Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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<Whew> Glad to see you're still around, Swift's!
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Were you afraid I'd gone somewhere?alietr wrote:<Whew> Glad to see you're still around, Swift's!
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All that talk of poisoning and such...Swift'sSecondCourse wrote:Were you afraid I'd gone somewhere?alietr wrote:<Whew> Glad to see you're still around, Swift's!
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Well, with a name like Lannister, your life expectancy falls somewhere between those of a mayfly and a fruit fly.Swift'sSecondCourse wrote:Were you afraid I'd gone somewhere?alietr wrote:<Whew> Glad to see you're still around, Swift's!
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Re: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion (SPOILERS)
bpmod wrote:All that talk of poisoning and such...Swift'sSecondCourse wrote:Were you afraid I'd gone somewhere?alietr wrote:<Whew> Glad to see you're still around, Swift's!
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Ahem. *quietly sets next week's gcal meeting with the Queen of Thorns to "private"Well, with a name like Lannister, your life expectancy falls somewhere between those of a mayfly and a fruit fly.
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Tell your ex-boyfriend he might be able to get back into your life if he carries out a "special project" for you.
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That's it, I'm hiring a taster. And sending Bronn a raven.
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Or you wrote a term paper (including an execrable pun) on the Russo-Japanese War as a HS sophomore for a European History class.cinemaniax7 wrote:...the location of the negotiations is fairly obscure trivia for American citizens unless you happened to be around in 1905. Or unless you live in Maine. Or both.
Maybe if you didn't post at 4:25 a.m., you'd post fewer inanities like the above. I can't say it was an instaget because the first small NH town that popped to mind was Bretton Woods, but from somewhere (merci bien, Jacques Cousins!) the name Portsmouth bubbled up and I was pretty sure it was right.TenPoundHammer wrote:And if more than three people on the planet had actually, you know, heard of it.seaborgium wrote:Maybe it would be obscure trivia if they hadn't, you know, named the treaty after said location.cinemaniax7 wrote:Well, I knew which war they were talking about from the date, and I knew Teddy had brokered the peace treaty. But I wouldn't have guessed Portsmouth if you'd given me 30 minutes. I'm normally not one to complain about FJ, but it seems to me the location of the negotiations is fairly obscure trivia for American citizens unless you happened to be around in 1905. Or unless you live in Maine. Or both.
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And what led you to New Hampshire versus Maine or any other state near it?reddpen wrote:I can't say it was an instaget because the first small NH town that popped to mind was Bretton Woods, but from somewhere (merci bien, Jacques Cousins!) the name Portsmouth bubbled up and I was pretty sure it was right.
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Knowing U.S. History is my guess.TenPoundHammer wrote:And what led you to New Hampshire versus Maine or any other state near it?reddpen wrote:I can't say it was an instaget because the first small NH town that popped to mind was Bretton Woods, but from somewhere (merci bien, Jacques Cousins!) the name Portsmouth bubbled up and I was pretty sure it was right.
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Reconstructing a thought process that lasted maybe 15 seconds... My precall off the category was St. Augustine, Fla. On clue reveal, 1905 I knew was the R-J War (prior knowledge as noted above). Bretton Woods came to mind (historic agreements named for towns in New England is a pretty small category), but I knew that agreement was decades later and led to the IMF/World Bank. Then the name Portsmouth popped to mind along with an image of TR with envoys from Russia and Japan, possibly this one, and it clicked in with what I knew cold at age 15.TenPoundHammer wrote:And what led you to New Hampshire versus Maine or any other state near it?reddpen wrote:I can't say it was an instaget because the first small NH town that popped to mind was Bretton Woods, but from somewhere (merci bien, Jacques Cousins!) the name Portsmouth bubbled up and I was pretty sure it was right.
I'm not saying it was easy. Poll prediction: < 40%.
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Also, the clue said "city". Bretton Woods does not qualify in that regard.
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You have to tell us the pun.reddpen wrote: Or you wrote a term paper (including an execrable pun) on the Russo-Japanese War as a HS sophomore for a European History class.
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As I said, though, I did take US History, but we spent like 3 seconds on all the wars combined, and I had NHO the Russo Japanese war until this clue. Does my aunt's "you didn't study war because we weren't in one" make any sense to anyone else?Volante wrote:Knowing U.S. History is my guess.TenPoundHammer wrote:And what led you to New Hampshire versus Maine or any other state near it?reddpen wrote:I can't say it was an instaget because the first small NH town that popped to mind was Bretton Woods, but from somewhere (merci bien, Jacques Cousins!) the name Portsmouth bubbled up and I was pretty sure it was right.
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No. Most of history is war.TenPoundHammer wrote: As I said, though, I did take US History, but we spent like 3 seconds on all the wars combined, and I had NHO the Russo Japanese war until this clue. Does my aunt's "you didn't study war because we weren't in one" make any sense to anyone else?
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You asked 'what lead you to NH?' I answered 'Knowing U.S. History.'TenPoundHammer wrote:As I said, though, I did take US History, but we spent like 3 seconds on all the wars combined, and I had NHO the Russo Japanese war until this clue. Does my aunt's "you didn't study war because we weren't in one" make any sense to anyone else?Volante wrote:Knowing U.S. History is my guess.TenPoundHammer wrote: And what led you to New Hampshire versus Maine or any other state near it?
Considering the number of wars this country has been though, all I can add is that you do not know U.S. History to the depth Jeopardy! requires.
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Fixed that for you.Volante wrote:You asked 'what lead you to NH?' I answered 'Knowing U.S. History.'TenPoundHammer wrote:
As I said, though, I did take US History, but we spent like 3 seconds on all the wars combined, and I had NHO the Russo Japanese war until this clue. Does my aunt's "you didn't study war because we weren't in one" make any sense to anyone else?
Considering the number of wars this country has been though, all I can add is that you do not know U.S. History stuff to the depth Jeopardy! requires.
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No I didn't. I asked what LED me to NH.Volante wrote:You asked 'what lead you to NH?' I answered 'Knowing U.S. History.'
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Knowing it took place in NH.TenPoundHammer wrote:No I didn't. I asked what LED me to NH.Volante wrote:You asked 'what lead you to NH?' I answered 'Knowing U.S. History.'
Seriously. You might as well ask "How do you know water is two hydrogen molecules and one oxygen molecule?" "I JUST KNOW!"
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