Family Feud 2015

[Quizmaster]

I'm starting to write up the results now, so entries are closed.

[Quizmaster]

Fiction-themed round: results!

Q1. Name a Shakespearean character not mentioned in the play's title.

Iago (Proxima, bsmith) - 1 point
Banquo (namida) - 0.5
Puck (Crane) - 0.5
Viola (NaOH) - 0.5
Ophelia (Simon) - 0.5
Gertrude (607) - 0.5
Claudio (geoo) - 0.5
Capulet (Akseli) - 0.5

Q2. Name a fictional detective, other than Sherlock Holmes.

Hercule Poirot (Proxima, geoo, bsmith, Akseli) - 1 point
Inspector Gadget (NaOH, Simon) - 0.5
Dick Gumshoe (namida) - 0.25
Inspector Morse (Crane) - 0.25
Nancy Drew (607) - 0.25

Q3. Name a fictional cat, other than Puss-in-Boots.

Garfield (NaOH, Simon, 607, geoo, Akseli) - 1 point
The Cat in the Hat (namida) - 0.2
Luna (Proxima) - 0.2
Tom (Crane) - 0.2
Sylvester (bsmith) - 0.2

Q4. Name a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Frodo Baggins (namida, Crane, NaOH, Simon, 607, geoo, Akseli) - 1 point
Gandalf the Grey (Proxima) - 0.14
Samwise Gamgee (bsmith) - 0.14

Q5. Name a Hogwarts professor.

Albus Dumbledore (namida, NaOH, Simon, 607, Akseli) - 1 point
Severus Snape (Proxima, geoo, bsmith) - 0.6
Minerva McGonagall (Crane) - 0.2

Q6. Name a character from the Sonic series, other than Sonic.

Miles "Tails" Prower (namida, Crane, NaOH, Simon, 607, geoo, bsmith) - 1 point
Dr Robotnik / Eggman (Proxima, Akseli) - 0.28

Q7. Name a character from the Touhou series, other than Reimu.

Kirisame Marisa (NaOH, Simon, geoo, bsmith, Akseli) - 1 point
Izayoi Sakuya (namida, 607) - 0.4
Kochiya Sanae (Proxima) - 0.2
Fujiwara no Mokou (Crane) - 0.2

Q8. Name a Charles Dickens novel (inverse scoring).

Unique answers: Little Dorrit (namida), Our Mutual Friend (Proxima), A Tale of Two Cities (geoo), Bleak House (bsmith) - 1 point
David Copperfield (Crane, 607) - 0.5
Dombey and Son (NaOH, Simon, Akseli) - 0.33

Q9. Name a book in The Chronicles of Narnia (inverse scoring).

The Silver Chair (Proxima) - 1 point
The Last Battle (NaOH) - 1 point
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (namida, 607) - 0.5
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Crane, Simon, geoo, bsmith, Akseli) - 0.2

Q10. Name a book in The Adventures of Tintin (inverse scoring).

All answers submitted were unique, so 1 point each for The Secret of the Unicorn (namida), Cigars of the Pharaoh (Proxima), Land of Black Gold (NaOH), The Crab with the Golden Claws (Simon), The Castafiore Emerald (607), Tintin in the Congo (geoo), Tintin in America (bsmith) and King Ottokar's Sceptre (Akseli). Crane did not answer this question.

Q11. Quidditch.

Gryffindor have no members (score 0)
Hufflepuff have one Seeker (NaOH) (score 150)
Ravenclaw have two Chasers (Simon, bsmith), one Beater (Crane), three Seekers (namida, geoo, Akseli) and one Keeper (Proxima) (score 80)
Slytherin have one Beater (607) (score 0)

NaOH scores 1.5; all Ravenclaw members score 0.8.

Q12. The Hunger Games.

District 1: geoo
District 6: bsmith
District 7: namida, 607, Akseli
District 8: Proxima, Crane, Simon
District 12: NaOH

At 3hrs, bsmith attacks NaOH, leading to a mutual kill.
At 4hrs, Crane leads an attack on District 3, who have no members, so nothing happens.
At 5hrs, 607 leads an attack on geoo, who is killed.
At 6hrs, geoo's attack command is ignored due to his death.
At 8hrs, Simon leads an attack on District 4, who have no members, so nothing happens.
At 10hrs, namida leads an attack on District 3, who have no members, so nothing happens.
At 16hrs, Proxima leads an attack on District 12, who have no surviving members, so nothing happens. NaOH's attack command is ignored due to her death.
At 17hrs, Akseli leads an attack on District 4, who have no members, so nothing happens.

