Totally forgot about the Apollo 10 dry run. Here I am from the sidelines going "Ok, Apollo 12. That's Pete Conrad, Al "SCE to AUX" Bean and...puh...that...other guy."Paucle wrote: 1. 1930: Help us welcome to the world our out of this world
boy, destined to be the 2nd man to orbit the moon alone!
MICHAEL COLLINS commanded Columbia while Armstrong and Aldrin took the
Eagle to the lunar surface.
Answered by: nobody! He truly is lonely!(John Young was the first to orbit the moon solo, BTW)
TD 141: From Cradle to Grave
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The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
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Wow, it never even occurred to met that the clue was looking for Brian Piccolo, rather than Gale Sayers. The really sad thing is that I actually had John Candy typed into my PM, but then decided that the "children seek him door to door" just made it too easy and everyone might go with that answer, so I switched to the one that I thought was describing Gale Sayers. I guess everyone else was as confused by the Bow Wow Wow reference as I initially was, and I could have had myself a singleton, instead of 12 points for an incorrect answer.These people skipped the first 10 and went to Eleven.... er, twelve: Peggles (Eminem), HugoZ, jeff6286 (Gale Sayers)
This player was TRICKed indeed!: Uncle Jeff (as the sole trickster, he takes the sheep score!)
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Question Two: dem bones!
In the human skeleton, 6 bones have an average length of more than
10 inches. Each of those has two different names, a more "scientific"
one, and a layman's term (of which a few are nothing more than a
short description).
The six longest bones in the human skeleton are (in descending length)...
Femur answered for 5 points by gamawire, DadofTwins, opusthepenguin, Bamaman, Wimple
(thighbone)answered for 2 points by Peggles, Turd Ferguson
Tibia answered for 6 points by Rackme32, econgator, andreaborn, billiej, HugoZ, goforthetie
(shinbone)answered for 4 points by mennoknight, oddsox, Woppy T, cheezguyty
Fibula answered for 5 points by mam418, immaf, dhkendall, TomKBaltimoreBoy, jeff6286
(lower leg)answered by nobody!
Humerus answered for a singleton by billy pilgrim! WTG!
(upper arm) singleton cloned by teapot37!
Ulna answered for a singleton by mitchparov! They're replicationg!
(inner lower arm) went unanswered.
Radius answered for 3 points by MarkBarrett, Uncle Jeff, KearneyZzyzwicz
(outer lower arm)answered by nobody!
(I would've been surprised if anyone had those last two "layman's" answers, actually!)
The following players were broken by ... the "pelvis" (RandyG), the collarbone (ayeembored)... each of these bones cracked right down the middle, forming two bones that looked just like an "11."
a TREAT of pizza bones: barandall800 (Median of 1 2 3 4 5 6 = 3.5)
No TRICKS!
After two questions (and the last for tonight):
5 oddsox 1+4
5 billy pilgrim 4+1
5 teapot37 4+1
6 mam418 1+5
6 mitchparov 5+1
6 MarkBarrett 3+3
7 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5
8 Woppy T 4+4
8.5 barandall800 5+3.5
9 mennoknight 5+4
9 gamawire 4+5
9 opusthepenguin 4+5
9 Bamaman 4+5
9 Wimple 4+5
9 Turd Ferguson 7+2
9 andreaborn 3+6
9 billiej 3+6
9 immaf 4+5
9 cheezguyty 5+4
10 dhkendall 5+5
10 Uncle Jeff 7+3
10 KearneyZzyzwicz 7+3
12 DadofTwins 7+5
13 RackMe32 7+6
13 goforthetie 7+6
13 econgator 7+6
13 ayeembored 2+11
14 Peggles 12+2
17 jeff6286 12+5
18 HugoZ 12+6
18 RandyG 7+11
In the human skeleton, 6 bones have an average length of more than
10 inches. Each of those has two different names, a more "scientific"
one, and a layman's term (of which a few are nothing more than a
short description).
The six longest bones in the human skeleton are (in descending length)...
