meeeester queeksand?

It's MIJB's world, now. The winner traditionally runs the next contest. I think that I speak for everyone here when I say, don't take this one from MIJB.

[SirFozzie]

ah.. me not know dat

[FishFan]

The pi question killed me. I actually thought about submitting "pi", but that's not a number. I guess I am not with stupid...

[AgPete]

Originally Posted by Dutch

Okay, somebody help the dumb guy with the definition of non-integer.

I would be one. I misread the question. I thought it asked for an integer. And yes, I think the people who put 3.14 should get credit for pi. It's what they meant.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by AgPete

I would be one. I misread the question. I thought it asked for an integer. And yes, I think the people who put 3.14 should get credit for pi. It's what they meant.

Okay, so that leaves me as the only one who really didn't know what a non-integer was. Thanks a lot!

[Buccaneer]

Congrats MIJB!!!!! You did it!!

Since I only play this game if I feel I would win (like the last time I played ) all I had to do was to switch red/blue to tie. But it was MIJB to win and I am very happy.

[sooner333]

I would have probably selected red/blue, but, I decided that since the questions were linked, I would pick black/white. But, so it goes. Also, I think Quik and I would have had similar answers on the luck questions.

Congrats MIJB.

[cthomer5000]

WOW, this is possibly the most shocking result of anything in the history of man.

Congrats, MIJB!

[sterlingice]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! How could I lose to MIJB#19?!?

That's it. It's a mirage. This isn't possible. This is just payback for making fun of you and your grammar needling in the other thread, isn't it?!? We all know MIJB#19 couldn't have won so this is your retribution. Bastard!

SI

[General Mike]

If I hadn't f'd up the last 2 questions, I could have been a contendah

[Sun Tzu]

mmmm...pie

[MIJB#19]

Amazing!!!

EDIT:
Someone a while back wrote, with respect to the possible Cubs in World Series eventually not happening: "You know the world goes down when MIJB wins IWS".
Well ladies and mostly gentlemen, it was good to be alive, yet time to make an end to it all has come.

But seriously, I somehow figured blue and red would beat black/white, a rabbit's foot, a black cat over a broken mirror, pi and the NFL over FOF would be a good combo, but the winning combo?

Really, after some very moving weeks, this probably was the single-to-last thing I'd expected to happen. Now a real problem for me is, my signature is ruined, or else I'd have to win the IHOF in year 0001 (which is so unlikely).
Concidering hosting: due to earlier forfeits winners to host, I've had the priviledge of hosting two times already yet, I'd have to think up some questions first.
Maybe aging does make one smarter (or more stupid), who can tell?

A special thanks goes out to Buccaneer, the most loyal of all my fans, and what really makes this victory good is that it was a QuikSand classic.

Enough for the oscar speeches, IWS#60 will be in the weekend, barring internet traffic stops suffering from the snow and ice around here.

Wow!

[Sun Tzu]

I'm proud to say I was the one that sent in "69" as an answer. I never was very good with mathematic vocabulary.

[tucker342]

well at least I didn't get last... Congrats MIJB!

[JeeberD]

Ick, I did terrible. Luckily for QS, 3.14 didn't kill me since I was already screwed. If I had been in contention and had been screwed over with that, it would have gotten very unpleasant around here...

Oh, and congrats Meep!

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Congratulations, Matthijs, you have climbed the mountain! With the biggest IWS contest in quite some time (I think), you prevailed… and are the rightful winner of IWS #59!

Meep! Meep! Zzzzzoooooooofffffff!

Classy, Michael!

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Luckily for QS, 3.14 didn't kill me since I was already screwed. If I had been in contention and had been screwed over with that, it would have gotten very unpleasant around here...

All the 3.14 people lost on other questions, all five of them...
Besides, knowing QuikSand, you should have known 3.14 would not have qualified as pi.

[MizzouRah]

Damn Pi!

I like Pecan, btw.


Todd

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Nobody... nobody chose 2/3?

(And yeah, I know... greater than one. Since when do people read the question?)

I chose 5/3 because I was sure some people would just add 2/3 to 1. I guess I was wrong.

[panerd]

Originally Posted by FishFan

The pi question killed me. I actually thought about submitting "pi", but that's not a number. I guess I am not with stupid...

Better be careful with this quote, because pi certainly is a number.

[Alf]

MIJB, I am proud of you ! I think I inverted the red/blue answers. And I know I said 1.1, otherwise 3.14 would have been my answer (when of course I was thinking pi) but pi<>3.14

Easy IWS questions => no googling answers !!! Thank you QS !

[wbatl1]

Ughh. That was an awful showing by me. 2nd to last. I was thinking to much of baseball. I lost on bad luck superstition(stepping on foul lines), good luck super(right shoe on first) and three letter acronym(AVG) Wow, I guess us baseball fans just aren't stupid

[Crim]

IT'S TAX SEASON, FER CHRISSAKES!!! IRS! IRS! IRS!

*/rant*

ahem. Congratulations, MIBBMMIMJ#91.

You da man.



Crim

(sorry, a little frazzled now that my winning streak is over)

[cartman]

I think this was a "Freaky Friday" or "Big" kind of result. MIJB wins, and I bring up the rear.

Congrats, our dutch friend!

[MIJB#19]

IWS#60 will not be for another 18 hours.
The almost constant absence of internet access at home this weekend means I won't post IWS#60 until I return to school on Monday.