Count Dooku

Intro for first time players


General Rules


Game-Specific Rules
All these questions are about the TV series Seinfeld that ran on NBC from 7/1989 to 5/1998.
Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer are the four leading characters of the series.
Most of the questions are about characters and episodes. When the question says "name," your answer requires a name. When the question says "identify," an unambiguous description is acceptable. If you explain it well enough, I will know what you are talking about. The first question clearly demonstrates what I mean.

Unique Bonus: Reverse Sheep questions will generate additional bonus (negative) points according to the following:

• 1 Unique is awarded -20
• 2 Uniques are awarded -15 each
• 3 Uniques are awarded -10 each
• 4+ Uniques are awarded -5 each
  

Slam Dunks {sd} Players have the power of multipliers in their hands. Each player is given five (5) Slam Dunks ({sd}) which they use by adding {sd} to the end of their answer. Your Slam Dunks have different effects depending on the question you use it on:

• In Sheep questions, the {sd} multiplies your points by 2.
  [*]A slam on a Reverse Sheep question turns it into a Sheep question. Positive points become negative. Uniques are scored zero (0). Incorrect answers are still given the penalty for being incorrect.
• Slam dunks cannot be stacked. Use one per question only or else they will be discarded. You cannot use two slam dunks to turn a Reverse into a Sheep and then slam dunk those sheep answers.

Other reminders: Please send in your answers to me via PM. Place only one answer per line, without numbers or the question itself. Do not forget your {sd}. Sometimes I notice and ask the player to re-send, and sometimes I don't, so to make things fair, if you forget to include them I won't be reminding you. If you submit more than 5 {sd}s, the first five will be accepted and all others discarded.


1) “The Contest”—or the episode where they bet to see who can go the longest without masturbating—is easily the most famous episode of Seinfeld. “The Contest” is pretty, pretty, pretty good, but Sheep know it is not the best episode. Name or identify the best episode of Seinfeld. [Warning: If your answer to this question is “The Contest,” you will be penalized.]

2) Seinfeld is famous for its so-called Sein-language. What is the most quotable of all the catchphrases that the show introduced?

3) REVERSE: Besides Newman, name a recurring character who appeared in more than three episodes, and had a very significant role in the plot of at least one episode.

4) Now, name or identify the best episode where Newman plays a very significant role in the plot.

5) Speaking of Newman, name or identify an episode where food plays a significant role in the plot.

6) Speaking of food, what’s the deal with airline food? Name or identify the funniest episode where one of the four leads either flies on an airplane or goes to the airport.

7) One of the things George was proudest of was his ability to scheme and spin a web of lies. What specifically was the most deceitful thing “Can’t Stand Ya” did in an episode. [Warning: See the clarification in the thread.]

8) REVERSE: Despite being short and bald, often unemployed, and sometimes living with his parents, George dated a lot of women who were out of his league. Name or identify a woman George dated. [I’ll take the character’s name, the name of the actress, or a specific description for #8, #9, #10.]

9) Now, besides Elaine, name or identify one of the women Jerry dated. [Warning: If your answer to this question is Elaine, you will be penalized.]

10) Name or identify one of the losers that Elaine dated.

11) Speaking of Elaine, of the four leads, she is the only non-native New Yorker, but like most Manhattanites, she does not own a car. Name or identify an episode where a car plays a significant role in the plot.

12) REVERSE: Who are these people? Name someone who watches the one-time broadcast of Jerry.

13) Kramer is a loathsome, offensive brute, who George describes as simply “falling ass-backwards into money.” But actually, Kramer is often taking different jobs or coming up with money-making ideas. What was one thing Kramer did to make a buck?

14) Most of the time though, Kramer was just involved in zany misadventures. Which one was the zaniest?

15) Back to jobs. Elaine working at J. Peterman and George working for the Yankees generated a lot of Seinfeld storylines. Besides J. Peterman or the Yankees, name/identify a business (real or fictional) that played a significant role in the plot of an episode. [Warning: If your answer to this question is J. Peterman or Yankees, you will be penalized.]

16) REVERSE: Once George started working for the New York Yankees, many of the players appeared on the show. Not including any Yankee players, name a celebrity who appeared on Seinfeld as him/herself.

17) Name someone who appeared in a previous episode and then testifies at the trial in “The Finale.”

18) Name a movie that Jerry, George, Elaine, or Kramer watches in a theater or on home video. The movie can be a real one, or one made up for the show, but you have to know the title.

19) If you could have one prop from one specific episode, what would you pick?

