What Were You Thinking XIV! (Game over)

[Merlyn]

It's interesting because I agree with your calculus but think it ultimately goes in the opposite direction. Violence is rarely present in shows that don't revolve around violence so it is never gratuitous or serving only to add edge because usually the show would not exist but for the violence. It is an inherent part of the program. Like you never see a random show decide "Ok, now we are going to have the main character witness a murder" or "The goofy side character is going to get stabbed randomly". In this way, you can usually identify which shows will be violent and avoid them.

The same isn't particularly true with sex, which in my experience will pop up on the most random shows and you'll be like "I was just watching something else entirely! What is going on here?"

Violence on shows is way more predictable and thus way more avoidable than sex is.

I've never thought about it quite like this but I agree with this, actually. I have been known to roll my eyes when suddenly a sex scene pops up in a show where there didn't really need to be one.

[Silverclaw]

That's like the only reason I wasn't slam dunking on Fate Stay/Night when it came out really.

[StrangerCoug]

Q13: Name five popular dog breeds.

Golden retriever (17):

Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

German shepherd (15):

AniX, Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Datisi, DragonEater70, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Poodle (15):

AniX, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Farren, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Lab(rador retriever) (13):

AniX, Ariel, Cephrir, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, N, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Chihuahua (8):

biancospino, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, mallowgeno, racefan12, Save The Dragons, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Husky (6):

AniX, Aureal, DragonEater70, Farren, JerryArr, Skygazer

Bulldog (5):

AniX, biancospino, Cephrir, JerryArr, VashtaNeurotic

Corgi (5):

Ariel, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12

Dalmatian (5):

Datisi, JerryArr, N, racefan12, Save The Dragons

Beagle (3):

DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, Skygazer

(Border) Collie (3):

Ariel, DragonEater70, VashtaNeurotic

Dachshund (3):

biancospino, Cheery Dog, Skygazer

Great Dane (3):

Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Skygazer

Pug (3):

Datisi, DeasVail, pablito

Basset hound (2):

Iprobablysuck, Silverclaw

Pit bull (2):

Haschel Cedricson, pablito

Non-scoring answers

Boxer: Save The Dragons
Bull terrier: Cheery Dog
Crossbreed: N
Doberman: Farren
Frenchie: Merlyn
Labradoodle: Aureal
Yorkie: Aureal

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (51): Beagle, German shepherd, Poodle, Labrador, Bulldog

Dogs are SleepyKrew's best friend as he gets a perfect score with 68!
Even though Aureal had the fewest scoring answers, it is the lowest score that determines who drops, which is bad news for Skygazer.

Skygazer drops to level 4.

A public service announcement

Please wait until all the answers to the question have been revealed before you look any up. If you use Google to look up any answers, you will be ejected from the game. If you submit your answers,

then

look up what you could have answered with Google, you will be disallowed from changing your answers.

If you're not a native English speaker, I will try to accommodate you as best I can without giving you an unfair advantage. While I would prefer answers be submitted in English, I reserve the right to accept answers in foreign languages if you tell me which language I should translate them from.

[StrangerCoug]

Q14: Name five famous novelists.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-14 20:34:14)

[Merlyn]

Why didn't I pick pugs? I have two pugs!

[Aureal]

Well, I talked myself out of picking labrador even though I had the sweetest golden lab and knew they're really popular because I didn't know how the categories would work since there's more than one kind of lab, so just saying Labrador didn't sound like a proper answer.

[Merlyn]

Well, I talked myself out of picking labrador even though I had the sweetest golden lab and knew they're really popular because I didn't know how the categories would work since there's more than one kind of lab, so just saying Labrador didn't sound like a proper answer.

awww, golden labs are delightful, my aunt has two. She also had a chocolate one who was charming but also emotionally a bit of a mess for a dog

[Silverclaw]

I am so doomed.

[Skygazer]

I just need everyone to fall three times! I'm still in this!

[DragonEater70]

Damn I wanted to do Golden Retriever but for whatever reason I thought literally no one in America has heard of that breed.

And then it's the most popular one smh.

[Iprobablysuck]

lmfao what? literally everybody knows what a golden retriever is

[DragonEater70]

Clearly I have skill issues

Along with 6 other people though.

[StrangerCoug]

I know it sometimes takes time to think of good answers, but avoid taking too long. I just prodded almost half of you.

[StrangerCoug]

Q14: Name five famous novelists.

Stephen King (16):

Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Datisi, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

J. R. R. Tolkien (12):

Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, Merlyn, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

J. K. Rowling (10):

Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, N, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw

George R. R. Martin (8):

Aureal, biancospino, DeasVail, Farren, pablito, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Ernest Hemingway (6):

AniX, Cephrir, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Save The Dragons, VashtaNeurotic

Jane Austen (5):

Farren, mallowgeno, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons

Agatha Christie (5):

DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, racefan12

Charles Dickens (5):

Cephrir, Datisi, DragonEater70, Iprobablysuck, pablito

Terry Pratchett (4):

Aureal, Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, N

Roald Dahl (3):

DragonEater70, N, Silverclaw

F. Scott Fitzgerald (3):

AniX, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Harper Lee (3):

Ariel, JerryArr, SleepyKrew

Douglas Adams (2):

Cheery Dog, N

Isaac Asimov (2):

Cheery Dog, JerryArr

Suzanne Collins (2):

Datisi, Silverclaw

Arthur Conan Doyle (2):

Iprobablysuck, Merlyn

William Faulkner (2):

Cephrir, Save The Dragons

Neil Gaiman (2):

N, Silverclaw

Vladimir Nabokov (2):

AniX, Merlyn

George Orwell (2):

Cephrir, Save The Dragons

Mark Twain (2):

