IWS #169 - Results

[Maple Leafs]

1. Who was the most influential person of the last decade?
George W. Bush - 29
Osama Bin Laden - 5
Barrack Obama - 5
Oprah Winfrey - 2
Lance Armstrong - 1
Al Gore - 1
Steve Jobs - 1

2. In the big four North American sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL), who was the most dominant athlete of the decade?
Tom Brady - 18
Kobe Bryant - 8
Peyton Manning - 6
Lebron James - 4
Albert Pujols - 3
Barry Bonds - 3
Shaquille O'Neal - 2

3. Here's a list of the Best Picture winners for the past ten years. Which one was least deserving?
Crash - 20
Chicago - 14
Gladiator - 3
The Departed - 2
Lord of the Rings - 2
Slumdog Millionaire - 1
A Beautiful Mind - 1
No Country For Old Men - 1

4. On a scale of one to ten, where one is "terrible" and ten is "amazing", how would you rate the last decade in terms of the quality of popular music it produced?
5 - 23
1 - 9
4 - 4
3 - 3
7 - 2
2 - 1
6 - 1
8 - 1

5. Name the best television show that debuted in 2000 later.
The Wire - 11
Lost - 9
24 - 4
Sopranos - 3
American Idol - 3
The Office - 3
CSI - 3
House - 2
Arrested Development - 2
Dexter - 1
How I Met Your Mother - 1
Law and Order - 1
Criminal Minds - 1

6. Other than 9/11, what was the biggest news story of the decade?
Election of Barrack Obama - 21
Iraq War - 8
Hurricane Katrina - 5
Economic collapse - 4
Michael Jackson dies - 2
Saddam Hussein captured - 2
Disputed 2000 election - 1
Steroids in sports - 1

[Maple Leafs]

You're doing a heck of a job, Brownie!
nilodor - 184
Airhog - 696
Julio Riddols - 4,320
tarcone - 7,308
Scoobz0202 - 16,500
EagleFan - 42,021
dwardzala - 48,024
chesapeake - 84,042

I can see Russia from my house
Dark Cloud - 110,880
LoneStarGirl - 129,920
RomaGoth - 131,544
stevew - 147,200
TLK - 260,820
Butter_of_69 - 263,088
Racer - 306,936
MikeVic - 356,400
claphamsa - 434,700
lighthousekeeper - 438,480
jbergey22 - 455,400
RPI-Fan - 613,872
flere-imsaho - 708,400
PineTar - 789,264
PackerFanatic - 876,960
boberot - 876,960

Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya!
kcchief19 - 1,008,504
Karlifornia - 1,738,800
cody8200 - 1,841,616
DanGarion - 1,920,960
StLee - 2,250,864
tyketime - 2,434,320
Abe Sargent - 2,561,280
Lathum - 2,689,344
SteveMax58 - 4,706,352
cartman - 7,892,640
Passacaglia - 8,268,480
Dodgerchick - 9,646,560
Vince, Pt. II -15,127,560
hoopsguy - 17,758,440
Pyser - 21,130,560

Yes we can! Yes we can!
QuikSand - 55,467,720
SteveBollea - 55,467,720

[jbergey22]

Why didnt I take that moron George Bush I may have won? Darn it!

[lighthousekeeper]

huh. never heard of The Wire.

[Raiders Army]

Wouldn't have won, but my entry was not counted.

[Racer]

huh. never heard of The Wire.

+1.

[Dodgerchick]

huh. never heard of The Wire.

+1.

what'?!!! It's one of the best shows EVER! Seriously. It's a crime drama like you've never seen before. If you guys haven't seen it, do yourselves a favor and see it, you will not be disappointed.

[Radii]

what'?!!! It's one of the best shows EVER! Seriously. It's a crime drama like you've never seen before. If you guys haven't seen it, do yourselves a favor and see it, you will not be disappointed.

+1. Best TV Series ever IMO. 5 seasons, well worth renting/finding/netflixing/whatever.

[Alan T]

huh. never heard of The Wire.


Considering this is a FOFC contest, I would assume picking The Wire and Crash as the two choices specific for this board simply because of the amount of discussions that have centered around how good the wire is and how bad Crash was.

(I didn't play this contest, and I actually like Crash, but since this contest is about being with stupid, I would assume easily those two answers in this one. Go to a different forum and the answer may change)

[lighthousekeeper]

Considering this is a FOFC contest, I would assume picking The Wire and Crash as the two choices specific for this board simply because of the amount of discussions that have centered around how good the wire is and how bad Crash was.

(I didn't play this contest, and I actually like Crash, but since this contest is about being with stupid, I would assume easily those two answers in this one. Go to a different forum and the answer may change)

It's interesting - I must always just tune out whatever threads those discussions were in.

[panerd]

+1. Best TV Series ever IMO. 5 seasons, well worth renting/finding/netflixing/whatever.

It is probably my top ever but I can see how it isn't everyone's cup of tea. It takes a lot of focus and then the focus really pays off. If you can't focus or are just looking for action or the "brilliant detective” that pieces everything together at the end of every show (which is what i enjoy doing sometimes) then don't bother with this show. But if you have the commitment you should look into renting it as soon as possible.

[QuikSand]

w00t

[Pyser]

stupid obama instead of iraq cost me in q6

[SteveMax58]

Wow...I had no idea The Wire was discussed so much here. I should have gotten Crash but for some reason spaced it. Tom Brady? Man...I know its IWS, but I did not even consider him.

Lots of second places FTW!!

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

I thought this thing was supposed to be tough to win? :-)

To be fair, I think you've won before.

[panerd]

To be fair, I think you've won before.

:) Checking the records, was it IWS #100?

[Maple Leafs]

Wouldn't have won, but my entry was not counted.
Sorry about that. There were two late entries that I forgot to add to the results list (they were counted in the answer values).

[Vince, Pt. II]

The Wire killed me, and I should have known. The Sopranos were stuck in my head for some reason.

[Karlifornia]

Screw you Dubya and screw you Tom Brady. I went with the flavors of the month (Obama and LeBron)

[Raiders Army]

Sorry about that. There were two late entries that I forgot to add to the results list (they were counted in the answer values).

Understood. Thanks!

[QuikSand]

new one up soon, awaiting direction from co-host

[flere-imsaho]

Woah, not even close on this one.

Looking forward to the next one with co-hosts.