Results of the 1st Straight Flush Game [www.nikoli.com]

Here are the results of the 1st Straight Flush game held from Feb. 17, 2011 to Apr 5, 2011.

We updated this page on Apr 13, 06:20(UTC).

Now in the 1st Straight Flush Game 41 people are making entries from many countries. Thank you. We look forward to hear from you again in future games.

Champion of the 1st Straight Flush game

Please take a look at "The list of points for each phrase". The phrase (word this time) with the most points, "taj mahal", got the sympathy of 17 participants.

The five most often selected phrases were taj mahal, stonehenge, grand canyon, statue of liberty, and great barrier reef. But no one choose all of these 5 phrases.

Only "nickoli" chose the first and second major phrase taj mahal and stonehenge for A1 and A2 in the right order, and came out tops. CONGRATULATIONS! You got drawn first and you are the winner.

We will send the first prize, a nikoli.com original T-shirt, to "nickoli" so let us know what size you want. nickoli, please also tell us your true name and address, with post code, and we will get it off.

Results for all participants

This list has the points for all the participants. Remember the question was: "Please tell us five World Heritage Sites where you would like to go, in the order they are your favorites.".

Ranking	Nickname	Five phrases					Points
Ranking	Nickname	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Score
1	nickoli	taj mahal	stonehenge	machu picchu	acropolis	angkor	340	144	65	66	40	655
2	Rassilon6	great wall of china	taj mahal	great barrier reef	stonehenge	yellowstone national park	140	272	104	99	30	645
3	joshuazucker	taj mahal	angkor	chichen itza	the great wall	great barrier reef	340	64	78	44	80	606
4	GarethM	taj mahal	petra	angkor	easter island	great barrier reef	340	96	52	33	80	601
5	dreahan	pyramids	acropolis	great wall of china	taj mahal	statue of liberty	120	96	91	187	80	574
6	JacquiO	great wall of china	great pyramid of giza	grand canyon	taj mahal	statue of liberty	140	32	117	187	80	556
7	dlimpid	taj mahal	easter island	ayers rock	stonehenge	pyramids of giza	340	48	13	99	50	550
8	jackie	giza pyramids	taj mahal	great wall of china	grand canyon	acropolis	20	272	91	99	60	542
9	AbsoluteZero	acropolis	stonehenge	pyramids at giza	great barrier reef	taj mahal	120	144	13	88	170	535
10	Torch32	great wall of china	grand canyon	statue of liberty	stonehenge	sydney opera house	140	144	104	99	20	507
11	Triceranarwhal	yellowstone national park	taj mahal	sydney opera house	carlsbad caverns national park	stonehenge	60	272	26	11	90	459
12	Francis Heaney	the great wall	galápagos islands	taj mahal	stonehenge	angkor	80	16	221	99	40	456
13	tamz29	pyramids	great wall of china	machu picchu	petra	grand canyon	120	112	65	66	90	453
14	ronaldx	pyramids	statue of liberty	grand canyon	uluru	yakushima	120	128	117	55	10	430
15	mpsprs	statue of liberty	yellowstone national park	hiroshima peace memorial	taj mahal	mammoth cave	160	48	13	187	10	418
16	ZedBee	pyramids of giza	grand canyon	easter island	chichen itza	petra	100	144	39	66	60	409
17	esmeyny	pyramids	paris	great barrier reef	taj mahal	great wall of china	120	16	13	187	70	406
18	IronOrchid	the great wall	the grand canyon	great barrier reef	taj mahal	galapagos islands	80	16	104	187	10	397
19	fbob	pyramids	great wall	colosseum	machu picchu	taj mahal	120	16	13	55	170	374
20	flyingalphorn	pyramids (giza)	taj mahal	mont fuji	uluru	angkor vat	20	272	13	55	10	370
21	rdunlap1125	petra	jerusalem	grand canyon	serengeti	chichen itza	120	32	117	11	60	340
22	yori	venice	chichen itza	istanbul	old town of lijiang	taj mahal	40	96	13	11	170	330
23	Constans	great barrier reef	the great wall	petra	memphis and its necropolis	historic centre of rome	160	64	78	11	10	323
24	wildTurkey	pyramids of giza	cologne cathedral	statue of liberty	chichen itza	acropolis of athens	100	32	104	66	20	322
25	Ana_Bea	petra	stonehenge	philae	abu simbel	giza	120	144	13	11	20	308
26	mimic	giza	grand canyon	mont saint michel	uluru	machu picchu	40	144	13	55	50	302
27	MrDeath	pyramids of giza	machu picchu	acropolis	luxor	jerusalem	100	80	78	11	20	289
28	jamattack1974	west norwegian fjords	new zealand sub-antarctic islands	great barrier reef	statue of liberty	pyramids	20	16	104	88	60	288
29	grahamcevans	great barrie reef	stonehenge	giants causeway	mont st michel	grand canyon	20	144	13	11	90	278
30	chaladavi	egyptian pyramids	acropolis of athens	statue of liberty	chichen itza	cologne cathedral	20	32	104	66	20	242
31	Solaris	pyramid	acropolis	rome	uluru	tajimahal	20	96	13	55	10	194
31	jiatjiat	pyramids of giza	st. petersburg	tuscany	uluru	persepolis, iran	100	16	13	55	10	194
33	JesterJ	great wall (china)	versailles	vatican city	yellowstone national park (usa)	great barrier reef	20	16	13	11	80	140
34	mgceo	taj majal	great pyramid of giza	vienna	salzsberg	venice	20	32	13	11	20	96
35	DoubtingApostle	aapravasi ghat	abu mena	air and ténéré natural reserves	aksum	al qal'a of beni hammad	20	16	13	11	10	70
35	Darko	great wall, china	victoria falls, zimbabwe	stonehenge, uk	great barrier reef, australia	taj mahal, india	20	16	13	11	10	70
35	o-jusia	warsaw city centre	belgium city centre	tasmanian wilderness	thallinian city centre	fiord ilulissat	20	16	13	11	10	70
35	katzml	ancient thebes	old town of ghadames	the frankincense trail	kairouan	punic town of kerkouane	20	16	13	11	10	70
35	gudpal	terra cotta army in xian, china	taj mahal in agra, india	mont st michel, france	petra, jordan	borobudur temple, indonesia	20	16	13	11	10	70
35	flarbear	rapa nui national park	stonehenge, avebury and associated sites	iguacu national park	yosemite national park	hawaii volcanoes national park	20	16	13	11	10	70
35	dafnedegroof	aruba	egypt	canada	australia	greece	20	16	13	11	10	70

