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I much prefer bad cinema to bad music, so I am quite familiar with the movie with the wonderful title. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! That's good stuff. And Tura Satana! Nothing more need be said. Don't miss it.
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BigDaddyMatty wrote:I was familiar with the title of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! from the namesake '80s-'90s band
Glad you mentioned this because when I answered that question the name popped into my head and I wasn't sure if it was a band, a movie, or both!
Excellent private rundle match Kirk! I like getting solid ties against strong players. :-) Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill was the only bad movie title I could come up with from that general era. I was pleasantly surprised it was the right one. I also guessed Kelly, since I remembered her name and Fox News. We don't seem to watch that network here in Kingston, Ontario.
You, too! I definitely considered assigning at least a 2 on the Megyn Kelly question, but figured U.S. politics have been in the news so much lately even Canadians probably have heard more than the ever needed to hear.
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Well, I got real lucky on that chess question by giving the first common Norwegian surname that came to mind.
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I knew exactly who it was, and I remembered him as Carl Magnussen. :mad: At least it didn't cost me either match.
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sarisson wrote:I'm playing Blue Lion today. Is he one of the Commodore statues guarding the Biltmore? He's definitely playing better than a Detroit Lion.
Something unusual happened in the other C Horizon division; I figured it was only a matter of time.
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Been posting 3s and 4s lately, was really happy when I got a 5 today (didn't know the chess guy). I wound up losing (7(5)-8(5)) and tying (6(5)-6(4)) today.

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I've been watching the Chess Championship pretty religiously this month, so Carlsen was a gimme for me. Monday's dramatic upset with the black pieces by Karjakin may very well mean that this question will be outdated by the start of next week.
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Monday we had a question about a starfish and Tuesday we were asked about a sponge.
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OSXpert wrote:I've been watching the Chess Championship pretty religiously this month, so Carlsen was a gimme for me. Monday's dramatic upset with the black pieces by Karjakin may very well mean that this question will be outdated by the start of next week.
Well, not really. The question just asked what came next in the list, so Carlsen would still be the right answer.

I've been following this too, and was very surprised by the low get rate. Perhaps that's why I'm nearly last in my league in defensive efficiency.
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The most frustrating part about playing along with LL is having borderline answers and not seeing whether Thorsten would have given you credit (Marfan's disease)
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countyguy wrote:The most frustrating part about playing along with LL is having borderline answers and not seeing whether Thorsten would have given you credit (Marfan's disease)
I said Marian's Syndrome and got credit for it.
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I got a forfeit win yesterday for the first time since my rookie season way back in LL60. Paired with my 9(6), that's a good day for the ol' differential.
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It's probably a good thing that this week is ending. I went 9/12 on the questions (my lifetime batting average is .418), so I'm probably about to crash and burn.

I got an 8(5)-7(4) win yesterday. I made educated guesses on sponge (glad that I didn't overthink that one!) and Iceland. I'm a little surprised that the get rates for Schubert and Carlsen weren't higher. Classical music was one of my opponents worst categories, but they still knew Schubert.
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Bamaman wrote:Monday we had a question about a starfish and Tuesday we were asked about a sponge.
But are you spongeworthy?
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StevenH wrote:It's probably a good thing that this week is ending. I went 9/12 on the questions (my lifetime batting average is .418), so I'm probably about to crash and burn.

I got an 8(5)-7(4) win yesterday. I made educated guesses on sponge (glad that I didn't overthink that one!) and Iceland. I'm a little surprised that the get rates for Schubert and Carlsen weren't higher. Classical music was one of my opponents worst categories, but they still knew Schubert.
I got Schumann and Schubert confused.

This has been a terrible season for me so far. I'm tied for 7th in TCA, but am next to last in the standings because I'm too easy to peg. I have the lowest offensive efficiency in my league, and if I get a classical music (1/7) or theatre (0/7) category my opponent knows to toss the high pointers there. I'm also in the bottom 5 for defensive efficiency.

Looks like I need to bone up on my weak categories and figure out how to actually play defense!
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Wow, somehow I ended up top of my rundle after MD 7... :shock: Guess I will enjoy that until next week, surely it will not last long. With Veselin Topalov(one of the names on the list) being Bulgarian, I am very familiar with recent development in chess, and I am also surprised the get rate on that wasn't higher - I thought Carlsen was pretty-well known since he is such a prodigy. Thankfully, the 0 I gave to my opponent for it(he missed it) didn't matter and I still won. Now I just need to make sure I don't forget about the Classic on Friday with all the holiday festivities going on...
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9(5)-8(5) win for me yesterday due to my opponent assigning zero points to Carlsen, which I missed! I could tell you the current chess world champ is a young Norwegian guy, but couldn't come up with his name.
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Bamaman wrote:
countyguy wrote:The most frustrating part about playing along with LL is having borderline answers and not seeing whether Thorsten would have given you credit (Marfan's disease)
I said Marian's Syndrome and got credit for it.
You said MARIAN'S Syndrome and got credit for it? I wrote Marfan's (instead of Marfan) and worried that I would get negged, but I didn't.

After finishing with a losing record and just missing relegation in my C rundle last time, I find myself with a 5-2 record, in third place this time, despite a 22-20 record on the questions.
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georgespelvin wrote:
Bamaman wrote:
countyguy wrote:The most frustrating part about playing along with LL is having borderline answers and not seeing whether Thorsten would have given you credit (Marfan's disease)
I said Marian's Syndrome and got credit for it.
You said MARIAN'S Syndrome and got credit for it? I wrote Marfan's (instead of Marfan) and worried that I would get negged, but I didn't.

After finishing with a losing record and just missing relegation in my C rundle last time, I find myself with a 5-2 record, in third place this time, despite a 22-20 record on the questions.
My phone tried to autocorrect Marfan's to Marian's (I caught it) so I'm not surprised he's accepting that.
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