Venusian

I was in a hurry and i'm pretty sure i messed up that one.

I can think of two off the top of my head though so I could see multiple answers

Rockmjd23

I could only think of two but one's 'newsworthy' days seem to be behind him.

orangecrush

JasonF

I almost went with Joseph Gurney Cannon but I decided to go with Gingrich instead for exactly the reason you just posted.

(Just kidding about Cannon)

JasonF

Tip?

Venusian

mubarak and mugabe?

and i'm pretty sure I spelled both of those wrong

orangecrush

This was the toughest one for me. Mandela is the obvious choice, but as he is no longer a head of state he is a wrong answer. Has there been a current head of state in the news recently?

orangecrush

I went with the guy from 24.

Rockmjd23

My guess for top two answers would be #1 Mugabe, #2 al-Gaddafi
I guess Mubarak too but I could barely remember his name.

Venusian

It'd be interesting to do one of these with factual questions (e.g. Who is the current head of state of South Africa?) but you still answer what you think the most people would say.

orangecrush

Also, I wish Voltaire had been discused more before this thread was started.

JasonF

I picked one who has recently been a guest on the Daily Show. It doesn't get more newsworthy than that!



Qadaffi may get a few votes, although when people think "Africa" they tend to think "Sub-Saharan Africa" so maybe not.

Venusian

Forgot about old Gaddafi. He hasn't barked much lately.

Nausicaa

I thought Mugabe would be the popular choice because of the election and cholera outbreak, etc. For any question, I just picked an answer that had it's own thread here recently since I figured that will be most fresh in everyone's memory.

What did everyone put for European country on the wrong track? 'Wrong track' is kind of a vague qualifier, so I didn't really know what people would look for.

I chose Ireland because their economy is in greater shambles than most others.

Pharoh

Did you mean Iceland?

Just curious.


And I can't imagine that Red Dog's answer won't win that question.

orangecrush

The only right answer to that question is France. Maybe Canada because they still have a queen, speak French and are afraid of the dark...No, no, only France.

Venusian

I picked France because that is what I assumed most people would pick

Nausicaa

Well, I considered Iceland but settled on Ireland.

I should have known everyone would chose France.

Birrman54

But is France on a different track than they've been?

I answered the UK.

Venusian

Track doesn't matter. The forum will pick France (my guess at least).

Groucho

Yes, I picked France because people on this forum (most of whom have never been there) are constantly criticizing it as some sort of hellhole.

Pharoh

Who did you guys pick for the thinker question? Machiavelli, Hobbes/Kant/Locke, Paine, or one of the Russians?


Or none of the above?

JasonF

I, too, picked France because France-bashing is never unpopular.

Are we going to have figured out the final scores before the Bus gets back from his long weekend?

JasonF

None of the above for me:

Pharoh

Yeah, I should have listed him. I suspect he will win, but there is a small number of entrants and a great many choices to choose from.