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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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IWS #212: Results
1. Name a song which contains a color in its title.
10 - Yellow Submarine 7 - Purple Rain 6 - Paint it Black 4 - Purple Haze 3 - Back in Black 3 - Blue Suede Shoes 2 - Red, Red Wine 1 - Blue Monday; Pink Cadillac; 99 Red Balloons; It's Not Easy Being Green; White Wedding; Somewhere Over the Rainbow This turned out about how I expected, actually. The only surprise are some of the folks who didn't go with Purple Rain - more on that later. 2. Name a performer or group of performers whose stage name contains a color. 8 - Blue Man Group 8 - Pink Floyd 6 - Pink 5 - Black Sabbath 4 - Green Day 4 - Red Hot Chili Peppers 2 - White Stripes 1 - Scarlett Johansson, Maroon Five, James Brown, Blue Oyster Cult Not a real surprise for me here either - outside of completely forgetting about Pink Floyd. I was thinking musical acts at first before the light bulb went on and I realized "oh right - Blue Man Group". I do feel a little bad for the Godfather of Soul though. 3. Name a species which has a color as part of its common name. 10 - blue jay 7 - great white shark 6 - blue whale 5 - goldfish 3 - bluebird 2 - black bear 2 - red fox 1 - black widow, black mamba, pink flamingo, black panther, blackbird, orange This question also wasn't a great surprise - I'd have gone blue jay - though I expected black/brown bear to do a little better overall. 4. Give the name of a fictional work which has a color in its title. 11 - The Color Purple 9 - Green Eggs and Ham 6 - A Clockwork Orange 4 - 50 Shades of Grey 3 - The Green Mile 2 - Red Badge of Courage 1 - The Scarlet Letter, Red Dawn, Snow White, Red Dragon, Blue Lagoon, Red Oprah wins out. Somehow, I didn't see GE&H coming. When thinking of the question, Red Badge of Courage was one of the examples I thought of first. But, it's a little too old and a little too literature for stupid so I'm not surprised it didn't fare well. 5. Provide a well-known phrase or saying which references a color. 8 - green with envy 5 - feeling blue 3 - caught red-handed 3 - once in a blue moon 2 - silver spoon 2 - pot calling the kettle black 2 - out of the blue 2 - grass is always greener 1 - roses are red, it's not easy being green, hotter than blue blazes, yellow-bellied, white lie, red hot, blue balls, black sheep, black and blue, I do not like green eggs and ham, black and white, black Friday, silver lining, blue in the face THIS was a tough one; it knocked a lot of people out, and in two cases, denied entrants the title. 6. Name someone, real or imaginary, who does not have a color in their name but is strongly associated with one. 8 - Prince 7 - Johnny Cash 3 - Tiger Woods 3 - Kermit the Frog 3 - Satan 2 - Barack Obama 2 - Gandalf 1 - Darth Vader, Moby Dick, Pablo Picasso, Smurfs, BB King, Midas, Lance Armstrong, Ginger (Gilligan's Island), Big Bird, The Incredible Hulk, Manfred von Richthofen, Grim Reaper, Ronald McDonald Another killer question. This was worded as it was because I specifically didn't want to have everyone give the same answer to this as they did 4 - Snow White, Black Beauty, Black Stallion, etc (though those turned out not to be popular choices). Then I thought about it from a character standpoint, and had a damned hard time coming up with anyone besides The Incredible Hulk or plural, the Smurfs. So I opened it up to real people - and immediately thought of the two leaders. Though I have to say, pretty much all of the answers here were inspired and make perfect sense. What I found funny about the eight entries who hit the target with Prince though is that only ONE of them also said Purple Rain (and vice-versa for the seven who chose Purple Rain). Two were correct in opting for Yellow Submarine, and the remainder all chose different songs. ***The Results***
Take it away, Lathum.
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Torchbearer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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well done, c.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Haha that is a very low final score, wow. Congrats.
I thought I nailed it with my "Grim Reaper" answer since I was going through each color, trying to figure out something associated with each one, and couldn't think of anything prominent until I hit black. |
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: DeKalb, IL
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Very low scores so I'll take my middle-of-the-road finish.
My answer for #6 that I didn't think anyone would choose but was brilliant: Arnold Auerbach |
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Maroon five is one of the biggest musical acts in the world. Can't believe I was on an island with that
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Louisburg, KS
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I started to go with Grim Reaper but then felt the Hulk was a better answer.
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Flatlands of America
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Scarlett Johansson is one of the hottest chicks drooled over on this board. Can't believe I was on an island with that.
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Woot! 2nd place!
Oh, wait this isn't golf.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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I thought smurfs would be good for 6 but after seeing the answers I love those... I did poorly lol
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The State of Rutgers
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swing and a miss for me, again.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The Great Northwest
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Gah, of course stupid is too stupid to realize that plants are species and the most likely species to be a color is Orange!
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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You know it was a good IWS when the winner hits lower than 1/6th of the maximum score.
Questions 5 and 6 really destroyed my own chances, especially the last one.
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Well I'll be.
I though Green Day and Green Mile screwed me, surprised more people didnt go with that. There is no way I can host one right now. I leave for London in a week and am very busy. I am going to PM Draft Dodger to see if he is game. |
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Dammit. I thought I was being highly clever with the Green Eggs and Ham book + I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham quote.
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Creative answer. I'll give you that. Do normal people know who Blue Man Group even is? It seems like a very Vegas answer. It's been years since BMG even had that Intel spot. |
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: non white trash MD
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prince? really?
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I thought that someone other than me would pick Midas. Obviously thought wrong. Instead of the Midas touch this game, I had the Hankey touch.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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Well his nickname is "The Purple One." I thought Midas was clever.
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midwest
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Wow…didn't think I'd do that well. The saying killed me. I just went blank. Didn't even consider green with envy. Heck, didn't consider most of them!
Way to go Lathum! |
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Back in the desert
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Woot, my first top 10 finish. Done in by Red Badge of Courage. Although to be fair, I was debating between that and the Scarlet Letter.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Rennes, France
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Bottom 5 as usual. And I really try to be with stupid....
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Rennes, France
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dola, can someone enlighten me on why Johnny Cash or Tiger Woods are tied to colors ?
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Cash is known as "The man in black", and Tiger always wears red on the last day of a tournament.
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#25 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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I'm sad there was no love for the Red Baron, too.
I drew a complete blank on that one. |
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#26 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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I thought that was an inspired choice - but wouldn't have thought of it myself.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Madison, WI
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The cold streak continues!
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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I reached out to Draft Dodger a couple of days ago with no reply. I the spirit of keeping things going Cartman is going to run the next game for me. We each came up with 3 questions. He'll be posting shortly
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I can't believe 37 people passed on the hosting duties and that it fell all the way to me
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