Hello POG!

This game is inspired by a segment of the Spotlight game on NTN trivia.

On day 1 of the game (today) I will post a series of clues. Send me an unnumbered, unspaced list of your best guess as to what year the event(s) took place. You will receive points based on how close you are to the correct year. I will post the scoring below.

On day 2, I will post additional information to help you narrow down the year. You can choose to resubmit new guesses for any or all or the questions, or choose to keep your day 1 answers. However, if you resubmit on day 2 your answers will be subject to the day 2 scoring. You will receive day 2 scoring for only those answers that you resubmit

On the third and last day I will post additional information. Again, you can choose to resubmit at the day 3 scoring.

Clues and scoring coming in my next posts

NO RESEARCH

Scoring:

Send me an unmumbered, unspaced list of your best guess for each of the following years. There is no tactical reason not to guess. Send me 4 digit years.

NO RESEACRH OF ANY KIND UNTIL AFTER FINAL DAY 3 SUBMISSION

Year 1

Day 1 info:
First use of optical fiber to carry phone traffic

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 2

Day 1 info:
The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 3

Day 1 info:
Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 4

Day 1 info:
The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 5

Day 1 info:
Prometea, the world's first cloned horse, is born

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 6

Day 1 info:
DVDs released in Japan

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 7

Day 1 info:
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 8

Day 1 info:
Musician Buddy Holly is born

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 9

Day 1 info:
The planet Neptune completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

Year 10

Day 1 info:
The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven U.S. newspapers.

Day 2 info:
Day 3 info:

So, it's better to keep a guess that is 2 years off than to resubmit the correct year. Seems odd, but I like it.

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm going for. In theory, the clues will get easier as we go along.

I'm open to tweaking the scoring a bit. It doesn't really need to get locked in until round 2 anyway.

I believe I shall both like and hate this game.

"days" will be about 48 hours for this game.

First guesses due June 15th

Entries trickling in. Kerp em coming

This game is going to make me look silly. But that's ok.

These first clues are intended to be pretty hard. I'm sure I would have been pretty far off on several of these.

Y
Year
Yeungling
Yak
Yutica
Yay
Yardbirds
Yummy
Yellow Submarine
Yellow
Yoyo Ma
Young guy

In.

Will not do well at this.

In with some really embarrasing numbers.

Inned. Only felt good about one of them.

I'll probably post the next clues about this time tomorrow morning, so you've got until then to get in on the first round

in

Going to post the next clues in about an hour.

If you want to get in on round 1, your PM must be time stamped prior to the new clues being posted.

I changed up the scoring. It may or may not be better than the original.

Use this scoring when deciding if you want to resubmit.



If you want to resubmit, please send me a new 10 line unnumbered, unspaced PM with any answers you want to change. Put "Pass" in place of any you want to keep. It might look something like this:

pass
pass
2343
pass
2422

etc, etc.

If I don't get a round 2 PM by the time the round 3 clues go up, I'll assume you are keeping your answers. You can still change round 3 if you want.

You can still enter with the day 2 scoring if you want.

NO RESEACRH OF ANY KIND UNTIL AFTER FINAL DAY 3 SUBMISSION

Year 1

Day 1 info:
First use of optical fiber to carry phone traffic

Day 2 info:
Apple computer is incorporated

Day 3 info:

Year 2

Day 1 info:
The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague

Day 2 info:
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson announces he has HIV, effectively ending his NBA career.

Day 3 info:

Year 3

Day 1 info:
Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness

Day 2 info:
The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.

Day 3 info:

Year 4

Day 1 info:
The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware

Day 2 info:
Death of Vincent van Gogh: van Gogh shoots himself, dying two days later.

Day 3 info:

Year 5

Day 1 info:
Prometea, the world's first cloned horse, is born

Day 2 info:
Johnny Cash dies

Day 3 info:

Year 6

Day 1 info:
DVDs released in Japan

Day 2 info:
Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales get divorced.

Day 3 info:

Year 7

Day 1 info:
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

Day 2 info:
Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.

Day 3 info:

Year 8

Day 1 info:
Musician Buddy Holly is born

Day 2 info:
Alan Turing submits his paper "On Computable Numbers" to the London Mathematical Society for publication, introducing the concept of the Turing machine.

Day 3 info:

Year 9

Day 1 info:
The planet Neptune completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846

Day 2 info:
Ironman 2 is released in theaters

Day 3 info:

Year 10

Day 1 info:
The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven U.S. newspapers.

Day 2 info:
Brazil wins their first Men’s world cup

Day 3 info:

New clues will be posted tomorrow.
Be sure to send any day two PMs before then.

oops. I've discovered an error

Year 10

Day 1 info:
The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven U.S. newspapers.

Day 2 info:
Brazil hosts the mens' world cup for the first time.*

Day 3 info:
*Brazil hosted the world cup for the first time but did not win. My apologies.

New clues go up in an hour or so. Day 2 entries must be time stamped before new clues are posted.

We did get one new entrant on day two, so anyone should feel free to jump in.

You can still enter with the day 3 scoring if you want.

NO RESEACRH OF ANY KIND UNTIL AFTER FINAL DAY 3 SUBMISSION

Follow the same guidelines for the resubmission as day 2. No need to send a PM if you want to keep all your most recent answers. You can switch this round even if you passed last round.

Year 1

Day 1 info:
First use of optical fiber to carry phone traffic

Day 2 info:
Apple computer is incorporated

Day 3 info:
Star Wars opens in theaters

Year 2

Day 1 info:
The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague

Day 2 info:
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson announces he has HIV, effectively ending his NBA career.

Day 3 info:
The Congress of the United States passes a resolution authorizing the use of military force to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait.


Year 3

Day 1 info:
Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness

Day 2 info:
The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.

Day 3 info:
Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch from the United States, killing the crew of seven astronauts

Year 4

Day 1 info:
The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware

Day 2 info:
Death of Vincent van Gogh: van Gogh shoots himself, dying two days later.

Day 3 info:
William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed in the electric chair.

World leaders:

23rd US president Benjamin Harrison had taken office 1 year prior

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, had begun serving as British prime minister for the first time 5 years prior.

Year 5

Day 1 info:
Prometea, the world's first cloned horse, is born

Day 2 info:
Johnny Cash dies

Day 3 info:
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ by 50 Cent is released

Year 6

Day 1 info:
DVDs released in Japan

Day 2 info:
Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales get divorced.

Day 3 info:
The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Pittsburg Steels in the Super Bowl


Year 7

Day 1 info:
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

Day 2 info:
Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.

Day 3 info:
The Godfather is released in theaters

Year 8

Day 1 info:
Musician Buddy Holly is born

Day 2 info:
Alan Turing submits his paper "On Computable Numbers" to the London Mathematical Society for publication, introducing the concept of the Turing machine.

Day 3 info:
The summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany under the eyes of Adolph Hitler.

Year 9

Day 1 info:
The planet Neptune completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846

Day 2 info:
Ironman 2 is released in theaters

Day 3 info:
Spain wins the Men's World Cup

Year 10

Day 1 info:
The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven U.S. newspapers.

Day 2 info:
Brazil is the host nation for the World Cup for the first time.

Day 3 info:
The Korean War begins: Troops of the North Korean People's Army cross the 38th parallel into South Korea.

One more day to get any entries in

****ing neptune