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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Questions Posted)

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Heard of the band, haven't listened to that much of them yet. I'll put it on my to-do list!

The weekend and Monday to go until the entry deadline: the Perfect Play score is now up to 52!
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Questions Posted)

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Two days and change left to go!
  • Perfect Play: 59
  • Sheep totals for every question (ranked highest to lowest): 17, 16, 12, 10, 9, 9, 8, 7, 5, 5, 4, 4
  • Unused answers remaining for every question (ranked highest to lowest): 7, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closes at 11:59 PM Monday!)

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Time is running out!

https://youtu.be/O2IuJPh6h_A

There are roughly 29 hours remaining (as of this post) to submit entries for TD 254! With 35 unused answers remaining and a maximum possible score currently at 68, anyone can still win it.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closes at 11:59 PM Monday!)

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This has been an issue with the most recent entries I have received, so I want to say this again for people who may submit today: please provide the letter corresponding with your response to questions 1, 3, 5, and 6. I've been sending PMs to those who haven't done so, but I will be starting the reveal shortly after the quiz closes, and I do not want to rule anyone's answers incorrect due to such a small omission.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closes at 11:59 PM Monday!)

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If you're able to, it might be a good idea to edit the submission form to prompt people to include the letter with their answers.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closes at 11:59 PM Monday!)

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Tick tick...

https://youtu.be/1M02bAWDFkI

Six hours left to enter!
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closes at 11:59 PM Monday!)

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Magna wrote:If you're able to, it might be a good idea to edit the submission form to prompt people to include the letter with their answers.
Going forward, it might be a good idea for the quizmasters to have a seperate box where they put the letter for that question if one is required. That way people won't forget about it.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closed to Entries)

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This TD is now closed to entries!

A total of 44 players have submitted responses, and they are:
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  1. Rackme32
  2. cf22
  3. Abraxas
  4. MarkBarrett
  5. MitchO
  6. geolawyerman
  7. immaf
  8. Gamawire
  9. Category 13
  10. Ryno
  11. quarterrican
  12. Blue Lion
  13. Austin Powers
  14. ElendilPickle
  15. dnbguy
  16. mennoknight
  17. dott888
  18. BigDaddyMatty
  19. TerSch
  20. kebert.xela
  21. squizzle
  22. dinghammer
  23. Vermonter
  24. Peachbox
  25. nightreign
  26. coolcah36
  27. clprez
  28. patkav
  29. brainpower
  30. sillymonkey
  31. barandall800
  32. ihavejeoprosy
  33. econgator
  34. colonialrampage
  35. Caboom
  36. mahatma
  37. Magna
  38. tjconn728
  39. Woof
  40. whatisbishkek
  41. Tabby
  42. Bamaman
  43. goforthetie
  44. goatman
I'm working out the kinks of the scoresheet, and I will be posting the results of question 1 very soon. Before that, let me explain quickly how the responses will be formatted.
  • The names of players who assigned a high score to their response to a question will appear in regular text.
  • The names of players who assigned no score to their response to a question will appear struck through.
  • The names of players who assigned a low score to their response to a question will appear in italics.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closed to Entries)

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QUESTION 1
Identify a body of water with "sea" in its name from the satellite images pictured below. (Some are lakes.)
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  • D, E, and F require responses more specific than "Mediterranean."
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Most players used the first question as an opportunity to provide a low-scoring response; only a quarter of the entries elected to open with a high score. That tendency had an effect of spreading out the responses among all eleven possible answers; only one of them was a Singleton.

One point of disclosure on the question's lone Singleton: the answer I was intending for the body of water labeled "J" was the Yellow Sea. ihavejeoprosy's response was "East China Sea," which was not the one I had in mind. However, the Wikipedia article for the Yellow Sea states it "...is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea" in the very first sentence of the article. Unlike options D, E, or F, I did not explicitly state that I was looking for a more specific response than the larger sea the Yellow Sea is a component of; therefore, ihavejeoprosy gets credit for his response.


A. SALTON SEA – 7 responses
Rackme32
whatisbishkek
geolawyerman
Ryno
Blue Lion
mahatma
Tabby


K. SEA OF JAPAN – 7 responses
MitchO
Brainpower

mennoknight
BigDaddyMatty
kebert.xela
coolcah36
sillymonkey


G. SEA OF GALILEE – 5 responses
Gamawire
TerSch
squizzle
patkav
econgator


E. ADRIATIC SEA – 4 responses
Abraxas
ElendilPickle
dinghammer
MarkBarrett

F. AEGEAN SEA – 4 responses
Bamaman
quarterrican
cf22
tjconn728


C. ARAL SEA – 3 responses
Vermonter
goatman
Magna

D. TYRRHENIAN SEA – 3 responses
Peachbox
Caboom
Woof


I. BERING SEA – 3 responses
Category 13
immaf
Colonialrampage


B. CASPIAN SEA – 2 responses
dnbguy
barandall800

H. SEA OF OKHOTSK – 2 responses
clprez
Goforthetie


J. YELLOW SEA – Singleton!
ihavejeoprosy (Actual response: East China Sea)


Incorrect responses – 0/-14
B. BLACK SEA
nightreign

G. DEAD SEA
dott888

NO RESPONSE
Austin Powers


Unused answers
None
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Closed to Entries)

