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I'm curious if it is realistic to keep an accurate handle on your winnings during play. From the fourth podium, it seems that the show is fast paced enough that I would just have a general sense of "I'm in it", "I'm way behind", or "I'm way ahead", and would only be able to come to a more accurate ...

I used to make an effort to keep up with the New York Times bestseller list, but gave up some time after the number of categories really exploded. So I felt quite clever when, on rereading the question about the two bestsellers, the significance of the phrase "abruptly withdrawn from scheduled publ...

Sorry, that was my Velvets joke

I thought I had a pretty good shot at a rare (for me) six pack, but I stupidly wrote cigna instead of cignus and changed my mind for no good reason from Warhol, who I thought of immediately and confidently, to John Cage, and my six pack became a 4 (4) 5 (3) loss. There's a lesson there, third or fo...

Count me in as another that didn't recall Spotlight. I figured one of them was Moonlight, but just couldn't name another recent movie that ended in "light." I'd like to think this would have been an instaget had I been a contestant because Oscar winners would definitely be something I'd study.

One thing I recall was "no tennis shoes/sneakers" although now that contestants stay behinds their lecterns I bet that rule has been removed.

Thought of Sax just a few seconds too late costing me a five for five week.

Here's the TOM, as you somewhat alluded to, FJ is not going to force you to parse all of that in order to arrive at the correct response. Therefore the answer is going to be found in a state that everybody will quickly tumble to. I'd think that if you didn't start in some sort of geographic order, ...

My big whiff yesterday was chorus. I was contemplating forum and gallery, but chorus didn't even cross my mind. I was very surprised to see how easy that question played.

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Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:12 pm

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Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:05 pm

Can anyone post a list of the audition cities? My wife balked at the photo requirement, too. I'm sure if Seattle isn't one of the cities she'll pass on the this time.

Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Houston, LA, Milwaukee, Nashville, Savannah, Seattle, D.C.

Yay! Thanks, morbeedo.

Yeah, Sam's quip during his interview regarding "the football" was a pretty good indication he might not get this FJ.

Can anyone post a list of the audition cities? My wife balked at the photo requirement, too. I'm sure if Seattle isn't one of the cities she'll pass on the this time.

For whatever reason, baseball stories used to refer to Dodger Stadium or the home of the Dodgers as "Chavez Ravine". It seems to have played out and I haven't seen it in decades. Nah, I think you still hear it referred to as Chavez Ravine from time to time. It's even mentioned in the very first sen...

I went with Simon on FJ, but must confess I wasn't sure whether he was still alive or not.

I was about to bite on Vegemite (blecch!), but kept going back and reading about her husband and descendants. Thorsten doesn't put something in the clue unless it's important. Then the light bulb came on. Same here. Proud of my get on this one. My first thought was something with Mom and Mother in ...

Anyone else get Basho solely based on his mention in Caddyshack? Hey, I'll take it. My opponent has a lifetime .968 pop music score and somehow missed the Layla question! I went down 7(4)-4(3).

Somebody has to be the first to check the box of ignorance- I had no guess on FJ. Although I'm the first neg so far, I think it will poll below 85% and it was a tough clue. I grew up in Michigan but completely drew a blank. It was obvious in retrospect and, like others here, my wife had it before A...

Apparently Joan Sutherland was much later. If only there was a toast TOM in there. Didn't matter; I got six-packed by a ^%#$@%! Boardie. When I read the question about the Japanese/Boston conductor "Isawa" popped in my head (maybe close enough for Thorsten?). I didn't trust this answer, and went wi...

I could have sworn she said "five by five by five" but since everyone else thinks she said just "five by five" I'm assuming I misheard it.

edit: I did. What I heard as "five, five, five" was actually "five by five." Maybe Alex made the same mistake and that's why she was negged initially.

The MD 10 head scratcher for me was that only 18% got Nellie Melba (which I thought was a trivia staple), but 56% came up with either nasty, brutish or short (which was a quote I was completely unfamiliar with). Luckily I was playing FrankJ and that was the single question we both missed. I'll take...