IWS #83 Results

[korme]

Interesting bunch. Lets get to the questions.

1. Name a baseball player that played with one team his entire pro MLB career.

Cal Ripken, Jr. 17
Ted Williams 6
Tony Gwynn 3
Mickey Mantle 3
Mike Schmidt 2
Craig Biggio 1
George Brett 1
Joe Dimaggio 1
Lou Gehrig 1
Barry Larkin 1
Kirby Puckett 1
Alex Rodriguez 1
Cy Young 1

This one was close, until the final seven submitted answers all had Ripken, helping him run away with this.

2. Name a football player that played with one team his entire pro NFL career.

John Elway 13
Barry Sanders 9
Dan Mario 7
Walter Payton 4
Lawrence Taylor 2
Troy Aikman 1
Jim Brown 1
Darrell Green 1
Steve Young 1

Much like Q1, Elway grabbed home the last 5 to pass Sanders as the most common answer.

3. Name a basketball player that played with one team his entire pro NBA career.

Larry Bird 16
Magic Johnson 8
Michael Jordan 7
David Robinson 2
John Stockton 2
Julius Erving 1
Patrick Ewing 1
Bill Laimbeer 1
Reggie Miller 1

This was a two horse race between Bird and Magic, but Bird got 7 answers late while Magic got none, and also Michael Jordan wraps up 7. People, Jordan played for 2 teams. I hope you know this.

4. Name a company that makes TVs.

Sony 29
Magnavox 3
Panasonic 2
RCA 2
General Electric 1
Sharp 1
Toshiba 1

I didn't really see this coming but in hindsight I shouldn't have asked this question as Sony beat the competitors all over the place here, in a huge landslide.

5. Name a movie Brad Pitt was in.

Fight Club 19
Troy 11
Se7en 6
Ocean's Eleven 2

Troy got plenty of answers I'm thinking because it's his latest big release. What, no Snatch? True Romance? Meet Joe Black!??!

6. Estimate how many unique visitors there are at Google every day.

1,000,000 14
100,000,000 4
1,000,000,000 3
4,000,000 2
10,000,000 2
20,000,000 2
0 1
50,000 1
100,000 1
250,000 1
1,200,000 1
2,000,000 1
3,000,000 1
5,000,000 1
6,000,000 1
25,000,000 1
34,200,000 1
50,000,000 1

The smart people put their money on 1M and turned out to get the most common answers. Zero was clever but no one else thought of that.


The Results Are In! The following did well, but did not place.

 Name		Q1    Q2	Q3	Q4    Q5	Q6	SCORE
 MAXIMUM		17    13	16	29    19	14	27,276,704
 
 sooner333	17	13    16	29	19    4	7,793,344
 bhlloy		17    13	7	29    11	14	6,908,902
 ahbrady		6    13	16	29    11	14	5,573,568
 Maple Leafs	17	9    16	29	19    4	5,395,392
 PineTar		17    13	7	29    19	2	1,704,794
 Comey		17    9	16	29    19	1	1,348,848
 Desnudo		6    13	7	29    19	4	1,203,384
 wade moore	17	13    8	29	19    1	974,168
 TRO		17    13	2	29    19	4	974,168
 Raven Hawk	3	4    8	29	19    14	740,544
 Radii		17    9	8	2    19	14	651,168
 oliegirl	17	13    16	29	6    1	615,264
 Sun Tzu		17    4	16	29    19	1	599,488
 albionmoonlight	17    4	16	2    19	14	578,816
 Blade		3    7	8	29    6	14	409,248
 George W Bush	6	9    8	29	19    1	238,032
 timmynausea	1	9    16	29	19    3	238,032
 spleen1015	17	1    16	29	19    1	149,872
 msf518		6    9	2	29    11	2	68,904
 Johnny93g	3	7    16	29	6    1	58,464
 kingfc22	17	7    8	29	2    1	55,216
 MIJB#19		1    7	1	29    11	14	31,262
 Alf		1    7	1	29    11	14	31,262
 Jesse_Ewiak	6	4    7	3	19    3	28,728
 Coffee Warlord	3    13	7	29    1	2	15,834
 pennywisesb	3	1    8	29	19    1	13,224
 General Mike	3	2    2	29	11    3	11,484
 VPI97		2    13	16	2    6	2	9,984
 finkenst	1	7    8	29	6    1	9,744
 Leonidas	17	13    7	3	2    1	9,282
 EagleFan	2	9    1	3	11    14	8,316
 Noop		1    7	7	1    11	14	7,546
 Archer219	6	1    16	2	19    2	7,296
 JeeberD		1    1	2	29    6	14	4,872
 Pyser		1    2	16	1    19	1	608
 nfg22		1    9	1	1    19	2	342
 

In third place...
TOKEN ASIAN GUY - 17x9x16x29x11x14 for 10,932,768

Token Asian Guy was the first to submit, and in his very first IWS comes out in 3rd! Nice job.


