IWS XVII: Your stupid answers

Kassiopeia · September 3, 2003, 11:28

Feel free to double-check your own score. If there's a problem, whine about it and I'll see if there's a case. I looked the entries of the winner and runner-up through a few times since the margin was so small.

The answers:

1. What's the worst thing in catching a disease?
Death, dying - 6
Getting ill - 2
Large doses of analgesics - 2 (pop goes your minimum score, mrmitchell)
Nasal congestion/mucus, snot - 2
The disease - 1
You can't just throw it away again - 1
Comb-over - 1
Light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
Fever - 1
Headaches - 1
The running after it - 1
Not being able to eat - 1
Vomiting - 1
The company of doctors - 1
Syphilis - 1
Pain - 1
AIDS - 1
The cure - 1
You have to release it if it's not hunting season - 1

2. How many people will participate in the 17th edition of I'm With Stupid?
Forty-two - 5
Thirty - 5 (Thirty seemed to be a number of significance today.)
None - 4
Seventeen - 3
Twenty - 2
Twenty-seven - 1 (Congrats Richelieu, that's correct.)
Twenty-five - 1
large doses of analgesics - 1
Everyone suffering light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
More than did in the 16th - 1
:hmmm: - 1
Many - 1
7,924,123.25 - 1 (Where does the 1/4th of a person come from?)

3. What will cause the ultimate demise of Mankind?
Nuclear weapons - 3
Finland, the Finns - 3
Asteroid, meteor - 3 (I know the difference, but many necessarily don't.)
Zylka - 2
Womankind - 2
Stupidity - 1
Mankind - 1
Abuse of fossil fuels - 1
Large doses of analgesics - 1
The Sun - 1
Genetic Mutation - 1
I'm With Stupid contest - 1
Chronic masturbation - 1 (What a way to go, though.)
Libertarians - 1
The "grey goo" scenario - 1
Bush - 1 (skywalker, someone hijack your account or something?)
Demise? Miami Vice? - 1
Light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
Italian soccer - 1

4. Why do Finnish athletes suck at track and field?
Because they're Finnish - 5
They're too busy taking over the world - 3
Because they're evil - 2
Too cold, cold climate - 2
They suck - 1
Light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
Too much antifreeze - 1
Their mobile phones start ringing - 1
Track too long - 1
Hard to run in knee-deep snow - 1
Zylka - 1
Too much sauna - 1
Because they don't want the Russians to find out how fast they are - 1
Too many sausages weighing them down - 1
Ski's don't work when there is no snow - 1
Paavo Nuurmi turned everyone off by his unattainable standard - 1
Why wouldn't they? They suck at everything else... - 1
Somebody has to be... - 1
Large doses of analgesics - 1 (Edited in later, thanks to SnowFire's keen eye)

5. Why would anyone want to watch soap operas?
Boredom, nothing else to do - 4
They are stupid - 3
Chicks, cute girls - 2
They are gay - 2
Zylka - 2
Because they have no lives of their own to lead - 1
Soap operas are terrorists - 1
Even when they're dirty, they're clean - 1
Breasts - 1
To masturbate - 1
They are Finnish - 1
What does opera has to do with soap? - 1
Light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
Large doses of analgesics - 1
I hate George W. Bush - 1
Retardation - 1
The ones that have South American women on them have South American women on them. Others I can take or leave. - 1
For the same reason people post at Poly - 1 (Boredom? Retardation? Masturbation? Definitely not cute girls.)
Finnish mind control - 1

6. Which Apolyton poster is most likely to take over the world or at least a sizeable portion of it?
Zylka - 6
MichaeltheGreat - 5 (SnowFire, you would have lost three points. Good call. You will be judged fairly when the time comes.)
Ming - 3
"Me" - 3
Evan von Cristoph - 2
Fez - 2 (Helicopter industry to boom)
Kassiopeia - 1
St_Swithin's fire - 1
Slowwhand - 1
Large doses of anagelsics - 1 (All hail Emperor Aspirin)
Whoever finds a cure for light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
UberKrux - 1

