Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 4 Instant Replay thread (SPOILERS)

[boson]

Does "vis" work for "viz" for the abbreviation question? I definitely got this one phonetically, knowing how people say the abbreviation.

[Blue Lion]

Am I the only one who didn't know that the red chicken was the R.I. state bird?

At least I wasn't too chicken-sh*t to make a guess on that clue. :D (unfortunately, my guess was robin)

The other state whose state bird is a chicken is Delaware: the Blue Hen Chicken.

The robin is the state bird of Michigan. Fitting, as most of our robins flee the state for wamer weather during the winter.

[TheTabbyWhisperer]

why was my answer for the two-pointer yesterday accepted but not the six-pointer?

(I was a little confused by the clues since in both of those, the first part seemed to imply a possessive while the second part seemed to imply a singular noun, which is why my answer had an s in parentheses. Don't know if that helps my case or not, but that's why I did it.)

I was also thrown by the wording on those clues and whether or not the s should be included or not.

[This Is Kirk!]

why was my answer for the two-pointer yesterday accepted but not the six-pointer?

(I was a little confused by the clues since in both of those, the first part seemed to imply a possessive while the second part seemed to imply a singular noun, which is why my answer had an s in parentheses. Don't know if that helps my case or not, but that's why I did it.)

I was also thrown by the wording on those clues and whether or not the s should be included or not.

To me it seems awfully harsh to ding us for that. It seems completely contrary to "I want to give you points."

[DBear]

talked myself out of calamari because I thought it was octopus, not squid

[CoachP]

Failed to thoroughly RTFQ on the 6 pointer for Day 4. I'll take the penalty.

[KellyLasiter]

Lot of fail for me today! I hope the graders are fond of clam.

[Wpwells]

why was my answer for the two-pointer yesterday accepted but not the six-pointer?

(I was a little confused by the clues since in both of those, the first part seemed to imply a possessive while the second part seemed to imply a singular noun, which is why my answer had an s in parentheses. Don't know if that helps my case or not, but that's why I did it.)

I was also thrown by the wording on those clues and whether or not the s should be included or not.

To me it seems awfully harsh to ding us for that. It seems completely contrary to "I want to give you points."

That's what I said when I was chatting with nightreign off site last night.

[hbomb1947]

That Lizst category was tough. I'm definitely feeling a little Lizst-less.

And at the risk of getting a little TPH-y, I was around in 1986 and I NHO the video game "Metroid."

[MarkBarrett]

That Liizst category was tough. I'm definitely feeling a little Lizst-less.

And at the risk of getting a little TPH-y, I was around in 1986 and I NHO the video game "Metroid."

A little? Gee, if only they had made versions of Metroid for other systems over the years or if Samus had been in Super Smash Bros...
On the side of your defense I do not see a hit in the Archive for Metroid or Samus.

No get on 5K for me as my processor was way off. I took 12:35:37 and road race as hours and wondered what crazy distance the guy was running beyond a normal marathon that others would drive.

[This Is Kirk!]

No get on 5K for me as my processor was way off. I took 12:35:37 and road race as hours and wondered what crazy distance the guy was running beyond a normal marathon that others would drive.

Slight "RTFQ" for you. It was 12:35.37 not 12:35:37. Substantial difference!

[hbomb1947]

No get on 5K for me as my processor was way off. I took 12:35:37 and road race as hours and wondered what crazy distance the guy was running beyond a normal marathon that others would drive.

Slight "RTFQ" for you. It was 12:35.37 not 12:35:37. Substantial difference!

I initially misread the clue in the same way, but then I remembered the category ("things you can do in 13 minutes")

[This Is Kirk!]

No get on 5K for me as my processor was way off. I took 12:35:37 and road race as hours and wondered what crazy distance the guy was running beyond a normal marathon that others would drive.

Slight "RTFQ" for you. It was 12:35.37 not 12:35:37. Substantial difference!

I initially misread the clue in the same way, but then I remembered the category ("things you can do in 13 minutes")

So both a RTFQ and RTFC!

[doihavetoreally]

That Liizst category was tough. I'm definitely feeling a little Lizst-less.

And at the risk of getting a little TPH-y, I was around in 1986 and I NHO the video game "Metroid."

A little? Gee, if only they had made versions of Metroid for other systems over the years or if Samus had been in Super Smash Bros...
On the side of your defense I do not see a hit in the Archive for Metroid or Samus.

No get on 5K for me as my processor was way off. I took 12:35:37 and road race as hours and wondered what crazy distance the guy was running beyond a normal marathon that others would drive.

