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Quilting was a guess that seemed reasonable.

I figured devangari was about the Hindi alphabet, but my guess of Cyrillic was too far down the list. Couldn't remember what exactly you would call the "English alphabet", and I incorrectly put Cyrillic ahead of Arabic in my mind.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced Tuesday that six of his books would be retired due to "racist and insensitive illustrations": * And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (the first Dr. Seuss book) * If I Ran The Zoo (the first appearance of the word "nerd") * McElligot's Pool * The Cat's Quizzer...

Mr. Potato Head is dropping the title from its name, and will be known as simply "Potato Head" starting in the fall.

Got five of the six yesterday (missed Ben). Lost to the only six-pack in the rundle, which is a bit frustrating.

My old nemesis, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, has died at age 101.

The steps of the casting process the first time around were: a) 10-minute, 50-question Zoom-proctored quiz b) if you do well enough on the Zoom quiz, you will shortly after get an invitation to a group Zoom session. There you and a small cohort will answer a bunch of multiple choice "at the table" q...

The British version is also, critically, a daily show, so, combined with the lower prize pots, it's much more acceptable that the contestants only win once every five episodes or so. If the chasers win 80% of the time on a weekly show, you could go a couple of months without ever seeing any money gi...

My best guess is "I hope you're getting a lot of benefit about that; I know it made you feel good." although I'm not sure if that's 'you're getting' or 'we're getting'.

Note: according to LL's Twitter, out of deference to those suffering power outages, MD1 has been postponed until Monday, 2/22.

Yeah, I also landed on Rue Morgue for the first half of the think music before I realized Poe was American and it wasn't a novel. Was able to switch over to C&P (a book I have been meaning to read for years but have never gotten past the first 50 pages or so) with plenty of time.

I'm guessing they go back and re-tape some of those facts. I noticed today that during the next-to-last clue in the 2nd round, Ken was up on Muffy 900-600, but when they cut to Jonathan for the fact, it showed Muffy with 1000 (and she did, indeed, get the final clue correct). I sometimes wonder if,...

LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:03 am

Jane was very nice this week as she accepted "Great British Baking Show" rather than the intended answer of "Great British Bake Off".

It's usually called "Baking Show" in the US (certainly on Netflix and PBS) because Pillsbury owns the right to the term "bake off" over here.

Per Ken in Thursday's episode, the cut-off for the next ToC has already passed (Brian Chang will be in the subsequent tournament).

Actress Cloris Leachman has died at age 94. While more commonly remembered today for her comedic work in films like Young Frankenstein and TV shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show , its spin-off Phyllis , and her recurring role on Malcolm in the Middle , she was also an accomplished dramatic actress,...

12K + FJ.

About half of the show was pre-empted here for Biden's speech this evening.

Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate and Republican funder, has died at age 87.

In 2006, Ken was the host of Face Off Minnesota, an NAQT-affiliated high school quiz bowl program on Twin Cities Public Television. https://youtu.be/7RiNfnDp1nE (Hey! Inline video is working again. Thanks RKS!) Was that doppelganger night? I saw guys in the crowd that looked like Brian Weikle, Mark...

jeffwolfe wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:30 am

How far in advance does J! usually tape?

About 9-10 weeks. I originally taped mid-January and aired April 1. I don't know if the timeline has changed in recent years, though.

Donald Trump's Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, has been "permanently suspended" (aka banned).