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Kevin Stone
Sep 3, 2012, 11:11:13 AM9/3/12
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Hi,
PLEASE DO NOT POST OR DISCUSS ANSWERS IN THIS NEWSGROUP.
Please enter via the site, however I will accept answers via email.
If you create a UserID, and add a league called rec.puzzles, we'll be able
to easily see how rec.puzzles regulars compare each month (see
http://www.brainbashers.com/commonrules for league info).
Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
http://www.brainbashers.com/common
[Here are the questions]
Name a 2-letter word that begins with the letter I.
Name a flavour of milkshake.
Name a shape that doesn't have any straight lines.
Name the number of times that SPACE is pressed when writing an email.
Name a way of contacting a friend.
Name the warmest room of an average house.
Name a day of the week.
Name a month of the year that ends in the letter R.
Name an animal that has lots of legs.
Name the number of countries that the average person has visited on
holiday/vacation.
--
Kev
www.brainbashers.com/common
PLEASE DO NOT POST OR DISCUSS ANSWERS IN THIS NEWSGROUP.
Please enter via the site, however I will accept answers via email.
If you create a UserID, and add a league called rec.puzzles, we'll be able
to easily see how rec.puzzles regulars compare each month (see
http://www.brainbashers.com/commonrules for league info).
Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
http://www.brainbashers.com/common
[Here are the questions]
Name a 2-letter word that begins with the letter I.
Name a flavour of milkshake.
Name a shape that doesn't have any straight lines.
Name the number of times that SPACE is pressed when writing an email.
Name a way of contacting a friend.
Name the warmest room of an average house.
Name a day of the week.
Name a month of the year that ends in the letter R.
Name an animal that has lots of legs.
Name the number of countries that the average person has visited on
holiday/vacation.
--
Kev
www.brainbashers.com/common
Kevin Stone
Oct 1, 2012, 1:02:04 PM10/1/12
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> Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
rec.puzzles result:
51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
104 Chris Cole 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
133 Kevin Stone 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
185 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2
220 Steve Fry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4
252 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 3
288 Marc Rintsch 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1
335 Liisa Sarakontu 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
355 Carl Ginnow 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 4
566 Peter Chapman 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1
593 Peter Scandrett 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 2
745 Stephen Perry 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 4 2
833 Michael Shreeve 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 1 4 1
859 Jimmie Hagblad 2 2 1 UR 2 1 3 1 1 2
Well done to Alan.
Q1. Name a 2-letter word that begins with the letter I.
1 IT 667 60.1%
2 IN 235 21.2%
3 IS 180 16.2%
4 IF 22 2.0%
+ 3 other unranked answers.
Q2. Name a flavour of milkshake.
1 CHOCOLATE 732 66.0%
2 VANILLA 212 19.1%
3 STRAWBERRY 153 13.8%
+ 4 other unranked answers.
Q3. Name a shape that doesn't have any straight lines.
1 CIRCLE 1084 97.7%
+ 12 other unranked answers.
Q4. Name the number of times that SPACE is pressed when writing an email.
1 100 308 27.8%
2 50 232 20.9%
3 20 129 11.6%
4 10 98 8.8%
5 25 90 8.1%
6 30 42 3.8%
7 200 16 1.4%
8 12 16 1.4%
9 15 15 1.4%
10 1 15 1.4%
11 0 15 1.4%
12 5 12 1.1%
13 40 11 1.0%
+ 49 other unranked answers.
Q5. Name a way of contacting a friend.
1 PHONE 385 34.7%
2 EMAIL 287 25.9%
3 TEXT 247 22.3%
4 TELEPHONE 71 6.4%
5 CALL 65 5.9%
6 FACEBOOK 17 1.5%
+ 18 other unranked answers.
Q6. Name the warmest room of an average house.
1 KITCHEN 719 64.8%
2 BEDROOM 99 8.9%
3 LIVING 70 6.3%
4 BATHROOM 63 5.7%
5 LOUNGE 51 4.6%
6 ATTIC 33 3.0%
7 DEN 17 1.5%
+ 25 other unranked answers.
Q7. Name a day of the week.
1 MONDAY 465 41.9%
2 SUNDAY 259 23.4%
3 FRIDAY 175 15.8%
4 SATURDAY 166 15.0%
5 WEDNESDAY 27 2.4%
6 TUESDAY 12 1.1%
+ 1 other unranked answer.
Q8. Name a month of the year that ends in the letter R.
