Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Second missed FJ in a row.
I answered "The Story of Philosophy" for the Will and Ariel Durant one (I was reading it just a couple of weeks ago, it was fresh in my mind), initially gave myself credit for it, then after the was show pulled it out to double-check and it turns out his wife didn't collaborate on that one, so I negged it.
"Gallophobia," on the other hand, was an instaget for me--"Gallomania" is a term that comes up rather often in the historiography of the period I study, so the transition from "-mania" to "-phobia" was an easy one.
I answered "The Story of Philosophy" for the Will and Ariel Durant one (I was reading it just a couple of weeks ago, it was fresh in my mind), initially gave myself credit for it, then after the was show pulled it out to double-check and it turns out his wife didn't collaborate on that one, so I negged it.
"Gallophobia," on the other hand, was an instaget for me--"Gallomania" is a term that comes up rather often in the historiography of the period I study, so the transition from "-mania" to "-phobia" was an easy one.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
I'm sure I heard that "Gallophobia" (fear of the French) before, complete with cheap wine TOM. Since my computers down its hard to check, can someone confirm its been used before?KurtWeber wrote:Second missed FJ in a row.
I answered "The Story of Philosophy" for the Will and Ariel Durant one (I was reading it just a couple of weeks ago, it was fresh in my mind), initially gave myself credit for it, then after the was show pulled it out to double-check and it turns out his wife didn't collaborate on that one, so I negged it.
"Gallophobia," on the other hand, was an instaget for me--"Gallomania" is a term that comes up rather often in the historiography of the period I study, so the transition from "-mania" to "-phobia" was an easy one.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Yup, got it.dhkendall wrote:I'm sure I heard that "Gallophobia" (fear of the French) before, complete with cheap wine TOM. Since my computers down its hard to check, can someone confirm its been used before?KurtWeber wrote:Second missed FJ in a row.
I answered "The Story of Philosophy" for the Will and Ariel Durant one (I was reading it just a couple of weeks ago, it was fresh in my mind), initially gave myself credit for it, then after the was show pulled it out to double-check and it turns out his wife didn't collaborate on that one, so I negged it.
"Gallophobia," on the other hand, was an instaget for me--"Gallomania" is a term that comes up rather often in the historiography of the period I study, so the transition from "-mania" to "-phobia" was an easy one.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Between the Wilmington DE/NC trap and saying "mini" for "hoop skirt", I had minus $1200 at the first break. I finished J! with 2/30 and negative $600. This is the first time I've ever had a negative Coryat coming out of a round.
How can I tell that WA has a shorter shore than Oregon? Even looking at the map, they both look super-close to me.
Was the board just off, or was it just me? The Sports on Film seemed very obscure, given the three TSes, and Nail Polish and Civil War were just stupid categories.
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DJ! was much kinder to me with 11/30 and an $8,800 gain. Surprisingly for me, it was Insects, and not the books or NYT, that was an 0/5.
Bumblebee was a major headslap. After killer bee and honey bee were negged, I was thinking, "what other kinds of bees are there?!?" (A deadly bee weapon. Bees. My God.)
Coins was super-easy except for $800. Kindly uncles? Silver dollars? Bwuh?!
Ran Make It a Double Letter. Which is odd since I usually hold my own in word categories, but was totally lost on 11 Letters in J!
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No guess on FJ! Did anyone get that? It seemed insanely vague and opaque.
How can I tell that WA has a shorter shore than Oregon? Even looking at the map, they both look super-close to me.
Was the board just off, or was it just me? The Sports on Film seemed very obscure, given the three TSes, and Nail Polish and Civil War were just stupid categories.
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DJ! was much kinder to me with 11/30 and an $8,800 gain. Surprisingly for me, it was Insects, and not the books or NYT, that was an 0/5.
Bumblebee was a major headslap. After killer bee and honey bee were negged, I was thinking, "what other kinds of bees are there?!?" (A deadly bee weapon. Bees. My God.)
Coins was super-easy except for $800. Kindly uncles? Silver dollars? Bwuh?!
Ran Make It a Double Letter. Which is odd since I usually hold my own in word categories, but was totally lost on 11 Letters in J!
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No guess on FJ! Did anyone get that? It seemed insanely vague and opaque.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Can I ask, by the way, what clue the Daily DOuble was in the Jeopardy! ROund?
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
I know it was in 11 Letters for $600, but I can't remember the clue.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Thanks!TenPoundHammer wrote:I know it was in 11 Letters for $600, but I can't remember the clue.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Sports seemed like an odd order more than anything else. Senna at 600 with Goon and Crossover below it was odd placement
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
TenPoundHammer wrote:Between the Wilmington DE/NC trap
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
What an exciting game! Timothy shot himself in the foot with some incorrect guesses toward the beginning, but dominated until David's run toward the end got him past 2/3 of Timothy's score. Katie didn't seem like a bad player but David and Timothy were good and quick, especially in DJ. (One thing I noticed about Timothy is that he held the buzzer exactly the same way I did.)
I liked the fact that David made the largest bet he could to win on a triple stumper. Interestingly, if Timothy offers a tie by betting $7200, he is a co-champion!
I got FJ wrong (I think I said Oliver Wendell Holmes even though I knew it was wrong), but I was shouting at the screen on buffalo nickel, super and supper, and one or two others that escape me at the moment. And I switched from DE to NC "in time".
FWIW, I like/don't mind David.
I liked the fact that David made the largest bet he could to win on a triple stumper. Interestingly, if Timothy offers a tie by betting $7200, he is a co-champion!
I got FJ wrong (I think I said Oliver Wendell Holmes even though I knew it was wrong), but I was shouting at the screen on buffalo nickel, super and supper, and one or two others that escape me at the moment. And I switched from DE to NC "in time".
FWIW, I like/don't mind David.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Could be if you aren't a sports fan. I love both rugby and Formula 1 racing (and Senna is a great movie about the best F1 driver who ever lived), so those were easy and the other couple -- "Goon" and "Crossover" best-known in hockey and basketball.TenPoundHammer wrote:Was the board just off, or was it just me? The Sports on Film seemed very obscure
For FJ, I knew Longfellow was born in Maine and timing seemed correct, so that was my guess.
And yet again, we get the "let's bet a nice round number and lose the game" bet.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Under 11-Letter Words:Lumosityfan wrote:Can I ask, by the way, what clue the Daily DOuble was in the Jeopardy! ROund?
"Adjective for actions that can be supported by reasoning, like certain homicides."
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Well, the more usual bet of $7201 would still lose by a dollar.econgator wrote: And yet again, we get the "let's bet a nice round number and lose the game" bet.
Edited to add my fervent agreement to billy pilgrim's next post.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
That letters from the Civil War mess has got to be the worst category they have ever had.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
No, that's still 2 COMPLETELY UNRELATED ITEMS.billy pilgrim wrote:That letters from the Civil War mess has got to be the worst category they have ever had.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Bad clue, imo.elijahjt wrote:Under 11-Letter Words:Lumosityfan wrote:Can I ask, by the way, what clue the Daily DOuble was in the Jeopardy! ROund?
"Adjective for actions that can be supported by reasoning, like certain homicides."
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A killer's reasoning could be: "Everybody hated Aunt Hetty, and she was pretty sick and not enjoying life. And I really, really need the money she was leaving me in her will. So I bumped her off." But that reasoning doesn't make the killing justified. Only a few reasons are considered good and adequate to justify killing someone.
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At least the unrelated items were actually unrelated. Only one of the civil war clues had anything to do with the civil war.silverscreentest wrote:No, that's still 2 COMPLETELY UNRELATED ITEMS.billy pilgrim wrote:That letters from the Civil War mess has got to be the worst category they have ever had.
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Re: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Agree with the Civil War category. Managed to get my first Final of the week by thinking literature and 1800s American authors/poets