And in a tie for 1st...
QUIKSAND AND SOLECISMIC
17x13x16x29x11x14 for 15,791,776 (57.9%)

Questions now linger about the identity of one QuikSand, who gets the exact same answers as the genius we know as Jim Gindin. Are these two one in the same? All I know is that they both have won! So congratulations.

[QuikSand]

Negotiations are underway for hosting of IWS #84. Expect the worst.

[Radii]

I think the Snatch crowd and the Fight Club crowd are one in the same, and it seemed obviouisthat Fight Club would be the more popular answer between the two. I am suprised that not a single person said it though.

Good questions, and, at least I beat Oliegirl this time.

Grats Jim/Quik!

[Radii]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Negotiations are underway for hosting of IWS #84. Expect the worst.

I think Jim could create quite a stir around here if he asked 6 questions about curling.

[Johnny93g]

Damn....

There should have been a question about naming 1 hockey player who played his entire career with 1 team

[QuikSand]

Surprisingly good showing by Michael Jordan, no?

[Maple Leafs]

Yes, yes. Google, the largest and most powerful search engine in the world, gets only a millions visitors a day.

(Walks away muttering "Yeah, I'm with stupid alright...")

[Leonidas]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Surprisingly good showing by Michael Jordan, no?

The Wizards aren't really an NBA team so that time doesn't count on his record.

[Alf]

Wasn't Elway drafted by the Colts ? That's why I didn't submit him but Marino... As for the NBA question, shame on me for missing the great 80s guys...


EDIT, Of course Elway was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, but didn't play for them... http://football.about.com/cs/legends/p/johnelway.htm

Born: June 28, 1960


Drafted:
• First pick overall of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts.
• His rights were traded by the Colts to the Denver Broncos on May 2, 1983, for QB Mark Herrmann, the rights to OL Chris Hinton, and a first-round pick in the 1984 NFL Draft.

Years Played: 1983-1998


Position Played: Quarterback Played For: Denver Broncos

[korme]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Yes, yes. Google, the largest and most powerful search engine in the world, gets only a millions visitors a day.

(Walks away muttering "Yeah, I'm with stupid alright...")

[korme]

Originally Posted by Alf

Wasn't Elway drafted by the Colts ? That's why I didn't submit him but Marino... As for the NBA question, shame on me for missing the great 80s guys...

I just think you misinterpreted it then. Because as the question suggests, name a player that played his entire career for one team. Technically, while John was drafted by the Colts he never stepped onto the field as a Colt, only as a Bronco. That's also why I added the word pro, "pro MLB career", for example, because as most know in baseball minor leaguers get shuffled around quite a bit, and I'm sure some listed here weren't drafted by the team they played their entire career for.

[Alf]

Shorty : pretty much like Eli Manning & the Chargers

[Noop]

Damn I did bad.

[wade moore]

I would have tied to if not for the last question..

fwiw.. I do not like that type of question for IWS, seems more like an guesstimates question... but, no hard feelings... i seem to have done this a bit lately... all top answers but one bottom answer...

[MIJB#19]

Those two last questions saved me from a bottom dweller finish.

[sooner333]

If IWS was only 5 questions, I would have won, damnit...with the maximum. Damn last question. Oh well, I will prevail, eventually.

[pennywisesb]

I figured Tony Gwynn would have gotten more love than just 3. I guess I was alittle biased though because he was my one of my favorite players growing up.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Interesting bunch. Lets get to the questions.

3. Name a basketball player that played with one team his entire pro NBA career.

Larry Bird 16
Magic Johnson 8
Michael Jordan 7
David Robinson 2
John Stockton 2
Julius Erving 1
Patrick Ewing 1
Bill Laimbeer 1
Reggie Miller 1

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Jordan's time with the Washington Wizards never happened.

[ahbrady]

I really thought I had the top answer on each question. I can't believe I went with Troy over Fight Club. I can't count how many times someone on here has quoted Fight Club. I also went with Ted Williams. Cal Ripken never occurred to me, and I actually thought about that question for a while. Not a bad showing, so I can't be too upset.

[spleen1015]

Can you post the 7 names of the folks who voted for Jordan?

[bhlloy]

I was one, I guess I blocked MJ's time with the Wizards out or something. I dunno... just never crossed my mind

Now I feel a little stupid, but at least there were 6 others

[JeeberD]

Worst showing ever...

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

I was one, I guess I blocked MJ's time with the Wizards out or something. I dunno... just never crossed my mind

Now I feel a little stupid, but at least there were 6 others

Guilty. I stopped following the NBA after Larry retired.

[korme]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

Guilty. I stopped following the NBA after Larry retired.

yet you didn't vote for leading vote getter Larry Legend

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

yet you didn't vote for leading vote getter Larry Legend

I figured stupid would vote for MJ, so sue me.

[Pyser]

i dont think i could have done worse and NOT come in last. i guess fight club saved me. i was happy to see 1 other person thought of LT for the football question. im surprised no one thought of dimaggio though for baseball. i am definitely not with stupid.