Working out math problems is not "trivial"

I don't like this new subject for the tourney. Working out math problems is NOT the same thing as trivia. Trivia is supposed to be unimportant facts that you either know or you don't know. What is the capital (capitol?) of Urugauay? (<--That's actually 2 trivia questions rolled up into one!)

More players

We need double jeopardy, where the scores can really change.

Fun Trivia Tourney

I kept track in excel, and tried to prove some different things.
I missed a day or two of tracking.
I proved:
1. I cannot track well
2. I still get third place
3. First and second was close, missing a few days skews the results from the the tourney score.



Results for those that played 5 games or more..

Sum of Score

applecore 16054
funnyclock 15636
rcmucic 15388
erect 13692
bc 8293

Sum of Pts Awarded

funnyclock 104
applecore 102
rcmucic 100
erect 86
bc 61

Sum of Correct

applecore 195
funnyclock 188
rcmucic 181
erect 158
bc 98

Count of Pts Awarded (how many times a player played)

applecore 26
rcmucic 26
funnyclock 25
erect 20
bc 14

Average of Score: 622

erect 685
applecore 617
funnyclock 625
rcmucic 592
bc 592

Drinks to the winner for March

These questions will be fast and fun for a few days. Don't be afraid. F's are good.

In spite of Matt's best efforts, and thanks to Dylan's speed and panache, February brought us a tie.

Had he played every day (Bobby do you have the excel results?) it would have been his. M-F is easy. SS is harder.

Buena Suerte.

February is over!

Well done Matt.

I will do a better job of changing the question pool every week or more often. If they aren't working well or whatever, it's easy to change them, just speak up!

I almost forgot to take the quiz yesterday, it wasn't until 8:50pm that I remembered. The best way to get the most points is to play every day. I think funnyclock Matt even missed a day!

March starts in a few hours, will there be strong performances from Dr. Knowledge, Mr. 1600, and Three Degrees by 22? Or will it just be the usual suspects?

In honor of Ascorbic Acid

***Chemistry*** is the theme for the next few days...

Chemistry :: Specific Elements :: Mixed Elements :: Periodic Table :: Chemistry Mix :: Chemical Names and Formulas :: Organic Chemistry :: Specific Chemicals and Compounds :: Acids and Bases :: Metals :: Biochemistry ::

Good luck.

Sorry, Movies it is

We'll do something else next Friday...

Statistics

Bobby is tracking in Excel points, times, # correct, etc., and at the end of the month we can perform analyses to confirm that Brett is dumb for Googling, and Brian is fastest in spite of being a moral policeman.

We have everyone's email but '88'. Who the hell is that?

btw, changing question pool to Movies or something tonight.

It's hot in this kitchen

If it cost 10 points for each second lost in researching an answer, and you took 70 seconds using your brain and Google to get all ten answers right, you'd get:

Number right	Time elapsed	Points awarded
10	70	300

The above table follows the 100 points/correct answer that in the current (-1 point/second) system would yield:

Number right	Time elapsed	Points awarded
10	70	930

Clearly, the current scoring system yields an advantage to researchers who can improve the number of correct answers by researching each answer in under 80-95 seconds.

When I set up this tournament in response to Matt's email containing 20 trivia questions, I had two goals:

1) Have fun
2) Learn stuff

FunTrivia.com's competition *system* is a nice bonus, and perhaps an incentive to be consistent with 1) and 2) above.

There will be at least two people drinking a beer or two in early March. Only the strong survive.