The list of points for each phrase

Phrases	Points
taj mahal	17
grand canyon	9
stonehenge	9
great barrier reef	8
statue of liberty	8
great wall of china	7
acropolis	6
chichen itza	6
petra	6
pyramids	6
machu picchu	5
pyramids of giza	5
uluru	5
angkor	4
the great wall	4
easter island	3
yellowstone national park	3
acropolis of athens	2
cologne cathedral	2
giza	2
great pyramid of giza	2
jerusalem	2
sydney opera house	2
venice	2

Phrases	Points
aapravasi ghat	1
abu mena	1
abu simbel	1
air and ténéré natural reserves	1
aksum	1
al qal'a of beni hammad	1
ancient thebes	1
angkor vat	1
aruba	1
australia	1
ayers rock	1
belgium city centre	1
borobudur temple, indonesia	1
canada	1
carlsbad caverns national park	1
colosseum	1
egypt	1
egyptian pyramids	1
fiord ilulissat	1
galapagos islands	1
galápagos islands	1
giants causeway	1
giza pyramids	1
great barrie reef	1
great barrier reef	1
great barrier reef, australia	1
great wall	1
great wall (china)	1
great wall, china	1
greece	1
hawaii volcanoes national park	1
hiroshima peace memorial	1
historic centre of rome	1
iguacu national park	1
istanbul	1
kairouan	1
luxor	1
mammoth cave	1
memphis and its necropolis	1
mont fuji	1
mont saint michel	1
mont st michel	1
mont st michel, france	1
new zealand sub-antarctic islands	1
old town of ghadames	1
old town of lijiang	1
paris	1
persepolis, iran	1
petra, jordan	1
philae	1
punic town of kerkouane	1
pyramid	1
pyramids (giza)	1
pyramids at giza	1
rapa nui national park	1
rome	1
salzsberg	1
serengeti	1
st. petersburg	1
stonehenge, avebury and associated sites	1
stonehenge, uk	1
taj mahal in agra, india	1
taj mahal, india	1
taj majal	1
tajimahal	1
tasmanian wilderness	1
terra cotta army in xian, china	1
thallinian city centre	1
the frankincense trail	1
the grand canyon	1
tuscany	1
vatican city	1
versailles	1
victoria falls, zimbabwe	1
vienna	1
warsaw city centre	1
west norwegian fjords	1
yakushima	1
yellowstone national park (usa)	1
yosemite national park	1

Messages from the participants

In this Straight Flush game, we asked for request messages "We would also like to hear your memories of World Heritage Sites you visited." Thank you for all the many messages.

4th place

GarethM

So many in Australia. Visiting Kakadu national park is like travelling through a documentary. The barrier reef is remarkable, but go north of Cairns to Port Douglas for the best of it. The ancient rainforest in northern Queensland is a must.

6th place

JacquiO

It would be amazing to visit all of the World Heritage Sites, but who has the time or the money?

11th place

Triceranarwhal

This a a message. I have been to the Great Wall of China and Statue of Liberty.

16th place

ZedBee

Living in Liverpool I get to see one every day, also visited several around the UK and in Ireland

17th place

esmeyny

When you respectfully take off your shoes at the entrance to the Taj Mahal you cross the patterned stone floor of marble and sandstone and you feel the pattern of cool marble and hot sand beneath your bare feet.

19th place

fbob

I think this contest will not work well because people will use too many different names for the same thing. I wonder if eastern and western players will choose different sites. The Heritage Sites I've been to are La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico, and the Statue of Liberty.

24th place

wildTurkey

I like the new format with the different weighting of each answer, but I fear the answers to this question can be stated so many different ways, we'll all score 70 whether or not we'd visit the same sites. I'm from the east coast of the US, but I've never been to The Statue of Liberty. I have been to the Acropolis, and would love to go back someday!

27th place

MrDeath

30 down, 881 to go!

31st place

Solaris

There are so many attractive heritages. It's hard to select five.

34th place

mgceo

Really enjoyed the Grand Canyon and many places in America. Haven't seen too many outside America and would love to go.

Rules for the word game "Straight Flush".

Please answer the question below with five phrases that popped into your head.
The number of players who use the same phrase becomes the points you get for a phrase.
The score for Answer 1 is 20 times its points.
The score for Answer 2 is 16 times its points.
The score for Answer 3 is 13 times its points.
The score for Answer 4 is 11 times its points.
The score for Answer 5 is 10 times its points.
The sum of the scores for your five phrases becomes your total score. The player with the highest total score becomes the winner.

For example, a phrase with 10 points will get a 200 score when you enter the phrase as Answer 1. Its score will be 130 when it is Answer 3. It is a good idea to write a phrase that will get a high point in the lower numbered answer column.

We will consider capital and small letters the same, but but singular and plural forms, spaces, or other little differences are judged as different. So "Blue bird" and "blue bird" are the same, but "Blue bird," "Blue birds," and "Bluebird" are all different.

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