I'm With Stupid, IWS #253 - RESULTS
 

The results are IN! Only one day later than promised! Not bad! I was hoping to get a nice spread of answers, with no real showstoppers. I was pretty satisfied with the results.

We had a total of sixteen entrants.

1. The Celtics (17), Lakers (17), Warriors (6), Bulls (6), and Spurs (5) are the best collection of franchises in the NBA according to championships. Name another franchise that has won at least two NBA championships.

Detroit Pistons – 6
Miami Heat – 5
Golden State Warriors – 2
Milwaukee Bucks – 2
Houston Rockets – 1

Reading is so, so fundamental. I had the Warriors listed smack-dab in the middle there, amongst the five greatest franchises by championships. Yet two people both decided it would be good to answer “Warriors”. Otherwise, all good and correct answers. The Bucks are the most recent entrants into this group, having won their second title last year. I expected more love for the Rockets. No love for the Knicks or Sixers.

2. With the conceit that Michael Jordan and LeBron James, in some order, are considered the two best players of all time… who is the 3rd best NBA player ever?

Wilt Chamberlain – 5
Kobe Bryant – 3
Magic Johnson – 3
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 3
Larry Bird – 1
Bill Russell – 1

I got what I wanted here, a nice mix of answers. Stupid likes his stat stuffer, though - even though the correct answer is Kareem.

3. Name an NFL team that has *NEVER* won a Super Bowl.

Cleveland Browns – 7
Detroit Lions – 5
Cincinnati Bengals – 2
Minnesota Vikings – 1
Buffalo Bills – 1

The Lions were named in 5 of the first 6 entries before the Browns took the back half of the entries. That’s why you play the game! Teams without any recognition: Cardinals, Titans, Chargers, Falcons, Panthers, Texans, Jaguars.

4. Name a Quarterback not named Tom Brady or Joe Montana with multiple championships.

Peyton Manning – 8
Terry Bradshaw – 3
Troy Aikman – 1
John Elway – 1
Eli Manning – 1
Ben Roethlisberger – 1
Steve Young – 1

I should have excluded Peyton, but then this probably gets dominated by Bradshaw.

5. Name a current golfer on the PGA tour not named Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods.

Rory McIlroy – 8
Dustin Johnson – 2
Scottie Scheffler – 2
Justin Thomas – 2
Bryson DeChambeau – 1
Jordan Spieth – 1

I didn’t expect Rory to run away with Stupid as he did here. At the very least, I figured it would be more of a Rory/Jordan split. But with all the new names and faces dominating today’s game, I expected more love spread around.

6. Give me a reasonable price for a gallon of gas (US currency).

$2.00 – 6
$3.00 – 4
$2.50 – 2
$2.75 – 1
$4.00 – 1
$4.50 – 1
$5.00 – 1

Stupid knows that round numbers rule this game. Stupid is also living in fantasy land.

THE RESULTS

Butter Luck Next Time
Butter – 48

Thanks For Playing
Silver Owl – 140
stevew – 360
joe the wanderer – 360
QuikSand – 640
Toddzilla – 840

Showing Signs of Improvement
MIJB#19 – 1200
albionmoonlight – 2880
Breeze – 3024
flere-imsaho – 4320

Nearly Made the Podium
cartman – 5040
jbergey22 – 5760
NobodyHere – 6000

Judgment Day
britrock88 – 10752
Karlifornia – 10752

Mr. Perfect
sabotai – 80640

Congratulations to sabotai, who collects his 2nd career win and first since IWS #143. Thank you all for playing, it was a lot of fun hosting.

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Ugh, totally whiffed on number 5

Congrats sabotai!

Congrats!

Thanks for running, korme

dola:

I was too influenced by that Bill Simmons book and put Russell for #2. I should have taken a step back and remembered this was IWS. (And I would have then put Kobe there, so I still wouldn't have gotten the most popular answer, but it wouldn't have been such a miss).

Funny, Bill just updated his pantheon today, and Kareem is at 3 and Russell is 4 now (Magic 5, Bird 6)

Darn. Larry Bird killed me. I fell into the trap of "first name that came to mind". I suppose I was also thinking stupid liked a token white guy.

Congrats on that deserved victory after a perfect score, sabotai.

Jesus

I suck at this game

Expected more recency bias for the Bucks, but then...

FYI, I think I've settled on my questions, but I've been busy and this weekend I have a wedding to go to. I'll post the next game sometime next week.

bump

Those are going to be some tough questions

sabotai hasn't logged on in 5 months.

I'm sure it'd be fine if someone else wants to take the reigns.