September Sploofus Standings

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PlacentiaSoccerMom · #76 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:18 pm

Peter5858 wrote:Huh. My understanding is that Weyoun is Ggossage's son. Those two are #1 and #2 on the whole Sploofus board. So, nah, no father-son rivalry there. Paging Dr. Freud, white courtesy phone, please.

Ggossage is #3 right now.

OCDer · #77 Post by **OCDer** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:39 pm

If you think this month is more competitive than usual, you are right.

The BBs who currently in the top 100 (and I mean 100 this time) are approximately 38 correct answers better than they were at this time in July. (Ggossage figures not available for 7/08 )

Even with the plethora of boreders clogging the top 100, that works out to a little more than 2 more questions right per person, or 2400-3000 points.

each.

NellyLunatic1980 · #78 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:54 pm

My slide continues, as I've never heard of the word "muculent".

christie1111 · #79 Post by **christie1111** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:16 am

Total WAG on a Sprots Q on who Chris Weber played college ball for!

Maybe watching March Madness with the Boys1111 payed off today.

Sheesh!

#80 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:20 am

I think I've only missed 1 question in the last 2 weeks or so! Up to #522 despite the 0-3 start to the month!

Of course, that still won't cut it with the ever tightening threshold the OCD one's cutting his list to today.....

lb13

ulysses5019 · #81 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:36 am

christie1111 wrote:Total WAG on a Sprots Q on who Chris Weber played college ball for!

Maybe watching March Madness with the Boys1111 payed off today.

Sheesh!

Just don't let him call a timeout......

Here's Fanny! · #82 Post by **Here's Fanny!** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:42 am

christie1111 wrote:Total WAG on a Sprots Q on who Chris Weber played college ball for!

Maybe watching March Madness with the Boys1111 payed off today.

Sheesh!

Another added benefit of playing Timeline (and reading the answers)!

September 3 - "Is There a Draft in Here?"

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #83 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:23 am

Sploofus was not good to me last night.

Only 9% of the people who received my quesion got it right.

Rexer25 · #84 Post by **Rexer25** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:30 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Sploofus was not good to me last night.

Does anyone else on the bored have a hard time not snickering at PSM's Sploofus posts now?

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #85 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:33 am

Rexer25 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Sploofus was not good to me last night.
Does anyone else on the bored have a hard time not snickering at PSM's Sploofus posts now?

Jeff and I have been mentioning Sploofus at home a lot lately. It totally embarrasses the kids.

OCDer · #86 Post by **OCDer** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:47 am

littlebeast13 wrote:I think I've only missed 1 question in the last 2 weeks or so! Up to #522 despite the 0-3 start to the month!

Of course, that still won't cut it with the ever tightening threshold the OCD one's cutting his list to today.....

lb13

There is a reason for this. - the tightening is because, as the playing continues, those answering questions correctly will rise to the top. That is us, gang.

Of those~50 people I have current numbers on, all are at least in the 85th percentile of all players. Of those, the median is in the 98th.

Within 1000 points of the score where I stopped scanning the standings there are 874 scores. picking one of us out becomes tedious hit & miss work. But, as the threshold rises, the total number of scores reported stays approximately the same.

So, when PSM or any number of us hits a question where only 7-8% got it right, we would have a better percentage. Don't believe me? Today I got a Question which only 8.2% answered correctly.

In what city is "The Plague" by Camus primarily located?

Tunis
Algiers
Tripoli
Oran
Marakesh

I suspect it would have a higher percentage here.

Bob Juch · #87 Post by **Bob Juch** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:49 am

OCDer wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I think I've only missed 1 question in the last 2 weeks or so! Up to #522 despite the 0-3 start to the month!

Of course, that still won't cut it with the ever tightening threshold the OCD one's cutting his list to today.....

lb13
There is a reason for this. - the tightening is because, as the playing continues, those answering questions correctly will rise to the top. That is us, gang.

Of those~50 people I have current numbers on, all are at least in the 85th percentile of all players. Of those, the median is in the 98th.

