IWS #140 - The results

[Maple Leafs]

1. Name an American League baseball team other than the Yankees or Red Sox.

Nothing like an eliminator right off the bat. ESPN is now reporting that the Cubs, Giants and Mets are in the National League.

White Sox - 24
Tigers - 3
Cubs - 2
Mets - 1
Twins - 1
A's - 1
Orioles - 1
Giants - 1
Indians - 1
I work for ESPN, and I am unaware that there are any other teams in the AL other than New York or Boston - 0

2. If you had the #1 overall pick in your fantasy football draft this year, who would you take?

Somewhat odd result as the consensus #1 pick from most experts managed only a fourth place finish...

Ladanian Tomlinson - 12
Peyton Manning - 9
Shaun Alexander - 7
Larry Johnson - 5
Reggie Bush - 1
Vince Young - 1

3. Paris Hilton recently released a single, making her the latest in a long line of celebrities to try their hand at a singing career. Which celebrity's singing effort was the worst of them all?

Hm... see, I thought the inclusion of Paris Hilton as an example would imply that you were supposed to pick somebody other than her. But the question didn't say that, so...

Paris Hilton - 10
David Hasselhoff - 5
William Shatner - 5
Eddie Murphy - 2
Don Johnson - 2
Carl Lewis - 2
Shaquille O'Neal - 2
John Daly - 1
Bruce Willis - 1
Ron Artest - 1
Rosanne Barr - 1
Kelly Osbourne - 1
Russell Crowe - 1
Lindsay Lohan - 1

4. Kids are notoriously picky eaters. Name a food that all kids like.

I'm thinking that one person misread the question.

Pizza - 13
Hotdogs - 7
Ice cream - 5
Peanut Butter and Jelly - 3
French fries - 2
Mac + cheese - 2
Burgers - 1
Pancakes - 1
Brocoli - 1

5. When the year is over, which movie will have been the #1 box office hit of 2006?

Probably not surprising considering Superman had just come out. Oddly enough, the current box office king for the year received only two votes.

Superman Returns - 13
Pirates of the Carribean - 12
Da Vince Code - 5
X-Men Last Stand - 2
Cars - 1
United 93 - 1
Spiderman 3 - 1

6. When the results for this IWS are posted, how many of the six questions will you have picked the top answer for?

I have no idea why the top answers were six and four, but five only had one vote.

6 - 11
4 - 9
3 - 8
1 - 4
5 - 1
2 - 1
0 - 1

[cartman]

So, who won???

[vtbub]

Originally Posted by cartman

So, who won???

Not me.

[kingfc22]

Garrr. I know I almost had a perfect score. I chose POTC and four on question #6.

[st.cronin]

Definitely not me ... #1 was the only one I got right.

[Maple Leafs]

A perfect score would be 5,353,920. We had 35 entries, and no duplicates.

The loser lounge: MIJB is so bad at this game that he can't even lose intentionally.

hukarez : 1 x 12 x 1 x 1 x 13 x 9 = 1,404
MIJB#19 : 2 x 7 x 10 x 1 x 1 x 11 = 1,540
Silver Owl : 1 x 12 x 5 x 2 x 13 x 1 = 1,560
colt45 : 24 x 1 x 2 x 1 x 5 x 9 = 2,160
Scarecrow : 1 x 5 x 10 x 7 x 1 x 11 = 3,850
BrianD : 1 x 7 x 1 x 7 x 12 x 9 = 5,292
spleen1015 : 1 x 12 x 2 x 2 x 13 x 9 = 5,616

The practice squad: QuikSand has clearly lost a step. Sad, really.

LoneStarGirl : 24 x 1 x 1 x 7 x 12 x 8 = 16,128
chinaski : 1 x 7 x 2 x 13 x 13 x 9 = 21,294
QuikSand : 24 x 12 x 1 x 5 x 2 x 9 = 25,920
KWhit : 24 x 9 x 10 x 13 x 1 x 1 = 28,080
marshall881 : 3 x 5 x 2 x 7 x 13 x 11 = 30,030
GoSeahawks : 24 x 9 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 9 = 58,320
st.cronin : 24 x 9 x 5 x 2 x 5 x 8 = 86,400
Butter_of_69 : 3 x 9 x 2 x 13 x 12 x 11 = 92,664

Semi-respectable: Note vtbub and Pyser managing identical scores even though they only agreed on one question. Weird.

