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Clammed on Greta and Krist due to feared mispronunciatons.

AFRET CMS wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:31 pm

DD3 had me at a loss also; I never would have gotten to mummy in time. Cheops + "worm" got me to "nasty Egyptian worm-like creature" and left me floundering with "asp." But I couldn't imagine that being the topic of a novel.

But I can imagine the film version: Snakes in a Pyramid.

As Linear Gnome has stated, the unit of pressure equal to 1 mm of Mercury is a Torr and is my preferred unit. Pressure is the muddiest derived unit in Physics - we have SI units of pascals (same guy as the software clue) which are so small you have to use KPa and MPa to be useful - and they aren't....

I said "crucial" for "crux". Judges? The clue doesn't seem to call specifically for the noun vs. the adjective. I got "posse comitatus" because I've been doing a JAG rewatch and it was the title of one of the episodes. I'll register a dissenting opinion from my esteemed colleague and say yes. I thi...

Kind of strange that Johann Bernoulli was answered but not Blaise Pascal. Computer language should have even been a giveaway. If there'd been room in the fourth podium poll, I'd have added a box for "I have programmed in Pascal". I was a little surprised at the wording of the Bernoulli Principle cl...

seaborgium wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 02, 2019 10:29 pm

econgator wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 02, 2019 10:05 pm

floridagator wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 02, 2019 9:42 pm

Judges, could I get away with exodus for exile?

Asked and answered above (spoiler: no).

I was going to say the same thing, but when I searched the thread for "exodus" it only turned up floridagator's post.

It's in Friday's thread.

Harry Friedman rec'd a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Vanna, Pat and Alex attended the ceremony.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/loca ... 36251.html

theFJguy wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:03 am

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORLD CAPITALS
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Dave Bein: 15800-15793=3
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Pls check your math.

Peter the accountant wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:51 am

Denver is not all that high by Colorado standards.

That might depond on the criteria used to define "high".

The only thing I know about Leadville is altitude > 10k'. Not finding an alternative, I went with it.

I wonder how that altitude would affect beer brewing.

40 on both tests.

So best to remember Bizet = Carmen and Carmen = Bizet Cigarette Song = Carmen (which = Bizet) Spanish opera = Carmen Spanish opera composer = Bizet Gypsy = Carmen anything more is too detailed or obscure and enough less likely to come up that it isn't worth being a Pavlov, such as based on a French...

TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 3:59 pm

mas3cf wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:23 am

Rule of thumb: FJ is not going to be about something obscure.

So I take it you didn't watch Monday's episode...

"Rule of thumb" does not mean always, just a best guess if nothing's obvious.

Here's a strategy to consider: just win the game b4 FJ!

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:27 pm

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Eddie Bernal of Colombia won the Tour de France at age 22 for a double play of youngest since WWII and first from South America.

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I've only seen the name as "Egan Bernal".

Easy FJ!

Somewhere I have a Hotel California LP. Back in my day we didn't call it vinyl, kiddies.

If I may be so bold, perhaps the thread could be renamed "2019-2020" to cover all of the next season.

... I added a line on Saran's page: http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=4150 ... I met and played pub trivia with her a few years back. She was introduced to me as "Saran". At one point, she, I, and the venerable Rex Kramer played on the same team. I remember Rex showing her her games...

BOOK CHAPTERS $200: Chapter 21 of this classic is "Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace" If you see "Jo" in the top box go with Little Women or the author Alcott. It does not matter whether someone is familiar or not with Laurie. Certainly reading the book or seeing a movie version is not nece...

The good thing about the Viewmaster was the rotating system. Not only that but it didn't require printing and enlargement to paper cards which were more susceptible to warping/bending, mold, water damage, sticking to each other, dirt/scratches, etc. etc. Cared for well, films on Viewmaster discs fr...