| Misplaced Modifiers | 67 | Reach for the Tap*# | 38 |
| Forza Azzurri* | 67 | Cellar Rats | 65 |
| Sam's Spades* | 63 | All Over Twisted# | 50 |
| Frayed Naughts | 55 | 5 of 9*# | 50 |
| Five Guys Named Moe* | 55 | What She Said? | 47 |
| MI5 | 54 | Unnatural Axxe* | 52 |
| Footloose and Firkin Free | 46 | On a Roll* | 42 |
* Starting team
# Playing shorthanded
Top individual scores
Bob Misplaced Modifiers 8
Jim Forza Azzurri 7
Craig Cellar Rats 7
Tim Misplaced Modifiers 7
Rounds from easiest to stinker
Average Low High Round
7.36 6 9 8. Entertainment: Pick A Number
6.29 4 9 5. Audio: Mind-altering Substances
6.14 4 8 7. Canadiana/Miscellaneous: Songs, Poems, and Poets
5.57 2 11 10. Challenge Round
5.14 2 10 3. Science: Science and Punishment
5.14 1 8 2. Literature: Geographical Literature
4.86 1 7 9. Leisure: Mostly Board Games
4.71 2 8 6. Geography: The Middle East
4.50 2 7 1. Current Events
3.93 2 6 4. History: Terms of Ancient Warfare
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
14 7 0 0 0.71 5 0 9 Luxury Brands
13 6 1 0 0.85 5 1 7 Hawaii 5-O
12 5 2 0 1.75 10 1 1 Canadian World Heritage Sites
11 5 1 1 1.55 8 1 2 Fossil Discoveries
10 3 4 0 1.60 8 0 2 The Brier
10 3 4 0 0.30 1 1 8 Original Pulp Fiction
Balance Report
Diff Favoring Avg Lo Hi vs.Avg Lo Hi Round
2.43 second 5.71 3 7 3.29 2 6 1. Current Events
2.00 first 6.14 4 10 4.14 2 5 3. Science: Science and Punishment
0.86 second 5.57 3 8 4.71 1 8 2. Literature: Geographical Literature
0.57 first 5.00 3 8 4.43 2 8 6. Geography: The Middle East
0.43 first 7.57 6 9 7.14 6 9 8. Entertainment: Pick A Number
0.29 second 5.00 2 6 4.71 1 7 9. Leisure: Mostly Board Games
0.29 first 6.29 4 8 6.00 4 8 7. Canadiana/Miscellaneous: Songs, Poe
0.14 second 4.00 2 5 3.86 2 6 4. History: Terms of Ancient Warfare
0.00 equal 6.29 5 8 6.29 4 9 5. Audio: Mind-altering Substances
Q2. ‘“Germany’s James Dean” dies’. We wanted “Buchholz”. Doug of MI5 answered “Buchholt” (no Z), for 2 points instead of 1.
In questions like this, we are more lenient about incorrect or missing vowels than consonants. In this case, there is a missing final consonant, so we deem it not close enough for cigars or horseshoes.
Protest denied.
Q8. "Europe on $5 a Day". We wanted "Arthur Frommer". Ron of Frayed Naughts said that "Fodor" wrote a book of the same title. For 1 point.
Google shows hits with frommer + "europe on 5" and with frommer + "europe on five", but substitute "fodor" for "frommer" and you come up dry.
Protest denied.
Q3. "Latin word for a (short) sword". We wanted "gladius". Selwyn of On A Roll answered "gladiolus" for 1.
A check of the online interactive Perseus Latin dictionary (combining several good dictionaries) does show that Classical Latin used the diminutive form gladiolus for a weapon. But the implication, as far as the examples show any implication, is that Latin used the word to distinguish a smaller kind of weapon from the standard gladius.
Despite this, it seems mean not to accept a perfectly good Latin word meaning short sword.
Protest accepted.
Q7. Meaning of "trireme". We wanted "(three) banks of oars/rowers (on each side)". Rick of On A Roll answered "Three men on an oar", adding "See Scientific American". For 2 points instead of 1.
The SCIAM article from May 1996 says, "...trireme warships (galleys with three tiers of rowers)."
Protest denied.
Q8. "corvus". We wanted "spiked gangplank". Bob of Mods said "ramming prow" for 2 points instead of 0.
The Lewis and Short Latin dictionary says that "corvus" can mean a grapnel, battering ram, or surgical instrument. No ramming prow.
Protest denied.
Q10. "...similar close formation of Greek warfare". We wanted "phalanx". Tim of Mods answered "phalange", saying that we did not specify that the Greek word had to be used. For 2 points instead of 1. We did not specify Greek, so English would also be acceptable (in fact, “phalanx” is both Greek and English). All the dictionaries we consulated say that phalange is an (English) synonym for phalanx only in the sense of a finger or toe bone. The (longer) OED says that phalange is obsolete in the military sense. The latest usage it cites is from 1689.
Still, it has been an acceptable English term for what we want, and l’Académie anglaise has not proscribed it.
Protest accepted.
Q1. "Identify Bahrain". Expected answer 18. Seumas of Cellar Rats answered 17 for 2 points instead of 1. 17 is Qatar, or its capital city of Doha had we asked that.
Check any atlas, or the original form of our map:
http://user.chollian.net/~omana23/Map/Map-Asia-Middle%20East-01.jpg
Protest denied.
Q7. "Persian Gulf city at 16" We wanted "Abu Dhabi". Glen of Mods answered "Dubai" for 2 instead of 0.
Dubai is 15. 15 and 16 are close, but 16 is definitely Abu Dhabi. See:
http://user.chollian.net/~omana23/Map/Map-Asia-Middle%20East-01.jpg
http://www.state.gov/cms_images/United%20Arab%20Emirates_map2.gif
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/middle_east/united_arab_emirates/united_arab_emirates.htm
Protest denied.
