No one requests an Elvis song and expects to hear VeronicaThis Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:04 pmIn my cruel and heartless scoring I'd grudgingly accept Elvis, but only because he's so iconic. Florence Welch is no Elvis Presley.Foretopman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:33 pmWas Elvis Presley known professionally by his first name only?This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:09 pmI still think the distinction is these artists were known professionally by their first names only.AFRET CMS wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:59 pmI dunno -- if we took to my era of music and asked "Who was the lead singer of the group with the hit "(Why Must I Be) A Teenager in Love," I'd probably accept Dion of Dion and the Belmonts instead of insisting on Dion DiMucci. Or insisting on Donovan Leitch as the singer of "Sunshine Superman." None are quite single-named artists on the order of Cher or Madonna, but the last names may not be necessary for correct identification.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:47 am I'm probably in the minority, but it seems kind of lame to me to accept "Florence" for today's nine point clue.
A slightly more recent example would be Mike + The Mechanics. Do you think "Mike" would be accepted for Mike Rutherford?
Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 5 Instant Replay thread (SPOILERS)
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That's where I was headed, but I don't know now if this supports my point or not.Volante wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:47 pmNo one requests an Elvis song and expects to hear VeronicaThis Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:04 pmIn my cruel and heartless scoring I'd grudgingly accept Elvis, but only because he's so iconic. Florence Welch is no Elvis Presley.Foretopman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:33 pmWas Elvis Presley known professionally by his first name only?This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:09 pmI still think the distinction is these artists were known professionally by their first names only.AFRET CMS wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:59 pm
I dunno -- if we took to my era of music and asked "Who was the lead singer of the group with the hit "(Why Must I Be) A Teenager in Love," I'd probably accept Dion of Dion and the Belmonts instead of insisting on Dion DiMucci. Or insisting on Donovan Leitch as the singer of "Sunshine Superman." None are quite single-named artists on the order of Cher or Madonna, but the last names may not be necessary for correct identification.
A slightly more recent example would be Mike + The Mechanics. Do you think "Mike" would be accepted for Mike Rutherford?
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Actually, Adele was born in London and the very first sentence of her Wikipedia entry describes her as "an English singer-songwriter." So you can't rule her out on this clue on the basis that she's allegedly not an Englishwoman.
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"collaborators on Calvin Harris songs"
Who?
Well, I don't have much of a shot here ...
Who?
Well, I don't have much of a shot here ...
Don't ask me why, but when I think Barbadian singers, the first one that comes to mind is Lord Burgess for making the Banana Boat song ("Day-o"), made famous by Harry Belafonte and what people associated as "Barbados music" before Rihanna was a twinkle in her parents' eyes. (Oh, and he also wrote the lyrics to the national anthem of Barbados, there's that. )hbomb1947 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:51 am I'll just say that the Calvin Harris category would have been great for those who are fans of Mr. Harris (and knew who he was without having to google him after submitting their responses. And knew who Ellie Goulding was.). A couple of the clues in that category, but only a couple, were gettable through other means (like knowing that "Barbadian singer" is Pavlovian for Rihanna).
Argh, yeah, the only name I could've put to "the Machine" was "Florence" (didn't know her last name), but I thought she was of a different era musically than Rihanna (she was from the 80s, right?) so that was a clam.KellyLasiter wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:04 amYeah, I got Rihanna because she's Barbadian, Florence Welch because I'm a huge fan, and Haim because they were the only current three-sister band I could think of (saw them on late-night TV a few months ago and googled them a bit, though I'd forgotten their first names). The other two, nope.hbomb1947 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:51 am I'll just say that the Calvin Harris category would have been great for those who are fans of Mr. Harris (and knew who he was without having to google him after submitting their responses. And knew who Ellie Goulding was.). A couple of the clues in that category, but only a couple, were gettable through other means (like knowing that "Barbadian singer" is Pavlovian for Rihanna).
Exactly! Klein bottle immediately let to mind; didn't think I knew any fashion designers (which I'm a little embarrassed about as I just applied to an office position for a major fashion company based here earlier today) but because of the order was trying to match it to "bottle". Now that I think about it, the order issue has come up before in SHC, it seems that J! is strict in its order and SHC isn't, and that's the way they've always been. Have to remember to put on my SHC hat when playing the SHC.KellyLasiter wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:48 amI've heard of one, but that question completely stymied me by reversing the order!
