IWS #66 Results!

[Tasan]

Boy was this one interesting. A little mental error by my on one question kept on getting pointed out, but probably didn't have much of an effect on the final score. Presidents aparently crossed political lines. A discussion of no-hitters vs. 4 home run games might start out of this. And in the end, a legend prevails.


The scoring:
1. Which of these three news outlets is better: CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC?
CNN - 26
Fox News - 9
MSNBC - 5
A very suprising result, and on the might possibly have changed if people would have went with their gut instead of the "group" thought. I stopped counting the number of people who said "I like Fox News, but I think everyone will put CNN"

2. Name a country participating in the Euro currency.
England - 1 (England isn't participating in the Euro yet!)
France - 27 (Forgot how big our French contengent was/is)
Germany - 7
Holland - 1
Italy - 3
Spain - 1

3. What is the greater feat: no-hitter, hit for the cycle, or hit 4 HRs in a game?
No-hitter - 20
Cycle - 2
4 HRs in a game - 18
This one went back and forth the whole way, and was one of the two deciding questions. I guessed, incorrectly, that a cycle would get more love.

4. Name a Republican president not named Reagan, Bush, or Nixon.
Ahh, the question the was the most fun, and had some really interesting answers!
Clinton - 1 (In fairness, the person who sent this had a REAL good explanation as to why the chose him)
Eisenhower - 8 (I though Ike was going to make a late run, but he fell short)
Ford - 14 (Strong throughout, I totally forgot about him while writing the question)
George W. Bush - 1(Um, hello?)
Hoover - 2 (Its a Dam shame....)
JOHN F. KENNEDY!!!! - 1 (Holy crap, the daddy of modern democrats gets a vote as a Republican. I think he rolled in his grave. ****, you should be ashamed of yourself for putting this!)
Lincoln - 11 (The father of the Republican party didn't get as much love as I would have thought)
Reagan - 1 (Again, hello?)
Washington - 1 (I figured someone would put him, and they did. No Republican party at the time though)

5. Name a major automaker other than Ford, Chevy, or Chrysler.
Ah, the question I'll get hammered on the most, as I should have put GM intstead of Chevy, and Dahmler/Chrysler instead of just Chrysler. Oh Well.
BMW - 2
Dodge - 5 (A division of Chrysler)
Ford - 1 (....)
GMC - 2 (Sorry about that)
Honda - 10
Mercedes - 4
Pontiac - 1
Toyota - 14
Volkswagen - 1
It was back and forth between Toyota and Honda the whole way as well, and this turned out to be a key question.

6. What position in hockey is the best to build a franchise around?
Defense - 1
Center - 7
Goalie - 32
I asked this question, well, because I didn't know. Interesting results.

It boiled down to this: If you didn't put France, Goalie, or CNN, you were out of the running automatically. In hindsight, I should have put questions with more potential answers, but you live and learn. Now the final scores:

cecil fielder	92160
kingfc22	138240
gstelmack	246960
sublime	404352
alf	449280
bhlloy	465920
silver owl	627200
msf518	982800
eaglefan	1539648
logan	1693440
finkenst	1793792
wolfpack	1945944
noop	1959552
glengoyne	2395008
raven hawk	2853760
dutch	3742200
MIJB#19	3891888
barkeep49	3891888
goseahawks	4043520
albionmoonlight	4354560
blade	4659200
sirfozzie	5031936
fantastic flying froggies	6289920
radii	9504000
solecismic	9729720
vince	12579840
cartman	14676480
wbatl1	15396480
panerd	15676416
vpi97	16307200
jeeberd	20547072
oliegirl	21772800
nol	22643712
Z²+	24710400
general mike	31449600
thelionking	31449600
fishfan	35942400

In third place:
Tucker342 with 50319360!

In second place:
RPI-Fan with 56609280!

And the winner of IWS #66, with a perfect score of 88058880 points is....

QUIKSAND!

Congrats to our resident quizmaster and once again reigning I'm With Stupid champ!

50319360

[QuikSand]

Woo. Hoo.

New IWS will be up soon, probably today.

[corbes]

Apparently I forgot to submit my answers, but if I had entered, I would have finished in the bottom third, as per usual.

[Radii]

And here I put MSNBC hoping everyone would just select the "neutral" option in the good vs evil debate. Whoops. close 2nds with Lincoln and Honda, I had France and goalie though.

Good set of questions, and lots of different answers.

[korme]

Yea, forgot to do this one too, shame.

[fantastic flying froggies]

For the very first time, I actually got 5 questions out of 6 !

The rep president killed me, as I was the one that answered Clinton...yes, I know he's not a republican but when I first read the question, I completely missed the republican part. Then I thought, hey it's likely that other people will make the same mistake as I. And since Sly Willie was the last president not named Bush or Reagon, I thought I might have a winner there...

Obviously not...

Congrats QS ! It'd been a while, hadn't it ? (like 3 or 4 maybe....a lot for you !)

