kenbuzz

At the risk of Sheep overload, here's ANOTHER game! NOT!!
Rules

The object of the game is to out-think everyone by picking answers to questions that are the most common (Sheep) or least common (Reverse Sheep), but still correct.

Example Sheep question: "Name any world from Babylon 5." A good answer might be Minbar and a bad answer might be Cartoon Planet.

Example Reverse Sheep question: "Name a food product that appeared on Babylon 5". Spoo might be a bad answer, but Swedish Meatballs might be a good answer. (Unless everyone is trying to go as obscure as possible).

Sheep scores are tallied as negative numbers. Reverse Sheep scores are tallied as positive numbers. The lowest score wins.

The answers to each question are tallied up. Wrong answers in Reverse Sheep are scored two points above the most common answer. This penalty is multiplied by the Lightning Round Multiplier. Wrong answers in Sheep are not penalized.

Certain rounds are considered Lightning Rounds (designated by a multiplier, such as ×2). In these rounds, scores are adjusted by the number on the multiplier. A wrong answer still gets a +4 penalty in a ×2 round and a +6 penalty in a ×3 round, and so on. In a sheep round, a wrong answer scores normally.

You may use Google or other web tools to help you if you're stuck, but if you do it will cost you 5 points. This will be on the honor system - please-self declare if you used an aid when you submit your picks.

Please send in your answers to me via PM. Place only one answer per line, without numbers or the question itself. Those who do not do this will be penalized 5 points right off the bat.

For your convenience, I've posted a spreadsheet to Google where you can prepare your answers. When finished, just select the column of answers and send that in as text via PM. Don't email me the Excel file, that would be stupid.

Note: For the purposes of this game, Reverse Sheep answers will be determined to be correct or incorrect based on my whims. If necessary, I will ask Kosh for help, but my decision will be final.

Sheep questions are marked by an S:, Reverse Sheep questions are marked by an R:.

NEW RULE: I have broken the questions into three "story arcs". Players who finish among (or tied with) the top 5 scorers for the question of that arc will be awarded -5 bonus points for the first arc, -10 for the second, and -15 for the third.

Special thanks goes out to The Bus for providing the formatting, rules, etc. for me to steal, and to Tracer Bullet for the first Babylon 5 game, which I shall retroactively subtitle "Signs and Portents".


The Questions

Arc 1 - The Actors & Characters of Babylon 5


1. R: ×2 Name a character portrayed by actor Wayne Alexander.
   
2. S: Name an actor (other than Wayne Alexander) who played two or more different characters.
   
3. R: Name a telepath who got out of, or who was never a member of PsiCorp.
   
4. S: Who would you do? Ivanova, Talia, Lyta, Lise, Delenn, Lochley, Adira, or Ko'Dath?
   
5. S: Name a Technomage who appeared onscreen in any Babylon 5 or spin-off series episode or movie.
   
6. S: ×2 Name a female character who could kick Brock Lesnar's ass.
   

Arc 2 - The Worlds of Babylon 5


1. R: ×2 Name a planet, colony, station, or outpost with a digit in it's name.
   
2. R: Name a world destroyed during or as a result of the Shadow War.
   
3. R: Name an extinct race or species from the B5 universe.
   
4. S: Name a race or species who spoke on-screen exclusively in a language OTHER than English.
   
5. S: ×2 Name any Centauri Emperor.
   
6. R: ×3 Name any member of the Earth Alliance.
   

Arc 3 - The Context of Babylon 5


1. S: Name a writer OTHER than JMS who wrote an episode.
   
2. R: Besides Babylon 5, name another series that aired on PTEN.
   
3. S: ×2 What is the worst Babylon 5 episode, evarr?
   
4. S: ×2 Name an ingredient for making Bagna Cauda.
   
5. S: ×2 Name a SciFi author, work, or series referenced in Babylon 5.
   
6. R: ×3 Name an episode that received an Emmy or Hugo nomination or award.

Good luck!-->

kenbuzz

Note: I will NOT start this game until the Lost game has begun and is well under way. But I will be happy to accept entries as long as my in box doesn't fill.

Red Dog

This one is a lot harder than the last one. I can probably only answer half of these.

The Bus

I will try to play this but I am coming in last or worse than last. You should accept Googling in this one.

Tracer Bullet

Wow, another B5 Sheep coming out of nowhere! Awesome!

I don't even think this is that hard. I don't think I like what that says about me.

Tracer Bullet

FYI, you posted your spreadsheet as HTML so there's no way to save a copy for editing.

MEJHarrison

Dang! This one is hard. But I gave it my best.

kenbuzz

Sorry 'bout that. This is my first try at using Google for publishing docs, I'll go see what I can do about fixing it.

kenbuzz

Concur.

Sitting back and looking at the questions - some of them do appear pretty darned hard, and I don't want to intimidate folks out of playing.

Let's do this. If you want to Google, it'll cost you a mere 5 points. We'll do this on the honor system - I will assume you didn't Google unless you tell me. And I'll up the "Story Arc Bonus" from 5 per round to 5-10-15.

kenbuzz

I think it's fixed. Someone please test it.

kenbuzz

Well, due to underwhelming demand, we're gonna shelve Round II and let people detox from all this sheep stuff. I can resurrect this thread at any time in the future, hopefully before the third age of mankind dawns upon us all.

Tracer Bullet

kenbuzz, I'm going to send answers tomorrow, unless you want me to hold off.

I thought B5 would get more love around here as well.

Chew

Two games and I've had my fill of sheep for a long while.

Tracer Bullet

Spoken like a man with a challenging job and/or no internet access at work.

The Bus

Yay! Google allowed! I will have my PM in before the end of the day.

alk3hol

I would like to get in on this one but it says I am not allowed access to the spreadsheet.

Edit: Answers sent anyway. I hope they're formatted the right way.

The Bus

We're sorry, [email protected] does not have permission to access this spreadsheet.
You are signed in as [email protected], but that email address doesn't have permission to access this spreadsheet. (Sign in as a different user or request access to this document)

jjcool

Wow. Talk about a toughy. I watched the show for much of its run, but havent seen it in years. I have no idea what the answer is to any of these questions, unfortunately.

kenbuzz

Sorry, guys.... the return-of-B5 sheep game has been shelved for a while. Too many sheep too often, people are burned out.

I'm gonna take down the original questions. Again, sorry.

Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.

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