Not really, because...TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:48 pm I know that QEII is still ruling. But corgi = British royalty seems like a very obtuse connection for the top box.
CasketRomance wrote: she is well known for having corgis
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Not really, because...TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:48 pm I know that QEII is still ruling. But corgi = British royalty seems like a very obtuse connection for the top box.
CasketRomance wrote: she is well known for having corgis
Has "corgi" EVER come up as a TOM for British royalty before? Not that I was able to find.1stlvlthinker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:20 pmNot really, because...TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:48 pm I know that QEII is still ruling. But corgi = British royalty seems like a very obtuse connection for the top box.
CasketRomance wrote: she is well known for having corgis
Next time try looking in the j-archive. You'll find clues about "This favorite of the British royalty" and "in 1991 one of these pets bit Queen Elizabeth II" and a picture of a corgi "taking this future world leader [hint: it's Elizabeth] for a walk in Hyde Park around 1940". Still another clue says "A dorgi was the royal result when one of QEII's corgis bred with one of these dogs owned by Princess Margaret". That clue provides the association rather than asking for it, so corgi isn't used as a TOM. And while the clue "The Pembroke variety of this breed is popular with royalty" doesn't specify that the royalty are British, "Pembroke" is a pretty British name.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:06 pmHas "corgi" EVER come up as a TOM for British royalty before? Not that I was able to find.1stlvlthinker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:20 pmNot really, because...TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:48 pm I know that QEII is still ruling. But corgi = British royalty seems like a very obtuse connection for the top box.
CasketRomance wrote: she is well known for having corgis
QE2's getting on in years. If the royal dogs have a lower profile once she's gone then it might not.
Nope. British royalty is the only reasonable guess. And since the clue speaks about the royalty in the preset tense (well, present perfect) and refers to "her reign," there's only one reasonable guess. If we were guessing from among all female British monarchs, there'd still be only two reasonable guesses--Elizabeth II and Victoria. No other British queens have reigned long enough to go through 30 corgis.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:06 pmAgain, unless you know every. single. detail about British royalty, it might as well be ANY of the dozen or so queens currently reigning. It could be Queen Latifah. It could be Queen Amidala. It could be Brian May.
Weird. Almost none of those came up when I did "corgi" site:j-archive.com. Is Google gaslighting me?opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:31 pm Next time try looking in the j-archive. You'll find clues about "This favorite of the British royalty" and "in 1991 one of these pets bit Queen Elizabeth II" and a picture of a corgi "taking this future world leader [hint: it's Elizabeth] for a walk in Hyde Park around 1940". Still another clue says "A dorgi was the royal result when one of QEII's corgis bred with one of these dogs owned by Princess Margaret". That clue provides the association rather than asking for it, so corgi isn't used as a TOM.
The hell it is. That name could be from literally anywhere.
Because there is only one queen currently reigning in the entire world, right?TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:06 pmAnd since the clue speaks about the royalty in the preset tense (well, present perfect) and refers to "her reign," there's only one reasonable guess.
a. You're gaslighting yourself.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:35 pmWeird. Almost none of those came up when I did "corgi" site:j-archive.com. Is Google gaslighting me?opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:31 pm Next time try looking in the j-archive. You'll find clues about "This favorite of the British royalty" and "in 1991 one of these pets bit Queen Elizabeth II" and a picture of a corgi "taking this future world leader [hint: it's Elizabeth] for a walk in Hyde Park around 1940". Still another clue says "A dorgi was the royal result when one of QEII's corgis bred with one of these dogs owned by Princess Margaret". That clue provides the association rather than asking for it, so corgi isn't used as a TOM.
The hell it is. That name could be from literally anywhere.
Because there is only one queen currently reigning in the entire world, right?TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:06 pmAnd since the clue speaks about the royalty in the preset tense (well, present perfect) and refers to "her reign," there's only one reasonable guess.
i know next to nothing about british royalty, but that old bag and corgis is pretty synonymous, dudeTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:06 pmHas "corgi" EVER come up as a TOM for British royalty before? Not that I was able to find.1stlvlthinker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:20 pmNot really, because...TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:48 pm I know that QEII is still ruling. But corgi = British royalty seems like a very obtuse connection for the top box.
CasketRomance wrote: she is well known for having corgis
Will it ever come up again? Probably not.
Again, unless you know every. single. detail about British royalty, it might as well be ANY of the dozen or so queens currently reigning. It could be Queen Latifah. It could be Queen Amidala. It could be Brian May.
Are you sure? Because I don't remember the word "British" being in the clue at all:
No, I'm still not seeing the word "British" anywhere in that clue. Without the word "British", it might as well be any of the other queens out there.During her reign, she's had at least 30 corgis, all descended from one given to her on her 18th birthday
Welsh, to be specific.
Those are pretty poor guesses for the question at hand, given they're not actually a queen, fictional, and male. I'll bite on your numerical assertion, how many current female real-life queens can you name?TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:06 pm Again, unless you know every. single. detail about British royalty, it might as well be ANY of the dozen or so queens currently reigning. It could be Queen Latifah. It could be Queen Amidala. It could be Brian May.
This article lists 13 who are currently reigning (as of February). Absent the Corgi knowledge, should I not expect it to be one of those? They have thrown a ringer in the top box before.
I meant how many could you name without looking?TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:52 pmThis article lists 13 who are currently reigning (as of February). Absent the Corgi knowledge, should I not expect it to be one of those? They have thrown a ringer in the top box before.
could you have named any of those 13 other than queen elizabeth 2 without looking them up?TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:52 pmThis article lists 13 who are currently reigning (as of February). Absent the Corgi knowledge, should I not expect it to be one of those? They have thrown a ringer in the top box before.
of course it does...it is the fricking top box....almost all top boxes take 0 effort to come up with...they are free squares for the most partTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:19 pmJust QEII, but that by no means guarantees she'll be the right answer. They very well could trick us by throwing one of the lesser known queens in there.
Except for the ones that don't. I've seen top boxes that polled <10% here.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:48 pm of course it does...it is the fricking top box....almost all top boxes take 0 effort to come up with...they are free squares for the most part
many times? CTFO....a few times, perhaps....but on the whole the fricking top box clues are gimmesTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:23 pmExcept for the ones that don't. I've seen top boxes that polled <10% here.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:48 pm of course it does...it is the fricking top box....almost all top boxes take 0 effort to come up with...they are free squares for the most part
Why should I not expect a trap clue in the top box? It's happened before. Many times.
I just hit a complete blank when trying to think of ANY oceanic feature or "area" of the Atlantic. It happens.
what else could it have been? i got it in like half a secondTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:37 amI just hit a complete blank when trying to think of ANY oceanic feature or "area" of the Atlantic. It happens.
It doesn't help that I always forget how close the Caribbean actually is to Florida. It just SOUNDS like it should be a zillion miles from nowhere like Hawaii is.
I just hit a complete blank and couldn't think of even a valid WAG.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:03 amwhat else could it have been? i got it in like half a secondTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:37 amI just hit a complete blank when trying to think of ANY oceanic feature or "area" of the Atlantic. It happens.
It doesn't help that I always forget how close the Caribbean actually is to Florida. It just SOUNDS like it should be a zillion miles from nowhere like Hawaii is.