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Humbugardy: Numb3r5 for 800
2005-10-20 08:40
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

The player commonly associated with the number represented here:

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles Next...
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
T J 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Comments
2005-10-20 09:07:02
1.   T J
Who is Cal Ripken?
2005-10-20 09:07:26
2.   T J
Jr., that is.
2005-10-20 09:11:30
3.   Shaun P
Who is Cal Ripken Jr? (just in case - you got me by 5 minutes, TJ!)
2005-10-20 09:16:44
4.   T J
Even if he was a "Jr." he was the only "Cal Ripken" who was a player, so I hope I'm OK.

This was the first time I've made it to the question before anyone posted anything. Pure luck.

2005-10-20 09:21:17
5.   Bob Timmermann
"Ahh, I see now"
He says after doing the math.

Well done!

2005-10-20 09:23:44
6.   T J
I owe it all to Google (assuming I get the points).
2005-10-20 09:33:11
7.   Bob Timmermann
I would say type how many points you'd get, but my computer doesn't have the right symbols!
2005-10-20 09:45:55
8.   Score Bard
T J got it. The board is yours.

For those of you playing at home, the number depicted is 2632, using Mayan numbers.

2005-10-20 10:41:19
9.   Shaun P
Nice work T J! I like a math-related category a lot better than those anagrams.
2005-10-20 10:52:37
10.   T J
This was my first real win! I stole the first one.

Anyway, let's try the last untried category. "Subjective" for $200, Alex.

2005-10-20 12:09:07
11.   Sam DC
So, TJ, if you are comfortable it won't provide aid and comfort to the enemy, what was the google seach that got you this answer?
2005-10-20 12:17:19
12.   Bob Timmermann
I'm not TJ, but I tried "numerals dots lines" and the answer was on the first page.
2005-10-20 13:47:44
13.   Sam DC
Ahh . . "numerals" -- "numbers dots lines" on the other hand, does not get you there . . .
2005-10-20 18:19:42
14.   T J
Be glad to show my work. I was going to do it earlier but I thought it might seem a little... self-absorbed.

Anyway, as best I can recall: I tried "number systems" first. That got me to a site that had a lot of different cultures' number systems. When I saw it was Mayan, I used "mayan numbers" and found a site on Mayan math. Plug and chug after that (base 20! Cool!).

I'm ashamed to say that the number wasn't a dead giveaway to me. I didn't find anyone with that number of career hits at baseball-reference.com, so then I did "2632 baseball." Bingo.

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