What Were You Thinking XIV! (Game over)

[StrangerCoug]

Current Standings and Question

0
1
2
3	racefan12
4	DeasVail, mallowgeno, SleepyKrew
5	Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, N, pablito, VashtaNeurotic
6
7	Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DragonEaters70, Farren, Ircher, Merlyn, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer

Q27: Would you rather have immortality or infinite money?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-11-30 19:08:17)

Scoreboard

* = Not eligible to win

X

= A strike for no answer submission; three strikes removes you from competition eligibility
n/a = No submission (if not eligible to win)

Red

numbers are the lowest score in a round

Blue

numbers are the highest score in a round

Underlined

numbers are a perfect score (defined as scoring the maximum amount of points possible in a given round)

Italicized

numbers are a score a submission would have scored if the submitting player were eligible to win.

SETUP RULES

• A game will be played with as many players as would like to sign up. I require that there be at least 15 players signed up to play before we begin.
  
• Players are welcome to join whenever they'd like, but any player that starts after the first round has ended will start on the same level as the player in last place.

Previous Iterations

What Were You Thinking XIII!

(Mod: Xalxe; Winner: D3f3nd3r)

What Were You Thinking XII!

(Mod: StrangerCoug/Aurathebirb; Winner: JerryArr)

What Were You Thinking XI!

(Mod: Xalxe; Winner: DeasVail)

What Were You Thinking (COTM Challenge)

(Mod: CuddlyCaucasian/xofelf; Winner: The Transclassroomental Railroad)

What Were You Thinking X!

(Mod: Xalxe; Winner: pablito)

What Were You Thinking IX!

(Mod: CuddlyCaucasian; Winner: n/a)

What Were You Thinking VIII!

(Mod: RedCoyote; Winner: PrivateI)

What Were You Thinking VII!

(Mod: Mastermind of Sin; Winner: ShadowLurker)

What Were You Thinking VI

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: pablito)

What Were You Thinking? 5

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: Kelly Chen)

What Were You Thinking IV

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: logicticus)

What Were You Thinking III

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: Mastermind of Sin)

WWYT 2

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: LoudmouthLee)

What Were You THINKING?

(Mod: MeMe; Winner: LoudmouthLee)

DA RULES (shamelessly stolen from Xalxe)

Wheaton's Law

Don't be a dick.

Object

• The player with the lowest position when one player reaches the highest position (position seven) is the winner. If more than one player is tied for the winning position, those who've reached position seven are out of the game and the rest will continue until there is a clear winner.

How to Play

• A category will be given each round such as "Name Five Fruits" or "Which Player Reads the Most Novels." All players must then PM me their choices as answers for the current category.
  
• I will give a deadline for PM submissions of your answers and, at deadline, will post them all. The point is not to give the correct answer(s), but to give the most popular answer(s).
  
• Outside help (e.g. Internet searching and/or discussion of the current topic with other players) is
  disallowed
  ; answers must be actual attempts to fit the category -- none of this giving of answers that don't fit just for laughs or to match others outside of the category.
  
• If a player plans to be away from the website for a period of time, they are allowed to PM me in advance so that I may send them upcoming question(s) to answer preemptively.
  
• Players that do not submit answers before the deadline will automatically drop a position in addition to the player with the lowest score. All players are given three "strikes". If you do not submit your answers before the deadline on three occasions, you will be dropped from the competition officially (although you are still welcome to continue playing for fun).
  
• At least one in every three questions will be a question with either a binary choice or a limited number of possible answers, to keep the game moving and hopefully provide more chances to even the playing field.

Scoring

• All players start at the same position (position zero) and only move from this position if they have the lowest score in any given round, or fail to submit.
  
• If there is a tie for least number of points, all those involved in the tie move forward. If all players tie, all will move forward.
  
• Players score zero points if they give an answer that matches no other player during a round.
  
• Players that give the same answer score a total amount of points equivalent to the number of players that also gave that answer.

Example Play

Okay! Everyone, PM me five fruits. Your deadline is 3 days... go!

hmmm... my answers are

apple, banana, cherry, grape and pineapple

!

Thanks for bringing this game back, btw. You're a great mod and I love you.

As the god of freedom I think everybody should be free to eat as much fruit as they wish.

Pineapple, apple, banana, strawberry and blueberry

lmao fruits are hard

Let's go with

Apple, grape, banana, cherry and kumquat

.

nom nom fruit flies

All three players have got their answers in. Here are the totals.

Apple (3) - Desna, Eloritu, Hylax
Banana (3) - Desna, Eloritu, Hylax
Cherry (2) - Eloritu, Hylax
Grape (2) - Eloritu, Hylax
Pineapple (2) - Desna, Eloritu

Non-Scoring Answers
Blueberry - Desna
Kumquat - Hylax
Strawberry - Desna

Eloritu scored 12 points.
Hylax scored 10 points.
Desna scored 8 points.

Desna moves down a position this round for having the lowest score.

[StrangerCoug]

It's our first WWYT game in almost two years To sign up, all you have to do is submit your answers for this question:

Q1: Name five cities notorious for their traffic congestion.

Once I have 15 signups, I will set a timer for 48 hours; future rounds will have a 72-hour timer. While not required, it helps me if you start the subject line of your PM with "What Were You Thinking" or "WWYT"—that will sort your PM in the folder I have created for this game.

[StrangerCoug]

"What Were You Thinking" or "WWYT"—that will sort your PM in the folder I have created for this game.

If it starts with "Re: What Were You Thinking", it now also sorts into that folder. I'll be playing for fun, my submissions will not be official.

[StrangerCoug]

The links to the past games should now be correct; I forgot to change it from WWYT XII (and

then

accidentally changed the link for XII to the one for XIII ).

[StrangerCoug]

Acknowledging that there are now 15 submissions (even though I've yet to read the 15th), so setting the deadline to be (expired on 2023-08-31 22:57:31) from now. Since the deadline expires in the late evening for me, if you submit after the deadline but before I've started processing, I will still accept it.

