Learned League 73 - Official Thread

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Woof wrote: Thu May 18, 2017 4:03 pm I considered it, but went with Richmond because it was the capital of the Confederacy and I knew it was historically one of the largest cities in the early USA. Yet again, the Kosman Koin lets me down :(
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I guessed Atlanta because I'm weak at history. I pulled out a 4(2)-1(2) because I remembered that Piltdown Man was a thing (or a non-thing, depending on how you look at it) and took a guess (3 for that plus 1 for Tyler Perry).

This season is going OK so far. After three match days, I'm 2-1-0 with 9 TCA and 9 CAA. I'm unusually high in MCW (5) and DE (.909).

Some poor guy in my rundle has a .154 DE so far. He and I have the same TCA, CAA, and TMP (12), but he has 18 TPA and is 0-3-0.
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An interesting tidbit is that Atlanta wasn't even the capital of Georgia during the Civil War. The state capital was Milledgeville until 1868.
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Although I have otherwise NHO the books, I was still the only person in my rundle to get Q4 because I remembered a similar question from LL61 or so from looking at past questions.

That was enough to take sole possession of the highest TCA in my rundle. Which is shocking, since I have played along with LL for years and have never even hit 60 TCA in a season.
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Linear Gnome wrote: Thu May 18, 2017 4:28 pm I guessed Atlanta because I'm weak at history.
I guessed Atlanta because when I read "Gone With The Wind", one of the chapters had a first paragraph describing something to do with the south and it ended with a description of Atlanta as " that key city of the Confederacy". I also considered Richmond...but was really surprised to see New Orleans.
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SBurrus wrote: Thu May 18, 2017 5:34 pm
I guessed Atlanta because when I read "Gone With The Wind", one of the chapters had a first paragraph describing something to do with the south and it ended with a description of Atlanta as " that key city of the Confederacy".
It was a key city largely because it was a railroad junction (Atlanta's original name was Terminus). At the time Sherman marched through, the population was around 20k.
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New Orleans was something I happened to know, no way would I have guessed that. I was facing someone from British Columbia, so I assigned 3 points and she missed it. I got one point for it, Tyler Perry was my zero, which I also got right.
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Linear Gnome wrote: Thu May 18, 2017 4:28 pm I guessed Atlanta because I'm weak at history. I pulled out a 4(2)-1(2) because I remembered that Piltdown Man was a thing (or a non-thing, depending on how you look at it) and took a guess (3 for that plus 1 for Tyler Perry).

This season is going OK so far. After three match days, I'm 2-1-0 with 9 TCA and 9 CAA. I'm unusually high in MCW (5) and DE (.909).

Some poor guy in my rundle has a .154 DE so far. He and I have the same TCA, CAA, and TMP (12), but he has 18 TPA and is 0-3-0.
I guessed Atlanta b/c in spite of wheelhouse history I imagined it was bigger than N.O. at the time, so don't feel badly! IN spite of getting just 5 & 4 R have moved ahead. DE has improved! :-)
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So, fun facts - NO was the 6th largest city in the US in 1860 at a population of 168,000, and Atlanta had less than 10,000. I was leaning toward Richmond also, but thought of NO at the last minute and guessed right.
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I guessed Birmingham instead of New Orleans.

So far I'm 1-1-1 with scores of 0(0), 2(2), 0(1). My best and worst start ever.
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MattKnowles wrote: Thu May 18, 2017 10:51 pm I guessed Birmingham instead of New Orleans.

So far I'm 1-1-1 with scores of 0(0), 2(2), 0(1). My best and worst start ever.
Birmingham wasn't even incorporated until 1871.
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Yesterday was more like it, but I still had to play perfect defense to get the 5(4)-4(4) win. I'm lucky that my opponent knew the Buddhism question, as I gave them a 0 on it and it played tougher than I thought it would. Also, my opponent knew the Eakins questions, despite not being very strong in Art, and that one played a little bit easier than I thought it would. Luckily I didn't go with the 3 for that one.

But my luckiest break was just throwing out the name of a European car maker, picking the right one, and getting 2 points!
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Two wild guesses: Pennsylvania and just putting "Smith" paid off for me. Good old Smith!
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Yeah, Philadelphia is a state. Way to turn a win into a loss, moron.

On the plus side, thanks to The Expanse for a gimme with Smith.
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mennoknight wrote: Fri May 19, 2017 7:52 am Two wild guesses: Pennsylvania and just putting "Smith" paid off for me. Good old Smith!
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teapot37 wrote: Fri May 19, 2017 11:07 am
mennoknight wrote: Fri May 19, 2017 7:52 am Two wild guesses: Pennsylvania and just putting "Smith" paid off for me. Good old Smith!
For the record: "Nauvoo" should by Pavlovian for Mormons.
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My lucky shot in the dark was 'Dixieland.' I know very little about jazz, so I just tried to think of an adjective that would make sense there.
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My opponents missed 3 of their 5 assigned-0-point questions this week, all in what was otherwise their top category for the day's set.

My DE this season is in the terlet.
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How the heck does John Bull get a 2.2 average defense?

I'm thankful for Thorsten's generosity since I put down "wood alcohol" rather than just "wood" for Q6.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Sat May 20, 2017 1:40 am My opponents missed 3 of their 5 assigned-0-point questions this week, all in what was otherwise their top category for the day's set.
I just checked, and I also missed three of the five assigned-to-me-0-points questions this week. So maybe I shouldn't be bellyaching. ;)
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