FINALE ANSWERS:
Basic Set (20 points each):
1. Immunity1: Rafe
2. Eliminated1: Lydia
3. Other Votes: Danni
4. Immunity2: Danni
5. Eliminated2: Rafe
6. 2nd Place: Stephenie
7. WINNER: DANNI!
Fin: those exclamation marks are Lingo's, not Fingolfin's. Fingolfin is not as excited as Lingo :-)
For the Finale, Danni was once again the favourite with 18 votes, Rafe had 7, and Steph had 3. There's never been much love for Lydia.
Over 14 seasons, there were 388 votes on the winner's poll by you contestants. Over the course of the game, Danni received 40% of those votes, which is pretty amazing. Danni has been the favourite pick since Episode 4 (having only given up that spot once, to Rafe in Episode 11). Steph came in second with 20% of the votes, and Rafe received 14% of the votes to take third place. It's quite something that that is also the way the show ended! Gary received 9% of the votes, Cindy got 5%, and the rest of the votes were shared amongst everyone else except Bobby Jon, Blake, and Brianna.
Hey, I just noticed that 6 contestants had names starting with 'B'.
Bonus Questions:
B1: What is the final jury vote count? Answer: 6 to 1. 4 points.
B2: Who votes for whom in the final vote? Answer: Rafe votes for Stephenie; everyone else votes for Danni. Up to 768 points.
Well, unfortunately no one got them all. Here is a quick look at what everyone did score:
| Sunshine: |
96 |
| shakes: |
96 |
| Anni: |
96 |
| Nicivdl: |
23 |
| megan: |
23 |
| Tink: |
23 |
| Callandor: |
23 |
| thepersonza: |
23 |
| shy fly: |
23 |
| Citanul: |
23 |
| batchick: |
23 |
| Riet: |
23 |
| Fabjewel: |
23 |
| JCL: |
8 |
| devilgirl: |
8 |
| Fingolfin: |
8 |
| Andy: |
8 |
| Ria: |
8 |
| Amazingly: |
4 |
| Gemstone: |
4 |
| earthie: |
2 |
| Peapod: |
1 |
| Morticia: |
0 |
| Ruegshana: |
0 |
| Paige: |
0 |
| Shirmell: |
0 |
| Sapphire: |
0 |
| Prawn: |
0 |
| michb: |
0 |
| jords: |
0 |
| Trinity: |
0 |
| Pixie: |
0 |
| Spongebob: |
0 |
B3. Who asks, "Why am I here? Is it my destiny?"? Answer: Lydia. 4 points.
B4. To whom is it said, "You ate lizards the other day"? Answer: Rafe. 4 points.
B5. Who is described at Tribal Council as "a huge, huge mental threat, and … very well-liked"? Answer: Lydia. 4 points.
B6. Who says, "I stayed true to my moral compass--I betrayed people when I thought I should"? Answer: Rafe. 4 points.
B7. Who says, "I will be as honest as I have ever been"? Answer: Stephenie. 4 points.
B8. Which voted-off contestant says, "I can't think of anything I could possibly complain about other than not winning"? Answer: Cindy. 14 points.
B9. Which voted-off contestant says that (s)he has decided to be more honest—just because (s)he really missed being around the trustworthy? Answer: Jamie. 14 points.
B10. Which voted-off contestant says that Survivor was like "mental rehab"? Answer: Judd. 14 points.
B11. Which jury member asks the Final Two if they are proud of the way they played the game? Answer: Bobby Jon. 9 points.
B12. Which jury member asks a Final Two contestant if (s)he's ever been ice skating or rollerblading? Answer: Judd. 9 points.
B13. Which jury member says while voting, "This game is about who you are. Your character is your strategy"? Answer: Rafe. 9 points.
The Reunion:
B14. Who says, "Nobody hates to lose"? Answer: Judd. 19 points.
B15. Who says, "You gotta mash the gas to get the car to go"? Answer: Bobby Jon. 19 points.
B16. Who still wishes he/she were sleeping in the jungle? Answer: Cindy. 19 points.
B17. Who says, "You have to be okay with luck being a factor"? Answer: Brian. 19 points.
B18. Who says, "It's a really mean game"? Answer: Brandon. 19 points.
B19. Which two contestants plan to return to help out mudslide victims? Answer: Margaret and Brian. 9 points for either answer.
B20. According to Judd, how many pounds did he lose in Guatemala? Answer: 45 pounds (about 20 kg).
Two people got it spot on: Morticia and devilgirl! They share the 100 points (50 each).
In addition to the above questions, we still have a few more Delayed Bonus Questions to score:
DB1: In which episode will Stephenie be eliminated? Answer: Episode 14. The question was worth 30 points, but nobody got it right. So we'll award 10 points to all who made the next closest guess, which is that Steph would win.
Back in the day when people actually liked Steph, there were quite a few who guessed that she would win. They were: michb, Fingolfin, Callandor, Prawn, and Gemstone. 10 Points each!
DB5: Who will be the Final Four? Answer: Danni, Lydia, Rafe, Stephenie. Points for this question will be reported later.
DB6: What percentage of all the rest of the challenges (Reward or Immunity, tribal or individual) that Stephenie participates in this season will she win, starting with Episode 5? Answer: 27.78% (5 out of 18 challenges). (I'm not counting the Auction or the goofy "reward" thing they did the week they mixed the teams). Scoring: 20 points for every guess that comes within 2.5% of the correct answer—that is, from 25.28% to 30.28%. Only megan (who guessed 27%) and Shirmell and Riet (30%) scored on this one. (Frankly, I expected both the guesses and the actual answer to be much lower!)
Incidentally, here's my tabulation for Stephenie's challenge win-loss record over 2 seasons:
PALAU:
Team Reward Challenges: 3/8 (37.5%) (3 out of 8 challenges won)
Individual Reward Challenges: 0/0
Team Immunity Challenges: 0/7 (0%)
Individual Immunity Challenges: 1/5 (20%) [I'm counting her win over Bobby Jon in the fire challenge]
GUATEMALA:
Team Reward Challenges: 3/7 (42.9%)
Individual Reward Challenges: 0/3 (0%)
Team Immunity Challenges: 3/6 (50%)
Individual Immunity Challenges: 1/9 (11.1%)
TOTAL:
Team Reward Challenges: 5/15 (33.3%)
Individual Reward Challenges: 0/3 (0%)
Team Immunity Challenges: 3/13 (23.1%)
Individual Immunity Challenges: 2/14 (14.3%)
Total Team Challenges: 8/28 (28.6%)
Total Individual Challenges: 2/17 (11.8%)
Total Rewards: 5/18 (27.8%)
Total Immunities: 5/27 (18.5%)
TOTAL: 10/45 (22.2%)
DB10: Predict the exact order in which the last nine players will be eliminated. Answer: Bobby Jon, Jamie, Gary, Judd, Cindy, Lydia, Rafe, Stephenie, Danni. (Notice how close this is to the average guesses I reported back in Week 10!!!) Up to 200 points (5 points off for every position off your guesses are).
Fin: No one got it exactly right, but a few came close. Here's how many points everyone scored: