[All protests resolved]
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Game 2 - January 29, 2007
Cellar Rats* 67, Sam's Spades# 45
Misplaced Modifiers 66, MI5* 55
All Over Twisted* 66, On a Roll 51
Footloose and Firkin Free* 59, Unnatural Axxe 51
Five of What? 54, Forza Azzurri* 51
Frayed Naughts* 47, Five Guys Named Moe# 42
Reach for the Tap* 41, Clueless 29
* Starting team
# Playing shorthanded
Average team score in this game: 51.7 points
Torquemada Division average: 57.6
Jaworski Division average: 45.9
Top individual scores
Cindy All Over Twisted 7
Rick Cellar Rats 7
Ralph Misplaced Modifiers 7
Brian Unnatural Axxe 7
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Torquemada Division
W L T Points Stink Canad Zeroes
Cellar Rats * 2 0 0 136 9 17 12
Footloose and Firkin Free 2 0 0 123 7 14* 20
Misplaced Modifiers 1 1 0 124 11* 11 16*
Unnatural Axxe 1 1 0 115 9 11 24
Five of What? 1 1 0 107 5 7 27
Forza Azzurri 0 2 0 113 8 9 22
MI5 0 2 0 110 6 14* 21
Average (per game) 59.1 3.9 5.9 10.1
Jaworski Division
W L T Points Stink Canad Zeroes
All Over Twisted * 2 0 0 139 7 11 16
Frayed Naughts * 2 0 0 113 4 12 22
Five Guys Named Moe 1 1 0 111 6 10 25
Sam's Spades 1 1 0 106 4 9 25
Reach for the Tap 1 1 0 87 2 9 35
On a Roll 0 2 0 98 6 5 27
Clueless 0 2 0 62 4 2 49
Average (per game) 51.1 2.4 4.1 24.4
Combined average 55.1 3.1 5.0 17.2
*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
6.86 3 9 2. Card Games
6.64 2 9 8. Assassination Failures
6.21 2 10 10. Challenge Round
6.21 1 9 9. German-Speaking Cities
6.07 2 10 6. Blockbuster Films
5.71 1 9 1. Current Events
4.57 1 8 7. Canadiana: Painters
4.57 1 8 3. Gee! Oh!
3.21 1 7 5. Sitcom Themes
1.64 0 4 4. Buddhism
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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 1.64 10 3 1 Canada's First Subway
14 7 0 0 1.21 8 1 5 Shakespeare's Characters
13 6 1 0 0.46 2 2 9 Celebrities: Things in Common
10 4 2 1 1.80 9 0 1 Australia
10 3 4 0 1.80 8 2 0 The Great UFO Cover-Up
9 2 5 0 0.56 2 1 6 A Zpell of US Politicz
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Balance Report
Diff Favoring Avg Lo Hi vs.Avg Lo Hi Round
2.86 first 7.14 5 9 4.29 1 7 1. Current Events
1.71 first 5.43 1 8 3.71 1 6 7. Canadiana: Painters
1.14 first 7.43 5 9 6.29 3 9 2. Card Games
1.00 second 6.57 2 10 5.57 4 8 6. Blockbuster Films
0.71 first 6.57 3 9 5.86 1 8 9. German-Speaking Cities
0.57 second 4.86 3 7 4.29 1 8 3. Gee! Oh!
0.14 second 3.29 1 6 3.14 1 7 5. Sitcom Themes
0.14 first 1.71 0 3 1.57 0 4 4. Buddhism
0.14 second 6.71 2 9 6.57 4 9 8. Assassination Failures
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Scoring Leaders - totals based on best 2 of 2 games
Torquemada Division
Total
Stan Five of What? 14 9 5
Rick Cellar Rats 13 6 7
Sam Footloose and Firkin Free 12 7 5
Ed Cellar Rats 11 5 6
Gord Footloose and Firkin Free 11 5 6
Hugh Footloose and Firkin Free 11 5 6
Lesley Five of What? 11 6 5
Ralph Misplaced Modifiers 11 4 7
Brian Unnatural Axxe 10 3 7
David Forza Azzurri 10 6 4
Hal Cellar Rats 10 6 4
Tim Misplaced Modifiers 10 4 6
Vic MI5 10 6 4
B.J. Unnatural Axxe 9 6 3
Doug Misplaced Modifiers 9 4 5
Mel Misplaced Modifiers 9 5 4
Tony Cellar Rats 9 4 5
Jaworski Division
Total
Jim All Over Twisted 13 7 6
Aggie Five Guys Named Moe 12 8 4
Cindy All Over Twisted 12 5 7
Tony Sam's Spades 12 6 6
Halsey All Over Twisted 11 7 4
John All Over Twisted 11 6 5
Kelly On a Roll 9 5 4
Miles All Over Twisted 9 4 5
Richard Frayed Naughts 9 5 4
Chris Five Guys Named Moe 8 5 3
Paul Sam's Spades 8 5 3
Brent Clueless 7 4 3
Ian Reach for the Tap 7 4 3
Michael Five Guys Named Moe 7 3 4
Stephan Reach for the Tap 7 5 2
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Games Average Deuces
All Over Twisted
Jim 2 6.50 7 6
Cindy 2 6.00 5 7
Halsey 2 5.50 7 4
John 2 5.50 6 5
Miles 2 4.50 4 5
Cellar Rats
Rick 2 6.50 6 7
Ed 2 5.50 5 6
Hal 2 5.00 6 4
Tony 2 4.50 4 5
Mike 2 4.00 5 3
Clueless
Brent 2 3.50 4 3
Magdalene 2 2.50 3 2
Diana A. 2 1.50 1 2
Phyllis 1 2.00 2 -
Agnes 2 1.00 0 2
Diana M. 1 0.00 - 0
Five Guys Named Moe
Aggie 2 6.00 8 4
Chris 2 4.00 5 3
Ed 1 5.00 5 -
Frank 1 5.00 5 -
Michael 2 3.50 3 4
Tom B. 1 2.00 - 2
Five of What?
