Game / activity
The expansion game
How this one works
Premise and outcome
- Ryan hosts a game in which Brad and Curtis form a team. Each round asks which contender expanded better and offers a separate bonus for guessing the context. Five points win; nine rounds are announced, but play ends after eight enacted rounds with an explicit team victory. The last numerical total is not stated.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Source-reviewed whole-game verdict. Team members share a team victory; this is not an individual tied victory. Unknown final totals remain unstated.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 9 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
KACL versus KPXY
The team initially chooses KPXY. Curtis proposes KACL, but the recording confirms his final spoken choice in the later exchange as KPXY. Ryan nevertheless credits a KACL change and awards one point while rejecting the guessed context. Literal choice and credited answer remain distinct. The explanation concerns real-life radio stations and antenna height. Brad gives both Nevada guesses in the side exchange; North Dakota is supplied as the correction.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Frasier versus Kramer
Curtis describes Frasier expanding from Cheers into Frasier and its later return, then chooses Frasier. Ryan accepts the context but says the correct contender is Kramer, awarding one context point and announcing a total of two. The recording confirms Curtis as the final respondent. Choice and context obligations remain separate.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Seattle, Boston or Chicago
The team chooses Seattle, reasoning about where Frasier grew up or lived. Ryan reveals Chicago and explains that he means NBA expansion teams in the city. The retrospective score check gives no point and leaves the total at two. These are the game’s stated facts, not independently verified sports history.
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RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
East versus West
Curtis reasons from the Wicked Witch of the West, while Brad proposes East Coast versus West Coast rap. Ryan permits both context hypotheses for this item. Both choose West, which is accepted; the revealed context is empire size by percentage of the world, contrasting the British and Mongolian empires. Neither guessed context matches. The announced total becomes three.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Self-help versus sexology
After several suggestions, Curtis chooses self-help because more books were written about it. Ryan says the answer is sexology and denies the claimed bonus: the measure was copies sold of the bestselling book in each category, not the number of books written. No point is awarded. The recording confirms Curtis for the final response.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Sizzler versus QP
Curtis delivers the final Sizzler choice. The recording identifies Ryan for the short I think number of people, yeah contextual reply within the hospital-guess exchange; that phrase-scoped credit does not assign the entire deliberation to him or create a new team member. Ryan reveals QP and says the measure is restaurant expansion, citing location counts. No point is awarded. The optional slogan discussion retains uncertain round-versus-game-level ownership.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Dark Souls versus Far Cry
Brad delivers the final Far Cry choice, and Curtis gives the final clarification about expanding a series into multiple entries. Ryan reveals Dark Souls and compares expansion-pack ratings, citing The Ring City and Blood Dragon in the source wording. A score exchange moves from three to four without explaining a new award. That correction remains unresolved rather than being given an invented basis.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Nitrogen versus neon
Curtis reasons that neon expands as a gas and the team chooses neon. Ryan praises Curtis and gives liquid-to-gas expansion figures before explicitly declaring the team the winner. No exact point amount or final total is supplied. Choice and bonus-context obligations remain separate, but an unspoken score is not calculated.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Victory and an unused ninth question
Ryan says Brad and Curtis won. He then discloses the remaining question—men’s versus women’s waistlines from 1999 to 2016—without playing it. It is not a ninth enacted round.