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by BigDaddyMatty
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, March 11, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 25
Views: 1390

Re: Monday, March 11, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

What got me about the end of this game was how eerily similar it was to Troy's first game. In that game, he led Erin Portman $27,600 to $13,600 after clue 59. Had Erin gotten a top-row clue 60, she would have broken Troy's lock. Instead, the third-place player, Hillary Kotler, won the buzzer race an...
by BigDaddyMatty
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, January 19, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 22
Views: 2762

Re: Friday, January 19, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $33,600 45 R/3 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: rats, Busch Stadium, 42nd Street (DD), Tom Vilsack, Howard Hughes This game turned on clues that seemed like they were pulled from the Genus Edition of Trivial Pursuit: a Broadway musical that ran more or less the entirety of the '80s but is mostly ...
by BigDaddyMatty
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, January 18, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 36
Views: 3321

Re: Thursday, January 18, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $35,600 48 R/2 W DD: 2/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: Ionian Sea, Emile Zola, Birmingham (DD) I had no idea of the history, but (1970s world leader + name people would know + proximity to Vietnam) gave me ~80% confidence on Pol Pot. I've probably heard the Kesey-Oregon connection before, but I had no i...
by BigDaddyMatty
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:48 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 30
Views: 2828

Re: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $38,400 50 R/5 W DD: 2/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: eviction, novice, recount, lapis lazuli, spinach, haddock Really nice win by Juveria, especially as topped off with a good get on an America-centric FJ! I couldn't remember Robert Graves --> I, Claudius , but that wasn't my most embarrassing blank-o...
by BigDaddyMatty
Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 28
Views: 2566

Re: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $33,600 47 R/1 W DD: 2/3 FJ: :( LT: top, whiskey, Fourth Amendment, hard, Octavio Paz, chance glance The J! round clue reveal made me feel like Cliff Clavin for at least the first three categories. Geography, law, and 1980S PRO WRESTLING?!?!?! Be still my beating heart. I only went 14/15, th...
by BigDaddyMatty
Tue Jan 16, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, January 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 31
Views: 2902

Re: Monday, January 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $40,400 54 R/2 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: Powell's Books, The Jungle Book , beans, kangaroo rat (DD), mesquite, The Eagles Great job, Brig! You went for the gusto, and you're forever a J! champion. Not knowing who Paul Robeson was, I had only the culture angle to work with. I got there, but...
by BigDaddyMatty
Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, January 12, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 21
Views: 2257

Re: Friday, January 12, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $37,800 47 R/1 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :oops: LT: Windsor, kitten heels, Blink-182, Carrie Nation (DD), residence, Angela Kinsey/Jenna Fischer It's good to be back. I fried my old lappy with some misplaced soda pop about 10 days ago. Long keeps making the most of the big clues. I picked up on FJ! imme...
by BigDaddyMatty
Tue Jan 02, 2024 3:10 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, January 1, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 30
Views: 3793

Re: Monday, January 1, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $38,600 48 R/2 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :( LT: AMC, Shinto, (raw) umber, jaybird, "Africa," Neil Diamond, "Angel of the Morning," abiotic, Thursday (DD) I considered the right response in FJ! but instead went with the truly bad guess of the Pont Neuf. I had it calculated that Xanni ...
by BigDaddyMatty
Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, December 29, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 12
Views: 1933

Re: Friday, December 29, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $38,000
48 R/2 W
DD: 2/3
FJ: :mrgreen:
LT: capital gains, vesting, Cocaine Bear, 1620

Another FJ! that presented a very interesting fact in an insanely easy clue.