[gstelmack]

Sheesh, you forget that England hasn't joined the Euro bandwagon yet and you end up way at the bottom. One teeny little mistake...

[GoSeahawks]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Washington - 1 (I figured someone would put him, and they did. No Republican party at the time though)

I was the guy that selected Washington. I did a quick search on the internet of republican presidents and his was the first name on the list. Damn internet!!!

[GoSeahawks]

Originally Posted by Tasan

3. What is the greater feat: no-hitter, hit for the cycle, or hit 4 HRs in a game?

I am guessing 4 homers in a game would have been an easy choice ten years ago. I still think 4 homers in a game is a more incredible feat. A perfect game is the only thing that rivals 4 dingers, or an unasisted triple play.

POST 300!!!

[Noop]

I am the one who put JFK but damn I was close if not for this one goof...

[JeeberD]

Bah, France killed me. Would have had a perfect score if not for that question...

Edit: Nevermind. I also went with four homers, which is certainly the rarest of those feats...

[General Mike]

Stupid car manufacturer question.

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Woo. Hoo.

New IWS will be up soon, probably today.

Don't count on it, QS drafted his future franchise quarterback in the IHOF.

[MIJB#19]

Holland is not a country, it is the only important part of the country (guess where I live), but not a country.

[finkenst]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Holland is not a country, it is the only important part of the country (guess where I live), but not a country.

so why is it holland and the netherlands, yet you guys are Dutch?!!!?

[RPI-Fan]

Nice questions (I liked the Euro question, in particular).

Came up OH SO CLOSE this time. Maybe I'll get the next one; who knows. Look forward to seeing QS's questions.

[korme]

Originally Posted by finkenst

so why is it holland and the netherlands, yet you guys are Dutch?!!!?

so why is it ohio and the usa, yet we are all american!!!?!aahhh!!

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by finkenst

so why is it holland and the netherlands, yet you guys are Dutch?!!!?

You need to ask the English of the 1800s about that, I have no clue why they mixed Holland, Netherlands and Dutch.

Though the Holland confusion is legal, even morons in the NLs think they should use it and I bet 75% of the world, if not more, only knows our country as Holland (in whatever language: Hollande, Olanda)...
Even though Holland is technically a wrong name, because Holland used to be 1 of 7 states, but later on was devided into Noord-Holland (north H.) and Zuid-Holland (south H.) when the country went to 11 provinces, before some smart Dutch people created a 12th province out of the sea.

Enough geography/history/Dutch langauge lessons for today (and the day just started here.). I lost, once again, despite my good answers, I've fallen back to the bottom half ranks...

[Vince]

Wow. Came closer than I thought. I too, had England first, then I realized they still use Pounds. But still...CNN, France, Goalie, Toyota and No-Hitter is a pretty good rap...I really had no idea what to do with the Republican bit, and I really should have gone with Lincoln. Wouldn't have won anyways though

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

so why is it ohio and the usa, yet we are all american!!!?!aahhh!!

USA = United States of America = American.

Sheesh, you can do better

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

USA = United States of America = American.

Sheesh, you can do better

Yes, but Unitedstatesofamerican or usaian or usaer or usaan would make more sense.
Brazilian = American
Canadian = American
Cuban = American
Mexican = American
Surinamese = American
etc.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Originally Posted by finkenst

so why is it holland and the netherlands, yet you guys are Dutch?!!!?

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

so why is it ohio and the usa, yet we are all american!!!?!aahhh!!

Originally Posted by gstelmack

USA = United States of America = American.

Sheesh, you can do better

OK, I'll give it a try.

so why is it England and the United Kingdom, yet them guys are called Brits ?

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Yes, but Unitedstatesofamerican or usaian or usaer or usaan would make more sense.

Brazilian = American
Canadian = American
Cuban = American
Mexican = American
Surinamese = American
etc.

See, we can kick all those countries' asses. So, we get the good name. James Monroe said so. Or something.

[finkenst]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

You need to ask the English of the 1800s about that, I have no clue why they mixed Holland, Netherlands and Dutch.

Though the Holland confusion is legal, even morons in the NLs think they should use it and I bet 75% of the world, if not more, only knows our country as Holland (in whatever language: Hollande, Olanda)...
Even though Holland is technically a wrong name, because Holland used to be 1 of 7 states, but later on was devided into Noord-Holland (north H.) and Zuid-Holland (south H.) when the country went to 11 provinces, before some smart Dutch people created a 12th province out of the sea.

Enough geography/history/Dutch langauge lessons for today (and the day just started here.). I lost, once again, despite my good answers, I've fallen back to the bottom half ranks...

MIJB#19, Thanks for your reply. I had wondered this for a while...

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Canadian = American

Them's fighting words...

[Alf]

[quote=JeeberD]Bah, France killed me. [quote]

First time France would have hurt anyone


I was the Reagan answer : trying to stay with IWS I answered the first name of the lists like the 2 other questions. Same for the car-maker (I was the Ford answer), I would have said Toyota otherwise.