Alright, gang, an extra $20 on the table at the Rendezvous tonight, as any team that defeats the Jams (Winning team only) will get an extra 20 bones (Cash!) in addition to their gift certificate.
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Looking for Your Best Breakup and Disastrous Dating Stories
I want to compile your funniest, most tragic, most dramatic, etc. breakup stories and disastrous dating stories this week, so if you have any good ones please let me know. I want to get them on video this week and post them in time for Valentine’s. I will have the video camera on me at quizzo, and I’ll also be at Nodding Head on Wednesday after quizzo. What better time to discuss heartbreak and disaster than during the holidays? Let me know if you have any good ones. Because talking about it is the best therapy.
More Statistical Quizzo Goodness
Alright, here ya go. The stats for the other 3 quizzes for 2008. Tomorrow, I’ll post the top money winners and scorers total. Again, some teams change names regularly, so if that includes you and you are uncredited for a win or 2nd place finish let me know. (If you missed the first three sets of stats, click here.)
Time for the Annual Valentine’s Week Massacre
Alright kids, get yourselves ready for questions about jilted lovers, bad love songs, celebrity breakups, and crimes of passion. It’s time for the annual Valentine’s Week Massacre!
Question of the Week
Which of Henry VIII’s wives other than Anne Boleyn was beheaded?
This is Why You’re Fat
Mmmmm, corn dog pizza.
Anybody hiring?
No, not for quizzo. I have a couple of great kids in my basketball/tutoring program that need part-time jobs. If anybody is looking for entry level help from one or more 16-18 year olds with great personalities and work ethics please contact me. Thanks.
2008 Quizzo Statistics!
Ok, so this is really cool. JohnniE of Duane’s World went back to last year’s scoreboard and tallied up all the wins and 2nd place finishes of the teams at all 6 quizzes, as well as the 10 high scores. He then found out how much each bar paid and came up with total earnings. Then, this morning, I went into a spreadsheet and entered the stats. However, some teams change names regularly, so I’ve had to spend a fair amount of time trying to remember what aliases certain teams have used. So a couple of teams I could be slightly off on their 2nd place finishes. But winners should be right on. If you wanna go back and doublecheck your team by pouring through last years scoreboard, feel free to. Just contact me and I can go back and change the stats. So far, I have gotten through half. So I’ll present those to you now. It’s kind of a time consuming process, so I’ll try to get the other three done either tomorrow or definitely Wednesday. This is very, very cool for us quiz nerds. Thanks again to JohnniE. Enjoy:
Math to Make Your Head Dizzy
On Thursday at the Good Dog, the 2nd round was multiply the numbers 11-20 by the number 77. One of the people playing was David, a math teacher and enthusiast. If any of you out there are math fiends, you’re gonna love the properties of the number 11 Dave was kind enough to share with us:
Thursday’s problem, “Provide every multiple of 77 between 77×11 and 77×20,” becomes a cinch when you know a simple math trick involving multiplying by 11.
*Multiplying By 11*
Take any number (for convenience’ sake, let’s deal with 813, but we could really talk about ANY number of ANY length). In order to multiply it by 11, all we need to do is write down the first number; add the last two numbers; add the next two numbers from the end; and write down the last number. In other words, 813×11=8[8+1][1+3]3, or 8943. 42×11=4[4+2]2, or 462. Etc. The only catch is remembering to carry the 1 if you get a two-number sum greater than 10: 491×11=4[4+9][9+1]1=[4+1][3+1]01=5401. Thus 77×11= 7[7+7]7=847.
More 11 weirdness after the jump…
Sofa Kingdom Wins at Bards
A former Democrat in the Mississippi House, his first book was titled “A Time to Kill” and he turns 54 today.