This weekend we’ll post the details of December’s Wombat File Quizvitational. And later this morning, a special-edition pre-Terducken Day Wednesday Quiz.

But let us now post and acknowledge the Official Standings from lo these many weeks of head-scratching and hair-splitting. Points have been distributed as follows: One point to each correct “main” answer. ½ point to each if a split decision is reached. For announced bonus points (as opposed to follow-ups tacked on in the comments, ¼ point for each). Therefore in a week with 2 bonus questions, it is possible to score up to 1.5 points. (N.B. There were one or two quizzes conducted via crazy “tag board” when the comments were having some troubles. I wasn’t able to retrieve the record of the victor, unfortunately.)

Here are the totals to date:

The Double-Digit Dominators

1. Boxjam (17.75) – Give it up for the champeen. Uncanny ability to brush past all editorial misdirection. Was Quiz Kid when Quiz Kid wasn’t cool.
2. Scraps (15.5) – one must acknowledge the late start handicapping this intellectual omnivore’s cumulative performance.
3. Scott (14.25) – the Lou Gehrig of the quiz: always ready to play
4. Gavin (12.5) – the consummate gentleman, he sleeps late to give others a chance
5. KF (10) – One suspects that if she lived in an Eastern Standard Time-observant city, you’d all be toast

The Multi-Win Minds

6. (tie) Jonathan (9.75) –- should get bonus points for great follow-up questions (but doesn’t)
6. (tie) Hackly Fracture (9.75) -– has actually won without getting out of bed
8. teenidol (8.75) – possibly wins for total comment count and life-giving tangent links. Cal Ripken Jr. to Scott’s Gehrig?
9. Rory (7.5) – the fact that he has not won even more is we suspect due to Edinburgh’s notoriously early start on Friday cocktails
10. Laura “La Yogurt” Boutwell aka Bootsy (7.25) --always with the sass-mouth!
11. Sara (4) –- another latecomer with an impressive record
12. Terry (3.5) -– and witty, too
13. Velma (3) – I recently saw Velma walking down the street, reading intently, navigating by special extra-sensory radar.
14. Martin (2) –- Martin! Where are ye, lad? The whiskey rebellion needs you!
15. Garthmeister J. (1.25) – with a single, crucial bonus point he takes his place amongst the mighty

The One-Hit Wonders

16. Jessica, Art, Rob, Brian, Christina, Stoat and Doozy all captured one sweet, sweet victory apiece. For as long as I decide to spring for the hosting fees on this site, your fame burns on.

Stay tuned: in December, you’re all invited to join in what will likely be the poorly-managed end to this nearly-three-year parade of badly-phrased queries. Can you feel the excitement?