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Geography, normally a strong category, let me down.
Really picked some winners this week
9/13 on DDs

on DDs. Easy money for the taking in African geography.
I hope the surviving members of Rush are getting royalty checks, as the Rocinante was the name of the ship in "Cygnus X-1"
Instaget FJ. Newspaper guy + 1906 + Hungarian name = Pulizer.

on DDs. Once again the third DD is not found. Seriously, named for the Mini Cooper?
Stumbled into the correct FJ! response after swatting away The Great Gatsby.

For DDs. Guessed I, Claudius for Ben-Hur, and jeers to the contestants for running away from Science Terms & Crusades, not getting to the third DD.
Alberta & Saskatchewan for FJ
Knew I heard Mehta's name from somewhere before the interviews

The CARES Act was passed, standing for Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, & Economic Stimulus Act.

on DDs. Went with Marshall Field's for Sears.
Could not get New Hampshire, went with New Jersey to have something.

on DDs.
FJ ended up being a WECIB
Kyle clearly knew FJ, he just wanted to give a joke answer since it didn't cost anything.

had Eisenhower

Had NFI

This game will be very frustrating for those who have taken & passed the test many times without an audition or THE CALL in wishing this was their day to be on stage. Perhaps my proudest moment was the $2K in LT for knowing the name of the railroad early in the DJ round. When I was a lad my father ...

Talked myself out a perfecto by switching to Ike in FJ.
on DDs. Also fell for the Santa Fe distractor.

Jelly Beans was a precall for the Presidential Sweets category, so of course I got the DD.
For DDs.
Was expecting something tricky for FJ such as West Africa or Pacific islands. The actual FJ was instaget for me.

Impressive comeback by the challengers in the DJ round.
Pre-called Brady Bill. Easy enough to switch to Lend-lease.
on the DDs

Count me as another that FJ wasn't a triget.
on the DDs. Guessed Jules Verne on the first.

I work for a certain retirement pensions company known for an odd-shaped building. Pretty much scrambling over the past week, but finally got a laptop with the software tools to work from home. Just in time, as the mayor just put Denver on shutdown starting tomorrow evening.

How is Lobster Thermidor a TS? I've heard of it and I live a thousand miles from the ocean.
on the DDs, matching the contestants in the misses .
Fawlty Towers in the '70s? Monty Python would've been a better guess.
FJ was pure WECIB.

Is this the record for lowest percentage rate of any top-row clue in regular competition?

Normally I complain about Broadway or Hollywood FJs, but this was gettable.

Pick a random bird species? No thanks.

The Chilean coup pointed me to the right answer in FJ
3/3 on the DDs.

Got FJ after swatting away Cuba as a distractor.
Doc Holliday as a vet. Oof.

One Country, Two Systems was Pavlov for China to me.