IWS #47

TRO · 07-30-2003, 07:51 AM

Questions for IWS #47

My apologies if any of these are repeats:

1. Name a River in Europe or Asia
2. What do you want to eat right now?
3. What time do you get up in the morning?
4. What age would you like to be right now?
5. Name a classic movie about any sport.
6. What is your favorite comic strip?

You have 1 week, enjoy....

Winners' List Of Honour

Ahbrady - IWS#15, IWS#41
Airhog - IWS#1
Albionmoonlight - IWS#30
Archer219 - IWS#18
Ardent Enthausiast - IWS#6
Bbor - IWS#23, IWS#26
BishopMVP - IWS#36
Blade - IWS#13
Bryce - IWS#40
Bsak16 - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#17
Chief Rum - IWS#45
Cornhuskerly - IWS#46
Cuervo72 - IWS#27, IWS#38
Desert Dweller - IWS#6
Digamma - IWS#14
EagleFan - IWS#41
Hammer755 - IWS#38
HeavyReign - IWS#23
Henry296 - IWS#12
HornedFrogPurple - IWS#10
JeeberD - IWS#44
Joe Canadian - IWS#29
John Lynch - IWS#10
Maple Leafs - IWS#34
Marmel - IWS#8
Masked - IWS#22, IWS#30, IWS#31, IWS#33
Msf518 - IWS#11, IWS#15, IWS#35, IWS#39
Neuqua - IWS#19
NoMyths - IWS#46
Noop - IWS#46
Nothingman - IWS#6, IWS#45
Panerd - IWS#3
Pjstp20 - IWS#42
Primelord - IWS#11
QuikSand - IWS#9, IWS#16, IWS#18, IWS#24, IWS#32
Qwikshot - IWS#5
RendeR - IWS#6
RobbieDobbs - IWS#37
RPI-Fan - IWS#9
Samdari - IWS#21
ScottVib - IWS#9
SplitPersonality1 - IWS#4
Sterlingice - IWS#28, IWS#31, IWS#35
Sublime - IWS#25
Swaggs - IWS#2, IWS#35
Tredwel - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#20, IWS#43
TRO - IWS#7, IWS#9, IWS#12
Vince - IWS#37, IWS#46

The Rules

These are the copy and pasted rules from the very first The FOFC “I’m With Stupid” Contest, written by QuikSand.

The object of this contest is to answer the questions posted below, and to provide the most common answer among those submitted. For each question, your score will be equal to the number of people who submitted that response. Your score for the contest will be the product of your individual question scores. Highest score wins.

There aren’t many rules or clarifications necessary, but here are those I can think of:

No collaborating in any way. No posting your answers to this board, nor sharing them by email or in any other way with other potential contestants.

All determinations of “matches” and anything else requiring judgment fall to that of the sole administrator of this puzzle, TRO. You can reduce the need for doubt and judgment by properly spelling your submissions, being clear, that sort of thing.

Any references that are unclear to you, due to language or geography, should be understood to be authored from the perspective of an English-speaking American. However...

Your answers do not necessarily have to be correct in order to score points. If I ask “name a color of the rainbow,” and you and four other people responded “black” - you get five points, period, even if it is not technically a correct answer to the question.

Submit your answers by Private Message to TRO before Tuesday 8/5/03 23:59 Eastern Time.

VPI97 · 07-30-2003, 08:56 AM

Samdari · 07-30-2003, 09:21 AM

LOL I have not read a comic strip in about 15 years.

cartman · 07-30-2003, 09:36 AM

Sent. Should get a nice range of answers on this one!

Abe Sargent · 07-30-2003, 09:42 AM

Sent.

-Anxiety

KWhit · 07-30-2003, 09:43 AM

Sent.

But I have no chance on this one.

Anrhydeddu · 07-30-2003, 09:45 AM

That was interesting. In each of the questions (except for 1 and 5), I had to completely lie. The goal, as I see it, is to come up with the most popular answer - regardless if you answer the question truthfully. Kind of defeats the purpose.

cuervo72 · 07-30-2003, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
That was interesting. In each of the questions (except for 1 and 5), I had to completely lie. The goal, as I see it, is to come up with the most popular answer - regardless if you answer the question truthfully. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Or you can just bite the bullet and answer truthfully

Marmel · 07-30-2003, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
That was interesting. In each of the questions (except for 1 and 5), I had to completely lie. The goal, as I see it, is to come up with the most popular answer - regardless if you answer the question truthfully. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Actually, that is the purpose.

JeeberD · 07-30-2003, 10:50 AM

Sent. This one should be interesting. Shouldn't be any perfect scores this time (or four way ties, either)...

panerd · 07-30-2003, 02:11 PM

TLK · 07-30-2003, 02:23 PM

tucker342 · 07-30-2003, 09:52 PM

sent

wow this is going to be ugly...

MIJB#19 · 07-31-2003, 04:28 AM

Does that mean a return of Anrhydeddu in the results overview?
You had to lie on the river question? What did you name, Mississippi? That's like calling California a state without a river as border...

