TD 444 - 40 For 40 (Final results)

[cthulhu]

Well, if it weren’t for being scr having a disagreement with the person running this TD, I’d be doing pretty good...

[Ironhorse]

I have a daily 14 mile commute on I-40 so I wasn't about to miss that one.

[clt013]

9. The 40th US President (Ronald Reagan) was elected in 1980. Name another president who was elected to office in a year ending with "0".

Three flocks of five on this one…

George W. Bush (2000) [Co-SHEEP] - 5
SenseiCAY
merica
Flealick
True North
heppm01

Warren Harding (1920) [Co-SHEEP] - 5
jev15
BrigadierSolo13
cthulhu
MattKnowles
casketromance

William McKinley (1900) [Co-SHEEP] - 5
mastercone
shambolic
Ironhorse
gwallace2
twelvefootboy

Franklin Roosevelt (1940) - 4
gamawire
MarkBarrett
psgola
AFRET CMS

Abraham Lincoln (1860) - 3
jfmk
Rackme32
threearruda

SINGLETONS - 1

James Garfield (1880)
Shaquebanisa

William Henry Harrison (1840)
ParrotRob

James Monroe (1820)
floridagator

NOT USED
Thomas Jefferson (1800)
John Kennedy (1960)

DROP = 0
econgator

10. There are 40 spaces on a Monopoly board. Name the most expensive property in one of the color groups.

Flocking to the high rent district…

Boardwalk [SHEEP] - 7
shambolic
gwallace2
Rackme32
Flealick
threearruda
True North
heppm01

Marvin Gardens - 5
mastercone
Ironhorse
ParrotRob
merica
twelvefootboy

Illinois Avenue - 4
jfmk
floridagator
econgator
casketromance

Baltic Avenue - 2
MattKnowles
AFRET CMS

SINGLETONS - 1

Connecticut Avenue
MarkBarrett

New York Avenue
gamawire

Virginia Avenue
SenseiCAY

NOT USED
Pennsylvania Avenue

DROP = 0
Shaquebanisa
BrigadierSolo13
cthulhu

SHEEP = 7
jev15
psgola

11. (BONUS) - Choose one of two categories and give up to 8 answers - earning a BONUS of -1 for each 2 correct responses. "Think different" enough to avoid giving any answers among the top 4 (plus ties) most used in that category and earn an extra -1.

A. The 40/40 club in baseball is for players who had at least 40 Home Runs and 40 Stolen Bases in the same season. Name up to 8 Baseball Hall of Fame players who are in the Top 40 for career HR or SB.

CORRECT ANSWERS

NOT USED
Willie Stargell (475 HR, #32)
Carl Yastrzemski (452 HR, #39)
Vladimir Guerrero (449 HR, #40)
Max Carey (738 SB, #9)
Honus Wagner (723 SB, #10)
Joe Morgan (689 SB, #11)
George Davis (619 SB, #17)
Hugh Duffy (574 SB, #23)
Bid McPhee (568 SB, #24)
John Montgomery Ward (540 SB, #29)
Fred Clarke (509 SB, #35)
Luis Aparicio (506 SB, #38)
Paul Molitor (504 SB, #39)
Willie Keeler (495 SB, #40)

1 RESPONSE
Dave Winfield (465 HR, #36) - casketromance
Jeff Bagwell (449 HR, #40) - casketromance
Eddie Collins (741 SB, #8) - True North

2 RESPONSES
Jimmie Foxx (534 HR, #19) - gwallace2, SenseiCAY
Eddie Mathews (512 HR, #23) - jev15, gwallace2
Chipper Jones (468 HR, #35) - gwallace2, casketromance
Billy Hamilton (914 SB, #3) - merica, True North
Ozzie Smith (580 SB, #22) - ParrotRob, merica

3 RESPONSES
Reggie Jackson (563 HR, #14) - ParrotRob, merica, heppm01
Willie McCovey (521 HR, #20) - Rackme32, threearruda, True North
Ernie Banks (512 HR, #23) - jev15, SenseiCAY, casketromance
Stan Musial (475 HR, #32) - gwallace2, Rackme32, twelvefootboy

4 RESPONSES
Ken Griffey, Jr. (630 HR, #7) - mastercone, jfmk, Ironhorse, BrigadierSolo13
Jim Thome (612 HR, #8) - jfmk, SenseiCAY, MarkBarrett, threearruda
Lou Gehrig (493 HR, #28) - mastercone, gwallace2, BrigadierSolo13, casketromance
Rickey Henderson (1,406 SB, #1) - mastercone, Ironhorse, BrigadierSolo13, heppm01
Lou Brock (938 SB, #2) - jfmk, gamawire, psgola, BrigadierSolo13
Tim Raines (808 SB, #5) - ParrotRob, merica, psgola, True North

5 RESPONSES
Frank Robinson (586 HR, #10) - Ironhorse, jev15, gamawire, ParrotRob, True North
Harmon Killebrew (573 HR, #12) - jev15, gamawire, MarkBarrett, threearruda, twelvefootboy
Ted Williams (521 HR, #20) - mastercone, Ironhorse, Rackme32, threearruda, twelvefootboy
Mel Ott (511 HR, #25) - jfmk, jev15, gwallace2, MarkBarrett, threearruda

