IWS #101 Results

QuikSand · 03-09-2005, 09:30 AM

I’m With Stupid #101 – The Reckoning

This group effort of questions yielded lots of fun. We had some questions that were perceived to be impossible – yet they yielded a pretty reasonable spread of answers after all. Who knew?

Without further ado…

1. What is your least favorite U.S. city?

9 New York
6 Los Angeles
5 Detroit
2 Cleveland
2 Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Las Vegas
Dallas
Washington DC

Not a huge shock to me here – I expected more NY than LA, probably by a wider margin. An impressive strong showing for the Motor City – not exactly a city that immediately comes to mind for anything, since hardly anybody would actually visit there to form his own opinion. Well done, Detroit!

2. What class in school would you least want to repeat?

8 calculus
7 math
4 algebra
3 biology
2 chemistry
trignonometry
history
economics
English
freshman

Well, even among the so-called geekfest of a sports sim message board, it turns out Barbie was right after all: “math class is hard!” Geez, if all the math people had gotten their act together and just said “math” (clearly the preference of Stupid himself) this would have been an eliminator. And I’m sure the “economics” response was just a typo.

3. Who should be the first pitcher taken in fantasy baseball drafts this season?

17 Randy Johnson
8 Johan Santana
Roger Clemens
Jason Schmidt
Pedro Martinez
Curt Schilling

Not quite an eliminator… but pretty close to consensus here.

4. Name a player who was a 2005 NBA All-Star.

12 Lebron James
10 Shaquille O’Neal
3 Allen Iverson
2 Kobe Bryant
Tim Duncan
Yao Ming

Sign of the times, perhaps? King James reigns supreme, even when the question amounts to “name a guy.” Good for him.

5. Besides "Come on Eileen," name a song by Dexy's Midnight Runners.

9 Geno
5 The Celtic Soul Brothers
3 Show Me
2 Dance Stance
2 Jackie Wilson Said
2 Lets Get This Straight
Plan B
This is What She Likes
Because of You
There There, My Dear
All in All
no answer

After all the hand-wringing, we ended up with most of the responses landing on two songs. I’m interested to see why those two songs… “Geno” because of its short title? TCSB because of its catchy title? Placement on the same album as “Eileen”– like the first song listed? Beats me, I didn’t even try this one…

6. Besides “idiot,” name a word you would use to insult an “idiot.”

16 moron
6 dumbass
2 stupid
2 retard
jackass
imbecile
asshat

Pretty much an eliminator here – I thought there might be more creative responses give the setting, and I fully expected “stupid” to make the list more prominently. Alas… if there’s one thing Stupid knows, it’s an insult for stupid people.

With that – we have our results. First, we will thank for participating:

Code:

oliegirl	                313,344 
Raven Hawk	                178,500 
Solecismic	                171,360 
BillyPilgrim	                130,560 
varacel	                108,864 
Radii	                103,680 
EagleFan	                 66,096 
MIJB#19	                 65,280 
Leonidas	                 58,752 
JeeberD	                 57,600 
General Mike	                 48,960 
Desnudo	                 44,800 
mhass	                 44,064 
kingfc22	                 41,472 
timmae	                 39,168 
BrianD	                 22,032 
flere-imsaho	                 12,800 
Pyser	                   9,792 
Critch	                   5,600 
Celeval	                   3,072 
hhiipp	                   2,448 
Raiders Army	                   2,448 
Noop	                   2,268 
tanglewood	                   1,224 
Sublime 2	                      864 
robbgmaier	                      192

:: polite applause::

Now, our runners-up…

Code:

Klinglerware	                660,960 
TazFTW	                552,960

::enthusiastic applause::

And, our grand champion…

albionmoonlight 856,800

::throwing applesauce::

Congratulations to albionmoonlight on the victory – the torch has been passed to you, sir.

albionmoonlight · 03-09-2005, 09:36 AM

Finally.