[StrangerCoug]

Submissions are now closed for Question 1. Processing answers.

[StrangerCoug]

Q1: Name five cities notorious for their traffic congestion.

New York (18):

AniX, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Los Angeles (17):

AniX, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

London (11):

DeasVail, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Chicago (7):

AniX, Cephrir, DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, SleepyCrew

Boston (6):

AniX, Cheery Dog, Iprobablysuck, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

(New) Delhi (5):

biancospino, Cheery Dog, N, pablito, VashtaNeurotic

Beijing (4):

Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, racefan12, Silverclaw

Paris (3):

mallowgeno, Merlyn, Save The Dragons

San Francisco (3):

Cheery Dog, Farren, Silverclaw

Tokyo (3):

N, pablito, Save The Dragons

Mumbai (2):

AniX, Cephrir

Philadelphia (2):

Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno

Washington (2):

Haschel Cedricson, Skygazer

Non-scoring answers

Bangkok: Merlyn
Detroit: JerryArr
Hong Kong: racefan12
Houston: Farren
Jakarta: biancospino
Moscow: Haschel Cedricson
Naples: biancospino
Phoenix: biancospino
Rio de Janeiro: biancospino
Seattle: Farren
Shanghai: SleepyKrew
Toronto: DeasVail

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (52): Los Angeles, New York, Beijing, London, Tokyo

Nobody starts with a perfect score, but VashtaNeurotic comes the closest—only two points away!—with 57.
biancospino, matching with only one answer, is the lowest score and drops to level 1.

[StrangerCoug]

Q2: Other than food or drink, name three things that you might buy at a supermarket.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-05 17:43:39)

Adding another 24 hours so the deadline doesn't fall on Labor Day.

[StrangerCoug]

I miscredited Silverclaw as Save The Dragons for their Beijing answer; that has now been fixed. Both Silverclaw's and Save The Dragons' scores were already correct.

[StrangerCoug]

/in

You can submit for the current question and start at level 1

[StrangerCoug]

I…did not put down Moscow?

That was Haschel Cedricson; fixed.

Everyone else, make sure you are listed as having submitted five answers, not four or six. I am doing the spreadsheet similarly to how Xalxe did last time, and that's twice now I've read the name in the wrong row.

[StrangerCoug]

Q2: Other than food or drink, name three things that you might buy at a supermarket.

Toilet paper (15):

AniX, Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, Merlyn, N, pablito, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

(OTC) Medicine/Pharmaceuticals/Ibuprofen (6):

Aureal, Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Paper towels (6):

AniX, Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, VashtaNeurotic

Batteries (4):

Cheery Dog, JerryArr, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw

Soap (4):

Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, DeasVail

(Laundry) Detergent (3):

Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, N

Magazines (3):

Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, Save The Dragons

Toothpaste (3):

Ariel, Cephrir, DeasVail

Condoms (2):

Charles510, Save The Dragons

Garbage/Trash bags (2):

Cheery Dog, racefan12

Lottery tickets (2):

Charles510, mallowgeno

Non-scoring answers

Bleach: biancospino
Clothes: SleepyKrew
Deodorant: Skygazer
Diapers: pablito
Feminine hygiene products: Haschel Cedricson
Flowers: mallowgeno
Gift cards: Farren
Greeting cards: Anix
Ice: Charles510
Paper plates: VashtaNeurotic
Pots/Pans: Silverclaw
School supplies: Farren
Shampoo: Skygazer
Toothbrush: N
Video games: SleepyKrew
Ziploc bags: racefan12

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (24): Toilet paper, Toothpaste, Aspirin

There were a lot of good answers here, so it was hard to score very high. Once again, we don't have a perfect score, but we

do

have someone who came within two points of achieving the feat: this time around, it was Aureal.
Charles510 had the lowest score with only 4 points. Since he is one of three people who joined us this question at Level 1, he drops to level 2.

[StrangerCoug]

Q3: Would you rather travel ten years to the past or ten years to the future?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-08 18:53:50)

[StrangerCoug]

Q3: Would you rather travel ten years to the past or ten years to the future?

Future (10):

Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Charles510, DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, Merlyn, N, SleepyKrew

Past (10):

AniX, Cheery Dog, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (10): Future

We have a tie! Everybody who submitted obviously gets a perfect score of 10. The two that didn't (Ariel and Pablito) instead get an activity strike and, per the rules, automatically drop a level.

That said, I am StrangerCoug, and I

HAVE

been known to be a mean litte kitty. There is a precedent for what I do when every submitter gets the same score: the rest of you also drop a level!

AniX, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, and VashtaNeurotic all drop to Level 1 (with pablito also getting an activity strike).
Ariel, Aureal, and biancospino drop to Level 2 (with Ariel also getting an activity strike).
Charles510 drops to Level 3.

Bwa ha ha ha

[StrangerCoug]

Q4: Name three people who became famous within the last year.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-11 20:19:55)

[StrangerCoug]

Please don't discuss the current question in thread. You're welcome to PM or DM me your thoughts.

[StrangerCoug]

Haschel has proposed via DM that I take away Ariel's activity strike on the grounds that yesterday was Ariel's wedding; are there any objections to me doing so?

[StrangerCoug]

/in

You can PM me your answers to the current question and I will start you on level 3.

[StrangerCoug]

I would give out prods, but a number of people are struggling with the question, and I had to reject a player's submission earlier today for consisting of gag names rather than people I could verify really exist. I'm going to modify the question and add another 24 hours to your time to make it a little easier:

Q4: Name three people who became famous within the last three years.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-12 20:19:55)

If you submitted answers for the original question and are happy with them, you will not be required to resubmit.

[StrangerCoug]

Q4: Name three people who became famous within the last three years.

