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Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:10 pm
by opusthepenguin
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pm "Auld" = old = not new, so not New Year's Day. No coin necessary.
I'm not so sure about that. Auld Lang Syne is generally sung after midnight at a New Year's party. I'd be reluctant to ring in and guess whether that's considered Eve or Day.
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pmWhat season is foggy? I guessed autumn, but like "a great time to drink," I don't feel that really narrows it down. May be a YEKIOYD.
In northern European climates, autumn is the time for fog. Keats famously called it "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" in his poem "To Autumn".

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:49 pm
by CailinGaoilge
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:10 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pm "Auld" = old = not new, so not New Year's Day. No coin necessary.
I'm not so sure about that. Auld Lang Syne is generally sung after midnight at a New Year's party. I'd be reluctant to ring in and guess whether that's considered Eve or Day.
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pmWhat season is foggy? I guessed autumn, but like "a great time to drink," I don't feel that really narrows it down. May be a YEKIOYD.
In northern European climates, autumn is the time for fog. Keats famously called it "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" in his poem "To Autumn".
Hogmanay is New Year's Eve, so it's the Eve rather than the Day they're looking for.

As for the 'foggy' clue, you're both right with autumn, since foghar is (Scots) Gaelic for autumn. But I'd definitely consider this one very tricky for anyone not familiar with what is a fairly obscure language.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:33 am
by seaborgium
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:10 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pm "Auld" = old = not new, so not New Year's Day. No coin necessary.
I'm not so sure about that. Auld Lang Syne is generally sung after midnight at a New Year's party. I'd be reluctant to ring in and guess whether that's considered Eve or Day.
Yeah, but "Auld" isn't describing the new year in the song.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:23 am
by opusthepenguin
seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:33 am
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:10 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pm "Auld" = old = not new, so not New Year's Day. No coin necessary.
I'm not so sure about that. Auld Lang Syne is generally sung after midnight at a New Year's party. I'd be reluctant to ring in and guess whether that's considered Eve or Day.
Yeah, but "Auld" isn't describing the new year in the song.
Right. It's looking back at the previous one. From the new one.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 7:34 am
by seaborgium
opusthepenguin wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:23 am
seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:33 am
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:10 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pm "Auld" = old = not new, so not New Year's Day. No coin necessary.
I'm not so sure about that. Auld Lang Syne is generally sung after midnight at a New Year's party. I'd be reluctant to ring in and guess whether that's considered Eve or Day.
Yeah, but "Auld" isn't describing the new year in the song.
Right. It's looking back at the previous one. From the new one.
Yep, so the "auld" holiday is the Eve.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:47 am
by opusthepenguin
seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 7:34 am
opusthepenguin wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:23 am
seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:33 am
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:10 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:18 pm "Auld" = old = not new, so not New Year's Day. No coin necessary.
I'm not so sure about that. Auld Lang Syne is generally sung after midnight at a New Year's party. I'd be reluctant to ring in and guess whether that's considered Eve or Day.
Yeah, but "Auld" isn't describing the new year in the song.
Right. It's looking back at the previous one. From the new one.
Yep, so the "auld" holiday is the Eve.
And the song is being sung on the Day. We can go back and forth forever without pinning this definitively to one or the other. If you want to take one more shot for your side, I'll take it for granted that you can work out the obvious response from the other. I suspect they'd have accepted "What is New Year's?" But I wouldn't be willing to ring in and find out.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:03 am
by dhkendall
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:48 am I still think "heresy" is an obscure enough word that I can understand it being a TS at $200 in any context. Let's see how it polls.
I thinking it might be a good idea for you to run your own poll of clues you wonder about, as you seem to have a disproportionate number of them (and Mark has limited room for poll options), you can combine as many as you want (within the poll limit). If you don't know how to make a poll, I can even talk you through the steps (in PM)

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:50 pm
by TenPoundHammer
dhkendall wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:03 am
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:48 am I still think "heresy" is an obscure enough word that I can understand it being a TS at $200 in any context. Let's see how it polls.
I thinking it might be a good idea for you to run your own poll of clues you wonder about, as you seem to have a disproportionate number of them (and Mark has limited room for poll options), you can combine as many as you want (within the poll limit). If you don't know how to make a poll, I can even talk you through the steps (in PM)
I think this sounds like a plan. Mark, please feel free to ignore all my poll requests this week.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:55 pm
by MarkBarrett
On the Fleming episode linked in another thread the board values were:

$10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 for the J! round
and
$20, 40, 60, 80 & 100 for the DJ round

The contestant won with
Spoiler
$700
What does that winning amount come to in 2018 J! $?

Start think music and 30 seconds.
.
.
.
I think I smell wood burning.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:35 am
by dhkendall
TenPoundHammer wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:25 pm Also don't know what "clotheslining" is.
You seen the gif alietr sometimes posts called “asshole penguin”? If the titular penguin stuck out its wing a few seconds earlier, knocking down the other from the front instead of behind, they would have “clotheslined” the victim. (Think running around the yard straight into a clothesline. (And *please* tell me you at least know what a clothesline is).

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:56 am
by LucarioSnooperVixey
MarkBarrett wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:55 pm On the Fleming episode linked in another thread the board values were:

$10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 for the J! round
and
$20, 40, 60, 80 & 100 for the DJ round

The contestant won with
Spoiler
$700
What does that winning amount come to in 2018 J! $?

Start think music and 30 seconds.
.
.
.
I think I smell wood burning.
$14,000

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:19 am
by TenPoundHammer
dhkendall wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:35 am You seen the gif alietr sometimes posts called “asshole penguin”? If the titular penguin stuck out its wing a few seconds earlier, knocking down the other from the front instead of behind, they would have “clotheslined” the victim. (Think running around the yard straight into a clothesline. (And *please* tell me you at least know what a clothesline is).
Our clothesline was high enough off the ground that it was impossible to run into the line unless you were like, seven feet tall.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 3:32 am
by mikebdoss
The clothesline is also a very common move in professional wrestling.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:58 pm
by MarkBarrett
Don't worry you'll have more chances: search.php?keywords=louis+xiv&terms=all ... mit=Search

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:13 pm
by dhkendall
MarkBarrett wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:58 pm Don't worry you'll have more chances: search.php?keywords=louis+xiv&terms=all ... mit=Search
Strange thing is, he’s heard of Louis XIII and Louis XV, but he’s never heard of Louis XIV.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:35 pm
by Ironhorse
dhkendall wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:13 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:58 pm Don't worry you'll have more chances: search.php?keywords=louis+xiv&terms=all ... mit=Search
Strange thing is, he’s heard of Louis XIII and Louis XV, but he’s never heard of Louis XIV.
He did say in June 2013 that he'd heard of Louis XIV as the Sun King.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:37 pm
by TenPoundHammer
I've heard of him, just didn't know what was supposed to lead up to him in that clue.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:40 pm
by Ironhorse
If you only know two French kings, the two would be XIV here, and XVI (lost his head to Madame Guillotine in the Revolution).

(Not counting Charlemagne, of course.)

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:53 am
by TenPoundHammer
Clue:

"The furniture style named for him was meant to reflect the grandeur of his 1643-1715 court at Versailles."

No idea where you're getting a king out of that.

Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:11 am
by mikebdoss
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:53 am Clue:

"The furniture style named for him was meant to reflect the grandeur of his 1643-1715 court at Versailles."

No idea where you're getting a king out of that.
Generally only kings and judges hold court. Versailles points you to French royalty (or treaties with Germany in the 20th century, but this is much earlier).