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ROUND 2 SPEED:

2 minutes
ReDeYES88

4 minutes
BiiiiigChips
pwnsall

5 minutes
DWetzel

6 minutes
bigben241
COG

7 minutes
CalledDownLight

9 minutes
True North

10 minutes
Biesterfield

NO ENTRY
lukethefluke*


* - lukethefluke did not submit an entry, and will not advance to Round 3.

Away we go.....

Gordon accomplished the feat four times; it was of course called the Winston Cup Series in Gordon's heyday. He won it in 1995, 1997, 1998, and for the last time in 2001.

CORRECT (1 point)
bigben241, CalledDownLight, COG, DWetzel, True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
Three - Biesterfield, BiiiiigChips

Zero - pwnsall

Six - ReDeYES88

PASSED (0 points)
lukethefluke



When the strike happened, Atlanta was in the NL Wildcard spot, and Cleveland was in the AL's. The significance is that these teams ended up meeting in the 1995 World Series.

Atlanta beat Cleveland 4-2 to win their first title since 1957, when they were based in Milwaukee.

CORRECT (1 point)
Biesterfield, CalledDownLight, COG, DWetzel, True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
Expansion teams - bigben241

New York teams - pwnsall

PASSED (0 points)
BiiiiigChips, lukethefluke, ReDeYES88



After Philly's 1983 title, and before Miami's win in 2006, only six different teams won the title.

In the East, it was the Bulls, Celtics, and Pistons. From the West, the winners were the Lakers, Rockets, and Spurs.

CORRECT (1 point)
bigben241, CalledDownLight, DWetzel, pwnsall, True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
Five - BiiiiigChips, COG, ReDeYES88

Eight - Biesterfield

PASSED (0 points)
lukethefluke



True North was the only one to remember the name of Edwin Valero. Valero went 27-0 over his two-weight-class career, and remains the only fighter in the 30-year history of the WBC to win every fight by knockout.

In April of 2010, Valero took his own life, after being taken to jail & considered a suspect in the death of his wife.

CORRECT (1 point)
True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
Roberto Duran - CalledDownLight

Rocky Marciano - pwnsall

PASSED (0 points)
Biesterfield, bigben241, BiiiiigChips, COG, DWetzel, lukethefluke, ReDeYES88



I stumped you all but True North again here. Jones went to the Worlds six times, but only came back with the gold twice - in 2001 and 2004.

CORRECT (1 point)
True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
Six - CalledDownLight, DWetzel, ReDeYES88

One - bigben241, pwnsall

Four - Biesterfield

Five - COG

PASSED (0 points)
BiiiiigChips, lukethefluke

lol at the random hearts question. I figured it had to be 6 or 0, but nope apparently its randomly 2.

the answer to 1 is clearly, or at least debateably, 0, tho i doubt it will end up mattering

can't believe so many people got 2 correct

That was my thought process too on the tie breaker question. Either a **** ton or super low so I played it safe and went in the middle.

I only had an idea on 2 bc the 1995 Braves team was the only ATL team to ever win **** and it was stated about 1238651 times on Braves broadcasts during their streak of winning the division that the Expos were in first in 1994. Figured the wild card was as good of a guess as anything.

Yeah I was checking my answers after I sent them in and still had no idea I got that right.

Incredibly, Speith already has five of these finishes. In 2014, he finished runner-up at The Masters, then finished in the Top 5 in all four Majors in 2015, including two wins.

CORRECT (1 point)
CalledDownLight, DWetzel, pwnsall, True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
Four - Biesterfield, ReDeYES88

One - bigben241

Seven - COG

PASSED (0 points)
BiiiiigChips, lukethefluke



I stumped you all here, showing just how popular the Thrashers were outside of Atlanta (inside it too, I guess). Center Tim Stapleton is the answer. Stapleton left the NHL and now plays professionally in Switzerland.

CORRECT (1 point)
none

INCORRECT (0 points)
Pavel Bure - Biesterfield

Jaromir Jagr - CalledDownLight

Evander Kane - True North

Alex Ovechkin - pwnsall

PASSED (0 points)
bigben241, BiiiiigChips, COG, DWetzel, lukethefluke, ReDeYES88



The answer here is 2006. Italy and France finished normal and extra time at 1-1, then Italy won in a penalty shootout. This was the infamous Zidane/Materazzi "headbutt" game.

