TD 425: O-H-I-O (Final Standings Posted!)

[Ironhorse]

Well, that's depressing.

[jeffwolfe]

Did both of us say "The Ohio State University"? I remember before that was a thing and I'm amused it became a thing.

[ouachiouat]

Did both of us say "The Ohio State University"? I remember before that was a thing and I'm amused it became a thing.

I'm currently a PhD student at tOSU, so you bet I did! Actually, I put THE Ohio State University. But close.

[immaf]

Standings after question 3

1. immaf — 2 + 2 → 4 pts [↑]

This won't last long.

[barandall800]

4. Ohio has many unique city and town names – but also many that it shares with other locales. Name one of the following Ohio city names shared with another locale, based on a brief description of the other locale (12).

This was a fun question to put together. Having cities and towns that share their names with other places is probably a thing in every state, but it seems like it's a lot more common here. It also seems pretty common for the pronunciations to be a bit different than what you'd think it would be. Medina (which is just south of us, as we live in Medina County) and Lima are both pronounced here with a long I, which definitely threw me off at first. And as a longtime Westerner, don't even get me started on how people pronounce Oregon here (that may not just be an Ohio thing, though?).

Wrong answers – 9 points
ROME
immaf

Cedar country
Lebanon — 6 responses
AFRET CMS
clprez
Coach P
Rackme32
threearruda
xabe

Italian cheese city
Parma — 6 responses
9021amyers
badgerfellow
classicroadster
deano
ReinholdGoldthwait
spell4yr

Capital of Peru
Lima — 5 responses
Enormous Jeans
gamawire
MarkBarrett
MollyQMurphy
twelvefootboy

Capital of Illinois
Springfield — 5 responses
clt013
econgator
Kirbstar
SenseiCAY
squarekara

"The Radiant City"
Medina — 3 responses
jeffwolfe
shambolic
Woof

Northwestern "Beaver State"
Oregon — 3 responses
choplakecity
floridagator
morbeedo

Capital of Ireland
Dublin — 2 responses
merica
ouachiouat

Capital of UK
London — 2 responses
bmwhitehead
ChexMix

Central Spanish "Imperial" city
Toledo — 2 responses
heppm01
Peachbox

South Atlantic state
Delaware — Singleton!
Ironhorse

Unused answers
Wyoming (least populous U.S. state)
Newark (New Jersey city)

Standings after question 4

1. bmwhitehead — 5 + 2 → 7 pts [↑]
2. floridagator — 5 + 3 → 8 pts [↑]
3. jeffwolfe — 6 + 3 → 9 pts [↑]
4. xabe — 5 + 6 → 11 pts [↑]
5. choplakecity — 9 + 3 → 12 pts [↑]

5. clt013 — 7 + 5 → 12 pts [↑]
5. deano — 6 + 6 → 12 pts [↑]
5. MarkBarrett — 7 + 5 → 12 pts [↑]
5. merica — 10 + 2 → 12 pts [↑]
10. gamawire — 8 + 5 → 13 pts [↑]

10. heppm01 — 11 + 2 → 13 pts [↑6]
10. immaf — 4 + 9 → 13 pts [↑]
10. morbeedo — 10 + 3 → 13 pts [↑]
14. clprez — 8 + 6 → 14 pts [↑]
14. Ironhorse — 13 + 1 → 14 pts [↑]

16. badgerfellow — 9 + 6 → 15 pts [↑]
17. ouachiouat — 14 + 2 → 16 pts [↑7]
17. Peachbox — 14 + 2 → 16 pts [↑7]
17. Rackme32 — 10 + 6 → 16 pts [↑]
17. Woof — 13 + 3 → 16 pts [↑1]

21. AFRET CMS — 12 + 6 → 18 pts [↓4]
21. Kirbstar — 13 + 5 → 18 pts [↓3]
21. MollyQMurphy — 13 + 5 → 18 pts [↑]
24. Coach P — 13 + 6 → 19 pts [↓6]
24. shambolic — 16 + 3 → 19 pts [↑4]

24. squarekara — 14 + 5 → 19 pts [unch]
24. threearruda — 13 + 6 → 19 pts [↓6]
28. Enormous Jeans — 16 + 5 → 21 pts [↑]
28. spell4yr — 15 + 6 → 21 pts [↓1]
30. classicroadster — 16 + 6 → 22 pts [↓2]

31. ChexMix — 21 + 2 → 23 pts [↑4]
31. ReinholdGoldthwait — 17 + 6 → 23 pts [unch]
33. twelvefootboy — 19 + 5 → 24 pts [↓1]
34. SenseiCAY — 20 + 5 → 25 pts [↓1]
35. 9021amyers — 20 + 6 → 26 pts [↓2]

[barandall800]

5. Cleveland, Ohio was the filming location for a few of the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Name a theatrically released Marvel Cinematic Universe film (22).