Femur answered for 5 points by gamawire, DadofTwins, opusthepenguin, Bamaman, Wimple
(thighbone)answered for 2 points by Peggles, Turd Ferguson
Tibia answered for 6 points by Rackme32, econgator, andreaborn, billiej, HugoZ, goforthetie
(shinbone)answered for 4 points by mennoknight, oddsox, Woppy T, cheezguyty
Fibula answered for 5 points by mam418, immaf, dhkendall, TomKBaltimoreBoy, jeff6286
(lower leg)answered by nobody!
Humerus answered for a singleton by billy pilgrim! WTG!
(upper arm) singleton cloned by teapot37!
Ulna answered for a singleton by mitchparov! They're replicationg!
(inner lower arm) went unanswered.
Radius answered for 3 points by MarkBarrett, Uncle Jeff, KearneyZzyzwicz
(outer lower arm)answered by nobody!
(I would've been surprised if anyone had those last two "layman's" answers, actually!)
The following players were broken by ... the "pelvis" (RandyG), the collarbone (ayeembored)... each of these bones cracked right down the middle, forming two bones that looked just like an "11."
a TREAT of pizza bones: barandall800 (Median of 1 2 3 4 5 6 = 3.5)
No TRICKS!
After two questions (and the last for tonight):
5 oddsox 1+4
5 billy pilgrim 4+1
5 teapot37 4+1
6 mam418 1+5
6 mitchparov 5+1
6 MarkBarrett 3+3
7 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5
8 Woppy T 4+4
8.5 barandall800 5+3.5
9 mennoknight 5+4
9 gamawire 4+5
9 opusthepenguin 4+5
9 Bamaman 4+5
9 Wimple 4+5
9 Turd Ferguson 7+2
9 andreaborn 3+6
9 billiej 3+6
9 immaf 4+5
9 cheezguyty 5+4
10 dhkendall 5+5
10 Uncle Jeff 7+3
10 KearneyZzyzwicz 7+3
12 DadofTwins 7+5
13 RackMe32 7+6
13 goforthetie 7+6
13 econgator 7+6
13 ayeembored 2+11
14 Peggles 12+2
17 jeff6286 12+5
18 HugoZ 12+6
18 RandyG 7+11
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Not that it matters, but wouldn't the TRICK score on #1 have been 3.5? The scores were 1,2,3,4,5 and 7.
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Possibly the first time I've had a share of the lead in a TD at one of the breaks... hopefully I can finish strong for once!
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Actually, it does matter- thanks for the catch.Bamaman wrote:Not that it matters, but wouldn't the TRICK score on #1 have been 3.5? The scores were 1,2,3,4,5 and 7.
You left off the wrong answer score in computing the TREAT, which I did for question 2. (TREAT is the median of all score values, TRICK is total of tricks unless you're a singleton trick, then you get the sheep.)
So, sorry barandall800, you get another .5 added to your score!
a TREAT of pizza bones: barandall800 (Median of 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 = 4)
Will adjust in next reveal.
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Question Three: Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble...
Witches need their "book of spells." Though the spells don't always sound intelligible and more along the lines of post-therapy logorrhea of a sanitarium patient after psychiatry goes awry (perhaps due to an elegiacal student interning out of his milieu) ... what was I saying? Geez, I sound like I got hexed with a dictionary incantation!
So ... spell for me ANY winning word from the National Spelling Bee hosted by Scripps-Howard, 1925 to present. Oh... spelling counts, of course!
Is Paucle nuts? Who remembers this crap? And even if I could remember a winning word from one of the few bees I've watched, how could I possibly remember how to spell it? Well, if you couldn't remember the infamous "E! YOU! OH! EN! WHY! EM! YOU-OH-NYM!" incident of 1997, there was that famous movie (as barandall recalled), not to mention a whole "Stupid answers" vibe from the question set up (as three of you identically inferred! (intelligible, therapy, sanitarium, psychiatry, elegiacal, interning, milieu went unused.))
