| Predictor | Prediction |
Result |
| Waleed | I think Obama will win by a small percentage difference and with an electoral college margin of less than 55 votes. I also predict that Colorado, one of the 'swing' states, will go to Obama. | Correct, Mostly. Right about Obama and Colorado, but wrong about electoral vote margin. |
| Rugayah | I think oil prices will be below $68 a barrel on Oct.18, their lowest level since August of 2007. | Correct! Although the price on the WTI Cushing Spot Market was $69.81, the price on the Brent Spot Market was at $66.05. |
| Ahmed | I predict that on November 19th the Saudi Arabian team will win over Sourth Korea in a World Cup qualifying match. The score will be 2-1. | Oops! South Korea wins 2-0! Their first win ever in Saudi? |
| Joe | I predict that the LA Lakers will be in 1st place in the Western Division of the NBA on December 2nd. | Correct! The Lakers are on top of the Western Conference with a record of 14-1 |
| Waleed | My prediction is regarding Football World Cup qualifying matches in the North/Central American and Carribean region. In Group 2 Mexico will draw with Honduras (1-1 or 2-2) and Jamaica will depeat Canada 2 or 3 to 0. But this will not be enough for Jamaica to qualify; Mexico and Honduras will qualify for Round 4. In Group 1, I predict that Trinidad and Tobago wiill qualify by winning with a big score against Cuba. USA will be the other qualifier. | Wrong! about the Mexico-Honduras result because Mexico lost 0-1. But Correct!, Correct!, Correct! and Correct! on all other predictions |
| Li Mo | I predict that there will be at least one hurricane the Atlantic area during the month of November. | Correct! Hurricane Paloma struck Cuba on November 8th and 9th. |
| Joyce | I predict that McCain will win the presidential election. McCain: 52% Obama: 48% | Oops! |
| Michael | I predict that at least one of these couples will break up before Dec. 2nd: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, David and Victoria Beckham, Guy Ritchie and Madonna. | Correct! Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced their breakup on Oct. 15! |
| Alex | I think the Boston Red Sox will win the World Series, 4 games to 2. | Wrong! The Tampa Rays eliminated the Red Sox on Oct. 19th. |
| Donghun | I predict that the artist who photographed cannibalism will be arrested by police before Dec. 2. | ???? |
| Jason | I predict that the LA Dodgers will win the MLB World Series and Chan Ho Park will be the Most Valuable Player in the series. | Wrong! The Philadelphia Phillies eliminated the Dodgers on Oct. 15th. |
| Sally | I predict that Obama will win the election on Nov. 8. Obama will receive 310 out of the total of 538 electoral votes. | Correct, mostly. Right about Obama, wrong about the electoral margin. |
| Kitima | I predict that before Dec. 2, at least one more state will accept gay marriage. | Wrong. Three states voted against gay marriage on Nov. 4. |
| Naif | The OSU football team will beat Oregon in the Civil War by a score of 26-17. | Totally Wrong. Oregon won by a score of 65-38. Ouch! |
| Sheila | I predict that before Dec. 2, a new American action movie will be released starring Tom Cruise. | ???? |
| Mie | I predict that there will be no big improvements in environmental protection before Dec. 12th. | Correct...as far as we know. |
| Michael | I predict that on Oct 21st in the UEFA Cup group games, Manchester United will beat Celtic, Porto will beat Dynamo Kyiv, and Fenerbahce will draw with Arsenal. | One third Correct but two thirds Wrong! Manchester beat Celic, but Porto and Fenerbache both lost by big scores. |
| Michael | I predict that the Hang Seng stock index will be above 20,000 on Dec. 2nd. | Very Wrong. The Dec. 2nd level was 13,500. |
| Michael | I predict that Gordon Smith will defeat Jeff Merkley in the US Senate race in Oregon. The vote will be Smith 51% and Merkley 48% | Wrong! The race was very close and Merkley was the winner. |