Think Different the Eighth: The Wait Is Over

[Tailsfan101]

Yes, it's back! Think Different, the game where you win by putting in guesses that no one else thought of. After 18 months, I've finally decided to bring it back! For previous games, see #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.

Here are the rules for Think Different:
1. You have 10 questions that you try to guess a correct answer for.
2. The catch is that the goal is to get the fewest number of points. The way you earn points is for each correct answer you give, you will earn the number of points equal to the number of people who guessed that answer. So, for instance, if your answer to Question 1 is Thomas Jefferson and 3 other people guessed that answer, you would earn 4 points for that question (1 for yours and 3 for the others). If you get the answer wrong, you earn the number of points equal to the number of participants plus 5 points (i.e. if there are 13 participants, you get 18 points). The best attainable score is 10 points.
3. There are two bonuses you could use to replace an answer: DROP and SHEEP. DROP means you earn 1 point for that question. SHEEP means you earn the number of points equal to the answer that the most people answered. So for instance, if the correct answers were A, B, C, and D, and 7 people guessed A, 6 people guessed B, 3 people guessed C, and 2 people guessed D, then the people who said SHEEP would earn 7 points for the answer (your SHEEP doesn't count as an answer and doesn't affect the others' scores). You get only 1 of each bonus if you so choose to use them. It is advised that you use DROP before SHEEP. Again, you don't have to use
4. PM me your responses by Tuesday, July 21st, 10:00pm MST. Any answers PMed after that point will not be considered.
5. Make sure not to cheat, please. Cheating is defined as letting other users know what your answers are before the deadline is reached. For this game, you may use any sources to find your answers (i.e. the wiki, Google, etc.).
6. Users can change their answers before the due date arrives, but after the due date, answers may not be changed.

[Tailsfan101]

Here are the questions:
1. Name a Science Olympiad invitational that was first held for the 2019-2020 season.
2. Name a Science Olympiad state that had exactly two regional tournaments scheduled for the 2019-2020 season. Having two regionals is defined as each team having two regionals to choose from, even if each division had two different regionals.
3. Name a president of Russia, current or former. Take note: the Soviet Union is excluded from this.
4. Name a sovereign state that gained independence after the year 2000.
5. Name a genus in the biological family Canidae.
6. Name a game in the Jackbox Party Pack 4.
7. Name a current global moderator of scioly.org.
8. Name one of the last ten Assassinators. #149 is excluded from this, so any Assassinator between #140 and #148 will be counted.
9. Name a US president who died in office.
10. Name a time zone containing US states.

Good luck to all!

[BennyTheJett]

Question:
For global moderator: Is that only moderators or would wikimods be included?

[bernard]

Question:
For global moderator: Is that only moderators or would wikimods be included?

Here's the list: memberlist.php?mode=group&g=4&sid=9d34c ... e0de5bb728.

[Tailsfan101]

I've already gotten four submissions, keep them coming! I'll be gone until Saturday, but anyone is still free to PM me their answers (I just won't see them until Saturday).

[Tailsfan101]

Three more days to get submissions in!

[Tailsfan101]

Wow, I totally forgot about this. Let's get to results! Our seven participants are EwwPhysics, HugoTroop, Nydauron, Booknerd, LittleMissNyan, sneepity, and Things2do.

Question 1: Name a Science Olympiad invitational that was first held for the 2019-2020 season.

Philadelphia High School for Girls Invitational (1)
EwwPhysics

Eagles Mini-Invitational (1)
HugoTroop

Johns Hopkins Invitational (1)
LittleMissNyan

Taylor Road Invitational (1)
sneepity

Dixie State Invitational (1)
Things2do

Kildeer Countryside Invitational (2)
Nydauron
Booknerd

Correct answers not used: Too many to count.

[Tailsfan101]

Question 2: Name a Science Olympiad state that had exactly two regional tournaments scheduled for the 2019-2020 season.

DROP (1)
EwwPhysics

Arizona (1)
HugoTroop

Maryland (1)
Nydauron

South Carolina (1)
Booknerd

Utah (1)
LittleMissNyan

Colorado (1)
Things2do

Incorrect answers:
Vermont (1)
sneepity

Correct answers not used:
Arkansas

[Tailsfan101]

Question 3: Name a president of Russia, current or former.

DROP (2)
Nydauron
Things2do

Vladimir Putin (2)
LittleMissNyan
sneepity

Dmitry Medvedev (3)
EwwPhysics
HugoTroop
Booknerd

Correct answers not used:
Boris Yeltsin

[Tailsfan101]

Standings after three questions:

1. Things2do (3)
T2. Nydauron (4)
T2. LittleMissNyan (4)
T4. EwwPhysics (5)
T4. HugoTroop (5)
T4. Booknerd (5)
7. sneepity (15)