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2011 Prognostication Quiz: Question 13-15, Death


The elder statesman of the the 2011 Prognostication Quiz has passed on. Colonel Potter of M*A*S*H retires to the great Korean war in the sky. That makes A. Harry Morgan a correct answer on Question 13-15 of the quiz.

The Ageists
Marcus
Russell
Megan
Paul
Stacey
Cameron M.
Dave
Zoe
Katie
Rachel F.
Todd
Beth
Tina
Leanne
Ted
Larry
Missy

Leaderboard

This death has a profound effect on the leaderboard. What was a four-way race just two weeks ago has been winnowed down to two. Russell will pull even with Marcus and best him in the tiebreaker if the Dow ends the year between 12,361.5 and 12,499.99. Otherwise, Marcus wins. The Dow has not been higher than 12,200 since late July, but some good news from Congress or Europe could easily set it rising in the last two weeks of the year. If Zsa-zsa Gabor (in and out of the hospital all year) finally buys the farm, Russell would expand his winning range and win if the Dow finished anywhere above 12,000.

Megan, Paul, Adrian, and Stacey are all dark horses but could still win if the Dow ends between 11,500 and 12,000 AND something special happens: Megan needs Iran to conduct a nuclear test, Paul needs Ravi Shankar to advance to his next incarnation, Stacey needs the Euro to break apart, and Adrian needs Kirk Douglas or Billy Graham to stop breathing.

Two and a half weeks left!

7 Marcus
6 Russell
5 Megan
5 Paul
5 Adrian
5 Stacey
5 Jo
5 Ryan
5 Cherie
4 Lorraine
4 Cameron M.
4 Dave
4 Valerie
4 Jan
4 Jeff
4 Ron
4 Pete C.
4 Zoe
4 Ekrem
3 Gloria
3 Michael
3 Kevin
3 Claire&Craig
3 Rachel F.
3 Todd
3 Grant
3 Beth
3 Rachel H.
3 Tina
3 Matthew
3 Leanne
3 Liz
3 Rich
3 Cameron L.
3 Collette
3 Ted
2 Craig
2 Larry
2 Missy
2 Ellen
2 Katie
2 Zhiqi
2 Janet
2 Eric
2 Chris M.
2 Sarah
1 Keila
1 Ben
1 Peter B.
1 Chris C.
0 Nadir

Back down here at the bottom, Nadir may finally get a little bit of luck! He has chosen the Dow to end between 12,000 and 12,500, which is where the Dow is right now. Will he hang on and win his first and only point of the year? We have a photo finish at the top AND at the bottom!

Comments

  1. Anonymous5:40 PM

    At least I have the comfort of having my loving wife down near the bottom with me!

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  2. Anonymous9:02 AM

    "The Dow has not been higher than 12,200 since late July"

    Not anymore... at 12294 it is now at its highest value since July 27th... having shot up over 500 points in 4 days of trading... I'm really regretting missing that hurricane question now (but in my defense on that question, there were a lot of tropical storms and the hurricane to tropical storm ratio was abnormally low).

    -Marcus

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