Iprobablysuck, Merlyn

Non-scoring answers

Ray Bradbury: Skygazer
Charlotte Brontë: VashtaNeurotic
Emily Brontë: biancospino
Jacqueline Carey: Farren
Miguel de Cervantes: biancospino
Tom Clancy: Skygazer
Ken Kesey: Ariel
Ursula K. Le Guin: Aureal
C. S. Lewis: racefan12
Herman Melville: Anix
Stephanie Meyer: DeasVail
Toni Morrison: Ariel
J. D. Salinger: Ariel
Mary Shelley: JerryArr
Leo Tolstoy: AniX
Jules Verne: DragonEater70
Kurt Vonnegut: Skygazer

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (21): Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming, Rick Riordan, Michael Crichton, Stephen King

A couple of understandable pot shots were taken at Rowling, but there were lots of good answers this time

We didn't get a perfect, but Haschel Cedricson and mallowgeno came the closest with 48.
Getting either of the top two answers was enough to beat the player with the lowest score this time around. With AniX dropping to level 3, that leaves eight players on level 2. Who will win, and how soon?

[StrangerCoug]

Q15: Does pineapple make a good pizza topping?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-17 21:21:44)

[StrangerCoug]

Everybody's in, so you get an early reveal:

Q15: Does pineapple make a good pizza topping?

No (16):

AniX, Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Yes (7):

Ariel, Cheery Dog, DragonEater70, Farren, JerryArr, Save The Dragons, Skygazer

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (17): No also, your mod is a big fat liar; he doesn't mind Hawaiian pizza

The people against pineapple on pizza have won this battle. Here is the casualty report from that battle:

Cheery Dog drops to level 3.
Farren and JerryArr drop to level 4.
Skygazer drops to level 5.
Ariel drops to level 6, putting Ariel in the danger zone.
DragonEater70 and Save The Dragons drop to level 7, eliminating them. They may continue to submit answers if they wish, but will be listed under Irrelevant Players.


As a result of the drops, only seven people remain on level 2. Will the winner be one of them, or will it be someone else? Stay tuned!

[StrangerCoug]

Q16: Name five movies at least 25 years old that you think everyone should watch.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-20 17:37:34)

[Cheery Dog]

I think I skipped over the word "good".

[StrangerCoug]

I have edited all of my posts in this thread so that they no longer refer to Ariel by a pronoun; I apologize for any offense caused.

[Ariel]

pineapple pizza preference is probably more regional than i realized. a few of us that just dropped are nearby

[DragonEater70]

I went with my heart knowing full well it means I'd lose

[Iprobablysuck]

I don't care if it belongs on pizza or not, pineapple is disgusting and I refuse to eat it in any context

[AniX]

/out

[StrangerCoug]

/out

Acknowledged.

[StrangerCoug]

Q16: Name five movies at least 25 years old that you think everyone should watch.

The Godfather (10):

Cephrir, Datisi, Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, mallowgeno, pablito, racefan12, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Titanic (8):

biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (6):

Aureal, Cheery Dog, Datisi, mallowgeno, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Citizen Kane (4):

Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Jurassic Park (4):

Aureal, biancospino, Iprobablysuck, SleepyKrew

Forrest Gump (3):

Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, racefan12

Gone with the Wind (3):

Cephrir, JerryArr, racefan12

The Lion King (3):

Ariel, N, pablito

Pulp Fiction (3):

DeasVail, mallowgeno, Merlyn

Rocky (3):

biancospino, JerryArr, Silverclaw

Back to the Future (2):

Cheery Dog, SleepyKrew

The Breakfast Club (2):

DeasVail, pablito

Casablanca (2):

Merlyn, racefan12

Die Hard (2):

Haschel Cedricson, N

Home Alone (2):

Aureal, N

Jaws (2):

Iprobablysuck, SleepyKrew

The Terminator (2):

Aureal, Cheery Dog

Toy Story (2):

N, Skygazer

Non-scoring answers

2001: A Space Odyssey: Iprobablysuck
Aladdin: Ariel
Alien: JerryArr
Clue: Aureal
Clueless: Merlyn
Fight Club: DeasVail
The Godfather: Part II: VashtaNeurotic
Halloween: Datisi
It's a Wonderful Life: Datisi
Kill Bill: Vol. 1: Silverclaw
The Little Mermaid: Ariel
Monty Python: Life of Brian: N
Mrs. Doubtfire: Merlyn
Mulan: Ariel
The NeverEnding Story: biancospino
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merlyn
Pinocchio: biancospino
The Princess Bride: Ariel
Princess Mononoke: Skygazer
Psycho: Skygazer
Robin Hood (1973): JerryArr
Saving Private Ryan: pablito
Scarface: Cephrir
The Shawshank Redemption: DeasVail
The Shining: Iprobablysuck
The Sound of Music: mallowgeno
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: VashtaNeurotic
The Thing: Datisi
To Kill a Mockingbird: DeasVail
The Wizard of Oz: Iprobablysuck

Irrelevant players

DragonEater70 (7): The Terminator, The Sound of Music, Die Hard, The Lion King, The Matrix
StrangerCoug (23): Titanic, The Godfather, The Lion King, Home Alone, Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Yes, I know Silverclaw is recorded as giving only three answers (and one of them is technically too new). That's all they could come up with. One is enough to avoid an activity strike when I'm modding, though.

A wide variety of answers were given, and as with some of the past questions, I think some of the non-scoring answers were good. That made it hard to score high, and nobody got a perfect score. Haschel Cedricson and mallowgeno were the two that came closest, with 27.
Ariel had the lowest score and drops to level 7, eliminating Ariel. Ariel may continue as an irrelevant player if Ariel wishes.
Farren failed to submit before the deadline and therefore gets an activity strike and drops to level 5.