Game 10 scores, statistics, and protests

* Starting team
# Playing shorthanded

Statistics

Top individual scores
Gord         Footloose and Firkin Free     8
Chris        Five Guys Named Moe           7
Diana        5 of 9                        7
Jim          All Over Twisted              7
Glen         Misplaced Modifiers           7

Rounds from easiest to stinker
  Average  Low High   Round
    8.36    4   10    3. Entertainment: Jazz Musicians' Nicknames
    7.79    6   10    7. Geography/Canadiana: Canadian Cityscapes
    6.43    4    9    1. Current Events
    6.43    3    9    6. Sports/Leisure: Cafe Culture
    5.93    4    8    4. Science: Animal Fruit Mineral
    5.14    0    8    8. 2nd Literature: Poetic Forms
    4.93    1    8    5. Audio: Angels
    4.57    0   12   10. Challenge Round
    4.29*   2   11    9. History: Synchronize Your Calendars (*ignoring bonuses)
    3.93    1    7    2. 1st Literature: Sleuthing Pairs

Challenge round pairs from most often to least often picked
Times   #games where picked   Avg.   #scores of
picked     2x   1x   0x      score   2   1   0
  13        6    1    0       0.92   5   2   6  Radio Hosts
  12        5    2    0       1.25   7   1   4  Weather Terminology
  12        5    2    0       0.50   1   4   7  Names of Canadian Capitals
  12        5    2    0       0.42   2   1   9  Expo 67
  11        4    3    0       0.73   3   2   6  Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
  10        3    4    0       1.80   8   2   0  Formula One Canadian Grand Prix

Balance Report
Diff Favoring   Avg Lo Hi vs.Avg Lo Hi   Round
1.57 first     9.14  8 10   7.57  4  9   3. Entertainment: Jazz Musicians' Nick
1.57 second    4.71  1  7   3.14  1  7   2. 1st Literature: Sleuthing Pairs    
1.14 second    6.00  3 11   4.86  2  7   9. History: Synchronize Your Calendars
0.86 second    6.86  5  9   6.00  3  8   6. Sports/Leisure: Cafe Culture       
0.71 second    5.29  1  8   4.57  2  6   5. Audio: Angels                      
0.71 second    8.14  7 10   7.43  6 10   7. Geography/Canadiana: Canadian Citys
0.71 second    6.29  4  8   5.57  4  8   4. Science: Animal Fruit Mineral      
0.57 first     5.43  0  8   4.86  3  6   8. 2nd Literature: Poetic Forms       
0.00 equal     6.43  4  8   6.43  4  9   1. Current Events          

Protests

* Round 1 (Current Events), question 1, about the new pneumonia.
  Expected answer "SARS" or "severe acute respiratory syndrome".

  Lesley of What She Said? protested "SAR" for 2 points vs. 1,
  saying that the final 'S' is "unnecessary".

We did a Google News search for "sar" with any of "disease", "acute",
"pneumonia", or "virus"; there were about 27 hits.  However, almost
all of these were false hits -- SAR explained as
Special Administrative Region or Special Administrative Area [sic]; 
Sar as a personal name; Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (i.e., hay fever); 
SAR as an apparent typo for SRA, a gene designation meaning
Serum Resistance Associated.

The remaining hits were:


* http://www.maconareaonline.com/news.asp?id=2206
  uses SARS twice and SAR once (Suspected cases of SAR)

* http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20030322-77963350.htm
  "Loudoun woman had SAR symptoms" but SARS in the text

* http://www.mb.com.ph/news.php?art=29785§=12&fname=MT03032229785f.txt
  It  says "524 SAR cases worldwide" but uses "SARS cases" in the 
  same paragraph and there are about 5 other usesof SARS.

* http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030320/UMASKN/TPHealth/
  uses SARS once and "SAR syndrome" once, the latter in a quote from
  Canada Customs.

So there are no cases where SAR is clearly and consistently used as 
a name of the disease.

Furthermore, it doesn't seem reasonable to us (in the absence
of established usage) to accept "SAR" as an alternate stand-alone
name of the illness since "SAR" would expand to an adjectival phrase 
and, if used, should logically modify a noun and not stand alone as 
a name of the disease.  Only one of the above citations uses SAR 
unambiguously as a noun, and even that one uses the form SARS twice 
as well, suggesting that SAR was simply an error there.



Protest denied.


* Round 4 (Science: Animal, Fruit, or Mineral?), question 1, asking
  for fossils A-C on the handout to be ordered from oldest to newest.
  Expected answer "C, B, A"; our answer sheet identified them as:

		C = Trilobite: 400-500 million years old
		B = Ammonite:  130-135 million years
		A = Fly:        48 million years

  Jane of Unnatural Axxe protested "B, C, A" for 2 points vs. 1,
  suggesting that we look up the ammonite again.

Here is a summary:

1. Trilobites appeared first and became extinct first.

2. The specific trilobite pictured came much earlier than 
   the specific ammonite pictured.

3. However, the trilobites and ammonites did coexist for a 
   long period.

4. The real question is, did trilobites that looked like
   the one in the picture die out before ammonites that looked like
   the one in the picture came along?  After all, the players 
   have only the little pictures to go by.

5. As far as we can tell, it's difficult to judge the ammonite's 
   age by its external appearance. On the inside, the chambers 
   have frilly lines called suture lines.  Ammonites are 
   distinguished by their suture line patterns.

6. According to points 3. and 4., it's possible that the ammonite 
   could be older than the trilobite, and it's hard to tell visually.

On that basis, we think it's fair to award the protested point(s).

Protest accepted.