20) REVERSE: Jerry, George, Elaine, or Kramer?



I will post some clarifications about the questions and this game in the thread.

Count Dooku

I won't run this game until Mr Flix completes the Friends Sheep game.

I wanted to post the questions because I figured there would be crossover between the players, and if I sat on the questions for a week, I would never stop changing them.

Just start sending the answers in.

Clarifications

#3, #12, #16, #17 ask for a name. If you don't know the character or the actor's name, then you need a different answer.

When the question says "identify," all I need is a good, brief description. If your description is good, I will know what you are talking about. If you have to write an essay to explain your answer, you need a different answer.

The general rule is that there are no incorrect Sheep answers. For questions #1, #9, #15, there are incorrect answers. I just wanted to do it that way.

For #7, George's alias of Art Vandelay and his lie about being an architect are not going to be specific enough. Your answer will need to be more episode specific.

If you look at the rules, you will see I bolded two things that I changed. Incorrect answers will simply be scored +10.

I specifically chose questions to limit the impact of the slams. Just a personal choice.
One of the questions was: "Name someone who wrote an episode of Seinfeld?" Everybody could have answered Larry David and slammed it.
I'm hoping that this game will have some closer scores with more players in it to the end.

I would prefer that if you have questions about the questions that you PM me, not post them. If I think the answer should be shared, I will do so.

Count Dooku

The way #3 is worded, you may think you need to go running to IMDb or Wikipedia, you don't need to.
There are enough correct answers to this question that all players could have uniques.
If you are familiar enough with Seinfeld to answer the other questions, you can come up with a dozen answers to this question pretty easily.

Shannon Nutt

Sheep-worthy answers submitted!

Crocker Jarmen

Cool. I was locked out of the Friends Sheep (never saw an episode), so this looks pretty, pretty, pretty good.

majorjoe23

This makes me think that a Curb game could be fun.

I'll get in my answers sometime soon.

Count Dooku

After Mr Flix finishes the Friends game, I will see how many submissions we have, probably give a call to get them in, so no hurry.

majorjoe23

My answers are in

tommyp007

I only watched Seinfeld sporadically, so I'm out of this one. Looking forward to following the results, though!

Count Dooku

Mr. Flix

I may try to play, but I haven't watched the show once since it went off the air, so my memory may be too rusty to participate. We'll see.

DeFan

Nice into pic. I'm "With the Seinfelds" too.

Decker

I've got to ponder on this for a bit. Please give us a good heads-up on the submission deadline.

buckeyes8604

I'm definitely in, love Seinfeld.

Haven't played Sheep before, should be interesting.

OldBoy

submitted Bitches!

sleepyhead55

I'll participate and send in answers later. But this one is far easier than the Superhero sheep game that was just completed.

#6 is kinda hard for me and I'll have to go with a description. For most of the episode questions I think I can provide the actual ep title. #14 is one I'll have to think about as well.

Abob Teff

This came up in SHEEPERHERO II and was dropped quicker than Gwen Stacey ... I thought it was commonly accepted that you shouldn't be using any resources in Sheep games. Am I wrong here?

As a novice Sheepmaster, I'm just trying to gauge ... Is that good or bad?

Not a big Seinfeld fan, but after seeing the questions I think I can make a better run here than I could at Friends.

Count Dooku

You are not supposed to go searching for answers, but some games have reverse questions that beg you to do so. Just being honest about that.

sleepyhead55

Sorry, I didn't mean for it to come off as an insult. I had fun in your sheep game it just required more thinking time. Well that and I'm not the biggest Super Hero movie fan.
Question #3 shouldn't require any googling. I came up with several answers off the top of my head. The trick is to figure which one will be unique. Oh and one of the questions contains a possible answer for this.

Abob Teff

Oh no, no insult was read into that, sleepy! No worries!

I'm still learning the ropes as far as what makes a game better -- easier or harder questions? I'm sure the answer is "a good mix".

But what makes a question easier or harder? Is it just knowledge of the subject? Or is how the question is worded? Stuff like that is what I meant ...

Cellar Door

I may know this show too well--it's hard for me to decide which answers will be the sheepiest.

Count Dooku

I'll give this a Monday bump. to get people's attention. 7 players so far

Damfino

I'm in! Answers coming soon.

story

I keep missing sheep games and I really want to play this one. I will really, really try to get my answers in today.

Cardsfan111

Answers sent!

These questions were tough. I may be looking at my first last place finish or I might do really well. I have no idea.