Toddzilla : 24 x 7 x 2 x 7 x 5 x 9 = 105,840
stevew : 24 x 5 x 1 x 13 x 12 x 8 = 149,760
vtbub : 24 x 9 x 5 x 13 x 12 x 1 = 168,480
Pyser : 24 x 12 x 1 x 5 x 13 x 9 = 168,480
Coffee Warlord : 2 x 12 x 10 x 7 x 12 x 11 = 221,760
Raven Hawk : 24 x 5 x 5 x 3 x 12 x 11 = 237,600
Vince : 3 x 7 x 10 x 13 x 12 x 8 = 262,080
wheels : 24 x 12 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 8 = 288,000
ahbrady : 24 x 9 x 2 x 5 x 13 x 11 = 308,880
JeeberD : 24 x 7 x 5 x 3 x 12 x 11 = 332,640
oliegirl : 24 x 12 x 5 x 2 x 13 x 9 = 336,960
Logan : 24 x 12 x 1 x 13 x 13 x 8 = 389,376
PackerFanatic : 24 x 12 x 10 x 13 x 2 x 8 = 599,040

The big shots: kcchief apparently confused this with the RWBL and finished fourth out of force of habit.

lighthousekeeper : 24 x 9 x 10 x 5 x 12 x 8 = 1,036,800
albionmoonlight : 24 x 5 x 5 x 13 x 13 x 11 = 1,115,400
hoopsguy : 24 x 7 x 5 x 13 x 13 x 9 = 1,277,640
kcchief19 : 24 x 9 x 5 x 13 x 12 x 9 = 1,516,320
Passacaglia : 24 x 12 x 10 x 7 x 13 x 11 = 2,882,880

So close... Sorry Des, everybody knows you don't take QBs first overall in fantasy drafts.

Desnudo : 24 x 9 x 10 x 13 x 13 x 11 = 4,015,440

The champion: Who's correct prediction of 4/6 was enough to win.

kingfc22 : 24 x 12 x 10 x 13 x 12 x 9 = 4,043,520

Congratulations kingfc22.

[kingfc22]

WOOOOO!!!!!

[stevew]

Larry Johnson.....geez, i guess i wasn't stupid enough on that answer.

[Maple Leafs]

Menudo lost by just 0.7%.

[colt45]

I DID in fact misread a question. But to save a little face, the only kids I'm around are my neice and nephew. And the do LOVE their brocoli. But they are little freaks.

[stevew]

Kelly Osbourne - 1

I didn't vote for her, but that one Anti-date rape song she did was hilarious. Even though the subject matter is serious.

[kcchief19]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

The big shots: kcchief apparently confused this with the RWBL and finished fourth out of force of habit.

That's one spot better than normal.

[BrianD]

This is without a doubt my worst showing ever. I can't believe I didn't mange to get a single question right.

[Passacaglia]

Man, I can't believe I didn't say pizza! Closest I've ever come to winning, though!

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

That's one spot better than normal.

I considered fudging the numbers to the joke would work better.

[Desnudo]

Done in by my lack of fantasy football knowledge on a text sim football message board, how sad.

[Raven Hawk]

Originally Posted by stevew

Kelly Osbourne - 1

I didn't vote for her, but that one Anti-date rape song she did was hilarious. Even though the subject matter is serious.

You ever hear William Shatner sing "Mr. Tambourine Man?"

Case closed.

I was teh suxor on this one.

[MIJB#19]

I got a big 1 on the baseball question and it went downhill from there on. Clearly I know nothing about average americam kids food taste, while backing out of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 didn't help either.

The loser lounge: MIJB is so bad at this game that he can't even lose intentionally.

Yeah, maybe I should stick with that from here on, saying it was intentional. :o

[Pyser]

i overthought it on russell crowe. oh well.

[kcchief19]

Originally Posted by Raven Hawk

You ever hear William Shatner sing "Mr. Tambourine Man?"

Case closed.

I was teh suxor on this one.

I don't know ... his take on Elton John's "Rocket Man" could given anybody a run for their money.

[Toddzilla]

Some of these answers boggle the mind...roffle

[spleen1015]

My 3 year old doesn't like Pizza.

Bah!

[stevew]

Nobody remembers Bruce Willis singing "respect yourself."