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digamma
08-09-2012, 01:41 PM
The Rules

The rules are the same as previous FOFC "I’m With Stupid" Contests, as set forth by the game’s widely revered and beloved founding fathers.

The object of this contest is to answer the questions posted, 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. Yes, that word "product" means that they will be multiplied together, not added. Highest score wins.

Collaboration of any kind is strictly forbidden. No posting your answers to this board, nor sharing them by e-mail or in any other way with other potential contestants. Just don't be an asshat, and this should end well.

All determinations of "matches" and anything else requiring judgment fall to that of the sole administrator of this round of the game. You can reduce the need for doubt and judgment by properly spelling your submissions, being clear, and that sort of thing. The administrator's decisions are final and utterly inarguable, no exceptions.

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 "What was the second-best comedy of the 1980s after Cheers?" and you answer "The Cosby Show" along with 20 others, you each (shockingly) score 21 points, despite the fact that the indisputable correct answer is "Night Court."

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The Hall of Heroes


abe Sargent - IWS#49, IWS#149

Ahbrady - IWS#15, IWS#41, IWS#85, IWS#100

Airhog - IWS#1

Albionmoonlight - IWS#30, IWS#50, IWS#101, IWS#127, IWS#146, IWS#190

Archer219 - IWS#18, IWS#100

Arctus – IWS#135

Ardent Enthusiast - IWS#6

Atatange1 - IWS#79

Barkeep49 - IWS#62, IWS#100, IWS#117

bbor - IWS#23, IWS#26

Bearcat729 - IWS#82, IWS#93

bhlloy - IWS#179

BishopMVP - IWS#36

Blade - IWS#13

BrianD - IWS#106

britrock88 - IWS#185, IWS#193

Bryce - IWS#40, IWS#53

Buccaneer - IWS#47

Butter_of_69 - IWS#128, IWS#144, IWS#158, IWS#176

Bsak16 - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#17

cartman - IWS#48, IWS#100

Celeval - IWS#146

Chief Rum - IWS#45, IWS#56, IWS#95

Claphamsa - IWS#184

CMP - IWS#171

Coffee Warlord - IWS#176

ColtCrazy - IWS#178

Cornhuskerly - IWS#46

Crim - IWS#57

Cringer - IWS#155, IWS#158

Cthomer5000 - IWS#54, IWS#75

CU Tiger - IWS#152, IWS#179

cuervo72 - IWS#27, IWS#38, IWS#191

DanGarion – IWS#100, IWS#122, IWS#178

Danny - IWS#54

Dodgerchick - IWS#177

Desert Dweller - IWS#6

Desnudo - IWS#88, IWS#120, IWS#137

Digamma - IWS#14, IWS#92, IWS#185, IWS#190, IWS#192, IWS#198

DukeRulesMAB - IWS#76

Dutch - IWS#90, IWS#189

EagleFan - IWS#41

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn - IWS#126

Frozenrope - IWS#86

George W Bush - IWS#80, IWS#84

Glengoyne - IWS#71

gold101 - IWS#63

GoSeahawks - IWS#64, IWS#131

gstelmack - IWS#116

Hammer755 - IWS#38

HeavyReign - IWS#23

Henry296 - IWS#12

Honolulu_Blue - IWS#129, IWS#144

Hoopsguy - IWS#170, IWS#174, IWS#181

HornedFrogPurple - IWS#10

jbergey22 - IWS#172, IWS#187

JeeberD - IWS#44, IWS#52, IWS#61, IWS#87, IWS#91, IWS#110, IWS#138, IWS#141

Jesse Ewiak – IWS#100

Joe Canadian - IWS#29

John Lynch - IWS#10

Karlifornia - IWS#81, IWS#97, IWS#99, IWS#124, IWS#134, IWS#158, IWS#161, IWS#172

kcchief19 - IWS#195

kingfc22- IWS#75, IWS#123, IWS#140, IWS#151

kurtism - IWS#79

KWhit - IWS#142, IWS#147, IWS#150, IWS#164

Lathum - IWS#182

lighhousekeeper - IWS#125

lurker - IWS#158

Logan – IWS#100, IWS#186

Maple Leafs - IWS#34, IWS#84, IWS#94, IWS#113, IWS#118, IWS#139, IWS#168

Marmel - IWS#8

Masked - IWS#22, IWS#30, IWS#31, IWS#33, IWS#100

MattJones4Heisman - IWS#157

mauboy1 - IWS#77

MIJB#19 - IWS#59, IWS#69, IWS#117, IWS#194

Msf518 - IWS#11, IWS#15, IWS#35, IWS#39, IWS#100

Neuqua - IWS#19

NoMyths - IWS#46

Noop - IWS#46

Nothingman - IWS#6, IWS#45

ntndeacon - IWS#81

Oliegirl - IWS#72, IWS#81

PackerFanatic - IWS#130

Panerd - IWS#3, IWS#84, IWS#89, IWS#107, IWS#120, IWS#133, IWS#190

PineTar - IWS#108

Pjstp20 - IWS#42

Primelord - IWS#11

PurdueBrad - IWS#173, IWS#197

Pyser - IWS#85, IWS#163, IWS#180, IWS#197

QuikSand - IWS#9, IWS#16, IWS#18, IWS#24, IWS#32, IWS#58, IWS#66, IWS#70, IWS#73, IWS#78, IWS#83, IWS#93, IWS#100, IWS#103, IWS#111, IWS#132, IWS#156, IWS#165, IWS#169, IWS#179

