I'm With Stupid #44

[TredWel]

Questions for IWS #44

1. Name a person who has won more than one Academy Award.

2. Name a foreign country that people travel to for vacation.

3. What team will win this year's World Series?

4. Name a type of coffee drink that you can purchase at a fancy coffee shop.

5. Name a section in a newspaper.

6. What is your least favorite sports text sim game?

Winners' List Of Honour

Ahbrady - IWS#15, IWS#41
Airhog - IWS#1
Albionmoonlight - IWS#30
Archer219 - IWS#18
Ardent Enthausiast - IWS#6
Bbor - IWS#23, IWS#26
BishopMVP - IWS#36
Blade - IWS#13
Bryce - IWS#40
Bsak16 - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#17
Cuervo72 - IWS#27, IWS#38
Desert Dweller - IWS#6
Digamma - IWS#14
EagleFan - IWS#41
Hammer755 - IWS#38
HeavyReign - IWS#23
Henry296 - IWS#12
HornedFrogPurple - IWS#10
Joe Canadian - IWS#29
John Lynch - IWS#10
Maple Leafs - IWS#34
Marmel - IWS#8
Masked - IWS#22, IWS#30, IWS#31, IWS#33
Msf518 - IWS#11, IWS#15, IWS#35, IWS#39
Neuqua - IWS#19
Nothingman - IWS#6
Panerd - IWS#3
Pjstp20 - IWS#42
Primelord - IWS#11
QuikSand - IWS#9, IWS#16, IWS#18, IWS#24, IWS#32
Qwikshot - IWS#5
RendeR - IWS#6
RobbieDobbs - IWS#37
RPI-Fan - IWS#9
Samdari - IWS#21
ScottVib - IWS#9
SplitPersonality1 - IWS#4
Sterlingice - IWS#28, IWS#31, IWS#35
Sublime - IWS#25
Swaggs - IWS#2, IWS#35
Tredwel - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#20, IWS#43
TRO - IWS#7, IWS#9, IWS#12
Vince - IWS#37

The Rules

These are the copy and pasted rules from the very first The FOFC “I’m With Stupid” Contest, written by QuikSand.

The object of this contest is to answer the questions posted below, 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. Highest score wins.

There aren’t many rules or clarifications necessary, but here are those I can think of:

No collaborating in any way. No posting your answers to this board, nor sharing them by email or in any other way with other potential contestants.

All determinations of “matches” and anything else requiring judgment fall to that of the sole administrator of this puzzle, <b>TredWel</b>. You can reduce the need for doubt and judgment by properly spelling your submissions, being clear, that sort of thing.

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 “name a color of the rainbow,” and you and four other people responded “black” - you get five points, period, even if it is not technically a correct answer to the question.

Submit your answers by Private Message to <b>TredWel</b> before <b>Monday 23:59 Eastern Time</b>.

[tucker342]

sent

[JeeberD]

sent also

[Alf]

in. Shooting for bottom 1/3 as usual !

[MIJB#19]

nice copy and pasting!

I'll join, as usual...

[KWhit]

Sent.

[tucker342]

Draft Dodger, you sent it to the wrong person, you sent it to me...

[TredWel]

I have recieved thirteen entries so far:

albionmoonlight
Alf
Anxiety
Chief Rum
Draft Dodger
Fidatelo
JeeberD
Kwhit
MIJB#19
Neuqua
RPI-Fan
TheLionKing
tucker342

[MIJB#19]

Some threads deserve some extra attention, by being bumped back to the first page.
To me, this thread qualifies...

[VPI97]

Sent

[samifan24]

Sent

[MIJB#19]

I wonder how many entries there are now?

[cuervo72]

Sent.

[TredWel]

We're up to 24 entries. Including the above, I have recieved entries from the following people:


cuervo 72
EagleFan
Maple Leafs
MizzouRah
Mustang
pjstp20
QuikSand
samifan24
Solecismic
sony
VPI97


The due date is tonight, so get those entries in. I think we can hit 30 people again.

