Twenty-One (StrangerCoug to the stage for game 4)

[doctorwho]

Full game going up tomorrow. If you want to know the result now, here there be spoilers.

Save The Dragons wins 5-0 after three rounds because diginova flaked from the site and kept missing deadlines. Save the Dragons wins $25,000, which is taken out of diginova's total for a final main game total of $185,000, and an overall total of $206,000.

[Save The Dragons]

Spoiler:

[doctorwho]

And here we finally go...

Round 1.

LAST WEEK IN NEWS

. Points?

I don't news ;~;

I'll try 5.

Question...

What country's currency was devalued by approximately 3% in total last week after a change in the way its exchange rate was set?

(NOTE: This question was sent on August 16.)

A. China
B. Japan
C. South Korea

[SECOND CHANCE AVAILABLE]

I really screwed up, I should have aimed higher then tried to let my brother handle it; he's much better at current events than I am. If it were for more points, I'd feel a lot better about going for the Second Chance but now I'm not so sure.

Was it the yuan? The yen? The won? I have no idea!

I almost feel like if it was the won, less people internationally would care (no offense. Will happily eat my words if I'm wrong).

I'm still just guessing though. Arg.

I will go ahead and use my second chance and bank that the questions after will be better for me.

ForWhomTheJellyRolls, your time has come. Save The Dragons is going for five points right now. The category is LAST WEEK IN NEWS.

(question repeated here)

I'll give you two some time to talk now. ForWhomTheJellyRolls, you can say whatever you want to, but the final answer has to come from Save The Dragons.

And a reminder: if the answer is wrong, then it's two strikes on the board.

Two strikes? Probably should have read the rules.

No pressure but you're killing me if you don't know this.

(Second Chance quotes are

underlined

)

I am usually good at this sort of category, but unfortunately I don't have a clue about this one. I don't even have any clues as to make an educated guess. As far as I know it could be any of the three, sorry :Z

A) China

Just because I think it would have the biggest impact on world economy. Diginova's probably doing 11 and 11 anyway over there so I really had to gamble.

I'm hoping the next category is "Things STD knows" that's my favorite.

Your logic is sound, and your answer is right! You have

6

5 points!

(This program has been edited for broadcast. Cue diginova...)

Alright, champ. How much do you know about

LAST WEEK IN NEWS

?

Ooh, 11 please.

Which two countries were involved in notable joint military exercises with each other this week?

A. Canada
B. United States
C. Japan
D. South Korea
E. United Kingdom

[SECOND CHANCE AVAILABLE]

(24 hours passes, diginova says nothing; actually, I can confirm that diginova has not even looked at the question PM.)

I'm sorry, champ... you've taken too much time. I don't like having to enforce the 24-hour limit, but here I have to. B and D were the answers, and you have one strike.

SCORE AFTER ROUND 1:

Save The Dragons: 5
diginova: 0

X

(cue Save The Dragons)

Alright, here we are again.

PLATINUM RECORDS

are what we're talking about this time around.

Did you know Platinum is the world's fastest metal?

>.>
<.<

Let's try 7 and hope that the next one I feel really confident about (cuz I'll need a 9)

Which of these artists has released the most platinum-certified albums in the US?

A. Madonna
B. Michael Jackson
C. Bob Dylan
D. Elvis Presley

The good news is it's either B or D no way in heck it's Madonna and it's less likely to be Bob Dylan.

I almost feel like if it's B it's not a 7 point question That helped me last time when I did that analysis...

But I think it's got to be

B. Michael Jackson

anyway.

Jackson only has a quarter of the platinums that Presley does... 13 vs. 52. Should've gone for Presley.

I'm sorry, that's your first strike.

(cue diginova)

PLATINUM RECORDS

is the category. Points?

(diginova says nothing again)

Too much time, 1-pointer it is, then...

How many units sold does an album need to go platinum?

(In hindsight, this question should have ended "in the US?")

A. 250,000
B. 500,000
C. 1,000,000

(more time passes)

And time AGAIN. It's C, and if you fail to pick a point value in Round 3, I will automatically award the game to Save the Dragons. (HOST'S NOTE: I will establish a more official stance on situations like this for future games; I thought just enforcing the general 3 strikes would work, but it still drags the game to a halt during the inactive player's turns.)