Qwikshot - IWS#5

Radii – IWS#100, IWS#106

Raiders Army - IWS#154, IWS#179

Ramzavail - IWS#53

Raven Hawk - IWS#68, IWS#96

RendeR - IWS#6

RGunner - IWS#121

rkmsuf - IWS#145

RonnieDobbs - IWS#37

RPI-Fan - IWS#9, IWS#182

sabotai - IWS#143

Samdari - IWS#21

ScottVib - IWS#9

Solecismic - IWS#83

spleen1015 - IWS#98, IWS#196

SplitPersonality1 - IWS#4, IWS#104

Sterlingice - IWS#28, IWS#31, IWS#35, IWS#51, IWS#183, IWS#197

stevebollea - IWS#169

stevew- IWS#159, IWS#164

Subby - IWS#107, IWS#110, IWS#112

Sublime 2 - IWS#25, IWS#134, IWS#148, IWS#161, IWS#179, IWS#188

Suicane75 - IWS#109

Swaggs - IWS#2, IWS#35

Tarcone - IWS#162

Tasan - IWS#65

TazFTW - IWS#153

ThunderingHERD - IWS#114, IWS#119, IWS#122

Timmae - IWS#115

Toddzilla - IWS#167

Tredwel - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#20, IWS#43, IWS#67, IWS#84

TRO - IWS#7, IWS#9, IWS#12, IWS#85, IWS#102, IWS#109

tucker342 - IWS#60

tyketime - IWS#175, IWS#178

Vince - IWS#37, IWS#46, IWS#62

wademoore - IWS#166

Wbatl1 – IWS#105, IWS#136

Whar - IWS#75

Wheels - IWS#55

WSUCougar – IWS#105



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The Questions

It is August. Vacation time. In the US, you may get a week off to hit the beach with the family. If you're in Europe, well, see you in September. Can you be with Stupid as he gets some nice R&R?

1. Stupid loves the beach, but Hawaii is a long way away. Name a beach vacation destination in the United States other than the Hawaiian islands.

2. Stupid is part of the typical American family. Wife and 2.4 kids. Stupid is packing up the car to head on vacation. How long (as a time value, not distance) is Stupid willing to drive to get to his vacation spot?

3. Stupid is at his wit's end. The kids have had to go to the bathroom 14 times, he's listened to the Wheels on the Bus on repeat for a solid two hours, his wife is asleep and a bird just dropped a huge splat on his windshield. How much is Stupid willing to pay on a per ticket basis to fly to his next vacation?

4. Stupid's favorite movie is European Vacation. He loves the beginning where the Griswolds win the European vacation as a prize on Pig in a Poke. What game show might Stupid go on to win a European vacation today? (And yes, Russ, he's going to pork her.)

5. Stupid is whipped. He not only took his wife on a honeymoon, but then got suckered into taking her on a babymoon. Now she's convinced him to take a Staycation to get some things done around the house. What is Stupid's #1 item on the Honey-Do list?

6. Stupid has made it. He's sitting drinking his favorite cold beverage, in a rocking chair on the front porch of his beach house. What song plays quietly in the background?

Young Drachma
08-09-2012, 01:50 PM
Nice work on this one.

Losing entry submitted.

sterlingice
08-09-2012, 02:03 PM
I'm pretty sure I won't win but I liked one of my answers quite a bit

SI

General Mike
08-09-2012, 02:45 PM
submitted for your approval

PurdueBrad
08-09-2012, 03:22 PM
Sent (possibly twice due to a time out error). Love the questions, like my answers, won't win.

Alf
08-09-2012, 03:49 PM
funny one. Nicely done

Coffee Warlord
08-10-2012, 08:54 AM
Yeah, not gonna pull this one off, I'm afraid.

digamma
08-10-2012, 04:22 PM
Weekend crew bump.

QuikSand
08-11-2012, 08:33 AM
The most truly beloved founding fathers hereby register an objection to the continued erosion of fawning adoration in the setup text.

hoopsguy
08-11-2012, 08:40 AM
The most truly beloved founding fathers hereby register an objection to the continued erosion of fawning adoration in the setup text.

On a semi-related note, can the next winner please turn over the Cheers/Night Court/Cosby question in the setup text?

sterlingice
08-13-2012, 03:21 PM
About to fall off the front page bump

SI

digamma
08-13-2012, 03:50 PM
Thanks. Will keep it open at least through tomorrow.

Sun Tzu
08-13-2012, 04:11 PM
tens...tsen...sten...sssssssssssssnet

Raiders Army
08-13-2012, 06:40 PM
Sent. #5 was really hard.

PurdueBrad
08-14-2012, 10:41 AM
Bumping it

digamma
08-15-2012, 10:47 AM
Last Chance. I'll do the results this afternoon (pacific time).