[albionmoonlight]

I am waiting to see what Solecismic put as his least favorite sports sim game.

[KWhit]

Bump.

[TredWel]

I'm up to 29 entrants now, with the following playere the newest accounted for:

bryce
Kwhit
Masked
mrsimperless
Sublime
Sybot

You've got a little less than 7 hours to get your entries in. Tonight at midnight, EDT, I will close the game and post the results.

[panerd]

sent. I got screwed by the Dutch question last time. (I was a perfect 5 for 5 until that one) I have a feeling the world series one is going to screw me this time.

[TredWel]

We ended up with 32 entries. I am now formatting the scores.

[TredWel]

1. Name a person who has won more than one Academy Award.

Everybody's favorite Bosom Buddy, Tom Hanks, received twice as many nods as Jack Nicholson. Two people also said Russell Crowe, who has only won once so far, despite being nominated three times.

Tom Hanks - 16
Jack Nicholson - 8
Russell Crowe - 2
Robert De Niro - 2
Katharine Hepburn - 2
Tom Cruise - 1
James Cameron - 1

2. Name a foreign country that people travel to for vacation.

Interesting results, as the plurality of people want to head south of the border for a trip. Mexico beats out any European country. Yes, even Paris, which two people agreed upon.

Mexico - 10
France - 7
England - 4
Italy - 2
Bahamas - 2
Paris - 2
Jamaica - 1
Tahiti - 1
Aruba - 1
The Netherlands - 1
Spain - 1

3. What team will win this year's World Series?

Many, many people have selected the Evil Empire as the favorites to win the World Series for the 12,653rd time in franchise history.

New York Yankees - 22
Seattle Mariners - 2
St. Louis Cardinals - 2
Chicago Cubs - 2
Boston Red Sox - 1
Oakland A's - 1
Atlanta Braves - 1
Philadelphia Phillies - 1

4. Name a type of coffee drink that you can purchase at a fancy coffee shop.

The consensus choice for overly-caffeinated drinks seems to be the Cappuccino.

Cappuccino - 15
Latte - 8
Espresso - 5
Mocha - 2
Coffee Coolata - 1
Frappuccino - 1

5. Name a section in a newspaper.

I'm worried by you people. All 32 entrants submitted the same answer, probably setting some sort of IWS record in the process. You're more morbid than I thought you were.

Obituaries - 32

6. What is your least favorite sports text sim game?

The game that first got me interested in this genre turns out to be the least liked of all of the text sims out there.

Baseball Mogul - 9
FOF4 - 5
TDCB - 5
Total Control Football - 2
Championship Manager - 2
OOTP - 2
Hattrick - 2
DMB - 1
Hoop Dreams Basketball - 1
EWR - 1
Football Mogul - 1
Jump Shot Basketball - 1

