Think Different 201: In Honor of the Geography Bee

[Lumosityfan]

Bumping for the 1 day left to go reminder! Get your responses before IT'S. TOO. LATE.

[Lumosityfan]

Just 10 hours left!

[Lumosityfan]

Come on! Let's get to 50 entrants!

[BobF]

Come on! Let's get to 50 entrants!

More people might enter if they had more confidence that the winner would be eventually revealed *COUGH*chronology*COUGH*

[Bamaman]

Come on! Let's get to 50 entrants!

More people might enter if they had more confidence that the winner would be eventually revealed *COUGH*chronology*COUGH*

He's got a semifinal match to play today. Cut him some slack.

[Lumosityfan]

And the door has closed! Congratulations to all 54 people who participated! Reveals will begin shortly. I will release 2 questions per day.

[Lumosityfan]

1. G. Gross. Name a country to have a Top 15 Gross Domestic Product.

The sheep here was actually quite surprising; I thought it would have been China. Instead, they were:

Japan (7)
CheezeWhiz
dnbguy
DCrawshawJr
Kayanne
Turd Ferguson
skullturf
Tigershark

Germany (7)
hscer
waterloo_guy
MarkBarrett
econgator
CrunchyTaco
sillymonkey
clprez

Other correct responses:

United States (6)
gamawire
Rackme32
Alyssa
dhkendall
mitchparov
Bamaman

China (6)
ElendilPickle
Peachbox
nightreign
jepkid97
Caboom
Magna

Brazil (6)
geolawyerman
dott888
Vermonter
Joy
hbomb1947
Sherm

Russia (4)
dude33
mennoknight
BobF
d4z

Canada (4)
psgola
immaf
Peggles
countyguy

United Kingdom (3)
whatisbishkek
tjconn728
barandall800

Mexico (3)
Vanya (PYL: here's where it can be useful; Vanya now has a score of -1 for this question)
TheyCallMeMrKid
ihavejeoprosy

Spain (2)
esrever (PYL: esrever now has a score of -3)
Joshua RQI

Italy (2)
A drop of golden sun
Christy

France (1)
Lilac

India (1)
Noon

Australia (1)
Cat Hat

South Korea (1)
Binky

No incorrects, correct answers not used, DROPs, or SHEEPs! (Yay!)

[Lumosityfan]

Standings after Question 1:

1st (-3 pts): esrever
2nd (-1 pts): Vanya
T-3rd (1 pt):
Cat Hat
Noon
BInky
Lilac
T-7th (2 pts):
A drop of golden sun
Christy
JoshuaRQI
T-10th (3 pts):
TheyCallMeMrKid
whatisbishkek
tjconn728
barandall800
ihavejeoprosy
T-15th (4 pts):
psgola
immaf
dude33
mennoknight
BobF
Peggles
d4z
countyguy
T-23rd (6 pts):
gamawire
ElendilPickle
geolawyerman
Rackme32
Peachbox
nightreign
Alyssa
dott888
dhkendall
Vermonter
Joy
mitchparov
jepkid97
Bamaman
hbomb1947
Caboom
Magna
Sherm
T-41st (7 pts):
CheezeWhiz
hscer
waterloo_guy
dnbguy
DCrawshawJr
MarkBarrett
econgator
CrunchyTaco
Kayanne
sillymonkey
clprez
Turd Ferguson
skullturf
Tigershark

[Lumosityfan]

2. Name one of the top 15 regular play money winners of Jeopardy! history

Not surprisingly, the sheep is:

Ken Jennings (10)
gamawire
ElendilPickle
geolawyerman
Rackme32
nightreign
Alyssa
mennoknight
BobF
Bamaman
Caboom

However, there are some responses which surprisingly (although not surprisingly at the same time) are close. Here are the rest of the correct responses.

Julia Collins (9)
Cat Hat
hscer
dnbguy
whatisbishkek
tjconn728
sillymonkey
clprez
Tigershark

Tom Nissley (4)
CrunchyTaco
d4z
countyguy
Sherm

Larissa Kelly (5)
esrever
immaf
Vanya
waterloo_guy
barandall800

Jason Keller (4)
Peachbox
MarkBarrett
Christy
Turd Ferguson

Dan Pawson (4)
dhkendall
Peggles
skullturf
ihavejeoprosy

David Madden (3)
psgola
DCrawshawJr
Kayanne

Roger Craig (3)
TheyCallMeMrKid
Joy
mitchparov

Joon Pahk (3)
Noon
JoshuaRQI
Vermonter

Ben Ingram (2)
Binky
econgator

Arthur Chu (2)
CheezeWhiz
jepkid97

Tom Walsh (1)
Lilac

DROP (2)
dott888
Magna

Correct answers not used:
Jared Hall
Justin Bernbach
Mark Runsvold

Incorrect answers:
Stephanie Jass (1):
A drop of golden sun

Brad Rutter (1):
dude33

Tom Kavanaugh (1):
hbomb1947

[Lumosityfan]

Standings after Question 2:

