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05-27-2019 , 10:04 PM
do you want us to PM and show our work too? i'm going to do that so you can see where my guesses are wrong (or my math)
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05-27-2019 , 10:16 PM
Up to you if you want to show working or not, when I reveal the answer then everyone can say what they were thinking itt
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05-28-2019 , 10:32 AM
8 in so far, heading out for a bit so i'll keep entries open for a couple more hours - 7pm

That's 3 1/2 hours or 210 minutes or 12,600 seconds from now
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05-28-2019 , 10:35 AM
So 2pm then (POG time)
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05-28-2019 , 10:40 AM
Are resubmits allowed? Just spotted a really fantastically lol mistake I made.
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05-28-2019 , 10:44 AM
Meh, just resubmitted. Hoping for the best.
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05-28-2019 , 10:48 AM
I'll allow it for this one, we'll set up proper rules etc for the next one
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05-28-2019 , 10:50 AM
I only got 1 of the 4 dead on; mistakes compound quickly
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05-28-2019 , 11:01 AM
I was way off
*but actually being way off both ways gets you closer than I would have thought.
In fact I think I might have luckboxed a win

Last edited by Luckbox Inc; 05-28-2019 at 11:24 AM.
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05-28-2019 , 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
I was way off
*but actually being way off both ways gets you closer than I would have thought.
In fact I think I might have luckboxed a win
same
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05-28-2019 , 01:48 PM
15 mins left for anyone still wanting in, 10 so far
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05-28-2019 , 01:52 PM
Trivia, math, and spelling errors all likely contributed to a wildly inaccurate answer
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05-28-2019 , 01:58 PM
Just saw this, give me a moment more please?
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05-28-2019 , 02:00 PM
Go for it
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05-28-2019 , 02:01 PM
Ok sent, that might be wildly inaccurate but whatever.
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05-28-2019 , 02:06 PM
Alright, entries closed! 12 people entered and 12 people gave me different answers.. must've been a toughie lol

Here are everyones answers from lowest to highest -

derwipok with 1796.4
InDheart with 1,989
Carl with 2,630
Eleanor with 2,986.5
True North with 3,185
eyebooger with 3,383.5
Luckbox Inc with 3,500
Bolt with 3,589.2
Nich with 3,974
housenuts with 3,979
Precept with 5,961
Bob Dobelina with 5,982

(Also TN with 28,854 before resubmitting after mistaking the + sign for another x sign lol)

Let's see what the right answer is shall we?
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05-28-2019 , 02:09 PM
Number of letters in the capital of Iceland - I chose this one because the capital city itself isn't dificult to figure out but the spelling sure is correct answer is 9 (REYKJAVIK)
The year 'Back to the Future' was released - Awesome film, it was released in 1985
Number of NBA championships Boston Celtics have won - Celtics have won the most NBA championships with 17, their last being in 2008
Number of studio albums released by Eminem - I choose this one to make it slightly easier as anything divisible by 10 is easy to do lol, answer is 10.

Spoiler:
So it's 9 + 1985 x 17 divided by 10

BODMAS remember folks! (or PEMDAS, whatever)

- 9 + 33,745/10
- 9 + 3,374.5
= 3,383.5


Which means our winner with the correct answer is eyebooger, congrats! Nice trivia knowledge and maths skills there

For winning, eyebooger gets to do the next one - if anyone has any suggestions on rule changes etc then just post them
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05-28-2019 , 02:10 PM
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reykyavik = 9 + 1985 * 10 / 5 = 3,979

Number of letters in the capital of Iceland + The year the film 'Back to the Future' was released x Number of NBA championships Boston Celtics have won divided by Number of studio albums released by Eminem
My work
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05-28-2019 , 02:12 PM
I had 9 for letters but did 88 for movie year, 13 for championships and 7 for albums
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05-28-2019 , 02:12 PM
lol you're not the only one who couldn't spell Reykjavik but still guessed 9 correctly
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05-28-2019 , 02:17 PM
Didn't know the Eminem one, but was certain it was more than 5 and dividing by any other plausible number gave something really ugly.
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05-28-2019 , 02:17 PM
I'll come up with something by tonight.
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05-28-2019 , 02:22 PM
Yeah I wasn't mean enough to do 33,745/8 or something lol

Can be anything you like, it doesn't have to be 4 questions either just whatever you can think of
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05-28-2019 , 02:29 PM
My answers: Reykjavik, 1986, 9, 10

Got very close on BTTF, correct guess on Eminem albums but way off on Celtics championships.
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05-28-2019 , 02:38 PM
Man I guessed on Celtics but got the rest right. Did same logic for Eminem as everyone else
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