And we have a new entrant into the IWS List of Honor. Congrats to JeeberD with a perfect score!
<PRE>
JeeberD 16 10 22 15 32 9 15,206,400 100.00%
bryce 16 4 22 15 32 9 6,082,560 40.00%
Kwhit 16 7 22 15 32 5 5,913,600 38.89%
TheLionKing 8 7 22 15 32 9 5,322,240 35.00%
cuervo72 16 10 22 8 32 5 4,505,600 29.63%
mrsimperless 8 10 22 15 32 5 4,224,000 27.78%
Mustang 16 7 22 15 32 2 2,365,440 15.56%
Masked 16 7 22 15 32 2 2,365,440 15.56%
pjstp20 16 7 22 5 32 5 1,971,200 12.96%
panerd 16 10 22 8 32 2 1,802,240 11.85%
digamma 8 2 22 15 32 9 1,520,640 10.00%
QuikSand 2 10 22 15 32 5 1,056,000 6.94%
Alf 8 7 22 5 32 5 985,600 6.48%
Anxiety 2 7 22 15 32 5 739,200 4.86%
Fidatelo 16 10 22 5 32 1 563,200 3.70%
Maple Leafs 16 2 22 8 32 2 360,448 2.37%
Draft Dodger 8 10 22 1 32 5 281,600 1.85%
Solecismic 2 4 22 8 32 5 225,280 1.48%
MIJB#19 ` 8 1 22 15 32 2 168,960 1.11%
samifan24 2 1 22 8 32 9 101,376 0.67%
sachmo71 16 10 2 8 32 1 81,920 0.54%
albionmoonlight 8 2 2 8 32 9 73,728 0.48%
RPI-Fan 16 4 1 15 32 2 61,440 0.40%
VPI97 16 1 22 5 32 1 56,320 0.37%
Chief Rum 16 1 2 8 32 5 40,960 0.27%
Sublime 8 10 1 5 32 2 25,600 0.17%
Sybot 1 10 2 15 32 2 19,200 0.13%
Neuqua 16 2 2 1 32 9 18,432 0.12%
tucker342 1 4 1 15 32 9 17,280 0.11%
EagleFan 16 1 1 2 32 9 9,216 0.06%
sony 2 2 22 2 32 1 5,632 0.04%
MizzouRah 2 2 2 15 32 1 3,840 0.03%
MAXIMUM 16 10 22 15 32 9 15,206,400 0.00%
</PRE>
P.S. Okay, I'm just kidding on question 5. Everybody said "Sports", which is a boring, predictable, and generally unfunny answer when compared to "Obituaries".

[Alf]

13th out of 32. Not bad, although I would consider the "Paris" answer as belonging to the "France" answer. Technically, Paris is not a country, but it's a "I'm with Stupid" contest.

[JeeberD]

Well, I'm certainly happy to have finally won, but I feel like it's kinda tainted. It looks to me that there has to be something wrong with your fifth question, because I highly doubt that everyone answered "obituaries". As a matter of fact, I'm certain that everyone didn't answer that, since I actually answered "Sports" (I just went and checked my outgoing PM's to make sure).

I don't know if you want to go back and try to correct this, or if you just want to let it slide, but I couldn't accept this honor without saying something. Having a guilty conscious sucks ass...

And after having said that...

WooHoo!!! It's about damn time! :D

[Masked]

Originally posted by JeeberD
Well, I'm certainly happy to have finally won, but I feel like it's kinda tainted. It looks to me that there has to be something wrong with your fifth question, because I highly doubt that everyone answered "obituaries". As a matter of fact, I'm certain that everyone didn't answer that, since I actually answered "Sports" (I just went and checked my outgoing PM's to make sure).


Did you read the P.S. at the end of his message?

[MIJB#19]

19th...

Sure, it isn't last place, but it does mean my top half streak is over, after just two good finishes.

I knew I should have gone with Mexico and not with my own country...
I guess the Championship Manager haters don't play IWS... Baseball Mogul?
I never thought of Hanks, meaning the best I could have gone would be 2nd.

Originally posted by Albionmoonlight:
I am waiting to see what Solecismic put as his least favorite sports sim game.He scored a 5 on that question, meaning it's a 50-50 chance between TDCB and...
FOF4.

[MIJB#19]

Other selected questions in the past with many people voting for 1 awnser:

