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Finally my sheep hitting ability, honed in the TD's, is starting to bear fruit. Three sheeps in a row and I'm up to 7th from 21st. If only I hadn't switched away from Scary Movie, what could have been... :lol:
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9) BLANK Saw

Another one where the battle for sheep was neck-and-neck. A good mix of people who opted for compound words and people who chose types of saws.

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Re: Match Game 1

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Last, but most certainly not least...

10) Jennifer BLANK

In part, I regret this choice. My goal here was to give a female first name that a good number of famous people had (to counter the "John BLANK" at the beginning). In my view, Jennifer is one such name. However, what this inadvertently led to was the biggest sheep of the entire game, which is not ideal. Still, it did at least elicit six answers. If anyone can think of any female first names that would yield a more diverse and wider range of responses, I'd love to hear them.

As a heads up: I'll try to have the final standings up tomorrow night, although I may not get to them until the next night.

Sheep: LAWRENCE (30
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Mennoknight
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Mitchparov
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Blue Lion
This is Kirk!
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goforthetie
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I thought the last question might do me in, but COME ON PEOPLE
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I hate to admit it, but my response on the last question was Jennifer Lopez, not Lawrence.
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Tpmorrison wrote:In part, I regret this choice. My goal here was to give a female first name that a good number of famous people had (to counter the "John BLANK" at the beginning). In my view, Jennifer is one such name. However, what this inadvertently led to was the biggest sheep of the entire game, which is not ideal. Still, it did at least elicit six answers. If anyone can think of any female first names that would yield a more diverse and wider range of responses, I'd love to hear them.

As a heads up: I'll try to have the final standings up tomorrow night, although I may not get to them until the next night.

Sheep: LAWRENCE (32!)
If this wasn't being played at the same time as when the Jennifer Lawrence nude photos came out, I'm sure it wouldn't have sheeped by as much, but when there's one Jennifer all over the news, why would you chose a different one?
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soxfan99 wrote:
Tpmorrison wrote:In part, I regret this choice. My goal here was to give a female first name that a good number of famous people had (to counter the "John BLANK" at the beginning). In my view, Jennifer is one such name. However, what this inadvertently led to was the biggest sheep of the entire game, which is not ideal. Still, it did at least elicit six answers. If anyone can think of any female first names that would yield a more diverse and wider range of responses, I'd love to hear them.

As a heads up: I'll try to have the final standings up tomorrow night, although I may not get to them until the next night.

Sheep: LAWRENCE (32!)
If this wasn't being played at the same time as when the Jennifer Lawrence nude photos came out, I'm sure it wouldn't have sheeped by as much, but when there's one Jennifer all over the news, why would you chose a different one?

Good point, and I hadn't thought of that. The ratio of Lawrence:other answers definitely skyrocketed after that story (which I believe happened about midway through the submission period)
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Leander wrote:I hate to admit it, but my response on the last question was Jennifer Lopez, not Lawrence.
Wow, thanks a LOT for your honesty! Figures I make my first mistake (err, first mistake that anyone corrected me on) on the last question.
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Tpmorrison wrote:
soxfan99 wrote:
Tpmorrison wrote:In part, I regret this choice. My goal here was to give a female first name that a good number of famous people had (to counter the "John BLANK" at the beginning). In my view, Jennifer is one such name. However, what this inadvertently led to was the biggest sheep of the entire game, which is not ideal. Still, it did at least elicit six answers. If anyone can think of any female first names that would yield a more diverse and wider range of responses, I'd love to hear them.

As a heads up: I'll try to have the final standings up tomorrow night, although I may not get to them until the next night.

Sheep: LAWRENCE (32!)
If this wasn't being played at the same time as when the Jennifer Lawrence nude photos came out, I'm sure it wouldn't have sheeped by as much, but when there's one Jennifer all over the news, why would you chose a different one?

Good point, and I hadn't thought of that. The ratio of Lawrence:other answers definitely skyrocketed after that story (which I believe happened about midway through the submission period)
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Tpmorrison wrote: In part, I regret this choice. My goal here was to give a female first name that a good number of famous people had (to counter the "John BLANK" at the beginning). In my view, Jennifer is one such name. However, what this inadvertently led to was the biggest sheep of the entire game, which is not ideal. Still, it did at least elicit six answers. If anyone can think of any female first names that would yield a more diverse and wider range of responses, I'd love to hear them.
Shirley:

Jones
Booth
Temple
MacLaine
Bassey
Feeney
Chisholm

Jessica:

Biel
Lange
Rabbit
Alba
Simpson
Tandy

Yeah, it's not as easy as it seemed when I started the post.

Margaret?
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MarkBarrett wrote:Shirley:

Jessica:

Margaret?
I have some ideas but it's probably best to abstain from sharing – otherwise we might be tainting future competitions (or at least reducing the available untainted options)
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MarkBarrett wrote: Shirley:

Jones
Booth
Temple
MacLaine
Bassey
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Chisholm
You can't be serious!
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Tpmorrison wrote:8) BLANK Food

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Fast food seems so obvious in retrospect. Can't even believe I said comfort food.
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doihavetoreally wrote:
Tpmorrison wrote:8) BLANK Food

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Fast food seems so obvious in retrospect. Can't even believe I said comfort food.
Just what I was thinking.
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soxfan99 wrote:
MarkBarrett wrote: Shirley:

Jones
Booth
Temple
MacLaine
Bassey
Feeney
Chisholm
You can't be serious!
Shirley I can be!
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Another reduction to the Lawrence list: I said Anniston [sic]. Doesn't help my cause, but makes your statistics better, I hope!
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After such a huge sheep with someone I'd never even HEARD of, I had to Google on Jennifer Lawrence... Nope, never seen any of the flicks or TV shows she was in.

Her pic didn't look familiar to me, either. Nice looking, tho...

This proves that recent pop culture is lost on me. :)
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Rackme32 wrote:After such a huge sheep with someone I'd never even HEARD of, I had to Google on Jennifer Lawrence... Nope, never seen any of the flicks or TV shows she was in.

Her pic didn't look familiar to me, either. Nice looking, tho...

This proves that recent pop culture is lost on me. :)
I care very little about pop culture, but I knew about her solely from CELEBRITIES for $400 in this game, and sensed that she was the most famous Jennifer.
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Rackme32 wrote:After such a huge sheep with someone I'd never even HEARD of, I had to Google on Jennifer Lawrence... Nope, never seen any of the flicks or TV shows she was in.

Her pic didn't look familiar to me, either. Nice looking, tho...

This proves that recent pop culture is lost on me. :)
She won the Academy Award two years ago for Silver Linings Playbook and has also starred in the Hunger Games series, Winter's Bone, and American Hustle. She's actually a very talented actress, I'd highly reccomend watching some of her work (especially Silver Linings and American Hustle)
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