FJs for the 12/14/15 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 12/14/15 week?

Poll ended at Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:03 pm

In 1761 he started running a ferry where the Potomac meets the Shenandoah
96
78%
The author of his own dystopian classic in 1932, this man taught a young George Orwell at Eton
105
85%
The theft alluded to in the title of this 1844 Poe story is committed by a government minister
84
68%
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, who designed this Paris landmark, was interred there 49 years after dying
13
11%
While working for a plastics company, Don Featherstone created this iconic lawn decor, basing it on photos in National Geographic
110
89%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
8
7%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
1%
THE SEA "B"s $2000: It's not easy to "scale" this Arctic sea named for a British admiral; it's under ice most of the year
48
39%
SO VERY BRITISH $1200: This London neighborhood lent its name to a group that included Virginia Woolf & friends
58
47%
GOOD CAUSES $400: "Medical aid where it is needed most. Independent, neutral, impartial" is a slogan of this medical assistance group
103
84%
Robert Fulton was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
4
3%
H.G. Wells was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
1
1%
"The Gold Bug" was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
6
5%
THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM $800: 300-399: this alliterative term for fields like economics & anthropology - My response was social science(s).
74
60%
THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM $800: 300-399: this alliterative term for fields like economics & anthropology - My response was social studies.
25
20%
 
Total votes: 123

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ElendilPickle
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Re: FJs for the 12/14/15 week

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
No answer Monday, Notre Dame Thursday, and Bering.
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Re: FJs for the 12/14/15 week

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My guess on Monday was John Paul Jones, who was 14 in 1761 and hadn't yet arrived to America.
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nserven wrote:My guess on Monday was John Paul Jones, who was 14 in 1761 and hadn't yet arrived to America.
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Breakdown of board scores on FJs for the 12/14/15 week

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After 117 respondents:

:mrgreen: 7 got all 5 FJ!s
;) 51 got 4 FJ!s
:) 37 got 3 FJ!s
:( 16 got 2 FJ!s
:oops: 5 got 1 FJ!
:eek: 1 got 0 FJ!s

Average: 3.31 FJ!s correct.

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