IWS#43 - Seinfeld Character : Kramer 33 , George 6
IWS#37 - Matrix character : Trinity 24 , Agent Smith 1
IWS#37 - Hated country: USA 18 , France 6 , North Korea 1
IWS#36 - Best James Bond : Sean Connery 25 , Goldfinger 2 , GoldenEye 1 , Pierce Brosnan 1
IWS#33 - QB looking for job : Kordell Stewart 19 , Jake Plummer 3 , Jim Miller 1
IWS#32 - Shakespeare play : Romeo & Juliet 13 , Hamlet 7 , Midsummer Night's Dream 1
IWS#29 - Name an Ocean : Atlantic 15 , Pacific 8 , Indian 1
IWS#28 - Flavor Ice Cream : Vanilla 15 , Chocolate 5 , Strawberry 1
IWS#24 - Tissue Brand : Kleenex 18 , Scott 2
IWS#23 - European City : Paris 16 , London 4 , Prague 1
IWS#22 - country in UN security council : USA 16 , France 2 , Russia 1
IWS#22 - Name a Beatle : John 15 , Paul 3 , Ringo 1
IWS#18 - Penn State QB : Kerry Collins 15 , Todd Blackledge 1 , Matt Senneca 1 , Rashard Casey 1
IWS#17a - Egg Roll Ingredient : egg 10 , pork 2 , cabbage 1 , sprouts 1
IWS#15 - Essential tailgate party item : beer/alchohol 14 , grill 3 , tailgate 1
IWS#13 - European Landmark : Eiffel Tower 26 , Buckingham Palace 1 , Big Ben 1 , Stonehenge 1 , capitulation of Germany in WWII 1
IWS#13 - Male Tennis Player : Pete Sampras 22 , Andre Agassi 8
IWS#9 - Letter In Alphabet : A 51 , Q 2 , B 1 , D 1, E 1 , R 1 , S 1
IWS#6 - Type Of Pie : Apple 49 , Cherry 3
IWS#6 - Golf Club : Putter 45 , Nine Iron 4 , Three Wood 2 , Pitching Wedge 1
IWS#4 - Schwarzenegger Movie : Terminator 43 , Predator 2 , Terminator II 2 , Total Recall 1
IWS#3 - Rock, Paper, Scissors : Rock 38 , Paper 5

Still, no 1-way tie with no second place awnsers before.
The Newspaper Section question marks a historical point in the FOFC IWS hitory...

[albionmoonlight]

MIJB#19--

If I ever become important or conceited enough to need a biographer, I want you to have the job. You are starting to give IWS more personality than some of the dynasties in the dynasty section. Good job.

[cuervo72]

Woohoo, back up to 5th. I knew I should have said baseball mogul though....I didn't really mean FOF4 (really Jim, I didn't), I just don't play any other sims at the moment :)

[KWhit]

Crap 3rd place. Always a bridesmaid...

[Mustang]

All right.. who else other than myself voted for Total Control Football?? I definitely thought I was going to get a 1 on that one...

[tucker342]

wow, in the bottom ten again....


I suck

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by Masked
Did you read the P.S. at the end of his message?

Oh, I feel stupid now...

:D

[JeeberD]

Dola-

Oh, and I'll have IWS #45 up by tomorrow at the latest...

[MizzouRah]

5. Name a section in a newspaper.

I'm worried by you people. All 32 entrants submitted the same answer, probably setting some sort of IWS record in the process. You're more morbid than I thought you were.

Obituaries - 32


Not that it matters, in fact it would make my score even worse, but I thought I submitted Sports for this question?

Todd

[cuervo72]

:rolleyes:

[JeeberD]

MizzouRah,

See Masked's note to me...

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by TredWel
5. Name a section in a newspaper.

I'm worried by you people. All 32 entrants submitted the same answer, probably setting some sort of IWS record in the process. You're more morbid than I thought you were.

Obituaries - 32
Hey, TredWel. Not that it's a big deal or anything, but I double-checked my answers and I'm pretty sure that I didn't put "Obituaries" for this one. I put "unlicensed massage parlor section of the classified ads".

[QuikSand]

Originally posted by Maple Leafs
Hey, TredWel. Not that it's a big deal or anything, but I double-checked my answers and I'm pretty sure that I didn't put "Obituaries" for this one. I put "unlicensed massage parlor section of the classified ads".

Yeah, Leafs and I should get 2 points each.

[cuervo72]

I thought those usually WERE hidden in the sports section :p

[MizzouRah]

Originally posted by JeeberD
MizzouRah,

See Masked's note to me...


LOL! Heheh... no, I didn't read at the bottom, thanks. Nice trick.

:)

Reminds me of when the school teacher would give you that test where she says, "Read the entire test first, then start answering questions". I did the whole test and at the bottom it reads, "DO NOT DO THIS TEST" or something like that.


Todd

[JeeberD]

IWS #45 is up!