Game / activity
The Diva, Hoops Star, and Freaky Genius
How this one works
Rules
- Each round will feature three roles.
- So you're going to have a diva, a hoop star and a freaky genius to assign to each role.
- You won't see the roles all at once.
- They will be revealed one at a time.
- Once you assign a character to a role, you can't reuse them.
- Your opponent also cannot assign that character to that role.
- The third role will automatically be filled with whatever you didn't pick.
- You can end up with the same character for the third role for both.
- So we'll be drafting in snake style, of course.
Recorded activity context
In High School Musical, both the movie and the franchise, characters don't have to choose. But here in the real world, people have strengths and weaknesses. So in this game, you'll have to make some real choices.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Winner: Dani
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What everyone brought to the table · 4 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Prompt
Danny, would you like to go first or do you want to make Curt go first?
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I want to make Curt go first.
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- Answer qualification: He put a thumbs down initially.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Context
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- Answer qualification: But you're admitting that two are pretty strong. The third one is just we have to put him somewhere.
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Prompt
Even though our high school musical journey is over, what do you think would happen with these characters in a prequel movie in the tradition of the Muppet Babies?
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- Submission type: loser penalty prequel pitch
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
Baby Troy and Baby Chad would be playing superhero at daycare with Sharpay and Ryan playing the supervillains.
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- Important beats: Taylor and her bestie, Stephanie, are obsessed with sing-alongs and rope the other kids into joining. The dark and gritty B-plot is about Stephanie's mom's journey as a state's witness against an organized crime ring.
- Ending or payoff: The movie ends with Stephanie's family entering witness protection and having her name changed to Gabrielle.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Context
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- Adjudication: That's kind of fun. That is interesting. Yeah, I'd rather watch that than High School Musical 2.
Preserved source round labels (6)
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choir teacher drama teacher chemistry teacher
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Prompt
Choir teacher.
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- Rules: So now, Danny, you can't choose diva for choir teacher.
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diva
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Freaky genius.
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Prompt
drama teacher
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Diva.
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hoop star
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- Answer qualification: I feel like people who are into sports are really into drama.
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Curt chemistry teacher freaky genius Danny chemistry teacher hoop star
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Prompt
Danny, do you want to explain why yours is the better choice?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
Chemistry takes a lot of math and equations, right? I don't know what I'm saying.
Round context
- Correct answer: choir teacher diva drama teacher hoop star chemistry teacher freaky genius
- Point awarded: Curt 2
lifeguard resort manager golf instructor
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Prompt
lifeguard
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freaky genius
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- Answer qualification: I'm going to stick by it because I don't know.
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hoop star
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- Answer qualification: Either way, I think that if you're going with one athletic thing, you want to pick the athletic person.
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Prompt
resort manager
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freaky genius
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diva
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- Answer qualification: Mr. Fulton was absolutely a freaking diva.
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Dani golf instructor hoop star Curt golf instructor diva
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WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
somebody dramatic to liven it up.
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- Answer qualification: I take it back, it's not dramatic, it's very boring
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Prompt
You don't have the same answers, so tell him why he is wrong.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
Hoop star.
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- Answer: Troy is a basketball star that plays golf, therefore.
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- Adjudication raw correctness: neither of you got the correct answer
- Correct answer: lifeguard hoop star resort manager diva golf instructor freaky genius
- Point awarded: Danny 1
- Scores: Curt 2 Danny 1
marital partner one night stand murder victim
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Prompt
Marital partner.
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freaky genius
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hoop star
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Prompt
How about one night stand, Danny?
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- Rules: Will it be the freaky genius or the diva?
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Diva.
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Curt one night stand hoop star
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Curt murder victim diva Danny murder victim freaky genius
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Prompt
Curt, do you want to explain why your answers were better than Danny's?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
I had sex with the hoops guy, and the diva noticed and saw me cheating on my intellectual husband who makes all the bread with his super smart job at NASA, and so I had to kill the diva to protect my marriage and my fortune.
Round context
- Adjudication raw correctness: Neither of you got the correct answer.
- Point awarded: Danny 1
- Scores: Curt 2 Danny 2
messiah chosen one scribe
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messiah
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freaky genius
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hoop star
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- Answer qualification: You want somebody kind of dumb who just wants to play basketball, so hoops guy is going to be my messiah.
