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I have the math skills to know I now have to get the next five math questions in a row to get back to my 0.800 average in my best category. I counted 2 through 9 and decided Thorsten must be including the Ace to get up to 36 cards. Then a big relief when I realized that 10 isn't a face card, so eas...

Very sneaky to effectively throw in a second world history question yesterday with the 38th parallel. I missed that one and put 40 degrees north. Once I saw the answer I realized I should have read the list of cities more carefully. My opponent defensive assignment oddness yesterday was my opponent ...

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:32 pm The writers had the bell hat clue only by coincidence today, right?

I don't get it. What's the connection with this clue and today?

edit: forget it, I now see today is the anniversary of Ken's defeat by Nancy Zerg and he missed a DD that was this exact question. You guys are crazy!

Should have had a 6 pack but had two go wide: * Barbara Bush's middle name being Pierce (she's a descendant of the president) made me say Pierce and Wilson. Would have got this if I'd just RTFQ. * Parsed the Aussie Rules question correctly but forgot Victoria is the name of a state and not a city. ...

MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:31 pm imdb says Heather's husband is Jeff Daniels, but I checked, and it's not the famous Jeff Daniels, I don't think.

Nope, not the Dumb or Dumber Daniels.

opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:54 am

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Bamaman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:39 pm I had the worst guess with the Lusitania.

Delivery not included.

When in fact they were going for Stonehenge, "Some Assembly Required".

Worse than IKEA!

Bamaman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:39 pm I had the worst guess with the Lusitania.

Delivery not included.

Game Girl wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:12 pm I went generic with cornflakes.

Be sure to read the questions carefully. It specified the cereal has a three-letter name.

I knew Stonehenge is often described as being on the "Wiltshire Downs," so FJ was instant for me. My wife said the Domesday Book.

OK, maybe I'm just showing my age, but caisson got 31% leaguewide? It took me half a day to get that song out of my head after reading the question. I will note that it clearly wasn't an issue of spelling since my answer of cason was accepted. I had no idea the word "caisson" was in the s...

I read “state university” as only being the University of Iowa. Iowa State is a completely different university. Why? Both the University of Iowa and Iowa State University fit "This state university's..." To me the clue was clearly asking for the name of the university. I can't imagine wh...

I debated between Iowa and Iowa State, but the "state university" wording made me end up going with Iowa State. I'm familiar with both authors, so knowing the actual state was the easy part. I'm a bit surprised they didn't make the clue wording "The University of this state..." t...

Yes, OMD is a fine guess. Right era and right style of music.

I won defensively yesterday 7(5)-6(5) with my opponent inexplicably giving me three points for Of Mice and Men . We both missed Boston. I knew the question involved WNBA players, but hadn't heard of Aliyah Boston. Since she was from Oregon, I'm guessing that Ionescu got you there. Nope, actually th...

And Dick Van Dyke was only 38%. :shock: And Yazoo/Yaz was only 17% :o How young are LLamas?! How old are we? Yaz was in my wheelhouse for sure, but I can see how a relatively obscure band from the early '80s, with only the band members' names given, would play hard. I won defensively yesterday 7(5)...

Even though I've seen White Lotus I was pretty amazed that it had a 77% get rate considering it's on HBO. There are certainly a few HBO shows that I feel like most people would know such as The Sopranos and Game of Thrones, but I had no idea White Lotus would have that kind of saturation.

"Oxford or Cambridge" even crossed my mind when I saw the Latin motto, and then I totally forgot about that and went for Stratford instead. This was definitely one that I would have been able to get given a bit more time.

I had Hong Kong for Q2 yesterday and it seemed like a reasonable guess. Now I'm noticing the phrase "independence" which obviously should have steered me away. I have a feeling I may have fallen into the Mongolia trap had I realized my error, though. Luckily I've seen "Rear Window&quo...

Volante wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:02 pm

"It's very rich, it's got a lot of dried fruit as you would expect, a lot of spice, a lot of wood," Jonny Fowle told the AFP news agency.

Such a routine whisky description, Charissa Thompson could've said that.

I laughed

I also missed HRE with Prussia. What do you think made HRE a WECIB? I figured I knew with certainty that there were two Prussian kings named Frederick, with one of them being arguably one of the most famous historical figures ever, so it seemed like a pretty good guess. Well, even if Frederick I (B...