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| December 9th, 2011 at 8:52:00 AM permalink | |
| MathExtremist Member since: Aug 31, 2010 Threads: 46 Posts: 2521 | 180 is a perfect (maximum) throw in darts, at least the x01 games. "In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563 |
| December 9th, 2011 at 8:57:16 AM permalink | |||||||||||||||||
| WizardofEngland Member since: Nov 2, 2010 Threads: 58 Posts: 584 |
180 is the highest score in darts with 3 throws 124% of people exaggerate. | ||||||||||||||||
| December 9th, 2011 at 9:08:57 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 313 Posts: 6783 |
Nice, I didn't know that. I haven't played darts in decades, and have never understood the proper rules. So, I think we can safely eliminate 147, 180, 300, and 21 as perfect scores. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| December 9th, 2011 at 9:31:38 AM permalink | |
| DJTeddyBear Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 105 Posts: 5727 | Isn't Seven, spelled Se7en, the title of a movie? Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown.
But how much does it cost to knock on wood? |
| December 9th, 2011 at 10:11:22 AM permalink | |
| dwheatley Member since: Nov 16, 2009 Threads: 10 Posts: 550 | I will take all your good answers and finish it off with the nerdy group. Complete answer: (i think?) 147 , 180 , 300 , 21 are all perfect scores in games. 32, 0, 491.67, 273.15 are all important F temperatures 1984, 8 1/2, Seven (also spelt Se7en) and 2010 are all movies 6, 28, 496, 8128 are the first four perfect numbers! Spoiler ^ Wisdom is the quality that keeps you out of situations where you would otherwise need it |
| December 9th, 2011 at 10:23:33 AM permalink | |
| weaselman Member since: Jul 11, 2010 Threads: 17 Posts: 1924 | Really ... how is "a perfect number" is a better "group" attribute than "divisible by 10 (or by 7)?" 21 is a movie too. "When two people always agree one of them is unnecessary" |
| December 9th, 2011 at 10:32:05 AM permalink | |
| dwheatley Member since: Nov 16, 2009 Threads: 10 Posts: 550 | Well, there are only 4 small ones. The 5th one is 33 million something. That's a pretty exclusive group. 21 is not a good movie (so it fits better with perfect score), while 3 of the others have oscar nominations. 1984 doesn't but that seems like it couldn't fit anywhere else. 300 is also a movie, but it also fits better with the perfect game theme. Wisdom is the quality that keeps you out of situations where you would otherwise need it |
| December 9th, 2011 at 10:33:56 AM permalink | |
| CrystalMath Member since: May 10, 2011 Threads: 3 Posts: 476 |
A perfect number is a much more restrictive group, and even difficult for nerds. The only perfect number I know of off hand is 6, so I wouldn't have come to this conclusion. I heart Crystal Math. |
| December 9th, 2011 at 10:43:55 AM permalink | |
| cclub79 Member since: Dec 16, 2009 Threads: 26 Posts: 939 |
Also, was 21 (or 300) a movie when this show aired? The OP said the show has been around for a few years... |
| December 9th, 2011 at 11:03:34 AM permalink | |
| Dween Member since: Jan 24, 2010 Threads: 42 Posts: 228 | Yes, it is spelled "Se7en", but it was given as "Seven" on the show... possibly to mask it from being TOO obvious. You have all four grouping, and 3 of the group labels are correct. The one that is slightly off is 0, 32, 273.15 and 491.67 are all freezing points of water, with the latter being on the Rankine scale You can say "Divisible by x" is a group, but then can you place the other 12 answers into logical groups as well? 21 was released in 2008, and 300 in 2007... both of which were before the 2009 airdate of this show... so yes, they were likely put in to trip up players. -Dween! |
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