IWS #200: Remember our History

Desnudo · 09-09-2012, 09:52 AM

The rules are the same as previous FOFC "I’m With Stupid" Contests, as set forth by the game’s widely revered and beloved founding fathers.

The object of this contest is to answer the questions posted, and to provide the most common answer among those submitted. For each question, your score will be equal to the number of people who submitted that response. Your score for the contest will be the product of your individual question scores. Yes, that word "product" means that they will be multiplied together, not added. Highest score wins.

Collaboration of any kind is strictly forbidden. No posting your answers to this board, nor sharing them by e-mail or in any other way with other potential contestants. Just don't be an asshat, and this should end well.

All determinations of "matches" and anything else requiring judgment fall to that of the sole administrator of this round of the game. You can reduce the need for doubt and judgment by properly spelling your submissions, being clear, and that sort of thing. The administrator's decisions are final and utterly inarguable, no exceptions.

Any references that are unclear to you, due to language or geography, should be understood to be authored from the perspective of an English-speaking American. However, your answers do not necessarily have to be correct in order to score points. If I ask "What was the second-best comedy of the 1980s after Cheers?" and you answer "The Cosby Show" along with 20 others, you each (shockingly) score 21 points, despite the fact that the indisputable correct answer is "Night Court."

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The Questions

IWS turns 200! To celebrate our anniversary, let's take a step back to when it all started.

1. It's 1812. Your position as hedge fund trader or bounce house operator does not exist. What do you do for a living?

2. You've gotten your small pox vaccine thanks to Edward Jenner. What disease are you most fearful of dying from?

3. Louisiana joins the Union as the 18th state. Citizens of the other 17 states are free at last to get drunk on Bourbon Street and expose their breasts to strangers. What state do you live in?

4. You broke a couple of looms in a Luddite uprising and the British government has sentenced you to hang. What is the entrée for your last meal?

5. You and your wife Eliza Martha finally have a lovely baby boy. Since US Weekly hasn’t been invented yet, what in the name of Jehovah do you name your son?

6. The lesson to never get involved in a land war in Asia has not yet been learned. On your long retreat from Russia, how many fingers and toes do you lose to frostbite before you reach Paris?

B & B · 09-09-2012, 10:21 AM

Some very hard and some very easy questions , but the timing of less than 2 hours before the first NFL Surnday is hard to ignore.

Will come back to this one.

Young Drachma · 09-09-2012, 11:30 AM

Oh this is good.

sterlingice · 09-09-2012, 03:10 PM

Very entertaining questions. I'm going to have to think about this one

SI

britrock88 · 09-09-2012, 09:56 PM

forgot to mention, but snet

nilodor · 09-11-2012, 10:09 AM

I feel a very poor showing coming on.

Desnudo · 09-12-2012, 09:07 AM

MIJB#19 · 09-12-2012, 10:31 AM

C'mon, it's #200, that should be reason enough to participate!

Coffee Warlord · 09-12-2012, 10:33 AM

Oh I participated. And fully expect to get nothing but a little participation ribbon for my entry.

sterlingice · 09-13-2012, 12:45 PM

Geez- this one was hard but damned creative

SI

Desnudo · 09-15-2012, 01:13 PM

Does anyone have the XLS? Reply here and I'll ping you my email.

I'll try and wrap it up tomorrow.

Grover · 09-15-2012, 03:52 PM

Can't wait to see how terrible I did on this one.

sterlingice · 09-17-2012, 11:52 AM

Bump

Also, I have the spreadsheet so send me a PM with an email address to send it to

SI

09-09-2012, 11:30 AM	#3
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Oh this is good. __________________ Current dynasty: Playtesting chaos (Viperball 26) \| OOTP Mod: Managerial Strategy Files \| GM Excel Competitive Balance Tax/Revenue Sharing Calc \| FBCB Mods on Github

09-09-2012, 03:10 PM	#4
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Very entertaining questions. I'm going to have to think about this one SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

09-12-2012, 09:07 AM	#7
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	bump

09-12-2012, 10:31 AM	#8
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	C'mon, it's #200, that should be reason enough to participate! __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

09-13-2012, 12:45 PM	#10
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Geez- this one was hard but damned creative SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

09-09-2012, 10:21 AM	#2
B & B College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: A sports era long ago when everything didnt require a Nike logo	Some very hard and some very easy questions , but the timing of less than 2 hours before the first NFL Surnday is hard to ignore. Will come back to this one. __________________ I think that Rosen will be the best QB in the class. -albionmoonlight

09-09-2012, 09:56 PM	#5
britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI	forgot to mention, but snet

09-11-2012, 10:09 AM	#6
nilodor College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: calgary, AB	I feel a very poor showing coming on.

09-12-2012, 10:33 AM	#9
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Oh I participated. And fully expect to get nothing but a little participation ribbon for my entry.

09-15-2012, 01:13 PM	#11
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	Does anyone have the XLS? Reply here and I'll ping you my email. I'll try and wrap it up tomorrow.

09-15-2012, 03:52 PM	#12
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	Can't wait to see how terrible I did on this one. __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

09-17-2012, 11:52 AM	#13
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Bump Also, I have the spreadsheet so send me a PM with an email address to send it to SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

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