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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:47 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 3/11/24 week
- Replies: 9
- Views: 283
Re: FJs for the 3/11/24 week
My hat's off to the finalists. These were some tough boards.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 3/4/24 week
- Replies: 12
- Views: 427
Re: FJs for the 3/4/24 week
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: I was not familiar with promethium, but the clue definitely pointed me toward Prometheus, so I took a guess with promethium. I didn't connect "The Fire Next Time" with James Baldwin, but based on the context, it seemed to me...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 2/12/24 week
- Replies: 13
- Views: 717
Re: FJs for the 2/12/24 week
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Okay, so it wasn't a difficult week for FJs. But I needed a pick-me-up after last week's one-for-five disaster. I remember reading about the distaff version of The Odd Couple when it was first staged. I have seen the Gat...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:56 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 2/5/24 week
- Replies: 11
- Views: 785
Re: FJs for the 2/5/24 week
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for me in FJ. Let's just forget it and move on to the next. Playing along at home, you can do that.
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 1/22/24 week
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1147
Re: FJs for the 1/22/24 week
I live in Tennessee, so why did I say Ohio? Because I teach online part-time for a company located in Waxhaw, NC, so I knew where Andrew Jackson was born and the dispute about whether his exact birthplace was located in North Carolina or South Carolina. I forgot that Oliver Stone had written Scarfac...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:09 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2024 RIP thread
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7451
Re: 2024 RIP thread
Chita Rivera, Broadway Legend From ‘Chicago’ and ‘West Side Story,’ Dies at 91
Rivera was a two-time Tony Award winner and nine-time nominee with several mentions in the J! Archive.
Rivera was a two-time Tony Award winner and nine-time nominee with several mentions in the J! Archive.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2024 Current Events Thread
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4045
Re: 2024 Current Events Thread
A record three producers of Best Picture nominees (Emma Stone, Margot Robbie , Bradley Cooper) were also nominated for acting. As many, many, many, many, many people pointed out on social media today, Margot Robbie was not nominated for acting this year (but she is a previous acting nominee for bot...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:48 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2024 RIP thread
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7451
Re: 2024 RIP thread
Longtime CBS Sunday Morning host Charles Osgood has died at the age of 91. A five-time Emmy winner also known for his work on radio, Osgood appears four times in the J! Archive. You can read more about him here.
Correction noted.
Correction noted.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2024 Current Events Thread
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4045
Re: 2024 Current Events Thread
A few factoids from this morning's Academy Award nominations: Best Actress nominee Lily Gladstone ( Killers of the Flower Moon ) is the first Native American acting nominee. Gladstone may be considered the second Native American nominee in any category, after Buffy Saint-Marie, who won for Best Song...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:06 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 1/15/24 week
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1873
Re: FJs for the 1/15/24 week
I had a run of 19 correct FJs going but got clobbered this week.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Fun with Fox's "The Floor"
- Replies: 97
- Views: 9209
Re: Fun with Fox's "The Floor"
While I find the show mildly interesting, it's tough for me to look past a factual error in a clue in only the third episode. The category was "Oscar-Winning Actors," or something very close to that phrasing. Shown a series of photographs, the contestants were asked to identify performers ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Monday, January 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2902
Re: Monday, January 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
My brain was stuck on mid-twentieth-century plays with prominent black roles, so I never even considered Shakespeare. That said, I had difficulty coming up with a play that fit the bill and also involved a killing. I finally settled on Bigger Thomas but wasn't sure if Native Son had been adapted for...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:00 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 12/25/23 week
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1141
Re: FJs for the 12/25/23 week
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: When I was in school, Flowers for Algernon was required reading. And of course, they showed us Charly too. The year I served in the AV department, I probably showed the movie a half dozen times. I watched the Justified: ...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:59 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2023 RIP thread
- Replies: 289
- Views: 272688
Re: 2023 RIP thread
Rest in peace, Yo-Yo Man. May you rock the baby and walk the dog around the world forever!
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2023 Current Events Discussion Thread
- Replies: 125
- Views: 154491
Re: 2023 Current Events Discussion Thread
Groucho was already gone by 1978. Good point. Hello, I Must Be Going was actually based on a series of interviews Charlotte Chandler conducted with Groucho and various personal and professional acquaintances in the years leading up to Groucho's death in 1977. This has been corrected in the original...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:25 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2023 Current Events Discussion Thread
- Replies: 125
- Views: 154491
Re: 2023 Current Events Discussion Thread
Since we're coming up on the end of the year, time for the annual roundup of works entering the public domain on January 1, 2024? There are more exhaustive lists online, such as on Wikipedia and on the Duke Law website, but an abbreviated selection for our purposes might include such Disney-adapted...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:05 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2023 Current Events Study Guide
- Replies: 182
- Views: 382002
Re: 2023 Current Events Study Guide
The 2023 Time Person of the Year is Taylor Swift. Other finalists were Barbie, Trump prosecutors, King Charles III, Hollywood Strikers, Sam Altman, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Jerome Powell. Swift becomes the first woman to be twice honored, having been one of the Silence Breakers named for 201...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: FJs for the 12/11/23 week
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4354
Re: FJs for the 12/11/23 week
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :shock: :mrgreen: I quickly came up with Oliver! but couldn't overcome my mental block in the case of Gigi , a movie I have long despised. I was not aware of this early mention of "bull moose" by Teddy, nor do I associate the animal with...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2023 Current Events Study Guide
- Replies: 182
- Views: 382002
Re: 2023 Current Events Study Guide
VP Kamala Harris makes history by casting her 32nd tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate. The previous record holder was John C. Calhoun, who cast 31 tie-breaking votes during his eight years as vice president, from 1825 to 1832.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Fun with NBC's "The Weakest Link"
- Replies: 218
- Views: 78770
Re: Fun with NBC's "The Weakest Link"
Weakest Link returned for a special holiday episode. First time ever in this version, a PERFECT chain. I confess, I rather enjoyed this themed episode. There were a number of strong players, and most were in a jolly mood, particularly the elf. Each one seemed bummed every time they had to vote some...