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Standings after Question 1
1. Rackme32 — 7 pts
2. Gamawire — 5 pts
3. Abraxas — 4 pts
3. ElendilPickle — 4 pts
3. dinghammer — 4 pts
3. Bamaman — 4 pts
7. Category 13 — 3 pts
7. Vermonter — 3 pts
7. goatman — 3 pts
10. dnbguy — 2 pts
10. barandall800 — 2 pts
12. MitchO — 0 pts
12. quarterrican — 0 pts
12. Austin Powers — 0 pts
12. dott888 — 0 pts
12. nightreign — 0 pts
12. brainpower — 0 pts
12. whatisbishkek — 0 pts
19. ihavejeoprosy — -1 pts
20. clprez — -2 pts
20. goforthetie — -2 pts
22. immaf — -3 pts
22. Peachbox — -3 pts
22. colonialrampage — -3 pts
22. Caboom — -3 pts
22. Magna — -3 pts
22. Woof — -3 pts
28. cf22 — -4 pts
28. MarkBarrett — -4 pts
28. tjconn728 — -4 pts
31. TerSch — -5 pts
31. squizzle — -5 pts
31. patkav — -5 pts
31. econgator — -5 pts
35. geolawyerman — -7 pts
35. Ryno — -7 pts
35. Blue Lion — -7 pts
35. mennoknight — -7 pts
35. BigDaddyMatty — -7 pts
35. kebert.xela — -7 pts
35. coolcah36 — -7 pts
35. sillymonkey — -7 pts
35. mahatma — -7 pts
35. Tabby — -7 pts
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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It's going to be tough to make anything out of the standings until the end in this one.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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I wonder if there is a way to make both the high and low scores comparable? Anyone?

I suppose one solution the make the standings more useful would be to list which scoring options each player has used, or still have in their disposal.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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Aw rats. I tried to enter last night and my computer was acting up. I was afraid it didn't go through. (I was also afraid I might have submitted it 6 times and gotten blocked!) I guess I'll just fail along at home.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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I recognized sea of Japan and naturally thought of east china sea on the other side. Nice that it worked out.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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ihavejeoprosy wrote:I recognized sea of Japan and naturally thought of east china sea on the other side. Nice that it worked out.
I thought about that and went for Aral Sea instead thinking "It's so tiny and dried up maybe no one else will notice it's even on the map; and the letter 'C' is kind of washed out too!" LOL... "Yellow Sea" is a moniker denoting the drainage of the Yellow River, it appears infrequently as a 'colorful sea.' TPTB seem to like Blue Ridge Mtns better under 'colorful' category. As an extension of the East China Sea either nomenclature is acceptable, UNLESS the category is 'colorful,' in which case you must respond "Yellow sea"! :P

BTW I was pleased to note that wiki entry above includes a Jeoprosy-like reference to seas of 'color'; they include the Black, Red, and White seas as well!
Sounds like another category in the offing...!
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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QUESTION 2
Name a university in either Maryland or Washington, DC, whose athletics program competes at the NCAA Division I level in any sport.
The fact that I wanted campus names for the University of Maryland schools likely skewed the distribution of responses somewhat; the two lesser-known campuses both scored higher than the flagship campus, which I'm guessing most people weren't used to attaching a name to. The sheep this time was a university that some people may know as Bill Clinton's alma mater, but more likely is known as a basketball powerhouse. Oddly, the four low and no score responses for it came within the first 14 entries received; perhaps players sensed the results as they were coming in. Also in this round, the first example of why you really didn't want to get a low-scoring response wrong.


