IWS #87 Results

[Frozenrope]

29 entries....same as last time! Not bad, not bad at all...


Anyhoo...here are the results:

The questions:

1. Name an American City with a Population between 500,000 and 1,000,000.

Detroit - 9
Washington DC - 4
San Francisco - 3
Austin - 2
New York - 2
Las Vegas - 2
Cleveland - 1
Fargo - 1
Minneapolis - 1
Boston - 1
Denver - 1
Indianapolis - 1
Pittsburgh - 1

Lots of good responses. I was surprised that Detroit started to pull away at the end. And there are 5 cities in here that don't fit the population criteria (New York, Cleveland, Fargo, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh) Was surprised that AUSTIN was mentioned twice. Austin and Detroit was on the Top 6.



2. Which of the below Best Picture Winners do you think was the greatest?

Schindler's List - 11
The Silence of the Lambs - 7
Forrest Gump - 4
Rain Man - 4
Braveheart - 3
American Beauty - 0
A Beautiful Mind - 0

Schindler and Silence took the majority of the votes, but interestingly was not an eliminator question, as a Rain Man and Gump voter were in the Top 6.



3. Where would you dread going to the most (from the choices below)?

Dentist's Office - 10
Funeral - 6
Doctor's Office - 5
Mother-In-Law's - 3
Bridal Shower - 3
Tax Attorney's Office - 2

Amazing how the Dentist Office is still a dreaded destination. Pretty much led all the way, although Funeral gained steam late. Top score had Dentist's Office, as did 4 of the next 6.



4. Name a Daryl Hall and John Oates song.

Maneater - 13
Private Eyes - 4
Out of Touch - 3
Do It For Love - 2
Method of Modern Love - 1
Did It in a Minute - 1
Sunshine - 1 ???
She's Gone - 1
You Make My Dreams - 1
Sara Smile - 1
Lazy Man - 1 ???


This one was almost too easy, as Maneater ran away from the pack early. And was an eliminator question, with 8 of the Top 10 responders picking that tune. But a late entry that ended up winning the whole thing with a different song spoiled that theory. And no Rich Girl or Say It Isn't So?


5. Where will Sammy Sosa ultimately rank in the All-Time Career Home Run Leaders? (He's currently 8th).

4th -12
5th - 11
6th - 2
8th - 2
3rd - 1
1st - 1

Had to have 4th or 5th to compete. In fact, one contestants answer of 6th cost him the title.




6. Name a Cable TV station that doesn't have ESPN in the title.

CNN - 11
MTV - 6
HBO - 3
TBS - 2
TNT - 1
Golf Channel - 1
Fox News - 1
NFL Network - 1
Comcast - 1 ???
Comedy Central - 1
ESPN - 1 (Yes, someone put this one down.)


This actually became the true elimination question, as the Top 4 scores all had CNN. Someone's answer of Golf Channel instead of any of the Top 3 also cost him the title. C'est la vie.



Results


Quiksand 9 7 10 13 2 11 180,180
ntndeacon 9 11 10 13 12 1 154,440
Raiders Army 2 4 10 13 11 11 125,840
RealDeal 1 11 10 13 12 6 102,960
Leonidas 1 11 3 13 11 11 51,909
TRO 9 4 5 13 2 11 51,480
Radii 3 7 10 3 12 6 45,360
Buddy Grant 1 7 10 4 12 11 36,960
oliegirl 3 7 3 13 12 3 29,484
Desnudo 4 11 6 3 12 3 28,512
VPI97 9 3 6 13 12 1 25,272
subby 4 7 6 13 1 11 24,024
Glengoyne 4 11 3 13 12 1 20,592
Maple Leafs 9 11 3 1 11 6 19,602
flere-imasho 1 7 5 4 12 11 18,480
critch 1 11 10 13 2 6 17,160
shorty3281 9 4 5 1 11 6 11,880
albionmoonlight 3 11 3 4 2 11 8,712
fishfan 1 7 6 3 11 6 8,316
MIJB #19 4 11 6 2 11 1 5,808
Noop 2 4 10 1 12 1 960
tucker342 9 3 3 1 11 1 891
Z Squared 1 4 10 1 11 2 880
General Mike 2 4 2 1 12 2 384
Alf 2 4 5 2 1 3 240
kingfc22 2 3 2 1 11 1 132



Top 3!!


Pine Tar 2 11 6 13 11 11 207,636


Raven Hawk 9 4 5 13 11 11 283,140



And the champion of IWS #87...... (drum roll)

JEEBERD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


jeeberd 9 11 10 4 12 11 522,720



Congrats to Jeeber!!! And thanks to all who responded. jeeber will now pick up the baton for IWS #88...

Thanks!

[MIJB#19]

I heard that the NFL Network sucks.
Now I know why...

[Raiders Army]

Austin and Gump did it for me.

[Glengoyne]

Doh!
My response to number 6 "I want to answer CNN, but I have this feeling that Stupid might pick Fox News".

Doh!

[Raven Hawk]

Sooo close! Damn you Rain Man!

[Desnudo]

Detroit?

[General Mike]

My ox is broken. This is bullshit.

My 2nd bottom 3 in a row

Congrats to JeeberD

[JeeberD]

Woohoo!

I'll try to get IWS #88 (hmmm...the Mike Irvin Edition? ) out by Monday at the latest. The weekends haven't been very kind to me lately in regards to surfing time...


Oh, and thanks GM...

[Raven Hawk]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

Detroit?

Rock City!

[ntndeacon]

crap! I was trying to stick with sports. Golf Channel what was I thinking!!

[Leonidas]

I always thought Detroit was over 1M.

[Frozenrope]

It looks like Detroit had over 1 million in the 1990 census, but fell below in the 2000 census.

[cheap shot]
Says quite a bit about Detroit, actually.
[/cheap shot]

courtesy of http://www.citypopulation.de/


10 Detroit MI 911,402
11 San Jose CA 898,349
12 Indianapolis IN 783,438
13 Jacksonville FL 773,781
14 San Francisco CA 751,682
15 Columbus OH 728,432
16 Louisville KY 699,017
17 Austin TX 672,011
18 Memphis TN 645,978
19 Baltimore MD 628,670
20 Milwaukee WI 586,941
21 Fort Worth TX 585,122
22 Charlotte NC 584,658
23 El Paso TX 584,113
24 Boston MA 581,616
25 Seattle WA 569,101
26 Washington DC 563,384
27 Denver CO 557,478
28 Nashville TN 544,765
29 Portland OR 538,544
30 Oklahoma City OK 523,303
31 Las Vegas NV 517,017
32 Tucson AZ 507,658

[MIJB#19]

Bumpy for Alfy.

[General Mike]

Jeebs, Bueller, anybody?

[JeeberD]

Ack! Tomorrow afternoon, I swear.

I'm supposed to be working on homework right now...