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I have heard of Dear Evan Hansen but I had no idea what it's about, so I didn't make the connection.

I wrote down Rhine and Danube but I was not 100% certain, because I thought it might be Rhine and Elbe.

How exactly did Alex explain the "3 F Club" category? "chieF oF staFF" has four Fs. When they say things like "each correct response will have n Xs", have they ever meant "at least n Xs" rather than "exactly n Xs"?

Finally! I've been hoping for a Tully Monster clue for years.

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:37 pm

Oh, how frustrating -- I knew exactly what they were going for in FJ, but I just couldn't pull it...

This is exactly the way it went for me, too.

Ironhorse wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:18 pm

I said Heracles. Judges?

I also said Heracles, Unless Eurystheus somehow points to Roman rather than Greek, I think it has to be acceptable. Nothing else about the clue could rule it out.

TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:53 pm

I assume "Ventilation" is okay on Roof for $400?

I'm pretty certain "ventilation" is the response they were looking for.

"Long" was a dead giveaway it was Russian. More to the point, a giveaway that it was not "Madame Bovary," the only other plausible candidate...since we knew from the category that it wasn't going to be English-language. Except that Madame Bovary was written in French. Yes. I'm saying that I took "l...

davey wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:35 pm

Ironhorse wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:53 pm

"Long" was a dead giveaway it was Russian.

More to the point, a giveaway that it was not "Madame Bovary," the only other plausible candidate...since we knew from the category that it wasn't going to be English-language.

Except that Madame Bovary was written in French.

Elijah Baley wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:24 pm

while Nancy at least went with someone who actually spent some time cooling his heels as Prince of Wales).

I haven't done the math, but it looks like Edward VII doesn't beat George IV by much. Not a bad guess at all (except for, y'know, the part where it's wrong).

John Boy: I'm not going to quote your spoiler about Friday's game in the thread for Thursday's game, but I would appreciate it if you could be more careful about that sort of thing in the future. I just a few minutes ago finished watching Thursday's game from the DVR, and really thought it would be ...

BigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:56 pm

Foretopman wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:52 pm

Was I the only one who heard "Robinson Caruso"? I kept expecting a reversal on that.

That response was as primitive as can be.

blueoncemoon wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:38 pm

Foretopman wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:52 pm

Was I the only one who heard "Robinson Caruso"? I kept expecting a reversal on that.

No, I heard it too. Coming as it did so close to the Vanatu/Vanuatu question, I was surprised.

Thanks for confirming that I didn't imagine it

Was I the only one who heard "Robinson Caruso"? I kept expecting a reversal on that.