Anyone want to help me figure out the winner of the Oscar contest?

[Skinner]

I'm going through the list, and it's really tedious. I did the first 22 people, and I'm getting a little burned out.

Pick a group of people from the list below, and post in this thread that you are going to check their answers. (This will avoid us doubling our work.)

Find your group of people in this thread thread (They are listed in their correct order):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x816580

Compare their answers to the correct answers (listed below). Count up the number of correct guesses for each person, and then post the results in this thread.

If nobody wants to do this, I certainly understand. But it's going to take a while for me to figure out the winner.

Make sense?

THE CORRECT ANSWERS

1. ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER

2. ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER

3. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron - MONSTER

4. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN

5. ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO

6. ART DIRECTION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

7. CINEMATOGRAPHY
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

8. COSTUME DESIGN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

9. DIRECTING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

10. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE FOG OF WAR

11. DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART

12. FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

13. FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS

14. MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

15. MUSIC (SCORE)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

16. MUSIC (SONG)
"Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

17. BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

18. SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
HARVIE KRUMPET

19. SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
TWO SOLDIERS

20. SOUND EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

21. SOUND MIXING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

22. VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

23. WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

24. WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
LOST IN TRANSLATION

DU MEMBERS WHO ENTERED THE CONTEST (IN ORDER)

THESE ARE DONE ALREADY

 Bertha Venation - 15
 SoCalDem - 13
 Mobius - 11
 Fenris - 12
 nedlogg - 11
 jeffsurfus - 19
 filthyrottenbastards - 15
 foreigncorrespondent - 11
 LynneSin - 14
 HFishbine - 13
 matcom - 13
 jchild - 13
 Skinner - 15
 Deb - 12
 northzax - 16
 Nihil - 15
 eyesroll - 16
 MissMillie - 18
 Shanneee - 10
 Richardo - 14
 cedahlia - 17
 manco - 14

THESE AREN'T DONE YET

GROUP A (DONE)

Paragon - 16
mdmc - 5
soleft - 19
Crisco - 18
Robb - 17
ironflange - 20
DrWeird - 12
Shakespeare - 19
GoddessofGuinness - 14
tigerbeat - 16

GROUP B (DONE & UPDATED)

Redneck Socialist - 14 correct
MAlibdem - 16 correct
hyphenate - 16 correct
Mass_Liberal - 17 correct
JonathanChance - 18 correct
Why - 12 correct
JCCyC - 15 correct
LeftPeopleFinishFirst - 19 correct
SaveElmer - 15 correct
UnAmericanJoe - 13 correct

GROUP C (DONE)

bhunt70 - 9 correct
rucky - 15 correct
Zombywoof - 16 correct
MagicRat - 15 correct
gyopsy - 19 correct
absyntheNsugar - 0 correct
marshallplan - 9 correct
SeveneightyWhoa - 11 correct
earthsea wizard - 16 correct
nini - 12 correct

GROUP D (DONE)

northofdenali - 18 correct
Supply Side Jesus - 15 correct
geniph - 19 correct
peterh - 13 correct
VancSouthpaw - 15 correct
jmowreader - 11 correct
philosophie_en_rose - 13 correct
orangepeel68 - 15 correct
Kathleen04 - 11 correct
AlFrankenFan - 9 correct

GROUP E (DONE)

CollegeDude 20
Langis 16
aldian159 14
LibDemAlways 18
smirkymonkey 8
VermontDem2004 11
bubblesby2002 17
ElsewheresDaughter 11
tedoll78 16
Panda1 10

GROUP F (DONE)

oxymoron 19 correct
curse10 14 correct
scmirage 13 correct
ChiefHappyButt 13 correct
mzpip 18 correct
daytondem 17 correct
rbnyc 15 correct
tishaLA 17 correct
fortyfeetunder 9 correct
bigwillq 18 corrct

GROUP G (DONE)

muchacho --13
NewJerseyDem --13
Asteroid --16
Billy_Pilgrim --13
Cousinit13 --17
pbl --11
DianeG5385 --16
YANG --12
DoctorBombay --16 the first time, 16 after changing picks
kaitykaity --13

GROUP H (DONE?)

 Zech Marquis 
 IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge - 18
 gorrister - 20
 arwalden 
 peekaloo 
 DinoBoy 
 mountainvue 
 nbsmom 
 Dookus 
 anti_shrub - 18

GROUP I (DONE)

Gothic_Sponge 1 - (none)
Plaid Adder 14 - 11:58
Pithlet 15 - 11:36
ikojo 17 - 11:13
RoadRunner 11 - (none)
liberalpress 14 - 12:01
MATTMAN 13 - 9:00
Narraback 13 - 11:37
Donkeyboy75 10 - 11:13
NewHampster 17 - 11:28
bevb 15 - 11:58

[curse10]

1. I'll do group C

:-)

[curse10]

7. here are their results

bhunt70- 9 correct
rucky- 15 correct
Zombywoof- 16 correct
MagicRat- 15 correct
gyopsy- 19 correct
absyntheNsugar- 0 correct
marshallplan- 9 correct
SeveneightyWhoa- 11 correct
earthsea wizard- 16 correct
nini- 12 correct

gyopsy is the big winner from this crew! Congrats :-)

[XNASA]

2. I'll do Group H

[XNASA]

15. gorrister = 20 with a TB of 11:15

gorrister is the leader.

Anti-shrub and I am Jack's Smirking Revenge each have 18.

I checked all of Group H and gorrister is the winner of that group.

