Game 4 - June 20, 2005

[All protests resolved]

Sam's Spades 66, Forza Azzurri* 60
Misplaced Modifiers 64, All Over Twisted* 49
Frayed Naughts* 57, MI5 52
Five Guys Named Moe* 54, Reach for the Tap 53
Five of What?# 52, Footloose and Firkin Free* 48
On a Roll* 50, Usual Suspects## 44
Cellar Rats 50, Clueless* 38

     * Starting team
     # Playing shorthanded
    ## Playing 3-handed

Average team score in this game: 52.6 points
    Torquemada Division average: 53.9
      Jaworski Division average: 51.4


Top individual scores
David S.     Forza Azzurri                 7
Jim          Forza Azzurri                 7
John W.      MI5                           7

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            Torquemada Division

                                W   L   T   Points  Stink Canad Zeroes
Misplaced Modifiers          *  4   0   0     259     12    16    35
Cellar Rats                  *  4   0   0     236     21    19    43
Sam's Spades                    2   2   0     246     19*   18    39*
Usual Suspects                  2   2   0     209     14    15    51
MI5                             1   3   0     215      8    16    53
Footloose and Firkin Free       1   3   0     209     13    14    49
Reach for the Tap               1   3   0     208     19*   22*   55
Average (per game)                             56.5    3.8   5.7  11.6

            Jaworski Division

                                W   L   T   Points  Stink Canad Zeroes
Frayed Naughts               *  3   1   0     234     10    21    46
Five Guys Named Moe             3   1   0     225     10    16    48
On a Roll                       2   2   0     208     14    19    50
Five of What?                   2   2   0     199     12    14    55
Forza Azzurri                   1   3   0     233     14     9    42
All Over Twisted                1   3   0     210      4    15    52
Clueless                        1   3   0     175     13     8    60
Average (per game)                             53.0    2.8   4.9  24.2

Combined average                               54.8    3.3   5.3  17.9

*Indicates teams in Final, and winners of Stinker, Canadiana,
 and Fewest Zeroes prizes, if there were no more games this season.

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Rounds from easiest to stinker

  Average  Low High   Round
    8.00    6   10    7. Autobiographies of Actors
    6.43    4   10    6. History: Celtic Nations
    6.43    4    9    4. Geography
    6.43    5    8    1. Current Events
    6.36    3    9    2. Roles Played by Different Actors
    4.93    1    7    8. Medical Acronyms
    4.07    1    7    9. Beer
    3.79    1    7   10. Challenge Round
    3.21    0    6    5. Disco
    3.00    0    7    3. The WHA

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Challenge round pairs from most often to least often picked
(based on the 6 out of 7 games where details were recorded)

Times   #games where picked   Avg.   #scores of
picked     2x   1x   0x      score   2   1   0
  11        5    1    0       1.18   5   3   3  American Statehood
  11        5    1    0       0.82   4   1   6  Internet Trends
  11        5    1    0       0.55   2   2   7  Super Pets
  10        4    2    0       0.40   1   2   7  Geography: Don't Be Dense
   9        3    3    0       0.22   1   0   8  Sports: Let's Get Physical
   8        2    4    0       1.12   4   1   3  Science: Modern Research

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Balance Report

Diff Favoring   Avg Lo Hi vs.Avg Lo Hi   Round
2.43 first     4.43  3  6   2.00  0  6   5. Disco                              
2.29 second    7.57  5 10   5.29  4  7   6. History: Celtic Nations            
2.14 second    5.14  3  7   3.00  1  6   9. Beer                               
0.86 second    6.86  5  9   6.00  4  8   4. Geography                          
0.71 first     5.29  3  7   4.57  1  7   8. Medical Acronyms                   
0.57 second    3.29  0  7   2.71  0  5   3. The WHA                            
0.43 second    6.57  3  9   6.14  5  8   2. Roles Played by Different Actors   
0.29 second    6.57  6  8   6.29  5  8   1. Current Events                     
0.00 equal     8.00  6  9   8.00  6 10   7. Autobiographies of Actors