2008 Prognostication Quiz: Post 11 of 12

I've waited and waited, but I just don't think we're going to have another hurricane. The hurricane season ended on November 30, but I still held out hope. It was quite a teaser when Paloma turned into a hurricane the first week of last month. That was the eighth of the season. One more hurricane would have meant that I would not end up alone at the bottom of my first annual quiz. That ninth hurricane was not forthcoming. I must finally admit defeat. The answer to question 11 is C. Eleven people predicted this: Matthew B., Sandy, Pete, Megan, Jodene, Jeremiah, Laura, Beth Z., Liz, Jorge, and Rachel.

The eight hurricanes settles two of the intra-relationship grudge matches. With that final extra point, Liz passes Jeff (3 to 2), and Megan passes Rob (4 to 3). (Katie was already going to beat me 2 to 1, Ryan had already squeaked ahead of Heather on a better tiebreak, and Jodene completely thrashed Oraldo 4 to 2.)

This, then, is likely to be the final top of the leaderboard:

1. Matthew B.
2. Sandy
3. Pete
4. Eric
5. Megan
6. Grant
7. Jodene
8. Ekrem

Everyone is invited to join in next year's quiz, too! It has a couple extra questions and will be coming out on Monday, December 29. I will keep everyone posted!

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