Ann B. Davis 2008 Extra Stats

 

Packet Difficulty (Round Robin Only)

 

Packet

Difference From Expected

+15

+10

-5

TU Answered

Bonus Points

Bonus Points per Tossup Answered

Percentage of Tossups Answered

Bill O’Reilly

30.3

18

126

23

144

2525

17.5

85.7%

Sheinhart

25.8

21

131

17

152

2845

18.7

90.5%

Life of the Nerd

12.6

20

130

19

150

2566

17.1

89.3%

Boiling Oil

5.7

28

105

24

133

2600

19.5

79.2%

Moonahol/Chi. Mouth Breather

-4.1

27

114

17

141

2375

16.8

83.9%

Khmer Rush

-5.7

15

126

24

141

2585

18.3

83.9%

Pieces/We Suck

-24.4

11

127

19

138

2205

16.0

82.1%

Swatchmen

-25.7

8

118

24

126

2198

17.4

75.0%

Butterflies

-36.2

7

113

33

120

2145

17.9

71.4%

Difference from Expected is calculated by taking the average amount of points scored by teams in the tournament that were playing on that packet.  The other columns were not adjusted based on teams playing on the packet.

 

 

Lamed Bonuses

 

The following is a list of all questions that were indicated on scoresheets that were lamed at least twice.  Also indicated is whether or not the question was picked up by the other team.  Not all scoresheets indicated lames, so this is a partial list at best.

 

  • Round 1 (Life of the Nerd): America's Next Top Model (3 lames, 0 pick-ups)
  • Round 2 (O'Reilly): Ficticious Writers (2, 0); Penguin Movies (2, 1); Civ IV (2, 2)
  • Round 3 (Sheinhart): Repetitive syllables (2, 1); Cars (6, 0); Winter Classic (2, 2)
  • Round 4 (Pitt Boiling Oil): Across the Universe (3, 0); Transformers Voices (3, 1)
  • Round 5 (Butterflies with the Mullets): Soap Operas (4, 0); MLB Figures (2, 1)
  • Round 6 (Swatchmen): Hockey (2, 0)
  • Round 7 (Moonahol/Mouth Breather): Ultimates (2, 1); 21 Jump Street (3, 1)
  • Round 8 (Khmer Rush): Protss (2, 1); Rappers' Drinks (2, 1); Kurt Angle (4, 1)
  • Round 9 (Pieces/Because We Suck): RPGs (3, 2); Olympic Gymnasts (0, 2)