New Scaratings

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you believe your method is successful more than 25% of the time in BTT and 20% of the time in CD, you should quit playing BT and use that time to search for the Loch Ness Monster.

Although Foo's response above was greatness.

BO

I think that BO is the Loch Ness monster. (Just kidding!)

Actually, I'm in basic agreement with BO, but there is one thing to be said about having some sort of guessing method: at least you are answering something rather than wasting time and points fretting over what is outside your control.

-- RWM

My guessing method is a simple five-step system:

1. Read hundreds of trivia books and reference materials
2. Play tens of thousands of BT games
3. Play in and write hundreds of live trivia events
4. Watch countless television trivia game shows
5. Hope that some of it sticks.







Or hit #3...

You got it right. I missed several questions tonight because I did not hit 3.

Here's a guessing method that I picked up from Dayton: If all of the choices are names of people, guess the person with either three names or the longest overall name.

I use that one a lot when I can't get my hands on any chicken entrails.

I still go "when in doubt pick 3" and "2 hasn't come up in awhile"

BO might like this. Friday I played the the Tendalicious Transformers game. I know absolutely nothing about Transformers and so did the people I was playing with. I decided to conduct a little experiment. On my main box I hit 3 for every answer and on my secondary box I randomly hit any number other than 3. Well my main box ended with a score of 3,000 and my secondary box ended with 5,000. Of course I would never normally play a trivia game like that on a topic I know nothing about. I would pay attention to the clues or the wipeouts. The next time I play a game on a topic I know nothing about I will try this again but pay attention to the clues or wipeouts and change my answers accordingly.