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2010 Prognostication Quiz: Post #4, Film

The answer to Question 4 in the 2010 Prognostication Quiz is B. The Hurt Locker. Kathryn Bigelow has put her ex-husband James Cameron and his Avatar into a hurt locker of their own. It was a dramatic moment: The Hurt Locker has the lowest box office take ever for an Oscar-winning best picture, while Avatar has become the top-grossing worldwide release of all time but fell short on Oscar night.

Even more dramatic and amazing than this, Ryan has now predicted each of the first four questions correctly. This has happened only once before, when Zoe answered Questions 3-6 correctly last year. What is entirely unprecedented, however, is Ryan's catapulting to a two-point lead over everyone else in the field. Never before has anyone had more than a one-point lead over their closest competitors.

Ryan has also been quite obnoxious in lording his recent success over the rest of us. (See the comments from the Football Post last month.) What sort of trash talk can we expect now that he has a commanding two-point lead over his closest rivals?

Here are the folks who foresaw that a bunch of big blue aliens would bow to the US army bomb squad:
Ryan
Craig
Ron
Nad
Janet
Rachel H.
Michael A.
Christopher T.
Russell
Mary A.

And here's the current overall leader board:
4 Ryan
2 Beth K.
2 Craig
2 Ron
2 Nad
2 Janet
2 Topher
2 Rachel H.
1 Beth Z.
1 Larry
1 Michael A.
1 Christopher T.
1 Russell
1 Valerie
1 Eric
1 Adrian
1 Polly
1 Mary A.
1 Keila
1 Stephanie
1 Cameron
1 Pamela
1 Marcus
1 Gloria
1 Peter
1 Cherie
1 Missy
1 Zhiqi
1 Mary C.
1 Janette
0 Zoe
0 Todd
0 Grant
0 Sarah
0 Carol
0 Ben
0 Rich
0 Matthew
0 Tina
0 Leanne
0 Kevin
0 Liz
0 Rachel F.
0 Ellen
0 Mike F.
0 Megan
0 Jan
0 Katie
0 Chris C.
0 Peter II
0 Ekrem
0 Diane
0 Jeff

Question 5 update:
Ryan picked C. The Wall Street Journal. So the rest of us will hope that another paper wins. Sad tidings for Nad, Larry, Eric, Mary A., Pamela, and others who also picked C.

Questions 13-15 update:
Not only has no one interesting died in the past month, a sobering trend is emerging. So far only five people have points for predicting a death: Eric, Stephanie, Pamela, Peter and Cherie all guessed J.D. Salinger would kick the bucket this year. Somehow, these five have combined to go 0-for-20 on the first four questions. Has Mr. Salinger placed a hex on these ne'er-do-wells?

Comments

  1. Ryan C7:06 PM

    I feel no need for additional trash talk now that my superiority is self-evident.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Russell V.9:00 PM

    I'm just thrilled to be on the board, finally! I believe I may have already tied my total from last year!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Ellen12:34 PM

    I'm WAY behind last year (I think I got one).

    ReplyDelete

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