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04-27-2004, 09:45 AM
A very close competition this time around.
1. Since their inception in 1968, how many regular season NFL games have the Cincinnati Bengals won? Answer: 234 They are 234-313-1. Only the Cards, Bucs, Saints, Falcons, and of course, the Houston Texans have worse all time records.
Scoring:
5 pts.
henry296, 240 (differential of 6)
3.5 pts.
Kam, 225 (9)
General Mike, 225 (9)
2 pts.
Raven Hawk, 246 (12)
0.5 pts.
Wolfpack, 250 (16)
Sublime, 250 (16)
Non-scorers:
RPI-Fan 216 (18)
JeeberD 252 (18)
digamma 207 (27)
Draft Dodger 279 (45)
SirFozzie 185 (49)
kingfc22 180 (54)
Eaglesfan27 174 (60)
tucker342 300 (66)
Vince 167 (67)
EagleFan 305 (71)
Alf 162 (72)
2. Since it began in 1939, how many different Division I college basketball teams have won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship? Answer: 34
Scoring:
5 pts.
Eaglesfan27 34 (0)
4 pts.
JeeberD 35 (1)
3 pts.
Vince 36 (2)
2 pts.
digamma 31 (3)
0.5 pts.
Wolfpack 30 (4)
Alf 38 (4)
Non-scorers:
SirFozzie 28 (6)
Kam 27 (7)
Draft Dodger 27 (7)
General Mike 41 (7)
henry296 42 (8)
Raven Hawk 42 (8)
RPI-Fan 24 (10)
kingfc22 24 (10)
Sublime 23 (11)
tucker342 45 (11)
EagleFan 47 (13)
The list of champs:
1997 Arizona
1994 Arkansas
1959 California
1950 CCNY
1961-62 Cincinnati
1999, 2004 Connecticut
1991, '92, 2001 Duke
1984 Georgetown
1947 Holy Cross
1940, '53, '76, '81, '87 Indiana
1952, '88 Kansas
1948, '49, '51, '78, '96, '98 Kentucky
1954 La Salle
1980, '86 Louisville
1963 Loyola (Ill.)
1977 Marquette
2002 Maryland
1989 Michigan
1979, 2000 Michigan St.
1957, '82, '93 North Carolina
1974, '83 North Carolina St.
1960 Ohio St.
1945-46 Oklahoma St.
1939 Oregon
1955-56 San Francisco
1942 Stanford
2003 Syracuse
1964-65, '67-73, '75, '95 UCLA
1990 UNLV
1944 Utah
1966 UTEP
1985 Villanova
1941 Wisconsin
1943 Wyoming
3. How many career regular season home runs did Kirby Puckett have? Answer: A surprisingly small 207. Most people greatly overestimated how many he had.
Scoring:
5 pts.
SirFozzie 214 (7)
4 pts.
General Mike 220 (13)
3 pts.
Eaglesfan27 192 (15)
2 pts.
Wolfpack 250 (43)
1 pt.
henry296 280 (73)
Non-scorers:
Draft Dodger 285 (78)
EagleFan 287 (80)
JeeberD 312 (105)
RPI-Fan 355 (148)
Kam 368 (141)
Vince 372 (165)
Sublime 375 (168)
kingfc22 375 (168)
Raven Hawk 382 (175)
tucker342 400 (193)
digamma 407 (200)
Alf 681 (474) sorry about the baseball question, Alf :)
4. What is the running time of the film The Ten Commandments? Answer: A mind-numbingly long 220 minutes, or 3 hours and 40 minutes, according to know-it-all film site imdb.com. I've only seen it all the way through once... one of the traditional Easter ABC showings. Which I still don't get why they always show it on Easter... but I digress.
Scoring (time shown in minutes):
5 pts.
kingfc22 220 (0)
4 pts.
EagleFan 217 (3)
3 pts.
Eaglesfan27 216 (4)
2 pts.
Wolfpack 215 (5)
1 pt.
General Mike 190 (30)
Non-scorers:
henry296 183 (37)
tucker342 180 (40)
Sublime 180 (40)
RPI-Fan 261 (41)
Kam 176 (44)
Draft Dodger 175 (45)
digamma 167 (53)
JeeberD 157 (63)
SirFozzie 147 (73)
Raven Hawk 141 (79)
Vince 135 (85)
Alf 51 yrs., or 26,823,960 minutes (I assume you misunderstood the question) :)
5. How many votes did Libertarian candidate Harry Browne receive in the 2000 Presidential election? Answer: According to the Federal Election Commission, Browne received 384,431 votes nationally. No one was really all that close, but admitttedly that was a toughie.