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Prompt
Curt, the next one you have to assign is the chosen one.
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diva
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- Answer qualification: I feel like a diva would really relish it and get the job done.
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Danny chosen one hoop star
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Danny scribe diva Curt scribe freaky genius
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WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
You need somebody smart who knows how to write.
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Prompt
You probably want to address that one first.
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- Response context: So my scribe is a diva.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Claim
If you've got a scribe, if you want people to read the great religious text that is being written, you need somebody with a flair for the dramatic to spice it up.
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Action
Yeah, what he said.
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- Answer qualification: You know, how the hell do I explain this?
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Prompt
Why don't you address the messiah being the freaky genius?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
I just felt like they needed to be smart. I don't know. I panicked.
Round context
- Rules: This is a generic messiah of any kind.
- Adjudication raw correctness: Neither of you got the right answer, for the record.
- Correct answer: messiah diva chosen one hoop star scribe freaky genius
- Scores: Curt 3 Danny 2
communications officer science officer onboard AI system
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Communications officer.
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Diva.
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Freaky genius.
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Prompt
The science officer.
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- Rules: You can choose hoop star or diva.
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Diva.
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- Answer qualification: I regret my first answer.
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freaky genius
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Curt onboard AI system hoop star Danny onboard AI system hoop star
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WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
You have to be really smart to get your point across clearly and thoroughly for it to make sense to everyone it's going to.
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Prompt
Curt?
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- Response context: I think that's a strong opening salvo.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
If you add some flair, you're going to get an audience. The message might be simple, but it's going to come across.
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Prompt
You tell me about the science officer because I think that's kind of a tap in.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
The science officer is the intellectual, the freaky genius, because science is hard when you're dumb. End of reason.
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Prompt
As someone who's into musicals, picture yourself as just a science officer. You have to beat out a freaky genius. Make it happen.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
So first things first, no one said a diva was stupid. So when you have a diva being a science officer, they are bringing flair to science, creating more opportunities for people to get interested and pay attention because of their flair, therefore creating more geniuses for the world.
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Prompt
You both have the same, but I would love to hear it.
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- Answer qualification: We don't get to defend our hoops man?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
Chachi BT and Copilot give wrong answers all the time. So obviously it's run by a hoops guy.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
So I think the AI is very smart, but humans have become so reliant on AI over the decades and centuries that we're all very, very dumb now. And so you need the information to come through from the AI in the form of kind of a hoops guy.
Round context
- Adjudication raw correctness: Neither of you got the correct answer.
- Correct answer: communications officer diva science officer hoop star onboard AI system freaky genius
- Point awarded: Danny 1
- Result qualification: You both have the same, but I would love to hear it. It doesn't help you because, again, you both chose the same thing.
archaeologist TSA agent oil rig driller
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Prompt
The archaeologist.
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freaky genius
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hoop star
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Prompt
Who's doing TSA agent?
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Diva.
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Danny TSA agent hoop star
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Danny oil rig driller diva Curt oil rig driller freaky genius
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WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
So either way, you're getting a show at security gate.
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Prompt
You have to capitalize.
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- Response context: Curtis's big weakness is the TSA agent diva.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
They have to go through history and artifacts and remains and studying. They have to be super smart to do this. There's a lot of science involved.
Round context
- Scores: Curt 3 Danny 3
- Adjudication raw correctness: Neither of you got the correct answer.
- Point awarded: Dani 1
- Adjudication: I think you had all three good answers. It was really close. But, Dani, you still, you won me over on all three counts.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Activity request: You'll take turns choosing which of the following characters best fits each role.
- Rules: Each round will feature three roles. So you're going to have a diva, a hoop star and a freaky genius to assign to each role. You won't see the roles all at once. They will be revealed one at a time. Once you assign a character to a role, you can't reuse them. Your opponent also cannot assign that character to that role. The third role will automatically be filled with whatever you didn't pick. You can end up with the same character for the third role for both. So we'll be drafting in snake style, of course.
- Answer qualification: Just to be clear, all of these are non-gendered.
- Scoring mechanism: So Curt does get two points for the first round, but I need time to turn around. Well, you win the explanation, so you definitely get a point. Not a real point, but a sympathy fake point for your honesty.
- Winner statement: But, Curt, you are the loser, which means as a punishment, you have to tell us one thing.