Here are the standings after all the post-clue guesses are in -- with one caveat; Jonathan submitted some answers earlier in the week that I cannot now locate. I've asked him to re-send that email (and I'm not at home, so it may simply be that I'll find them this evening). So his score will be tabulated once those answers are located.
As you can see, it's still a tight race going into the last week. Round three scores here are that second number added to the composite from the first two rounds:
Scott 450+235 = 685
Art 290+375 = 665
Scraps 200+450 = 650
Boxjam 220+370 = 590
Gavin 273+290 = 563
Karen 245+275 = 520
Laura 60+155 = 215
James 55+0 = 55
Jonathan 110+?? = ??
With a spread of less than 200 points between the top 6 scores, and 606 more points possible in the final round, the final seems still pretty wide open.
A note on the scoring: for Question #1, players received 50 points for indicating the state with the smallest capital as the overall smallest (Vermont) -- even if you just named it first in your list. One or two people named it, but didn't give it priority. These answers got 1/2 credit. The others could be given in any order for full credit. (More on this question in the lightning round).
For questions where the city name was asked for, if you named the state instead, you got 1/2 credit.
For Question #6, I apologize that in the clue round I didn't make it clear that one could change individual states guessed, and leave the rest of the question "intact" for full credit on a state-by-state basis. Bad Quizmaster! So, this clue was less useful than it ought to have been.
Now, on to today's LIGHTNING ROUND, which continues the presiding mystery of #1. Each of the five smallest state capitals was guessed by at least one person. But there was one state/city no one guessed. It is the fifth-smallest state capital, close to 4,000 souls smaller than Juneau, Alaska. Its captial may or may not be the final resting place of one its states most famous residents, who was initially buried in Missouri -- both states now claim to hold his remains.
25 points to the first correct guess of the state name, and another 25 to whoever can provide the city posted to comments. 25 additional points to the famous man who might be buried there.
One guess per comment please -- you may, however, make a composite guess in a single comment.
Posted by BT at January 20, 2006 10:51 AM