Weird Al Survivor Viii: Gameplay Only Thread

[Dumb N00b]

Tree Mail:


The poodle's a slimy carnivorous beast
When flying's concerned, a slow learner
In Elysium another poodle has joined the feast
So "whack" the G, see what it'll return her

[Dumb N00b]

Challenge 6 - Whack my Google, Si'l vous Plait


Welcome, Survivors, to our latest late-tastic challenge! It's, gasp,
another creative one. We'll have Jeopardy and such later on, 'I
promise you, I just don't have the combined time to organize another
race yet. When I have a good block of time we'll have to really
coordinate it.

But for now, we are going to have another creative challenge.
Use Google, Yahoo, or the MAJOR search engine of your choice (Dogpile
is also allowed, but you won't use it if you're sane) to search for
the word "poodle", and two other words. You are looking for the
smallest number of results possible. You cannot use quotes.

For example, poodle lamprey palaver gets only about 250
results. This is on the low end of what you are going to get. If you
can get this down into the tens, good for you.

You must use straight searching, no advanced settings.
Each tribe must find 20 such triplets, each one containing the word
"poodle", and send them to me along with the number of results for
each. Please no falsification, I will know. I will add the combined
number of results to arrive at a combined score. Whichever tribe has
the lowest score wins. Also please specify which search engine you used.

You must send me your tribe's triplets by Wednesday at 1:00.

Foreign words are allowed within reason (i.e. they must be
recognizable), as are proper nouns, etc.

Survivors, GO!

ETA: Zero results are not acceptable. Thanks, Rob.

[Dumb N00b]

Survivors:

Good job on a particularly tricky challenge.

The Grails' results:

Facetious corrosional poodle – 5 results
Isotropic albedo poodle – 130 results
Subservient absonant poodle – 75 results
Juggling centenarian poodle – 4 results
XANTHOMATOSIS XANTHISM poodle – 6 results
XEROPHYTICALLY XIPHISTERNAL poodle – 3 results
XYLOCARPOUS XYLOGRAPHIC poodle – 9 results
Xeric xiphoid poodle – 80 results
Legionella Ablation poodle – 138 results
Yersiniosis Yttrium poodle – 4 results
Zidovudine Zolpidem poodle – 48 results
Gastroparesis Gastritis poodle - 46 results
Quinquagenarian Quotidian poodle – 51 results
Papillomatosis Pappataci poodle – 9 results
Papuliferous Paragonimiasis poodle – 7 results
Parenchymal Parentalism poodle – 7 results
Paronychia Parotids poodle – 71 results
Parthenogenesis Parumbilical poodle – 53 results
Iatromisia Iatrogenic poodle – 1 result
Ichthyosis Idiopathic poodle – 119 results

The Greys' Results

The Grails used Google, the Greys used Yahoo.

The Greys win with a staggering 20 total results.

Good job, both teams. Your knowledge of obscure words is amazing.

Next challenge tentatively on Wednesday at 12:00.

[Dumb N00b]

Since I forgot to ask you guys to vote, the Holy Grails have to vote someone off by Saturday, 1:00. I'll post the results and next challenge at that time.

[The Doctor]

There will be a surprise in 30 minutes

[The Doctor]

Hm… what could the surprise be?
Well, it’s me, of course!
I’m sure you’ve all wondered why I’ve been so nosy throughout the game, and you are about to know why!

You may call me LameProbst!

It’s been really great watching how the game has gone, so far. I hope that you guys have been having fun, and I hope that fun continues.
Tribal Council results will be posted in a few minutes, and the challenge will then be posted at the regular time.
It will be a (fun, I hope) race, so please be ready!

[The Doctor]

Tribal Council 6 results

Voting is over.

Remember, this is a game. Do not take being voted out personally.

The voting was unanimous.

The person voted out is,

SPOILER The Lilac Pilgrim

You may post a goodbye message in this thread, before fading into the abyss.

Everyone else, stay tuned for Tree Mail in 15 minutes.

[The Doctor]

Tree Mail:


This is a story about a guy named Al
And I’m sure you know the rest of that song
I may be new, but please be a pal
Do well in this challenge, or you won’t be around for long

[The Doctor]

There is some small preparation required before the challenge begins.

You will need an unzipping program. Windows XP and Vista have one built in. If you need a zip program, or are not sure if you have one or not, I recommend WinRar, which may be downloaded for free at http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
The challenge will be posted in 10 minutes

If you are having any problems getting set up, it is imperative that you contact me right away. Once the challenge begins, I will not be able to help.

[The Doctor]

Challenge 7 – The Weird Al Show Ex-zip-it

Welcome back, Survivors!
After the release of “The Weird Al Show” on DVD, there was a massive spark of interest in the show. After a high-dollar auction, the “Best of Television Museum”, won the rights to use the show however they wanted.
The museum now wants to open an exhibit based on the wacky adventures Al had in his show.
They need YOUR help.
The museum has asked your tribe to sort through many different ‘relics’ from the show, so that the museum will be able to create the best exhibit possible.
The give you and your tribe a big stack of work to go through:

Challenge.zip

It seems the last person whom the museum asked to sort everything did a lousy job. To make matters worse, they put locks on all the relics.

The good news is, he gave hints on how to unlock them!
Your job is to unlock all the relics.

The museum informs you that they know the password to open the package. The password will be provided in 5 minutes.
Obviously, the first tribe to complete the challenge by getting to the final relic, will win Immunity.
Good luck, Survivors!

(The zip file is ~2MB, so please download as soon as possible, so that you won’t fall behind in the challenge)