COTM 2018 Elimination 5C

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{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.

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ROUND I

Category: GAMING

The first 151 Pokemon.

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RABBLE

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robble

[D3f3nd3r]

Rubble?

[CuddlyCaucasian]

For reference, our respondents were some Pokemon experts, so the lowest possible score for a single answer this round was

37

.


Aurathebirb answered... Psyduck.

Spoiler: Score

55 points.

Not too bad!

racefan12 answered... Magmar.

Spoiler: Score

60 points.

That's a combined pair score of 115. Let's see if it holds up.

D3f3nd3r answered... Arbok.

Spoiler: Score

71 points.

Not great

Klick answered... Omanyte.

Spoiler: Score

50 points.

Very respectable, but a combined score of 121 won't cut it.

Errantparabola answered... Marowak.

Spoiler: Score

44 points.

A great score!

implosion answered... Tangela.

Spoiler: Score

43 points.

An even slightly better score! That's a combined total of 87, and the pair takes the lead.

Irrelephant11 answered... Wobbuffet.

Spoiler: Score

Incorrect: 100 points.

Oof!

randomidget answered... Venonat.

Spoiler: Score

52 points.

A pretty good score, but the wrong answer from Irrelephant11 means it wasn't close.

Errantparabola and implosion are safe; everyone else moves onto round II.

Spoiler: Best Answers

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

[CuddlyCaucasian]

ROUND II

Category: DEMOGRAPHICS

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

24 hours

to give your best 3 answers. Remember, there is still no discussion on this round.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Let's go one pair at a time again. This round, the best possible score for a single answer was

5

.




Aurathebirb answered... Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Spoiler: Score

26.

Not bad.

racefan12 answered... Ghana.

Spoiler: Score

16.

Pretty good! That's a combined score of 42.

D3f3nd3r answered... Kazakhstan.

Spoiler: Score

18.

The least populous of our answers so far, and probably harder to spell!

Klick answered... Belarus.

Spoiler: Score

11.

Great answer! A combined score of 29 takes the lead.

Irrelephant11 answered... Kazakhstan.

Spoiler: Score

18

(still)

randomidget answered... Chad.

Spoiler: Score

8!

Weirdly, a higher population than Belarus, but it seems like the respondents weren't expecting it to be as high as it is! With that, the pair of Irrelephant and randomidget barely takes the lead, and earns safety. The other pairs move onto Round III.

Spoiler: Best Answers

South Sudan 9
Chad 8
Austria 8
Sweden 8
Malawi 8
Greece 8
Burkina Faso 8
Cuba 7
Tajikistan 7
Togo 5

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ROUND III

Category: MUSIC

Artists included in Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of the 1990s. (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

Best Actor winners 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

Steven King novels.




You can now consult with your partner. You have

24 hours

to give your best 3 answers to each category.

[xofelf]

How well do you know your music?

Aurathebirb and racefan answered with...

Buena Vista Social Club.

Spoiler: Score

5 points.

Yeah I'd never heard of them either, well done.

D3f3nd3r and Klick answered with...

Bjork.

Let's see how that compares shall we?

Spoiler: Score

17 points.

Still very small, but not enough. 1 point to Aura and racefan

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

Let's go to actors now!

Aura and racefan went with...

Zero Mostale.

Spoiler: Score

Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer, so you get the full

100 points.

Rough.

D3f3nd3r and Klick went with...

Gregory Peck.

Spoiler: Score

69 points!

Nice. That's a point for Klick and D3f, it could be anyone's game.

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

And finally, the novels of Mr. King.

Aura and racefan answered....

Pet Sematary.

Spoiler: Score

58 points.

Is that enough?

D3f3nd3r and Klick went with....

Firestarter

Spoiler: Score

52 points

That's incredibly close but that's a point for D3f and Klick.

Aurathebirb and racefan are now up for elimination. The rest of Fire and Brimstone 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

[Klick]

I say we make them play Pointless for the elimination :O