Survivors: namida, 607, Akseli, Proxima, Crane, Simon - 1 point each.

(This was an enormously fun question to run, as the gradual trickle of answer submissions kept drastically changing the outcome!)

Q13. Mornington Crescent.

Sudbury Hill (Crane), North Acton (NaOH), South Kensington (Simon), Lewisham (607), Northfields (geoo), High Street Kensington (Akseli) - 1 point
Euston Square (namida), Redbridge (bsmith) - 0.33
Tottenham Court Road (Proxima) - 0.17

Q14. Brockian Ultra-Cricket.

RubiX (Proxima), grams88 (NaOH, 607), Timballisto (Simon), SLIME MINISTER (geoo, Akseli), Ramon (bsmith) - 1 point
NaOH (namida) - 0
Akseli (Crane) - 0

Total scores:

NaOH - 11.85
Simon - 11.32
Akseli - 11.11
geoo - 11.1
607 - 10.15
bsmith - 9.27
namida - 8.98
Proxima - 7.39
Crane - 6.85

Congratulations to NaOH, who also won the previous round I hosted! And thanks to everyone who took part.

I haven't received any PMs expressing interest in hosting the next round, so as far as I know, that's still open. I won't check this account regularly, so send a PM to Proxima if you want the Quizmaster password.

[Simon]

A google-intensive round for the feud questions, but extremely fun games. Thanks!

<SimonN> feud results, feud results
<Proxima> indeed :) I enjoyed this round
<Proxima> you and NaOH were on a good wavelength, you submitted the same answers to all standard-scoring questions except Q1
<SimonN> Ravenclaw have two Chasers (Simon, bsmith), one Beater (Crane), three Seekers (namida, geoo, Akseli) and one Keeper (Proxima) (score 80)
<SimonN> :D :D :D :D
<SimonN> yeah, it didn't work out all the time for points, but the answers matched up often
<Ramond> Proxima is back!
<Proxima> yes :) hello
<SimonN> my prediction was that exactly one of geoo and NaOH would seek for Ravenclaw, and if both seek there, then the strong opposition doesn't get points either, so I should get a non-seeker role on the team
<SimonN> and my first hunch, which I erased before sending, was to seek for Hufflepuff >_>

-- Simon

[607]

Wow, I did much better than expected! I didn't have any idea for questions 1, 2, 5, 7 & 8 and I googled for pretty much every question, but on most it actually turned out well. This was also the first time I didn't fail horrendously on the inverse scoring questions, I think.
It's a shame that the Quidditch didn't work out, but I did well on the other ones. I actually quite liked these questions in the end, even though I had to Google quite a few of them. Most are quite interesting.
I'm quite surprised that seriously everyone answered either Tails or Dr. Eggman. I wasn't too sure about which to choose from those two, but I was also seriously considering Shadow, and perhaps even Knuckles. But maybe Tails is more popular than I thought.
Thanks for hosting!

[Crane]

I find it interesting how no-one mentioned "Oliver Twist" or "A Christmas Carol" as a novel by Charles Dickens.  I guess people were afraid they were popular answers.

[Quizmaster]

A Quizmaster for the next round has appeared!

Apologies to all concerned, there was a minor error in the scoring. Akseli and Proxima scored 2/7 = 0.28 on Q6, not 0.14. This puts Akseli only just into third place above geoo.

[NaOH]

Fun theme! I liked this round . Thanks for hosting.

[geoo]

Nice round, a bit research heavy but insightful at the same time, quite enjoyed it. Congrats to NaOH.
Did well on the regular Feud question, but can't really pinpoint an avoidable mistake in any of the other questions, so all the more respect.

Tintin in the Congo was the only book of the series I remembered offhand from somewhere.

Very interesting special questions this time. Q13 was my favourite, a bit like the conga line, but novel and not dependent on player popularity, but Q11 and Q12 were very nice too.

For Q11, my perception of the universe is severely skewed by HPMOR that I have a significantly better recollection of than the originals.