By the way, your all time favourite loser in IWS history has joined iws47.

Anrhydeddu · 07-31-2003, 08:42 AM

MIJB, notice "(except for 1 and 5)". I am incapable of lying on a geography question.

I entered out of respect to TRO, a very long time forumite.

Syrinx · 07-31-2003, 09:17 AM

fantastic flying froggies · 07-31-2003, 09:36 AM

pim · 07-31-2003, 09:58 AM

panerd · 07-31-2003, 11:33 AM

Anrhydeddu-

Man, I have got no problem with you at all. But why do you act like your presence is so neccessary in this game? If the concept is so stupid, like you have alluded to in several different topics, then don't play. I like the idea of trying to match what other people will say. Sometimes the questions are stupid, but most of the time the game is pretty fun. I am sure that we can get enough people that want to play to enter.

cuervo72 · 07-31-2003, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by panerd
Anrhydeddu-

Man, I have got no problem with you at all. But why do you act like your presence is so neccessary in this game? If the concept is so stupid, like you have alluded to in several different topics, then don't play. I like the idea of trying to match what other people will say. Sometimes the questions are stupid, but most of the time the game is pretty fun. I am sure that we can get enough people that want to play to enter.

That's true, that's part of the game (one that I didn't quite grasp a couple of IWS's ago

). This time though I'm torn whether to actually try or just to go with fun/obscure answeres (the MIJB approach?

). Especially #6....

cuervo72 · 07-31-2003, 11:51 AM

Ok, I figured out which way to go with this one.....sent!!

TRO · 07-31-2003, 02:26 PM

Some fun answers so far and the lead has changed a few times.

Entry list so far:

VPI97
Dutch
Samdari
cartman
Anxiety
Kwhit
Anrhydeddu
Sublime
JeeberD
Wolfpack
RPI-Fan
panerd
TheLionKing
mrskippy
Chief Rum
Solecismic
Eaglefan27
tucker342
mrsimperless
MIJB#19
Syrinx
fantastic flying froggies
pim
QuikSand
cuervo72

That's 25...

Alf · 07-31-2003, 04:40 PM

in and no googleing : great questions !

sterlingice · 08-01-2003, 02:49 AM

bump

SI

Julio Riddols · 08-01-2003, 06:22 AM

I'm in.. Never tried one of these before.. But then again, what else do I do on this board?

BESIDES masturbating....

JeeberD · 08-01-2003, 06:13 PM

bumpage

KWhit · 08-02-2003, 10:01 AM

bumpage

MIJB#19 · 08-02-2003, 12:49 PM

(back to ya cuervo!)

Anhrydeddu (or should I call you Buc again?),
I have some sort of (good old) blurring problem visiting php based websites since about 2 weesk ago (went hand-in-hand with Armstrong caputering the yellow jersey) and so I read lying in 1 to 5 in stead.
Maybe I missed one of the questions in this iWS instead and read name a comical striptease for #6...

TRO · 08-03-2003, 09:22 AM

TRO · 08-04-2003, 09:23 AM

33 Entries, no perfect scores, though one is very close

VPI97
Dutch
Samdari
cartman
Anxiety
Kwhit
Anrhydeddu
Sublime
JeeberD
Wolfpack
RPI-Fan
panerd
TheLionKing
mrskippy
Chief Rum
Solecismic
Eaglefan27
tucker342
mrsimperless
MIJB#19
Syrinx
fantastic flying froggies
pim
QuikSand
cuervo72
Shorty3281
Masked
EagleFan
Wes Huett
Alf
Julio Riddols
Maple Leafs
vexroid

Closes Midnight Tuesday

QuikSand · 08-04-2003, 11:00 AM

I thought this was one of the tougher sets of questions I had seen, and one that probably caused a bigger split between "my answers" and "the best IWS answers" that I can recall.

But of course, the focus on guesing the common answers is erxactly the point of the game... not necessarily to reveal your personal opinions or preferences.

cuervo72 · 08-04-2003, 11:04 AM

When I'm fairly certain I won't win, I find doing the latter more satisfying.

TRO · 08-04-2003, 11:35 AM

I think the key to questions in IWS is to make them easy enough to answer without google, while not giving away the popular answer in the question.

I'm only really dissatisfied with one question but I couldn't bring myself to putting in the "How Long to Call" question I had considered

Frozenrope · 08-04-2003, 12:06 PM

Sent...

You big ape, you.

sterlingice · 08-05-2003, 02:37 AM

Entry sent and likely one last bump.

SI

TRO · 08-05-2003, 12:16 PM

Results will be posted in the morning.

Still time for some last minute entries...

07-30-2003, 08:56 AM	#2
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	sent __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

07-30-2003, 09:21 AM	#3
Samdari Roster Filler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cicero	LOL I have not read a comic strip in about 15 years. __________________ http://www.nateandellie.net Now featuring twice the babies for the same low price!

07-30-2003, 09:36 AM	#4
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Sent. Should get a nice range of answers on this one! __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

07-30-2003, 09:42 AM	#5
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	Sent. -Anxiety __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

07-30-2003, 09:43 AM	#6
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Sent. But I have no chance on this one.