Within 1000 points of the score where I stopped scanning the standings there are 874 scores. picking one of us out becomes tedious hit & miss work. But, as the threshold rises, the total number of scores reported stays approximately the same.

So, when PSM or any number of us hits a question where only 7-8% got it right, we would have a better percentage. Don't believe me? Today I got a Question which only 8.2% answered correctly.

In what city is "The Plague" by Camus primarily located?

Tunis
Algiers
Tripoli
Oran
Marakesh

I suspect it would have a higher percentage here.

Spoiler

Did you know it was Oran?

OCDer · #88 Post by **OCDer** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:41 am

Bob Juch wrote:
OCDer wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I think I've only missed 1 question in the last 2 weeks or so! Up to #522 despite the 0-3 start to the month!

Of course, that still won't cut it with the ever tightening threshold the OCD one's cutting his list to today.....

lb13
There is a reason for this. - the tightening is because, as the playing continues, those answering questions correctly will rise to the top. That is us, gang.

Of those~50 people I have current numbers on, all are at least in the 85th percentile of all players. Of those, the median is in the 98th.

Within 1000 points of the score where I stopped scanning the standings there are 874 scores. picking one of us out becomes tedious hit & miss work. But, as the threshold rises, the total number of scores reported stays approximately the same.

So, when PSM or any number of us hits a question where only 7-8% got it right, we would have a better percentage. Don't believe me? Today I got a Question which only 8.2% answered correctly.

In what city is "The Plague" by Camus primarily located?

Tunis
Algiers
Tripoli
Oran
Marakesh

I suspect it would have a higher percentage here.

Spoiler
Did you know it was Oran?

Yes, but it took me a moment this am to realize I knew it, so I lost valuable points.

TheCalvinator24 · #89 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:42 am

OCDer wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:I think I've only missed 1 question in the last 2 weeks or so! Up to #522 despite the 0-3 start to the month!

Of course, that still won't cut it with the ever tightening threshold the OCD one's cutting his list to today.....

lb13
There is a reason for this. - the tightening is because, as the playing continues, those answering questions correctly will rise to the top. That is us, gang.

Of those~50 people I have current numbers on, all are at least in the 85th percentile of all players. Of those, the median is in the 98th.

Within 1000 points of the score where I stopped scanning the standings there are 874 scores. picking one of us out becomes tedious hit & miss work. But, as the threshold rises, the total number of scores reported stays approximately the same.

So, when PSM or any number of us hits a question where only 7-8% got it right, we would have a better percentage. Don't believe me? Today I got a Question which only 8.2% answered correctly.

In what city is "The Plague" by Camus primarily located?

Tunis
Algiers
Tripoli
Oran
Marakesh

I suspect it would have a higher percentage here.

I got that same question today.

Weyoun · #90 Post by **Weyoun** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:51 am

Peter5858 wrote:Huh. My understanding is that Weyoun is Ggossage's son. Those two are #1 and #2 on the whole Sploofus board. So, nah, no father-son rivalry there. Paging Dr. Freud, white courtesy phone, please.

The worst (best!) part is that I have missed one more question than my dad, and yet I'm still leading! Go figure.

OCDer · #91 Post by **OCDer** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:50 am

as of 1:45 eastern 9/25

34291 Weyoun
33621 Ggossage
30185 Njwizard
30074 Juliannars
29290 Foosesb
----10----
28765 Killertomato
28353 Barbotte
28041 Jbillygirl
28027 Theconfessor
----25----
27432 Mrkelley23
27392 Christie1111
27176 Peter5858
27043 Ne1410s
26921 Thecalvinator
26827 Gotribego26
----50----
26804 Starfish1113
26760 Mikehardware
26583 Vadame
26571 Gobobbygo
26495 Trevormcphee
26489 Eyegor
25677 Andrewjackson
---100----
25475 Nitrah55
24381 Frogman042
24259 Ulysses5019
---200----
24004 Gsabc
23559 Megaaddict
23320 Rexer25
---300----
23189 1000aire
23173 Bumpa
22780 Gibson1910
22688 Silvercamaro
22687 Nellunatic1980
---400----
22318 Tmitsss
22244 Ritterskoop

