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Another thing, for the record: The story above about Fiorello La Guardia is entirely made up. I find no evidence that La Guardia ever was a reporter, and in 1898 16-year-old La Guardia was living with his family in Europe. He didn't return to the US until 1906. Source: https://books.google.com/book...

Alb and Sask, and I just drew a blank on the identifiable Hemingway title...Almost blanked on Pulitzer, but it clicked with just enough time to scrawl...
NHO Maren Morris, that I recall...(But uh-oh, she was in another clue in 2019... )

Altogether I have to say this was a weak game and a poor field of contestants. The middle man snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. His performance on the 2 Daily Doubles was thoroughly unimpressive. We look forward to your impressive performance that we can all laud. (Seriously; keep in mind t...

As a Missourian, I'm all about Mr. Clemens :). But the highbrows and mucky-mucks that decide what is "Classic" may not care to elevate a humorist and iconoclast. "Classic" for J! is what endures, making room for Conan Doyle and, say, Bram Stoker. But if you're talking about literary reputation, the...

As a Missourian, I'm all about Mr. Clemens :). But the highbrows and mucky-mucks that decide what is "Classic" may not care to elevate a humorist and iconoclast. "Classic" for J! is what endures, making room for Conan Doyle and, say, Bram Stoker. But if you're talking about literary reputation, the...

from North Dakota Rules of Court Rule 6.1, Courtroom Oaths- ...To a witness. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So help you God....A person must be allowed to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath, by substituting the word "affirm" for the wo...

:roll: :) :?: on DDs. Once again the third DD is not found. Seriously, named for the Mini Cooper? :shock: Stumbled into the correct FJ! response after swatting away The Great Gatsby. :mrgreen: I had the same thought about DD1. I had no idea so I guessed Mustang skirt, because.... 1960s car. I searc...

When they had Glenn Close recording clues, too bad they didn't have her record today's theater DD. She starred in that production as St. Joan's mom. Even though the choices are few, I started scrawling late and found Saskatchewan pretty unnerving to write quickly but legibly, so I fretted over wheth...

BrigadierSolo13 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:18 pm

US State + named after an English county = only one choice as far as I know.

Pretty straightforward once you ignore the coastline part of the clue.

If I'd ignored the coastline part I wouldn't have got it. I admit I forgot the -shire that comes after York...

I got the BMS for "clover" to "shamrock", but I'm still a little unclear as to why it mattered. "Four-leaf clover" is a clear neg because of "trifolate", but if she corrected herself in time to "clover", I didn't quite get the reason for the distinction. I guess all shamrocks are clovers, but not a...

With no sports to watch I often keep my TV still on KGO after J! instead of immediately changing the channel. Instead of WoF coming on it was David Muir with ABC news again. Not a special break-in, but a replay of the earlier national broadcast. Wheel has been bumped to the middle of the night this...

Golf will like having a GOLF category and I enjoyed the sweep even though the valuations seemed a little scrambled. I would have ordered them: $200 Eagle $400 Wedge $600 St. Andrews $800 U.S. and British $1000 Croquet ------------------------- Did not think any of these five were complete gimmes, y...

Changed my mind about 8 times in the Friday :30 - I would like to think with the leisure of contemplation I would have settled on Truman...

talkingaway wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:58 pm

Alex: No, Sacremento is the state (with the church).

Just to be clear about who was making the mistakes in the game, Alex didn't say this. He correctly identified the state.

Like many, I flipped the FJ coin back and forth over and over and came down on the wrong side...

Had MTA for Police Squad $800 — judges? Nope. The MTA runs the buses and subway. They don't have a police unit (which is basically why Adam was negged. If he had just said the Transit Police, which is part of the NYPD, he'd have been fine.). Actually the MTA does have a police force, but its jurisd...

Puzzled by this since the Elgin marbles were taken from the Parthenon in Greece Yes. Also the category was about types of parties. Mummy unwrapping parties were a thing in 19th C Britain... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-party-people-unrolled-mummies-for-fun I disagree with Alex ab...

...Fawlty Towers in the '70s? Monty Python would've been a better guess. :shock: ... ?? Fawlty Towers was aired first-run from 1975-1979. It's true I suppose, MP would have been more likely to have an audience advisory... but I'm not sure what "concerns" either Cleese show ever addressed. The sale ...

:mrgreen: :? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Should have gotten China, didn't know the phrase was used about Hong Kong, but should have deduced it (or noticed the significance of the year!)... Haven't heard the Dexter story, even just now I wondered for a second if this was a re...

Since the contestants were pointed toward WOMEN AUTHORS , am I wrong to think answering with a politician (or any other public figure that is not primarily known as a writer) is a deviation from/misinterpretation of the category? Isn't this akin to answering with a US president when the category is...

More eyebrow-raising to me was Michonne successfully altering two of her responses, changing "Eurorail" to "Eurail Pass" when Alex asked her to say it again, and "roll vote" to "roll call" when Alex hesitated. I know it's fair game to take another stab if Alex hasn't ruled against you, but with the...