[UNOFFICIAL PREDICTION CONTEST] Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020 Questions Contest

Vojthas · January 1, 2020

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You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest.

If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith.

Competition Details
City	Lausanne
Start Date	January 9th, 2020
End Date	January 22nd, 2020

Participants	TBD
Gold	TBD
Silver	TBD
Bronze	TBD

Instructions

In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following:

Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design
Copy the selected content
Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic"
Paste the copied content (When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances)
Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules
To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button

Rules

There are three types of questions:

1. YES/NO (# in blue) - the prediction is "YES" or "NO". Correct answer is awarded with 3 points, wrong gives 0 points.

2. HOW MANY (# in green) - the prediction is a number. Correct answer is awarded with 5 points. The difference between the correct answer and the predicition might also be awarded - each step (given at the question) is a point deducted from the basic 5 points. For a difference of five or more steps 0 points are awarded - there is no minus points. (see example)

3. WHO/WHICH NATION (# in purple) - the prediction is just one thing - a name of an athlete or a country. Correct answer is awarded with 5 points, wrong gives 0 points. In case of two or more correct answers (for example athletes/nations tied in the final standing) all parts of the correct answer are considered as correct.

There are five daily questions - two of type 1, two of type 2 and one of type 3. There are also overall questions with their number being a double of a daily questions - that gives a total of 80 questions.

Example

Questions type 1

" Will Switzerland win more alpine skiing medals than Austria? " [YES]

- If you choose “Yes” and Switzerland wins more alpine skiing medals than Austria, you will get 3 points.

- If Switzerland doesn’t win while you said "Yes", you’ll get 0 points.

- If you choose "No" and Switzerland wins wins more alpine skiing medals than Austria, you will get 0 points.

- If Switzerland doesn't win and you said "No", you will get 3 points.

Questions type 2

" How many medals will be won by the country with most medals? (step - 2) " [21]

- If the winning country wins 21 medals - you will get 5 points

- If the winning country wins 20, 19, 22 or 23 medals - you will get 4 points

- If the winning country wins 18, 17, 24 or 25 medals - you will get 3 points

...

- If the winning country wins 12 or less medals or 30 or more medals - you will get 0 points

Questions type 3

" Which country will win the medal table? " [Norway]

- If Norway wins the medal table - you will get 5 points

- If Norway doesn't win the medal table - you will get 0 points

! Deadline !

All the overall questions (#1-10) have to be predicted by the start of the opening ceremony, which is January 9th, h. 19:30 (GMT +1).

The daily questions basically have to be predicted by the start of the first event of the day, which is given in the prediction template.

The daily questions with the specific deadline set (marked in red at the #) have to be predicted by that time.

You can predict in advance.

TB Rules

If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie.

Tie-breaker hierarchy:

1. number of correct answers

2. number of 5 points for questions of type 2

3. number of 5 points for questions of type 3

4. number of 4 points for questions of type 2

5. number of 3 points for questions of type 1

6. number of 3 points for questions of type 2

7. number of 2 points for questions of type 2

8. number of 1 point for questions of type 2

The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches.

You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the questions you predicted BEFORE the deadline.

In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the YOG Lausanne 2020 Opening Ceremony - January 9th, h. 19:30 (GMT +1).

You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the deadline of the first question of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for questions for which the deadline has finished. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words.

If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread only.

If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable.

Every contestant MUST HIDE their own predictions. To do that, you only have to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of the prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of the prediction post. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows:

If you have any comments, thoughts or questions concerning this bet contest, problems with format, editing, questions etc... you can contact me, the contest manager, via Personal Message.

Hopefully many of you will participate in this contest.

The final words from me will be, good luck to all participants! :hatoff:

Vojthas · January 1, 2020

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too.

