What Were You Thinking XV! (Question 9)

[StrangerCoug]

Q4: Name three things to which people get addicted.

Alcohol/Drinking (10):

Aureal, biancospino, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, imaginality, Ircher, JerryArr, N, Searl

Drugs (8):

DeasVail, imaginality, Ircher, Jake The Wolfie, JerryArr, mallowgeno, racefan12, tris

Gambling (6):

Aureal, Datisi, imaginality, Jake The Wolfie, Searl, tris

Tobacco/Smoking (6):

Aureal, biancospino, Cheery Dog, mallowgeno, N, Searl

Coffee/Caffeine (2):

Datisi, racefan12

Sugar (2):

biancospino, racefan12

Video games (2):

Ircher, tris

Non-scoring answers

Internet: DeasVail
Mafia: Cheery Dog
Meth: N
Porn: mallowgeno
Sex: Jake The Wolfie
TV/Streaming shows: JerryArr

Irrelevant players

DragonEater70 (14): Mafia, Drugs, Smoking
StrangerCoug (22): Tobacco, Alcohol, Gambling

Everybody who answered with "drugs" except Jake The Wolfie and tris also put a specific drug (I merged racefan12's answer of "caffeine" with biancospino's answer of "coffee"), so I couldn't merge the latter into the former.

imaginality has our first perfect score with an open-ended question this iteration, getting 24 points.
racefan12 has the lowest score and drops to level 1.
Charles510 has received his third activity strike and has therefore been eliminated. He may resume submitting responses if he comes back, but he will be counted as an irrelevant player, and any latecomers will be started on level 3 until someone drops below that.

[StrangerCoug]

Q5: Name three songs whose lyrics are predominantly or entirely in languages other than English.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2024-04-27 18:34:03)

[Jake The Wolfie]

Oh, what's all this then? Does it look like I watch Eurovision?

[StrangerCoug]

Again, no discussing the current question in thread. Do the best you can

[Jake The Wolfie]

soon

[StrangerCoug]

Q5: Name three songs whose lyrics are predominantly or entirely in languages other than English.

Gangnam Style (8):

Datisi, DeasVail, imaginality, Jake The Wolfie, JerryArr, mallowgeno, racefan12, tris

Despacito (7):

biancospino, Datisi, Ircher, Jake The Wolfie, mallowgeno, Searl, tris

Macarena (4):

Datisi, DeasVail, mallowgeno, Searl

99 Luftballons (3):

imaginality, N, racefan12

Frère Jacques (3):

Ircher, JerryArr, N

One-Winged Angel (2):

Aureal, Ircher

Non-scoring answers

Alouette: N
Auld Lang Syne: DeasVail
Ave Maria: Aureal
Baba Yetu: tris
Baka Mitai: Jake The Wolfie
La Bamba: racefan12
Feliz Navidad: Aureal
Gimme chocolate!!: JerryArr
Largo al Factotum: biancospino
La Mer: Searl
Non, je ne regrette rien: imaginality
O Fortuna: biancospino

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (11): Du Hast, Gangnam Style, 99 Luftballons

We have two perfect scores this time, coming from Datisi and mallowgeno!
Aureal has the lowest score with only 2 points and drops to level 2.
Cheery Dog failed to submit and so gets an activity strike, dropping to level 1.

[StrangerCoug]

Q6: Which is more important in a date: looks or personality?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2024-04-30 23:02:14)

[Jake The Wolfie]

I still can't believe that I managed to not go up a level on 5

[Datisi]

oh wow. my first answer included well known bangers bella ciao and moskau. then right before falling asleep, my brain went "despacito!! gangnam style!!!"

[StrangerCoug]

oh wow. my first answer included well known bangers bella ciao and moskau. then right before falling asleep, my brain went "despacito!! gangnam style!!!"

And Moskau has been hard to get out of my head ever since, now that you've introduced me to it.

[Cheery Dog]

I just went up a level because I couldn't think of any, and I can't exactly submit an empty response.

[N]

Oh, what's all this then? Does it look like I watch Eurovision?

Joke's on you. Pretty much all Eurovision songs are in English

[Charles510]

Damn, I was locked in the hospital

[StrangerCoug]

I now have responses recorded from everybody; shall I reveal them early?

[Charles510]

Yes please

[imaginality]

+1

[biancospino]

Sure

[Datisi]

i don't mind either way

[Jake The Wolfie]

Only if one option has 75% or more people.

[StrangerCoug]

Q6: Which is more important in a date: looks or personality?

Personality (13):

Aureal, biancospino, Datisi, DeasVail, imaginality, Ircher, Jake The Wolfie, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, racefan12, Searl, tris

Non-scoring answers

Looks: Cheery Dog

Irrelevant players

Charles510 (13): Personality
StrangerCoug (13): Personality

Well, well, well! In WWYT XIV, the first binary question had an even split and the second binary question had unanimity. This time around, the first binary question

almost

had an even split and this question

almost

had unanimity. We only have one member of the lonely hearts club I have to drop, and that is Cheery Dog, who goes to level 2.

[StrangerCoug]

Q7: Name three articles of clothing that are no longer commonly worn.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2024-05-03 17:50:52)

[Jake The Wolfie]

[Insert wise-crack that will make StrangerCoug remind me not to talk about the current questions here]

[Aureal]

You could always just wait until after the question is finished to make a wisecracking.

Like, I'm really not sure why anyone would really care about the looks of a fruit, and I'm kinda distressed that they may have personalities??

[Cheery Dog]

Wait we weren't talking about the fruit?

Okay I'm going to go back to taking the game seriously again now.
I was just choosing to drop an extra level as additional punishment for my lack of knowledge about music.

[StrangerCoug]

It's a

tick

early, but everybody's submitted, I'm off work now, and there's not much time left to change answers anyway, so why not?

Q7: Name three articles of clothing that are no longer commonly worn.

Corset (6):

Aureal, biancospino, Datisi, imaginality, N, tris

Suspenders (5):

Cheery Dog, DeasVail, imaginality, JerryArr, N

(Top) Hat (5):

Cheery Dog, Jake The Wolfie, JerryArr, racefan12, tris

Chain mail/Armor (3):

biancospino, Ircher, Searl

(Puffer) Vest (3):

DeasVail, mallowgeno, racefan12

Toga (3):

Aureal, Datisi, Jake The Wolfie

Bell-bottoms (2):

Aureal, biancospino

(Bow) Tie (2):

Cheery Dog, racefan12

Monocle (2):

mallowgeno, tris

Petticoat (2):

imaginality, Ircher

Non-scoring answers

Bonnet: mallowgeno
Codpiece: N
Cufflinks: DeasVail
Fanny pack: Ircher
Kimono: Datisi
Loincloth: Jake The Wolfie
Spats: JerryArr
Tunic: Searl
UGG boots: Searl

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (13): Corset, Monocle, Top hat

A couple of people—I didn't keep track who—sent me an apology to Haschel Cedricson for their suspenders answer. I haven't met any scummers in person to date (I'm kind of a recluse ), so I don't know his style tastes.

No perfects, but we do have two players in contention who got the highest score with 13 points (imaginality and tris), a feat that yours truly also achieved.
Searl got the lowest score with 3 points and drops to level

2

, no, just 1.