Wow, I was completely off with my prediction for question 12. Quite surprised how this turned out, everyone picking middle numbers:

12. District 1, attack District 12 at 6. (Tricky one. District 1 will probably have the most members, but if there are 4 or 5 a collision of the attack times becomes likely. District 12 is probably the next biggest one, but District 1 will very likely attack district 12. Any other district and chances are I'm alone and either attack some non-empty district or get attacked. But maybe participation isn't that high this time...)

I was kinda off with question 13 as well, but N and S proved to be very popular letters:

13. Northfields (Hoping someone picks King's Cross, and someone else expects someone to pick King's cross and picks some station starting with S.)

[NaOH]

I was kinda off with question 13 as well, but N and S proved to be very popular letters:

There were an enormous number of stations ending in "-ton," so I figured anything starting with an "n" was a good choice.

[geoo]

I actually took the whole list of stations, sorted them by first and last letter to check which are frequent. And then tried to pick something connecting to something frequent while at the same time likely to be a popular letter. Simon even picked a station with start and end letters swapped from mine.

[Quizmaster]

It is time for another round of Family Feud!

Standard Scoring Questions
1. Name a mathematical subject taught in high school.
2. Name a fictional character whose weapon of choice is a sword.
3. Name a video game which has a book or novel set in the same universe.
4. Name a component inside a personal computer.
5. Name a state bordering Minnesota.
6. Name an ingredient in vegetable soup.
7. Name something which can be found in the sky.
8. Name a web browser.
9. Name a vehicle manufacturer.
10. How many rooms are in an average house.

Special Scoring Minigames
11. Darts
- Throw your dart at the dartboard by choosing an (x,y) coordinate on the dartboard represented as a square with corners at (1,1), (1,-1), (-1,1), and (-1,-1).  The center of the dart cluster is determined by the arithmetic average of the x-coordinates and y-coordinates. [Example: If three points (0.4,0.9), (-0.1,-0.5), (0.6,0.2) are chosen, then the cluster center is (0.3, 0.2).] 
- Your score is (shortest distance to cluster center)/(your distance to cluster center).

12. Sectors
- Choose a point on the circumference of a circle by stating the number of degrees clockwise from the top.  The circle is divided into sectors be taking the midpoint of each pair of adjacent points chosen by the players.  Your sector is the one your point resides in.  [Example: Points at A:0 deg, B:80 deg, and C:200 deg are chosen.  The sectors are marked by points 40 deg, 140 deg, and 280 deg. A's sector is from 280 to 40 (120 deg), B's sector is from 40 to 140 (100 deg, C's sector is from 140 to 280 (140 deg).]  If two or more players choose the same point then they split the sector. [Example: If D chooses the same point as C in the previous example, then they each get 140/2=70 degrees of the sector.]
- Your score is (size of your sector)/(size of the largest sector).

13. Hide and Seek
- Choose a location to hide on the grid A1-E5 (like a spreadsheet).  Choose five locations to seek other players.  You may choose your hiding spot to seek other players without penalty for finding yourself.
- Your raw score is (number of other players found)-(number of players who found you).  Your final score is (your raw score)/(best raw score).

[Quizmaster]

This round's results!

1. Name a mathematical subject taught in high school.
1 pt - Algebra - namida, NaOH, Simon, 607
1/4 pt - Statistics - Crane
1/4 pt - Multiplying - IchoTolot


2. Name a fictional character whose weapon of choice is a sword.
1 pt - Link - NaOH, Simon, Crane, 607
1/4 pt - Sephiroth - namida
1/4 pt - Arthas - IchoTolot


3. Name a video game which has a book or novel set in the same universe.
1 pt - Lemmings - NaOH, Simon
1 pt - Lord of the Rings - IchoTolot, 607
1/2 pt - Pokemon - namida
1/2 pt - StarCraft - Crane


4. Name a component inside a personal computer.
1 pt - Motherboard - namida, IchoTolot, 607
2/3 pt - Hard Drive - NaOH, Crane
1/3 pt - CPU - Simon


5. Name a state bordering Minnesota.
1 pt - Iowa - NaOH, Crane
1 pt - North Dakota - IchoTolot, 607
1/2 pt - South Dakota - namida
1/2 pt - Wisconsin - Simon


6. Name an ingredient in vegetable soup.
1 pt - Leek - NaOH, Simon
1/2 pt - Lentils - namida
1/2 pt - Potatoes - Crane
1/2 pt - Carrots - IchoTolot
1/2 pt - Mincemeat - 607


7. Name something which can be found in the sky.
1 pt - Clouds - namida, NaOH, Crane, IchoTolot, 607
1/5 pt - Sun - Simon