Still and all, peruse the "winning word" list some day. You won't believe some of them! Can you imagine being the runner-up in 1984? If I had just missed my final round word, and I heard the caller announce that one to my fellow speller for all the marbles, I'd've shouted "Are you effin kiddin me?"
euonym (1997) was answered for 3 points by DadofTwins, Rackme32, billy pilgrim
logorrhea (1999) was answered for 3 points by MarkBarrett, Peggles, goforthetie
luge (1984) was answered for 2 points by teapot37, cheezguyty
TRICK! was chosen for 2 points by immaf, mennoknight
semaphore (1946) was answered for a singleton by mam418!
xanthosis (1995) was answered for a singleton by barandall800
antediluvian (1994) was answered for a singleton by mitchparov
hitting luhc for 8: Woppy T (eunonym... ouch)
TREAT (1 2 3 8 = 2.5): gamawire, Turd Ferguson, econgator, dhkendall, oddsox, RandyG, TomKBaltimoreBoy,
andreaborn, Uncle Jeff, billiej, opusthepenguin, KearneyZzyzwicz, HugoZ, ayeembored, Bamaman, Wimple, jeff6286
Incidentally, I realized this question also sort of covered GHOSTS for this quiz, in a way, if you remember that childhood long-trip-in-the-car word game!
After Three Rounds:
7 teapot37 4+1+2
7 mam418 1+5+1
7 mitchparov 5+1+1
7.5 oddsox 1+4+2.5
8 billy pilgrim 4+1+3
9 MarkBarrett 3+3+3
9.5 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5+2.5
10 barandall800 5+4+1
11 cheezguyty 5+4+2
11 mennoknight 5+4+2
11 immaf 4+5+2
11.5 gamawire 4+5+2.5
11.5 opusthepenguin 4+5+2.5
11.5 Bamaman 4+5+2.5
11.5 Wimple 4+5+2.5
11.5 Turd Ferguson 7+2+2.5
11.5 andreaborn 3+6+2.5
11.5 billiej 3+6+2.5
12.5 dhkendall 5+5+2.5
12.5 Uncle Jeff 7+3+2.5
12.5 KearneyZzyzwicz 7+3+2.5
15 DadofTwins 7+5+3
15.5 econgator 7+6+2.5
15.5 ayeembored 2+11+2.5
16 RackMe32 7+6+3
16 Woppy T 4+4+8
16 goforthetie 7+6+3
17 Peggles 12+2+3
19.5 jeff6286 12+5+2.5
20.5 HugoZ 12+6+2.5
20.5 RandyG 7+11+2.5
Witches need their "book of spells." Though the spells don't always sound intelligible and more along the lines of post-therapy logorrhea of a sanitarium patient after psychiatry goes awry (perhaps due to an elegiacal student interning out of his milieu) ... what was I saying? Geez, I sound like I got hexed with a dictionary incantation!
So ... spell for me ANY winning word from the National Spelling Bee hosted by Scripps-Howard, 1925 to present. Oh... spelling counts, of course!
Is Paucle nuts? Who remembers this crap? And even if I could remember a winning word from one of the few bees I've watched, how could I possibly remember how to spell it? Well, if you couldn't remember the infamous "E! YOU! OH! EN! WHY! EM! YOU-OH-NYM!" incident of 1997, there was that famous movie (as barandall recalled), not to mention a whole "Stupid answers" vibe from the question set up (as three of you identically inferred! (intelligible, therapy, sanitarium, psychiatry, elegiacal, interning, milieu went unused.))
Still and all, peruse the "winning word" list some day. You won't believe some of them! Can you imagine being the runner-up in 1984? If I had just missed my final round word, and I heard the caller announce that one to my fellow speller for all the marbles, I'd've shouted "Are you effin kiddin me?"
euonym (1997) was answered for 3 points by DadofTwins, Rackme32, billy pilgrim
logorrhea (1999) was answered for 3 points by MarkBarrett, Peggles, goforthetie
luge (1984) was answered for 2 points by teapot37, cheezguyty
TRICK! was chosen for 2 points by immaf, mennoknight
semaphore (1946) was answered for a singleton by mam418!
xanthosis (1995) was answered for a singleton by barandall800
antediluvian (1994) was answered for a singleton by mitchparov
hitting luhc for 8: Woppy T (eunonym... ouch)
TREAT (1 2 3 8 = 2.5): gamawire, Turd Ferguson, econgator, dhkendall, oddsox, RandyG, TomKBaltimoreBoy,
andreaborn, Uncle Jeff, billiej, opusthepenguin, KearneyZzyzwicz, HugoZ, ayeembored, Bamaman, Wimple, jeff6286
Incidentally, I realized this question also sort of covered GHOSTS for this quiz, in a way, if you remember that childhood long-trip-in-the-car word game!
