Game 9 - July 25, 2005

[All protests resolved]

Sam's Spades 69, Cellar Rats* 47
Five of What?# 62, Frayed Naughts*# 48
MI5* 61, Usual Suspects# 57
All Over Twisted 61, Five Guys Named Moe*# 50
On a Roll 58, Footloose and Firkin Free* 52
Forza Azzurri* 56, Clueless 45
Misplaced Modifiers* 55, Reach for the Tap 55  (tie)

     * Starting team
     # Playing shorthanded

Average team score in this game: 55.4 points
    Torquemada Division average: 56.6
      Jaworski Division average: 54.3


Top individual scores
John         All Over Twisted              8
Steve        Footloose and Firkin Free     7
Cheyenne     Sam's Spades                  7

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            Torquemada Division

                                W   L   T   Points  Stink Canad Zeroes
Misplaced Modifiers         **  8   0   1     573     32    58    86
Cellar Rats                  *  5   3   1     498     36    51   110
Reach for the Tap               4   3   2     475     31*   51*  129
MI5                             4   4   1     502     25    47   118
Sam's Spades                    4   5   0     529     27    50   104
Usual Suspects                  4   5   0     490     22    45   102*
Footloose and Firkin Free       2   7   0     476     25    46   123
Average (per game)                             56.2    3.1   5.5  12.3

            Jaworski Division

                                W   L   T   Points  Stink Canad Zeroes
Frayed Naughts               *  6   3   0     502     26    48   117
Five of What?                   5   3   1     481     25    50   114
All Over Twisted                5   4   0     471     12    44   127
Five Guys Named Moe             4   4   1     486     20    41   122
Forza Azzurri                   3   4   2     506     26    34   103
On a Roll                       3   5   1     440     27    47   133
Clueless                        1   8   0     367     25    29   161
Average (per game)                             51.6    2.6   4.7  26.2

Combined average                               53.9    2.8   5.1  19.2

**Clinched first place and a berth in the Final.

*Indicates other 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
    7.14    6    9    8. TV Show Lunchboxes
    7.07    4   10   10. Challenge Round: On This Day
    7.00    5   10    3. Architecture
    6.50    5    8    1. Current Events
    6.29    2    9    5. Motown
    5.36    1    7    9. British Food Terms
    4.86    3    8    2. Canadiana: Prime Ministerial Election Slogans
    4.50    2    9    7. Obscure Corporate HQ Locations
    4.00    1    7    6. Yiddish Expressions
    2.71    1    5    4. Science: Unexplained Questions

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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       1.43  10   0   4  July 25 Entertainment
  14        7    0    0       1.29   8   2   4  July 25 History
  11        4    3    0       1.91  10   1   0  July 25 Geography
  11        4    3    0       1.82  10   0   1  July 25 Miscellaneous
  11        4    3    0       0.91   5   0   6  July 25 Sports
   9        3    3    1       1.11   4   2   3  July 25 Science

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Balance Report

Diff Favoring   Avg Lo Hi vs.Avg Lo Hi   Round
2.29 first     6.00  3  8   3.71  3  5   2. Canadiana: Prime Ministerial Electi
2.29 second    7.43  6  9   5.14  2  9   5. Motown                             
2.14 second    6.43  5  7   4.29  1  6   9. British Food Terms                 
1.14 second    4.57  2  7   3.43  1  7   6. Yiddish Expressions                
0.86 second    7.43  5 10   6.57  5  8   3. Architecture                       
0.71 second    4.86  2  9   4.14  2  6   7. Obscure Corporate HQ Locations     
0.43 second    6.71  5  8   6.29  5  7   1. Current Events                     
0.29 second    2.86  1  5   2.57  1  4   4. Science: Unexplained Questions     
0.29 second    7.29  6  9   7.00  6  9   8. TV Show Lunchboxes