7. If you could travel back in time, what year would you go to?
2003 - 3
2002 - 3
1969 - 3
1 AD - 3
4000 B.C - 2
0 AD - 2
2001 - 1
1974 - 1 (I won't)
1970 to get the disco fever - 1
1900 - 1
2013 - 1
399 BCE - 1
1999 to find the source for the plague of light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
I'd go back to 1987 and tell me about what I've become... that would surely scare the hell outta me - 1
1968 - 1
Any year while my grandfather was alive but my father hadn't been born yet - 1
Large doses of analgesics - 1

8. Is that massive cerebral hemorrhaging, or are you just happy to see me?
Hemorrhaging - 9
Yes - 6
Happy to see you - 4
Huh? - 1
Dunno but i smell burnt toast... - 1
Large doses of analgesics - 1
No, that was in your dreams - 1
It's a cartoon bunny - 1 (DBTS, is that you?)
Ow. Pain. Hurt. - 1
Light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1
Zylka - 1

9. Come up with a cool alternative for the English word 'Earth' (the planet).
Gaia - 5
Terra - 4
Zylka - 2
Ocean - 1 (That quote by A.C. Clarke was what inspired this question in the first place.)
Vätron 5 - 1
Home - 1
Sol III - 1
RC Union Headquarters - 1
Large doses of analgesics - 1
Cess Hole 17-A - 1
Apolyton - 1
Nostratum - 1
Planet Sex - 1
The Planet Formerly Know as Earth - 1
Light-headedness due to success with penile growth formula - 1 (Won't fit on stellar charts)
Uranus - 1
America - 1
3B (The Big Blue Ball) - 1
Earth - 1

The scores:

26. Straybow 9
26. Richelieu 9
25. mrmitchell 10
24. ADG 12
23. The Templar 13
22. Cerberus IV 15
21. Jon Miller 16
20. Atahualpa 17
19. Drogue 19
18. Mr. President 20
16. Method 23
16. monolith94 23
15. Vlad Antlerkov 26
12. Immortal Wombat 29
12. Soul Survivor 29
12. Jaguar Warrior 29
8. ixnay 30
8. Gangerolf 30
8. St Leo 30
8. badams52 30
6. skywalker 31
6. Stefu 31
5. SnowFire 32
3. :) Smiley 35
3. Wernazuma III 35
2. Zylka 37

And the winner is...

Wait for it...

... obiwan18 with 38 points. Congratulations.

Thank you for participating in another edition of I'm With Stupid. I'm off to ~~play Fallout~~ study.

:) Smiley · September 3, 2003, 11:35

Third place, not bad, not bad

Darn scary, Zylka almost won...

Vlad Antlerkov · September 3, 2003, 12:08

Okay, who did "penile growth formula" for every single question?

Wernazuma III · September 3, 2003, 12:33

Damn it, I was so oportunistic this time and almost made it if I hadn't answered Nr 3 honestly instead of saying "Nukes"
Next time I'll prove to be born without spinal!

Agathon · September 3, 2003, 12:34

Who wanted to witness the death of Socrates?

Wernazuma III · September 3, 2003, 12:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Vlad Antlerkov
Okay, who did "penile growth formula" for every single question?

Either Richelieu or Strawboy

Richelieu · September 3, 2003, 13:04

It ain't me. Thinking maybe i should, though...

badams52 · September 3, 2003, 15:27

Drat, should have gone with Hemorrhaging. Next time Gadget, Next time!

badams52 · September 3, 2003, 15:30

Quote:

Originally posted by

Smiley
Third place, not bad, not bad

Darn scary, Zylka almost won...

Zylka's an excellent player! He's always close to the top.

Ben Kenobi · September 3, 2003, 16:12

Well I'll be. I won even with 1 pt for a question. I guess Paavo Nuurmi ain't all that popular.

Questions likely put up tomorrow, since I have a day off from class.

How many repeat winners do we have for the contest? I know we have Shi and Kassi, but who else?

Kassiopeia · September 3, 2003, 16:24

Gangerolf, I believe, has also won twice. Immortal Wombat has won three times.