(StD's booth turns on)

Neither of you talk, both your booths are On The Air. After two rounds, neither of you have reached 21 points. At this point, I'm going to give you both a chance to STOP THE GAME. If you choose to stop the game, the player with more points will win, and the appropriate money will be added and/or deducted. If neither of you want to stop, we'll go on and play up to three more rounds; we'll stop if somebody reaches 21 or if someone strikes out.

I'll give you both a moment to think it over.


(the booths turn off)

And we can see that if the game were to end right now, Save The Dragons would win $25,000 of diginova's money...

(the booths turn back on)



...alright. Would either of you like to STOP THE GAME?

(time passes)

We'll move on, then.



(diginova's booth turns off)

Save the Dragons, your opponent has chosen to continue the game. So we'll play on. How much do you know about

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

?

I am surprised it's not over. I do wish i got that other question right.

Let's do 7.

How many letters are there in the Russian alphabet?

A. 20
B. 26
C. 33
D. 38

I think its pretty close to English's 26. With no other close, I will pick
B. 26

It's C. 33. That's your second strike, I'm afraid.

(cue diginova, or perhaps a cardboard cutout)

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

is the category. I can tell you haven't seen any of these messages, but if I don't get a response in the next 24 hours, you automatically forfeit the game.

(time passes)

Aaaand time. You lose. Sorry.

(cue Save the Dragons)

Your Round 4 category is... nonexistent. diginova has missed three deadlines. So your score of

6

5 points is enough for a win! Congratulations!

(the players leave the booths)

Save the Dragons, you get $25,000 for winning by 5 points. diginova, we take $25,000 from your total for losing this game by 5 points. You still leave us with a total of $206,000, and we thank you for playing Twenty-One.

Save the Dragons, you have $25,000... do you want a chance at another $21,000?

[JDGA]

/in

[Save The Dragons]

Now that diginova is gone everyone jump in

I'll go for it!

[doctorwho]

Your category for this go-round is

US Presidents

.

For $1,000...

Five Presidents, past and present, are currently living.

[Save The Dragons]

Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. H. Bush
X Reagan
I think Carter's not doing so well but still kickin'
Ford I think died and I missed it
X Nixon
everyone else X

With the assumption that Ford is dead and Carter is alive, I'm going with

true

.

I really need to brush up on my trivia :/

[doctorwho]

And you have $1,000!

Wanna stop with that, or go for another $2,000?

[Save The Dragons]

Let's keep going.

[doctorwho]

The first president to have his voice recorded was Grover Cleveland.

[Save The Dragons]

oof

I did a report a long time ago on President Cleveland. I think he's a little too early for that but I don't know for certain.

False

?

[doctorwho]

You zigged when you should have zagged... that's true. The grand is gone, and you're done here.

That said, we still have the matter of $25,000 to settle. Of course, you can stop right now and take what you have. You can also choose to play on. HOWEVER... if you lose this next match by 5 or more points, all your money will go to your opponent, and you'll be left with a consolation prize of $1,000 for each match you've played ($2,000, in other words). With that in mind, what would you like to do?

[Save The Dragons]

:<

Oh well. I wanna keep going!

[doctorwho]

StrangerCoug

, are you ready for your chance at quiz glory?

(also, a clarification: champions are welcome to change their Second Chance between games. Save the Dragons, if you wish to do so, please PM me. Also, StrangerCoug, if you're playing, please PM me your Second Chance.)

[StrangerCoug]

Let's roll

[Telo]

bump

[doctorwho]

I was waiting for StrangerCoug to send his Second Chance, but I've decided to change the rule on Second Chances as well. From here on out, you will

not

need to declare who your Second Chance is at the start of the game; instead, when you decide to use your Second Chance, you'll also tell me who you're going to call on for help.

First round starting soon.

[StrangerCoug]

I didn't notice the instruction to select a Second Chance. Sorry.

[Save The Dragons]

I AM READY TO CRUSH STRANGERCOUG BRING IT ON

Or is it be crushed by

NAY it is I who shall do the crushing

me with my 5 point score last game

bring it on!