Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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They had a Final J! a few years back that referenced Zworkin, so I thought of him for a second too. Vik Vaz game 3 reran on GSN recently from 11/30/2005. The clue referred to the Britannica article coming alphabetically last that was about a person and to name his invention. Vik was the only one to get it right, helping him win his third game.
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Yay Vanya! Post some more!

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I thought the lady who won had some nice gets, like waxwing for example and the fashion stuff.

Took a moment, but Nic Cage ----> 1995 Oscar, was in Fast Times, so bingo. Then Penn came to me and it all fell into place. Didn't even make it to Whitaker actually.

Am I supposed to know the precise "good turn" quote exactly? What the heck? And bear bag? What? Obviously I was never a Scout, but that category acted like that stuff was in more common parlance than it is.

I don't get why Presidential Kids were such a struggle, that was free money I thought. Also surprised Miss Saigon went unanswered.

Little disappointed that the Greek Lit was only the old stuff - no Kazantzakis for example.
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Austin Powers wrote:Am I supposed to know the precise "good turn" quote exactly? What the heck? And bear bag? What? Obviously I was never a Scout, but that category acted like that stuff was in more common parlance than it is.
My scout leader had to have been the world's worst. I think we only ever did one thing outside. The rest was just hanging out at his house or in the church basement, playing stupid games like trying to knock saltines off each other's heads with rolled up newspapers.
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Austin Powers wrote:And bear bag? What? Obviously I was never a Scout, but that category acted like that stuff was in more common parlance than it is.
OTOH, I was surprised bear bagging was a stand-and-stare.

If the use of the term was limited to Scouting, I would agree that's a bit obscure - but it's actually a very common term (and practice) among backpackers who travel in bear country (well, those that like to avoid losing all their food to late-night visitors, anyway). I was always too tired to hang food at the end of the day, so I just carried a bear-proof canister.

But I always thought Boy Scouts did "good deeds" - NHO good turns.
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jkbrat wrote:
Austin Powers wrote:And bear bag? What? Obviously I was never a Scout, but that category acted like that stuff was in more common parlance than it is.
OTOH, I was surprised bear bagging was a stand-and-stare.

If the use of the term was limited to Scouting, I would agree that's a bit obscure - but it's actually a very common term (and practice) among backpackers who travel in bear country (well, those that like to avoid losing all their food to late-night visitors, anyway). I was always too tired to hang food at the end of the day, so I just carried a bear-proof canister.

But I always thought Boy Scouts did "good deeds" - NHO good turns.
I knew the clue was referring to hanging food so bears wouldn't get it, but I couldn't make the leap to "bear bag." Since the clue required an alliterative term, "hanging food high so bears wouldn't get it" wouldn't cut it.
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"Do a good turn daily" is the Boy Scouts of America's official slogan. So specificity was called for in this case.


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I had heard "Do a good turn daily" but still said deed because overall, "good deed" is more common.

This is why I hate clues that ask for anything more than a couple words long. It's so easy to know the gist of the answer, but be uncertain on just one word and flub it up. ("What is 'when all you have is a hammer'?" "No, sorry." "What is 'if all you have is a hammer'?" "Correct.")
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Volante wrote: I knew the clue was referring to hanging food so bears wouldn't get it, but I couldn't make the leap to "bear bag." Since the clue required an alliterative term, "hanging food high so bears wouldn't get it" wouldn't cut it.
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TenPoundHammer wrote:I had heard "Do a good turn daily" but still said deed because overall, "good deed" is more common.

This is why I hate clues that ask for anything more than a couple words long. It's so easy to know the gist of the answer, but be uncertain on just one word and flub it up. ("What is 'when all you have is a hammer'?" "No, sorry." "What is 'if all you have is a hammer'?" "Correct.")
When they're asking you to quote a specific turn of phrase, them's the breaks.
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I understand why they wanted the specific phrase, it just strikes me as much more difficult than non-Quisling $200 questions usually. Maybe could have used a "deserve" TOM.
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People think Quisling was difficult? His name is synonymous with turncoat. I guess it isn't used much anymore.
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Vanya wrote:People think Quisling was difficult? His name is synonymous with turncoat. I guess it isn't used much anymore.
"Difficult" and "Appropriately valued at $200" are two different things
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Vanya wrote:People think Quisling was difficult? His name is synonymous with turncoat. I guess it isn't used much anymore.
"Difficult" and "Appropriately valued at $200" are two different things
So what should its value have been? To me it's worth about ten cents.
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Vanya wrote:
Austin Powers wrote:
Vanya wrote:People think Quisling was difficult? His name is synonymous with turncoat. I guess it isn't used much anymore.
"Difficult" and "Appropriately valued at $200" are two different things
So what should its value have been? To me it's worth about ten cents.
Then your knowledge of Norwegian leaders, while not extraordinary for these parts, is out of proportion for how the show typically values questions, especially when questions below Quisling would have been worth a nickel and a penny by your metric.
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Shouldn't the last few posts be in Friday's thread?
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Bamaman wrote:Shouldn't the last few posts be in Friday's thread?
[codly]Yes, thank you.[/codly]

(Due to broadcasting difficulties, I hadn't watched Tuesday's yet (haven't been able to find an appropriate recording to watch, so I'll play the Archive today. All hail to the swift and speed of Tuesday archivist debramc!) and due to busy-ness hadn't watched Friday's yet. I know my memory's bad, but I couldn't remember any Quisling clue. But now, I'm spoiled on a clue that I haven't seen.)

Mind your spoiler tags, gentlemen, is all I'm saying.
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dhkendall wrote:
Bamaman wrote:Shouldn't the last few posts be in Friday's thread?
[codly]Yes, thank you.[/codly]

(Due to broadcasting difficulties, I hadn't watched Tuesday's yet (haven't been able to find an appropriate recording to watch, so I'll play the Archive today. All hail to the swift and speed of Tuesday archivist debramc!) and due to busy-ness hadn't watched Friday's yet. I know my memory's bad, but I couldn't remember any Quisling clue. But now, I'm spoiled on a clue that I haven't seen.)

Mind your spoiler tags, gentlemen, is all I'm saying.
It was an easy clue anyway.
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Austin Powers wrote:I thought the lady who won had some nice gets, like waxwing for example and the fashion stuff.

Took a moment, but Nic Cage ----> 1995 Oscar, was in Fast Times, so bingo. Then Penn came to me and it all fell into place. Didn't even make it to Whitaker actually.

Am I supposed to know the precise "good turn" quote exactly? What the heck? And bear bag? What? Obviously I was never a Scout, but that category acted like that stuff was in more common parlance than it is.

I don't get why Presidential Kids were such a struggle, that was free money I thought. Also surprised Miss Saigon went unanswered.

Little disappointed that the Greek Lit was only the old stuff - no Kazantzakis for example.
Yeah, the Prez Kids category didn't seem too difficult. I knew Miss Saigon instantly. Saw it on my first trip to London & it was so boring I fell asleep until a helicopter landed on stage.
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alietr wrote:While I admire Tim for learning Hebrew, the pronunciation ... not so hot.
I didn't think it was that bad - Ashkenazi rather than the Yemenite that I learned in seminary - I suspect that without the pressure of the lights and audience he might have done better.
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