Think Different 18: Birds
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Think Different 18: Birds
Rules yanked from TD 17, which were yanked from TD 16:
1. You have 10 questions that you try to guess a correct answer for.
2. The catch is that the goal is to get the fewest number of points. The way you earn points is for each correct answer you give, you will earn the number of points equal to the number of people who guessed that answer. So, for instance, if your answer to Question 1 is Thomas Jefferson and 3 other people guessed that answer, you would earn 4 points for that question (1 for yours and 3 for the others). If you get the answer wrong, you earn the number of points equal to the number of participants plus 5 points (i.e. if there are 13 participants, you get 18 points). The best attainable score is 10 points.
3. There are two bonuses you could use to replace an answer: DROP and SHEEP. DROP means you earn 1 point for that question. SHEEP means you earn the number of points equal to the answer that the most people answered. So for instance, if the correct answers were A, B, C, and D, and 7 people guessed A, 6 people guessed B, 3 people guessed C, and 2 people guessed D, then the people who said SHEEP would earn 7 points for the answer (your SHEEP doesn't count as an answer and doesn't affect the others' scores). You get only 1 of each bonus if you so choose to use them. It is advised that you use DROP before SHEEP. Again, you don't have to use either of these bonuses.
4. Please send your responses to me via private messaging on the forums or through Discord DMs (JC#4757) before 25 July, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM PT). Any answers sent after that point will not be considered.
5. Make sure not to cheat, please. Cheating is defined as letting other users know what your answers are before the deadline is reached. For this game, you may use any sources to find your answers (i.e. the wiki, Google, etc.).
6. Users can change their answers before the due date arrives, but after the due date, answers may not be changed.
1. You have 10 questions that you try to guess a correct answer for.
2. The catch is that the goal is to get the fewest number of points. The way you earn points is for each correct answer you give, you will earn the number of points equal to the number of people who guessed that answer. So, for instance, if your answer to Question 1 is Thomas Jefferson and 3 other people guessed that answer, you would earn 4 points for that question (1 for yours and 3 for the others). If you get the answer wrong, you earn the number of points equal to the number of participants plus 5 points (i.e. if there are 13 participants, you get 18 points). The best attainable score is 10 points.
3. There are two bonuses you could use to replace an answer: DROP and SHEEP. DROP means you earn 1 point for that question. SHEEP means you earn the number of points equal to the answer that the most people answered. So for instance, if the correct answers were A, B, C, and D, and 7 people guessed A, 6 people guessed B, 3 people guessed C, and 2 people guessed D, then the people who said SHEEP would earn 7 points for the answer (your SHEEP doesn't count as an answer and doesn't affect the others' scores). You get only 1 of each bonus if you so choose to use them. It is advised that you use DROP before SHEEP. Again, you don't have to use either of these bonuses.
4. Please send your responses to me via private messaging on the forums or through Discord DMs (JC#4757) before 25 July, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET (9:00 AM PT). Any answers sent after that point will not be considered.
5. Make sure not to cheat, please. Cheating is defined as letting other users know what your answers are before the deadline is reached. For this game, you may use any sources to find your answers (i.e. the wiki, Google, etc.).
6. Users can change their answers before the due date arrives, but after the due date, answers may not be changed.
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Re: Think Different 18: Birds
1. Name one SciOly season in which the national tournament did not run Write It Do It in both divisions, but only one.
2. Name a team (include team suffix) that has won an invitational with a point total of more than 200.
3. Name one invitational that has ran Cybersecurity as an event or trial event.
4. Name a national invitational (and the year it was run).
5. Name a team that has won Ornithology at any past national competition.
6. Write It CAD It was a common replacement for the event Write It Do It at many state competitions in 2021. Name a CAD program that WICI used at any state competition.
7. Name a school that has had teams placing 1st and 2nd at any competition with more than 40 teams in any of the past three seasons (18-19, 19-20, 20-21).
8. Name any event that has been run at the first Science Olympiad competition.
9. Name any past physical location of the Southern California State Tournament.
10. Name a non-US team that has competed at a US based Science Olympiad competition.
2. Name a team (include team suffix) that has won an invitational with a point total of more than 200.
3. Name one invitational that has ran Cybersecurity as an event or trial event.
4. Name a national invitational (and the year it was run).
5. Name a team that has won Ornithology at any past national competition.
6. Write It CAD It was a common replacement for the event Write It Do It at many state competitions in 2021. Name a CAD program that WICI used at any state competition.
7. Name a school that has had teams placing 1st and 2nd at any competition with more than 40 teams in any of the past three seasons (18-19, 19-20, 20-21).
8. Name any event that has been run at the first Science Olympiad competition.
9. Name any past physical location of the Southern California State Tournament.
10. Name a non-US team that has competed at a US based Science Olympiad competition.
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Re: Think Different 18: Birds
Clarification for 8: Delaware.
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Re: Think Different 18: Birds
Thanks for participating! (Format copied from HugoTroop)
1. Name one SciOly season in which the national tournament did not run Write It Do It in both divisions, but only one.
2. Name a team (include team suffix) that has won an invitational with a point total of more than 200.
3. Name one invitational that has ran Cybersecurity as an event or trial event.
4. Name a national invitational (and the year it was run).
5. Name a team that has won Ornithology at any past national competition.
6. Write It CAD It was a common replacement for the event Write It Do It at many state competitions in 2021. Name a CAD program that WICI used at any state competition.
7. Name a school that has had teams placing 1st and 2nd at any competition with more than 40 teams in any of the past three seasons (18-19, 19-20, 20-21).
8. Name any event that has been run at the first Science Olympiad competition.
9. Name any past physical location of the Southern California State Tournament.
10. Name a non-US team that has competed at a US based Science Olympiad competition.
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1. Name one SciOly season in which the national tournament did not run Write It Do It in both divisions, but only one.
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