After Three Rounds:
7 teapot37 4+1+2
7 mam418 1+5+1
7 mitchparov 5+1+1
7.5 oddsox 1+4+2.5
8 billy pilgrim 4+1+3
9 MarkBarrett 3+3+3
9.5 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5+2.5
10 barandall800 5+4+1
11 cheezguyty 5+4+2
11 mennoknight 5+4+2
11 immaf 4+5+2
11.5 gamawire 4+5+2.5
11.5 opusthepenguin 4+5+2.5
11.5 Bamaman 4+5+2.5
11.5 Wimple 4+5+2.5
11.5 Turd Ferguson 7+2+2.5
11.5 andreaborn 3+6+2.5
11.5 billiej 3+6+2.5
12.5 dhkendall 5+5+2.5
12.5 Uncle Jeff 7+3+2.5
12.5 KearneyZzyzwicz 7+3+2.5
15 DadofTwins 7+5+3
15.5 econgator 7+6+2.5
15.5 ayeembored 2+11+2.5
16 RackMe32 7+6+3
16 Woppy T 4+4+8
16 goforthetie 7+6+3
17 Peggles 12+2+3
19.5 jeff6286 12+5+2.5
20.5 HugoZ 12+6+2.5
20.5 RandyG 7+11+2.5
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What kind of warped indidual remembers final words from spelling bees? I guess the kind of people we attract here. I remembered the word that very annoying girl won on, but I wasn't sure of the spelling and would have missed it.
My thinking was this question would be drop city, so I figured treating would be safer than risking a huge score of a trick, looks like I was not alone in that thinking.
Another example of where RTFQ pays off big time!
My thinking was this question would be drop city, so I figured treating would be safer than risking a huge score of a trick, looks like I was not alone in that thinking.
Another example of where RTFQ pays off big time!
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I got lucky here - my husband and I have a running joke about semaphore, and I at some point last year looked it up, and came across the fact it was a winning word. (which surprised me - it's so easy!) Thankfully, that fact was still rattling around my brain somewhere.Bamaman wrote:What kind of warped indidual remembers final words from spelling bees? I guess the kind of people we attract here. I remembered the word that very annoying girl won on, but I wasn't sure of the spelling and would have missed it.
I'm liking the way this TD is going so far!
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Question Four: Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble...
Sound familiar? And what would a witch be without her familiar? Well, still a witch, actually. She just wouldn't have a cat. No big deal. What is a big deal are the "big cats," the informal designation for the largest animals in family felidae, comprising five genera.
Tell me a "layman's" name of one of the 9 species represented by the "big cats"; I'll even accept as separate answers one of the several different names the N. American representative is known by, raising the answer pool to 14.
This question had the biggest answer pool, no wrong, no "helps," and a pretty even distribution. No real big sheep! (Probably because one of the big cats ate it...)
tiger was answered for 2 points by DadofTwins, oddsox
lion was answered for 3 points by RackMe32, andreaborn, Bamaman
jaguar was answered for 3 points by Peggles, Turd Ferguson, billiej
leopard was answered for 5 points by MarkBarrett, dhkendall, mennoknight, billy pilgrim, jeff6286
cheetah was answered for 3 points by Woppy T, RandyG, TomKBaltimoreBoy
cougar was answered for 2 points by teapot37, cheezguyty
=puma was answered for 3 points by econgator, KearneyZzyzwicz, ayeembored
=mountain lion was answered for 6 points by barandall800, mitchparov, opusthepenguin, HugoZ, goforthetie, Wimple
=mountain cat wasn't offered
=catamount was answered for 2 points by mam418, immaf
=panther was answered for 2 points by gamawire, Uncle Jeff
snow leopard, clouded leopard and Sunda clouded leopard all went unanswered.
No tricks! No treats!
