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by The Talking Mime
Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:17 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, October 26, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 36
Views: 6162

Re: Thursday, October 26, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Once you've heard the name, Gump Worsley is a name you don't forget. Ditto for Roy "Shrimp" Worters when you realize he was the shortest player in NHL history at 5'3. Appropriately nicknamed. That sports category was recycled from a 2005 UTOC game, but still, then and now, even for a $200...
by The Talking Mime
Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:35 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, June 23, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 60
Views: 6207

Re: Thursday, June 23, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

If I had a nickel for every time I missed a FJ by not paying attention to the word "admiral" in the clue, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice. WAGed "Free Bird" even though I know it's not an album. Whitney looked sharp early on but I'...
by The Talking Mime
Sun May 29, 2022 11:33 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 5/23/22 week
Replies: 21
Views: 1598

Re: FJs for the 5/23/22 week

:( :( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: WAGed Alzheimer's on Monday. Misread Tuesday's clue and provided two names, Bruce and Wallace. Baltic and Black for Thursday. I'm reading a couple of "This Day in History"' books this year and in one of them, the entry each day foc...
by The Talking Mime
Wed May 11, 2022 8:55 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 70
Views: 5684

Re: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Knew the movie they hinted at was The Godfather, remembered Carlo was the a-hole husband of Connie, but couldn't remember who killed him near the end. WAGed Vito, remembering it was Italian for something (Italian for "life," ironically enough), also knowing DeNiro's Vito killed some people...
by The Talking Mime
Mon May 09, 2022 8:50 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, May 9, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 52
Views: 5136

Re: Monday, May 9, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Figured it was a Hemingway novel but confidently guessed For Whom the Bell Tolls without a second thought. At least John Donne was still alive in 1590.

All the times throughout the years filing through the Archive, I should've got errata/erratum. Blurted out error instead. :oops:
by The Talking Mime
Fri May 06, 2022 7:09 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, May 6, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 107
Views: 9281

Re: Friday, May 6, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I clearly did not get enough sleep last night because I couldn't remember for the life of me where to place Coca-Cola. Not too upset though since this was a clear miss for me either way. Couldn't even muster a guess. Congrats to Mattea for her outstanding run and setting the bar very very high for f...
by The Talking Mime
Sun May 01, 2022 6:41 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 4/25/22 week
Replies: 30
Views: 1964

Re: FJs for the 4/25/22 week

:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( I'm one of the few who missed Monday because I paid too much attention to "disrepair" and not enough to the date. Said the USS Constitution. I'm an NBA fan, so I got Tuesday instantly, but it doesn't sit right with me that in a cat...
by The Talking Mime
Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:16 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Suggestions and Changes for Season 39
Replies: 50
Views: 7691

Re: Suggestions and Changes for Season 39

morbeedo wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:28 pm Extract me from the damn pool!
*monkey's paw curls*

Congratulations, your waiting period has expired and you must take the test again and restart the entire process!
by The Talking Mime
Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:22 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 2/21/22 week
Replies: 25
Views: 2210

Re: FJs for the 2/21/22 week

:( :( :( :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Ugh, there's usually one clue a year that I'll miss out on that polls north of 90%, but my brain just didn't work at all this week. Didn't make any precalls for Monday, had a brainfreeze during, and WAGed Hapsburgs. 1910s organization made me th...
by The Talking Mime
Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:05 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 66
Views: 6885

Re: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

GRRRRR I said Biff Loman. :oops: I'm blaming Seinfeld for this one. At least I got the tiebreaker to ensure I won't go 0/6 this week.

Well done, Christine! Cancer free and a J! champ! Awesome combo!
by The Talking Mime
Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:06 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 2/14/22 week
Replies: 16
Views: 1869

Re: FJs for the 2/14/22 week

:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Guessing Green Bay on Monday halted an 11 get streak for me. But I'm happy with a 15/16 stretch.

Said soufflé for the baked Alaska clue. Was thinking a planet for the space clue and said Pluto.
by The Talking Mime
Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:17 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 1/31/22 week
Replies: 26
Views: 2286

Re: FJs for the 1/31/22 week

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Woo-hoo! Perfecto! It's been a while. Haven't seen The Queen's Gambit. NHO Eisenhower Jacket. Never been to a Disney park. NHO the ride but my inkling about what it was was correct and allowed me to get Friday's clue.
by The Talking Mime
Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:39 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 50
Views: 5847

Re: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I read a while back that when the lead actress for The Queen's Gambit was named to a TIME list, Kasparov wrote an accompanying paragraph for the magazine. Thought at the time it could be a neat FJ clue. So yeah, instaget on my part.

Emma wins with $22,200 on the airdate of 2/2/22. I like it.
by The Talking Mime
Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:04 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, January 28, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 54
Views: 5921

Re: Friday, January 28, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Rhone & Carrie, post-Amy,
Who way back beat Andrew He,
Brand new tourney, two week slate
One month after Dane & Kate
Sri & Tony, Tyler's five
Nancy ended Fisher's drive
Also Matt Amodio
Who began this rodeo!
We didn't start the fire...
by The Talking Mime
Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:40 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 118
Views: 14870

Re: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Props to Amy for eclipsing Holzhauer's streak. By the end of the next two-day taping session, she will have either been dethroned or made more history (or both, conceivably). So "both" came in, after all. I'm already excited about the next ToC! I got a little lucky on today's FJ!. I fell ...
by The Talking Mime
Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:48 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 12/13/21 week
Replies: 23
Views: 4754

Re: FJs for the 12/13/21 week

:mrgreen: :( :( :( :( :( :( :mrgreen: Got Monday's instantly, the rest were a struggle. Focused too much on "long-lived" and "adjective" Tuesday and Super WAGed "eternal." Knew my guess of Texas for Wednesday was wrong, but couldn't confidently switch to anything better...
by The Talking Mime
Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:34 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 76
Views: 10507

Re: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Went to Ottawa on a family vacation in 2006, and if I recall correctly, we went for a walk in the city one day which included crossing over the canal. This was in spring, so no skaters, but still, nice of the writers to give a layup to the Canadian viewers. The more I think about it, the less surpri...
by The Talking Mime
Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:34 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 54
Views: 6795

Re: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Instaget FJ, but I had to shoo away a hunch about the Philippines in the process.

I love how, in a Ken Jennings hosted game, the winning score is one dollar above $52,000, the one day record during Ken's original run that Ken tied or tried to tie several times.
by The Talking Mime
Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:41 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 54
Views: 7761

Re: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I had a sense that Europop in 1976 was going to be ABBA, and that the lyric in question (the correct question, anyway) would be a particularly emphasized one in "Bohemian Rhapsody." I could not think of any title besides "Dancing Queen," and wasn't able to jump around in the son...
by The Talking Mime
Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:12 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, October 15, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 68
Views: 9886

Re: Friday, October 15, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Jonathan is the first giant killer to achieve their own streak. Of course, there are only two giant killers now who have won more than one game, but still. In the "pointless record" department, I think Matt and Jonathan have the most combined wins among ToC qualifiers whose original runs ...