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2010 Prognostication Quiz, #8 Peace

The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China" The precise wording of the announcement means Question 8 of the 2010 Prognostication Quiz has two correct answers: B. "Rights" and C. Any specific geographical region.

Twenty-three people guessed one of these answers.

The "Right makes Might" group:
Ron
Missy
Rachel H.
Larry
Adrian
Rich
Zoe
Janet
Liz
Valerie
Michael A.
Ellen
Katie
Pamela
Mary A.
Eric

The regional hypothesizers:
Russell
Marcus
Matthew
Cameron
Topher
Peter II
Rachel F.

Question 13-15. Death

B. Gloria Stewart passed away on September 27. She was a flapper in the 1920's and went on to fame amongst teenage girls 1997 with her role as "old Kate Winslet" in James Cameron's Titanic. Nineteen people thought (correctly) that anyone with a triple-digit age is a good wager:
Ron
Missy
Beth Z.
Janet
Zoe
Rich
Rachel H.
Katie
Carol
Keila
Polly
Eric
Todd
Leanne
Megan
Chris C.
Sarah
Ekrem
Gloria

E. Barbara Billingsley died this past Saturday. She was the June Cleaver on the original Leave it to Beaver television show, and re-started her career as the elderly passenger and "jive" translator from the 1980 movie Airplane. Only four people predicted her passing:
Ryan
Rachel H.
Peter II
Ben

Leader Board

Ryan (Barbara Billingsley) continues his stranglehold on first place, though Ron is only a little way back on the tie-breaker, having correctly predicted the Nobel Peace Prize as well as Gloria Stuart's end. Missy and Rachel H. keep pace one behind at six points. Former leader Craig now languishes two behind along with eight others at five points. Among the five-pointers, keep an eye on Adrian, Larry, and Russell, who are each three-for-three in the last three questions.

7 Ryan
7 Ron
6 Missy
6 Rachel H.
5 Gloria
5 Janet
5 Adrian
5 Craig
5 Zoe
5 Larry
5 Russell
5 Rich
5 Janette
4 Peter II
4 Katie
4 Carol
4 Matthew
4 Marcus
3 Ellen
3 Keila
3 Topher
3 Polly
3 Beth K.
3 Eric
3 Michael A.
3 Beth Z.
3 Valerie
3 Todd
3 Leanne
3 Liz
3 Stephanie
3 Megan
3 Cameron
3 Ekrem
3 Mary C.
2 Cherie
2 Chris C.
2 Rachel F.
2 Nad
2 Sarah
2 Grant
2 Mary A.
2 Kevin
2 Jan
2 Pamela
2 Zhiqi
1 Jeff
1 Peter
1 Ben
1 Christopher T.
1 Tina
1 Mike F.

Comments

  1. Adrian11:33 AM

    At this point, I'm pulling for Rachel H. to be the winner, since she just answered "B" to everything...

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous1:59 PM

    12 hurricanes. Democrats lost 63 House seats and 6 Senate seats, among other things.

    ReplyDelete

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