Olivia Rodrigo (5):

AniX, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, pablito, Silverclaw

Anthony Fauci (4):

AniX, Cephrir, racefan12, SleepyKrew

Vivek Ramaswamy (3):

Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Skygazer

AniX (2):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog

Yam Yam Arocho (2):

Cephrir, Save The Dragons

Halle Bailey (2):

Haschel Cedricson, Merlyn

Kamala Harris (2):

DeasVail, pablito

Jenni Hermoso (2):

Aureal, N

Elon Musk (2):

mallowgeno, racefan12

Jack Smith (2):

biancospino, Farren

Non-scoring answers

Carlos Alcaraz: pablito
Jason Aldean: Aureal
Sam Bankman-Fried: biancospino
Austin Butler: Merlyn
Timothee Chalamet: VashtaNeurotic
Tanya Chutkan: Aureal
Datisi: Cheery Dog
Doja Cat: Silverclaw
Billie Eilish: VashtaNeurotic
Mike Gabler: Save The Dragons
Jack Harlow: Skygazer
Jalen Hurts: JerryArr
Jenna Ortega: Merlyn
Ice Spice: Skygazer
Trevor Lawrence: Iprobablysuck
Lizzo: mallowgeno
Jonathan Majors: SleepyKrew
Fabio Miretti: biancospino
Ninja: JerryArr
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: JerryArr
Maryanne Oketch: Save The Dragons
Logan Paul: VashtaNeurotic
PrivateI: Cheery Dog
Vladimir Putin: DeasVail
Christiano Ronaldo, Jr.: Silverclaw
Rishi Sunak: N
Taylor Swift: mallowgeno
Greta Thunberg: racefan12
Liz Truss: N
Traevon Walker: Iprobablysuck
Victor Wembanyana: SleepyKrew
Fani Willis: Farren
Bryce Young: Iprobablysuck
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: AniX

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (3): Greta Thunberg, Vivek Ramaswamy, Hunter Biden

Well, in terms of getting a high score, this was still hard since answers were all over the place. Once again, the closest we get to a perfect score is two away, accomplished by Haschel Cedricson.

We have a three-way tie for last, with Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, and VashtaNeurotic all failing to get even one scoring answer. They all drop to Level 2.
Ariel fails to submit and falls to level 3; however, since there were no objections to me removing Ariel's activity strike from question 3, Ariel will remain at one activity strike.

[StrangerCoug]

Q5: Name three popular TV shows that were not created in the United States. (Shows that later got American adaptations are fine.)

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-15 22:09:33)

[StrangerCoug]

Does Haschel have someone else that picked Halle Bailey?

Yeah, that was Merlyn. Edited in.

[StrangerCoug]

Reveal in the morning.

[StrangerCoug]

All right, submissions are now closed. Results shortly.

[StrangerCoug]

Q5: Name three popular TV shows that were not created in the United States.

The Office (13):

AniX, Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Doctor Who (9):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Farren, Merlyn, racefan12, Silverclaw

Squid Game (7):

AniX, Aureal, Datisi, DeasVail, mallowgeno, pablito, VashtaNeurotic

Big Brother (3):

Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, Skygazer

The Genius (3):

Ariel, DeasVail, Save The Dragons

The Mole/De Mol (3):

Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, VashtaNeurotic

Sherlock (3):

AniX, Datisi, SleepyKrew

Survivor (3):

Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Save The Dragons

Bluey (2):

Cheery Dog, N

Downton Abbey (2):

Aureal, pablito

Dragon Ball (2):

biancospino, DragonEater70

The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show (2):

Ariel, Merlyn

Monty Python('s Flying Circus) (2):

Aureal, Silverclaw

Non-scoring answers

Black Mirror: mallowgeno
The Bridge (2011): biancospino
Britain's Got Talent: DragonEater70
Derry Girls: Skygazer
Fawlty Towers: Cephrir
House of Cards: Cephrir
Peaky Blinders: SleepyKrew
QI: N
Red Dwarf: Farren
Taskmaster: JerryArr
Total Drama Island: Iprobablysuck
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: JerryArr
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: racefan12
Winx Club: biancospino
The X Factor: Ariel

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (4): Pokemon, Bluey, Monty Python's Flying Circus

British shows dominated the responses I got, but we also had a South Korean drama make the top three, and shows from Australia, the Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden are also represented among the scoring answers.

A perfect score on an open-ended question is continuing to elude us this game, and this time the highest score fell five points short of perfect. It

was

, however, achieved by two people this time around: Cheery Dog and Merlyn.
biancospino has the lowest score and joins our newcomers—Datisi and DragonEaters70—on Level 3.

(Not sure how the scores for question 3 turned yellow; ignore it )

[StrangerCoug]

Q6: Do you see yourself as an introvert or an extrovert?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-19 11:42:08)

[StrangerCoug]

British shows dominated the responses I got, but we also had a South Korean drama make the top three, and shows from Australia, the Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden are also represented among the scoring answers.

Oh, and we also had a Belgian show score.

[StrangerCoug]

Everyone who is currently /in has submitted a response; are there any objections to an early reveal later this afternoon or tonight?

[StrangerCoug]

Q6: Do you see yourself as an introvert or an extrovert?

Introvert (23):

AniX, Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (23): Introvert

Here we go again :V Last binary question, we had a tie; this time around, we have unanimity. Introverts rock, but we all know what happens by now:

AniX, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, and SleepyKrew all drop to Level 2.
Aureal, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, VashtaNeurotic drop to Level 3.
Ariel, biancospino, Datisi, and DragonEaters70 drop to Level 4.


This might be a quick game here at WWYT XIV.

[StrangerCoug]

Q7: Name three superpowers that you wish you had.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-21 20:07:13)

[StrangerCoug]

Q7: Name three superpowers that you wish you had.