[southerngirlwriter]

26. gorrister is tied with ironflange from Group A

nt

[Bossy Monkey]

29. Also CollegeDude from E

11:11pm ET tiebreaker

[XNASA]

32. Group H "is" done.

I just stopped the tally on contestants who were out of the running.

gorrister has 20 and leads the pack in Group H.

[matcom]

3. is there a paper trail?

or are you using Diebold to count up the votes :)

[HFishbine]

4. Ignore

Sorry, customer just called. Must work.

[LynneSin]

5. I'd help if I wasn't at work

However, if there are lists that need to be done when I get home, I'll be happy to take a look at a group

:D

[NicoleM]

6. I'll do G.

I'm so bored right now that this sounds like fun. :)

muchacho --13
NewJerseyDem --13
Asteroid --16
Billy_Pilgrim --13
Cousinit13 --17
pbl --11
DianeG5385 --16
YANG --12
DoctorBombay --16 the first time, 16 after changing picks
kaitykaity --13

[curse10]

8. Doing group B

:-)

[curse10]

12. Here are group b's results

Redneck Socialist- 14 correct
MAlibdem- 16 correct
hyphenate- 16 correct
Mass_Liberal- 17 correct
JonathanChance- 18 correct
Why- 12 correct
JCCyC- 15 correct
LeftPeopleFinishFirst- 19 correct
SaveElmer- 15 correct
UnAmericanJoe- 13 correct

[curse10]

21. I edited these results, Skinner

I was a retard and missed the "two soldiers" win on a couple. Sorry. :-(

[Skinner]

31. Cool. I fixed it. (nt)

[gorrister]

9. I got 20 correct

I'm in group H

[XNASA]

17. I checked gorrister's work. I can confirm.

[oxymoron]

10. dupe

[southerngirlwriter]

11. Group A results

(These are the numbers they got CORRECT)

Paragon - 16
mdmc - 5 (sorry, dude)
soleft - 19
Crisco - 18
Robb - 17
ironflange - 20
DrWeird - 12
Shakespeare - 19
GoddessofGuinness - 14
tigerbeat - 16

[Deb]

13. I'll do D

:hi:

[curse10]

14. Group D is being tabulated

:-)

[curse10]

20. Group D results

northofdenali- 18 correct
Supply Side Jesus- 15 correct
geniph- 19 correct
peterh- 13 correct
VancSouthpaw- 15 correct
jmowreader- 11 correct
philosophie_en_rose- 13 correct
orangepeel68- 15 correct
Kathleen04- 11 correct
AlFrankenFan- 9 correct

[Bossy Monkey]

16. I'll do E (Everybody hit "Refresh" before replying to Skinner's post!) n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

24. Group E tabulated

CollegeDude 19
Langis 16
aldian159 14
LibDemAlways 18
smirkymonkey 8
VermontDem2004 11
bubblesby2002 17
ElsewheresDaughter 11
tedoll78 16
Panda1 10

It's not a bad thing if these groups get tabulated by more than one person. This isn't so much tedious as pretty darn hard!

[Mr. Brown of MD]

25. Ehh... not to whine...

I keep coming up with 20 for myself. It's close enough that it might make a difference, although I think I blew the tiebreaker, heh.

I know I missed 1, 2, 11, and 19, but I'm pretty sure I got the rest. If you could look at that again, I'd appreciate it. Thank you. :)

-CollegeDude
Anxious contestant

[Bossy Monkey]

27. Surely! Gimme a minute

You're not whining. Just looking out for yourself. I told you this was difficult.

[Bossy Monkey]

28. Correct. CollegeDude also has 20 (my mistake)

HEY! LOOK DOWN HERE! Sorry about that, CD.

Tiebreaker was 11:11pm EST

[Mr. Brown of MD]

30. No problem!

Lots of looking back and forth, I'm sure it was easy to miss one. I wouldn't have trusted myself to look at that much without messing something up.

Thanks for checking, though.

-CollegeDude
Off to lunch

[dolo amber]

18. I've got "I"

:hi:

[dolo amber]

23. M'kay...

Gothic_Sponge 1 - (none)

Plaid Adder 14 - 11:58

Pithlet 15 - 11:36

ikojo 17 - 11:13

RoadRunner 11 - (none)

liberalpress 14 - 12:01

MATTMAN 13 - 9:00

Narraback 13 - 11:37

Donkeyboy75 10 - 11:13

NewHampster 17 - 11:28

bevb 15 - 11:58

NewHamster and ikojo tie with 17.

[qanda]

19. I'll do F

eom

[qanda]

22. And the results are:

oxymoron 19 correct
curse10 14 correct
scmirage 13 correct
ChiefHappyButt 13 correct
mzpip 18 correct
daytondem 17 correct
rbnyc 15 correct
tishaLA 17 correct
fortyfeetunder 9 correct
bigwillq 18 corrct

*With 19 correct, oxymoron got the most right from Group F.

[Skinner]

33. After the tie-breaker, it looks like the winner is ironflange

("Price-is-Right" rules are not in effect. In the tiebreaker, Ironflange guessed closest to the time of approximately 12:05am ET.)

Here are the three people who guessed 20...

ironflange - 20 - 12:12am
CollegeDude - 20 - 11:11pm
gorrister - 20 - 11:15 pm

Great job!

[Skinner]

34. THANK YOU to everyone who helped tabulate the results!

:loveya:

I'm going to lock this thread now, and go open another thread announcing the results. Thanks for playing! :thumbsup: