IWS #211 Results

[albionmoonlight]

Good turnout for this one. Glad that my horrific delay did not dampen enthusiasm.

1. Other than Winnie The Pooh, name a character from the Winnie The Pooh universe.

Tigger 23
Piglet 6
Eeyore 6
Christoper Robin 1
Winnie The Pooh 1

If one were going on the original books, I think that the answer would have to be Piglet or possibly Eeyore. However, the "universe" of Winnie The Pooh includes the Disney shows/movies, and I think that Tigger is certainly the character that comes to mind when thinking of those. I thought that Tigger would win this, but I thought that it would be closer and that Christopher Robin would get more love.

2. Other than Mickey Mouse, name a character from the Mickey Mouse universe.

Minnie Mouse 19
Donald Duck 11
Goofy 6
Mickey Mouse 1

We are, I think, a pretty sophisticated IWS crowd now. Minnie is not really the second character that comes to mind in the Mickey Mouse universe. But a lot of people assumed (rightly) that the play off of Mickey's name would be enough. I might have gone Donald Duck here.


3. Other than age 10, what is the perfect age for a kid to enjoy Disney World?

Nine 13
Eight 9
Five 7
Eleven 4
Seven 1
Twelve 1
Thirteen 1
Ten 1

The gravity of round numbers is such that people will just guess the number closest to the forbidden round number. I think that the right answer here is seven. But I probably would have gone 9 or 11.

4. Other than The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, name a Dr. Seuss book.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas 13
The Lorax 11
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish 6
Oh, the Places You'll Go 3
Horton Hears a Who 3
The Cat in the Hat 1

I would have bombed this, guessing Oh, the Places You'll Go based on everyone getting that as a graduation present. Good back and forth fight between the Christmas classic and the most recent big budget Dr. Seuss movie.


5. What is the most fun game all time featuring Mario?

Super Mario Brothers 22
Mario Kart 7
Mario Brothers 3
Super Mario Brothers Three 3
Super Mario World
Mario 64 1

I purposely said "most fun" and not "best." I think that Mario Kart is the most fun. Super Mario Brothers is the all-time classic and the one on which I suspect most of us have spent the most hours. SMB3 is an amazing game and, I think, has a good claim to being the best. Kind of surprised Super Mario Galaxy didn't get a vote.

6. What pre-child activity, made more difficult to do with young children, do parents miss the most?

Sex 22
Drinking/Going to Bar/Going Out 7
Sleep/Night's Rest 5
Vacation 2
Movies 1

Sex. When the answer can possibly be sex, then it is sex. For me and Mrs. A, I think that the real answer is movies. The other stuff on the list above, we manage to do, though with less frequency than we would like. But "going to the movies" has pretty much fallen prey to "Let's not pay a sitter and just stay in and watch Netflix when the kids go to bed instead." Indeed, it was the Oscars that got me thinking about this question.

THE RESULTS

Have you considered adopting a pet instead?

Scarecrow	21	0.0%
nilodor	828	0.0%
digamma	67,716	0.2%
finkenst	213,444	0.6%
mauchow	256,956	0.7%
JeeberD	302,841	0.8%
hoopsguy	351,384	1.0%
claphamsa	389,620	1.1%
Suburban Rhythm	491,832	1.4%
MIJB#19	584,430	1.6%
kcchief19	715,806	2.0%
PerdueBrad	737,352	2.1%
Nobody Here	792,792	2.2%
StLee	828,828	2.3%
jbergey22	899,756	2.5%
TRO	1,075,932	3.0%
Stevew	1,269,048	3.6%
General Mike	1,271,556	3.6%
bitrock88	1,341,648	3.8%
Solecismic	1,413,258	4.0%
Pyser	1,467,180	4.1%
sterlingice	1,502,820	4.2%
Umbrella	1,653,102	4.6%
Solecismic	1,717,716	4.8%
CU Tiger	1,789,515	5.0%

Picking out wallpaper for the nursery

Coffee Warlord	3,039,036	8.5%
cartman	3,499,496	9.8%
corbes	4,567,992	12.8%
Vince, Pt. II	9,306,352	26.0%
Abe Sargent	9,324,744	26.1%
Radii	11,143,132	31.2%
Masked	11,421,432	32.0%

Owns a minivan and a backup minivan

nol	16,497,624	46.2%
QuikSand	20,694,388	57.9%
Butter of 69	30,245,644	84.6%

Two champions! With a perfect score! Start making babies, you two, because you totally get what it's all about.

cuervo72	35,744,852	100.0%
Marmel	35,744,852	100.0%

[sterlingice]

I think both Marmel and cuervo72 are dudes so the two of them together might not make babies

SI

[mauchow]

Damn I started 2 for 2 and then it went downhill from there. I went 11 years old instead of 9 and then flubbed on Dr Suess book with Horton. Mario Kart should have won.. and sex didn't even cross my mind. *sigh*

[Lathum]

My answers must have been so bad I didnt even make it into the scoring

[Coffee Warlord]

Sex just leads to more kids, you fools!

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Lathum

My answers must have been so bad I didnt even make it into the scoring

You did. You did not, however, make it into my initial cut and paste of scores. My apologies.

Lathum     1,413,258     4.0%

[QuikSand]

11/19 bah

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by mauchow

Damn I started 2 for 2 and then it went downhill from there. I went 11 years old instead of 9 and then flubbed on Dr Suess book with Horton. Mario Kart should have won.. and sex didn't even cross my mind. *sigh*

This here is more indicative of your "parent-ness" than your score.

[Butter]

DAMMIT, missed by picking the fucking Lorax instead of The Grinch. I just blanked on that one.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

You did. You did not, however, make it into my initial cut and paste of scores. My apologies.

Lathum     1,413,258     4.0%

You missed me too, but just knowing my score was horrible enough, please don't end up posting it .

[Vince, Pt. II]

Man, I thought 9 and 11 would be the two top answers for Disneyworld age, and I'd just have to pick the correct one. Turns out I whiffed, and 11 wasn't even second place.

[albionmoonlight]

Turns out that the page of the spreadsheet that listed scores had errors affecting five names. This did not affect the computation of the scores. Here's the correct list:

Scarecrow	21	0.0%
nilodor	828	0.0%
digamma	67,716	0.2%
Logan	213,444	0.6%
mauchow	256,956	0.7%
PackerFanatic	302,841	0.8%
hoopsguy	351,384	1.0%
claphamsa	389,620	1.1%
Suburban Rhythm	491,832	1.4%
MIJB#19	584,430	1.6%
kcchief19	715,806	2.0%
PerdueBrad	737,352	2.1%
Nobody Here	792,792	2.2%
StLee	828,828	2.3%
jbergey22	899,756	2.5%
TRO	1,075,932	3.0%
Stevew	1,269,048	3.6%
General Mike	1,271,556	3.6%
bitrock88	1,341,648	3.8%
Lathum	1,413,258	4.0%
Pyser	1,467,180	4.1%
sterlingice	1,502,820	4.2%
Umbrella	1,653,102	4.6%
Solecismic	1,717,716	4.8%
CU Tiger	1,789,515	5.0%
Coffee Warlord	3,039,036	8.5%
cartman	3,499,496	9.8%
corbes	4,567,992	12.8%
Vince, Pt. II	9,306,352	26.0%
Abe Sargent	9,324,744	26.1%
Klingerware	11,143,132	31.2%
Masked	11,421,432	32.0%
nol	16,497,624	46.2%
QuikSand	20,694,388	57.9%
Butter of 69	30,245,644	84.6%
cuervo72	35,744,852	100.0%
Marmel	35,744,852	100.0%

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Man, I thought 9 and 11 would be the two top answers for Disneyworld age, and I'd just have to pick the correct one. Turns out I whiffed, and 11 wasn't even second place.

9 or anything under 10 is best in real life... especially for the parents, because according to Disney World, anyone 10 and over is an adult for purposes of ticket pricing.

[nilodor]

So this wasn't a make mine rare? Too bad, I would've done really well.

[Lathum]

Surprised with as much love for rounds number 5 wasnt more popular for Disney.

I almost with with the Grinch but figured we were far enough removed from Christmas.

[nol]

D'oh I had written the Grinch first and changed it to One Fish Two Fish. Would've had 100% if I kept it.

[Marmel]

3 kids makes me an expert!
Cuervo, feel free to run the next game if you would like.

[PackerFanatic]

Man...I totally brain-farted on the Suess and Mario questions. Totally screwed me.

[cuervo72]

I can try to think of something, but if you have an idea you are free to run with it. I haven't memorized the winners list, but I've already run a couple and am more than willing to defer.

[Pyser]

maybe its still having an infant, but i miss sleep way more than sex right now. lack of sex is not a torture technique. lack of sleep is.

poor showing by me anyway. liked the questions though.

[cuervo72]

Actually, I'm formulating a theme (assuming it hasn't been used in the past 20 contests or so) and can post something in the next few days. If you change your mind though Marmel, let me know.

[Marmel]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Actually, I'm formulating a theme (assuming it hasn't been used in the past 20 contests or so) and can post something in the next few days. If you change your mind though Marmel, let me know.

It is all you. I have no desire to run one of these.

[MIJB#19]

Aye... Good try at least, sort of...

[CU Tiger]

Nailed Tigger, Minnie and Grinch...botched on 8years old and sleep.

See sex isnt getting missed in my house we ait til the kids are asleep at the expense of...you got it sleep.

[molson]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

See sex isnt getting missed in my house we ait til the kids are asleep at the expense of...you got it sleep.

And it's at the expense of a lot of sleep, time-wise, if I recall.

I can't believe I know so much about the sex life of "CU Tiger" on the FOFC forum. But I do. I do.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by molson

And it's at the expense of a lot of sleep, time-wise, if I recall.

I can't believe I know so much about the sex life of "CU Tiger" on the FOFC forum. But I do. I do.

You said it, we were all thinking it.

[CU Tiger]

lulz...shit...touche

[britrock88]

Median score, woo!

[britrock88]

Also, Mario Tennis, anyone?