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Year 20 Begins: The Results

Yesterday, we unveiled the answers to questions 1-9 of our Year 20 quiz. Today, the answer to question 10 (the tiebreaker) and the announcement of the winners.

As a reminder, the tiebreaker question was: "How many times did this site mention the name of George W. Bush, then running for reelection, across all postings made in 2004?" We had a number of people who guessed "zero," thinking that we did not publish any commentary that first year. This is not the case. We had quite a few creative guesses, including "a gazillion," "1.21 gigatimes," "167—It would have been higher if not for the missing Ws on the White House typewriters," "a kabillion," "666," "eleventy million," "too many," and "Rosebud." The correct answer was 728, which nobody guessed, although D.S. in Berlin, Germany, was very close, at 729. There were also six people who guessed 726 and another six who guessed 730.

There were a total of 47 readers who managed to score 9 out of 9 on the quiz. In truth, you're really all winners. That said, here are those 47 ranked by how far off their tiebreaker guess was:

47. G.W. in Tallahassee, FL (Tiebreaker Guess: 10,000; Margin of Error: 9,272)
48. R.C. in Washington, DC (7,410; 6,682)
49. S.G. in Vancouver, WA (2,004; 1,276)
50. G.H.S in Cambridge, MA (2,000; 1,272)
51. M.L. in Coralville, IA (1,969; 1,241)
52. W.W. in Anthem, AZ (1,962; 1,234)
53. H.P. in Nampa, ID (1,825; 1,097)
54. Z.M. in Washington, DC (27; 701)
55. J.S. in New York City, NY (35; 693)
56. I.M.O in Norman, OK (39; 689)
57. M.S.G. in Springfield, PA (42; 686)
58. J.K. in Sandy Spring, MD (50; 678)
59. C.P. in Anchorage, AK (52; 676)
60. D.K. in Huntsville, AL (58; 670)
61. M.M. in Warrington, PA (77; 651)
62. M.E. in Seattle, WA (100; 628)
63. H.A. in Malden, MA (102; 626)
64. J.T.S. in Westminster, CO (125; 603)
65. B.W. in Olympia, WA (137; 591)
66. B.C.B. in Manhattan, NY (1,285; 557)
67. D.D. in Portland, OR (1,285; 557)
68. J.S. in Los Angeles, CA (173; 555)
69. L.K. in Grand Forks, ND (1,277; 549)
70. R.P. in Marietta, GA (180; 548)
71. J.A. in New York City, NY (185; 543)
72. J.U. in Farmville, VA (215; 513)
73. J.W. in Northampton, MA (224; 504)
74. M.B. in San Antonio, TX (230; 498)
75. P.A. in Columbus, OH (238; 490)
76. R.H. in West Grove, PA (270; 458)
77. B.P. in Louisville, KY (289; 439)
78. B.H. in St. Paul, MN (299; 429)
79. D.R. in Petoskey, MI (369; 359)
80. R.S. in Cathedral City, CA (387; 341)
81. A.O.R. in Portland, OR (399; 329)
82. M.S. in Boston, MA (400; 328)
83. D.N. in Toronto, ON, Canada (1,045; 317)
84. J.R. in Cambridge, England, UK (999; 271)
85. G.J. in Brno, Czech Republic (995; 267)
86. J.P.A. in Katy, TX (499; 229)
87. D.D. in Carversville, PA (902; 174)
88. R.M.S. in Lebanon, CT (863; 135)
89. A.B. in Torrington, CT (661; 67)
90. I.B., Budapest, Hungary (666; 62)

And now, in third place: F.S. in Cologne, Germany, whose guess of 700 was off by only 28.

In second place: S.E. in Dundee, MI, whose guess of 711 was off by only 17.

And in first: B.S. in Somerset, England, UK, whose guess of 726 was off by a mere 2.

We hope everyone had fun. We have plans for something else along these lines fairly soon. (Z)