[W&W] Breakfast of Champions - Round 5

[Eliahad]

Here are the scores entering Round 5 -

Tahlvin - 121 points
Mike - 89 points
Kyle - 0 points
Phoebe - 0 points

We're going to take a little interlude from Ebay for a moment. I woke up this morning curious as to how many pounds of dehydrated marshmallows were consumed in the last year. I couldn't find that statistic...but I did find out how many boxes of lucky charms were sold in 2018.

Can you PM your guess for "number of boxes of lucky charms sold in 2018"? Please give the answer to the nearest 10th of a million. (So 1.2 million, or 199.3 million.).

[Eliahad]

The remaining guesser is Pheebs. Pheebs?

[Phoebe]

I have sent you the message - as you can see very little thought went into the it!

[Eliahad]

Hmmmmm, I don't seem to see it. Do you mind reaending?

[Phoebe]

I have resent it and unfortunately it may be a different number because that's how little thought went into the first one - I don't remember which number I sent! Hopefully this is at least close or has one of the same numbers in it, lol!

[Eliahad]

Interesting, as I have still not received it. I try a few things.

[Mike]

If she wants to just post it here, the rest of us promise not to change our answers based on that.

[Eliahad]

That can also work. I'm not sure why it's not getting through!

[Phoebe]

Aaahhh I don't know what's going wrong but I see it there in my outbox?? I have reloaded and done some things - I sent one of them from my parents house so maybe something was wrong with the Wi-Fi - it logged me out of another site that I am normally logged into on my phone? No idea.
Anyway I said 57 million because I have no idea.

[Eliahad]

I see it! Odds in the morning! Tonight we tie favors!

[Eliahad]

After some technical difficulties, we're going to wager on just how many "number of boxes of lucky charms sold in 2018."

4 to 1 - 57 Million (Phoebe)
3 to 1 - 7.1 Million (Mike)
3 to 1 - 2.5 Million (Tahlvin)
4 to 1 - 1.0 Million (Bob) (Kyle)
6 to 1 - LOWER

Now, converting Kyle's guess from Pound Sterling to US Boxes. Kyle's guess is actually 1.19 Million Boxes. Do not read anything into that more than it is an ill-timed 'joke.'

So....who do you think is the closest -- without going over -- in guessing the "number of boxes of lucky charms sold in 2018?" Wager away!

[Mike]

Back to my first bid:

All in on 7.1.

[Kyle]

Both on 7.1

[Tahlvin]

Both chips and 10 points on 2.5.

[Phoebe]

I am absolutely all in on my 57 million guess. Just because it is massively exponentially different from the rest does not make it wrong. In fact I think my guess is too low but I don't have any other options!

[Eliahad]

The wagers are in! (And the announcer is busy waiting to deal with a thing, and has time!)

Kyle puts 2 chips on 7.1 Million Boxes.
Tahlvin puts 2 chips and 10 points on 2.5 Million Boxes.
Mike puts 2 chips and all of his points on 7.1 Million Boxes.
Phoebe puts 2 chips on 57 Million Boxes.

And the answer is....86.4 million Boxes sold! Putting it in 6th place for 2018, just ahead of Fruit Loops and just behind Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Cheerios perennially take the top spot, and in 2018 sold 139.1 Million Boxes.

Kyle scores 0
Tahlvin loses 10 points.
Mike loses 89 points.
Phoebe scores 8 points!

So the scores after Round 5 are:

Tahlvin -- 111!
Phoebe -- 8!
Mike -- 0!
Kyle -- 0!

I'm going to call an audible and say there's only going to be one more round! I'm getting married next Sunday and I imagine I won't be able to get the two rounds done before everyone gets here.

Question up in the morning!

[Phoebe]

Congratulations!! I hope you will be very happy!