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- From: msm@src.dec.com (Mark S. Manasse)
- Subject: The Real Official PCWC 4 results
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.084144.16585@src.dec.com>
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- Organization: DEC Systems Research Center
- References: <1992Nov12.204711.6888@src.dec.com> <1992Nov12.225157.10676@src.dec.com> <1992Nov13.212933.17549@src.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 08:41:44 GMT
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- PEOPLE'S CLUE WRITING COMPETITION NUMBER 4 RESULTS
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- The best-loved clue for the word LANDSLIDE was submitted by
- Greg Lawler:
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- 6) Country's top executives lead massive victory (9)
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- Greg's clue received 71.9% of the maximum points, and Greg is hereby
- invited to moderate PCWC 5. Congratulations!
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- Second place goes to Guy Jacobson for:
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- 3) "This kind of victory is overwhelming," said Lendl gamely (9)
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- Guy's clue was the most controversial clue among well-liked clues,
- as well as receiving the most first-place votes. (It seems like
- this happens to Guy almost every time!)
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- Third place goes to Steven Grady for:
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- 8) Falling rocks left crack in saddle (9)
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- The other clues with above-average finishes were:
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- 12) Avalanche of dirt and rocks left shifting sand covering England (9)
- (Ilana Stern)
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- 13) Long and short fiction about Democrat's easy win (9)
- (Jake Bergmann)
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- 14) Huge majority peaked in fall and slid early (9)
- (Ralph Kennedy)
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- 1) Hit the ground and dive under the tag for a major victory (9)
- (Ray Hamel)
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- The most controversial clue this time received a below-average overall
- ranking, and was the only clue to be seen as the absolutely best
- and absolutely worst clue by our panel of judges:
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- 9) Take Left and South and tell a fib about draft initially to get big win (9)
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- Thanks to all of the entrants and judges. A note to all the entrants:
- I will be sending you all comments about your clue sometime in the
- next few days. Please try to be patient.
-
- Mark
-
-
- Here are the full PCWC4 results:
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- There were 15 clues and 16 voters; maximum total 224.0
-
- Scores:
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- Clue total %max rank mean st.dev median
- ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- ------ ------
- 1 127.5 56.9 7 7.97 3.62 7.75
- 2 63.5 28.3 14 3.97 2.84 2.75
- 3 157.0 70.1 2 9.81 4.21 12.00
- 4 93.5 41.7 10 5.84 3.54 4.25
- 5 84.5 37.7 12 5.28 4.03 3.25
- 6 161.0 71.9 1 10.06 3.02 10.25
- 7 101.0 45.1 8 6.31 3.15 6.25
- 8 155.0 69.2 3 9.69 2.96 10.00
- 9 94.5 42.2 9 5.91 4.60 4.00
- 10 43.5 19.4 15 2.72 2.33 2.50
- 11 88.5 39.5 11 5.53 3.94 4.50
- 12 154.0 68.8 4 9.63 2.43 9.25
- 13 150.5 67.2 5 9.41 3.83 10.25
- 14 138.5 61.8 6 8.66 3.31 8.50
- 15 67.5 30.1 13 4.22 2.56 4.00
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- Vote distribution histograms:
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- 4 |
- 3 |
- 2 | X X
- 1 | X X X XX XXX X X X X XX
- Clue #1 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 | X
- 3 | X X
- 2 | X X
- 1 | XX XXXXXX X X X
- Clue #2 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 | X
- 3 | X X
- 2 | X X X
- 1 | XXX X XX X XXX
- Clue #3 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 |
- 3 | X
- 2 | XX X
- 1 | X X XXXX XXXX X X
- Clue #4 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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- 4 |
- 3 |
- 2 | X X X X
- 1 |X XXXXXX X X X X X
- Clue #5 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 |
- 3 | X X
- 2 | X X X X
- 1 | X X XX XXX X X X
- Clue #6 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 |
- 3 |
- 2 | X X
- 1 | XXXXX X X X XXXXX X
- Clue #7 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 | X
- 3 | X
- 2 | X X
- 1 | X X XXXXX XX XXX
- Clue #8 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 |
- 3 |
- 2 | XX X X
- 1 |XX XXXX X X XX X X
- Clue #9 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 |
- 3 | X
- 2 | XX X X
- 1 |XXXXXXXXXX X
- Clue #10 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 |
- 3 |
- 2 | X X X X
- 1 |XX X XXX X X X X XX
- Clue #11 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
-
- 4 |
- 3 | X
- 2 | X X
- 1 | X XXXX XXXX X XXX
- Clue #12 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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- 4 |
- 3 |
- 2 | X X X X X
- 1 | X X X X X XXX X XX
- Clue #13 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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- 4 |
- 3 |
- 2 | X X X X
- 1 | X X X X X XXX X XXX
- Clue #14 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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- 4 |
- 3 | X
- 2 | X X XX X
- 1 |X X XX XX X X X X
- Clue #15 |_____________________________
- 1 1 1 1 1
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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