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Reveal will be here. Express Sheep gets an express reveal.

Question set wasn't the greatest but thanks to everyone for entering.

I'll take entries for another few minutes.

1. Other than current events involving the aforementioned short fingered pumpkin; name an American Tragedy
2. Name a Shakespearean Tragedy
3. Name a Greek Tragedy
4. Give me a synonym for tragedy or tragic
5. Cheer up Aaron! The world didn't end; yet. Name a Movie Comedy from the 21st Century.
6. Name a Stand-up Comedian.
7. Name a TV Sitcom which aired between 1970 - 1997
8. What's Black and White and Red all over?

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01-21-2017 , 03:47 PM

xander biscuits

watching a movie

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01-21-2017 , 03:48 PM

IBeDrummin

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zomgggggg

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01-21-2017 , 03:50 PM

aaronk56

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Your player list. Booker gets the only

18 players:

Aaronk56's Son
ArcticKnight
Booker Wolfbox

Carl_Spackler
ChachiArcola
DarkMagus
derwipok
eyebooger
housenuts
IBeDrummin
JMurder3
King_of_NYC
kioshk
nails
Precept2
True North
warped
xander biscuits

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01-21-2017 , 03:51 PM

aaronk56

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Un-guessed songs

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01-21-2017 , 03:53 PM

aaronk56

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A couple of questions in this sheep you didn't want to miss. this is one of them.

Question 1: 1. Other than current events involving the aforementioned short fingered pumpkin; name an American Tragedy

9 11 - 14
Aaronk56's Son
ArcticKnight
ChachiArcola
DarkMagus
derwipok
housenuts
IBeDrummin
JMurder3
kioshk
xander biscuits
eyebooger
Carl_Spackler
King_of_NYC
True North

ACES:

that Kevin Bacon has never won an Academy Award - Booker Wolfbox
Columbine - Precept2
Donald Trump - warped
JFK assassination - nails

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01-21-2017 , 03:54 PM

aaronk56

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Question 2: 2. Name a Shakespearean Tragedy

Romeo & Juliet - 15
derwipok
IBeDrummin
JMurder3
Precept2
Booker Wolfbox
Carl_Spackler
ChachiArcola
DarkMagus
housenuts
King_of_NYC
kioshk
warped
xander biscuits
True North
nails

Hamlet - 3
Aaronk56's Son
ArcticKnight
eyebooger

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01-21-2017 , 03:55 PM

aaronk56

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Over half the field perfect after two questions.

Scores after question 2:

Carl_Spackler - 29
ChachiArcola - 29
DarkMagus - 29
derwipok - 29
housenuts - 29
IBeDrummin - 29
JMurder3 - 29
King_of_NYC - 29
kioshk - 29
xander biscuits - 29
True North - 29
Aaronk56's Son - 17
ArcticKnight - 17
eyebooger - 17
Booker Wolfbox - 16
Precept2 - 16
warped - 16
nails - 16

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01-21-2017 , 03:56 PM

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

I saw the boss live a few years ago in Cardiff

a good time was had by all and I was probably the youngest person in the place

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01-21-2017 , 03:56 PM

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aaronk56

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Ok, maybe you didn't want to miss any question to have a chance.

Question 3: 3. Name a Greek Tragedy

Oedipus rex - 14
ArcticKnight
Carl_Spackler
ChachiArcola
derwipok
eyebooger
housenuts
IBeDrummin
JMurder3
kioshk
warped
xander biscuits
Aaronk56's Son
King_of_NYC
True North

ACES:

When the greek bakery is out of baklava - Booker Wolfbox
iliad - DarkMagus
Antigone - Precept2
Prometheus Bound - nails

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01-21-2017 , 03:58 PM

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aaronk56

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

I saw the boss live a few years ago in Cardiff

a good time was had by all and I was probably the youngest person in the place

Convinced the Mrs. to go see Pearl Jam a few years back, we probably had 25 years on anyone else in the crowd.

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01-21-2017 , 03:59 PM

#12

xander biscuits

watching a movie

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so far so good btw

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01-21-2017 , 03:59 PM

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aaronk56

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Finally a question that may provide some separation to the pack at the top.

Question 4: 4. Give me a synonym for tragedy or tragic

disaster - 8
ArcticKnight
DarkMagus
derwipok
eyebooger
IBeDrummin
Carl_Spackler
True North
nails

Catastrophe - 5
ChachiArcola
housenuts
JMurder3
King_of_NYC
Precept2

Sad - 3

Aaronk56's Son
kioshk
xander biscuits

ACES:

Millenial - Booker Wolfbox
Misfortune - warped

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01-21-2017 , 04:00 PM

#14

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

x post curse

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01-21-2017 , 04:01 PM

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aaronk56

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Only 4 perfects left but half the field is still in striking distance.

