Learned League 73 - Official Thread
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- StevenH
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Re: Learned League 73 - Official Thread
I had a 6(4)-6(4) tie yesterday. I can't believe how tough The Jazz Singer played. I really could have used that win, as I'm barely sitting above relegation to E with 2 days remaining.
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I Kosman Koined between Wings and The Jazz Singer, not because I've seen either but because those are the only two films from around then that I know.
I also somehow switched Lenore to Elsinore - thanks Hamlet!
I also somehow switched Lenore to Elsinore - thanks Hamlet!
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Argh. 1 point away from relegation despite one of my best seasons ever. A six pack yesterday was only good enough for a tie with patkav. I'll try to stick around, but I'm not confident.
Thorsten has really been righting historical wrongs in asking about significant women recently. Some easy points if you study woman artists, scientists, politicians. I salute this effort, but I wish I was one of the people to do this studying.
Thorsten has really been righting historical wrongs in asking about significant women recently. Some easy points if you study woman artists, scientists, politicians. I salute this effort, but I wish I was one of the people to do this studying.
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Clue I entered into the J-Archive just 3 days ago:
Would not have known otherwise. Helped me to my first 6-pack this season.
Would not have known otherwise. Helped me to my first 6-pack this season.
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I salvaged some pride by getting a 9(6)-9(6) tie against the player in first place in my rundle.
However, it's now guaranteed that I'll be relegated to B next season.
Still, seven seasons in A is pretty good. Another player who recently got relegated to B after seven straight seasons in A is Colby Burnett, so I'm in good company.
However, it's now guaranteed that I'll be relegated to B next season.
Still, seven seasons in A is pretty good. Another player who recently got relegated to B after seven straight seasons in A is Colby Burnett, so I'm in good company.
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I only went to Gozo once out of the five or six times I went to Malta (and never made it to Comino; there was no reason to go there). I was supposed to go on a particular day, but the sea was too rough and they cancelled the ferry. So they scheduled me to take the helicopter over the next day. Of course, the sea was calm that day, but they'd already bought me the ticket for the helicopter. Which turned out to be some sort of old, Soviet military transport type of helicopter. I think there was maybe one other passenger on it. I was not particularly confident in its safety. But it did get me there.
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Re: Learned League 73 - Official Thread
I overthought myself out of a beer initially by not being sure if dysentery (the obvious answer) was an infectious disease, so I went with cholera. That's a tough question fairness-wise where there's an obvious, fun answer but way too many possible ones because of the wording. I thought I might have been able to challenge cholera as correct, but I wouldn't have fussed over it and am happy to have gotten the win.
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My opponent actually gave me two points for the "Please Mr. Postman" question. Three points for "The Jazz Singer". Thanks for the win.
Last fall, I was in an interactive Edgar Allan Poe production in which one of the characters was dressed to look like the person in the "Son of Man" painting, complete with apple. That was the only reason I knew the answer to that question. Then, the next day we get a question about "The Raven" and Lenore (we had someone play her too).
Last fall, I was in an interactive Edgar Allan Poe production in which one of the characters was dressed to look like the person in the "Son of Man" painting, complete with apple. That was the only reason I knew the answer to that question. Then, the next day we get a question about "The Raven" and Lenore (we had someone play her too).
I used to be AWSOP but wanted to be more theatrical.
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Coin flip between Malta and Cyprus came up wrong, and I lost to a fellow relegation-fighter 9(6) - 6(5). One point out of relegation with two points to go is not where I wanted to be, so hoping for a strong (or lucky) last couple days.
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what r da odds??!georgespelvin wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:53 am Last fall, I was in an interactive Edgar Allan Poe production in which one of the characters was dressed to look like the person in the "Son of Man" painting, complete with apple. That was the only reason I knew the answer to that question. Then, the next day we get a question about "The Raven" and Lenore (we had someone play her too).
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I just said the same thing you said in a Facebook post.
Again, what are the odds?
Again, what are the odds?
I used to be AWSOP but wanted to be more theatrical.
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mind. blown.georgespelvin wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:29 am I just said the same thing you said in a Facebook post.
Again, what are the odds?
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It is boardies, boardies everywhere for me these days. boson yesterday, and alietr and the other Kingston Killer today.
(Strong work yesterday, boson!)
(Strong work yesterday, boson!)
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Unfortunately, that's a RTFQ error. The question said "Jack Robin, formerly Jakie Rabinowitz, was the title character of what popular 1927 film?"
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For me, it's J! champs everywhere: Katie Proctor yesterday, Chris Fleitas today, and we're all looking up at Jason Sterlacci in the standings.
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Trust me when I say you can come back from being relegated. It might take more than a season, but it can happen. After seven seasons in A (LL52-58), I once dropped from A to C and then bounced back to A (with stops in B each way) in the next six seasons.
I play SterlacciJ on MD25 after playing slam today. Jason and Chris are 1-2 in A Continental as of today, with six others (including Woof and me, but somehow not the always-formidable bomtr) within three points of first place. Here's hoping this crowded horse race ends in a photo finish. Mark, please feel free to bump off FleitasC today.
Best of luck to all!
In and out of the pool four times
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I just figured out who you are. It's interesting how we sometimes know people's screen names in one venue, their real names in another venue, but among the jumble of names in the trivia world, we're sometimes unaware that a certain screen name belongs to the same person as a certain real name.reddpen wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:03 pmTrust me when I say you can come back from being relegated. It might take more than a season, but it can happen. After seven seasons in A (LL52-58), I once dropped from A to C and then bounced back to A (with stops in B each way) in the next six seasons.
I play SterlacciJ on MD25 after playing slam today. Jason and Chris are 1-2 in A Continental as of today, with six others (including Woof and me, but somehow not the always-formidable bomtr) within three points of first place. Here's hoping this crowded horse race ends in a photo finish. Mark, please feel free to bump off FleitasC today.
Best of luck to all!
Are you going to TCONA this August?
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Maybe OSXpert thought "Wings" was about a guy named Wings McGee or something.BigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:01 pmUnfortunately, that's a RTFQ error. The question said "Jack Robin, formerly Jakie Rabinowitz, was the title character of what popular 1927 film?"
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Good game today! (I am currently under the weather, so I am hoping my points assignments were rational. No one has been actually killed by me or boson this season, with the exception of several dozen mosquitos.)
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My match this Friday (today) was against JenningsK. So, just my luck, a day after going 6 for 6, I only get three right.
Well, the results are up, and he got the same three. I defended him perfectly; his defense was one point imperfect.
Well, the results are up, and he got the same three. I defended him perfectly; his defense was one point imperfect.