Perfect Ten (CANCELED)

[dethwing]

D'oh. Why do I assume the ones that are hardest for me are hardest for everyone?

[Undercover Monk]

Submission 3

And with that the last two free hints are grabbed by Misters Groza528 and dethwing. Well done gentlemen! for the last of ye lilly-livered scallywags its back to the drawing board. Only 3 spots left on me ship "3rd Round" make sure you choose your next submission carefully or youll be walkin the plank.

What I feeling kinda Piratey. (why isnt there a pirate emoticon?) Here is the list, hints to go out next.

Scurra: 10/10
Groza528: 10/10
Dethwing: 10/10
Zag: 9/ 10
Jennifer: 8/10
MattV: 8/10
Lexprod: 7/10
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[dethwing]

w00t! Good luck guys!

[Undercover Monk]

Submission 4

Another round another two perfect 10's. Well done Zag and MatthewV. One spot left. Its Jennifer vs. lexprod! Fight!

Scurra: 10/10
Groza528: 10/10
Dethwing: 10/10
Zag: 10/ 10
MattV: 10/10
Lexprod: 9/10
Jennifer: 6/10


Hints going out now!
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Submission 5

And thats it for round 2. With a Perfect 10 and the tiebreaker wrapped up Lexprod gains the final spot for round 3. Sorry Jennifer but your journey ends here. Thanks for playing. I probably wont get the next round up till Tomorow afternoon but the answers to Round 2 questions and the new hint order will be going up momentarily.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Round 2 Questions

1. What sea lies between England and Norway?
A.) Red Sea
B.) North Sea
C.) South Sea
D.) Black Sea

2. In baseball, which pitch is commonly "The Heat"?
A.) Slider
B.) Curve ball
C.) Fast ball
D.) Knuckle ball

3. How many bones are in a normal human's skeleton?
A.) 206
B.) 510
C.) 1299
D.) 747

4. In 1769, the Spanish established their first mission on the Pacific coast. What city did this mission become?
A.) San Diego
B.) San Francisco
C.) Seattle
D.) Carmel

5. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
A.) Robert Oppenheimer
B.) Albert Einstein
C.) Carl Sagan
D.) Groucho Marx

6. Name the Red Hot Chili Pepper album title that hints of their west coast roots.
A.) So-so-cal-killas
B.) Frisco Fright
C.) Californication
D.) Tahoe Ho's

7. Besides Lonesome Dove, what other famous Texas novel did Larry McMurty write?
A.) Alamo's Last Stand
B.) Pecos Tumbleweed
C.) Bush County Almanac
D.) The Last Picture Show

8. What snake has the deadliest venom, drop for drop?
A.) Coastal Taipan
B.) Saw-Scaled Viper
C.) King Cobra
D.) Death Adder

9. What post-impressionist French painter is called the father of modern art?
A.) Claude Monet
B.) Paul Cezanne
C.) Salvador Dali
D.) George Seurat

10. In Mel Brooks' 1987 Star Wars spoof, what planet do Lone Star and Barf set out to save?
A.) Planet Vespa
B.) Planet Druidia
C.) Planet Valium
D.) Planet Zircom
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Hint Order for Round 3(give hibts to the person below you on the list)

1. dethwing
2. lexprod
3.Groza528
4. Scurra
5. MatthewV
6. Zag
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[lexprod]

phew!
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I'll have a P please...

[Sentran]

Is it too late to be added to the trivia list?
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Sentran
"Speaking of double negatives, I haven't read greylab yet today." - Lifeinmomland

[referee]

Yeah, this is an elimination contest, with two players already gone. But there's always new games starting.
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Jan 21st, 2008: The pillaging continues.
Mar 4th, 2008: Rest in Peace, Gary Gygax. May your dice always roll a natural 20 wherever you are.

Be the Ultimate Ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today!

[Undercover Monk]

[groza528]

If you enjoy trivia you should jump in on 3iff's monthly honesty quizzes... they are less committal (i.e. you can join at any time). If you act quickly I think you can still submit for August.

[dethwing]

*twiddles thumbs*

[Undercover Monk]

Round 3

1. What U.S city has the largest area?
A.) Anchorage
B.) Los Angelas
C.) Washington D.C.
D.) New york

2. Which college football team has the all-time highest winning percentage?
A.) Notre Dame
B.) Michigan
C.) Alabama
D.) Nebraska

3. What part of the eye changes size according to the amount of light it recieves?
A.) Iris
B.) Pupil
C.) Lens
D.) Retina

4. During which war did France sustain the most casualties (not counting civilians)?
A.) World War 1
B.) World War 2
C.) Crimean War
D.) Napoleonic Campaigns

5. "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry."
A.) William Shakespeare
B.) Benjamin Franklin
C.) Mary, Queen of Scots
D.) The Bible

6. What is the birth name of the celebrated singer/songwriter who released "Like a Rolling Stone" in 1965?
A.) Richard W. Penniman
B.) Walden W. R. Cassotto
C.) Robert A. Zimmerman
D.) Autry DeWalt Jr.

7. Which one of these authors penned the childeren's inspirational story The Little Engine That Could?
A.) Watty Piper
B.) L. Frank Baum
C.) Robert McClosekey
D.) Casey Jones

8. Which of these atmospheric zones is farthest from Earth?
A.) Exosphere
B.) Ionosphere
C.) Stratosphere
D.) Troposphere

9. Michelangelo's statue of David is currently located in what city?
A.) Venice
B.) Vatican City
C.) Florence
D.) New York City

10. Barbra Streisand won an Oscar for which film?
A.) Funny Girl
B.) Yentl
C.) Nuts
D.) Hello Dolly
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Free Hints for Geography (question #1) going out to Scurra, Groza, and dethwing soon.