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Overall questions - Deadline - January 9th, h. 19:30 (GMT+1)

#1 Will Norway get more than 80% of Nordic Skiing golds? []

#2 Will Switzerland win more Alpine Skiing medals than Austria? []

#3 Will America get more medals in Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding than Europe? []

#4 Will Russia medal in all Figure Skating events? []

#5 How many medals will be won by the country with most medals? (step - 2) []

#6 How many NOCs will not win a medal in their own right, but will win one as part of a Mixed NOC team? (step - 1) []

#7 How many countries will win a medal? (step - 2) []

#8 How many goals will be scored in the Ice Hockey 6-teams Tournaments? (step - 5) []

#9 Which country will win most individual gold medals? []

#10 Which country will win the medal table? []

Day 0 questions - Deadline - January 9th, h. 19:30 (GMT+1)

#11 Will the opening ceremony last longer than 2 hours? []

#12 Will the Kazakhstan flagbearer wear traditional clothing? []

#13 How many times will Thomas Bach's fencing achievements be announced during the opening ceremony? (step - 1) []

#14 How long will be the opening speech of 1976 Fencing Olympic Champion? (step - 10s) []

#15 Who will light the cauldron? []

Day 1 questions - Deadline - January 10th, h. 10:00 (GMT+1)

#16 Will the winners of women's and men's Individual Ski Mountaineering event will be from the same NOC? []

#17 Will two pairs from Russia be in top 3 after a Short Programme? []

#18 What will be the time difference between the winner and the last placed athlete of the Men's Super-G? (step - 0,30s) []

#19 How many stones will be scored in total in the second session of the Mixed Team Curling tournament? (step - 4) []

#20 What will be the color of the leading team in women's Ice Hockey Mixed NOC 3-on-3 Tournament after the first round? []

Day 2 questions - Deadline - January 11th, h. 9:00 (GMT+1)

#21 Will there be more than one team with all the games won in men's Ice Hockey Mixed NOC 3-on-3 Tournament after the third round? []

#22 Will Switzerland win more than one medal in the Alpine Combined events? []

#23 How many missed shots will the winner of the women's Biathlon Individual have? (step - 1) []

#24 What will be the points difference between the leader and the host country's representative in women's Figure Skating Singles after Short Programme? (step - 0,75) []

#25 Which team will have the best Last Stone Draw result (sum of both rotations) in the fourth session of curling? []

Day 3 questions - Deadline - January 12th, h. 9:00 (GMT+1)

#26 Will there be more than twenty penalty loops in the Biathlon Single Mixed Relay? []

#27 Will the Netherlands take more than 50% of the medals in men's and women's Speed Skating 500m? []

#28 How many goals will be scored during the fourth round of women's Ice Hockey Mixed NOC 3-on-3 Tournament? (step - 2) []

#29 What will be the overall time difference between the winner of the 1st run and the winner of the 2nd run in the women's Giant Slalom? (step - 0,15s) []

#30 Deadline - January 10th, h. 16:00 (GMT+1) Who will take the gold in the men's Figure Skating Singles? []

Day 4 questions - Deadline - January 13th, h. 9:00 (GMT+1)

#31 Deadline - January 12th, h. 9:00 (GMT+1) Will the athletes from one NOC meet each other in any of the men's or women's Ice Hockey Mixed NOC 3-on-3 Tournament semifinals? []

#32 Will the winner of Ice Dance Free Dance be the same as in the Rhytm Dance? []

#33 What will be the biggest stone difference in a single curling game of Day 4? (step - 1) []

#34 What will be the time difference between men's and women's winner of Speed Skating 1500m? (step - 1 sec) []

#35 Which country will have its 2nd best athlete ranked highest in the men's Giant Slalom? []

Day 5 questions - Deadline - January 14th, h. 9:30 (GMT+1)

#36 Will both of the Slalom winners be leading after the 1st run? []

#37 Deadline - January 12th, h. 9:00 (GMT+1) Will one of the nations qualified via junior ranking get to the Curling Mixed Teams quarterfinals? []

#38 How many athletes will win their first Ski Mountainnering medal in the Mixed NOC Relay? (step - 1) []

#39 How many goals will be scored in all of the Ice Hockey Mixed NOC 3-on-3 Tournament semifinals? (step - 1) []

#40 Which nation will lead the Biathlon medal table after the sprints? []

Day 6 questions - Deadline - January 15th, h. 10:00 (GMT+1)

#41 Will the members of all medal Speed Skating Team Sprint teams have at least one individual medal? []

#42 Deadline - January 12th, h. 9:00 (GMT+1) Will Slovakia have more than one medalist in each men's and women's Ice Hockey Mixed NOC 3-on-3 Tournament? []

#43 How many athletes will have a clear shooting at Biathlon Mixed Relay? (step - 1) []

