Congratulations to everyone who scored 26/26 in the 1990s Ruined by a Letter quiz – Tony easily recorded the fastest score, thanks to some judicious coffee. Drew didn’t complete the quiz, but was the only person to solve the bonus question – the choice of album art was New Order’s only 1990s album, Republic, which contains the track ‘Ruined in a Day’.
This week’s format is a little unusual – I’ve replicated the instructions below. It’s a tic-tac-toe board with nine statements in the squares. Some are correct and some are incorrect. You need to find three correct statements in a row and enter the correct sequence of numbers. There are eight possible answers (123, 456, 789,147, 258, 369, 159, or 357) and you need to enter the correct one into the answer box. More than 3 statements on the board are correct, but you need to find the three correct answers that are in a tic-tac-toe winning combination.
- Enter a 3-digit sequence indicating three consecutive spaces you believe to contain TRUE statements.
- Possible winning sequences are the three horizontal rows (123, 456, 789), the three vertical columns (147, 258, 369), or the two diagonals (159, 357).
- If correctly solved, the entire board will fill in with the correct answers. Incorrect answers will display only the solutions for the spaces that were guessed.
I solved the puzzle correctly (which gave me 19/19 for some reason) with 1:38 remaining.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/bhenderson79/tic-tac-trivia-music
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You were so scrupulous about directions I think maybe you forgot the link to the quiz.
Oops, fixed.
Wow, I got it. When I read your instructions I figured I was screwed. Those things always confuse me. What I didn’t realize is that there is only one answer. Anyway, 1:28 remaining so you beat me by 10 seconds.
Good work wrapping your head around the instructions.
I was expecting it to go to a second puzzle or something.
Too much for my work-addled brain today. Got it wrong almost immediately. Hanging my head in shame.
That’s ok – it was a tough one with no chance at redemption if you make a mistake.
19/19 I thought I did something wrong…it was over too quick lol.
TIMER
01:53
Yup, not very satisfying when you just enter one thing.
I’m also confused how I managed to earn 19/19 for the 3-digit # – but happy to have received that score with 2:13 remaining!
Ooh, fast time.
Dang this was hard! Better luck next time!
Yup, I hope next week works out better.
Thank you and thanks for the quiz anyway!
I almost put the wrong diagonal cuz I wasn’t sure about the Beyonce one, but then I finally decided on the correct one
Good work!
I’m out in advance just from reading the description alone, brother. Ooh yeah!
It takes longer to understand the quiz than to complete the quiz!
guessed correctly with 1:18 left. Have to say not one of my favorites – was done too quickly
I didn’t love the format either, but it’s good to shake things up sometimes.
19/19 w/ 2:07 left – I knew 2 facts immediately so it was easy.
Good work!
Yeah, I also knew two of them immediately which helped, but I PANICKED UNDER THE PRESSURE and wasn’t quick enough. `19/19 with 2:02 left.
You smashed my time though!
Oh well, I messed it up. I rushed it trying to have the fastest time.
As my high school math teacher said, haste makes waste.
I went with my default starting placements for tic tac toe (or naughts and crosses) and so got the line by pure chance and 19/19 with 2:13 on the clock even with the coffee machine on the fritz
Good work. The kids and I have been playing 3 player noughts and crosses on a 4*4 grid lately with chalk – it’s actually pretty fun. You still need to just get three in a row.
That sounds like a good idea, will have to try that
19/19 with 2:02 remaining. Neat one.
Solid time.
Thanks! That one was fun!