Straybow · September 3, 2003, 16:37

OK, I confess…

but the answer seemed to fit perfectly with 5 questions, why not stretch it to fit them all (har, har).

Adagio · September 3, 2003, 16:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
7,924,123.25 - 1 (Where does the 1/4th of a person come from?)

Just checking to see if anyone actually checked the whole number

Skanky Burns · September 3, 2003, 17:16

Does that mean its too late to send my answers in?

mrmitchell · September 3, 2003, 18:16

Pop goes the minimum score? What? I didn't care if I got the lowest score--I believe "Large doses of analgesics" was a VERY accurate answer to all those questions

Jaguar · September 3, 2003, 18:25

Quote:

Originally posted by obiwan18

Well I'll be. I won even with 1 pt for a question. I guess Paavo Nuurmi ain't all that popular.

Questions likely put up tomorrow, since I have a day off from class.

How many repeat winners do we have for the contest? I know we have Shi and Kassi, but who else?

You're forgetting someone...

Kuciwalker · September 3, 2003, 18:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
Bush - 1 (skywalker, someone hijack your account or something?)

I almost ALWAYS answer bush to "worst US president" etc questions, because with roughly half of Poly liberal, I think it's a good bet

Didn't work this time though

Sixth, nice! Best I've ever done.

grrr.... I originally put down thirty, but changed it to 25

Mr. President · September 4, 2003, 03:03

I'm glad I didn't come last.

Not like it matters.

SnowFire · September 4, 2003, 04:04

So what did Captain Analgesics answer for #4? I don't see the response there... I assume it was Mr. Mitchell, although I'm surprised fewer people didn't jump in when the answer was actually relevant (#1).

Hmm, quite a jump in score for me. Something like 12, 10, 32. Not bad. But it seems that being that I wouldn't have won anyway, I should have voted with my heart on question 6... wait a second, never mind that bit about hearts.

Kassiopeia · September 4, 2003, 07:09

Quote:

So what did Captain Analgesics answer for #4? I don't see the response there...

The total sum of the currently displayed points for #4 is twenty-six, so I apparently forgot to include it there. It has no effect on anyone's score, but I'll edit it in.

Quote:

never mind that bit about hearts.

That was close.

Ben Kenobi · September 4, 2003, 15:31

New Questions are up for IWS XVIII

/me thinks it is very appropriate that I host the 18th IWS.

monolith94 · September 4, 2003, 16:17

I was the one who answered "Ocean". Apparently no one else reads Clarke...

Ben Kenobi · September 4, 2003, 16:19

I've read Clarke. I assumed no one else would answer 'Ocean'.

Straybow · September 4, 2003, 20:13

I've read Clarke, too, but was committed to another answer.

badams52 · September 5, 2003, 15:37

Quote:

Originally posted by obiwan18
New Questions are up for IWS XVIII

* obiwan18 thinks it is very appropriate that I host the 18th IWS.

/me anticipates hosting the 52nd one

Boris Godunov · September 5, 2003, 19:28

Not to interrupt, but just to when do these folks who said "0 A.D." for time travel think they are going?

Come to think of it...what do those who want to go to 1 A.D. expect to see?

Zylka · September 5, 2003, 19:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Not to interrupt, but just to when do these folks who said "0 A.D." for time travel think they are going?

Come to think of it...what do those who want to go to 1 A.D. expect to see?

Well seeing as how you're such an intelligent wonder - perhaps you could educate them! A point is worth making, if you seem smart to 3 or 4 other posters for 15 minutes

Zylka · September 5, 2003, 19:35

Because they FINNISH last! HA HAHAAAHHA

AAAAAAHAHAHAHAQHAH~!!
HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Zylka · September 5, 2003, 19:42

HAHAHAHAHA!

Kuciwalker · September 5, 2003, 20:12

Quote:

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Not to interrupt, but just to when do these folks who said "0 A.D." for time travel think they are going?

Come to think of it...what do those who want to go to 1 A.D. expect to see?

What do you THINK they want to see? Think about "AD" and "BC" for a second. What important event (to many people) do you think happened in 0 AD?