I doubt too many people know this since she's always presented as "English".
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I know I've never heard of him. I would've clammed that entire category.hbomb1947 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:09 pmAlmost. But it certainly doesn't mean that most Americans are very familiar with, or know much about, his music.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:00 pm Calvin Harris used to be Taylor Swift's boyfriend. That fact alone almost puts him on the pop culture A-list.
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The answer for the R5D4 9-pointer has that either name is acceptable.
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Agreed. If I thought that just a first name had any chance of being accepted, I would have put her first name, since I knew it. But if I had answered Florence, how would anyone have known I meant that Florence? Perhaps I was actually thinking of Florence Henderson.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:47 am I'm probably in the minority, but it seems kind of lame to me to accept "Florence" for today's nine point clue.
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A quibble: "smithereens" has three Es while "summer hiatus challenge" only has two. I wouldn't have gotten it anyway.
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I had to laugh when I saw the 2-pointer, after posting this on my FB page earlier this week (and having visited the murals in question on Sunday):
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Is the intended answer for the 10-pointer sluice or cistern? Do both fit?
The 6-pointer in the Native American category was tricky because there are numerous components to the 14th amendment (although I was pretty sure suffrage, which is looking like the MCWA, wasn't one of them). I wavered between citizenship and equal protection and picked the wrong one.
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Is the intended answer for the 10-pointer sluice or cistern? Do both fit?
The 6-pointer in the Native American category was tricky because there are numerous components to the 14th amendment (although I was pretty sure suffrage, which is looking like the MCWA, wasn't one of them). I wavered between citizenship and equal protection and picked the wrong one.
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"Summer hiatus challenge" has three E's.
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History isn't one of my stronger categories, but somewhere I picked up the mnemonic "Free Citizens Vote" for how to remember the main outcomes of the 13th, 14, and 15th amendments, respectively, and that helped me here.
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https://www.amazon.com/Calvin-Klein-one ... 7WFX4?th=1Linear Gnome wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:17 am History isn't one of my stronger categories, but somewhere I picked up the mnemonic "Free Citizens Vote" for how to remember the main outcomes of the 13th, 14, and 15th amendments, respectively, and that helped me here.
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That's a great mnemonic; thanks for sharing it!Linear Gnome wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:17 am ... but somewhere I picked up the mnemonic "Free Citizens Vote" for how to remember the main outcomes of the 13th, 14, and 15th amendments
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Also doesn't fit the derivation given.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:49 amI think only sluice fits. A cistern is not really a "water channel" and it doesn't require a gate. Essentially a cistern is a storage tank for water.
Personally I HATE anagrams, because I'm so bad at them. But I'm doubly frustrated by them because I know that the answer is right there in front of me, if I can only muster the patience to work it out. The first four were easy, but sluice took quite a while. And it wasn't helped by the enticingly obvious but ultra-red herring of canal.
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My self-sabotaging streak continues... I knew it wasn't 9. Why did it put it down anyway?!
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The question was looking for the TOTAL number of security council members, no? Not just the permanent members?
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The 6-pointer in Native American category was, I think, supposed to be citizenship, but I don't think that's accurate. Most Native Americans were already citizens by 1924 (in large part as an indirect result of allotment of Indian lands). And there were still some Native Americans who weren't given citizenship until 1940.
I said voting rights because later court decisions tied voting rights to the 1924 act. (Other rights that all citizens are supposed to have would also work). For example, Means v. Wilson, 522 F.2d 833 (8th Cir. 1975) says "At that time [June 2, 1924] certainly, if not before, Indians became endowed with the fundamental rights of national citizenship, including the right to vote."
I suggest either that alternate answers also be accepted, or a RQ be given.
I said voting rights because later court decisions tied voting rights to the 1924 act. (Other rights that all citizens are supposed to have would also work). For example, Means v. Wilson, 522 F.2d 833 (8th Cir. 1975) says "At that time [June 2, 1924] certainly, if not before, Indians became endowed with the fundamental rights of national citizenship, including the right to vote."
I suggest either that alternate answers also be accepted, or a RQ be given.