Game 2 — 22 September 2008

[protests resolved]

Winning teamLosing team
Misplaced Modifiers 61 60 Unnatural Axxe*
5 Easy Pieces 57 46 Five Guys Named Moe* [4]
Cellar Rats* 57 54 Five of What?
Usual Suspects 56 50 Footloose and Firkin Free*
MI5 53 44 Forza Azzurri* [4]
Frayed Naughts* 53 39 On a Roll [4]
Clueless* 32 30 Bill Psychs
[# of players if less than 5]
* = starting team
Average team score in this game:49.4
Average score, Torquemada division:55.0
Average score, Jaworski division:43.8
Top Individual Scores
RalphMisplaced Modifiers7
RodneyUsual Suspects7
Allison5 Easy Pieces6
Michele5 Easy Pieces6
FrankFive Guys Named Moe6
IsobelFive of What?6
BrianUnnatural Axxe6
JimUnnatural Axxe6

Rounds from easiest to stinker

Ave. Low High Round
6.8641210. Challenge Round: Everything Royal
6.21398. Entertainment: Shark Jumping
5.50385. Audio: I Hear a Movie Coming
5.07294. Geography: Bordering on a Round
4.93177. Sports: Playing the Ponies
4.86371. Current Events
4.64182. Canadiana: Governor-Generals
4.43189. Awards
3.93173. Literature: What a Pitch!
3.00066. Science: Serendipitous Discoveries

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 1.93 13 1 0 Royal Animals
14 7 0 0 1.14 7 2 5 Royal Singers
13 6 1 0 1.15 5 5 3 Royal Athletes
11 4 3 0 1.64 8 2 1 Royal Canadian Islands
10 4 2 1 1.40 7 0 3 Royal Architectural Styles
8 3 2 2 0.75 3 0 5 Royal Visits

Round Balance Report

Diff Favoring Avg Lo Hi vs.Avg Lo Hi Round
1.29 first 6.86 3 7 5.57 3 7 8. Entertainment: Shark Jumping
1.14 second 5.00 2 6 3.86 2 6 9. Awards
1.14 first 5.43 3 6 4.29 3 6 1. Current Events
1.00 first 5.57 2 6 4.57 2 6 4. Geography: Bordering on a Round
1.00 second 5.14 2 6 4.14 2 6 2. Canadiana: Governor-Generals
1.00 second 4.43 1 7 3.43 1 7 3. Literature: What a Pitch!
0.71 second 5.86 3 7 5.14 3 7 5. Audio: I Hear a Movie Coming
0.71 second 5.29 1 7 4.57 1 7 7. Sports: Playing the Ponies
0.57 second 3.29 2 4 2.71 2 4 6. Science: Serendipitous Disco

Seat Balance Report (Rounds 1 to 9)

Seat Score out of 18 # scores of
Avg Lo Hi 2 1 0 *
8 10.57 8 13 24 26 13 0
1 10.43 6 14 23 27 13 0
2 10.14 5 15 24 23 16 0
6 9.79 6 13 20 21 17 5
7 9.64 8 11 19 28 15 1
3 8.57 5 12 19 22 22 0
9 8.00 5 10 14 13 26 10
4 7.21 4 12 15 16 29 3
10 6.36 2 9 14 15 33 1
5 5.86 3 8 8 25 30 0

* = empty-seat 1's. In this report these are counted as 1.5, so as to recognize the chance of scoring 2 if the seat had been occupied.