Sploofus Scores for November....

[ne1410s]

weyoun:

The Chief? Best known (only?) graduate of Centenary College.

I know that golfer Hal Sutton (former Ryder Cup captain) attended Centenary. Don't know if he graduated.

[Ritterskoop]

I just won 19,000 points on a Sploofus showdown! Somebody named Sanddune, and I don't think that's anybody who posts here.

So will that help me in OCD's rankings?

No. It will lift you in the overall standings, though.

I have been rocking on the showdowns, and am in the top 900 all-time points winners now.

But that's separate from QOD, on which this question nailed me tonight:

"In the 2008 Olympics, this was the only race in which Michael Phelps did not also set a world record as he won the gold medal."

Puh-leeze.

[cindy.wellman]

weyoun:

The Chief? Best known (only?) graduate of Centenary College.

I know that golfer Hal Sutton (former Ryder Cup captain) attended Centenary. Don't know if he graduated.

Yep, "The Chief" I didn't realize he surpassed the other answers/choices in the area the sploofus question had listed. Now I know though!

[jarnon]

My last TQOTD in November: What blood type is the universal donor?

Got it right, of course, so I finish the month with a respectable 27,805 points.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Pattern recognition. Why yes, I can pick a likely Frank Zappa album name from a list in the dreaded Music and Musicians catagory. I can now post in this thread as my lucky streak is surely fated to end tomorrow.

[Bob Juch]

I just won 19,000 points on a Sploofus showdown! Somebody named Sanddune, and I don't think that's anybody who posts here.

So will that help me in OCD's rankings?

No. It will lift you in the overall standings, though.

I have been rocking on the showdowns, and am in the top 900 all-time points winners now.

But that's separate from QOD, on which this question nailed me tonight:

"In the 2008 Olympics, this was the only race in which Michael Phelps did not also set a world record as he won the gold medal."

Puh-leeze.

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

[Ritterskoop]

No. It will lift you in the overall standings, though.

I have been rocking on the showdowns, and am in the top 900 all-time points winners now.

But that's separate from QOD, on which this question nailed me tonight:

"In the 2008 Olympics, this was the only race in which Michael Phelps did not also set a world record as he won the gold medal."

Puh-leeze.

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

See, I'd read how his body is specifically best suited to the butterfly, with the wide lats and shoulders. So I threw out the two butterfly options.

[andrewjackson]

Not posting in this thread seemed to help.

Even though I missed the Q on Saturday I'm still happy with my result for the month. Getting into the top 5 will have to wait.

On to December!!!!!!!

[TheConfessor]

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

I wonder how many of the leading scorers exclude questions about their worst category. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, depending on your motivation for playing. If you're trying to learn stuff, it seems counterproductive.

[peacock2121]

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

I wonder how many of the leading scorers exclude questions about their worst category. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, depending on your motivation for playing. If you're trying to learn stuff, it seems counterproductive.

I'd have a hard time picking a category.

[WheresFanny]

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

I wonder how many of the leading scorers exclude questions about their worst category. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, depending on your motivation for playing. If you're trying to learn stuff, it seems counterproductive.

Good thing I'm not trying to learn stuff.

[peacock2121]

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

I wonder how many of the leading scorers exclude questions about their worst category. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, depending on your motivation for playing. If you're trying to learn stuff, it seems counterproductive.

Good thing I'm not trying to learn stuff.

Whatcha trying to do?

[andrewjackson]

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

I wonder how many of the leading scorers exclude questions about their worst category. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, depending on your motivation for playing. If you're trying to learn stuff, it seems counterproductive.

I didn't even know I could do that. I know exactly which category I would exclude.

But I agree with TheConfessor, I would not want to exclude a category.

[TheCalvinator24]

I wonder why they have a category named Physical Science when at least half of the questions I have gotten in that category have been in the realm of Biological Science.

[WheresFanny]

I wonder how many of the leading scorers exclude questions about their worst category. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, depending on your motivation for playing. If you're trying to learn stuff, it seems counterproductive.

Good thing I'm not trying to learn stuff.

Whatcha trying to do?

Pick a fight.

Seriously, my formal education ended in the 11th grade, so since then I've attended the University of Stuff Fanny Wants to Know. Physical Science is not a course offered at that particular institution of learning.

Doesn't matter, anyway. I tried to change my exclusion a while back to test out the 'what questions you get' theory and found that feature is no longer an option. So if you already have an excluded category, apparently you can't unexclude it.

[Weyoun]

For those who don't know, the reason Sploofus allowed the exclusion wasn't for competitive reasons. Way back, they'd have a good number of religion questions, and various non-religious types were angry they'd have to know who Ruth was in relation to Naomi, or what have you. So Sploofus created the exclusion. I was quite unhappy with the change, in part because of the controversy, and don't use the exclusion myself.

[Bob Juch]

I wonder why they have a category named Physical Science when at least half of the questions I have gotten in that category have been in the realm of Biological Science.

My last one was a chemistry question - not that I am complaining - I was a chemistry major and nailed it.

[Bob Juch]

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

I wonder how many of the leading scorers exclude questions about their worst category. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, depending on your motivation for playing. If you're trying to learn stuff, it seems counterproductive.

I don't want to learn sprots stuff.

[ulysses5019]

For those who don't know, the reason Sploofus allowed the exclusion wasn't for competitive reasons. Way back, they'd have a good number of religion questions, and various non-religious types were angry they'd have to know who Ruth was in relation to Naomi, or what have you. So Sploofus created the exclusion. I was quite unhappy with the change, in part because of the controversy, and don't use the exclusion myself.

Thanks for the explanation. I like to learn new stuff and sometimes I will learn something that sends me off on a learning tangent. Besides, I'm a generalist when it comes to my knowledge base and I'd have a hard time picking a category. I am sometimes tempted to google an answer but I resist and take a WAG.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

There's an extra thrill for me in getting a Music and Musician question right, same with Sports. Missing a Vocabulary question stings.

[gotribego26]

Good things I exclude sprots questions, but I'd guess the butterfly on this as that's his weakest race.

That gets it down to two races as he won gold in the 100 and 200 butterfly.

It was the 100 that he didn't set a record.

He is so much better than anyone in the 200 fly that he has something like the top 12 times ever - he is 2 seconds ahead of the next best

[ne1410s]

grg:

It was the 100 that he didn't set a record.

I think that is the race where his goggles filled with water. Or not.

[gotribego26]

grg:

It was the 100 that he didn't set a record.

I think that is the race where his goggles filled with water. Or not.

That was actually the 200 fly - where his margin over the world is not what it once was. He has less than a second on Lazslo Czeh and 8 of the top 10 all time.

[ne1410s]

gtg:

That was actually the 200 fly -

Missed by THAT much...

(Apologies to Agent 86)

[peacock2121]

Good thing I'm not trying to learn stuff.

Whatcha trying to do?

Pick a fight.

Seriously, my formal education ended in the 11th grade, so since then I've attended the University of Stuff Fanny Wants to Know. Physical Science is not a course offered at that particular institution of learning.

Doesn't matter, anyway. I tried to change my exclusion a while back to test out the 'what questions you get' theory and found that feature is no longer an option. So if you already have an excluded category, apparently you can't unexclude it.

LOL - that is what I thought you were trying to do!