The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

[jeffwolfe]

What was the TOM for Little League on We Are the Champions for $400?

The city of Williamsport, PA

I only get two other hits for Williamsport + little league, the last from 2008.

I searched on Williamsport and got 20 hits, not including 2 contestants from there and 1 red herring (an incorrect guess that had nothing to do with baseball).

[jeff6286]

What was the TOM for Little League on We Are the Champions for $400?

The city of Williamsport, PA

I only get two other hits for Williamsport + little league, the last from 2008.

I get 19. I know I've asked this a bunch of times before and you always ignore it or otherwise don't respond but you really have to resort to lying to justify not knowing something?

[Bamaman]

http://www.j-archive.com/search.php?sea ... mit=Search

Here you go, TPH.

[mas3cf]

Is there a way to remember the Sunni/Shiite coinflip? I always pick the wrong one, just like literally every coinflip ever.

Iran (and to a lesser extent, Iraq) = Shiite. Everywhere else = Sunni.

You can remember this because Shiite has two i's, and Iran and Iraq both start with I's.

[opusthepenguin]

Is there a way to remember the Sunni/Shiite coinflip? I always pick the wrong one, just like literally every coinflip ever.

Iran (and to a lesser extent, Iraq) = Shiite. Everywhere else = Sunni.

You can remember this because Shiite has two i's, and Iran and Iraq both start with I's.

I just remember that the Sunni branch has a sunnier disposition toward the West. The Shiites, by comparison are... well, come up with your own mnemonic. From there, a little knowledge of Iran's current behavior or its history over the last 40 years should get you to the obvious guess.

[Bamaman]

The clue about the hospital in New Orleans mentioned Tulane. Tulane University is in New Orleans.

[TenPoundHammer]

The clue about the hospital in New Orleans mentioned Tulane. Tulane University is in New Orleans.

I am aware that there is a university called Tulane, but I don't think I've ever had to match it to even so much as a region of the country before. If I were, I probably would have been way off base.

There I go again, only half-knowing things...

[A Wray]

I just remember that the Sunni branch has a sunnier disposition toward the West. The Shiites, by comparison are... well, come up with your own mnemonic. From there, a little knowledge of Iran's current behavior or its history over the last 40 years should get you to the obvious guess.

Um...what? Al-Qaeda? ISIS?

And Shia Iran, before the revolution, was one of the most pro-Western countries in the Muslim world.

[MarkBarrett]

I like to buy an "L": https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/flin ... unate-typo

[TenPoundHammer]

I like to buy an "L": https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/flin ... unate-typo

I've had so many people share that with me, and it gets no less funny each time.

[opusthepenguin]

I like to buy an "L": https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/flin ... unate-typo

Don't worry about proofreading. That's what spellcheck is for.

[Rackme32]

I like to buy an "L": https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/flin ... unate-typo

Don't worry about proofreading. That's what spellcheck is for.

You mean, "spelcheck", right?

[ParrotRob]

I like to buy an "L": https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/flin ... unate-typo

Don't worry about proofreading. That's what spellcheck is for.

You mean, "spelcheck", right?

I can't believe they misspelled "read" in that article...

[TenPoundHammer]

I can't believe they misspelled "read" in that article...

It's like the opposite of the lead/led mistake that everyone makes.

[davey]

I like to buy an "L": https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/flin ... unate-typo

Don't worry about proofreading. That's what spellcheck is for.

You mean, "spelcheck", right?

I can't believe they misspelled "read" in that article...

"sharped eyed viewers," "pun instead," "popping up on as responses"...It seems like the article was written by sloppy AI...or maybe on somebody's phone.

[TenPoundHammer]

NHO "pulgar" after two years of college Spanish, so...oops. I did recognize "dedo" for "finger", so that's proof that I remembered something from way back then, but there was no way I was going to get to thumb.

I somehow never learned the word "ambos" (both) in four years of high school Spanish, most of which were spent also having a Peruvian classmate, a Colombian exchange student, and a half-Mexican friend of the family.

Vltava = Prague came up as recently as May but somehow wasn't enough of a Hawley-Smoot to stick in my brain.

[Euphonium]

Is there a way to remember the Sunni/Shiite coinflip? I always pick the wrong one, just like literally every coinflip ever.

Iran (and to a lesser extent, Iraq) = Shiite. Everywhere else = Sunni.

You can remember this because Shiite has two i's, and Iran and Iraq both start with I's.

I always remember it with "Shia" and "Persia"

[Bamaman]

The fact that I don't know anything ABOUT the Magna Carta other than "important early document" sank me here and caused me to clam.

I really need to work on this "half-knowing" thing. So many things I'm aware exist, but couldn't tell you what they are.

The mention of knights should point to a very old document.

[opusthepenguin]

The fact that I don't know anything ABOUT the Magna Carta other than "important early document" sank me here and caused me to clam.

I really need to work on this "half-knowing" thing. So many things I'm aware exist, but couldn't tell you what they are.

The mention of knights should point to a very old document.

But not too old. The Declaration of Independence is definitely too modern, so go back. But if you hit the Code of Hammurabi, you've gone too far. Shoulda pulled over and asked for directions somewhere in the middle ages.

[TenPoundHammer]

But not too old. The Declaration of Independence is definitely too modern, so go back. But if you hit the Code of Hammurabi, you've gone too far. Shoulda pulled over and asked for directions somewhere in the middle ages.

But considering that my knowledge of world history is almost nonexistant, I figured it was FAR more likely to be something that wasn't on my radar.