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:

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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!
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[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]

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]

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...
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[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. :mad:

[MIJB#19]

Woo. Hoo.

New IWS will be up soon, probably today.Don't count on it, QS drafted his future franchise quarterback in the IHOF.:D

[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]

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?!!!?
:confused: :confused: :confused:

[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]

so why is it holland and the netherlands, yet you guys are Dutch?!!!?
:confused: :confused: :confused:
so why is it ohio and the usa, yet we are all american!!!?!aahhh!!

[MIJB#19]

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

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 :D

[MIJB#19]

USA = United States of America = American.

Sheesh, you can do better :DYes, 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]

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!!USA = United States of America = American.

Sheesh, you can do better :D
OK, I'll give it a try.

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

[QuikSand]

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]

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]

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.