Deadline for submissions Wed night.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Zag]

Oh! So many total guesses. This is not good.

[Scurra]

I was thinking much the same...
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_{still Quiz Olympiad champion. Must get a life.
New definitions: COFFEE - someone who is coughed upon}

[dethwing]

To be fair, I think you need to rephrase the football question. There's at least 3 different ways it could be interpreted giving 3 different answers.

[Zag]

100% * (games won) / (games played)

What else? (I can imagine excluding bowl games or not, but without having said so, the default would be not to.)

(... and seriously? You can know the different correct answers for different interpretations without looking up the stats somewhere?)

[Scurra]

I wish that question had said "US" somewhere in it. Although the answers imply that it is talking about American Football, it's still slightly sloppy wording.
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_{still Quiz Olympiad champion. Must get a life.
New definitions: COFFEE - someone who is coughed upon}

[Undercover Monk]

picky picky

Question 2 what division 1-A U.S. college American Football Team has the highest winning percentage and is listed as a choice and has played a minimum of 500 games

Boise State hasnt played enough to be named top win percentage but it doesnt matter AS THEY ARE NOT A CHOICE. last round during the snake question I didnt get angry messages that coastal taipan was not the most venomous snake. It is actually 2nd or 3rd I think. Its inland cousin has the most potent venom. Nor are any of the choices for largest city area actually the largest. These are multiple choice so choose the highest that are on the lists

and on a related note whenever we Americans discuss football we are constantly criticized about not adding American football to it. Why do we have to call it what the Europeans call it. If we say football we mean the NFL variety. If we want to talk about European Football we will say soccer. It just gets annoying. I am not one of your average American idiots that are completely ignorant of the sport the rest of the world plays and watches with the same amount of vigor we Americans use to follow the NFL. I refereed youth soccer for 8 years. (probably the reason I can no longer stand the sport) So unless otherwise stated if I say football I mean the American Version and If I say Soccer I mean the European version.

Sorry that rant went on a bit more than I meant to. The rest of my family adores soccer and so every time the world cup comes around I have to endure a summer full of speeches by my brothers and dad as to why Soccer outclasses football in every concievable way.

OK results coming shortly
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Opps sorry thought I had everyones! Still waiting on lexprod and Groza. deadline is not till Wed!
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Zag]

To assume that everyone reading your words knows your context (that is, that you are an American) is very, umm, American of you.

For the cities one, should be assume that the spelling and capitalization errors are just typos, and that the choices are supposed to include Los Angeles and New York?

Re European Football: You have to admit that, of all sports, it clearly has the highest ratio of (excitement level of highlights) / (excitement level of actual games), but you might be in danger of a divide by zero error.

[lexprod]

I'm late, will do tonight, sorry.
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I'll have a P please...

[Undercover Monk]

been busy this week (first week of school) and I am leaving for the holiday weekend. So there won't be an update til Tuesday or Wednesday.

Have a good Labor Day for my American Friends. I will try to keep the raging/ranting American in me under wraps the rest of the game
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Submission 1

Sorry for the late update everyone but I am ready to get this game going again. An interesting note. All but one of you gave me the same hint category but several of you missed that category in your submission. Interesting indeed.

Oh and to Zag: No you cant give dethwing his free hint as your hint. He gets that free! so I went with your second option.

On to the scores...

Scurra: 7/10
Dethwing: 7/10
Groza528: 6/10
Zag: 4/ 10
Lexprod: 3/10
MattV: 3/10
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[dethwing]

This week has been very busy for me, haven't had time for this. Can I have a few more days?

[Undercover Monk]

certinly deadline is relaxed after how long it took me to update last time try to get it in by Monday night if you could please.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Undercover Monk]

Submission 2

Well done with the deadline and all that. The next submission will be due next Wednesday. The sooner you get those choices in the sooner I update keep up the good work..

Scurra: 9/10
Groza528: 7/10
Dethwing: 6/10
Zag: 5/ 10
Lexprod: 5/10
MattV: 4/10
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[lexprod]

can you correct my score in thread too? otherwise I'm gonna forget later that it was wrong. if you are currently doing that, thanks XD
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I'll have a P please...

[Undercover Monk]

done too tired tonight so will send out hints tomorow
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[dethwing]

Hints?

[lexprod]

will be sending today
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I'll have a P please...

[groza528]

Sorry! I'm also slacking! Should be in in the next hour or so.

[MatthewV]

Slackers! I just sent.

[Undercover Monk]

Submission 4

Ok....... a week late due to some contestant procrastination and some moderator procrastination. I will try to re-speed up this game. on to the results and the first perfect 10 of the round.

Scurra: 10/10 (qualified with hint)
Groza528: 9/10
Dethwing: 8/10
Zag: 6/ 10
Lexprod: 4/10
MattV: 4/10

Congrats Scurra keep sending hints.
hints going out.
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[lexprod]

I sent on time
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I'll have a P please...

[Undercover Monk]

waiting on Groza and MattV
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[MatthewV]

Sorry I vanished for a bit.

[lexprod]

So...
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I'll have a P please...