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TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:43 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:15 pm How about this one? 5-time Olympic medalist in 2008 - Nastia Liukin
Which country?
Can I ask the audience?
Sure, go ahead and ask US.
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Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:47 pm Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
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econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:52 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:47 pm Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
I liked that hint. Perhaps I need to include those hand-holding hints such as she was on a box of Wheaties and appeared on DWTS?
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econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:52 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:47 pm Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
No you didn't.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:58 pm
OntarioQuizzer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:22 pm USSR = that name sounded Russian.
[citation needed]

"Sounds X" is the worst type of TOM ever. That clearly didn't sound Russian to the three people onstage, so it was a clunker.
Ends in "sky" = Russian in the top row.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:29 pm
econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:52 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:47 pm Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
No you didn't.
He did, in an "Idiotest" sort of way.
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seaborgium wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:38 am
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:29 pm
econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:52 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:47 pm Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
No you didn't.
He did, in an "Idiotest" sort of way.
Oh, I get it! "Nastia Liukin" anagrams to "a Tunisia link." Am I doing this right?
I would prefer not to.
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seaborgium wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:38 am
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:29 pm
econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:52 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:47 pm Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
No you didn't.
He did, in an "Idiotest" sort of way.
Yeah, and we all know how awful I am at Idiotest puzzles.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:22 am
seaborgium wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:38 am
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:29 pm
econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:52 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:47 pm Nastia Liukin could belong to any country for all I know.
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
No you didn't.
He did, in an "Idiotest" sort of way.
Yeah, and we all know how awful I am at Idiotest puzzles.
Yes, I know. That's why I didn't simply say "Yes he did."
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So what was the puzzle?
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econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:38 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:43 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:15 pm How about this one? 5-time Olympic medalist in 2008 - Nastia Liukin
Which country?
Can I ask the audience?
Sure, go ahead and ask US.
This was when you asked the audience.
Now swimming in the J! pool.
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This thread is starting to get awfully meta.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:58 pm
OntarioQuizzer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:22 pm USSR = that name sounded Russian.
"Sounds X" is the worst type of TOM ever. That clearly didn't sound Russian to the three people onstage, so it was a clunker.
It's not the worst, but it is a clue. I didn't identify the name as Russian, either. I went with Polish, although Ukranian wouldn't be a bad guess. And I suspect that there are a couple of other countries in that region that are reasonable guesses for the name - Romania comes to mind.

Combine that with 5 medals in gymnastics and you're probably left with a toss up between Russia/USSR and Romania. (Which isn't Poland, but I didn't have 5 minutes to logic this out, only a couple of seconds.)

Of course, in the after-the-fact analysis, we learn that names ending in -sky are most likely Russian, and names ending in -ski are probably Polish. So that's one of my 3 things to learn today.
--Peter
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1stlvlthinker wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:35 am
econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:38 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:43 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:15 pm How about this one? 5-time Olympic medalist in 2008 - Nastia Liukin
Which country?
Can I ask the audience?
Sure, go ahead and ask US.
This was when you asked the audience.
I don't get it
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:43 pm
1stlvlthinker wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:35 am
econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:38 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:43 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:15 pm How about this one? 5-time Olympic medalist in 2008 - Nastia Liukin
Which country?
Can I ask the audience?
Sure, go ahead and ask US.
This was when you asked the audience.
I don't get it
Ask US - as in United States.
--Peter
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Peter the accountant wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:50 pm Ask US - as in United States.
And what does that have to do with the name given?
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:44 pm
Peter the accountant wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:50 pm Ask US - as in United States.
And what does that have to do with the name given?
The question was which country she was from.
Now swimming in the J! pool.
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1stlvlthinker wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:03 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:44 pm
Peter the accountant wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:50 pm Ask US - as in United States.
And what does that have to do with the name given?
The question was which country she was from.
But I'm not seeing how I'm supposed to figure it out.
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To recap:
seaborgium wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:11 am
TenPoundHammer wrote:
seaborgium wrote:
TenPoundHammer wrote:
econgator wrote:
That's not a question.

And I already gave you the answer,
No you didn't.
He did, in an "Idiotest" sort of way.
Yeah, and we all know how awful I am at Idiotest puzzles.
Yes, I know. That's why I didn't simply say "Yes he did."
Peter the accountant wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:50 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:43 pm
1stlvlthinker wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:35 am
econgator wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:38 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:43 pm

Can I ask the audience?
Sure, go ahead and ask US.
This was when you asked the audience.
I don't get it
Ask US - as in United States.
Now swimming in the J! pool.
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