Saturday, July 31, 2010

Buccaneer Bowl XIX Results

Awesome game all around, and so, so close!

First Place and New Reigning Champs: But We Look Good
Vin Copperfield, Eleanor Roundfield, Maxx Serendipity, Celeste Wisent


best team smartass:

[10:14:17] Lette Ponnier: What was the name of the 19th century Royal Navy vessel discovered in Mercy Bay, Canada this week?

[10:14:26] Celeste Wisent: pinafore


best team typo:

[10:13:06] Lette Ponnier: What city, the Netherlands' third largest, is the *seat of government* (not Amsterdam)?

[10:13:12] Vin Copperfield: the ahge=


Second Place: Voracious Viridians
Cygnoir Blanc, Leyna Brandenburg, Olmstead Fanshaw, Browman Griffith


best team smartass:

[11:06:41] Lette Ponnier: What is the capital of Mali?

[11:06:48] Cygnoir Blanc: mali city


best team typo:

[10:37:25] Lette Ponnier: What ancient Greek playwright wrote "The Clouds", a comedy in which Strepsiades enrolls his son in "The Thinkery"?

[10:37:33] Olmstead Fanshaw: sarixstopnbnes


Third Place:
The Fauviators
Starla Gurbux, Catherine Resch, Alanna Robbiani, Orchide Vita


best team smartass:

[11:25:36] Lette Ponnier: What is being studied if one is a cytologist?

[11:25:42] Alanna Robbiani: bicycles


Fourth Place:
The Grey Matters
Jeanette Avedon, bo Cardoso, tattiescone Doghouse, Eilish Fenwick


best team typo:

[11:42:59] Lette Ponnier: What well known personality was arrested in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, for allegedly smoking marijuana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and the Netherlands?

[11:43:07] tattiescone Doghouse: hikltoin


Fifth Place (tie):
Frivolous Corsairs
Sparka Milo, Lou Netizen, Shale Nightfire, Rain Ninetails


best team smartass:

[10:58:47] Lette Ponnier: What do sufferers of blennophobia fear that should give them pause about applying for a job with Ghostbusters?

[10:58:54] Sparka Milo: siphillis


Fifth Place (tie): Trumpton Trivials
Cully Andel, Liriel Garnet, Igpay Morpork, Maggie Sewell


best team smartass:

[11:29:29] Lette Ponnier: What band did Wyclef Jean, who recently announced he will run for president of Haiti, make his musical breakthrough in?

[11:29:41] Liriel Garnet: the who?


best team typos:

[11:22:40] Lette Ponnier: What country that signed the Warsaw Pact in 1955 is missing from the following list: The Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Albania, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

[11:22:49] Cully Andel: cancada

[11:22:53] Cully Andel: poands

[11:22:57] Cully Andel: frances


best, um... gosh, i wish i knew:

[10:19:34] Lette Ponnier: What are The "Calaveras de Azucar," which are specially prepared for the Dia de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, better known as in English?

[10:19:37] Igpay Morpork: cthainginv


Seventh Place: Boombrancirceschism
Chaddington Boomhauer, Nina Brandenburg, JoshuaStephen Schism


best team smartass:

[11:03:45] Lette Ponnier: Who assumed the office of Prime Minister of Japan on June 8th, 2010, succeeding Yukio Hatoyama ?

[11:04:05] Chaddington Boomhauer: unagi


Eighth Place:
The JOB Squad
Juke Badger, Mondrian Magic, Hilda Static, Sal Zulaman


best team smartass:

[11:44:12] Lette Ponnier: In the New Testament's Mark 6:29, whose headless body was collected by his disciples and laid in a tomb?

[11:44:54] Juke Badger: Alfredo Garcia


best team typo:

[11:55:13] Lette Ponnier: A Rusty Nail is made with Scotch and what honey and herb flavored liqueur?

[11:55:21] Sal Zulaman: brmbuie

Friday, July 30, 2010

Typo of the Day :)

I didn't want to just store this one until I had a complete post because it was too perfect.

[18:34:51] Billy2Times Krams: 7. WHAT CARTOON DUO LIVED IN FROSTBITE FALLS, MINNESOTA?
[18:34:55] Starla Gurbux: rociy bulleinss
[18:34:56] Browman Griffith: b-=rcoy and bulwwinke
[18:34:56] Olmstead Fanshaw: roc,ljh bullwine'e
[18:34:57] Jeanette Avedon: rockey and bulwinkle
[18:34:58] Becki Verne: buillwinkjle rocjht
[18:34:58] Juke Badger: rocky bukllwinkkle
[18:34:58] Spencer Ronzales: bullowingke and rocky
[18:35:04] Becki Verne: ha ha ha ha
[18:35:06] Billy2Times Krams: OMG
[18:35:08] Mary Lethdetter: bullwinkle & rocky
[18:35:12] Browman Griffith: lol
[18:35:12] Honey Potez: lol
[18:35:14] Lette Ponnier: wd! those are works of art
[18:35:16] Catherine Resch: awesome typos
[18:35:17] Jeanette Avedon: hehe
[18:35:19] Honey Potez: nice typos to choose from
[18:35:20] AnaMaria Quintessa: i'd keep the cash for myself on that one billy
[18:35:21] Juke Badger: You're getting this right, Lette?
[18:35:21] Starla Gurbux: wow my typos were worse than Olmstead's
[18:35:28] Becki Verne can't stop laughing
[18:35:31] Lette Ponnier: oh i'm thinking of posting them right now
[18:35:31] Olmstead Fanshaw: rocket j squirrel and bullwinkle
[18:35:32] Honey Potez: haha
[18:35:36] Catherine Resch: that will take the whole list
[18:35:43] Starla Gurbux: rocket j squirrel and bullwinkle j moose
[18:35:45] Billy2Times Krams: I AM PAYING THE FIRST 3 FOR SUCH AMAZING TYPOS AND JEANETTE FOR THE FIRST RIGHT SPELLING

From left, Browman Griffith, Starla Gurbux, Spencer Ronzales, Thornton Writer, Juke Badger, and Honey Potez