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04-27-2014, 06:47 PM
IWS #217 - The World Cup
1. Based on 2010, we can expect roughly 700 million people (or more) to watch the World Cup Final. What percentage of this audience will know the original name of the World Cup Trophy?
11 - 10%
4 - 25%, 1%
3 - 5%
2 - 20%
1 - 30%, 0%
The answer, of course, is the Jules Rimet Trophy. Personally, my guess would have been 1%, but we know Stupid loves his round numbers.
2. Thirty-Two teams will take part in the World Cup Finals Tournament that starts in Brazil on 12 June. Of these, how many really have a legitimate shot at winning it all?
9 - 5 Teams
6 - 10 Teams
5 - 8 Teams
4 - 4 Teams
1 - 7 Teams, 3 Teams
I wondered how many would go for 10 given it was a round number, when it's unlikely that 10 have a "real" chance to win. In this instance it would appear that Stupid feels that 5 is a good round number.
3. Besides Brazil, which nation has historically played the most enjoyable and entertaining type of soccer at the World Cup Finals (i.e. the games of the tournament, not just the final match)?
11 - Spain
4 - Holland, Italy, Argentina
1 - France, USA, Portugal
May have been more competitive if I left Brazil in, to be honest. Stupid knows all about Spain given that they've been on top of the world for 6+ years now. Hard to beat that.
4. Besides Germany, which nation has historically played the most efficient and soul-destroying type of soccer at the World Cup Finals (i.e. the games of the tournament, not just the final match)?
14 - Italy
4 - England
2 - France
1 - Germany, Argentina, Holland, Spain, Brazil, USA
Stupid knows soccer better than I thought he would, and understood that Italy more-or-less invented negative football. I'm sure a person or two wanted to pick Uruguay who, in the depths of history, were known for literally mugging their opponents.
5. The four largest countries by population in the world are China, India, the United States and Indonesia (Brazil is fifth). These four have never won a World Cup, nor even come especially close, despite accounting for over 35% of the world's population. How many years will it be before one of these four countries wins the World Cup?
7 - 20 years
5 - 100 years
4 - 40 years
2 - 16 years, Never, 50 years, 8 years
1 - 24 years, 10 years
Note that any answer not divisible by 4 is automatically impossible, something not particularly lost on Stupid (amazingly) this time around. A good spread here, but 20 years honestly seems too soon.
6. Despite being the birthplace of soccer, England has only won the World Cup once, in 1966, and since then has developed a national fatalism around this fact (yes, I'm editorializing). How many years will it be before England wins the World Cup again?
8 - 20 years
3 - 40 years, 50 years
2 - 100 years, 52 years, 16 years, 12 years
1 - 25 years, 48 years, 60 years, Never
I love all the answers that got 2 or 1 votes. Someone pointed out that in 52 years it'll be 2066, which is probably the best answer of the lot, though knowing England they'd just crumble under the anticipation again....
And now, the results!
Thought this was about American football:
NobodyHere 99
PurdueBrad 176
HomerSiimpson98 528
bulletsponge 672
timmae 704
Will end the group stage with 0 points:
britrock88 2,016
ntndeacon 2,160
path12 2,520
Marc Vaughan 2,688
Bisbo 4,620
Will need help on the final day to qualify from their group:
lighthousekeeper 5,376
claphamsa 5,544
Abe Sargent 6,336
Karlifornia 8,800
Grover 9,856
Quarterfinalists!
jbergey22 21,780
albionmoonlight 33,880
Pyser 42,240
Butter_of_69 49,280
Semi Finalists!
Umbrella 51,744
cartman 62,720
Warhammer 64,512
MIJB#19 77,616
Wins the Third Place Game!
Barkeep49 88,704
Loses in the Final!
nol 182,952
And your World Cup Winner is....
nilodor 213,444
Congrats nilodor!!!
1. Based on 2010, we can expect roughly 700 million people (or more) to watch the World Cup Final. What percentage of this audience will know the original name of the World Cup Trophy?
11 - 10%
4 - 25%, 1%
3 - 5%
2 - 20%
1 - 30%, 0%
The answer, of course, is the Jules Rimet Trophy. Personally, my guess would have been 1%, but we know Stupid loves his round numbers.
2. Thirty-Two teams will take part in the World Cup Finals Tournament that starts in Brazil on 12 June. Of these, how many really have a legitimate shot at winning it all?
9 - 5 Teams
6 - 10 Teams
5 - 8 Teams
4 - 4 Teams
1 - 7 Teams, 3 Teams
I wondered how many would go for 10 given it was a round number, when it's unlikely that 10 have a "real" chance to win. In this instance it would appear that Stupid feels that 5 is a good round number.
3. Besides Brazil, which nation has historically played the most enjoyable and entertaining type of soccer at the World Cup Finals (i.e. the games of the tournament, not just the final match)?
11 - Spain
4 - Holland, Italy, Argentina
1 - France, USA, Portugal
May have been more competitive if I left Brazil in, to be honest. Stupid knows all about Spain given that they've been on top of the world for 6+ years now. Hard to beat that.
4. Besides Germany, which nation has historically played the most efficient and soul-destroying type of soccer at the World Cup Finals (i.e. the games of the tournament, not just the final match)?
14 - Italy
4 - England
2 - France
1 - Germany, Argentina, Holland, Spain, Brazil, USA
Stupid knows soccer better than I thought he would, and understood that Italy more-or-less invented negative football. I'm sure a person or two wanted to pick Uruguay who, in the depths of history, were known for literally mugging their opponents.
5. The four largest countries by population in the world are China, India, the United States and Indonesia (Brazil is fifth). These four have never won a World Cup, nor even come especially close, despite accounting for over 35% of the world's population. How many years will it be before one of these four countries wins the World Cup?
7 - 20 years
5 - 100 years
4 - 40 years
2 - 16 years, Never, 50 years, 8 years
1 - 24 years, 10 years
Note that any answer not divisible by 4 is automatically impossible, something not particularly lost on Stupid (amazingly) this time around. A good spread here, but 20 years honestly seems too soon.
6. Despite being the birthplace of soccer, England has only won the World Cup once, in 1966, and since then has developed a national fatalism around this fact (yes, I'm editorializing). How many years will it be before England wins the World Cup again?
8 - 20 years
3 - 40 years, 50 years
2 - 100 years, 52 years, 16 years, 12 years
1 - 25 years, 48 years, 60 years, Never
I love all the answers that got 2 or 1 votes. Someone pointed out that in 52 years it'll be 2066, which is probably the best answer of the lot, though knowing England they'd just crumble under the anticipation again....
And now, the results!
Thought this was about American football:
NobodyHere 99
PurdueBrad 176
HomerSiimpson98 528
bulletsponge 672
timmae 704
Will end the group stage with 0 points:
britrock88 2,016
ntndeacon 2,160
path12 2,520
Marc Vaughan 2,688
Bisbo 4,620
Will need help on the final day to qualify from their group:
lighthousekeeper 5,376
claphamsa 5,544
Abe Sargent 6,336
Karlifornia 8,800
Grover 9,856
Quarterfinalists!
jbergey22 21,780
albionmoonlight 33,880
Pyser 42,240
Butter_of_69 49,280
Semi Finalists!
Umbrella 51,744
cartman 62,720
Warhammer 64,512
MIJB#19 77,616
Wins the Third Place Game!
Barkeep49 88,704
Loses in the Final!
nol 182,952
And your World Cup Winner is....
nilodor 213,444
Congrats nilodor!!!