Seeing as this question had the largest number of possible answers, the sheep is relatively small here, and a whopping 6 people scored singletons (with another 5 responses attracting only 2 people). Only one of the Avengers movies was given as a response; "Guardians of the Galaxy" went unused, unlike its sequel. I'm very happy to see that all 3 "Iron Man" movies were selected -- my wife and I are very huge Tony Stark fans. My wife, in fact, helped me get into the MCU. Before meeting her, I had only seen a couple Marvel films and thought they were nice, but wasn't too interested in seeing a bunch of them. Now I'm pretty much all in, which meant watching the emotional rollercoaster that was Endgame a few months ago was much harder than when I wasn't that invested.

For the record, the MCU movies at least partially filmed in Cleveland (that I know of) include our sheep, as well as "The Avengers" (Terminal Tower, a Cleveland landmark, is a prominent part of the scene with Loki allegedly set in Germany).

Wrong answers – 8 points
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
AFRET CMS

Captain America: The Winter Soldier — 5 responses
econgator
MarkBarrett
morbeedo
Peachbox
twelvefootboy

SHEEP
immaf

Thor: The Dark World — 4 responses
floridagator
shambolic
Woof
xabe

Ant-Man and the Wasp — 3 responses
9021amyers
Enormous Jeans
spell4yr

Captain America: The First Avenger — 3 responses
ChexMix
choplakecity
ouachiouat

Ant-Man — 2 responses
deano
ReinholdGoldthwait

Black Panther — 2 responses
Coach P
Ironhorse

Captain Marvel — 2 responses
gamawire
heppm01

Iron Man — 2 responses
classicroadster
Rackme32

Iron Man 2 — 2 responses
bmwhitehead
clt013

Avengers: Age of Ultron — Singleton!
Kirbstar

Captain America: Civil War — Singleton!
badgerfellow

Doctor Strange — Singleton!
MollyQMurphy

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — Singleton!
jeffwolfe

Iron Man 3 — Singleton!
SenseiCAY

Thor — Singleton!
squarekara

DROP
clprez
merica
threearruda

Unused answers
The Incredible Hulk
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame

Standings after question 5

1. bmwhitehead — 7 + 2 → 9 pts [↑]
2. jeffwolfe — 9 + 1 → 10 pts [↑]
3. floridagator — 8 + 4 → 12 pts [↑]
3. merica — 12 + 0 → 12 pts [↑]
5. clprez — 14 + 0 → 14 pts [↑]

5. clt013 — 12 + 2 → 14 pts [↑]
5. deano — 12 + 2 → 14 pts [↑]
8. choplakecity — 12 + 3 → 15 pts [↑]
8. gamawire — 13 + 2 → 15 pts [↑]
8. heppm01 — 13 + 2 → 15 pts [↑]

8. xabe — 11 + 4 → 15 pts [↑]
12. badgerfellow — 15 + 1 → 16 pts [↑]
12. Ironhorse — 14 + 2 → 16 pts [↑]
14. MarkBarrett — 12 + 5 → 17 pts [↑]
15. immaf — 13 + 5 → 18 pts [↑]

15. morbeedo — 13 + 5 → 18 pts [↑]
15. Rackme32 — 16 + 2 → 18 pts [↑]
18. Kirbstar — 18 + 1 → 19 pts [↑3]
18. MollyQMurphy — 18 + 1 → 19 pts [↑]
18. ouachiouat — 16 + 3 → 19 pts [↓1]

18. threearruda — 19 + 0 → 19 pts [↑6]
22. squarekara — 19 + 1 → 20 pts [↑2]
22. Woof — 16 + 4 → 20 pts [↓5]
24. Coach P — 19 + 2 → 21 pts [unch]
24. Peachbox — 16 + 5 → 21 pts [↑]

26. shambolic — 19 + 4 → 23 pts [↓2]
27. classicroadster — 22 + 2 → 24 pts [↑3]
27. Enormous Jeans — 21 + 3 → 24 pts [↑]
27. spell4yr — 21 + 3 → 24 pts [↑1]
30. ReinholdGoldthwait — 23 + 2 → 25 pts [↑1]

31. AFRET CMS — 18 + 8 → 26 pts [↓10]
31. ChexMix — 23 + 3 → 26 pts [unch]
31. SenseiCAY — 25 + 1 → 26 pts [↑3]
34. 9021amyers — 26 + 3 → 29 pts [↑1]
34. twelvefootboy — 24 + 5 → 29 pts [↓1]

[ElendilPickle]

Oh, drat, I missed this one!

