Bamaman wrote:Since Dave said his time is done that means there wasn't a triple zero game in one of the other semifinals.
Geez, way to spoil the suspense, Dave!
I have no excuse for my antisocial behavior.
I was surprised that they continued to keep us sequestered after this game was over. I asked if I could move over to the other half of the audience and sit with my friends and family and was told, "Not yet." After the semifinals were completed all of us eliminated players went to lunch together at the commissary while the three finalists went back to the green room (I think) for lunch.
When we all returned for the finals our loved ones were put in the usual friends and family area across the aisle in the right side of the house. This was our first chance to see and talk to them all day, and we invited a few over into the contestant area so we could sit together. This drew a stern response from the security guard, even when we explained that all of us were done playing. She had to verify with Corina before our sequestering was officially over.
alietr wrote:I got some good Lach Trash (Risky Business and a coupla others), but otherwise I was just stumbling around on these boards for some reason.
Congrats again to Dave on two very well-played games. I was rooting for you. Even among a group of really good people, you came across as especially nice.
I think the questioning of your DD wager is mostly hindsight. If the quote had been from "Judgment at Nuremberg" instead of everyone's TNT replay favorite, I doubt people would be as critical.
alietr wrote:I got some good Lach Trash (Risky Business and a coupla others), but otherwise I was just stumbling around on these boards for some reason.
Same here. Kiel Canal is one I recall.
Yeah, Kiel was an easy one from Diplomacy.
I can never keep the German pronunciation of ie and ei straight, and I can't remember how Kiel was pronounced last night. So, is it "Kyle" or "Keel"? And would both have been acceptable?
This Is Kirk! wrote:
Same here. Kiel Canal is one I recall.
Yeah, Kiel was an easy one from Diplomacy.
I can never keep the German pronunciation of ie and ei straight, and I can't remember how Kiel was pronounced last night. So, is it "Kyle" or "Keel"? And would both have been acceptable?
The rule for German is that in an ie/ei situation the second vowel is the one that gets pronounced. Thus Kiel is pronounced "keel". But I think both would have been ruled acceptable given that the judges are usually pretty lenient on wrong pronunciations provided that the word as written could be pronounced as spoken.
falsifieddocuments wrote:Have they ever had to use an alternate for the semis? What would Alex say if that happened?
It happens on "Wipeout". Anderson and Henson usually make some lame joke about the other player not being able to go forward. Meanwhile, I figure the poor person is laid up in the hospital for a week or two.
Swift'sSecondCourse wrote:The rule for German is that in an ie/ei situation the second vowel is the one that gets pronounced. Thus Kiel is pronounced "keel". But I think both would have been ruled acceptable given that the judges are usually pretty lenient on wrong pronunciations provided that the word as written could be pronounced as spoken.
For some reason, I intrepreted "German canal" to be asking for the German word for canal, which is kanal. Which I knew couldn't be what they were looking for, so I was lost.
First, congrats to all three for nice performances, and second special congrats to Kristin for advancing.
Now, one thing that I can't believe no one else has said about this FJ:
I came up with Take Five almost instantly because it is a synonym for "Time Out," and because the date in the clue seemed about right for Brubek. Then I tried to figure out what else it could be, because surely it couldn't be Take Five, because, um, Take Five is not a freaking song, people, any more than Beethoven's Symphony #7 is a song.
What am I missing here? A song has lyrics, and AFAIK Take Five is purely instrumental. If the category name said "Classic Jazz Titles" or "...Numbers," then all is OK. But IMO the word "Song" in the category name was horribly missleading. PS I did leave my answer because nothing else made sense. But really, now!
I know one of the classical composers wrote a piece called "Song Without Words," but even the title acknowledges the inherent contradition.
Nicely played game on a board that I thought was well balanced enough to reward a top player. Dave seemed to be the one who relished the "game" aspects of J! (which makes sense) so his bet was surprising.
Picked up some decent trash (Egypt - though I've usually seen Mamelukes, Nuremburg, Risky Business) but left some behind that the players got (crepe, anaphylactic, mole.) Blew Shawshank, though I've seen it a bunch.
Another FJ that I found ez. Haven't had to think for 2 seconds on any of the first 6, which is odd. And will surely end now that I've said so.
John Boy wrote:First, congrats to all three for nice performances, and second special congrats to Kristin for advancing.
Now, one thing that I can't believe no one else has said about this FJ:
I came up with Take Five almost instantly because it is a synonym for "Time Out," and because the date in the clue seemed about right for Brubek. Then I tried to figure out what else it could be, because surely it couldn't be Take Five, because, um, Take Five is not a freaking song, people, any more than Beethoven's Symphony #7 is a song.
What am I missing here? A song has lyrics, and AFAIK Take Five is purely instrumental. If the category name said "Classic Jazz Titles" or "...Numbers," then all is OK. But IMO the word "Song" in the category name was horribly missleading. PS I did leave my answer because nothing else made sense. But really, now!
I know one of the classical composers wrote a piece called "Song Without Words," but even the title acknowledges the inherent contradition.
John Boy wrote:I came up with Take Five almost instantly because it is a synonym for "Time Out,"
This is the part that I found misleading. Aren't synonyms usually the same part of speech? I can't think of a sentence where you could substitute one for the other.