Scores Through Question four:
9 mam418 1+5+1+2
9 teapot37 4+1+2+2
9.5 oddsox 1+4+2.5+2
12.5 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5+2.5+3
13 billy pilgrim 4+1+3+5
13 cheezguyty 5+4+2+2
13 immaf 4+5+2+2
13 mitchparov 5+1+1+6
13.5 gamawire 4+5+2.5+2
14 MarkBarrett 3+3+3+5
12.5 Uncle Jeff 7+3+2.5+2
14.5 andreaborn 3+6+2.5+3
14.5 Bamaman 4+5+2.5+3
14.5 Turd Ferguson 7+2+2.5+3
14.5 billiej 3+6+2.5+3
15.5 KearneyZzyzwicz 7+3+2.5+3
16 mennoknight 5+4+2+5
16 barandall800 5+4+1+6
17 DadofTwins 7+5+3+2
17.5 dhkendall 5+5+2.5+5
17.5 opusthepenguin 4+5+2.5+6
17.5 Wimple 4+5+2.5+6
18.5 econgator 7+6+2.5+3
18.5 ayeembored 2+11+2.5+3
19 RackMe32 7+6+3+3
19 Woppy T 4+4+8+3
20 Peggles 12+2+3+3
22 goforthetie 7+6+3+6
23.5 RandyG 7+11+2.5+3
24.5 jeff6286 12+5+2.5+5
26.5 HugoZ 12+6+2.5+6
Sound familiar? And what would a witch be without her familiar? Well, still a witch, actually. She just wouldn't have a cat. No big deal. What is a big deal are the "big cats," the informal designation for the largest animals in family felidae, comprising five genera.
Tell me a "layman's" name of one of the 9 species represented by the "big cats"; I'll even accept as separate answers one of the several different names the N. American representative is known by, raising the answer pool to 14.
This question had the biggest answer pool, no wrong, no "helps," and a pretty even distribution. No real big sheep! (Probably because one of the big cats ate it...)
tiger was answered for 2 points by DadofTwins, oddsox
lion was answered for 3 points by RackMe32, andreaborn, Bamaman
jaguar was answered for 3 points by Peggles, Turd Ferguson, billiej
leopard was answered for 5 points by MarkBarrett, dhkendall, mennoknight, billy pilgrim, jeff6286
cheetah was answered for 3 points by Woppy T, RandyG, TomKBaltimoreBoy
cougar was answered for 2 points by teapot37, cheezguyty
=puma was answered for 3 points by econgator, KearneyZzyzwicz, ayeembored
=mountain lion was answered for 6 points by barandall800, mitchparov, opusthepenguin, HugoZ, goforthetie, Wimple
=mountain cat wasn't offered
=catamount was answered for 2 points by mam418, immaf
=panther was answered for 2 points by gamawire, Uncle Jeff
snow leopard, clouded leopard and Sunda clouded leopard all went unanswered.
No tricks! No treats!
Scores Through Question four:
9 mam418 1+5+1+2
9 teapot37 4+1+2+2
9.5 oddsox 1+4+2.5+2
12.5 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5+2.5+3
13 billy pilgrim 4+1+3+5
13 cheezguyty 5+4+2+2
13 immaf 4+5+2+2
13 mitchparov 5+1+1+6
13.5 gamawire 4+5+2.5+2
14 MarkBarrett 3+3+3+5
12.5 Uncle Jeff 7+3+2.5+2
14.5 andreaborn 3+6+2.5+3
14.5 Bamaman 4+5+2.5+3
14.5 Turd Ferguson 7+2+2.5+3
14.5 billiej 3+6+2.5+3
15.5 KearneyZzyzwicz 7+3+2.5+3
16 mennoknight 5+4+2+5
16 barandall800 5+4+1+6
17 DadofTwins 7+5+3+2
17.5 dhkendall 5+5+2.5+5
17.5 opusthepenguin 4+5+2.5+6
17.5 Wimple 4+5+2.5+6
18.5 econgator 7+6+2.5+3
18.5 ayeembored 2+11+2.5+3
19 RackMe32 7+6+3+3
19 Woppy T 4+4+8+3
20 Peggles 12+2+3+3
22 goforthetie 7+6+3+6
23.5 RandyG 7+11+2.5+3
24.5 jeff6286 12+5+2.5+5
26.5 HugoZ 12+6+2.5+6
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Paucle wrote:Is Paucle nuts? Who remembers this crap? And even if I could remember a winning word from one of the few bees I've watched, how could I possibly remember how to spell it? Well, if you couldn't remember the infamous "E! YOU! OH! EN! WHY! EM! YOU-OH-NYM!" incident of 1997, there was that famous movie (as barandall recalled), not to mention a whole "Stupid answers" vibe from the question set up (as three of you identically inferred! (intelligible, therapy, sanitarium, psychiatry, elegiacal, interning, milieu went unused.))