6 RESPONSES
Hank Aaron (755 HR, #2) - mastercone, Ironhorse, gamawire, Rackme32, twelvefootboy, heppm01
Babe Ruth (714 HR, #3) - mastercone, Ironhorse, gamawire, Rackme32, twelvefootboy, heppm01
Frank Thomas (521 HR, #20) - jfmk, jev15, threearruda, BrigadierSolo13, True North, casketromance
Eddie Murray (504 HR, #27) - jev15, gwallace2, MarkBarrett, ParrotRob, True North, casketromance

7 RESPONSES
Mike Schmidt (548 HR, #16) - gwallace2, SenseiCAY, merica, twelvefootboy, psgola, True North, casketromance
Ty Cobb (897 SB, #4) - jfmk, gamawire, SenseiCAY, merica, psgola, BrigadierSolo13, heppm01

8 RESPONSES
Mickey Mantle (536 HR, #18) - mastercone, jfmk, gamawire, SenseiCAY, MarkBarrett, threearruda, twelvefootboy, BrigadierSolo13

9 RESPONSES
Willie Mays (660 HR, #4) - mastercone, jfmk, gamawire, SenseiCAY, Rackme32, MarkBarrett, merica, threearruda, BrigadierSolo13

WRONG ANSWERS
Roger Maris (275 HR, #187; Not in HOF) - Ironhorse
Roberto Clemente (240 HR, #257) - Ironhorse
Gary Sheffield (509 HR, #26; Not in HOF) - jev15
David Ortiz (541 HR, #17; Not in HOF) - SenseiCAY
Barry Bonds (762 HR, #1; Not in HOF) - Rackme32
Alex Rodriguez (696 HR, #4; Not in HOF) - Rackme32, MarkBarrett
Mark McGwire (583 HR, #11; Not in HOF) - MarkBarrett
Rafael Palmeiro (569 HR, #13; Not in HOF) - ParrotRob
Ichiro Suzuki (509 SB, #35; Not in HOF) - ParrotRob
Roberto Alomar (474 SB, #44) - ParrotRob
Andre Dawson (438 HR, #45) - merica
George Brett (317 HR, #125) - twelvefootboy
Sammy Sosa (609 HR, #9; Not in HOF) - psgola
Albert Pujols (656 HR, #6; Not in HOF) - psgola
Vince Coleman (752 SB, #6; Not in HOF) - psgola

TOTAL BONUS FOR THOSE CHOOSING CATEGORY A
psgola (4 correct, 4 incorrect) = -2
ParrotRob (5 correct, 3 incorrect) = -2
heppm01 (5 correct, 1 incorrect) = -2
Ironhorse (6 correct, 2 incorrect) = -3
Rackme32 (6 correct, 2 incorrect) = -3
MarkBarrett (6 correct, 2 incorrect) = -3
jev15 (7 correct, 1 incorrect) = -3
SenseiCAY (7 correct, 1 incorrect) = -3
merica (7 correct, 1 incorrect) = -3
twelvefootboy (7 correct, 1 incorrect) = -3
mastercone (8 correct) = -4
jfmk (8 correct) = -4
gamawire (8 correct) = -4
gwallace2 (8 correct) = -4
threearruda (8 correct) = -4
BrigadierSolo13 (8 correct) = -4
True North (8 correct) = -4
casketromance (8 correct) = -4

B. US Highway 40 passes through 10 states between its starting and ending points in Utah and New Jersey. Name up to 8 cities (and include their state) that are among the 4 largest in population for a state which the "Main Street of America" passes through between UT and NJ. [Note: You may name multiple cities from the same state.]

CORRECT ANSWERS (Note: My original intention was to exclude cities in Utah and New Jersey, but poor wording of the question led me to accept those as correct.)

NOT USED (Besides UT and NJ)
Colorado Springs, CO
Fort Collins, CO
Wichita, KS
Kansas City, KS
Olathe, KS
Springfield, MO
Columbia, MO
Joliet, IL
Fort Wayne, IN
South Bend, IN
Cincinnati, OH
Toledo, OH
Charleston, WV
Huntington, WV
Morgantown, WV
Parkersburg, WV
Allentown, PA
Baltimore, MD
Columbia, MD
Germantown, MD
Silver Spring, MD
Wilmington, DE
Dover, DE
Middletown, DE

1 RESPONSE
West Valley City, UT - floridagator
Overland Park, KS - floridagator
Kansas City, MO - AFRET CMS
St. Louis, MO - AFRET CMS
Aurora, IL - floridagator
Naperville, IL - floridagator
Evansville, IN - floridagator
Cleveland, OH - Flealick
Philadelphia, PA - MattKnowles
Pittsburgh, PA - MattKnowles
Erie, PA - floridagator
Newark, DE - floridagator

2 RESPONSES
Salt Lake City, UT - MattKnowles, AFRET CMS
Aurora, CO - floridagator, AFRET CMS
Chicago, IL - Flealick, MattKnowles
Indianapolis, IN - MattKnowles, AFRET CMS
Columbus, OH - MattKnowles, AFRET CMS