OCDer · #92 Post by **OCDer** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:41 pm

as of 2:45pm eastern on 9/26

35608 Weyoun
33621 Ggossage
31267 Njwizard
30074 Juliannars
29599 Barbotte
29394 Theconfessor
29321 Jbillygirl
29290 Foosesb
28765 Killertomato
28736 Christie1111
28325 Ne1410s
28051 Starfish1113
28018 Mikehardware
27987 Trevormcphee
27787 Gobobbygo
27778 Vadame
27735 Eyegor
27432 Mrkelley23
27176 Peter5858
26921 Thecalvinator
26827 Gotribego26
26696 Nitrah55
25680 Ulysses5019
25677 Andrewjackson
25393 Nellunatic1980
25231 Gsabc
24684 Rexer25
24381 Frogman042
24325 Bumpa
23937 Silvercamaro
23658 Ritterskoop
23559 Megaaddict
23541 Tmitsss
23189 1000aire
22991 Littlebeast13

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #93 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:43 pm

I finished my letter and answered my question of the day correctly!

starfish1113 · #94 Post by **starfish1113** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:53 pm

Today was literally a 1 in 5 chance for me that I got lucky with. All I can remember is that the topic was Physical Science and the five possible answers were three letters (G, R, and U, that sort of thing). I picked Choice #4 because I hadn't chosen that number in a while, and - voila! - I see Congratulations!

I know that October can't come close to September for me.

christie1111 · #95 Post by **christie1111** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:12 pm

I think I have to have been so incredibly lucky this month....

35608 Weyoun
33621 Ggossage
31267 Njwizard
30074 Juliannars
29599 Barbotte
29394 Theconfessor
29321 Jbillygirl
29290 Foosesb
28765 Killertomato
28736 Christie1111

To be in a top ten with these names just makes me amazed.

I'll have to play FNGD and come back to earth with a resounding crash!

#96 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:46 pm

Woohoo! I'm in the Top 500 basement!!!!!

lb13

Peter5858 · #97 Post by **Peter5858** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:54 pm

My question today involved baseball. If there is one topic where I think my chances of getting the answer right approach 100 percent, baseball is it. As I read the question, however, my reaction is: "WTF?!" Fifteen seconds march on. No freaking clue. I click on one. "Sorry" is the response. Four (!) percent of people got it right. Random guessing would presumably get you to 20%. Whatever. Props to those in the lead.

OCDer · #98 Post by **OCDer** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:31 am

as of 1 pm eastern time 9/29/08

38825 Weyoun
36836 Ggossage
35632 Juliannars
34028 Andrewjackson
33751 Barbotte
33334 Theconfessor
33107 Killertomato
32592 Njwizard
32337 Gotribego26
32242 Christie1111
32224 Ne1410s
32016 Mikehardware
31950 Trevormcphee
31754 Vadame
31748 Jbillygirl
31544 Mrkelley23
31154 Peter5858
30829 Foosesb
30793 Thecalvinator
30780 Gobobbygo
30551 Eyegor
30497 Starfish1113
29282 Nitrah55
28845 Megaaddict
28166 Ulysses5019
28043 Nellunatic1980
27946 Gsabc
27666 Silvercamaro
27303 Ritterskoop
27168 Rexer25
27070 Bumpa
27050 1000aire
26688 Frogman042
26441 Revdodd
26102 Tmitsss
25812 Panicindetroit
25353 Littlebeast13
25347 Gibson1910

starfish1113 · #99 Post by **starfish1113** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:38 am

Peter5858 wrote:My question today involved baseball. If there is one topic where I think my chances of getting the answer right approach 100 percent, baseball is it. As I read the question, however, my reaction is: "WTF?!" Fifteen seconds march on. No freaking clue. I click on one. "Sorry" is the response. Four (!) percent of people got it right. Random guessing would presumably get you to 20%. Whatever. Props to those in the lead.

What was the q?

Peter5858 · #100 Post by **Peter5858** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:55 am

Something like, "In the early 1800s, when the sport later known as baseball was first played, it was originally called ..." and then there were five words, each, not surprisingly, ending with the word "ball".