NHO Samus, Metroid. I'm happy with no hits in J either.

Also as a one time jogger (bad knees now), 12 min 5k is no brainier. Add recent world championships, this was the easiest clue today for me.
P.S. I never ran in school years, so I had no idea how fast runners actually are..once I started running I realized how slow I run. My fastest time is slower than professional speed walkers. That's depressing. At least I enjoyed my runner's high.

[AFRET CMS]

No get on 5K for me as my processor was way off. I took 12:35:37 and road race as hours and wondered what crazy distance the guy was running beyond a normal marathon that others would drive.

Slight "RTFQ" for you. It was 12:35.37 not 12:35:37. Substantial difference!

Major RTFQ for me -- I read it as 22 minutes and change, and gave my answer as double the correct distance.

"Until I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like... 10 instead of 5"

[MarkBarrett]

No get on 5K for me as my processor was way off. I took 12:35:37 and road race as hours and wondered what crazy distance the guy was running beyond a normal marathon that others would drive.

Slight "RTFQ" for you. It was 12:35.37 not 12:35:37. Substantial difference!

I initially misread the clue in the same way, but then I remembered the category ("things you can do in 13 minutes")

So both a RTFQ and RTFC!

When I do the SHC I look at the category, answer the first question (almost always) and then delete the category in working towards setting up proper formatting for my answers. Yes, that is the kind of thing I can do to forget the category by the second question. At least with a blank spot I did not have 3 points in penalties.

Like LL the SHC offers plenty of time to work out answers and reread questions. My bad (or unnecessary) habit is rarely going beyond five minutes for either.

[KellyLasiter]

Like LL the SHC offers plenty of time to work out answers and reread questions. My bad (or unnecessary) habit is rarely going beyond five minutes for either.

Both here and in LL, I feel like I haven't yet sussed out the right balance between going with my first instinct and pondering for a while. For example, yesterday my first, groggy, precaffeinated instinct was right on an LL question, and then I spent about an hour turning it over in my head and talked myself out of the right answer. But other times, taking my time is the only way the answer has a chance to surface at all.

[hbomb1947]

Like LL the SHC offers plenty of time to work out answers and reread questions. My bad (or unnecessary) habit is rarely going beyond five minutes for either.

Both here and in LL, I feel like I haven't yet sussed out the right balance between going with my first instinct and pondering for a while. For example, yesterday my first, groggy, precaffeinated instinct was right on an LL question, and then I spent about an hour turning it over in my head and talked myself out of the right answer. But other times, taking my time is the only way the answer has a chance to surface at all.

There are many instances in LL where I know that my brain knows a response but it's not coming to me right away (although sometimes I'll fixate on a word that I feel start with the same letter or sounds similar, or something that's otherwise related). So I give it some time to percolate, and quite often the answer I was looking for will pop into my head within a few hours. Or if an answer is a coin-flip for me, I may stall on committing to one of the choices. Other times, I know that all the time in the world won't enable me to come up with the correct response.

I tend not to spend a lot of time on my SHC submissions, especially on days that overlap with LL.

[Magna]

Like LL the SHC offers plenty of time to work out answers and reread questions. My bad (or unnecessary) habit is rarely going beyond five minutes for either.

Both here and in LL, I feel like I haven't yet sussed out the right balance between going with my first instinct and pondering for a while. For example, yesterday my first, groggy, precaffeinated instinct was right on an LL question, and then I spent about an hour turning it over in my head and talked myself out of the right answer. But other times, taking my time is the only way the answer has a chance to surface at all.

There are many instances in LL where I know that my brain knows a response but it's not coming to me right away (although sometimes I'll fixate on a word that I feel start with the same letter or sounds similar, or something that's otherwise related). So I give it some time to percolate, and quite often the answer I was looking for will pop into my head within a few hours. Or if an answer is a coin-flip for me, I may stall on committing to one of the choices. Other times, I know that all the time in the world won't enable me to come up with the correct response.

I tend not to spend a lot of time on my SHC submissions, especially on days that overlap with LL.

I thought today's categories were particularly hard, and most of them were guesses for me. But after a lot of percolating and only one "aha" moment, I went ahead and took the guesses. After looking at others' answers, it looks like I gave pretty much the same answers. So if we're wrong, we're wrong together.

ETA: I just looked up the 6-pointer, and it turns out this runner holds the world record for the 5K and 10K. The only part of the clue pinning it to 5K is the time. I did a little mental math to figure out which of the two was more likely.

[Foretopman]

I clammed on the 3 pointer, thinking a specific language was being asked for. Oops.