To answer your Dexy question: I googled Dexy and found a couple of band bio pages. Both of them mentioned the "moderate" success of TCSB and that it came out around the time of Come on Eileen. That was good enough for me (and, it seems, good enough for Stupid as well).

tanglewood · 03-09-2005, 09:38 AM

I found that Geno was their only other No.1 in the UK so stuck that down. However, my googleage seemed to indicate that according to various surveys, reports etc. Cleveland was almost uninanimoulsy the worst metropolitan area to live in the US. I guess that stupid disagrees.

Klinglerware · 03-09-2005, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Finally.

To answer your Dexy question: I googled Dexy and found a couple of band bio pages. Both of them mentioned the "moderate" success of TCSB and that it came out around the time of Come on Eileen. That was good enough for me (and, it seems, good enough for Stupid as well).

Again, with the Dexy question: I picked Geno because it was on a compilation of British #1 hits that I bought years ago. Apparently it was their only other really big hit (in the UK anyway). Not a bad song...

MIJB#19 · 03-09-2005, 09:50 AM

What was I thinking with "Philadeplhia" over "New York"?
And then "algebra" over simple "math"?
Those two ruined a perfect score in the baseball and basketball questions.

Raiders Army · 03-09-2005, 09:55 AM

I didn't think that NY would beat out LA, predominantly because of 9/11. I guess the Yankees totally overcame that though.

cartman · 03-09-2005, 09:55 AM

I'll fess up, it was me that sent in the Dexy's Midnight Runners question. If I had a submission, I don't have a clue what I would have put down as an answer for that one...

QuikSand · 03-09-2005, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

I'll fess up, it was me that sent in the Dexy's Midnight Runners question. If I had a submission, I don't have a clue what I would have put down as an answer for that one...

I actually thought that "none" might fetch a handful of votes there. After all Stupid hates to work for it.

JeeberD · 03-09-2005, 10:01 AM

I almost PM'd Quik and asked him to change from Trig to Calculus, but I never got around to it. Doesn't matter, I still would have been screwed for picking Santana...

flere-imsaho · 03-09-2005, 10:07 AM

My goal of sucking more at this than MIJB (you removed that line from your sig, by the way) is well on its way to fruition....

MIJB#19 · 03-09-2005, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

My goal of sucking more at this than MIJB (you removed that line from your sig, by the way) is well on its way to fruition....

Yep, I didn't feel the need to point out how much I sucked at IWS-ing anymore.

Plus, with the links in the signature, it was getting too long.

Alf · 03-09-2005, 10:23 AM

New York and moron would have been my answers too

yeah ! But you would have had another Shaq entry.

panerd · 03-09-2005, 10:24 AM

Why the hate for Saint Louis? I wouldn't rank it as the favorite place to live, but least favorite? I thought it was kind of the Switzerland of cities, no opinion either way.

oliegirl · 03-09-2005, 10:25 AM

Well, I didn't win, but at least I kicked radii's butt!!!!

BrianD · 03-09-2005, 10:31 AM

I was initially excited to see my name somewhat near the top, but then I realized I was still much nearer the bottom. Oh well.

Oh, and economics wasn't a typo. I liked the class, but it seems like everyone I have talked to hated the class. Having said that, I'm pretty dumb for not picking an actual math class.

Desnudo · 03-09-2005, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panerd

Why the hate for Saint Louis? I wouldn't rank it as the favorite place to live, but least favorite? I thought it was kind of the Switzerland of cities, no opinion either way.

Maybe a Cubs fan? I chose based on where I'd least want to live. I obviously should have chosen based on a more general, abstract hatred.

TazFTW · 03-09-2005, 12:46 PM

Wow, I picked Detroit and Johan Santana and still came up third.

I picked Geno because I saw that it made #1 in the UK, so I went with what seemed like the 2nd most popular song.

Pyser · 03-09-2005, 02:12 PM

i honestly thought "cant name another song" would win for dexys midnight runners. i cant believe im the only one who just figured "stupid" wouldnt know, rather than look it up.

Solecismic · 03-09-2005, 02:24 PM

No one remembers War Games (my solo Las Vegas answer)? Now that's a true example of stupid overthinking the question.

