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Post Post #225 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:55 am

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For your next question, the category is...
Deserts.
We gave 100 people 100 seconds to solve 5 anagrams, each comprising the letters of a desert. Solve the one you think got the lowest score.

AnagramDesert
ATANGOPAIN
BAARAIN
BOIG
HALKRAIA
SHRAAA


Malkon and Haschel, you're up first this time.
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Post Post #226 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:19 am

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Haschel and I, after MANY ANTAGONIZING SECONDS...

Believe that number 1 is
Patagonian
desert.
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Post Post #227 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:09 pm

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We will go with #4
Kalahari
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Post Post #228 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:52 pm

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How many people said Patagonian?

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25.


How about Kalahari?

Spoiler:
50.
That puts Malkon and Haschel ahead 2-0, meaning they advance to the Pointless Final. xofelf and racefan, there wasn't much you could do here, but we'd love for you to get another chance in the future. Let's see the rest of the board.

AnagramDesert
ATANGOPAINPatagonian (25)
BAARAINArabian (44)
BOIGGobi (76)
HALKRAIAKalahari (50)
SHRAAASahara (77)
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Post Post #229 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:03 pm

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Congratulations to Haschel and Malkon for making it here, you win a Pointless trophy for your efforts! Now it's time to try your hand at the current jackpot of $2,000.

For the final question, your category is...
People Alive in the 1890s.
We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name any of the following.
  • US Presidents alive at any point during the 1890s
  • UK Prime ministers alive at any point during the 1890s
  • Nobel prize for literature winners alive at any point during the 1890s
Please give three answers, keeping in mind that only a pointless answer wins you the jackpot. Rank your answers by how likely you expect them to be pointless.
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Post Post #230 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:44 pm

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Hmm. First of all I suppose we should list all those Nobel Literature people we know.

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Okay, that was easy.

Let's go Dwight Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover, and David Lloyd George in that order.
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Post Post #231 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:00 pm

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We're gonna do this reveal a bit more dramatically now.

Is Eisenhower right, and how many people said it?

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How many people said Hoover?

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Argh, so close yet again.


Finally, how many people said David Lloyd George?

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Unfortunately, this doesn't win you the jackpot, but you came awfully close. It was a pleasure having you.


Spoiler: List of all pointless answers
Presidents:
  • Hayes
  • Harding
Prime Ministers:
  • Macdonald
Nobel Prize Winners:
  • Hemingway
  • O’Neill
  • Buck
  • Eliot
  • Lewis
  • Mann
  • Faulkner
  • Hesse
  • Gide
  • Prudhomme
  • Mommsen
  • Bjornson
  • Mistral
  • Echegaray
  • Sienkiewicz
  • Carducci
  • Eucken
  • Heyse
  • Maeterlinck
  • Hauptmann
  • Tagore
  • Rolland
  • Heidenstam
  • Gjellerup
  • Pontoppidan
  • Spitteler
  • Hamsun
  • France
  • Benavente
  • Reymont
  • Deledda
  • Bergson
  • Undset
  • Karlfeldt
  • Bunin
  • Pirandello
  • Du Gard
  • Sillanpaa
  • Jensen
  • Mistral
  • Lagerkvist
  • Mauriac
  • Jimenez
  • Pasternak
  • Perse
  • Andric
  • Agnon
  • Sachs
  • Asturias
  • Kawabata
  • Montale
  • Aleixandre
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Post Post #232 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:05 pm

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Stupid Warren Harding.

Fuck that guy.
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Post Post #233 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:06 pm

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So cloooooose.
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Post Post #234 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:08 pm

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In post 232, Haschel Cedricson wrote:Stupid Warren Harding.

Fuck that guy.
It never ends.
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Post Post #235 (ISO) » Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:08 pm

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In post 189, horrordude0215 wrote:I'd like to /in for an episode if I can get someone to join me :smile:
Still looking for a partner for horrordude btw!
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Post Post #236 (ISO) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:53 am

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I'll do it.
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Post Post #237 (ISO) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:11 am

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In post 236, D3f3nd3r wrote:I'll do it.
We gonna win :cool:
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I know it's weird given the username, but "horrorperson" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Post Post #238 (ISO) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:08 am

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It's time for Episode 3! Welcoming our 4 teams. . .

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Today's jackpot is now at $3,000. Will it ever stop rising? Who knows!

For round 1, you will answer separately from your partner. The category is...
Actors.
Please discuss and announce who in your pair will go first.
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Post Post #239 (ISO) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:09 pm

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I'll start
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Post Post #240 (ISO) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:49 pm

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Do you want to go first, RedCoyote?
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Post Post #241 (ISO) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:05 pm

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Drench will go first.
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Post Post #242 (ISO) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:17 pm

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highkey will go first for our team
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Post Post #243 (ISO) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:44 am

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Yes, I'll go first.
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Post Post #244 (ISO) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:33 am

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Alright. For this round, there will be a list of categories within which potential answers exist, but this board will remain the same throughout both passes. That means 42 potential answers for all of you.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to list as many actors and actresses as they could from the following famous movie groups. Quotes (" ") indicate the name of the movie the actors are from.
  • “Dumb & Dumber” (2 actors)
  • "Home Alone" Wet Bandits (2 actors)
  • "Some Like It Hot" Crossdressers (2 actors)
  • "Three Amigos!" (3 actors)
  • "3 Men and a Baby" Men (3 actors)
  • "Charlie's Angels" (3 actresses)
  • "Ghostbusters" (4 actors)
  • "Tombstone" Lawmen (4 actors)
  • "Mean Girls" (4 actresses)
  • "The Usual Suspects" (5 actors)
  • "The Breakfast Club" (5 actors/actresses)
  • "Anchorman" Channel 4 News Team (5 actors/actresses)
When giving your answer, you do
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need to indicate which of those groups your actor/actress belongs to.

Cephrir, you're up first.
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Post Post #245 (ISO) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:48 am

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I'm not sure which of this group I happen to know the members of is the least famous, but my best guess is
Drew Barrymore
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Post Post #246 (ISO) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:55 am

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So, to be clear, we're trying to name an actor/actress that is in as many groups as possible, yes?
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Post Post #247 (ISO) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:56 am

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Although now that I'm looking at the list, I don't know if there's very much cross-sectioning. I guess I'll just name actors, lol.
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Post Post #248 (ISO) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:57 am

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Can I go now or do I have to wait for CC to do anything with Ceph's answer?
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Post Post #249 (ISO) » Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:01 am

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You're trying to name an actor/actress who belongs to one of the groups (there is no overlap) that the fewest number of our 100 respondents answered with. Basically, you're trying to find the most obscure answer possible.

How many people said Drew Barrymore?

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40!
A decent score, Barrymore of course is a member of Charlie's Angels.

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