My two negs and missed DD were in literature and astronomy, two areas I really need to bone up on.
by BigDaddyMatty
Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, December 28, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 22
Views: 2770

Re: Thursday, December 28, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $44,600 52 R/0 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: Fear the Beard, frisk (DD), Benito Juarez, Andre Agassi, golf/gulf FJ! was an interesting fact, but sort of WECIB. You had to choose between Caesar and Antony, I guess, but that's about it. This was our second game in the past couple of months with ...
by BigDaddyMatty
Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:32 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 13
Views: 1400

Re: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $42,000 52 R/2 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: sleek teak, pine sign, Mojo Dojo Casa House of the Dragon, kept the faith, sins Once you've seen the Charging Bull, you can't unsee just how, um, prominent one particular body part is. Greg's DD2 wager showed that maybe he has something in common wi...
by BigDaddyMatty
Tue Dec 26, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 23
Views: 2901

Re: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $40,200 52 R/3 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: Ginsu, Frances McDormand (DD), use yews, Cyprus (DD), The Drew Carey Show , Get Smart Man, I cried like a baby when I read Flowers for Algernon . I remember Cliff Robertson giving a great performance in Charly as well, though I admit it has been 30-...
by BigDaddyMatty
Mon Dec 25, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, December 25, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 27
Views: 3240

Re: Monday, December 25, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $42,800 51 R/2 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :( LT: restoration (DD), Tripoli, soapstone, lepidoptera You could have given me an hour on FJ! There was no way I was making that connection. I wasn't surprised to see Jason get it, though. He seems like a guy who has a lot of quirky knowledge. Overall, this SCT...
by BigDaddyMatty
Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:54 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, December 22, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 16
Views: 2497

Re: Friday, December 22, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $30,800 45 R/4 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: (none) Great game by all three, but especially Juveria. I really like the twin $10K DD wagers. Rough game for me, but at least I went 4/4 on the bigguns. The Canada bit of the FJ! clue locked me in on Churchill. Sadly, I negged on the $1000 clue in ...
by BigDaddyMatty
Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 11
Views: 2201

Re: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $41,200 49 R/1 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: Eero Saarinen, Wilbur So much to love in this game. Brava to Juveria for seeing her opening and putting the hammer down. And all three contestants nailing a pretty difficult geography FJ!? Color me impressed. Jake's decision to hold back $100 on DD3...
by BigDaddyMatty
Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:11 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 42
Views: 8003

Re: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $32,600 45 R/4 W DD: 2/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: deer, King Ferdinand (DD), Norway, Daniel Webster, (R)oman(ia), The Thorn Birds I get that the clues need to be pinned, but far too much of Unofficial Team Nicknames was basically "do you know the name of the pro team in sport X that plays in c...
by BigDaddyMatty
Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, December 18, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 27
Views: 5443

Re: Monday, December 18, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $43,000 54 R/3 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :oops: LT: (none) Dangit. I had no problem with the LL question last week, and maybe that was the problem. I didn't bother to focus in and learn all the helpful details Thorsten stuffed inside. I said the NYSE, thinking of Zuccotti Park from the Occupy protests. ...
by BigDaddyMatty
Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, December 15, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 22
Views: 15743

Re: Friday, December 15, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $40,000 49 R/2 W DD: 2/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: idiosyncrasy, Dothraki, taken better care of myself, happy (DD), role/roll As is often the case, FJ! was a matter of SWWDT? Luckily, I picked up what they were putting down. I can't say the same on DD1. The name of the horn played in the Alps just w...
by BigDaddyMatty
Thu Dec 14, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, December 14, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 21
Views: 10161

Re: Thursday, December 14, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $43,800 54 R/0 W DD: 2/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: Freedom Trail (DD), North Carolina, Michigan, Utah, Pennsylvania, staff of life All those times flying out of Love Field probably helped on FJ! tonight. Erstwhile JBoard luminary Lampy will be sad that none of these contestants knew where Campbell U...
by BigDaddyMatty
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 21
Views: 14550

Re: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Coryat: $44,800 50 R/1 W DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: snort, smallpox (DD), latent, Andromeda, Trisha Yearwood, challenge (DD), succulent, ultimate I too got the one with the exclamation point immediately. I don't think I could have come up with the other one. I didn't like Ed's wager of only $6000 on ...