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Reverse Sheep: pilot week, answers due Friday 11/24 at 12p

okay feel free to discuss, reveal in a couple minutes

as will become clear shortly, there were some wildly different strategies among the 13 here, mostly "trying to win as if it were sheep," "trying to guess the prompts that led to these deranged answers," and "trying to get some laughs"

I will say that exactly one (1) person guessed exactly one (1) secret prompt correctly
 
1. bread
SECRET PROMPT: short ___

A slang/alternative term for money 4
a sandwich ingredient 3
____ box 1
A breakfast food 1
A food 1
An Italian Sub ingredient 1
best part of sandwich 1
The best thanksgiving side 1


2. date
SECRET PROMPT: a fruit you can eat in one bite

First_______ 2
____ line 1
a dried fruit 1
A fruit you like to eat 1
A measure of time 1
A pitted fruit 1
an evening activity 1
best part of a charcuterie platter 1
Name something you do with the opposite sex 1
Something you check on your cellphone 1
Something you take Mako's mom to before going to poundtown on Friday night 1
worst holiday gift 1
 
3. dolphin
SECRET PROMPT: something that looks better when it's wet

An animal that swims 2
A dangerous ocean animal (not shark) 1
A fast mammal 1
A fish 1
a mammal 1
A mammal that lives in the ocean 1
A swimming stroke 1
best part of beach 1
best tasting fish 1
Something you bring to the beach 1
something you see at Seaworld 1
The worst fish 1


4. reflection
SECRET PROMPT: a word that rhymes with "election"

self______ 2
_____ Pool 1
a principle of geometry 1
A scary thing in your bathroom 1
A song by Christina Aguilera 1
biggest fear 1
Something a pet is afraid of 1
something you are scared of 1
Something you find in a lake 1
Something you look at 1
Something you need to allocate more time for 1
something you see in a body of water 1


man, dolphin being an answer for that original prompt is so fucking wild and I love it so much.
 
5. mexico
SECRET PROMPT: american tourist destination

a South American country 3
A country in Central America 1
A country known for its soccer 1
A country with the best cuisine 1
A famous Ron/Ronald (not Reagan) 1
a north american country 1
A North American country - not USA 1
Flag with red in it 1
foreign country you want to travel to most 1
North American country (not us, canada, mexico) 1
The James Taylor song you lost your virginity to 1


6. Whoopi Goldberg
SECRET PROMPT: a judge on "the voice"

Someone on the view 3
A female comedian 2
a black comedian 1
A celebrity 1
A woman 1
academy award winner 1
An african american actress 1
An Oscar winning actress 1
Oscar Best Actress Winner 1
sexiest actress 1


seems like a few people were on the right track for Mexico-- just make a blatant geographical error and hope for the best. the original prompt that led to Whoopi is delightful and makes me wonder if folks used to take sheep much less seriously.
 
7. Turner & Hooch
SECRET PROMPT: a movie that features a dog

A Tom Hanks movie 8
a movie where the dog dies 1
A movie with two title characters 1
Fist names 1
The worst Tom Hanks movie 1
worst pet movie 1


8. Toucan Sam
SECRET PROMPT: a cartoon bird

a cereal box mascot 7
A Bird Mascot 1
A cartoon animal 1
A famous advertising character 1
A mascot 1
best non sports mascot 1
Nickname for your penis 1


the two heaviest scores in the game. if you didn't hit these, you probably didn't have a chance. this game's scoring... is deeply flawed, yes
 
9. Ding
SECRET PROMPT: ____ bat

____ bat 3
____ Dong 2
A game played by kids 1
A sound in a hospital 1
a sound your mobile phone would make 1
a tech company 1
A word starting with the letter D (not "Dong") 1
A word that rhymes with ring 1
A word that rhymes with sing 1
another name for injury 1
Something that happens to your credit score 1
Wed ____ 1


10. 14000
SECRET PROMPT: average distance a person drives per year

how many steps you take in an average day 2
amount you spend on a car 1
Average SAT Score 1
Emails currently unread in your inbox 1
How much does a used car cost? 1
income per month 1
Number of women rjkarl claims to have slept with 1
preferred size of an on-campus arena 1
The number of hours worked by someone at retirement 1
The price of an inexpensive car 1
The property tax on your fourth home 1
what should minimum wage be 1


the secret prompt match! doofus guessed ____bat, which got him a couple extra points (from 1 to 3). yayyyy.
 
11. Paper
SECRET PROMPT: make a word from these letters: APER

News___ 2
rock paper or scissors 2
____ weight 1
A word starting with the letter P (not "Paprika") 1
An anniversary gift 1
Fly_____ 1
Something flammable 1
something you recycle 1
something you write on 1
The best ingredient in papier mache 1
white _____ 1


12. 100
SECRET PROMPT: the cost of a flight to europe

How many books have you read this year? 2
a US currency denomination in dollars 1
Age you want to live to 1
how many flights do you take a year 1
How many miles are you from the closest airport? 1
How many miles you drove last year 1
How many times you poop in a year 1
how much cash is in your wallet 1
Number of days in a year you shower 1
Number of movies you saw in a theater last year 1
number of people you know 1
Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae 1


things that made me laugh here:
-someone putting "paper" for a prompt that asked you to rearrange 4 letters
-"the best ingredient in papier mache"
-hey guy, that's not enough poops in a year
 
YOUR FINAL SCORES:
Rocket 33
DeacDiggler 30
Deacsfan27 30
Hogie 28
DeacInVermont 24
Toogs 24
deachus 24
JamesSokolove 23
bym051d 23
deactherunner 21
DeacdeTejas 20
TownieDeac 12
Wakeforest22890 12

congratulations to Rocket, I guess!

this did not seem to get all that much interest, but it was fun and made me laugh a couple of times, and maybe it gave townie some terrible future sheep prompt ideas ("fist names" would be lovely, yes)

thank you for accompanying me on this journey. I am going to watch our basketball team now.
 
Yeah, so that was a thing.

I’m upset there were so many Tom Hanks Movie answers and not the right one, “The Worst Tom Hanks Movie.”
 
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