WOOT! We were total assholes with this game, and we loved every minute of it...
Game #3 Answer: Countries With The Highest Reported SARS Cases
1. Mongolia (9)
2. Vietnam (63)
3. Phillippines (14)
4. Hong Kong (1755)
5. Thailand (9)
6. Singapore (238)
7. China (5327)
8. United States (23)
9. Canada (251)
NOTE: Although Taiwan had 346 reported cases, 325 cases have been discarded since July 11, 2003. This information provided by the WHO.
Game #3 Results:
Kristen Meiss - 3
Mark Agosta - 1
Funniest Answer: Dan Press
Countries on Menudo's upcoming tour
Valiant Effort: Dan Press
Places where the United States (at times through it ally, Great Britain) has engaged in armed conflict.
1. Mongolia (fly-over and refueling stations in WWII)
2. Vietnam (Vietnam War 1964-73)
3. Phillippines (Spanish-American War 1898; WWII 1942-46)
4. Hong Kong (liberation of Hong Kong from Japanese control, WWII)
5. Thailand (Thailand was allied with the Japanese in WWII)
6. Singapore (Japanese sinking of the HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales and the fall of Singapore in February 1942)
7. China (As military advisors during the Boxer Rebellion in 1899; During WWII as parts of China [e.g. Manchuria] were under Japanese control)
8. United States (during the War of 1812 (1812-15), Mexican-American War (1846-48), Civil War (1861-65))
9. Canada (War of 1812)
**WS Staff comments: Although a few other answers were considered, Dan Press ended up sweeping the floor with your sorry asses. Step up the funny/interesting, people!**
Total Points:
Kristen Meiss - 5
Nicole Sullivan - 4
Mark Agosta - 4
Jake Taylor - 2
Nate Gardner - 2
Sarah Cronin - 2
Beth Handy - 2
Dana Wise - 2
Dan Press - 2
Leigh Gobrogge - 2
Rachel Taylor - 2
Emily Spring - 1
James Miller - 1
Merideth Maclain - 1
Ryan Lilly - 1
Kenny Chung - 1
Jeff Helf - 1
Todd Quick - 1
Larissa DeMarco - 1
Sky Harris - 1
9 comments:
By Todd Quick:
After Washington Squares went on hiatus, it's followers were stunned. The disappearance of the game left the players lost, without direction; wanderers in the night. Many of them fled the country, finding their hearts burdened with a loss so heavy that being anywhere near the Washington Squares birthplace was simply too painful to endure.
These newly created nomads spread out to the four corners of the earth, reaching points as distant as Mongolia, Vietnam, Phillippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and China. They were searching for something, anything, to fill the void in their lives that WS had left.
Some brave players found the courage to remain closer to home, remaing here in the US and in our neighbor to the north, Canada. It was, thanks to them, that the Founders were served a constant reminder of the lives that they had touched; a picture of the homes that had been crushed by their departure. Finally, when it seemed that all was lost...
A new blog appeared. A message, blinking in cyberspace. Washington Squares was coming back...and so, too - from around the globe, it's players were coming home.
Reborn.
By Sal Costello
Countries Nike's Phil Knight has exploited for his own personal gain. How did this affect the return of the Washington Squares game that just today I found out about? Well I'll tell you...
As Phil Knight's company grew from a small Portland shoe making business to the evil corporate empire that it is today, so did basketball shoe contracts by big name NBA "ballers". Eventually LeBron James was taken 1st in the 2003 NBA Draft and signed to a huge $90 Million dollar Converse contract. As you know Carmelo Anthony was taken #2 in that draft only one year before Melissa's graduation. Being the huge 'Melo fan that she is, Melissa had a monumental breakdown when he was taken 2nd in the draft, thus resulting in a measly $18mil JORDAN contract.
On her road to recovery she visited an old fortune teller in the backwoods of Booneville (which smelled distinctly like cabbage and burned tires). The old fortune teller told her that she would help in the creation of a massive and monumental online website game-show thingy called "Washington Squares"...
And as we all know Converse was bought by Nike... thus completing the cycle....
Dear Sal: Although you are Melissa's friend, I felt slightly jaded that your story only spoke of Melissa. Yes, you DID refer to her as a co-creator of WS, but it made me feel less important.
Kind of like what's-his-name in Fight Club. You know...the guy that wasn't Brad Pitt. Man! Why can't I remember his name? Probably because he's not Brad Pitt...
Sincerely,
2nd best co-creator of WS
(My name doesn't matter)
Ryan Lilly
I will probably fail miserably with this one, but I'm going to
guess... Countries that the host's of Washington Squares have been to
and have merrily reminisced of?
Do I get points off for ending in a preposition? Is of a preposition?
Note from Tracy:
Mark Agosta, before getting the correct answer, sent us what I considered to be a very funny guess. I will not post it here for fear that someone would be offended or think that I'm dating a sexual psychopath. I know, I know...now you desperately want to read it, don't you?
Well, it referred to shady prostitutes from around the world and used the phrases "cash for gash" and "droppin' anchor". Nuff said...
Melissa Long
1. Countries where you can buy Viagara on the black market
2. Countries with major natural disasters where the US sent help.
3. Countries with awards for blogs on that country.
P.S. SOOO glad to see the return of W.S. it reminds me of Syracuse (in a good way) :-)
Nate Gardner:
Countries that are either the largest suppliers or the largest consumers of mail-order brides.
I think Nicole Sullivan cheats.
Kbye.
I cannot believe I didn't get SARS.
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