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here's something i wrote long ago, and re-posted it last year upon learning the news of van doren's death. === hey! i got a story for you! enjoy!! as most of you know, i'm a lawyer. most of my work is in the field of tort and insurance (accident cases). part of my duties are to conduct examinations ...

i've always been under the impression that the knight companions of charlemagne were known as "paladins" rather than "peers." a little research reveals that both are correct.

i haven't posted here for a while. elaine wilson was one of the gang of "triviots" at aol's "trivia forum" in the '90s and '00s. other members included the late paul legere (whom some of you might remember as "Paucle"), this writer, and seven or eight others who have appeared on the show over the ye...

contrary to the clue, and despite popular belief, "gambling" is *not* legal in new jersey. This is like saying that, despite popular belief, "driving an automobile" is not legal in New Jersey because the state government says you need a special license to do it, and you can't do it your neighbor's ...

contrary to the clue, and despite popular belief, "gambling" is *not* legal in new jersey. in 1976, new jersey voters approved a referendum, which led to the new jersey legislature approving an enabling act, which authorized only certain enumerated games of chance in certain limited areas. therefore...

instaget on final jeopardy. james clavell was a wonderful writer. the first chronological book in his "asian saga" was "shogun." just about all my knowledge of japan, its history, and its culture comes from that book. for the record, all of the asian saga books are thinly-veiled (and accurately-deta...

celestial navigation is the practice of finding location according to angular measurements of heavenly bodies. it is a crucial element of seamanship. as soon as you learn how to hold a sextant, the first thing you do is shoot a few sights of altair, because it's pretty easy to see. see: "bowditch's ...

there is no doubt that philip jose farmer's "riverworld" series was his best work. it's the story about how every adult who ever lived on earth is resurrected on another planet, where a single river flows and zig-zags all around it. some major characters include sir richard francis burton (the guy w...

instaget final. during my college days, way back when in the late '60s, i read jack kerouac's "on the road," published in 1957. i liked jazz; i had been introduced to pot; i was a big fan of the tv show "route 66." naturally, i thought the book was terrific! in the next five or ten years, i read his...

i remember silky sullivan!
and i know a little bit about vegas.

i don't carry my draft card. i don't carry my long-expired military i.d. card. i don't carry my DD-214.
but i do carry my veterans' i.d. card issued by my local municipality (upon presentation of my DD-214), because now and then local merchants will give discounts to vets.

as soon as i saw the category "prisoner of war camps" i was ready for this one:

james clavell based his novel "king rat" on his experience at this japanese prison of war camp in singapore.

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what is "changi"?

but i was left holding my breath.

i knew the hammer answer, and pronounced what i said to myself as "mole' - neer."
i'll leave it to you if i get credit.

I went 4/4 on big clues but had an average game otherwise. I learned the definition of probate court from browsing the archive recently but missed the clue tonight when I tried to stretch it out into probation. I believe the clue asked for the name of the action certifying a will. Not those exact w...

floridagator » Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:27 pm wrote: "It seems like there are a disproportionate number of contestants from Rochester. Is that the continuing influence of the now greatly reduced Eastman Kodak Company? Or the very technically oriented University of Rochester? Or am I simply suffering from ...

i guess that it is only the science fiction addicts around here who were waiting for this clue in the "Philip K. Dick" category:

"It's what the 'K' stands for."

"Could this be Kindred?"

i ran the "tiger" category. surprise, surprise. having practiced law for nearly four decades, and having acted as parliamentarian too many times in too many different instances to mention, final jeopardy was an instaget, even if i didn't know that henry robert was a general and head of the engineeri...

i don't often brag about my scores here. i don't have to prove anything.
but i was 5-for-5 instagets in "science fiction" today.
and i'm sure that our departed friend paucle would have matched me nanosecond-for-nanosecond.
congrats to the semifinalists! it looks really good!

"clinton" wasn't such a terrible guess, for there was, in fact, vice president george clinton, who served under jefferson and madison. but he never became president, and bill was never vice-president.

insta-get final. i graduated university of rochester in 1970. george eastman, both before and after his suicide, was a major donor to the school. his home, including an astounding collection of movies and movie memorabilia, was given to the school upon his death. the curator of the eastman house is ...