Um shouldn't we just keep going from where we left off?

First person out of you and True North to answer my maths problem in the Puzzles thread and I'll declare you the winner of the previous game...

In the mean time a new qualifying question is coming up...

Round 1 proper will start on Thursday evening/Friday morning and for now we've got the qualifying round to determine "the one". It's a really simple one and anyone can win!

Qualifying Round

PM me a single word. The median unique word wins and that person becomes "the one".

Let's analyse that:

-Median- I'll alphabetize all unique words and the one in the middle wins. If there's an even number and 2 medians then I'll rand between them.

-Unique - If you submit the same word as someone else then you're out of the running

-Word - It has to be a word according to dictionary.com. You can't research obscure words however, it has to be one you know.

PM me a word by Thursday if you want to be in the running to be "the one".

I've sent out some PMs based on who played the last version of this, but if you're reading this and you didn't get a PM then you're also very welcome to play. Just read the above post and PM me a word and you're in!!

The rapists for 200

I'm interested, but am unsure about the time commitment required.

Answer one question per day

I'll take Swords to 200, Alex.

Febtober!

In with a word.

entered

I have entered the qualifying question. Possibly using one of the words in this post, but also possibly not.

Intrigue!

Can I still enter this round?
EDIT: Saw Xander's post and entered

qualifying round will be revealed today. Still a little bit of time to get in on this...

Just PM me a word and you're in

Qualifying Round

Here's everyone's words in alphabetical order:

Fjord - TehVader
huh - Aaronk56's Son
Hungry - Thingyman
Indigo - TheJubilantMale
Joker - aaronk56
krypton - Gamer Dude
Lack - fnord_too
Lariat - KrazyKris
Laughing - Precept2
luminous - Brian O'Nolan
male - vruuuuk
malicious - Falconhoof
mane - ibavly
maudlin - True North
Maundy - Jeremy517
maxilla - master3004
Median - jedi
melancholy - housenuts
Mellifluous - JMurder3
Meteorite - _dave_
Methodical - derwipok
Midterm - pwnsall
Mild - Willi
Minstrel - rtspurs
mistier - ArcticKnight
mnemonic - TheGunslinger
Moreover - StuckinARutt
mortician - loosekanen
Mosaic - Nicholasp27
musculoskeletal - eyebooger
muted - chuckleslovakian
Mycoplasma - toedder
Myopic - 425kid
Notorious - eleanor60
onomatopoeia - dc-ohio
Opacity - pmarrsouth
Oriole - e_holle
Pumpkin - Fatal Checkraise
ubiquitous - Fabian
Unique - NeverObliviate

_dave_ and derwipok are the co-medians

If this post is even then _dave_ is the one
If this post is odd then derwipok is the one

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Congratulations to _dave_ who is the one!

Question 1

Lāhainā Noon is a tropical solar phenomenon when the Sun culminates at the zenith at solar noon, passing directly overhead. Which is the only US state in which Lāhainā Noon can be observed?

A. New York
B. Hawaii
C. Alaska
D. Kansas

You have twenty-four hours from the time of this post to answer (though as always I don't promise to cut it off right at 24). Please answer by replying to the PM you get, if you get one. In your reply, please don't quote the message or include anything other than the letter that represents the answer you're choosing.

If you don't get a PM, you may ask me to include you, or you may simply answer by sending me a PM with your answer.

Please don't do any research or otherwise cheat before sending your answer in.

Wohooo!

Prepare for a short round lol

So 33/40 of the answers were in the lower half of the alphabet. Is there some POG meta I am missing?

Incidentally, if you had submitted meta as your word, you would have been the one. Make of that what you will.

My one chance to finally become the one

M is just more popular than N. I do not really get why people use anything else than M word as their answer in that round.

Yep, logically, I don't see how anyone can not use a word starting with the 13th letter and second letter somewhere in the 13-20th letter range