Starting to wonder what the record is for consecutive top-ten finishes without winning.

RPI-Fan · 03-09-2005, 05:15 PM

Quik:

Did you get my entry? Wouldn't have won, here, but just curious where I would have stood.

QuikSand · 03-09-2005, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Quik:

Did you get my entry? Wouldn't have won, here, but just curious where I would have stood.

Didn't get it, sorry.

Vince · 03-09-2005, 08:07 PM

I would have had Calculus and moron correct, but the Dexy's question sort of scared me off, and I forgot to come back and finish it out. Probably just as well, because I wouldn't have done so hot

RPI-Fan · 03-09-2005, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Didn't get it, sorry.

Strange, it's in my "Sent" folder @ 10:14am on March 4th. I used the "Forward" function for it... wonder if that messed it up, somehow.

03-09-2005, 09:50 AM	#5
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	What was I thinking with "Philadeplhia" over "New York"? And then "algebra" over simple "math"? Those two ruined a perfect score in the baseball and basketball questions. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

03-09-2005, 09:55 AM	#7
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I'll fess up, it was me that sent in the Dexy's Midnight Runners question. If I had a submission, I don't have a clue what I would have put down as an answer for that 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

03-09-2005, 10:01 AM	#9
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	I almost PM'd Quik and asked him to change from Trig to Calculus, but I never got around to it. Doesn't matter, I still would have been screwed for picking Santana... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

03-09-2005, 10:23 AM	#12
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	New York and moron would have been my answers too yeah ! But you would have had another Shaq entry. __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

03-09-2005, 05:15 PM	#20
RPI-Fan Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Troy, NY	Quik: Did you get my entry? Wouldn't have won, here, but just curious where I would have stood. __________________ Quis custodiets ipsos custodes?

03-09-2005, 09:36 AM	#2
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Finally. To answer your Dexy question: I googled Dexy and found a couple of band bio pages. Both of them mentioned the "moderate" success of TCSB and that it came out around the time of Come on Eileen. That was good enough for me (and, it seems, good enough for Stupid as well).

03-09-2005, 09:38 AM	#3
tanglewood College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2004	I found that Geno was their only other No.1 in the UK so stuck that down. However, my googleage seemed to indicate that according to various surveys, reports etc. Cleveland was almost uninanimoulsy the worst metropolitan area to live in the US. I guess that stupid disagrees.

03-09-2005, 09:55 AM	#6
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	I didn't think that NY would beat out LA, predominantly because of 9/11. I guess the Yankees totally overcame that though.

03-09-2005, 10:07 AM	#10
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	My goal of sucking more at this than MIJB (you removed that line from your sig, by the way) is well on its way to fruition....

03-09-2005, 10:24 AM	#13
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	Why the hate for Saint Louis? I wouldn't rank it as the favorite place to live, but least favorite? I thought it was kind of the Switzerland of cities, no opinion either way.

03-09-2005, 10:31 AM	#15
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I was initially excited to see my name somewhat near the top, but then I realized I was still much nearer the bottom. Oh well. Oh, and economics wasn't a typo. I liked the class, but it seems like everyone I have talked to hated the class. Having said that, I'm pretty dumb for not picking an actual math class.

03-09-2005, 12:46 PM	#17
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	Wow, I picked Detroit and Johan Santana and still came up third. I picked Geno because I saw that it made #1 in the UK, so I went with what seemed like the 2nd most popular song.

03-09-2005, 02:12 PM	#18
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	i honestly thought "cant name another song" would win for dexys midnight runners. i cant believe im the only one who just figured "stupid" wouldnt know, rather than look it up.

03-09-2005, 02:24 PM	#19
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	No one remembers War Games (my solo Las Vegas answer)? Now that's a true example of stupid overthinking the question. Starting to wonder what the record is for consecutive top-ten finishes without winning.

03-09-2005, 08:07 PM	#22
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	I would have had Calculus and moron correct, but the Dexy's question sort of scared me off, and I forgot to come back and finish it out. Probably just as well, because I wouldn't have done so hot __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

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