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Walter Chandoha is considered the most influential creator of these things and made about 90,000 of them in his career, including a famous one titled “The Mob”. Jonathan Coulton sings “I didn’t want to be useless today” and repeats “I am looking at [these things]” in a song from his 2017 album Solid State. A search engine AI becomes sentient and wants to help humanity, only asking for these (-5[1])things in return, in a Naomi Kritzer story that won a 2016 Hugo Award. That story is titled “[these objects] Please”. Dan Kaminsky quipped that “The internet was never designed to be secure. The internet was designed to (*) move [these things]”. A popular 1970s motivational poster (10[1])added the text “Hang in there, baby” to one of these things. (10[1])For 10 points, an early kind of internet meme added text like “I can has cheezburger?” (10[2])to what objects? ■END■ (10[1])

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= Average correct buzz position
Conv. %Power %Average Buzz
100%0%134.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew SzetoI thought this was a Counter-Strike themed tournamentA TV Guide for Netheads68-5
Michael DuI Paused My Unique Game to Be HereWhy does ACF have electrons do its work?11410
Michael CoatesEventually Munches All Computer StorageThe12610
Sky HongComputer Science: Going OutsideCarnegie Lemons14210
David BassJAX guide -league -of -legends -lol -mortal -kombatfoo14210
Andrew HunterA TV Guide for NetheadsI thought this was a Counter-Strike themed tournament14610