FJs for the 12/8/14 week

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Which FJs did you solve correctly for the 12/8/14 week?

Poll ended at Thu Oct 29, 2015 8:55 pm

For this 1971 film the reference is to the 1948 film "Red River"
31
24%
The peat bogs of Dartmoor, England inspired the fictional home of the beastly title character in this 1902 tale
73
57%
The first man in the 20th century to hold all 4 federally elected offices: congressman, senator, vice president & president
52
41%
The first birthday celebration mentioned in the Bible takes place in Genesis 40 & is in honor of this ruler
62
49%
The romantic balcony seen here is one of the most popular tourist attractions in this Italian city
98
77%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
11
9%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJs.
12
9%
THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT $1000: Named for a minor prophet, it's the shortest book in the Old Testament
19
15%
THE FALCON $2000: Falcon was the middle name of this early 20th century polar explorer
68
54%
TO LIFE $1200: He's the subject of the novel & movie "Lust for Life"
57
45%
Missing the Monday FJ! clue ended my streak of five or more consecutive correct FJ! clues.
19
15%
My incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue was "Deliverance."
10
8%
My incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue was Richard Nixon.
32
25%
My incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue was Calvin Coolidge.
6
5%
My incorrect guess for the Thursday FJ! clue was Joseph.
4
3%
My incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue was Venice.
10
8%
 
Total votes: 127

Lampy
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Re: FJs for the 12/8/14 week

Post by Lampy »

:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

I was distracted while the Baskervilles clue was happening, but probably should have had it anyway.
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Re: FJs for the 12/8/14 week

Post by Sherm »

:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I knew Friday's was a Romeo and Juliet question. Verona just wasn't coming to me. I wrote Venice to have something, but was very sure it was wrong.
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Re: FJs for the 12/8/14 week

Post by Bamaman »

:( :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen:

Only went 4/5 last week and had Nixon on Wednesday.

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Breakdown of board scores on FJs for the 12/8/14 week

Post by OrangeSAM »

After 121 respondents:

:mrgreen: 9 got all 5 FJ!s
;) 24 got 4 FJ!s
:) 25 got 3 FJ!s
:( 32 got 2 FJ!s
:oops: 20 got 1 FJ!
:eek: 11 got 0 FJ!s

Average: 2.48 FJ!s correct.

My responses went: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: / :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Mon.: WAG of Rio Bravo.

No guess on the OT clue.
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Re: FJs for the 12/8/14 week

Post by Caboom »

Lampy wrote: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

I was distracted while the Baskervilles clue was happening, but probably should have had it anyway.
It seems you were also distracted while voting in this thread, as you chose "I checked all five above" with your 4/5. :lol:
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