We're working on Q2, but probably won't have it until mid or late afternoon pacific time; ta ta for now.

Winnie the Pooh obviously because of Disney fame. Went with B since I know that Dr. Seuss wrote weird **** so I figured it would be a good shot that he's weird enough to take such a bet.

I assume most Americans and Canadians just started reciting Green Eggs and Ham from memory, and said...."that's it"

Winnie the Pooh

I had heard of Dr. Seuss, but not this book. I only know Dr. Seuss because Lorax the movie is based on one of his stories, right? And I think I've heard people quote Dr. Seuss things before in movies and they seemed quirky, so I dunno, just went with that.

That's what I did

I knew it wasn't pooh or rabbit so did a quick count of first 20 words or so of eggs and then figured that 30 more boxes or foxes or mouse or house words seemed about right

Question 2: Movies

With Oscar season hard upon us, you know I'm going to have a question about some films that didn't win any big-deal Oscars, but did force the Academy to create a new category, namely Best Pixar Film. (Oops, that should read Best Animated Feature. Meh, same thing... except for Pixar shorts.)

Now that Disney's calling the shots Pixar movies tend to be mediocre, but back when the studio was young they produced some amazing work. It all started with...

Wait, that's your question.

Question: Which of these Pixar animated feature films was released first?

A. Finding Nemo
B. Monsters, Inc.
C. Toy Story
D. WALL•E

One day to answer. Please don't cheat, but after you've answered, watching the movies is a good thing.

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I answered Q1 but think i was left out somehow.

I received your submission 43 minutes after I had posted the answer.

oh my! sorry

Question 2: Movies

Which of these Pixar animated feature films was released first?

A. Finding Nemo

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B. Monsters, Inc.

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C. Toy Story

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D. WALL•E

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To infinity, and beyond! A chronology of Pixar features:

Toy Story (1995)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Incredibles (2004)
Cars (2006)
Ratatouille (200&0
WALL•E (2008)
Up (2009)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Cars 2 (2001)
Brave (2012)
Monsters University (2013)
Inside Out (2015)
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Finding Dory (2016)

(Movies about which we shall not speak are struck out. Actually, Finding Dory may be fine; I don't know because I haven't seen it yet. And Monsters University isn't awful, but it ain't Monsters, Inc., which happens to be the first movie that 'pup and I saw together in its entirety so I'm more than a bit partial to it.)

Toy Story (C) was the first, and though the quality of its animation isn't up the studio's later standards, it was amazing for its time and is still fresh and fun.

dc-ohio's guess was as solid as terillium-carbonic alloy. (that means he chose C.)

Question 3: Geography

As each year brings new temperature records because of what I'm sure must be merely random, natural fluctuation that has nothing to do with human activity notwithstanding that its pace is unprecedented in the earth's four billion year history, and the phenomenon that shall not be named in Florida raises sea levels around the world, attention naturally turns to areas, particularly populated ones, that are close to (current) sea level. While the smart money is buying future oceanfront property in Colorado and Switzerland, and several countries (starting with the Maldives — average elevation a bit over 1 meter) are staring into their crystal balls and seeing little more than a really bad (and expensive!) Kevin Costner movie, some cities aren't just in danger of finding themselves below sea level, they already are below sea level.

Which of these sub-sea level cities is lowest in elevation (among the four choices, and in fact, among all cities worldwide)?

A. Amsterdam, Netherlands
B. Baku, Azerbaijan
C. Jericho, Palestine
D. New Orleans, US

24 hours-ish to answer. Please don't cheat.

It's funny. I've got 2011-present as a clear MEH time when it comes to Pixar as a whole. But I've got Inside Out as Pixars best.

Some serious bias was needed not to strike Cars 2.

I can admit to that. I grew up in an auto-industry family in Detroit and my first word was car; I certainly got more out of Cars and Cars 2 than most people.

But though Cars 2 wasn't up to Pixar's standards (at that point), the studio didn't manage to make a genuinely bad movie until Brave.

I still need to watch Up and Rataoooey

The first 5 minutes of Up is some of the finest cinema of all time

brave is better than cars 2, and i don't think it's particularly close

Is it just five? But whatever, you're absolutely right. One of the few movies that can literally bring me to tears, all in that opening.

Yes you do.

Original Cars should have a line through it too.

It's certainly worse than A Bug's Life and Monsters University. (haven't seen the others that were crossed out)

Question 3: Geography

Which of these sub-sea level cities is lowest in elevation (among the four choices, and in fact, among all cities worldwide)?

A. Amsterdam, Netherlands

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B. Baku, Azerbaijan

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C. Jericho, Palestine

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D. New Orleans, US

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The Netherlands translates literally to "low lands" or "low country" and that's appropriate: about a quarter of the country lies below sea level, protected from the sea by an extensive network of dikes (and a nameless boy from Haarlem?). Amsterdam (A) is 2 meters below sea level, while the lowest point in the country is about five meters below that. Not low enough to be the answer to this question, but plenty to have the Dutch anxious about climate science.

New Orleans (D) is among the lowest in the United States in terms of income and the lowest large US city in elevation: much of it is a foot or two below sea level. The relative importance of those two factors in the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought is much debated, but it's clear to everyone that cities below sea level are vulnerable to the sea, and clear to everyone except the state of Louisiana (which refuses to allow publication by the state of updated maps, which would show that the traditionally accepted shape of the state is basically fantasy) that much of the state is disappearing, a consequence not just of rising seas but also of the inescapable fact that river deltas, which southern Louisiana happens to be, aren't stable. Great place to build a major city, huh? Anyway, the city is low, but not low enough to get the nod here.

Baku (B), the capital of Afghanistan, lies on the shore of the Caspian Sea, a huge (largest in the world), somewhat salty (about a third the salinity of seawater) lake on the border between Europe and Asia (though the location of that border, which has no logical geophysical meaning, is occasionally disputed). The Caspian is salty because it has no outflows; it has no outflows because it's lower than the surrounding land. So low, in fact, that at 28 meters below sea level Baku is the lowest national capital city in the world. But the city isn't so low that the Trump Tower there (a hideously ugly hotel about thirty stories tall, whose licensing agreement Trump ended just prior to assuming the US presidency, apparently reasoning that there are only so many oligarchs one can be in bed with before things start to look unseemly) doesn't extend above sea level, and not so low to make the city the answer to this question.

That'd be Jericho (C), an incredibly ancient city — it was first settled about 11,000 years ago. Relevantly to this question, a full 10,000 years ago the city's residents built a wall — the world's earliest known example of a wall around a city — to protect it from, among other things, floods. (At this point I could go on a digression about arks and floods, but I'll spare you.) Why floods? Because it's situated near the Jordan River, which flows to the Dead Sea, which is the lowest place on earth. Jericho itself lies 258 meters (that's 846 feet) below sea level, and is the lowest city in the world.


How low did dc-ohio go?

With 18 players remaining in the mob we see the pool rise to $200,000, not enough to give dc-o the win but enough to make the rest of the players feel like polar bears watching the icecap melt away...

Question 4 on the way some time today.

I just picked the place that seemed likely to be closest to the dead sea

seemed to work out alright

Yeah, I was pretty surprised we lost about half of the field there.

We're finished next question unless dc-ohio misses.