Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
J: "J" (3) Entrepenueurs (2) Tony Plays (2R 1W) 1880s names (5) Transport (3R 2W) Compound Words (5)
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FJ was an Instaget. I also got the TS Tattoo, Submarine, Daredevil and Rosa Parks.
33R 5W.
Geez...I thought I got a lot more right in this game because I had a huge total (over $20,000) going into FJ...but then when I went back and actually marked correct and incorrect answers, it was disappointing to only have 33 correct. Still, above average showing by my standards.
I haven't read through the thread yet (I will after this posting) but did anyone notice some kind of commotion after Natasha said "Glow Worms"?
AT has never heard of "Back in Black"?
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FJ was an Instaget. I also got the TS Tattoo, Submarine, Daredevil and Rosa Parks.
33R 5W.
Geez...I thought I got a lot more right in this game because I had a huge total (over $20,000) going into FJ...but then when I went back and actually marked correct and incorrect answers, it was disappointing to only have 33 correct. Still, above average showing by my standards.
I haven't read through the thread yet (I will after this posting) but did anyone notice some kind of commotion after Natasha said "Glow Worms"?
AT has never heard of "Back in Black"?
Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Righto!MarkBarrett wrote:Anne Murray is the Canadian that y'all are thinking of, eh?Bamaman wrote:Same here.Carpe Diem wrote:I did, too, but I have no idea why.brick wrote:I really thought she was Canadian. Huh.
Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Actually, can that be a poll question?brick wrote:Am I the only one who got the Sen. Marchi clue in transportation?
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My wife had a grandmother named Florence who was born in 1912. She died earlier this week.harrumph wrote:I had an aunt Florence who was born in 1891 so of course that was the only clue in that category that I missed.
Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
I remember some huge noise in the background after one clue, no idea what it was about.SBurrus wrote: I haven't read through the thread yet (I will after this posting) but did anyone notice some kind of commotion after Natasha said "Glow Worms"?
Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Maybe it was AC/DC.Bamaman wrote:I remember some huge noise in the background after one clue, no idea what it was about.SBurrus wrote: I haven't read through the thread yet (I will after this posting) but did anyone notice some kind of commotion after Natasha said "Glow Worms"?
Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
If you search for the terms "rift trend" and "outchange" in the search box you might see what I'm playing at.John Boy wrote:Excuse my ignorance, but what the heck is a "Rift Outchange game?"

I also didn't know that Helen Reddy was Australian, but the TOM to me was the word "anthemic" -- I Am Woman fits that bill much more than anything else.
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Forgive my ignorance, but I've seen this TOM bandied about.
What does it mean?
What does it mean?
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
The rift trend outchange thread, which I've just spent the last 20 minutes giggling at (like a little girl...): viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1986&hilit=outchange
And TOM is tease-out metric - the hint in some clues that allows you to work your way to the answer.
And TOM is tease-out metric - the hint in some clues that allows you to work your way to the answer.
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Gotcha. Thanks. I figured that was the spirit of it, but I couldn't tease out the acronym for the life of me.CailinGaoilge wrote:The rift trend outchange thread, which I've just spent the last 20 minutes giggling at (like a little girl...): viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1986&hilit=outchange
And TOM is tease-out metric - the hint in some clues that allows you to work your way to the answer.
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Thanks for explaining why that wager was bad in your video. I could tell she was (somewhat understandably) trying to bet small enough that it wouldn't be a runaway if she was wrong, but it was only after reading the comments here that I realized the problem was probably that it was still too much. I think Natasha could have still made it a runaway with the remaining clues (unless I'm misremembering the scores, which I may be), and I hadn't noticed that a smaller wager would have kept Therese within 2/3 of Natasha's score.Vermonter wrote:It seemed like Natasha and Rachel were actively avoiding the DDs toward the end there. And then Therese found the last one and made about as bad a wager as she could.
Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
When Kick, came out, my manager at the time wanted to ask for the cassette as her Secret Santa request, and kept telling people she wanted the new Inks album.floridagator wrote:^ That video you posted is delicious because it is a parody of the performance by HELEN REDDY in "Airport 1975," in which she sang her OTHER anthem, "Best Friend."
I had a MUSIC PROFESSORLefty wrote:
Some years back, there was a clue, probably a DD (given Alex's subsequent explanation), about the group INXS. The contestant answered "Who are In ExCess?" and was (initially) ruled wrong because Alex wanted "who are the inks"? Having seen that, I would not particularly have expected Alex to know Back in Black.in college who made the same mistake. He assigned us to review pop albums from the 80s and 90s for class (OK, so this wasn't an especially difficult class) and gave us a list to choose from. "I'll do In Excess," one eager student said. The professor looked puzzled. "Are you trying to pronounce I.N.X.S.?"
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
These and other fine terms can be found at the J-Archive glossary.CailinGaoilge wrote:Gotcha. Thanks. I figured that was the spirit of it, but I couldn't tease out the acronym for the life of me.SlickRick87 wrote: And TOM is tease-out metric - the hint in some clues that allows you to work your way to the answer.
And yes, as an 80s metalhead, I'm both saddened and not surprised that Alex hasn't heard of Back in Black. (I was just listening to that earlier today!)
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Been thinking about it, all the Canadian media can focus on is how the revered Canadian newscaster Peter Mansbridge plays Peter Moosebridge, I swear, every single coverage for that movie that's all it's about.TenPoundHammer wrote:OMG, go see Zootopia if you haven't already.
Can anyone corroborate this (or, if it was in the last ten years, find it in the Archive)? Somehow I doubt this happened, or at least made it to air.Lefty wrote:Some years back, there was a clue, probably a DD (given Alex's subsequent explanation), about the group INXS. The contestant answered "Who are In ExCess?" and was (initially) ruled wrong because Alex wanted "who are the inks"? Having seen that, I would not particularly have expected Alex to know Back in Black.brick wrote:That was hard to take.MitchO wrote:ALEX ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH BACK IN BLACK?!?!?!
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
ROCK GROUPS $500: http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=4418 Alex tattles on himself.dhkendall wrote:
Can anyone corroborate this (or, if it was in the last ten years, find it in the Archive)? Somehow I doubt this happened, or at least made it to air.
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
It is one of the greatest comedies of all time. And don't call me Shirley.SlickRick87 wrote:
This is probably my family's favorite movie. We usually all sit together and watch it every time I go back home to Oregon. Surely, one of the greatest comedies of all time.
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Lose the "one of" and you got yourself some grade A truth.buckeyebrain wrote:It is one of the greatest comedies of all time. And don't call me Shirley.SlickRick87 wrote:
This is probably my family's favorite movie. We usually all sit together and watch it every time I go back home to Oregon. Surely, one of the greatest comedies of all time.
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Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
It is the greatest comedies of all time?dhkendall wrote:Lose the "one of" and you got yourself some grade A truth.buckeyebrain wrote:It is one of the greatest comedies of all time. And don't call me Shirley.SlickRick87 wrote:
This is probably my family's favorite movie. We usually all sit together and watch it every time I go back home to Oregon. Surely, one of the greatest comedies of all time.
I got FJ right from "anthemic," and maybe a little bit of 1972. I didn't know Helen Reddy was Australian (although I think georgespelvin's "Trivial Person of the Week" Facebook contest dealt with this fact fairly recently), but I was greatly aided by knowing that neither Olivia Newton-John nor the Bee Gees were born there.
Re: Friday, March 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Yes, "Airplane!" is so good that it counts as more than one movie.seaborgium wrote:It is the greatest comedies of all time?
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They're gypsum crystals. Crystals can be made of other materials, but the ones in the clue are famous for being so damn large.TenPoundHammer wrote: Those gypsum things are really just called crystals? I thought a crystal was something else entirely.
It's sorta sad, the only reason those crystals are even accessible is due to mining activity and when the mine shuts down those chambers are going to flood again (cause the pumps will be shut off).
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