07-30-2003, 09:45 AM	#7
Anrhydeddu Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Oct 2002	That was interesting. In each of the questions (except for 1 and 5), I had to completely lie. The goal, as I see it, is to come up with the most popular answer - regardless if you answer the question truthfully. Kind of defeats the purpose.

07-30-2003, 10:50 AM	#10
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Sent. This one should be interesting. Shouldn't be any perfect scores this time (or four way ties, either)... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-30-2003, 02:11 PM	#11
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	sent

07-30-2003, 02:23 PM	#12
TLK Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Allen Park, MI	sent

07-30-2003, 09:52 PM	#13
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	sent wow this is going to be ugly...

07-31-2003, 04:28 AM	#14
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Does that mean a return of Anrhydeddu in the results overview? You had to lie on the river question? What did you name, Mississippi? That's like calling California a state without a river as border... By the way, your all time favourite loser in IWS history has joined iws47.

07-31-2003, 08:42 AM	#15
Anrhydeddu Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Oct 2002	MIJB, notice "(except for 1 and 5)". I am incapable of lying on a geography question. I entered out of respect to TRO, a very long time forumite.

07-31-2003, 09:17 AM	#16
Syrinx H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Atlanta, GA	sent

07-31-2003, 09:36 AM	#17
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	sent __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

07-31-2003, 09:58 AM	#18
pim n00b Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Paris (france)	sent

07-31-2003, 11:33 AM	#19
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	Anrhydeddu- Man, I have got no problem with you at all. But why do you act like your presence is so neccessary in this game? If the concept is so stupid, like you have alluded to in several different topics, then don't play. I like the idea of trying to match what other people will say. Sometimes the questions are stupid, but most of the time the game is pretty fun. I am sure that we can get enough people that want to play to enter.

07-31-2003, 11:51 AM	#21
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Ok, I figured out which way to go with this one.....sent!! __________________ null

07-31-2003, 02:26 PM	#22
TRO College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisburg, KS	Some fun answers so far and the lead has changed a few times. Entry list so far: VPI97 Dutch Samdari cartman Anxiety Kwhit Anrhydeddu Sublime JeeberD Wolfpack RPI-Fan panerd TheLionKing mrskippy Chief Rum Solecismic Eaglefan27 tucker342 mrsimperless MIJB#19 Syrinx fantastic flying froggies pim QuikSand cuervo72 That's 25... __________________ TRA, the Royal Ape

07-31-2003, 04:40 PM	#23
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	in and no googleing : great questions ! __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

08-01-2003, 02:49 AM	#24
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	bump SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

08-01-2003, 06:22 AM	#25
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	I'm in.. Never tried one of these before.. But then again, what else do I do on this board? BESIDES masturbating....

08-01-2003, 06:13 PM	#26
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	bumpage __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

08-02-2003, 10:01 AM	#27
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	bumpage

08-02-2003, 12:49 PM	#28
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	(back to ya cuervo!) Anhrydeddu (or should I call you Buc again?), I have some sort of (good old) blurring problem visiting php based websites since about 2 weesk ago (went hand-in-hand with Armstrong caputering the yellow jersey) and so I read lying in 1 to 5 in stead. Maybe I missed one of the questions in this iWS instead and read name a comical striptease for #6...

08-03-2003, 09:22 AM	#29
TRO College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisburg, KS	bump __________________ TRA, the Royal Ape

08-04-2003, 09:23 AM	#30
TRO College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisburg, KS	33 Entries, no perfect scores, though one is very close VPI97 Dutch Samdari cartman Anxiety Kwhit Anrhydeddu Sublime JeeberD Wolfpack RPI-Fan panerd TheLionKing mrskippy Chief Rum Solecismic Eaglefan27 tucker342 mrsimperless MIJB#19 Syrinx fantastic flying froggies pim QuikSand cuervo72 Shorty3281 Masked EagleFan Wes Huett Alf Julio Riddols Maple Leafs vexroid Closes Midnight Tuesday __________________ TRA, the Royal Ape

08-04-2003, 11:00 AM	#31
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	I thought this was one of the tougher sets of questions I had seen, and one that probably caused a bigger split between "my answers" and "the best IWS answers" that I can recall. But of course, the focus on guesing the common answers is erxactly the point of the game... not necessarily to reveal your personal opinions or preferences.

08-04-2003, 11:04 AM	#32
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	When I'm fairly certain I won't win, I find doing the latter more satisfying. __________________ null

08-04-2003, 11:35 AM	#33
TRO College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisburg, KS	I think the key to questions in IWS is to make them easy enough to answer without google, while not giving away the popular answer in the question. I'm only really dissatisfied with one question but I couldn't bring myself to putting in the "How Long to Call" question I had considered __________________ TRA, the Royal Ape

08-04-2003, 12:06 PM	#34
Frozenrope Mascot Join Date: Feb 2003	Sent... You big ape, you. __________________ It's not my show, but I'm on that show - Dick Juaron