Scores after question 4:

Carl_Spackler - 51
derwipok - 51
IBeDrummin - 51
True North - 51
ChachiArcola - 48
housenuts - 48
JMurder3 - 48
King_of_NYC - 48
kioshk - 46
xander biscuits - 46
ArcticKnight - 39
eyebooger - 39
DarkMagus - 38
Aaronk56's Son - 34
warped - 31
nails - 25
Precept2 - 22
Booker Wolfbox - 18

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01-21-2017 , 04:02 PM

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aaronk56

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It seems that housenuts misread the question or has a weird sense of humor.

Question 5: 5. Cheer up Aaron! The world didn't end; yet. Name a Movie Comedy from the 21st Century.

The Hangover - 7
Carl_Spackler
ChachiArcola
derwipok
JMurder3
kioshk
Precept2
True North

Superbad - 2
Aaronk56's Son
ArcticKnight

Anchorman - 2
IBeDrummin
nails

ACES:

Doctor Strange - Booker Wolfbox
deadpool - DarkMagus
40 Year Old Virgin - eyebooger
star wars: force awakens - housenuts
Airplane! - King_of_NYC
Ghostbusters - warped
The Big Lebowski - xander biscuits

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01-21-2017 , 04:03 PM

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aaronk56

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I don't even know a couple of these people.

Question 6: 6. Name a Stand-up Comedian.

jerry seinfeld - 7
DarkMagus
IBeDrummin
kioshk
xander biscuits
Aaronk56's Son
King_of_NYC
True North

Louis CK - 6
Carl_Spackler
derwipok
housenuts
JMurder3
ChachiArcola
nails

George Carlin - 2
ArcticKnight
eyebooger

ACES:

Alec Baldwin - Booker Wolfbox
Frank Caliendo - Precept2
Gabriel Iglasias - warped

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01-21-2017 , 04:04 PM

#18

xander biscuits

watching a movie

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did not notice the 21st century part

oh dear

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01-21-2017 , 04:05 PM

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aaronk56

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True North now stands alone but Carl and deri are nipping at his heals.

Scores after question 6:

True North - 65
Carl_Spackler - 64
derwipok - 64
ChachiArcola - 61
JMurder3 - 61
IBeDrummin - 60
kioshk - 60
King_of_NYC - 56
housenuts - 55
xander biscuits - 54
DarkMagus - 46
Aaronk56's Son - 43
ArcticKnight - 43
eyebooger - 42
warped - 33
nails - 33
Precept2 - 30
Booker Wolfbox - 20

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01-21-2017 , 04:05 PM

#20

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

is true north gonna perfect this one?

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01-21-2017 , 04:08 PM

#21

aaronk56

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The cut-off of 1997 was one year before Seinfeld premiered to see how many people would actually think about the question or just go with the sheep meme. Precept went with the wrong kangaroo.

Question 7: 7. Name a TV Sitcom which aired between 1970 - 1997

Seinfeld - 9
Aaronk56's Son
Carl_Spackler
DarkMagus
derwipok
IBeDrummin
JMurder3
King_of_NYC
kioshk
True North

Cheers - 4
ChachiArcola
eyebooger
housenuts
nails

MASH - 2
ArcticKnight
xander biscuits

ACES:

Family Ties - Booker Wolfbox
Friends - Precept2
The Brady Bunch - warped

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01-21-2017 , 04:09 PM

#22

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

Seinfeld started in 1989

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01-21-2017 , 04:09 PM

#23

aaronk56

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This question sucked and makes no difference. Couldn't one person say An Embarrassed Zebra?

Question 8: 8. What's Black and White and Red all over?

Newspaper - 17
Aaronk56's Son
ArcticKnight
Carl_Spackler
ChachiArcola
DarkMagus
derwipok
eyebooger
housenuts
IBeDrummin
JMurder3
King_of_NYC
kioshk
Precept2
warped
xander biscuits
nails
True North

ACES:

A line of people waiting to emigrate to Canada#2 - Booker Wolfbox

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01-21-2017 , 04:12 PM

#24

xander biscuits

watching a movie

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 39,746

True North perfecto huh

well done buddy

thanks for the reveal aaronk

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01-21-2017 , 04:13 PM

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aaronk56

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Final Scores

Theodore Dreiser
True North - 91

Second Place

Carl_Spackler - 90
derwipok - 90

Alice Third

JMurder3 - 87

Thanks for playing:

IBeDrummin - 86
kioshk - 86
ChachiArcola - 82
King_of_NYC - 82
housenuts - 76
xander biscuits - 73
DarkMagus - 72
Aaronk56's Son - 69
eyebooger - 63
ArcticKnight - 62
nails - 54
warped - 51
Precept2 - 48
Booker Wolfbox - 22

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