Still and all, peruse the "winning word" list some day. You won't believe some of them! Can you imagine being the runner-up in 1984? If I had just missed my final round word, and I heard the caller announce that one to my fellow speller for all the marbles, I'd've shouted "Are you effin kiddin me?"
Pet peeve, the "euonym" moment isn't infamous, but better described as "memorable". I fear that "infamous" is turning into one of those words that everyone, even the well-educated among us, is using incorrectly, to the point that the wrong meaning will become accepted through common use. (If Paucle is indeed using "infamous" correctly, let me know)
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I considered it infamous because the day after, one of the national sports radio talk shows was going on and on, re-playing the audio and mocking her about it. , He caught some grief ever-so-briefly. I forgot how he labeled her- "autism-girl" or something like that. It was pretty offensive, and I'm not sure how he kept his job.
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Paucle wrote:I considered it infamous because the day after, one of the national sports radio talk shows was going on and on, re=playing the audio amd mocking her about it. , He caught some grief ever-so-briefly. I forgot how he labeled her- "autism-girl" or something like that. It was pretty offensive, and I'm not sure how he kept his job.
Then, in that vein, I'm sure our very own hansvon could be described as "infamous". I think he'd like that.
(Personally, I'd say the radio incident (that I was unaware of) was infamous, and her actual moment of excitement (which I believe was being referenced) was just "memorable". All IMHO. YMMV.)
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Question Five: Smashing Pumpkins!
I knew this one would be a tough one, but I thought the olympic events would offer some solaces, as well the ones you could make a decent guess on. Overall, you did pretty well!(Interestingly, you could've put anything in the range of 258-292 and picked 3 different Olympian objects and been correct.)
Pick an object below and, within 20%, tell me how far (in feet) the world record is for human powered throw - no machine of any kind. Get within 5% and I'll drop your worst score in this entire game.
boomerang=1402
(1121-1683)range was offered by Gamawire/1500 for a singleton!
Aerobie= 1333
Not offered!
frisbee=696
(556-836)range was offered by goforthetie/630 for a singleton
baseball=445
(356-534)range was offered by immaf/400, jeff6286/503 for 3 points
the (422-468)range was offered by RandyG/460 for the DROP bonus!
javelin = 323
(258-388)range was offered by MarkBarrett/270, Uncle Jeff/300, Wimple/350 for 4 points;
the (306-340) range was offered by econgator for the DROP bonus!
hammer=285
(270-299) range was offered by oddsox, Bamaman for 2 points and the DROP bonus!
discus= 243
(194-292)range was offered by TomKBaltimoreBoy for 3 points; the (230-256) range was offered by Peggles/250, KearneyZzyzwicz/240 for the DROP bonus!
shot put= 76
the (72-80)range was offered by mam418/72, DadofTwins/75, RackMe32/76 teapot37/80, billy pilgrim/75 for 5 points and the DROP bonus!
These players dropped the... whatever!... for 10 points: Turd Ferguson (Shot put/35), barandall800 (javelin/120), dhkendall (frisbee/ 45.... dude, you know you're supposed to throw them in a flat spin, right? not flat-face-out?), mitchparov (frisbee/300), opusthepenguin (javelin/175), HugoZ(shotput/27), ayeembored (shotput/48), Woppy T (baseball/ 600)
TRICK for 2 points: andreaborn, billiej
TREAT: mennoknight, cheezguyty for 3.5 (1 2 3 4 5 10) points.
at the Halfway Mark! (Asterisked names will have their worst score dropped.)
