IWS #141 results

[kingfc22]

This was a very close IWS. That is until the heavyweights decided to join the game...


1. Name a magazine.

11 - Sports Illustrated
9 - Time
2 - People
1 - Playboy

SI was a run away answer and would have been a definate eliminator, but Time made a big push at the end landing on 5 of 7 ballots.

2. Name a newspaper.

18 - NY Times
4 - USA Today
1 - Washington Post

The ELIMINATOR. Was hoping for more of a battle between the top 2, but it didn't materialize.

3. Name a comic strip other than Charlie Brown.

8 - Dilbert
4 - Garfield
3 - Peanuts
3 - Calvin and Hobbes
2 - Doonesbury
2 - The Far Side
1 - Family Circus

I would have bombed on this question as I didn't realize that Dilbert was so popular amongst the FOFC crowd.

4. Name an author who writes fictional books.

9 - Stephen King
6 - Dan Brown
3 - JK Rowling
2 - John Grisham
1 - JRR Tolkien
1 - Anne Rice
1 - Anne McCaffrey

Glad to see one of my favorite writers take this question.

5. Who will win the World Series this season?

10 - White Sox
5 - Yankees
3 - Red Sox
2 - Tigers
1 - Cardinals
1 - Mets
1 - New York (didn't specify which one and the final outcome wouldn't change if it was more specific)

Only 2 votes for NL teams. No love for the Tigers and you guys really are stupid for picking the Yankees.

6. How many home runs will Barry Bonds retire with?

7 - 750
6 - 730
3 - 756
2 - 740
1 - 733
1 - 754
1 - 760
1 - 800
1 - 751

Stupid knows to go with a round number and it paid off here. Interesting that 740 did not get more votes though.


THE ALSO RANS
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JUST OFF THE PODIUM
<table x:str="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="364"><col style="width: 74pt;" width="98"> <col style="width: 18pt;" span="6" width="24"> <col style="width: 53pt;" width="71"> <col style="width: 38pt;" width="51"> <tbody><tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl27" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 74pt;" height="17" width="98">pyser</td> <td class="xl25" style="width: 53pt;" x:num="142560" align="right" width="71">142,560</td> <td class="xl26" style="width: 38pt;" x:num="0.14285714285714285" align="right" width="51"> 14.3%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl27" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">MIJB#19</td> <td class="xl25" x:num="285120" align="right">285,120</td> <td class="xl26" x:num="0.2857142857142857" align="right">28.6%</td> </tr> </tbody></table>

BRONZE MEDALIST
<table x:str="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="364"><col style="width: 74pt;" width="98"><col> <tbody><tr><td class="xl27" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 74pt;" height="17" width="98">passacaglia
</td> <td class="xl25" style="width: 53pt;" x:num="306180" align="right" width="71">306,180
</td> <td class="xl26" style="width: 38pt;" x:num="0.30681818181818182" align="right" width="51"> 30.7%
</td> </tr></tbody><col style="width: 18pt;" span="6" width="24"><col style="width: 53pt;" width="71"><col style="width: 38pt;" width="51"><tbody><tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"></tr></tbody></table>
SILVER MEDALIST
<table x:str="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="364"><col style="width: 74pt;" width="98"><col> <tbody><tr><td class="xl27" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 74pt;" height="17" width="98">quiksand
</td> <td class="xl25" style="width: 53pt;" x:num="816480" align="right" width="71">816,480
</td> <td class="xl26" style="width: 38pt;" x:num="0.81818181818181823" align="right" width="51"> 81.8%
</td> </tr></tbody><col style="width: 18pt;" span="6" width="24"><col style="width: 53pt;" width="71"><col style="width: 38pt;" width="51"><tbody><tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"></tr></tbody></table>
GOLD MEDALIST
<table x:str="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 273pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="364"><col style="width: 74pt;" width="98"><col> <tbody><tr><td class="xl27" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 74pt;" height="17" width="98">jeeberd
</td> <td class="xl25" style="width: 53pt;" x:num="855360" align="right" width="71">855,360
</td> <td class="xl26" style="width: 38pt;" x:num="0.8571428571428571" align="right" width="51">85.7%
</td> </tr></tbody><col style="width: 18pt;" span="6" width="24"><col style="width: 53pt;" width="71"><col style="width: 38pt;" width="51"><tbody></tbody></table>

[kcchief19]

1 - New York (didn't specify which one and the final outcome wouldn't change if it was more specific)
This was mean trying to be a baller with stupid. I figured most people would say the Yankees, but then I thought about how the Mets were right up there. I thought maybe a number of people would be stupid like me and try to hedge their bets by saying "New York," figuring it could serve as two answers instead of just one. Stupid.

Glad to see I wasn't the only one to say Peanuts for the comic strip. I figured since kingfc22 intentionally or otherwise misnamed the comic strip, it would prompt a number of people to automatically reply with the correct name of the strip.

I'm moving to the Netherlands so I will perform better in the next edition.

[GoSeahawks]

I had a rather tough outing.

[Wasabiak]

Boy, am i STUPID!!!! :confused:

[Greyroofoo]

bah

[QuikSand]

Curse that Jeeber!

[JeeberD]

Woot!

I originally went with Time for the first question, and it looks like that's what Quik might have gone with, so that saved me right there. I also had Calvin and Hobbes as well, so it looks like second-guessing won me this IWS!

I'll have a new edition up either tonight or tomorrow evening.

[Toddzilla]

Fucking WaPo elimnated me - I had most all the rest. I am teh suck.

[PackerFanatic]

Wow, really freakin' close. I feel stupid for not getting SI and was only one off on the homeruns. Bummer...

[MIJB#19]

So, uhm, 2 baseball questions and I end up 4th. That's not so bad afterall!

I'm moving to the Netherlands so I will perform better in the next edition.:D

[Passacaglia]

best of the rest, baby