Speed WWYT

[EricBess]

5. List 5 Musicians closely associated w/ the Blues.
BB King (5)
Muddy Waters (3)
John Lee Hooker (2)
Ray Charles (2)
Louis Armstrong (2)

1-pointers: Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Etta James, Billie Holliday, Little Walter, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Doctor John, Bo Diddley, Dizzie Gillespie, Duke Ellington


turgy (13) - 5 pts
Mooseman (12) - 3 pts
Spidey (11) - 2 pts
BigBlue (11) - 2 pts
DarthFerret (10) - 0 pts

Running Total:

turgy - 20
BigBlue - 16
Spidey - 15
Mooseman - 11
DarthFerret - 6

 

[EricBess]

6) List 5 automobile manufacturers
Ford (5)
Toyota (5)
Honda (3)
GM (3)
Chevy (2)
Chrystler (2)

1-pointers: Mercedes, Kia, Mazda, Volkswagon, Ferrari

turgy (17) - 5 pts
DarthFerret (17) - 5 pts
Spidey (16) - 2 pts
BigBlue (16) - 2 pts
Mooseman (15) - 0 pts

Running Total:

turgy - 25
BigBlue - 18
Spidey - 17
Mooseman - 11
DarthFerret - 11

 

[EricBess]

7) List 5 states in the USA
Texas (4)
California (3)
Pennsylvania (3)
Maryland (3)
New York (2)
Washington (2)

1-pointers: Iowa, North Dakota, Massacheusets, Oregon, Kansas, Montana, Floria, Ohio

BigBlue (15) - 5 pts
turgy (13) - 3 pts
DarthFerret (13) - 3 pts
Spidey (13) - 3 pts
Mooseman (5) - 0 pts

Running Total:

turgy - 28
BigBlue - 23
Spidey - 20
DarthFerret - 14
Mooseman - 11

 

[EricBess]

8. List 3 "bird" movies (movies with bird names).
The Birds (4)
Birdman of Alcatraz (3)
One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest (2)
March of the Penguins (2)

1-pointers: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Raven, Iron Eagle, Batman and Robin

turgy (9) - 5 pts
BigBlue (8) - 3 pts
Mooseman (8) - 3 pts
Spidey (7) - 2 pts
DarthFerret (5) - 0 pts

Running Total:

turgy - 33
BigBlue - 26
Spidey - 22
DarthFerret - 14
Mooseman - 14

 

[EricBess]

9. List 5 US presidents who served w/out a vice-president.
Lyndon Johnson (5)
Calvin Coolidge (3)
Harry Truman (2)
John Tyler (2)
Chester Arhur (2)
Andrew Johnson (2)
Theodore Roosevelt (2)
Ulysses S Grant (2)

1-pointers: William Taft, Madison, Grover Cleaveland, Andrew Jackson, Richard Nixon

Spidey (14) - 5 pts
BigBlue (13) - 3 pts
Mooseman (13) - 3 pts
DarthFerret (12) - 1 pts
turgy (11) - 0 pts

Running Total:

turgy - 33
BigBlue - 29
Spidey - 27
Mooseman - 17
DarthFerret - 15

 

[EricBess]

That's it so far. I'm waiting for a corrected response from one person who put the wrong number of answers to a couple of questions and once I hear back, I can post the rest of the results.

 

[Spiderman]

I put turgy22 as most likely to win way back in #1!

 

[EricBess]

10. List 5 Magic expansions
Ice Age (3)
Mirage (3)
Arabian Nights (2)
Tempest (2)
Urza's Saga (2)

1-pointers: Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, Urza's Legacy, Weatherlight, Nemesis, Coldsnap, Invasion, Eventide, Shadowmoor, Shards of Alara, Mirrodin, Darksteel

Spidey (11) - 5 pts
turgy (11) - 5 pts
BigBlue (8) - 2 pts
DarthFerret (8) - 2 pts
Mooseman (5) - 0 pts

Running Total:

turgy - 38
Spidey - 32
BigBlue - 31
Mooseman - 17
DarthFerret - 17

 

[EricBess]

11. List 5 board games.
Monopoly (5)
Risk (4) - Sorry Mooseman, this one did you in I think...check the totals
Life (3)
Chess (3)

1-pointers: Clue, Sorry, Settlers of Catan, A Game of Thrones, Checkers, Scrabble, Candyland, Stratego, Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary

Spidey (14) - 5 pts
turgy (14) - 5 pts
BigBlue (14)- 5 pts
DarthFerret (14) - 5 pts
Mooseman (13) - 0 pts (ouch )

Running Total:

turgy - 43
Spidey - 37
BigBlue - 36
DarthFerret - 22
Mooseman - 17

 

[EricBess]

12. List 5 forklift manufacturers
Hyster (4)
Yale (3)
Toyota (3)
Clark (2)
Raymond (2)
Hoist (2)

1-pointers: Komatsu, Semax, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Crown, TMC, Vanguard, CAT, Modern Group

Spidey (13) - 5 pts
BigBlue (13)- 5 pts
Mooseman (11) - 2 pts
turgy (10) - 1 pts
DarthFerret (8) - 0 pts

Running Total:

turgy - 44
Spidey - 42
BigBlue - 41
DarthFerret - 22
Mooseman - 19

Man...this is going to come down to the last question. Any of the top 3 could take this.

 

[EricBess]

13. List 5 web search engines
Google (5)
Alta Vista (4)
Yahoo (4)
MSN (3)
Wikipedia (2)
Ask (2)

1-pointers: Scrubtheweb, Galaxy, AOL, Excite, Ask Jeeves

DarthFerret (18) - 5 pts
turgy (17) - 3 pts
Spidey (16) - 2 pts
BigBlue (15)- 1 pts
Mooseman (13) - 0 pts

Final Scores:

turgy - 47
Spidey - 44
BigBlue - 42
DarthFerret - 27
Mooseman - 19

Feel free to check for math errors. Congratulations turgy, you managed to pull it off in the end. A very close game, though.

BTW - I believe "Ask Jeeves" became "Ask" when they fired the butler. That would have affected the final scores a bit, but not the final standing.

I apologize for all of the delays, but I'm curious to hear what people thought. I'm also curious to know if anyone didn't play just because they didn't submit questions. Usually we get more than 5 people for WWYT.

 

[Mooseman]

I like this game, but I forgot what the objective was...... for some odd reason I was going for answers that noone else would send...... seems like I succeeded in that.... ugh.....

Do it again!!!!!

 

[DarthFerret]

Same here Moose. When I was going over the results, I was really confused, until I realized we were supposed to try to match everyone else.

 

[Spiderman]

Man, so close... at least I kept in second place

I like this format, but given the time period of waiting anyway, the "regular" way makes sense too. The slight addition is that everyone can submit a question, which can be incorporated in the "regular" way also. So either way is fine with me.

We don't have too many active people anymore, so the people answering are pretty much the people I'd expect right now (it looks like Ransac is beginning to be moe active now though).

 

[BigBlue]

I like the format...

My only issue is questions which "have" to be researched online to give answers...

That really takes the skill/fun out of it... and maybe for some people (you know those in warehousing etc) naming 5 forklift manufacturers doesn't require a lookup.

I really thought my 5 1800's presidents question wasn't that tough... I guess I was wrong... Almost all the "early" presidents were in the 1800's as we've only had presidents since 1789 (when Washington took office for 2 terms...) Essentially every president before Teddy Roosevelt other than Washington is a viable answer...

The question on presidents who served w/o VPs was also a research question...

As far as a lack of entries - spidey hit it on the head... plus, some of our new folks probably don't know what WWYT is (or stands for)...

 

[Spiderman]

Yeah, I agree about the research thing too...

 

[DarthFerret]

At least I did not say to name 5 Industrial Sweeper/Scrubber Manufacturers.......

(I work in the Industrial Equipment Industry....can ya tell?)

 

[Mooseman]

I said I forgot what game it was...... geez.....

How about everyone submit questions and then the one running it can post here. This way, the questions can have another "eye" on it? I'd be willing to run it.

 

[EricBess]

How about everyone submit questions and then the one running it can post here. This way, the questions can have another "eye" on it?

Yeah, some of those questions were very odd. The best questions are the ones where you can come up with 3-7 responses off the top of your head and you could list 10-12 if you thought about it a bit.

If you want to run one Mooseman, I would play

 

[turgy22]

I wouldn't mind running the next one, you know, to give everyone else a chance.

If more than 5 people are interested, I'll start it up in a few weeks.