GEORGETOWN – 13 responses
dinghammer
Vermonter
Category 13
goatman
quarterrican
Peachbox
Magna
econgator
TerSch
MitchO
Gamawire
ElendilPickle
immaf


MARYLAND - EASTERN SHORE – 6 responses
Bamaman
dnbguy
goforthetie
colonialrampage
tjconn728
mahatma


MARYLAND - BALTIMORE COUNTY – 4 responses
Abraxas
ihavejeoprosy
Woof
BigDaddyMatty


NAVY – 4 responses
Blue Lion
squizzle
Ryno
coolcah36


MARYLAND - COLLEGE PARK – 3 responses
cf22
kebert.xela
whatisbishkek

GEORGE WASHINGTON – 2 responses
Rackme32
MarkBarrett


JOHNS HOPKINS (Division I in men's and women's lacrosse) – 2 responses
nightreign
patkav


MORGAN STATE – 2 responses
Austin Powers
brainpower


TOWSON – 2 responses
dott888
clprez


AMERICAN – Singleton!
geolawyerman


Incorrect responses – 0/-26
MARYLAND - ANNAPOLIS (One of the answers is located in Annapolis, but it isn't a UMD school)
barandall800

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (Player did not respond to messages asking to BMS)
Tabby

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN REAGANS (I don't get the joke)
mennoknight

VIRGINIA TECH (The name alone should tell you that it isn't in Maryland)
sillymonkey

WASHINGTON ("George Washington" was acceptable, but "Washington" is in Seattle)
Caboom


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Coppin State
Howard
Loyola (MD)
Mount St. Mary's
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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9021amyers wrote:QUESTION 2

MARYLAND - EASTERN SHORE – 6 responses
Bamaman
dnbguy
goforthetie
colonialrampage
tjconn728
mahatma


MARYLAND - COLLEGE PARK – 3 responses
cf22
kebert.xela
whatisbishkek

Unused answers
Loyola (MD)
I get it that these games produce unexpected answers, but geesh this one surprised me. I had every single answer listed (and could've named a bunch more DII and DIII schools), and I still manage to screw it up by choosing UMES over College Park, where I went to grad school, and Loyola, where my wife went and worked. I was sure that no one has ever heard of UMES. They've never come close to making the NCAA tournament, I don't think they have a football team, and are not near or on the way to anything (except Chincoteague, but only if you are coming from the north). Ugh.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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Standings after Question 2 (HI / LO / NO responses remaining)
1. dinghammer — 17 pts (3/5/2)
2. Vermonter — 16 pts (3/5/2)
2. Category 13 — 16 pts (3/5/2)
2. goatman — 16 pts ((3/5/2))
5. quarterrican — 13 pts (4/5/1)
6. Peachbox — 10 pts (4 / 4 / 2)
6. Magna — 10 pts (4 / 4 / 2)
8. econgator — 8 pts (4 / 4/ 2)
8. TerSch — 8 pts (4 / 4 / 2)
10. Rackme32 — 5 pts (4 / 4 / 2)
11. barandall800 — 2 pts (4/5/1)
12. MitchO — 0 pts (5/5/0)
12. Abraxas — 0 pts (4/4/2)
14. cf22 — -1 pts (4/4/2)
15. Bamaman — -2 pts (4/4/2)
15. nightreign — -2 pts (5/4/1)
15. Austin Powers — -2 pts (5/4/1)
15. brainpower — -2 pts (5/4/1)
15. dott888 — -2 pts (4/4/2)
20. Caboom — -3 pts (5/4/1))
20. Blue Lion — -3 pts (4/4/2)
20. whatisbishkek — -3 pts (5/4/1))
23. dnbguy — -4 pts (4/4/2)
23. kebert.xela — -4 pts (4/4/2)
23. clprez — -4 pts (5 / 3 / 2)
26. ihavejeoprosy — -5 pts (5/3/2)
27. MarkBarrett — -6 pts (5/3/2)
28. Tabby — -7 pts (4/4/2)
28. mennoknight — -7 pts (5/4/1)
28. Woof — -7 pts (5/3/2)
28. patkav — -7 pts (5/3/2)
32. Gamawire — -8 pts (4/4/2)
32. goforthetie — -8 pts (5/3/2)
32. geolawyerman — -8 pts (5/3/2)
35. ElendilPickle — -9 pts (4/4/2)
35. colonialrampage — -9 pts (5/3/2)
35. squizzle — -9 pts (5/3/2)
38. tjconn728 — -10 pts (5/3/2)
39. BigDaddyMatty — -11 pts (5/3/2)
39. Ryno — -11 pts (5/3/2)
39. coolcah36 — -11 pts (5/3/2)
42. mahatma — -13 pts (5/3/2)
43. immaf — -16 pts (5/3/2)
44. sillymonkey — -33 pts (5/3/2)
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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I was going to go high on Georgetown, but needed another low response. I actually thought UMBC would get a good number of responses (they've been a long-favored cupcake for Big East basketball teams), and that UMES would come in on the lower side.

I was incorrect.
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Re: TD 254: Hi-Fi Hi-Lo (Question 1 Results Posted)

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9021amyers wrote:Standings after Question 2 (HI / LO / NO responses remaining)
Thank you for adding those, now it's a bit easier to compare the scores.
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