Flight (17):

AniX, Ariel, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Haschel Cedricon, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Invisibility (10):

biancospino, CheeryDog, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, N, racefan12, SleepyKrew

Extrasensory perception (

e.g.

mind reading, being able to see into the future, spidey-sense) (8):

Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Farren, JerryArr, Pablito

Super strength (8):

AniX, Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, Merlin, racefan12, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Teleportation (8):

Ariel, Cephrir, Farren, Iprobablysuck, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Super speed (5):

Aureal, Cheery Dog, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, N

Shapeshifting (3):

Datisi, Save The Dragons, VashtaNeurotic

Time travel/Time warping (3):

biancospino, pablito, racefan12

Invincibility/Invulnerability (2):

Aureal, Skygazer

Telekinesis (2):

AniX, SaveTheDragons

Non-scoring answers

Healing: Farren
Ice powers: Merlyn
Not needing to sleep or eat: DragonEater70

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (27): Flight, Time travel, Superhuman strength

I decided to group a few different powers together, in particular the different forms of ESP (otherwise only specifically mind reading would have scored in that category, not the general one or the other two specific ones that I submitted that I ruled were a form of ESP).

As a result of that grouping, we finally have

two

no—

FOUR

perfect scorers in a non-binary question for this game: DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, and SleepyKrew!

Save The Dragons, despite all of his answers scoring, had the lowest score with 13 and drops to level 3.

[StrangerCoug]

Q8: Name three events that typically have a formal dress code.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-24 20:47:11)

[StrangerCoug]

I said super strength, not ESP so I need to be knocked down a couple of points I think

Fixed; the resulting score adjustments mean that Haschel Cedricson and SleepyKrew also have a perfect score.

[StrangerCoug]

Q8: Name three events that typically have a formal dress code.

Wedding (21):

AniX, Ariel, Aureal, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Funeral (19):

AniX, Aureal, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Prom/(School) Dance/Ball (10):

AniX, Ariel, Aureal, biancospino, Datisi, DragonEater70, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, racefan12, Skygazer

Gala/(Dinner) Party (6):

Ariel, biancospino, DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, Save The Dragons, VashtaNeurotic

Job interview (5):

Cheery Dog, Ircher, mallowgeno, racefan12, Skygazer

Graduation (3):

Ircher, Merlyn, pablito

Business meeting/Work (2):

Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Court (2):

JerryArr, N

Non-scoring answers

Award ceremony: biancospino
Church: Cephrir
Concert: Farren though to be fair to him, he meant a symphony concert
Tournament: Ircher

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (42): Wedding, Funeral, Jury duty

The perfect scores keep coming with a vengeance, with Anix, Aureal, Datisi, DragonEater50, and Haschel Cedricson all accomplishing the feat!
Our lowest score comes from our newcomer, Ircher, who starts at Level 4 only to immediately drop to Level 5.


(The screenshots were taken on my laptop, which has a high DPI, so it produced a larger image than it does on my desktop. The thumbnails are so the pictures aren't excessively large in the thread, although it does make them hard to read without clicking.)

[StrangerCoug]

Q9: If you could control the weather, would you make where you live sunnier or rainier than it generally is now?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-09-27 21:49:58)

[StrangerCoug]

Code: Select all

Instead of using [img] tags, try [thumb=600] tags.

Thanks. Will do it for the OP.

[StrangerCoug]

Borked the tags; too lazy to fix

[StrangerCoug]

I may decide to do the reveal after work tomorrow.

[StrangerCoug]

Q9: If you could control the weather, would you make where you live sunnier or rainier than it generally is now?

Sunnier (18):

AniX, Ariel, Aureal, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Rainier (6):

biancospino, Farren, Ircher, N, Save The Dragons, Skygazer

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (6): Rainier

Rain, rain, go away! Come again another day... or at least come to the quarter of us who actually want it.

The majority of you obviously get a perfect score, while those of you who, like me, can't get enough rain will be pouring down to the next level. That means:
Farren, N, and Skygazer drop to level 3.
Save The Dragons drops to level 4.
biancospino drops to level 5.
Ircher drops to level 6, A.K.A.

the danger zone!

If he drops one more level, he is out, and then the game will end as soon as one player stands alone at the top.

[StrangerCoug]

Q10: Name five things that children do that annoy their parents.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-01 17:34:00)

[StrangerCoug]

Q10: Name five things that children do that annoy their parents.

Cry (12):

AniX, Ariel, biancospino, Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, Save The Dragons, Silverclaw

Scream/Yell (9):

biancospino, Cephror, Cheery Dog, Farren, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, pablito, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Fight (8):

Ariel, DeasVail, Farren, Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, N, pablito, Save The Dragons

Leave a mess/toys (6):

Ariel, biancospino, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Merlyn, Silverclaw

Be disobedient (5):

Aureal, Cephrir, Ircher, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Lie (5):

AniX, DeasVail, mallowgeno, pablito, SleepyKrew

Not go to bed/Stay up late (5):

Ariel, Cheery Dog, JerryArr, Merlyn, Skygazer

Argue (4):

AniX, Cephrir, Save The Dragons, VashtaNeurotic

Break things (4):

AniX, Aureal, Datisi, Farren

Ask "Why?" (3):

biancospino, Farren, Merlyn

Ask (too many) questions (3):

Anix, N, Skygazer

Complain/Whine (3):

DeasVail, mallowgeno, Silverclaw

Get bad grades (3):

Aureal, Datisi, racefan12

Picky eating/Refuse to eat healthy food (3):

Datisi, Iprobablysuck, pablito

Ask "Are we there yet?" (2):

Farren, pablito

Be mean/rude (2):

Aureal, SleepyKrew

Draw on walls (2):

Cheery Dog, Skygazer

Not clean (2):

Ircher, Skygazer

Not do chores (2):

Merlyn, racefan12

Not listen (2):

racefan12, Silverclaw

Refuse to eat dinner (2):

Ariel, VashtaNeurotic

(Smelly) poop (2):

N, Save The Dragons

Talk back (2):