11.5 oddsox* 1+4+2.5+2+2
14 teapot37* 4+1+2+2+5
14 mam418* 1+5+1+2+5
14.5 gamawire 4+5+2.5+2+1
15.5 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5+2.5+3+3
16 immaf 4+5+2+2+3
16.5 Uncle Jeff 7+3+2.5+2+4
16.5 Bamaman* 4+5+2.5+3+2
16.5 billiej 3+6+2.5+3+2
16.5 andreaborn 3+6+2.5+3+2
16.5 cheezguyty 5+4+2+2+3.5
18 billy pilgrim 4+1+3+5+5
18 MarkBarrett 3+3+3+5+4
18.5 KearneyZzyzwicz* 7+3+2.5+3+3
19.5 mennoknight 5+4+2+5+3.5
21.5 Wimple 4+5+2.5+6+4
22 DadofTwins* 7+5+3+2+5
22.5 econgator* 7+6+2.5+3+4
23 goforthetie 7+6+3+6+1
23 Peggles* 12+2+3+3+3
23 mitchparov 5+1+1+6+10
24 RackMe32* 7+6+3+3+5
24.5 Turd Ferguson 7+2+2.5+3+10
26 barandall800 5+4+1+6+10
26.5 RandyG* 7+11+2.5+3+3
27.5 jeff6286 12+5+2.5+5+3
27.5 dhkendall 5+5+2.5+5+10
27.5 opusthepenguin 4+5+2.5+6+10
28.5 ayeembored 2+11+2.5+3+10
29 Woppy T 4+4+8+3+10
36.5 HugoZ 12+6+2.5+6+10
I knew this one would be a tough one, but I thought the olympic events would offer some solaces, as well the ones you could make a decent guess on. Overall, you did pretty well!(Interestingly, you could've put anything in the range of 258-292 and picked 3 different Olympian objects and been correct.)
Pick an object below and, within 20%, tell me how far (in feet) the world record is for human powered throw - no machine of any kind. Get within 5% and I'll drop your worst score in this entire game.
boomerang=1402
(1121-1683)range was offered by Gamawire/1500 for a singleton!
Aerobie= 1333
Not offered!
frisbee=696
(556-836)range was offered by goforthetie/630 for a singleton
baseball=445
(356-534)range was offered by immaf/400, jeff6286/503 for 3 points
the (422-468)range was offered by RandyG/460 for the DROP bonus!
javelin = 323
(258-388)range was offered by MarkBarrett/270, Uncle Jeff/300, Wimple/350 for 4 points;
the (306-340) range was offered by econgator for the DROP bonus!
hammer=285
(270-299) range was offered by oddsox, Bamaman for 2 points and the DROP bonus!
discus= 243
(194-292)range was offered by TomKBaltimoreBoy for 3 points; the (230-256) range was offered by Peggles/250, KearneyZzyzwicz/240 for the DROP bonus!
shot put= 76
the (72-80)range was offered by mam418/72, DadofTwins/75, RackMe32/76 teapot37/80, billy pilgrim/75 for 5 points and the DROP bonus!
These players dropped the... whatever!... for 10 points: Turd Ferguson (Shot put/35), barandall800 (javelin/120), dhkendall (frisbee/ 45.... dude, you know you're supposed to throw them in a flat spin, right? not flat-face-out?), mitchparov (frisbee/300), opusthepenguin (javelin/175), HugoZ(shotput/27), ayeembored (shotput/48), Woppy T (baseball/ 600)
TRICK for 2 points: andreaborn, billiej
TREAT: mennoknight, cheezguyty for 3.5 (1 2 3 4 5 10) points.
at the Halfway Mark! (Asterisked names will have their worst score dropped.)
