Beyond Balderdash: Question 2 Answers and Scores

Spiderman

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While we wait for our two errant players to get their final guesses in for Question 1, here's Question 2. The category is People.

Why is HIPPOLYTE M. MOURIES notable?

PM your initial guess by Thursday, 7/5 by 7:00 AM EDT. Anyone can join in.
 

Spiderman

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Initial Guesses:
  1. He was the scientist who named the hippopotamus.
  2. He invented the game of roulette.
  3. He founded Overeaters Anonymous.
  4. He designed the pressure triggered explosive device, commonly referred to as a "land mine".
  5. He invented margarine.
  6. He developed the first design for a craft that was capable of leaving the Earth's ionsphere.
  7. He was the first murder victim in Agatha Christie's first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

PM your final guess by Monday, 7/9 by 7:00 AM EDT. Players who can answers are: BigBlue, DarthFerret, Mooseman, Ransac, TomB, and train
 

Spiderman

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Initial Guesses:
  1. He was the scientist who named the hippopotamus. (train)
  2. He invented the game of roulette. (TomB)
  3. He founded Overeaters Anonymous. (BigBlue)
  4. He designed the pressure triggered explosive device, commonly referred to as a "land mine". (Ransac)
  5. He invented margarine. (CORRECT!)
  6. He developed the first design for a craft that was capable of leaving the Earth's ionsphere. (DarthFerret)
  7. He was the first murder victim in Agatha Christie's first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles. (Mooseman)

Looks like TomB and Ransac were able to best BS.

Ransac and train chose TomB
TomB and Mooseman chose Ransac
DF chose train
BB chose Mooseman

Scores this round:

TomB and Ransac get 2 pts each.
train and Mooseman get 1 pt each.

Overall Scores:

Ransac: 4
Mooseman: 3
TomB: 3
BigBlue: 1
train: 1
 
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