The Ultimate Odyssey IQ Challenge!

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You can enter as many times as you want, but your most recent entry will be graded. All previous submissions will be disqualified. In other words... do your best every time you re-submit!
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Well, I tried. ;) Lots of guesses, though. I don't own enough Odyssey albums - I needed to listen to so many eps to find the right answers and I couldn't. :mad:

Thanks for doing this, Jacob and Trent. It was a lot of fun. :D
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*enters* LizzieG's going down this time! :wink:
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We'll see! \:D/
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Jacob Isom wrote:Today's the last day to participate in the Ultimate Odyssey IQ Challenge! Get your entries in before it's too late!
Oops. Thought today was the last day.
Ignore my little completed list. :-
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King Butter Turtle wrote:Question: are any answers found in episodes that are not currently available; i.e.- The Quality of Mercy?
There might be one, but the question itself is also answered in a released episode as well, making things nice. We didn't use any questions from unreleased episodes.
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Thank you to everyone who was involved in making this contest happen! I'd do it again tomorrow, even if there wasn't a prize!

*keeps pre-order for Vol. 51 on Amazon*
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Danielle Abigail Maxwell wrote:I found it challenging... and AIO wiki gave me absolutely nothing. Not even Jason's agent #... for which, I have no episodes on this computer, so I basically couldn't do anything except the ones I knew. ... Oh well. 15 is better than nothing I guess.
You know what you need to do then, right? add it to AIO wiki!
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Congrats to all the winners! \:D/ LizzieG's right up there at the top, no surprise there. ;) Any other ToOers in the top 3?

I only got around 70 right, if I counted correctly. Ah well. It was still a lot of fun!
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MEMO TO CONTESTANTS: We have our winners today... but I'm sure a lot of you have figured that out already. Thanks for playing everyone. What are your thoughts? Should we do more contests like this in the future?
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Boswell wrote:Thank you to everyone who was involved in making this contest happen! I'd do it again tomorrow, even if there wasn't a prize!

*keeps pre-order for Vol. 51 on Amazon*
Glad you enjoyed it, Boswell!

Amazon?! You still haven't learned your lesson, I see... :noway:
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Elementus Green wrote:
Danielle Abigail Maxwell wrote:I found it challenging... and AIO wiki gave me absolutely nothing. Not even Jason's agent #... for which, I have no episodes on this computer, so I basically couldn't do anything except the ones I knew. ... Oh well. 15 is better than nothing I guess.
You know what you need to do then, right? add it to AIO wiki!
Um... I don't know what it is anyway. *shrug* And I don't mess with AIO wiki. I don't even know how to change something, even if I have an account...

I was probably like... last place. lol.
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Congratulations to the winners! :D Yay for Lizzie's awesomeness! \:D/ And I'm guessing that at least one other ToO scored over 90, which is fabulous. And many thanks to the guys who came up with all those evil number questions. :x (But really, thanks. It was fun!)
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Well, I did pretty well. There were several I didn't know, but there were many more I did know. And I even know Eugene and Katrina's favorite table number! \:D/
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Darn it! I made a lot of really stupid mistakes (hindsight is 20/20, huh?) and only ended up with 85. I was hoping for at least 90. Oh well, there were at least five that I took random guesses at, so I wouldn't have won anyway and I had a lot of fun! Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to Jacob and Trent for their organization of the contest!

You guys should definitely do more contests like this one in the future! All of your contests are fun, but this one might just be my favorite AIO contest ever. The questions were creative, not to hard and not to easy. And, allowing for research made it a fun project to go back and listen to episodes gathering information rather than just a quick quiz of your memory. That's what makes it a great measure of Odyssey fandom; you don't necessarily have to have a genius memory for all those minute facts and figures (does anybody really know Bernard's phone number off the top of their head, I mean, come on), but you do have to be familiar enough with the series to know where to look, which was a very interesting, unique and fun challenge. And, a great prize, to boot. :D I would love to see more contests like this in the future!

Also, Eugene and Katrina's table number is mentioned in Love is in the Air in addition to A Little Credit Please; that's where I got it from.
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How did you all know it was me?! :mad:

;)

I had a great time with this contest too - and so did my fellow Odyssey Club members! :D
King Butter Turtle wrote:You guys should definitely do more contests like this one in the future! All of your contests are fun, but this one might just be my favorite AIO contest ever. The questions were creative, not to hard and not to easy. And, allowing for research made it a fun project to go back and listen to episodes gathering information rather than just a quick quiz of your memory. That's what makes it a great measure of Odyssey fandom; you don't necessarily have to have a genius memory for all those minute facts and figures (does anybody really know Bernard's phone number off the top of their head, I mean, come on)
Believe it or not, one of the guys in my club does know all sorts of minute facts and figures - including that one! :yes:
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Congratulations, Michael S., LizzieG, Devon, et al.!

I just finished reading through the answers. I enjoyed reliving the trivia plus reading the judges' analyses. Jacob, did you even need to ask if we'd like to see more? The resounding 104 unique entrants tell all!
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Taq wrote:Congratulations, Michael S., LizzieG, Devon, et al.!

I just finished reading through the answers. I enjoyed reliving the trivia plus reading the judges' analyses. Jacob, did you even need to ask if we'd like to see more? The resounding 104 unique entrants tell all!
Thanks! I'll see what I can do. However, now that Trent will be out and about for a while, it may be hard to muster up the courage to do one all by myself. :) Just kidding, guys. I'll try to do my best. It's a lot of fun putting them together.

-- Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:15 am --

Come to think of it... I can still team up with the other biggest AIO fan site on the net: AIO Wiki!
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Thanks for the congratulations! I was so shocked to find out that I had actually won 3rd place!!!! I really loved the contest, and am extremely glad that I stumbled upon it by chance!! It took me about 4 hours, with the help of my little sister, and having 2 iPods, AioWiki, the Odyssey Scoop, and iTunes, all working at the same time, searching for answers. Keep up the good work guys!! I'd love to see new contests like this. I really wish Odyssey would come out with a really hard Odyssey trivia book, since the "Answer This!" game is too easy.
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Welcome to the Town of Odyssey, Leonard! It's great to have another avid AIO fan here. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on all things Odyssey. :)
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