Stan 2 7.00 9 5
Lesley 2 5.50 6 5
Greg 1 5.00 - 5
David P. 1 4.00 - 4
Isobel 1 2.00 - 2
Footloose and Firkin Free
Sam 2 6.00 7 5
Gord 2 5.50 5 6
Hugh 2 5.50 5 6
Steve 2 4.00 4 4
Dave 1 4.00 4 -
Jane 1 0.00 - 0
Forza Azzurri
David 2 5.00 6 4
Jim 1 6.00 6 -
Amy 2 3.50 5 2
Gail 2 3.00 3 3
Steve 1 4.00 - 4
Debbie 2 2.00 3 1
Frayed Naughts
Richard 2 4.50 5 4
Ken 1 6.00 - 6
Shirley 1 6.00 6 -
Susan 1 5.00 5 -
Rod 2 3.00 4 2
Dave 1 3.00 - 3
Kerry 1 3.00 3 -
Ron 1 1.00 - 1
MI5
Vic 2 5.00 6 4
John W. 1 5.00 - 5
Barrie 1 4.00 4 -
John B. 1 4.00 - 4
Tim 1 4.00 - 4
Marjorie 2 2.00 2 2
Anne 1 2.00 2 -
Misplaced Modifiers
Ralph 2 5.50 4 7
Tim 2 5.00 4 6
Doug 2 4.50 4 5
Mel 2 4.50 5 4
Lori Ann 1 3.00 - 3
Jessica 1 2.00 2 -
On a Roll
Kelly 2 4.50 5 4
Brian 1 5.00 - 5
Helen 2 3.00 4 2
Rick 2 2.50 3 2
Patrick 2 2.00 1 3
Jeanette 1 2.00 2 -
Reach for the Tap
Lorne 1 5.00 - 5
Ian 2 3.50 4 3
Stephan 2 3.50 5 2
Jill 2 2.50 3 2
Tracy 1 3.00 3 -
Dee 2 1.00 1 1
Sam's Spades
Tony 2 6.00 6 6
Paul 2 4.00 5 3
Brian 1 4.00 4 -
Al 2 2.50 3 2
Selwyn 2 2.50 4 1
Unnatural Axxe
Brian 2 5.00 3 7
B.J. 2 4.50 6 3
Calvin 1 6.00 - 6
Jim 1 6.00 6 -
Jane 1 4.00 4 -
Carolyn 2 2.50 4 1
Scott 1 2.00 - 2
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Protests
Round 2
Question 7. Ian of Reach for the Tap gave "to not raise" for the
meaning of "check" for 2 points. This is not specific enough -- you
are also not raising if you fold, or if you call someone else's bet
(at which time checking would not be an option) -- but it is correct
as far as it goes. The QM should have asked "more specific" and did
not; we'll give Ian the benefit of the doubt. Protest accepted.
Question 9. Steve of Footloose & Firkin Free, on a team answer, gave
Canfield as the name of the popular solitaire game Klondike. All of the
sources we checked, both print and online, identify the game as Klondike,
but many of them also say "often incorrectly called Canfield" or similar,
and a few go so far as to say that the "incorrect" name Canfield is the
more commonly used one. As further evidence that it is commonly used
in at least some circles, the answer Canfield was given in at least
one other game, although not protested. Since we asked for the game's
"best-known" name, we will give the player the benefit of the doubt.
Klondike may be the best-known name among writers of game references,
but Canfield evidently is well known among players, even if it doesn't
have a Canadian connection. (Canfield was an American casino owner.
A different solitaire game is named after him -- one which confusingly
is also known as Klondike!) Protest accepted for 1 point.
Round 3
Question 6. Lori Ann of the Mods gave "geostatic" for the geostationary
orbit. According to all dictionaries we checked, geostatic is a different
word, relating to pressure of earth over a structure (as "hydrostatic"
relates to water pressure) -- we had actually considered asking for
it in the round, but rejected it as too hard. Some web pages using
"geostatic orbit" can be found, but few enough that it is reasonably
considered an error. Protest denied.
Round 4
Question 1. We asked for the present-day country containing the
birthplace of the Buddha, Siddartha Gautama. Cindy of All Over Twisted
gave India for 2 points, with the explanation "it was India then".
We asked where it is now, and Lumbini is in Nepal now. Protest denied.
Question 9. We asked for the Zen Buddhist term for enlightenment in
either Japanese or Chinese. Hal of the Cellar Rats gave "samadhi".
This word is Sanskrit, and while it is a Buddhist term, it refers to an
earlier mental state on the way to enlightenment. Protest denied.