COTM 2018 Elimination 5A

[CuddlyCaucasian]

{8-PLAYER ELIMINATION}

Pointless

Rules

Welcome to the syndicated version of Pointless, the quiz show where the popular answers mean nothing and the obscure answers mean everything.
For each question, thousands of Sporcle users were asked how many answers they could name in a category. Find out what they didn't know, and you'll end up victorious!

For the first two rounds, teams will answer separately, but you will be able to come up with an answer together in Round III.

All answers must be thought of by yourself; this isn't a test of how well you can Google answers. You cannot consult with any other players either.

Rounds I & II

For each round, a question will then be revealed, and all players will have

24 hours

to give the top 3 answers they're most confident about being both correct and obscure, indicating which is #1, which is #2, and which is #3. Only a player's #1 choice will count for scoring purposes, but in the event of a tie, the #2 and #3 answers of a pair's members will be used to break the tie.
The team will the lowest score (see Scoring) during Round I will earn safety, and will not compete in further rounds.
Similarly, the team will the lowest score during Round II will earn safety, and will not compete in further rounds.

Round III

The two remaining teams now go head-to-head to determine the final pair to earn safety. Team members can confer with each other before giving their answers in this round.
The pairs will now be presented with 3 questions at once, and have

24 hours

to give their top 3 answers for each of them. Similarly to rounds I and II, only the first choice will count unless there is a tie. The team that got the lower score for a question receives one point. The first team to score two points wins safety, and one member of the losing pair will be eliminated. The method of elimination won't be revealed until the end of the challenge.

Scoring

After an answer is given, the answer will be scored. If the answer is incorrect, it scores the maximum of

100 points

.
If the answer is correct, a number of points will be given equal to the percentage of total respondents polled who also gave that answer.
If a correct answer is given that nobody polled came up with—a Pointless answer—

0 points

will be given.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

The pairs are...

CreativeMod1 & Shadoweh.
McMenno & VashtaNeurotic.
StrangerCoug & Xalxe.
Felissan & mastina.

ROUND I

Category: GAMING

Name one of the first 151 Pokemon. Please send me your best 3 answers.

Remember: you're trying to come up with answers that the fewest respondents could think of.

You have

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[CuddlyCaucasian]

Let's see the results for Round I. Disclaimer: since the results were pulled from Sporcle, the respondents are overwhelmingly made up of people who know Pokemon well, so scores are much higher than they would be if we polled random people on the street. Regardless, some answers are still more obscure than others.

For reference, the lowest scoring answer available was worth

37

points.


CreativeMod1 answered with...

Victreebel.

Spoiler: Score

52 points

. Not bad.

Shadoweh answered with...

Graveler.

Spoiler: Score

68 points

. Not great, people remember everyone from the primary rock-type evolution line in the series.

That makes the pair's total score

120.

Felissan answered with...

Goldeen.

Spoiler: Score

58 points.

mastina answered with...

Nidoqueen.

Spoiler: Score

69 points.

That makes the pair's total score

127.

Unfortunately not going to cut it.

McMenno answered with...

Venonat.

Spoiler: Score

52 points.

Solid.

VashtaNeurotic answered with...

Sandshrew.

Spoiler: Score

58 points.

Not bad either!

The pair's score comes out to

110.

Right now, they're in the lead.

StrangerCoug answered with...

Mew.

Spoiler: Score

88 points.

Oof, Mew is a well-known one.

Xalxe answered with...

Shellder.

Spoiler: Score

43 points.

The lowest individual score of the round, but unfortunately, the high-scoring Mew brings the pair's total up to

131.

McMenno and Vash are safe; everyone else moves onto Round II.

Spoiler: Best Answers

Kangaskhan 46
Pinsir 46
Dodrio 46
Farfetch'd 45
Cloyster 44
Marowak 44
Tangela 43
Shellder 43
Krabby 42
Kingler 41
Exeggcute 39
Exeggutor 38
Lickitung 37

[Felissan]

Damn, I thought "the fish that isn't Magikarp" is as forgettable as it gets.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

ROUND II

Category: DEMOGRAPHICS

Name the 100 most populous countries in the world according to mid-2017 estimates. (Note: respondents were stopped if they gave a wrong answer.)

You have

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. Remember, wrong answers score 100 points; rank your 3 answers with the most confident at #1.

[Xalxe]

Seaking was my #2.

[mastina]

Damn, I thought "the fish that isn't Magikarp" is as forgettable as it gets.

My problem is that I remembered many of the pokemon, but was terrified of spelling.

I also considered "Missingno" as an answer, but thought that meme was too well known and that it might not count as an original pokemon even though TECHNICALLY SPEAKING it's part of the original game.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

The best-scoring answer you could get on this question was worth

5 points.

Let's see how everyone did.



CreativeMod1 answered...

Sri Lanka.

Spoiler: Score

14 points!

Great answer. It's small but only slightly less populous than Australia.