JerryArr, racefan12

Non-scoring answers

Ask for things: Iprobablysuck
Bite: mallowgeno
Exist: VashtaNeurotic
Get bored very easily: Ircher
Get dirty: Silverclaw
Have too much energy: N
Jump in puddles: biancospino
Misbehave: JerryArr
Pick their nose: SleepyKrew
Run around everywhere: Ircher
Run around screaming: SleepyKrew
Snack while dinner is cooking: Cheery Dog
Spend too much time on the computer: racefan12
Steal: Save The Dragons
Swear: JerryArr
Talk a lot: Datisi
Talk too loud: Ircher
Tantrums: Aureal
Throw things: Cephrir

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (13): Pester them with questions, not do their homework, color on the walls, fight, watch too much TV

And people wonder why I don't have kids xP

This was a hard one to judge in terms of which answers to group together. I'd have grouped together "run around screaming" with "scream" and "yell", but since another player said "run around everywhere," I couldn't do that. (Sorry, SleepyKrew.) In addition, because Farren gave two specific questions, I couldn't group them in the general category.

The variety of questions made it very hard to get a perfect score this time, with DeasVail coming the closest with 34.
For the third question in a row, Ircher has the lowest score. That drops him to level 7, which unfortunately means that he is eliminated. He is welcome to continue submitting, but his answers as well as those of any latecomers from here on out will be listed under the irrelevant players section.
DragonEater70 and Haschel Cedricson failed to submit answers before the deadline and drop to levels 5 and 3 respectively.

[StrangerCoug]

Q11: What are or were your three favorite subjects in school?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-04 19:59:45)

[StrangerCoug]

JerryArr didn't submit whine/complain; mallowgeno did. That's fixed now.

[StrangerCoug]

Also just corrected another mistake where pablito instead of N was credited for poop.

[StrangerCoug]

Q11: What are or were your three favorite subjects in school?

Math (13):

Ariel, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, mallowgeno, N, pablito, racefan12, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

History (10):

Ariel, Aureal, Cephrir, DeasVail, DragonEater70, Iprobablysuck, racefan12, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Science (10):

AniX, Ariel, Cheery Dog, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

English/Language arts (8):

AniX, Aureal, Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, N

Gym/Physical education/Fitness (6):

Datisi, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, pablito, Silverclaw

Art (4):

Datisi, DragonEater70, racefan12, Silverclaw

Literature (3):

biancospino, DragonEater70, Iprobablysuck

Music (3):

Save The Dragons, Silverclaw, Skygazer

Lunch (2):

JerryArr, Save The Dragons

Non-scoring answers

Biology: Aureal
Chemistry: biancospino
Geography: pablito
Information technology: Cheery Dog
Recess: Save The Dragons
Social studies: AniX
Theater: Haschel Cedricson

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (28): Science, History, English

Three people get an A+ for a perfect score: Ariel, SleepyKrew, and VashtaNeurotic!
Save The Dragons got the lowest grade this time and goes down to level 5.
Merlyn failed to submit and gets an activity strike, dropping to level 3.

[StrangerCoug]

Q12: Which do you think is a bigger problem on TV shows: the amount of sex or the amount of violence?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-07 22:01:47)

[StrangerCoug]

English/Language arts (8): AniX, Aureal, Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, N

Literature (3): biancospino, DragonEater70, Iprobablysuck

why are these two separate categories?

For that question I only grouped obvious synonyms together. One of the people who submitted English actually did submit "English/Language arts", but I didn't lump literature together with it since a non-native English speaker could have interpreted "English" as a foreign language class and not primarily as a literature class.

[StrangerCoug]

Also,

please note my sig.

I will still check my inbox every so often but I felt the need to take a sick day today.

[StrangerCoug]

Question: Was forms of math folded into the overall math category (ie if someone put calculus, did they get credit for math?). I feel some type of way about Social Studies having no points but History being in the top.

No. Nobody gave a specific form of math; the only grouping was to account for dialectal differences (math vs. maths).

If there are no objections by the deadline for question 12, question 11 will be rescored with English/language arts and literature grouped together. Save The Dragons would still drop either way, this would only affect the unofficial "running tally" of the people who answered with one of those things.

[StrangerCoug]

Out of V/LA.

[StrangerCoug]

Everyone is in; results in the morning.

[StrangerCoug]

Q12: Which do you think is a bigger problem on TV shows: the amount of sex or the amount of violence?

Violence (18):

AniX, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Sex (5):

Ariel, Aureal, Datisi, DragonEater70, Save The Dragons

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (18): Violence

And now I can't get that damn Family Guy theme out of my head.

In any event, our unscientific little survey says that people are more sick of bloodshed than lovemaking. We know the rules and we know who said what, so let's cut to the chase:
Aureal drops to level 4.
Ariel and Datisi drop to level 5.
DragonEater70 and Save The Dragons drop to level 6.

[StrangerCoug]

Q13: Name five popular dog breeds.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-11 17:57:24)

Allowing you an extra eight hours so deadline isn't in the middle of my work shift.

[StrangerCoug]

Also, a friendly reminder not to look answers for the current question up on Google. I was strict about this last time I ran this game. I'll elaborate more on this after I reveal the answers to this question.

[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)

[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)

[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.

[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.

[StrangerCoug]

This wasn't the next question I had lined up—I had thought of it just now—but I thought it might be a fun one to do now given the holiday is coming up:

Q17: Name three things that children like to dress up as for Halloween.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-23 20:16:46)

[StrangerCoug]

Q17: Name three things that children like to dress up as for Halloween.