11.5 oddsox* 1+4+2.5+2+2
14 teapot37* 4+1+2+2+5
14 mam418* 1+5+1+2+5
14.5 gamawire 4+5+2.5+2+1
15.5 TomKBaltimoreBoy 2+5+2.5+3+3
16 immaf 4+5+2+2+3
16.5 Uncle Jeff 7+3+2.5+2+4
16.5 Bamaman* 4+5+2.5+3+2
16.5 billiej 3+6+2.5+3+2
16.5 andreaborn 3+6+2.5+3+2
16.5 cheezguyty 5+4+2+2+3.5
18 billy pilgrim 4+1+3+5+5
18 MarkBarrett 3+3+3+5+4
18.5 KearneyZzyzwicz* 7+3+2.5+3+3
19.5 mennoknight 5+4+2+5+3.5
21.5 Wimple 4+5+2.5+6+4
22 DadofTwins* 7+5+3+2+5
22.5 econgator* 7+6+2.5+3+4
23 goforthetie 7+6+3+6+1
23 Peggles* 12+2+3+3+3
23 mitchparov 5+1+1+6+10
24 RackMe32* 7+6+3+3+5
24.5 Turd Ferguson 7+2+2.5+3+10
26 barandall800 5+4+1+6+10
26.5 RandyG* 7+11+2.5+3+3
27.5 jeff6286 12+5+2.5+5+3
27.5 dhkendall 5+5+2.5+5+10
27.5 opusthepenguin 4+5+2.5+6+10
28.5 ayeembored 2+11+2.5+3+10
29 Woppy T 4+4+8+3+10
36.5 HugoZ 12+6+2.5+6+10
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Re: TD 141: From Cradle to Grave
This combines the two things I am the worst at in the world (and believe me, that's a very long list), estimating, especially distances, and anything even tangentially relatd to athletics. (This is why I stopped playing Guesstimania a while ago, though I do like to "play along at home" still for the learning.) I was hoping that at least my answer wouldn't be laugh out loud ridiculous, but it looks like that is not to be. (45 feet is probably my personal Frisbee-throwing record, though ...)Paucle wrote:These players dropped the... whatever!... for 10 points: Turd Ferguson (Shot put/35), barandall800 (javelin/120), dhkendall (frisbee/ 45.... dude, you know you're supposed to throw them in a flat spin, right? not flat-face-out?)
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Re: TD 141: From Cradle to Grave
stunned that I got the drop bonus on what was a complete educated guess. My thought process was "I don't know any of these... let's go with something slightly under a football field for the hammer throw... how about 90 metres?" shocked in a good way that the actual WR is 86.7m, set in 1986. I guess they don't make steroids like they used to.
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Re: TD 141: From Cradle to Grave
I'm with you there, dhkendall, on being horrible at estimating. I was trying to use what I remember from what it says is the "world record" for javelin throwing in the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games game we have for Wii...but it lists it in meters, so I had to (very badly) try to convert it to feet, and I guess it must have been lying anyhow (I'm pretty sure it's nowhere even close to the equivalent of 323 ft)...
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Re: TD 141: From Cradle to Grave
I was getting my oil changed Friday and was reading an old issue of ESPN:The Magazine. I was flipping through and came across an article about the hammer throw and how the record had stood for a long time. The title of the article was 86.7, which was in big, bold font.
It wasn't something I was looking for and was unaware of the article until I flipped by the page and saw it.
It wasn't something I was looking for and was unaware of the article until I flipped by the page and saw it.
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Re: TD 141: From Cradle to Grave
I obviously should have submitted after watching the Pan Am Games highlights last weekend. 75 feet seems like a really long way to throw a shotput, wow.dhkendall wrote:This combines the two things I am the worst at in the world (and believe me, that's a very long list), estimating, especially distances, and anything even tangentially relatd to athletics. (This is why I stopped playing Guesstimania a while ago, though I do like to "play along at home" still for the learning.) I was hoping that at least my answer wouldn't be laugh out loud ridiculous, but it looks like that is not to be. (45 feet is probably my personal Frisbee-throwing record, though ...)Paucle wrote:These players dropped the... whatever!... for 10 points: Turd Ferguson (Shot put/35), barandall800 (javelin/120), dhkendall (frisbee/ 45.... dude, you know you're supposed to throw them in a flat spin, right? not flat-face-out?)
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Re: TD 141: From Cradle to Grave
The sad thing is, I had my guesses narrowed down to the following two:Paucle wrote: baseball=445
(356-534)range was offered by immaf/400, jeff6286/503 for 3 points
the (422-468)range was offered by RandyG/460 for the DROP bonus!
javelin = 323
(258-388)range was offered by MarkBarrett/270, Uncle Jeff/300, Wimple/350 for 4 points;
the (306-340) range was offered by econgator for the DROP bonus!
- javelin - 175 ft
- baseball - 450 ft
I decided to go with the javelin guess. Sigh.