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'slake' for $400 with 'quench' as very strong negbait? I bet TPH is going to have something to say about this... I answered "quench" and marked it wrong, but looking it up with Dr. Google, quench DOES come from old English. Judges? There's some proto-Germanic before the old English, but honestly, i...

Coryat $45,600 (52R, 0W)*
DD 2/3
FJ

*giving myself credit for 'quench' instead of 'slake'.

Went in the wrong direction on DD2 with Monroe Was proud of myself for running Women Authors; before I started studying, I would have gone 1/5, maybe.

Got FJ from "once the largest state in Germany" but hesitated because I didn't know it lasted until 1947 and thought it was weird to "abolish" it.

AFRICAN CAPITALS

These two nations on the Atlantic coast have capitals whose names mean the same thing; one in English, the other in French.

Spoiler

What are Sierra Leone and Gabon? (Freetown and Libreville)

Possibly my worst week ever in this poll. Luckily, it's Teachers Tournament so it doesn't count....

On COOL NEWS $400, what they described was distillation. I would have BMSed desalination. But what do I know, I only have a Ph.D. in chemistry. :lol: Thinking more about this, I'm inclined to say desalinization (or desalination) is the better response. The clue asks for "this process to make ocean ...

A couple for the judges: COOL NEWS $400 : M.I.T. researchers used a solar still, evaporation & condensation in this process to make ocean water drinkable They accepted "desalinization". I said "distillation". Does the process described stop short of full-on distillation or is that response ok? See ...

A couple for the judges: COOL NEWS $400 : M.I.T. researchers used a solar still, evaporation & condensation in this process to make ocean water drinkable They accepted "desalinization". I said "distillation". Does the process described stop short of full-on distillation or is that response ok? See ...

Bamaman wrote: ↑

Fri May 29, 2020 7:50 pm

I think the get rate for this one will be the lowest in the weekly poll.

My vote is yesterday's for that honor...

ETA: edited by mod for spoiler

Coryat $39,200 (50 R, 2 W) DD 3/3 FJ :mrgreen: On COOL NEWS $400, what they described was distillation. I would have BMSed desalination. But what do I know, I only have a Ph.D. in chemistry. :lol: Two expensive negs with Adriatic for Ionian and epitome for quintessential. Was able to get FJ, but I t...

FJ had a couple tempting wrong answers. My thought process:

1. How am I supposed to know whether it's Ohio or Virginia?
2. Wait, there are only 15 presidential libraries?
3. Oh, only the most recent presidents have them!
4. What state are 3 of the last 15 presidents from?

I was stuck on "viral" and couldn't make it go away (sign of the times?) I would have never gotten there anyway, because I've always thought of "the bandwagon" as the people who are on board with the thing, not the thing itself as implied by the clue.

MUSIC VIDEOS

The longest song ever to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, this was the first 20th-century video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.

Spoiler

What is November Rain?

NHL HOCKEY

The games in the series known as the "West Side Story Clash" are played in these two cities.

Spoiler

What are Winnipeg and San Jose? (Jets vs. Sharks)

I didn't see the show, but 500 miles seems way shorter than the length of the Iron Curtain: Separating East and West Germany, Czeckslovakia and Hungary from Austria, and Yugoslavia from Austria and Italy is the dividing line from Soviet controlled to Western democracies in the mid 20th century. Tha...

19TH CENTURY FIGURES

His epitaph reads, "A friend to honesty and a foe to crime."

Spoiler

Who is Allan Pinkerton?

Coryat $23,000 (33R, 1W)
DD 1/3
FJ

WTF, was this a Teacher's Tournament game or a TOC final? Tons of stuff I've NHO. Missed my averages by a good $15k and 12 right answers.

Went with NH on FJ. Was sure I had it, ID didn't even cross my mind. BADBADBAD

NAME'S THE SAME

China's is 1,104 miles long, Italy's is 2 miles long.

Spoiler

What is the Grand Canal?

:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :| :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Who thinks "cheese" and "geese" rhyme!? Someone with a German accent, maybe? My thinking on the SFR one went: 1. 1719 book = Robinson Crusoe. 2. What other book has either "Robinson" or "Crusoe" in the title? 3. Description of the boo...

lstone19 wrote: ↑

Fri May 22, 2020 5:32 pm

If I were a Yalie, I'd be very upset at those two.

LOL!

Coryat $38,000 (47R, 1W)
DD 3/3
FJ

Ivy League grad and geography is a wheelhouse subject, so FJ was a dream category for me.

I enjoyed watching Morgan's confident DD wagers, and have been enjoying seeing all 61 clues of late.