3 RESPONSES
Denver, CO - Flealick, MattKnowles, AFRET CMS

WRONG ANSWERS
New York, NY (US 40 does not pass through state) - Flealick
Omaha, NE (US 40 does not pass through state) - MattKnowles
Dayton, OH (6th most populated city in state) - AFRET CMS

TOTAL BONUS FOR THOSE CHOOSING CATEGORY B
Flealick (3 correct, 1 incorrect) = -1
MattKnowles (7 correct, 1 incorrect) = -3
AFRET CMS (7 correct, 1 incorrect) = -3
floridagator (8 correct) = -4

FINAL STANDINGS
26. SenseiCAY - 46
25. heppm01 - 44
22. shambolic - 43
22. twelvefootboy - 43
22. Shaquebanisa - 43
20. Flealick - 41
20. jfmk - 41
19. Rackme32 - 38
18. cthulhu - 37
16. True North - 36
16. MattKnowles - 36
15. mastercone - 35
12. threearruda - 34
12. casketromance - 34
12. AFRET CMS - 34
11. merica - 33
9. econgator - 32
9. floridagator - 32
8. psgola - 31
7. jev15 - 30
6. Ironhorse - 29
5. gwallace2 - 26

Sharing one side of the podium (while somehow remaining at least 6 feet apart)…
3. ParrotRob - 24
3. gamawire - 24

Runner-up…
2. MarkBarrett - 22

And the champion…
1. BrigadierSolo13 - 21

Thanks to everyone for playing and all of the comments (both positive and negative). My apologies to those who had a less than enjoyable experience. It is not my intention to have "negbait", cause confusion or trick anybody and knowing those things are happening gives me yet another area to improve. I will try to do better next time.

[ParrotRob]

Thanks for putting this together. My first time on the podium despite completely missing the HOF requirement for the baseball players. I credit growing up on the campus of UMBC for the Retrievers singleton and sharing a birthday with W.H. Harrison for that one.

And I would have won had I put Picadilly for question 10 (as I thought of doing) as the question did not initially specify the US version

Thanks again.

[MarkBarrett]

Thanks for putting this together. My first time on the podium despite completely missing the HOF requirement for the baseball players. I credit growing up on the campus of UMBC for the Retrievers singleton and sharing a birthday with W.H. Harrison for that one.

And I would have won had I put Picadilly for question 10 (as I thought of doing) as the question did not initially specify the US version

Thanks again.

Let me copy your line with a little change:

Thanks for putting this together. Not my first time on the podium despite completely missing the HOF requirement for the baseball players.

Next time I am doing the bonus first so that I still have brain cells left to read and process what's wanted instead of doing it last and failing to RTFQ.

Way to go BS13.

[floridagator]

Thanks for the TD and to everyone who played. At least I got a singleton out of Monroe, but then unfortunately reverted to type with Atlantic City.

Winners list updated:
Http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5380

[AFRET CMS]

That was fun, thought-provoking, irritating, frustrating, and caused both elation and depression. It was everything a TD should be.

In looking at the reveal, I am AMAZED at how much work went into scoring (and reporting) the bonus questions. The bonus questions by themselves represent an astounding amount of time and effort for the moderator, and I am in awe.

I was prepared to argue the "not used" list for the second bonus, until I re-read the actual working of the question more closely:

11. (BONUS) - Choose one of two categories and give up to 8 answers - earning a BONUS of -1 for each 2 correct responses. "Think different" enough to avoid giving any answers among the top 4 (plus ties) most used in that category and earn an extra -1.

B. US Highway 40 passes through 10 states between its starting and ending points in Utah and New Jersey. Name up to 8 cities (and include their state) that are among the 4 largest in population for a state which the "Main Street of America" passes through between UT and NJ. [Note: You may name multiple cities from the same state.]

CORRECT ANSWERS (Note: My original intention was to exclude cities in Utah and New Jersey, but poor wording of the question led me to accept those as correct.)

NOT USED (Besides UT and NJ)
Colorado Springs, CO
Fort Collins, CO

I thought, "Ooops, wonder what highway map that came from, U.S. 40 passes through neither Fort Collins nor Colorado Springs." Then I finally realized from the phrasing of the question it didn't need to. Sigh -- missed a chance as a Fort Collins resident to give my town a shoutout.

But it would have been moot, anyway. Chewing wool on half the questions doesn't do a lot for one's score.

Thanks for the fun addition to our stay-at-home activities!

[Ironhorse]

Thanks for hosting!

I, too, have made the mistake of confusing US highways and Interstate highways in TD. In one of the first ones I entered, I confidently submitted that I-59 went through Kansas because I had recently driven US-59 from Kansas City to Tulsa.

[BrigadierSolo13]

Way to go BS13.

Thank you! Third time was the charm I guess

It was pretty touch-and-go with you at the end, especially when I sheeped with Harding. But I knew I had my Drop next and for sure a -4 on the bonus. I tried to avoid the sheep by not saying Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron, but it turned out "Say Hey" was the popular one.

Great game everyone and I look forward to the next one!