[barandall800]

One more for tonight ...

6. Ohio is the birthplace of many, many famous individuals. Name one of these famous Ohioans based on their picture (14).

There are a LOT of famous people from Ohio. Not saying that that number may be lower or higher than any other state, but seriously. A LOT of famous people from Ohio. (Every day, it seems, I'll find out about some new celebrity that it turns out was born in Ohio.) I had quite the list to choose from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Ohio (Feel free to study that list in case I ever do a sequel to this game. ) Yvette Nicole Brown was going fairly unused at the beginning of the entry period, but ended up being right behind the sheep. Speaking of the sheep, one of my all-time favorite moments of hers is her memorable turn on "Dancing with the Stars" back in 2009. (YMMV.) Another connection to one of the answers I have: Jamie Farr came to do a spirited narration of "The Night Before Christmas" at the Cleveland Orchestra Christmas concerts this past year (I sing in the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus). He was an absolute blast to hear and see. And I passed right by him in the hallway one of the nights!

Singer
Macy Gray — 7 responses
9021amyers
classicroadster
clprez
Enormous Jeans
Peachbox
spell4yr
squarekara

Actress
Yvette Nicole Brown — 5 responses
AFRET CMS
badgerfellow
ChexMix
MarkBarrett
threearruda

Host, actor
Drew Carey — 4 responses
Kirbstar
ouachiouat
Rackme32
twelvefootboy

Actor
Jamie Farr — 4 responses
deano
econgator
gamawire
ReinholdGoldthwait

Senator, astronaut
John Glenn — 4 responses
immaf
jeffwolfe
MollyQMurphy
Woof

Actress
Katie Holmes — 3 responses
clt013
shambolic
xabe

College basketball coach
Bobby Knight — 2 responses
choplakecity
merica

Governor, Cabinet member
Kathleen Sebelius — 2 responses
floridagator
morbeedo

Musician
Chrissie Hynde — Singleton!
Coach P

Director
Steven Spielberg — Singleton!
heppm01

DROP
bmwhitehead
Ironhorse
SenseiCAY

Unused answers
Sarah Jessica Parker (Actress)
Charles Manson (Criminal and cult leader)
Dorothy Dandridge (Trailblazing actress)
LeBron James (NBA star)

Another planned bonus question here was about Tom Hanks, who while he was not born in Ohio, worked at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland for 3 years, something that helped him get his start as an actor. Small world!

Standings after question 6

1. bmwhitehead — 9 + 0 → 9 pts [↑]
2. floridagator — 12 + 2 → 14 pts [↑]
2. jeffwolfe — 10 + 4 → 14 pts [↑]
2. merica — 12 + 2 → 14 pts [↑]
5. heppm01 — 15 + 1 → 16 pts [↑]

5. Ironhorse — 16 + 0 → 16 pts [↑]
7. choplakecity — 15 + 2 → 17 pts [↑]
7. clt013 — 14 + 3 → 17 pts [↑]
9. deano — 14 + 4 → 18 pts [↑]
9. xabe — 15 + 3 → 18 pts [↑]

11. gamawire — 15 + 4 → 19 pts [↑]
12. morbeedo — 18 + 2 → 20 pts [↑]
13. badgerfellow — 16 + 5 → 21 pts [↑]
13. clprez — 14 + 7 → 21 pts [↑]
15. Coach P — 21 + 1 → 22 pts [↑9]

15. immaf — 18 + 4 → 22 pts [↑]
15. MarkBarrett — 17 + 5 → 22 pts [↑]
15. Rackme32 — 18 + 4 → 22 pts [↑]
19. Kirbstar — 19 + 4 → 23 pts [↓1]
19. MollyQMurphy — 19 + 4 → 23 pts [↑]

19. ouachiouat — 19 + 4 → 23 pts [↓1]
22. threearruda — 19 + 5 → 24 pts [↓4]
22. Woof — 20 + 4 → 24 pts [unch]
24. SenseiCAY — 26 + 0 → 26 pts [↑7]
24. shambolic — 23 + 3 → 26 pts [↑2]

26. squarekara — 20 + 7 → 27 pts [↓4]
27. Peachbox — 21 + 7 → 28 pts [↑]
28. ReinholdGoldthwait — 25 + 4 → 29 pts [↑2]
29. AFRET CMS — 26 + 5 → 31 pts [↑2]
29. ChexMix — 26 + 5 → 31 pts [↑2]

29. classicroadster — 24 + 7 → 31 pts [↓2]
29. Enormous Jeans — 24 + 7 → 31 pts [↑]
29. spell4yr — 24 + 7 → 31 pts [↓2]
34. twelvefootboy — 29 + 4 → 33 pts [unch]
35. econgator — 31 + 4 → 35 pts [↑1]

At our halfway point, bmwhitehead has widened their lead thanks to a well-timed drop. But with 3 players in a tie for second behind them, can they keep it going? Watch out for more reveal tomorrow!