Ghost (11):

biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, racefan12, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Princess (9):

Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Vampire (7):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, JerryArr, Skygazer, VashtaNeurotic

Superhero (e.g. Batman) (6):

Haschel Cedricson, Merlyn, pablito, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew

Witch/Wizard (6):

Aureal, biancospino, Datisi, Farren, Merlyn, N

Cartoon character (e.g. Pokemon, Transformer) (3):

Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, SleepyKrew

Skeleton (3):

Farren, Haschel Cedricson, N

Zombie (3):

Aureal, DeasVail, racefan12

Video game character (e.g. Mario) (2):

Iprobablysuck, Silverclaw

Non-scoring answers

Cop: mallowgeno
Cowboy: VashtaNeurotic
Dinosaur: pablito
Frankenstein's monster: biancospino
Mummy: Cheery Dog
Ninja: Aureal
Werewolf: Cephrir

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (18): Ghost, Vampire, Werewolf

Surprisingly for an open-ended question, nobody said both of the top two, so

Actually, mallowgeno did say both of the top two, but there aren't any perfect scores this time. Datisi came the closest with 24.
Even though she benefited from me grouping her wizard answer together with witch, Aureal has the lowest score and drops to level 5.

[StrangerCoug]

Q18: Are you more of a morning person or a night owl?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-26 20:48:41)

[StrangerCoug]

Since I grouped Skygazer's answer of Batman together with superhero, he should have six additional points, and everyone who gave the general answer of superhero (the ones who are actually listed) should have one more point. The next update should have the correct scores.

[StrangerCoug]

Mallow said both of the top two :3

I stand corrected, then.

[StrangerCoug]

If I remember right, my mom made me a ghost costume out of a bedsheet one year when I was little. I didn't mind it.

[StrangerCoug]

Q18: Are you more of a morning person or a night owl?

Night owl (19):

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

Irrelevant players

Ircher (0): Morning person
StrangerCoug (19): Night owl

I need better binary questions. Or at least a better rule to handle when everyone's tied. Maybe for WWYT XV.

In any event, those are the scores. Everybody drops, as has happened for the third time now:
Cephrir, DeasVail, mallowgeno, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, and SleepyKrew drop to level 3.
AniX, Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, N, and VashtaNeurotic drop to level 4.
JerryArr drops to level 5.
Aureal, Farren, biancospino, Datisi, and Skygazer drop to level 6 and enter the danger zone.

[StrangerCoug]

Q19: Other than Las Vegas, name three cities that are famous for their casinos.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-10-29 17:20:54)

[StrangerCoug]

If I don't update this tonight, then sometime after work tomorrow.

[StrangerCoug]

Q19: Other than Las Vegas, name three cities that are famous for their casinos.

Atlantic City (12):

Cephrir, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Monaco/Monte Carlo (9):

biancospino, Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, racefan12, Skygazer

Reno (9):

Farren, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Hong Kong (4):

Aureal, DeasVail, JerryArr, Silverclaw

Macau (4):

Cephrir, N, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Carson City (2):

Iprobablysuck, VashtaNeurotic

London (2):

Cheery Dog, Silverclaw

Los Angeles (2):

Datisi, DeasVail

New York (2):

Datisi, DeasVail

Non-scoring answers

Amsterdam: N
Brazil: Cheery Dog
Campione d'Italia: biancospino
Chicago: Datisi
Dubai: Aureal
Jersey City: N
Mumbai: Cheery Dog
Paris: Farren
Rio de Janeiro: racefan12
Taipei: Aureal
Venice: biancospino

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (25): Macau, Monte Carlo, Atlantic City

For Venice, the answer biancospino actually submitted was Venezia; that's what Venice is called in Italian.

As you can see, though, not that many places out there well-known for them. That might explain why we have

FIVE

perfect scores this time, the most for an open-ended question so far this game—from Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, Merlyn, pablito, and Skygazer!

Cheery Dog wasn't lucky this time with only 2 points, and he drops to level 5.

[StrangerCoug]

Q20: Name the three things that you spend the most money every year on replacing or refilling.

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-11-02 17:45:11)

[StrangerCoug]

BTW you mean Cheery Dog has 2, not N. The table is correct

Fixed the text.

[StrangerCoug]

I would have guessed Monaco, but I thought Monaco was the name of the country and not the name of the city, and I didn't know the name of the city.

Turns out, the name of the city is also Monaco.

Yep Monte Carlo is technically a ward within Monaco, which is why I grouped those together.

[StrangerCoug]

Update in a couple hours or so.

[StrangerCoug]

When I gave out the prod reminders, I forgot to include Datisi due to mod error, and scoring now would result in what I feel would be his unfair elimination. He will be given 24 more hours from when I PM him; everyone else is already in and their answers are locked.

[StrangerCoug]

Datisi's answers are in; revealing results shortly.

In addition, Merlyn notified me that she got an activity strike for not responding to question 11 despite me not prodding her; to extend the same level of fairness, I am removing an activity strike from her and putting her back on level 3.

[StrangerCoug]

Q20: Name the three things that you spend the most money every year on replacing or refilling.

Fuel/Gas/Petrol for car (17):

Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Farren, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Toilet paper (8):

Datisi, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, Merlyn, Skygazer, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Food/Groceries/Pantry/Refrigerator (7):

Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, pablito, Skygazer, SleepyKrew

Medication/Prescription drugs (4):

Aureal, Cephrir, mallowgeno, racefan12

Clothing (3):

Aureal, DeasVail, N

Paper towels (3):

Iprobablysuck, Merlyn, VashtaNeurotic

Phone (2):

Cephrir, Farren

Printer ink (cartridges) (2):

biancospino, racefan12

Water (2):

Cheery Dog, Silverclaw

(Water) filter (2):

JerryArr, N

Non-scoring answers

Appliances: JerryArr
Batteries: Merlyn
Car/House parts: Silverclaw
Cleaning supplies: Farren
Computer: Pablito
Detergent: biancospino
Toothpaste: Haschel Cedricson

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (27): Groceries, Gas, Clothes

This was an interesting one to score since I didn't completely anticipate how the question would be interpreted. Cephrir explicitly said "car (i.e. with gas)," so if you said just "car", you have him to thank for getting 15 more points for it than you otherwise would have. Applying the same logic, anyplace you typically store food I grouped with food itself. That meant I unfortunately could not group "refrigerator" together with "appliances" since not all appliances are intended for food storage. Sorry, JerryArr.