T-1st (2 pts):
esrever
Lilac
3rd (3 pts): Binky
T-4th (4 pts):
Vanya
Noon
6th (5 pts): JoshuaRQI
T-7th (6 pts):
Christy
TheyCallMeMrKid
dott888
Magna
T-11th (7 pts):
ihavejeoprosy
psgola
T-13th (8 pts):
barandall800
Peggles
d4z
countyguy
jepkid97
T-18th (9 pts):
Cat Hat
immaf
Vermonter
Joy
mitchparov
CheezeWhiz
econgator
T-25th (10 pts):
Peachbox
dhkendall
Sherm
DCrawshawJr
Kayanne
T-30th (11 pts):
whatisbishkek
tjconn728
MarkBarrett
CrunchyTaco
Turd Ferguson
skullturf
36th (12 pts): waterloo_guy
T-37th (14 pts):
mennoknight
BobF
T-39th (15 pts):
hscer
dnbguy
sillymonkey
clprez
Tigershark
T-44th (16 pts):
gamawire
ElendilPickle
geolawyerman
Rackme32
nightreign
Alyssa
Bamaman
Caboom
52nd (22 pts): A drop of golden sun
53rd (24 pts): dude33
54th (26 pts): hbomb1947

[hscer]

Of course Julia gets 9 and Arthur gets 2.

[MarkBarrett]

Of course Julia gets 9 and Arthur gets 2.

Arthur was a better answer than Jason Keller. Grrr! These games.

[Caboom]

2. Name one of the top 15 regular play money winners of Jeopardy! history

Not surprisingly, the sheep is:

Ken Jennings (10)
gamawire
ElendilPickle
geolawyerman
Rackme32
nightreign
Alyssa
mennoknight
BobF
Bamaman
Caboom

I hate myself.

Not surprisingly, the sheep is:

Well, it was obviously a surprise to ten nine people

[BobF]

2. Name one of the top 15 regular play money winners of Jeopardy! history

Not surprisingly, the sheep is:

Ken Jennings (10)
gamawire
ElendilPickle
geolawyerman
Rackme32
nightreign
Alyssa
mennoknight
BobF
Bamaman
Caboom

I hate myself.

Not surprisingly, the sheep is:

Well, it was obviously a surprise to ten people

Not to me, he was the only one I was absolutely sure of, even though I figured he would sheep.

[nightreign]

I actually went with KJ because I thought people would avoid him simce he was too obvious. Guess not.

Also, how are Tom Kavanaugh and Stephanie Jass wrong answers?

[Caboom]

I actually went with KJ because I thought people would avoid him simce he was too obvious. Guess not.

Yep, same here. I first had Roger Craig, but then I remembered that the last time something similar was asked, Roger was near sheep and Ken got around 3 votes. Perhaps other people remembered that as well.

[countyguy]

Also, how are Tom Kavanaugh and Stephanie Jass wrong answers?

They are not in the top 15 in regular play earnings.

[nightreign]

Also, how are Tom Kavanaugh and Stephanie Jass wrong answers?

They are not in the top 15 in regular play earnings.

Oh, I thought the question was "Name a superchamp."

[Lumosityfan]

3. Name one of the first 15 European Union countries.

The sheep this time is...

France (8)
Peachbox
Alyssa
mennoknight
BobF
DCrawshawJr
barandall800
skullturf
Magna

Other correct answers were not so close behind. Here are the rest:

Luxembourg (7)
A drop of golden sun
geolawyerman
dhkendall
JoshuaRQI
waterloo_guy
Kayanne
clprez

Belgium (5)
gamawire
CheezeWhiz
dude33
Lilac
Tigershark

Netherlands (4)
ElendilPickle
Joy
econgator
Turd Ferguson

Germany (4)
hscer
whatisbishkek
MarkBarrett
sillymonkey

Greece (4)
Christy
Vanya
Vermonter
hbomb1947

Italy (3)
psgola
jepkid97
d4z

Ireland (3)
TheyCallMeMrKid
countyguy
ihavejeoprosy

United Kingdom (3)
nightreign
mitchparov
Bamaman

Portugal (3)
esrever
Peggles
tjconn728

Spain (3)
dnbguy
CrunchyTaco
Sherm

Austria (3)
Cat Hat
Rackme32
immaf

Finland (2)
Binky
Caboom (PYL: Caboom has a score for this question of -4)

Denmark (2)
Noon
dott888

We have only one unused correct answer: that is...

Sweden!

No incorrect answers!

[Lumosityfan]

Standings after Question 3:

T-1st (5 pts):
esrever
Binky
3rd (6 pts): Noon
4th (7 pts): Lilac
T-5th (8 pts):
Vanya
dott888
7th (9 pts): TheyCallMeMrKid
T-8th (10 pts):
ihavejeoprosy
Christy
psgola
T-11th (11 pts):
Peggles
d4z
countyguy
jepkid97
T-15th (12 pts):
JoshuaRQI
Cat Hat
immaf
mitchparov
Caboom
T-20th (13 pts):
Vermonter
Joy
econgator
Sherm
T-24th (14 pts):
Magna
CheezeWHiz
tjconn728
CrunchyTaco
T-28th (15 pts):
whatisbishkek
MarkBarrett
Turd Ferguson
31st (16 pts): barandall800
T-32nd (17 pts):
dhkendall
Kayanne
T-34th (18 pts):
Peachbox
DCrawshawJr
dnbguy
T-37th (19 pts):
skullturf
waterloo_guy
hscer
sillymonkey
Rackme32
nightreign
Bamaman
T-44th (20 pts):
Tigershark
ElendilPickle
46th (21 pts): gamawire
T-47th (22 pts):
mennoknight
BobF
clprez
50th (23 pts): geolawyerman
51st (24 pts): Alyssa
T-52nd (29 pts):
A drop of golden sun
dude33
54th (30 pts): hbomb1947