1 SEPTEMBER 604 54.5%
2 DECEMBER 351 31.7%
3 OCTOBER 95 8.6%
4 NOVEMBER 59 5.3%
+ no unranked answers.
Q9. Name an animal that has lots of legs.
1 CENTIPEDE 446 40.2%
2 SPIDER 387 34.9%
3 OCTOPUS 111 10.0%
4 MILLIPEDE 72 6.5%
5 CATERPILLAR 39 3.5%
6 DOG 26 2.3%
+ 16 other unranked answers.
Q10. Name the number of countries that the average person has visited on
holiday/vacation.
1 3 290 26.1%
2 2 265 23.9%
3 5 232 20.9%
4 1 167 15.1%
5 4 68 6.1%
6 10 40 3.6%
7 6 18 1.6%
8 7 10 0.9%
+ 8 other unranked answers.
--
Kev
www.brainbashers.com/common
Peter Ward
Oct 1, 2012, 2:02:31 PM10/1/12
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Kevin Stone says...
score than I do? I have one more 1st, the same number of 2nds, and no
4th. What am I missing? Is it just a musprint?
--
Peter, from outside the asylum
I'm an alien
email: usenet at peterward dot adsl24 dot co dot uk
http://blowinsmoke.wordpress.com/
Home is where the cat is.
- Greg Goss
>
> > Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
>
> rec.puzzles result:
>
> 51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
> 87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
> 104 Chris Cole 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> 133 Kevin Stone 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> 185 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2
> 220 Steve Fry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4
> 252 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 3
> 288 Marc Rintsch 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1
> 335 Liisa Sarakontu 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
> 355 Carl Ginnow 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 4
> 566 Peter Chapman 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1
> 593 Peter Scandrett 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 2
> 745 Stephen Perry 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 4 2
> 833 Michael Shreeve 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 1 4 1
> 859 Jimmie Hagblad 2 2 1 UR 2 1 3 1 1 2
>
> Well done to Alan.
Not wishing to take this too seriously, but how does Alan have a better
> > Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
>
> rec.puzzles result:
>
> 51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
> 87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
> 104 Chris Cole 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> 133 Kevin Stone 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> 185 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2
> 220 Steve Fry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4
> 252 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 3
> 288 Marc Rintsch 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1
> 335 Liisa Sarakontu 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
> 355 Carl Ginnow 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 4
> 566 Peter Chapman 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1
> 593 Peter Scandrett 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 2
> 745 Stephen Perry 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 4 2
> 833 Michael Shreeve 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 1 4 1
> 859 Jimmie Hagblad 2 2 1 UR 2 1 3 1 1 2
>
> Well done to Alan.
score than I do? I have one more 1st, the same number of 2nds, and no
4th. What am I missing? Is it just a musprint?
--
Peter, from outside the asylum
I'm an alien
email: usenet at peterward dot adsl24 dot co dot uk
http://blowinsmoke.wordpress.com/
Home is where the cat is.
- Greg Goss
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 1, 2012, 2:25:18 PM10/1/12
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In article <MPG.2ad3eb14e...@news.eternal-september.org>, ad...@127.0.0.1 says...
determine ranking:
51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 28.06%
87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 19.78%
The scoring page <http://brainbashers.com/commonrules.asp> says:
- For each question, your score is the percentage of people who give the same
answer as you. The scores for each question are then multiplied together to
make your total and the highest total wins the contest.
- A question with a very popular answer has more influence on the results than
a question with a wider spread of answers.
>
> Kevin Stone says...
> >
> > > Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
> >
> > rec.puzzles result:
> >
> > 51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
> > 87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
> > 104 Chris Cole 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> > 133 Kevin Stone 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> > 185 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2
> > 220 Steve Fry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4
> > 252 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 3
> > 288 Marc Rintsch 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1
> > 335 Liisa Sarakontu 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
> > 355 Carl Ginnow 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 4
> > 566 Peter Chapman 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1
> > 593 Peter Scandrett 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 2
> > 745 Stephen Perry 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 4 2
> > 833 Michael Shreeve 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 1 4 1
> > 859 Jimmie Hagblad 2 2 1 UR 2 1 3 1 1 2
> >
> > Well done to Alan.
>
> Not wishing to take this too seriously, but how does Alan have a better
> score than I do? I have one more 1st, the same number of 2nds, and no
> 4th. What am I missing? Is it just a musprint?
The percentages in the final column (on the website but omitted in Kevin's post)
> Kevin Stone says...
