FJs for the 5/8/17 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 5/8/17 week?

Poll ended at Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:51 pm

Year in which the Department of Energy was created, the Indy 500 had its first female driver & the 1st president was sworn in under a nickname: 90; 73%

W.J. Bryan gave the keynote speech at this man's high school graduation in 1919; 6 years later their paths would cross again: 93; 75%

"I felt his spurs in my side & I heard his battle cry" is a line from this 1982 book that became a stage sensation & later a movie: 65; 52%

Often used to describe artists ahead of their time, it was also the name of a youth militia in WWII Vichy France: 96; 77%

A town named for its location where a river in Devon meets the English Channel, it’s also the name of a college in New Hampshire: 94; 76%

I checked all five above.: 27; 22%

I missed all the FJ! clues.: 2; 2%

THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE $1600: This mountain system extends for more than 1,200 miles from Agadir, Morocco to Tunis, Tunisia: 101; 81%

FOREIGN GEOGRAPHIC TERMS $1600: In Spanish: playa: 94; 76%

U.S. CITIES $1600 (DD): This Soap Box Derby city was co-founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins, an official with the Ohio Canal Fund: 55; 44%

SOUTH AMERICA $2000 (DD): Before he zinged around por la revolución, he was born in Rosario, Argentina, which has a 12-foot statue of him - Oops, I guessed Bolivar instead of Guevara.: 38; 31%

Clarence Darrow was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.: 15; 12%

I thought of Darrow during think time on Tuesday and correctly switched to Scopes.: 32; 26%

RHYMES WITH DUCK $800: Grub or vittles, Charlie - Yes, I got "chuck" on this triple stumper clue.: 48; 39%

"Equus" or "Seabiscuit" was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.: 21; 17%

I thought of "Equus" during think time on Wednesday and correctly switched to "War Horse.": 4; 3%

: Total votes: 124

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Post by Linear Gnome » Sun May 28, 2017 10:56 am

I think I clammed on Guevara--must have been tired at the time.
Did get Chuck.
Stupid whiff on Monday--zeroed in on Carter but then said 1981.

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