Scoring:
5 pts.
SirFozzie 210,000 (174,431)
4 pts.
Sublime 200,000 (184,431)
3 pts.
JeeberD 578,000 (193,569)
2 pts.
General Mike 650,000 (265,569)
1 pt.
RPI-Fan 78,522 (305,909)
Non-scorers:
kingfc22 74,000 (310,431)
Wolfpack 750,000 (365,569)
Eaglesfan27 18,000 (366,431)
Vince 11,365 (373,066)
Kam 4,863 (379,568)
Draft Dodger 4,155 (380,276)
EagleFan 845,000 (460,569)
digamma 880,967 (496,536)
henry296 1,000,000 (615,569)
Raven Hawk 1,352,000 (967,569)
Alf 2,500,000 (2,115,569)
tucker342 5,000,000 (4,615,569)
So, here are the final point totals.
Finishing out of the points on all 5 questions:
16t. Draft Dodger - 0 pts.
16t. tucker342 - 0 pts.
Point-scorers not in the top 3:
15. Alf - 0.5 pts.
14. RPI-Fan - 1 pt.
12t. digamma - 2 pts.
12t. Raven Hawk - 2 pts.
11. Vince - 3 pts.
10. Kam - 3.5 pts.
9. EagleFan - 4 pts.
8. Sublime - 4.5 pts.
6t. kingfc22 - 5 pts.
6t. Wolfpack - 5 pts.
5. henry296 - 6 pts.
4. JeeberD - 7 pts.
BRONZE MEDAL:
3. SirFozzie - 10 pts.
SILVER MEDAL:
2. General Mike - 10.5 pts.
GOLD MEDAL, and winner of Guesstimates #2:
1. Eaglesfan27 - 11 pts.
No one scored on all 5 questions this time around, but a few scored on 4 questions.
Congratulations to Eaglesfan27, who can now host Guesstimates #3!
1. Since their inception in 1968, how many regular season NFL games have the Cincinnati Bengals won? Answer: 234 They are 234-313-1. Only the Cards, Bucs, Saints, Falcons, and of course, the Houston Texans have worse all time records.
Scoring:
5 pts.
henry296, 240 (differential of 6)
3.5 pts.
Kam, 225 (9)
General Mike, 225 (9)
2 pts.
Raven Hawk, 246 (12)
0.5 pts.
Wolfpack, 250 (16)
Sublime, 250 (16)
Non-scorers:
RPI-Fan 216 (18)
JeeberD 252 (18)
digamma 207 (27)
Draft Dodger 279 (45)
SirFozzie 185 (49)
kingfc22 180 (54)
Eaglesfan27 174 (60)
tucker342 300 (66)
Vince 167 (67)
EagleFan 305 (71)
Alf 162 (72)
2. Since it began in 1939, how many different Division I college basketball teams have won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship? Answer: 34
Scoring:
5 pts.
Eaglesfan27 34 (0)
4 pts.
JeeberD 35 (1)
3 pts.
Vince 36 (2)
2 pts.
digamma 31 (3)
0.5 pts.
Wolfpack 30 (4)
Alf 38 (4)
Non-scorers:
SirFozzie 28 (6)
Kam 27 (7)
Draft Dodger 27 (7)
General Mike 41 (7)
henry296 42 (8)
Raven Hawk 42 (8)
RPI-Fan 24 (10)
kingfc22 24 (10)
Sublime 23 (11)
tucker342 45 (11)
EagleFan 47 (13)
The list of champs:
1997 Arizona
1994 Arkansas
1959 California
1950 CCNY
1961-62 Cincinnati
1999, 2004 Connecticut
1991, '92, 2001 Duke
1984 Georgetown
1947 Holy Cross
1940, '53, '76, '81, '87 Indiana
1952, '88 Kansas
1948, '49, '51, '78, '96, '98 Kentucky
1954 La Salle
1980, '86 Louisville
1963 Loyola (Ill.)
1977 Marquette
2002 Maryland
1989 Michigan
1979, 2000 Michigan St.
