Due to other commitments my usual two teammates were absent last night, so I sat there with all my friends and 5 PM's ready to do battle with teams of players across half the continent.
Round 1, went Belle over Bench, nailed the rest. 27 of 30.
Round 2, missed Brooks follow up, nailed the rest. As I stated in the incorrect questions thread, the Tiger follow up had no correct answer as written. Tiger has 17 majors, 14 of them professional as his 3 U.S. Ams count towards his total. The media constantly neglects to clarify professional majors when babbling on about his exploits. And to the game writer, don't think I didn't notice the choice of Mizzou as a choice on Lou Gehrig's college. Very nice. 25 of 30.
Round 3, with 5 boxes it's obviously impossible to get 5's across the board even on known questions, the best I did last night was 5,5,5,5,4.8. So there was lots of blood down the line. Bled some on the first board on Missy Franklin, Hunter Pence, Skeet Shooting, Zack Greinke. While I nailed it, didn't think the Solo/Chastain twitter feud was trivia worthy. Think my boards ranged in the area of 45 down to 38.
Round 4, 5's on 58(Palmer was a gimme for a golfer), 83(think that was a WAG confirmed by Islanders), 92(hit a 91/92 50/50), 04(educated WAG using the Olympic year theory). 4's on 67 from the North Stars and 76 Cincy over New York after being on 75 from the SB clue. Obviously Pippen traded had to be either 98 or 99, was on 98 until the final Olazabal clue for 2's. Seems as though I got 06 on the A.J. Hawk clue. Think all boxes were either 31 or 32 due to a couple of late changes, but while I can't currently remember all the relevant clues, by the last clue knew all 8 for certain.
Round 5, knew 3 of 5 relievers(BAL, DET, STL), missed the 50/50 on the other two. Knew 99 for Edwards and 20 for Logano, missed the other three. Knew Romario and logic led to nailing the other soccer players. No trouble with older players or SB MVP's. 46 on all boxes.
I always enjoy the challenge of this, plus my top box finished higher than my average! Same with the two games of CD beforehand. No, I have no plans to play 6 boxes solo tonight for SD.
Congrats to JETHRO and company for winning the nation. I did threaten to state I fed him the answers early.....