Shadoweh answered...

Nigeria.

Spoiler: Score

38 points.

Decent score considering it's the 7th most populous country in the world.

The pair's total is

52.

Felissan answered...

Mongolia.

Spoiler: Score

100 points.

Oof, Mongolia is all the way down at #135 on the list.

mastina answered...

Turkey.

Spoiler: Score

58 points.

A fairly populous country but unfortunately a more obvious one.

The pair scores

158.

Not gonna earn safety with that.

StrangerCoug answered...

Argentina.

Spoiler: Score

33 points.

Not bad!

Xalxe answered...

Belgium.

Spoiler: Score

16 points.

A riskier answer as it's down at #77, but it paid off!

The pair's total score is

49

, barely earning safety. The other two teams will now compete in round III.

Spoiler: Best Answers

Yemen 12
Haiti 11
Zambia 11
Madagascar 11
Belarus 11
Tunisia 11
Zimbabwe 11
Czechia 10
Laos 10
South Sudan 9
Chad 8
Austria 8
Sweden 8
Malawi 8
Greece 8
Burkina Faso 8
Cuba 7
Tajikistan 7
Togo 5

[CuddlyCaucasian]

For the final round, you can confer with your partner, and each pair will give 3 answers to each question. Like the previous rounds and as it says in the rules, only your first answer will count unless there's a tie.

ROUND III

Category: MUSIC

Name any artist included on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of the 2000s. (Note: respondents were given the name of each album and the year of release, and were asked to give the artist's name.)

Spoiler: Album List

1. Nevermind 1991
2. The Chronic 1992
3. OK Computer 1997
4. Achtung Baby 1992
5. The Miseducation of [ARTIST] 1998
6. Ten 1991
7. In Utero 1993
8. Ready to Die 1994
9. Odelay 1996
10. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 1994
11. Aquemini 1998
12. Wildflowers 1994
13. Ill Communication 1994
14. Doggystyle 1993
15. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 1998
16. [ARTIST] (Sad But True) 1991
17. Reasonable Doubt 1996
18. Automatic For the People 1992
19. Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1991
20. Exile in Guyville 1993
21. The Bends 1995
22. Grace 1994
23. Siamese Dream 1993
24. Slanted and Enchanted 1992
25. [ARTIST] (Santeria) 1996
26. Illmatic 1994
27. [ARTIST] (Bombtrack) 1992
28. Ray of Light 1998
29. Enter the [ARTIST] (36 Chambers) 1993
30. Dookie 1994
31. Time Out of Mind 1997
32. The Downward Spiral 1997
33. The Slim Shady LP 1999
34. (What's the Story) Morning Glory 1995
35. Being There 1996
36. The Low End Theory 1991
37. American Recordings 1994
38. Superunknown 1994
39. Loveless 1992
40. Harvest Moon 1992
41. Use Your Illusion I & II 1991
42. Rid of Me 1993
43. CrazySexyCool 1994
44. The Score 1996
45. Jagged Little Pill 1995
46. Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life 1998
47. Dummy 1995
48. Pinkerton 1996
49.Call the Doctor 1996
50. All Eyez On Me 1996
51. Protection 1994
52. Vitalogy 1994
53. Bone Machine 1992
54. The Ghost of Tom Joad 1995
55. Ritual de lo Habitual 1990
56. Mama Said Knock You Out 1990
57. Violator 1990
58. Janet. 1993
59. [ARTIST] (How I Could Just Kill a Man) 1991
60. Funky Divas 1992
61. Zooropa 1993
62. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... 1995
63. My Life 1994
64. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got 1990
65. Baduizm 1997
66. Life After Death 1997
67. August and Everything After 1993
68. Out of Time 1991
69. The Carnival 1997
70. Maxinquaye 1995
71. Endtroducing... 1996
72. Dig Your Own Hole 1997
73. Supa Dupa Fly 1997
74. The Battle of Los Angeles 1999
75. If You're Feeling Sinister 1996
76. Bridges to Babylon 1997
77. Ragged Glory 1990
78. Definitely Maybe 1994
79. Bee Thousand 1994
80. Last Splash 1993
81. Post 1995
82. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 1995
83. Tidal 1996
84. Antichrist Superstar 1996
85. Different Class 1995
86. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 1997
87. [ARTIST] is Dead 1991
88. [ARTIST] (You Remind Me of Something) 1995
89. Into the Great Wide Open 1991
90. One in a Million 1996
91. Bossanova 1990
92. The Soft Bulletin 1999
93. Moon Safari 1998
94. Mermaid Avenue 1998
95. MTV Unplugged in New York 1994
96. Selected Ambient Works, Volume II 1994
97. 69 Love Songs 1999
98. [ARTIST] (Chan Chan) 1997
99. Penthouse 1995
100. Everything is Wrong 1995

Category: MOVIES

Name any Best Actor winner in the history of the Oscars. (Note: respondents were given the names of the movies each winner was from, as shown below.)