1957, '82, '93 North Carolina
1974, '83 North Carolina St.
1960 Ohio St.
1945-46 Oklahoma St.
1939 Oregon
1955-56 San Francisco
1942 Stanford
2003 Syracuse
1964-65, '67-73, '75, '95 UCLA
1990 UNLV
1944 Utah
1966 UTEP
1985 Villanova
1941 Wisconsin
1943 Wyoming
3. How many career regular season home runs did Kirby Puckett have? Answer: A surprisingly small 207. Most people greatly overestimated how many he had.
Scoring:
5 pts.
SirFozzie 214 (7)
4 pts.
General Mike 220 (13)
3 pts.
Eaglesfan27 192 (15)
2 pts.
Wolfpack 250 (43)
1 pt.
henry296 280 (73)
Non-scorers:
Draft Dodger 285 (78)
EagleFan 287 (80)
JeeberD 312 (105)
RPI-Fan 355 (148)
Kam 368 (141)
Vince 372 (165)
Sublime 375 (168)
kingfc22 375 (168)
Raven Hawk 382 (175)
tucker342 400 (193)
digamma 407 (200)
Alf 681 (474) sorry about the baseball question, Alf :)
4. What is the running time of the film The Ten Commandments? Answer: A mind-numbingly long 220 minutes, or 3 hours and 40 minutes, according to know-it-all film site imdb.com. I've only seen it all the way through once... one of the traditional Easter ABC showings. Which I still don't get why they always show it on Easter... but I digress.
Scoring (time shown in minutes):
5 pts.
kingfc22 220 (0)
4 pts.
EagleFan 217 (3)
3 pts.
Eaglesfan27 216 (4)
2 pts.
Wolfpack 215 (5)
1 pt.
General Mike 190 (30)
Non-scorers:
henry296 183 (37)
tucker342 180 (40)
Sublime 180 (40)
RPI-Fan 261 (41)
Kam 176 (44)
Draft Dodger 175 (45)
digamma 167 (53)
JeeberD 157 (63)
SirFozzie 147 (73)
Raven Hawk 141 (79)
Vince 135 (85)
Alf 51 yrs., or 26,823,960 minutes (I assume you misunderstood the question) :)
5. How many votes did Libertarian candidate Harry Browne receive in the 2000 Presidential election? Answer: According to the Federal Election Commission, Browne received 384,431 votes nationally. No one was really all that close, but admitttedly that was a toughie.
Scoring:
5 pts.
SirFozzie 210,000 (174,431)
4 pts.
Sublime 200,000 (184,431)
3 pts.
JeeberD 578,000 (193,569)
2 pts.
General Mike 650,000 (265,569)
1 pt.
RPI-Fan 78,522 (305,909)
Non-scorers:
kingfc22 74,000 (310,431)
Wolfpack 750,000 (365,569)
Eaglesfan27 18,000 (366,431)
Vince 11,365 (373,066)
Kam 4,863 (379,568)
Draft Dodger 4,155 (380,276)
EagleFan 845,000 (460,569)
digamma 880,967 (496,536)
henry296 1,000,000 (615,569)
Raven Hawk 1,352,000 (967,569)
Alf 2,500,000 (2,115,569)
tucker342 5,000,000 (4,615,569)
So, here are the final point totals.
Finishing out of the points on all 5 questions:
16t. Draft Dodger - 0 pts.
16t. tucker342 - 0 pts.
Point-scorers not in the top 3:
15. Alf - 0.5 pts.
14. RPI-Fan - 1 pt.
12t. digamma - 2 pts.
12t. Raven Hawk - 2 pts.
11. Vince - 3 pts.
10. Kam - 3.5 pts.
9. EagleFan - 4 pts.
8. Sublime - 4.5 pts.
6t. kingfc22 - 5 pts.
6t. Wolfpack - 5 pts.
5. henry296 - 6 pts.
4. JeeberD - 7 pts.
BRONZE MEDAL:
3. SirFozzie - 10 pts.
SILVER MEDAL:
2. General Mike - 10.5 pts.
GOLD MEDAL, and winner of Guesstimates #2:
1. Eaglesfan27 - 11 pts.
No one scored on all 5 questions this time around, but a few scored on 4 questions.
Congratulations to Eaglesfan27, who can now host Guesstimates #3!