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Old 08-26-2004, 03:35 PM
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Default Survivor R11C1 - Go Ask Your Moderator

Round 11 Challenge 1 - Go Ask Your Moderator
I asked the Powers That Be on this board a series of simple questions. There are no right or wrong answers to the questions. Well, for them there were no right or wrong answers. For you, only one answer is correct.

These questions were sent to Traci, Glenn, Moderators 1 - 6, and Claude. Claude's responses, other than the final tiebreaking question, were reserved as a tie-breaker when needed. Neither you nor I know who of that group actually replied or what their individual response is. What I do know, and what you need to guess, is what the majority of respondents gave as the answer.

The same list of questions that was sent to the administrators and moderators is included below. You should send a PM of your answer choices to my inbox. Remember that you are not making your own choices, but attempting to guess how the majority of those polled responded. After I receive responses from all players or at 9:00p ET, whichever is earlier, I will post all replies in the "Survivor R11C1 - Go Ask Your Moderator" thread which I will create. I will also post the "correct" answers in that thread.

Questions:
1. Chocolate or Vanilla?
2. Red or Blue?
3. Pi or e?
4. Multiplication or Addition?
5. 3x5 or 4x6?
6. Eat out or order in?
7. Shoes or Sandals?
8. 4-star hotel or cozy B&B?
9. Pie or cake?
10. Square or circle?
11. Vertical or Horizontal?
12. Mouse or Keyboard?
13. "T" or "E"?
14. Classical or Jazz?
15. Hamburgers or Hotdogs?
16. Cash or Credit?
17. Would you like to hear the specials -- Yes or No?
18. Hardcover or Paperback?
19. Cat or Dog?
20. Thunderstorms -- Cool or Scary?
21. Cheese or Pepperoni?
22. Car or Truck?
23. Cash-back or 0% financing?
24. Marinara or Alfredo
25. Monet or Van Gogh?
26 (tiebreaker) Pick a integer between 1 and 10,000, inclusive. note to players: YOU will be guessing what the arithmetic average of the responses was, rounded to the nearest integer.

You may absolutely NOT contact any of the poll respondents asking them how they replied. If any of the administrators or moderators notify me that they have been contacted by one of the players asking for this information, I will disqualify that player in this Challenge.

Immunity points: Primary scoring will be based on number of correct responses, with secondary scoring based on your answer to #26. For #26, whoever guesses closest to the average will win any tie. If two players are equally close, the one who guessed lower will win. For example, if the average was 5,000 and PlayerA guessed 4,999 while PlayerB guessed 5,001 then PlayerA would win the tiebreaker. If two tied players guessed the same tiebreaker, then the player who submitted their PM first will win the tiebreaker (this unlikely event is the only speed qualification in the Challenge).
Immunity points awarded will be 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 to the highest to lowest scoring players. Any player who does not submit a PMd response by 9:00p ET will receive 0 immunity points for the Challenge.
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:36 PM
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Hagbard Celine
1. Chocolate
2. Blue
3. Pi
4. Multiplication
5. 4x6
6. Eat out
7. Shoes
8. cozy B&B
9. cake
10. circle
11. Horizontal
12. Mouse
13. "T"
14. Jazz
15. Hamburgers
16. Credit
17. Yes
18. Paperback?
19. Dog
20. Cool
21. Cheese
22. Car
23. 0% financing?
24. Marinara
25. Monet
4,444
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:36 PM
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aces219
Chocolate
Blue
Pi
Multiplication
4x6
Eat out
Sandals
cozy B&B
cake
circle
vertical
keyboard
T
Classical
hamburgers
credit
Yes
paperback
cat
scary
cheese
car
0% financing
marinara
Monet
4500
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:36 PM
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Vern Schillinger
Chocolate
Blue
Pi
Multiplication
4x6
Eat out
Shoes
4-star hotel
pie
circle
Vertical
Keyboard
T
Classical
Hamburgers
Cash
Yes
Paperback
Cat
Scary
Cheese
Car
Cash-back
Marinara
Van Gogh
3333
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:36 PM
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patterns in static
1. Chocolate
2. Blue
3. Pi
4. Multiplication
5. 4x6
6. Eat out
7. Sandals
8. Cozy B&B
9. Cake
10. Circle
11. Vertical
12. Keyboard
13. T
14. Jazz
15. Hamburgers
16. Credit
17. No
18. Paperback
19. Dog
20. Cool
21. Pepperoni
22. Car
23. Cashback
24. Alfredo
25. Monet
5416
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:36 PM
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Ebenezer Kohl
1. Chocolate
2. Blue
3. e
4. Multiplication
5. 4x6
6. Eat out
7. Sandles
8. cozy B&B
9. Cake
10. Circle
11. Vertical
12. Keyboard
13. “T”
14. Classical
15. Hotdogs
16. Credit
17. No
18. Hardcover
19. Dog
20. Cool
21. Pepperoni
22. Car
23. Cash-back
24. Marinara
25. Monet
4504
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:37 PM
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J.T.
1. Chocolate
2. Blue
3. Pi
4. Multiplication
5. 4x6
6. Eat out
7. Sandals
8. Cozy B&B
9. Pie
10. Square
11. Vertical
12. Keyboard
13. "T"
14. Jazz
15. Hamburgers
16. Credit
17. Yes
18. Paperback
19. Dog
20. Cool
21. Cheese
22. Car
23. Cash-back
24. Marinara
25. Van Gogh
1326
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:37 PM
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Butters
Vanilla
Blue
Pi
Multiplication
4x6
Order in
Sandals
4-star hotel
Pie
Circle
Horizontal
Keyboard
T
Jazz
Hamburgers
Credit
No
Paperback
Dog
Cool
Cheese
Car
Cash-back
Marinara
Van Gogh
4242
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:40 PM
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Old 08-26-2004, 03:47 PM
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Only one player guessed Vanilla -- Butters
All players guessed Blue
Only one player guessed "e" -- Ebenezer Kohl
All players guessed 4x6 and multiplication
Only Butters wanted to "order in"
Only Hagbard and Butters thought "horizontal" was the way to go
The "T"s were unanimous
Only Kohl opted for hotdogs
Vern is the only one paying cash
Kohl is the only one who wanted hardback
Aces and Vern are the cat people
patterns and Kohl will have pepperoni, the rest take cheese
Not a single truck person in the group? There goes my image of JT!
Everybody knows cash-back is the better option. Except aces and Hagbard
patterns is the only one up for Alfredo
And only one player guessed an average higher than 5,000! And even then patterns was just over at 5416.
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