Spoiler: Movie List

1927-1928 The Last Command
1928-1929 In Old Arizona
1929-1930 Disraeli
1930-1931 A Free Soul
1931-1932 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931-1932 The Champ
1932-1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII
1934 It Happened One Night
1935 The Informer
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur
1937 Captains Courageous
1938 Boys Town
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1940 The Philadelphia Story
1941 Sergeant York
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943 Watch on the Rhine
1944 Going My Way
1945 The Lost Weekend
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 A Double Life
1948 Hamlet
1949 All the King's Men
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
1951 The African Queen
1952 High Noon
1953 Stalag 17
1954 On the Waterfront
1955 Marty
1956 The King and I
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 Separate Tables
1959 Ben-Hur
1960 Elmer Gantry
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
1963 Lilies of the Field
1964 My Fair Lady
1965 Cat Ballou
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1967 In the Heat of the Night
1968 Charly
1969 True Grit
1970 Patton
1971 The French Connection
1972 The Godfather
1973 Save the Tiger
1974 Harry and Tonto
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 Network
1977 The Goodbye Girl
1978 Coming Home
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 Raging Bull
1981 On Golden Pond
1982 Gandhi
1983 Tender Mercies
1984 Amadeus
1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986 The Color of Money
1987 Wall Street
1988 Rain Man
1989 My Left Foot
1990 Reversal of Fortune
1991 The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Scent of a Woman
1993 Philadelphia
1994 Forrest Gump
1995 Leaving Las Vegas
1996 Shine
1997 As Good as It Gets
1998 Life Is Beautiful
1999 American Beauty
2000 Gladiator
2001 Training Day
2002 The Pianist
2003 Mystic River
2004 Ray
2005 Capote
2006 The Last King of Scotland
2007 There Will Be Blood
2008 Milk
2009 Crazy Heart
2010 The King's Speech
2011 The Artist
2012 Lincoln
2013 Dallas Buyers Club
2014 The Theory of Everything
2015 The Revenant
2016 Manchester by the Sea
2017 Darkest Hour

Category: LITERATURE

Name any Steven King novel.



You have

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[Shadoweh]

god damnit i had belgium as my third answer wtf

[mastina]

Can we have extra time to account for holidays?
I have Thanksgiving celebrations going on right now so while I could in theory confer with Feli, I can't process/think until tomorrow.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Of course! We were debating making the deadline 48 hours, but we'll go ahead and update the countdown for that.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

How did you guys do on music?

Felissan & mastina answered with...

Radiohead.

Spoiler: Score

84 points.

A big one, unfortunately.

CreativeMod1 & Shadoweh answered with...

Jeff Buckley.

A more obscure answer most likely, but is it right?

Spoiler: Score

30 points!

That's one point for CM and Shadow. Felissan and mastina need both remaining points to win.

Spoiler: Best Answers

Moby 10
Aphex Twin 9
The Magnetic Fields 9
Wyclef Jean 9
De La Soul 8
Mary J. Blige 8
R. Kelly 7
Aaliyah 7
Yo La Tengo 6
Guided By Voices 6
Buena Vista Social Club 5
Sleater-Kinney 4
Luna 2

For actors, Felissan and mastina went with...

Tom Hanks.

Spoiler: Score

97 points.

CreativeMod1 and Shadoweh went with...

Colin Firth.

Spoiler: Score

49 points.

CM and Shadow take the point, and the game. Let's see how you did on the last question though.

Spoiler: Best Answers

Paul Scofield 28
Cliff Robertson 27
Maximilian Schell 27
Lionel Barrymore 27
Ray Milland 26
José Ferrer 25
Charles Laughton 25
Robert Donat 24
Broderick Crawford 23
Paul Muni 22
Emil Jannings 21
Wallace Beery 21
George Arliss 17
Warner Baxter 17
Ronald Colman 16
Paul Lukas 15
Victor McLaglen 15

Lastly, for Stephen King, Felissan and mastina answered...

The Dark Tower.

Spoiler: Score

62 points.

CreativeMod1 and Shadoweh answered...

Under the Dome.

Spoiler: Score

37 points.

It's a clean sweep.

Felissan and mastina are now nominated for eviction. The rest of Sunrise Land has 24 hours to cast a vote privately for who should be eliminated from the game. In the event of a tie, the decision will be randomized.

Spoiler: Best Answers

Hearts in Atlantis 36
From a Buick 8 36
The Eyes of the Dragon 36
Rage 34
Lisey's Story 34
Skeleton Crew 33
The Regulators 32
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole 31
Black House 31
Roadwork 26
Blaze 25
Cycle of the Werewolf 25
The Colorado Kid 21

[CuddlyCaucasian]

By a vote of 5 to 1...

Spoiler:

mastina, you have been evicted from Sunrise Land. We’ve enjoyed having you in the game, but unfortunately your time ends here.