Datisi must be breathing a big sigh of relief right now, since my giving him a chance enabled him to be one of three people to get a perfect score of 32! Joining him in this accomplishment are Skygazer and SleepyKrew.
Merlyn has the lowest score and returns right back to level 4, but at least she's there fair and square now.

[StrangerCoug]

Q21: Would you rather live without a heater or without an air conditioner?

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[StrangerCoug]

Added the header to the results like I have been starting with this version.

[StrangerCoug]

I had forgotten to include the answers I submitted to myself for question 20; they're there now if you're curious how I would have done.

[StrangerCoug]

Q22: Would you rather live without a heater or without an air conditioner?

Heater (11):

Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, racefan12, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Air conditioner (8):

Aureal, biancospino, Cephrir, Farren, Haschel Cedricson, pablito, Silverclaw, Skygazer

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (8): Air conditioner

Well, winter may be coming (in the Northern Hemisphere), but we have fireplaces and layered clothing, at least. Plus, climate change is taking its toll. I can see why eleven of you would answer that.
The other eight of you all drop a level, meaning:

Cephrir, pablito, and Silverclaw drop to level 4, leaving only four players on level 3.
Haschel Cedricson drops to level 5.
Aureal, biancospino, Farren, and Skygazer drop to level 7 and have therefore been eliminated. They may continue as irrelevant players if they wish.

[StrangerCoug]

Q22: Name three reasons why someone may decide not to own a car.

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[StrangerCoug]

I did note the fact that someone people don't have air conditioning in my answer, but still went with heater because of the saying that "You can always put more clothes on if you're too cold, but you can't take them off if you're too hot".

And as someone who has experienced extended power outages with outdoor temperatures of 100F and of 20F, if I had to do one over again, I'd pick the latter. At least I could sleep in the cold.

Let me guess the second one: Winter Storm Uri a few years ago?

[StrangerCoug]

All responses are in; results sometime after work.

[StrangerCoug]

Q22: Name three reasons why someone may decide not to own a car.

Money/Too expensive (12):

Cephrir, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, Merlyn, N, pablito, Silverclaw, VashtaNeurotic

Good public transportation (9):

Cheery Dog, Datisi, Haschel Cedricson, mallowgeno, Merlyn, racefan12, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Environment (6):

Cephrir, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N

Lost/No driver's license (5):

Cheery Dog, DeasVail, N, racefan12, VashtaNeurotic

Traffic (2):

DeasVail, pablito

Walkable city (2):

Cephrir, Datisi

Non-scoring answers

Anxiety: Iprobablysuck
Can get rides from someone else: SleepyKrew
Can use someone else's car: racefan12
Can't pass driver's test: Silverclaw
Don't need to go far: JerryArr
Live close to work: Merlyn
Never learned how to drive: SleepyKrew
Nowhere to keep one: Cheery Dog
Parking: pablito

Irrelevant players

biancospino (12): I like trains, Petrol costs, Driving sucks
DragonEater70 (20): Environmental consciousness, Saving money, Prefers not to be stuck in traffic
Ircher (14): Because the person cannot drive, Because the person cannot afford a car, Because the person lives in a walkable area and doesn't need a car
StrangerCoug (27): Too expensive, Good public transport, Not good for environment

I

could

have grouped some of the scoring answers together (in particular "don't need to go far", "live close to work", and "walkable city", but I don't think it makes much of a practical difference here.

We have two players among those in contention with a perfect score of 27: Haschel Cedricson and mallowgeno. I also achieved the feat.
SleepyKrew has the lowest score and drops to level 4.

[StrangerCoug]

Q23: Name five game shows.

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[StrangerCoug]

I mean, learning how to drive would most certainly help you pass the driver's test, but I interpreted "can't pass the driver's test" as attempting the test at least once, whereas "never learned to drive" doesn't imply that.

I

can

group all the reasons why someone might not have a driver's license together if everyone agrees. It'll affect who drops, though.

[StrangerCoug]

Locking in Silverclaw's answers for mod fairness reasons; will explain after the answers are revealed.

[StrangerCoug]

I got home late tonight and don't feel like prods, so the deadline will be extended 12 hours.

[StrangerCoug]

Not feeling well, but I will try to get your results up sometime today.

[StrangerCoug]

Q23: Name five game shows.

Jeopardy! (14):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Wheel of Fortune (12):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, pablito, racefan12, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

Family Feud (9):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Datisi, Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, mallowgeno, pablito, Silverclaw, SleepyKrew

The Price Is Right (8):

DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, pablito, SleepyKrew

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (6):

Datisi, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, N, VashtaNeurotic

Deal or No Deal (5):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, mallowgeno, N, Silverclaw

Press Your Luck/Whammy! (3):

Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, Silverclaw

The Chase (2):

Datisi, DeasVail

Countdown (2):

pablito, racefan12

Survivor (2):

Datisi, VashtaNeurotic

Non-scoring answers

Big Brother: VashtaNeurotic
The Genius: racefan12
Match Game: Cephrir
Pointless: Cheery Dog How ironic...
Takeshi's Castle: racefan12
Taskmaster: SleepyKrew
Weakest Link: VashtaNeurotic

Irrelevant players

Ircher (39): Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Family Feud, America Says, Deal or No Deal
StrangerCoug (43): Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The Price Is Right, Family Feud, Let's Make a Deal

As for why I locked Silverclaw's answers, I told them after they submitted them that I was going to attend The Price Is Right Live over the weekend. (It was great, by the way If you follow me on Facebook or Threads, I posted a little about it there.) With the exception of the celebrity question, people usually haven't been changing their minds about their answers, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

With that, Haschel Cedricson gets a perfect score with 49 points!
VashtaNeurotic, with the lowest score, is the weakest link. We won't be saying goodbye to him yet, but he does drop to level 5.
Merlyn fails to submit and therefore gets an activity strike and drops to level 5.