8. Name a web browser.
1 pt - Firefox - namida, NaOH, Simon, Crane, IchoTolot
1/5 pt - Google Chrome - 607


9. Name a vehicle manufacturer.
1 pt - Ford - NaOH, 607
1 pt - Volkswagon - Simon, IchoTolot
1/2 pt - Toyota - Namida
1/2 pt - BMW - Crane


10. How many rooms are in an average house.
1 pt - 5 - NaOH, IchoTolot
1/2 pt - 6 - namida
1/2 pt - 10 - Simon
1/2 pt - 8 - Crane
1/2 pt - 0 - 607


11. Darts Minigame
Point (0,0) - namida, NaOH, Crane, IchoTolot
Point (0,05, -0.05) - Simon
Point (-0,05, 0.05) - 607
Cluster center is (0,0), so namida, NaOH, Crane, and IchoTolot all score 1 pt; Simon and 607 score 0 pt.


12. Sectors Minigame
namida chose 199
NaOH chose 180
Simon chose 123
Crane chose 150
IchoTolot chose 40
607 chose 37

Sector partitions are at 38.5, 81.5, 136.5, 165, 189.5 and 298

namida's sector measures 108.5, the best for 1 pt
NaOH's sector measures 24.5, getting 0.23 pt
Simon's sector measures 55, getting 0.51 pt
Crane's sector measures 28.5, getting 0.26 pt
IchoTolot's sector measures 43, getting 0.4 pt
607's sector measures 100.5, getting 0.93 pt


13. Hide and Seek Minigame
namida - Hide C2, Seek A1, E1, A5, E5, C3
NaOH - Hide C4, Seek A3, A1, E5, D4, C4
Simon - Hide D3, Seek B1, B2, B4, B5, C3
Crane - Hide B4, Seek A1, E5, C5, D2, B4
IchoTolot - Hide C5, Seek B2, C3, E5, B4, A1
607 - Hide D4, Seek A1, C3, A5, D5, A2

namida finds 0 and was found by 0 for a raw score of 0
NaOH finds 1 and was found by 0 for a raw score of 1
Simon finds 1 and was found by 0 for a raw score of 1
Crane finds 1 and was found by 2 for a raw score of -1
IchoTolot finds 1 and was found by 1 for a raw score of 0
607 finds 0 and was found by 1 for a raw score of -1

The best raw score is 1, so everyone's raw score is their final score.


Grand Totals:
namida - 8.75
NaOH - 11.89
Simon - 9.04
Crane - 7.18
IchoTolot - 9.4
607 - 8.13

Congratulations to NaOH for the win!

[607]

Hey, how are the inverse-scoring questions scored? I can't figure it out with the hotness

[namida]

I've personally done it by working out the difference between the frequency of the most common and least common answer, then working in reverse from there. EG: 2 people have least common answer, 4 people have most common answer, that's a spread of 3, so I count the 4-person-answer as worth 1/3rd, and the 2-person answer as worth 1 (with any 3-person answers being 2/3rds). However, I think other hosts have simply done it as a matter of <frequency of least common answer> / <frequency of this answer>, eg: in the same example, the 4-person answer would be worth 2/4ths (or 1/2), a 3-person answer worth 2/3rds, and a 2-person answer worth 1 point.

The more important thing is to make sure you use the same scoring method across all inverse questions in a single feud, rather than exactly what that method is.

[Quizmaster]

Its a colorful Feud!  This round features color and color-related questions.  All questions are standard scoring:

1. Name a real person who has a nickname/alias containing the word 'Black'.  (Submissions should include both the character name and the 'Black' nickname.)
2. Name an animal with brown fur.
3. Name a character in 'Little Red Riding Hood' other than the title character.
4. Other than an orange, name a food which is orange in color.
5. Name a roadsign which uses yellow paint.
6. Name a type of evergreen plant.
7. Name an article of clothing in your closet/wardrobe which is blue.
8. Name a nation whose flag contains purple.
9. Name a currently living celebrity with gray hair.
10. Name a fictional character who has a nickname/alias containing the word 'white'.  (Submissions should include both the character name and the 'White' nickname.)
11. What is the most common carat rating of gold in jewelry.
12. Name a real-world application of silver. (Something in which silver provides some sort of crucial function as opposed to things like dining utensils and jewelry which can use almost any metal.)