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cheezguyty wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 12, 2019 5:22 pm

Roughly 58% of one-day champs lose their second game.

The mathematician in me has to point out that technically speaking and by definition, 100% of one-day champs lose their second game.

But yeah, we know what you mean.

What I know about American Playwrights would fit in a thimble. I was hoping it was one of those categories with a clue that was only tangentially related, such as "This american playwright is much more widely known as the current quarterback for the New England Patriots". Given that, the two names t...

Hit on Simon right away but then Peter Gabriel popped into my head for "Biko". A quick loop back to "American" in the clue cemented my initial guess.

Hit on Dust Bowl immediately but as others also mentioned, I associate that more with an event than a region. I went with Tornado Alley and for a brief time found myself quite smug for avoiding the negbait...

I am now accepting applications for the position of "Shepard". Responsibilities include managing a herd of up to 11 sheep.

mas3cf wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:51 am

Made-up:

FASHION

Yoshida Kōgyō Kabushiki manufactures over 40% of the world's supply of these.

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What are zippers?

Fantastic clue!

That said, I'd rather the category was Clothing instead of Fashion

talkingaway wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:26 pm

For the Asclepius/Caduceus question, I said "Who is Mercury?" instead of "Hermes" - what's your ruling?

Same here, and ruled myself correct.

Completely failed to pick up on the opera hint in the clue. Eventually settled (uneasily) on the Sears Tower after considering WTC, Space Needle in Seattle (1962), CN Tower in Toronto (1976) and whatever that tall building in Dubai is called (2009).

Not sure if I could've spelled Kilauea correctly in the 30 seconds; I may have resorted to phonetic spelling... "Kill away, uhhh..." would have been acceptable. Started with Old Faithful then realized the importance of the Pele angle. Came up with the right response but as mentioned a few times in ...

alot I applaud your effort but think you may be a little too generous in your interpretation of Pavlov in this context. I can't say I ever heard of "Dulce et Ducorem Est" and don't have any reason for it to trigger a Pavlovian reaction. Should I know who wrote it? Maybe. Should I really drill it in...

A couple more made-ups: GEOGRAPHY Of the world's 100 most populous countries, it has the highest population density. What is Bangladesh? I like this one but think it needs a little more detail or perhaps a TOM. I guessed Singapore which has a much higher density but apparently falls outside the top...

CasketRomance wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:12 pm

only foe i knew of hamilton was that burr dude...had no idea if that dude had ever been on currency and relegated to another piece before being permanently erased...so that is what i went with

Exactly my thought process. It's clear I have a pretty big gap in my knowledge of that time period.

clt013 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:58 am

11. AT = Alex Trebek (The host, of course.); Also, the first two letters of Athens - initial host of the modern Olympic Games. Name a country that has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

WRONG ANSWERS = 10
heppm01 (Rome)

Reading is hard.

I said "multitasking" on the WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS DD ("toggling"), which I rule close but no cigar; I gladly welcome suggestions to the contrary. I also responded with multitask(ing), although was uncomfortable with it. As jeo425 expounded, I think it was a poorly written clue. Got FJ halfway ...

No way I was falling for the too-obvious "La Marsellaise" I went with Haiti (or more precisely, "What is the national anthem of HaitI?" because I don't have a clue what it is called). If you had told me that it wasn't Haiti it would have been quite a while before I made my way to Canada, detouring t...

FJ came quick. My thought process was: "Hmm, dude that wrote War and Peace" -> "That would be Victor Hugo" -> done.

D'oh!

If only I had taken the remaining 27 seconds to review my work instead of sitting there smugly...

This is mighty small nit I'm picking here, but the way I parsed FJ they were asking for the name of the museum that had two words added to it. To me, that would be The National Air Museum. The accepted response of National Air and Space Museum doesn't make sense to add two words to because then it w...

In FJ (assuming a non-zero wager) the penalty for getting it wrong and not answering at all are the same. There's been many times that you've indicated you couldn't come up with something and an equal number of times that we've told you to just take a guess anyways. My suggestion is that when the ne...

Could you explain the "Position" column please?

Between the title track and "Life in the Fast Lane", HC seemed like a no-brainer to me. But then, the album was released during my formative years.