[jeffwolfe]

The 23rd MCU movie, Spider-Man: Far From Home is being released in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 2. According to Box Office Mojo, it was released last weekend in China, Japan, and Hong Kong. Not sure what that says about when it would become a correct answer, but probably before the reveal is finished in any event.

[9021amyers]

I’m not listed in the updated standings, though that’s probably for the best.

[immaf]

Wrong answers – 9 points
ROME
immaf

This surprised me. I checked, and there *is* a Rome, Ohio. I suppose one could argue that Romano cheese is not *particularly* associated with Rome (Roma), but am I wrong?

[SenseiCAY]

Oof...lotta sheep happening for me in the first few, and I needed a drop just to get back to the (back of the) middle of the pack. Not liking where this is going.

[floridagator]

I recognized McGill's motto because it contains one of the seven words you can't say on television.

[spell4yr]

Wrong answers – 9 points
ROME
immaf

This surprised me. I checked, and there *is* a Rome, Ohio. I suppose one could argue that Romano cheese is not *particularly* associated with Rome (Roma), but am I wrong?

It's a village, the question asked for city. That's the only thing I can see precluding it.

[morbeedo]

5. Cleveland, Ohio was the filming location for a few of the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Name a theatrically released Marvel Cinematic Universe film (22).
Captain America: The Winter Soldier — 5 responses
econgator
MarkBarrett
morbeedo
Peachbox
twelvefootboy

Unused answers
Thor: Ragnarok

FML. I went the wrong way on this one!

[morbeedo]

"Mississippi Goddam," "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black"
Nina Simone (2018) — 2 responses
floridagator
morbeedo

Northwestern "Beaver State"
Oregon — 3 responses
floridagator
morbeedo

Kathleen Sebelius — 2 responses
floridagator
morbeedo

Soulmates!

[squarekara]

Wrong answers – 9 points
ROME
immaf

This surprised me. I checked, and there *is* a Rome, Ohio. I suppose one could argue that Romano cheese is not *particularly* associated with Rome (Roma), but am I wrong?

I personally prefer Romano on my pasta.

[immaf]

Wrong answers – 9 points
ROME
immaf

This surprised me. I checked, and there *is* a Rome, Ohio. I suppose one could argue that Romano cheese is not *particularly* associated with Rome (Roma), but am I wrong?

It's a village, the question asked for city. That's the only thing I can see precluding it.

Rome is not a city? Oh wait... you mean Rome, OHIO is not a city.

[barandall800]

Wrong answers – 9 points
ROME
immaf

This surprised me. I checked, and there *is* a Rome, Ohio. I suppose one could argue that Romano cheese is not *particularly* associated with Rome (Roma), but am I wrong?

It's a village, the question asked for city. That's the only thing I can see precluding it.

Rome is not a city? Oh wait... you mean Rome, OHIO is not a city.

While the question does include the word "city" when referring to the Ohio place name, I didn't intend for that word to be completely restrictive/exclusive (though I inadvertently ended up entirely using Ohio places that are classified as cities), especially since the distinction between cities, towns, villages, etc. can be a thorny one (and in Ohio, with the addition of townships, it gets even more confusing). I like to err on the generous side when it comes to rulings, and as such I have decided to accept Rome as correct, since it does fit the clue as it stands (Italian city that's a namesake for a cheese you put on spaghetti and other pastas, and that also has a counterpart in Ohio) -- unless anyone has any serious objections.

The updated score should be reflected on the next standings. I'll check to make sure everything works smoothly.

Speaking of making sure the standings work smoothly ...

I’m not listed in the updated standings, though that’s probably for the best.

I'm not sure how that happened. The standings seem to be a little wonky in general this game -- the Tracker didn't even generate any for question 1, the arrows that indicate changes in placement are all over the place, and of course this happened. I'll take a look at them when I run the results for the next question to make sure you (and everyone) are included, and if not I'll try to figure out a fix.

Thanks for your patience, everyone!

[bmwhitehead2002]

About time for me to get one wrong and plummet down the standings!