> >
> > > Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:
> >
> > rec.puzzles result:
> >
> > 51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
> > 87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
> > 104 Chris Cole 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> > 133 Kevin Stone 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
> > 185 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2
> > 220 Steve Fry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4
> > 252 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 3
> > 288 Marc Rintsch 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1
> > 335 Liisa Sarakontu 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
> > 355 Carl Ginnow 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 4
> > 566 Peter Chapman 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1
> > 593 Peter Scandrett 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 2
> > 745 Stephen Perry 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 4 2
> > 833 Michael Shreeve 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 1 4 1
> > 859 Jimmie Hagblad 2 2 1 UR 2 1 3 1 1 2
> >
> > Well done to Alan.
>
> Not wishing to take this too seriously, but how does Alan have a better
> score than I do? I have one more 1st, the same number of 2nds, and no
> 4th. What am I missing? Is it just a musprint?
determine ranking:
51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 28.06%
87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 19.78%
The scoring page <http://brainbashers.com/commonrules.asp> says:
- For each question, your score is the percentage of people who give the same
answer as you. The scores for each question are then multiplied together to
make your total and the highest total wins the contest.
- A question with a very popular answer has more influence on the results than
a question with a wider spread of answers.
Peter Ward
Oct 1, 2012, 3:10:36 PM10/1/12
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Marc Dashevsky says...
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks. I should read the rules more thoroughly.
--
Peter, from outside the asylum
I'm an alien
email: usenet at peterward dot adsl24 dot co dot uk
http://blowinsmoke.wordpress.com/
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never
worshipped anything but himself.
- Sir Richard Francis Burton
--
Peter, from outside the asylum
I'm an alien
email: usenet at peterward dot adsl24 dot co dot uk
http://blowinsmoke.wordpress.com/
worshipped anything but himself.
- Sir Richard Francis Burton
Mark Brader
Oct 1, 2012, 4:08:30 PM10/1/12
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Marc Dashevsky:
(perhaps with a tighter format to keep the line length down).
--
Mark Brader | "Of course, another problem... is that famous quotations
Toronto | mutate faster than you'd expect."
m...@vex.net | --Donna Richoux
> > The percentages in the final column (on the website but omitted in
> > Kevin's post) determine ranking:
Peter Ward:
> > Kevin's post) determine ranking:
> Ah, that makes sense. Thanks. I should read the rules more thoroughly.
Well, I'd think it would make *more* sense to post all the columns
(perhaps with a tighter format to keep the line length down).
--
Mark Brader | "Of course, another problem... is that famous quotations
Toronto | mutate faster than you'd expect."
m...@vex.net | --Donna Richoux
Kevin Stone
Oct 3, 2012, 9:36:16 AM10/3/12
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>> > The percentages in the final column (on the website but omitted in
>> > Kevin's post) determine ranking:
Percentages should appear from now on - I've posted the names with their
>> > Kevin's post) determine ranking:
percentages for this month as well.
--
Kev
Kevin Stone
Oct 3, 2012, 9:39:30 AM10/3/12
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Updated rec.puzzles result:
No change to positions or score. I've added the percentage of maximum
possible score everyone got.
51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 28.06%
87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 19.78%
104 Chris Cole 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 15.69%
133 Kevin Stone 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 12.02%
185 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 7.24%
220 Steve Fry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 5.40%
252 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 4.59%
288 Marc Rintsch 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 3.52%
335 Liisa Sarakontu 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2.73%
355 Carl Ginnow 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 4 2.29%
566 Peter Chapman 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 0.50%
593 Peter Scandrett 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 2 0.40%
745 Stephen Perry 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 4 2 0.11%
833 Michael Shreeve 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 1 4 1 0.04%
859 Jimmie Hagblad 2 2 1 UR 2 1 3 1 1 2 0.03%
Q10. Name the number of countries that the average person has visited on
holiday/vacation.
No change to positions or score. I've added the percentage of maximum
possible score everyone got.
51 Alan O'Donnell 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 28.06%
87 Peter Ward 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 19.78%
133 Kevin Stone 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 12.02%
185 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 7.24%
220 Steve Fry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 5.40%
252 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 4.59%
288 Marc Rintsch 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 3.52%
335 Liisa Sarakontu 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2.73%
355 Carl Ginnow 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 4 2.29%
566 Peter Chapman 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 0.50%
593 Peter Scandrett 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 2 0.40%
745 Stephen Perry 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 4 2 0.11%
833 Michael Shreeve 2 1 1 2 1 7 4 1 4 1 0.04%
859 Jimmie Hagblad 2 2 1 UR 2 1 3 1 1 2 0.03%
holiday/vacation.
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