CORRECT (1 point)
DWetzel, pwnsall, True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
2002 - Biesterfield, bigben241

2004 - COG

2014 - CalledDownLight

PASSED (0 points)
BiiiiigChips, lukethefluke, ReDeYES88



This event was a demonstration event in 1952, and became recognized by FINA in 1968. However, synchro swimming made its official Olympic debut at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

CORRECT (1 point)
bigben241, True North

INCORRECT (0 points
1968 - Biesterfield, CalledDownLight

1976 - COG

1988 - DWetzel

1998 - pwnsall

PASSED (0 points)
BiiiiigChips, lukethefluke, ReDeYES88



Jennifer Capriati Tennis was released in 1992 for the Sega Genesis. No word if marijuana smoking was available as an option.

CORRECT (1 point)
Biesterfield
CalledDownLight
True North

INCORRECT (0 points)
Sega Dreamcast - bigben241, pwnsall

Sega - COG, ReDeYES88*

Super NES - DWetzel

PASSED (0 points)
BiiiiigChips, lukethefluke

* - After much thought, I have ruled COG's and ReDeYES88's answer as incorrect. Sega is the name of the company, not the platform.

(If you meant the Sega 8-bit system commonly known as 'Sega' (and comparable to the NES), that system was called the 'Sega Master System', and is incorrect anyway).

wow, i understand mine being incorrect for the capriati video game, but I would think saying 'sega' alone is reasonably good when 'sega genesis' is what people are referring to 98% of the time

The correct answer here was 13. So if you submitted 12, 13, or 14, you are right!

The Saints scored 6 TD's against Arizona, 4 against Minnesota, and 3 against Indianapolis.

CORRECT (2 points)
bigben241 (submitted 13), ReDeYES88 (submitted 13)

INCORRECT (-1 point)
pwnsall (submitted 10)

PASSED (0 points)
Biesterfield, BiiiiigChips, CalledDownLight, COG, DWetzel, lukethefluke, True North

I can't accept it as I've heard the Sega Master System referred to as 'Sega' as well. I would've accepted 'Genesis', but no one put only that.

Firm but fair ruling. I was on my phone and was in a rush to make sure I made the time limit. But for the record obv we both meant sega Genesis.

Here are the final Round 2 standings:

Place	Entrant	Q's 1-10	Q 11	Total
1	True North	9	0	9
T2	bigben241	3	2	5
T2	CalledDownLight	5	0	5
T2	DWetzel	5	0	5
T5	Biesterfield	2	0	2
T5	COG	2	0	2
T5	pwnsall	3	-1	2
T5	ReDeYES88	0	2	2
T9	BiiiiigChips	0	0	0
T9	Lukethefluke	0	0	0

true north also answered in 9 minutes. coincidence? hmmmmm lol

i should have one more point for number 1 imo

think my answer is more correct than 4 tbh

Okay, thanks for clarification.

There's still a tiebreaker needed either way - with my ruling, it just means 4 participants instead of 2.

Ruling stands. I typed what I was looking for based on NASCAR's most recent name-change to its season-ending championship.

Guaranteed to move onto Round 3 are bigben241, CalledDownLight, DWetzel, and True North.

Eliminated at this point are BiiiiigChips and lukethefluke.

ok, so he technically won 0, and that's not what the question asked

just wondering if it was a mod mistake or an intentional troll

These four will answer a Guessitmania tiebreaker, and one will advance to Round 3:

Biesterfield
COG
pwnsall
ReDeYES88

I wasn't going to type Winston Cup because Winston isn't the sponsor anymore.

The tiebreaker will be sent out later this evening to the four entrants.

You have 24 hours, and once again the time limit is 2 minutes once you open the PM.

so you thought, "he actually won before it was the sprint cup, but i'm not going to clarify what i'm asking for"?

instead of typing sprint/winston cup and eliminating ambiguity