[StrangerCoug]

Q24: If you were given the opportunity to do so for free, would you live the rest of your life on a luxury cruise ship?

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Submission due in: (expired on 2023-11-17 19:14:24)

[StrangerCoug]

Q24: If you were given the opportunity to do so for free, would you live the rest of your life on a luxury cruise ship?

No (10):

Cephrir, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, racefan12, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Yes (4):

Cheery Dog, Datisi, pablito, Silverclaw

Irrelevant answers

StrangerCoug (10): No

Well, ten of you have declined the offer, and the other four of you are sailing off on a luxury cruise for the rest of your life—or at least the rest of this game—down at the next level That's the only port of call it stops at, unfortunately.

pablito and Silverclaw drop to level 5.
Cheery Dog drops to level 6.
Datisi drops to level 7 and therefore has been eliminated.

Merlyn gets her second activity strike and drops to Level 6.

[StrangerCoug]

Q25: Name three articles of clothing that are most often worn by men.

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[StrangerCoug]

Results sometime today.

[StrangerCoug]

Q25: Name three articles of clothing that are most often worn by men.

Boxers (9):

Cheery Dog, Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno, N, pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Tie (9):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, mallowgeno, N, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Suit coat/(Dress) jacket/Blazer (4):

Cephrir, DeasVail, JerryArr, mallowgeno

Pants/Jeans/Joggers (4):

DeasVail, JerryArr, racefan12, VashtaNeurotic

Suit/Tuxedo (3):

Haschel Cedricson, racefan12, SleepyKrew

Hat (2):

Iprobablysuck, pablito

Non-scoring answers

Belt: Cephrir
Boots: Iprobablysuck
Briefs: N
Kilt: racefan12
Monocle: Cheery Dog

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (20): Tie, Boxers, Baseball cap Hey, I'm the mod, and I say a baseball cap is a type of hat

We've run the gamut from formalwear to everyday wear to underwear here, I see *snickers*

mallowgeno and VashtaNeurotic tie for the highest score with 22, whereas Iprobablysuck, with only half that, is the lowest score and drops to level 5.

Silverclaw gets their first activity strike and drops to level 6.
Merlyn gets her third activity strike and drops to level 7, each of which are enough on their own to eliminate her.

[StrangerCoug]

Q26: Name three complaints that people have about their own appearance.

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The timer is longer to account for my V/LA. If you also celebrate Thanksgiving, then have a safe holiday

[StrangerCoug]

Out of V/LA; you still have a couple days or so to submit if you haven't yet.

[StrangerCoug]

Hooray! Everybody's submitted without needing to be prodded

I'll update either later tonight or tomorrow.

[StrangerCoug]

Q26: Name three complaints that people have about their own appearance.

Overweight/Too fat/Too heavy (9):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, JerryArr, mallowgeno, pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Height/Too short (8):

Cephrir, DeasVail, Haschel Cedricson, JerryArr, mallowgeno, pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew

Hair (length)/Balding (4):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, Iprobablysuck, mallowgeno

Weight (4):

Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, N, Silverclaw

Bad skin/Acne/Wrinkles (3):

Cheery Dog, N, pablito

(Big) nose (3):

Haschel Cedricson, racefan12, Silverclaw

Ugly/Not handsome/pretty enough (3):

JerryArr, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Underweight/Too thin (2):

DeasVail, VashtaNeurotic

Non-scoring answers

Boob size: Silverclaw
Face: Iprobablysuck
Gender identity: N

Irrelevant players

DragonEater70 (15): Nose too big/not straight, Chubby/fat, Having a pimple
StrangerCoug (16): They're overweight, Their hair looks bad, They're not sexy enough

Cephrir and mallowgeno both get perfects with this one with 21 points!

You can blame DeasVail and VashtaNeurotic all you want for why I couldn't merge just plain "weight" with anything (they both also said overweight or too fat), but they can't be blamed for N and Silverclaw having the lowest score. Even if I

could

merge "weight" with either "overweight" or "underweight", neither merger would help them enough, so it's off to level 5 with N and to level 7 with Silverclaw, eliminating the latter.

Edit:

Corrected two mod errors; see below posts. Silverclaw and SleepyKrew's scores for this question are wrong in the spreadsheet; I will correct them shortly.

[StrangerCoug]

Q27: Would you rather have immortality or infinite money?

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[StrangerCoug]

those were not my answers

I checked—your answers and Silverclaw's got switched in the spreadsheet. That means you should remain at level 4 and Silverclaw should be eliminated. Will correct soon.

[StrangerCoug]

those were not my answers

I checked—your answers and Silverclaw's got switched in the spreadsheet. That means you should remain at level 4 and Silverclaw should be eliminated. Will correct soon.

I also put hair/balding

In your case, the spreadsheet is correct and it's just wrong in the post. Will also correct.

[StrangerCoug]

Q27: Would you rather have immortality or infinite money?

Infinite money (8):

Haschel Cedricson, Iprobablysuck, JerryArr, N, Pablito, racefan12, SleepyKrew, VashtaNeurotic

Immortality (4):

Cephrir, Cheery Dog, DeasVail, mallowgeno

Irrelevant players

StrangerCoug (8): Infinite money

Well, if our time in this world is limited, why not make the most of it?

We're all familiar with what the results of a binary question mean, so let's cut to the chase:

DeasVail and mallowgeno drop to level 4.
Cephrir drops to level 5.
Cheery Dog drops to level 7 and is therefore out...

...as if that makes any difference, because look at this:

Nobody has been left at levels 0, 1, or 2 since the barrage of brutal binary questions, only one player's still playing who's at level 3, and there are a

BUNCH

of people at level 7 (Cheery Dog makes 12). That means...

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Congratulations, racefan12!