#44 How many individual race losses will have the gold medal team of the Alpine Parallel Mixed Team Event have? (step - 1) []

#45 Which nation will have most athletes at the podium of Figure Skating Mixed NOC Team Event? []

Day 7 questions - Deadline - January 16th, h. 11:30 (GMT+1)

#46 Will there be a country other than the Netherlands to have more than one medalist in the Mass Start Speed Skating? []

#47 Will a country win a Curling Mixed Teams medal for the first time at Winter YOG? []

#48 How many red stones will be scoring in the medal games of Curling Mixed Teams? (step - 1) []

#49 How many skaters will get at least one point during both men's and women's Mass Start? (step - 1) []

#50 Which country wins most medals on Day 7? []

Day 8 questions - Deadline - January 17th, h. 8:30 (GMT+1)

#51 Will Slovakia score more goals than Czech Republic on the first day of the women's Ice Hockey 6-teams Tournament? []

#52 Will there be a nation with more than two medals in Luge on Day 8? []

#53 What will be the time difference between 3rd and 4th place in Luge men's Doubles? (step - 0,01s) []

#54 How many goals will be scored in the second periods of the Ice Hockey matches on Day 8? (step - 1) []

#55 Which nation will score the most goals on the first day of women's Ice Hockey 6-teams Tournament? []

Day 9 questions - Deadline - January 18th, h. 8:30 (GMT+1)

#56 Will more than two nations get a medal in both Cross-Country Skiing Cross and Nordic Combined Individual events? []

#57 Will Asia get more than half of medals at short track 1000m? []

#58 How many nations get at least one medal in Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard on Day 9? (step - 1) []

#59 How many athletes from the Americas will win on the first day of Curling Mixed NOC Doubles? (step - 1) []

#60 Which nation wins Luge women's Doubles silver? []

Day 10 questions - Deadline - January 19th, h. 9:30 (GMT+1)

#61 Will there be a nation winning more than one medal in either women's Monobob or Skeleton? []

#62 Will the men's Ski Cross winner win all his races? []

#63 What will be the difference of distances between the longest women's ski jump and the shortest men's ski jump in the Individual events? (step - 0,5m) []

#64 What will be the goal difference for Swiss teams in Ice Hockey Tournaments on day 10 (make sure to note + or -)? (step - 1) []

#65 Who will take the women's Cross-Country Skiing Sprint gold medal? []

Day 11 questions - Deadline - January 20th, h. 8:30 (GMT+1)

#66 Will there be a nation to win its first medal in Freestyle Skiing in Halfpipe? []

#67 Deadline - January 18th, h. 10:00 (GMT+1) Will all the medalists from Curling Mixed Team event get into the Mixed NOC Doubles round of 16? []

#68 What will be the time difference between men's Monobob and women's Skeleton winners? (step - 0,5s) []

#69 How many nations will get at least one medal in Snowboard Cross individual events? (step - 1) []

#70 Who will have the fastest leg of the men's singles part of Luge Team Relay? []

Day 12 questions - Deadline - January 21th, h. 9:30 (GMT+1)

#71 Will there be more than 10 goals combined in both women's Ice Hockey 6-teams Tournament medal games? []

#72 Deadline - January 19th, h. 11:00 (GMT+1) Will there be a nation with only one medal in Ski Cross and Snowboard Cross overall? []

#73 What will be end difference for red stones in the Curling Mixed NOC Doubles quarterfinals (make sure to note + or -)? (step - 1) []

#74 What will be the time difference between slowest women's and men's Cross-Country skiers in Individual events? (step - 3s) []

#75 Which nation's representative will win the women's Snowboard Halfpipe? []

Day 13 questions - Deadline - January 22th, h. 9:30 (GMT+1)

#76 Will the closing ceremony last longer than 30 minutes? []

#77 Will a gold medalist of men's 1000m be a part of Short Track Mixed NOC Relay winning team? []

#78 How many goals will be scored in the last period of men's Ice Hockey Final? (step - 1) []

#79 What will be the point difference between men's Freeski and Snowboard Big Air winners? (step - 0,25) []

#80 Which nation will win the Nordic Mixed Team Event? []

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Edited January 9, 2020 by Vojthas

Vojthas · January 1, 2020