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That last names of literary characters category that came up in the DJ round seemed brutally hard. I was happy to get the Lach trash on France, from New Caledonia. FJ was an instant get, and it saved me from being shut out for the week. Also, this FJ clue reminded me of the Dixie question that came ...

I can't say that I have ever heard the terms "plumbago" or "lumbago."

Not to single you two gentlemen out although I'm curious how you play the FJ! round in general? Do you watch on a recording and speed forward from the category reveal to the clue reveal? Do you play the clue early off one of the many available resources where you see the category and clue at the sa...

I'm surprised this FJ played so easy both on set and here on the board. I guess if you know the six UN languages it would be fairly straightforward, but otherwise you've got to think of a language that's only written in cursive and it just wasn't coming to me in 30 seconds. As a D rundler in LL I'm...

I loved how the "oddsmakers" clue came up today.

Add me for another Charlotte on FJ. I never would have got this one in 30 seconds.

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Fri May 11, 2018 8:00 pm

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Fri May 11, 2018 7:59 pm

I was proud to go 5/5 in the '90s music hits category, but I was worried that it would not be finished.

It's the quarterfinals. It has to be finished.

Yep, I totally forgot. My bad!

I was proud to go 5/5 in the '90s music hits category, but I was worried that it would not be finished. I was also happy to get the Lach trash on Antares.

I got FJ after about 5 seconds.

All I could think of for FJ was Chicago, despite the fact that I was pretty sure that it was wrong. This FJ strikes me as being similar to a certain film one from last week in that it was weak on TOM, though mentioning "city" and 2 Oscar wins may have been enough for many boardies to get it.

Casablanca snapped a streak of 8 consecutive gets on FJ for me.

Theodosia did not help me. I only got Burr from the year of the duel.

I'm 32 and have never seen it, though I don't watch a lot of movies because I have a really short attention span. Interestingly, a few years back, someone on another message board I read mentioned this article by Umberto Eco that discusses the film's popularity: http://umbertoecoreaders.blogspot.com...

The only way I would have had a chance at FJ is if I had approached it by thinking of films that are often ranked as the greatest of all time. My path was by thinking of famous events that occurred around November 10, so there was no hope for me.

This was an excellent board and a good game. I would have bet all but a few bucks on the Islamabad DD. And Geoff should have done the same on the Oedipus DD. I got FJ because I knew that 1804 was the year of the duel, but I was wondering how the heck you were supposed to get the clue otherwise. I sh...

On FJ I started with Donne and Milton but got to Poe after about 10 seconds. I hate these types of FJs where you're supposed to get to the correct answer based on some quote that gives someone's opinion or analysis of something.

The Swaziland and Lesotho clues that were both 50 50 90 guesses (at least for me) coming up in the DJ round were just bizarre. Actually, I would have guessed correctly on Swaziland if pressed, but I only knew to guess Lesotho on the other clue because Swaziland had already come up (like someone ment...

I picked British Columbia, simply because I wouldn't know which province to guess for the Atlantic.

I got FJ after about 10 seconds, but I struggled to parse it at first.

Yeah, I think Kristin knew that Mexico could not be right and was just throwing out a guess. I knew that one because I had heard the fact before, but if you didn't know it cold then it would probably be a tough one to tease out while under the lights. I thought that this was a beautifully written bo...

I knew that Thetis was the mother of Achilles, and I am not sure that I would have got this clue otherwise. I am thinking that I knew that Achilles was notable for being a youngest sibling, but I don't know if that would have helped me.

I only knew this FJ because I remember a similar question coming up on WWTBAM a long time ago.