IWS 204: Thanksgiving (RESULTS)
 

1 - Stupid loves football. He is excited for the three NFL games that will be played on Thanksgiving day: Texans @ Lions, Redskins @ Cowboys, and Patriots @ Jets. Stupid wonders: What is the highest point total that a single NFL team will put up on Thanksgiving day this year?

35 -- 9
30 -- 5
42 -- 4
40 -- 2
50 -- 2
28 -- 1


2 - Name a fruit or vegetable associated with Thanksgiving.

Cranberries -- 9
Pumpkin -- 6
Potatoes -- 4
Sweet Potatoes -- 2
Corn -- 2


3 - Stupid's mom is an excellent chef, and will be doing all the cooking for Thanksgiving dinner, but Stupid agrees to do the grocery shopping. How much money does Stupid spend per person?

$20 -- 10
$10 -- 7
$25 -- 4
$50 -- 2

4 - Stupid is growing up -- it's his first time hosting the family for Thanksgiving dinner rather than going back to mom's house! How old is Stupid?

30 -- 16
25 -- 3
35 -- 2
40 -- 1
50 -- 1

[Ed. note: I'm surprised that this was the eliminator question.)


5 - How many people are at the average Thanksgiving dinner?

10 -- 15
20 -- 2
8 -- 2
25 -- 1
15 -- 1
12 -- 1
6 -- 1


6 - Stupid's family loves dessert! How many different flavors of pie are there?

5 -- 11
3 -- 6
2 -- 5
1 -- 1


THE RESULTS...

Prefers Black Friday shopping:

finketr 1701
StLee 1980
MizzouRah 3696
Lathum 6600
Young Drachma 7920
DanGarion 22176


Had too much Halloween candy:

SplitPersonality1 38400
Barkeep49 38880
ntndeacon 44550


Still prefers Christmas:

Crapshoot 69120
Julio Riddols (fiancee) 86400
CrimonFox 108000


Squawks like a turkey when no one is looking:

panerd 168000
albionmoonlight 190080
nilodor 211200
Ben E Lou 221760
claphamsa 233280


Doesn't hesitate to go for seconds:

General Mike 316800
Logan 362880
Butter_of_69 378000


Experts at the post-Thanksgiving nap:

britrock88 432000
Pyser 466560


And your winner!:

stevew 950400

How did this round not last until the week of Thanksgiving?

5 pies? Jesus Christ.

fuckin' A!

damnit. 5 pies just seemed like too many, and $20 per person just seemed too cheap

still a good 2nd place showing though

great questions!

Wow. my worst showing in a while. Must be because I am a vegaterian.

That was quick, didn't even have a chance to play and end up last! :(

I totally read that question wrong. Got the stupid answer, but still read it wrong. Would have said 2 based on real life.

We have 10 pies, 2 cakes and a cheesecake set for our menu.

That's okay.. I covered that for you.

I knew that woman was way off.. I would have nailed every single question this go around. Gonna rub it in her face when she gets off work. I'm gonna consider myself with stupid.

LOL! I agree! :)
Not only 5 pies but 5 KINDS of pies! That's more than 5 as you gotta figure 2 pumpkin and 2 apple.

Congrats steve! Hey rpi. What's steve's title? YOu forgot to give him one. Is he Tom Turkey?


damn brit, you seem to do really well every time!

I'll try to put a new one up tomorrow.

I don't know what it says about me if I can consistently channel Stupid fairly well...

This was an exercise in how stupid likes round numbers.

definitely . I was THIS CLOSE to making my 28 a 30 even though 30 doesn't make much sense.

(but stupid is a diabetic now)

This one pushed the limits of roundness.

On Q1, common sense (35), though somewhat round, beat a rounder guess (30) 9 to 5. Some might argue that roundness ($20) beat reality ($25) 10-4 on Q3, but I think $20 might be the true sweet spot there. No argument with 30 as a good answer (roundness notwithstanding) to Q4. 10 (round) clobbered 8 (two families of 4?), and 5 (round, but ???) matched the combined total of the reasonable guesses of 3 and 2.

By my tally, over-roundness notched a clear victory on Q6 and probably won the day on Q5. I'll call Q3 a push, and say Q4 was the best answer in both respects. Common sense's lone victory is 35 over 30 in Q1, but even then, it rounds to a 5, when 34 might be a more realistic max.

All that to say, "I agree with Lathum."

I'm just never gonna be stupid enough. Someday...