FJs for the 9/11/17 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 9/11/17 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:50 pm

In 1929 Georgia O’Keeffe painted the tree in New Mexico under which this British-born author used to write
21
16%
This singer has won Album, Record & Song of the Year twice, the only artist to do so
80
61%
Battles at Trebbia & Trasimene were among the victories of this man who was born in Africa & died near the Black Sea
91
69%
The corporation of this British man got its name from his early inexperience in business
95
72%
“Connecting Police for a Safer World” is the motto of this 190-member organization\
118
89%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
8
6%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJ! clues.
3
2%
SELF-HELP BOOKS $200: Don’t procrastinate, get your copy of Eckhart Tolle’s spiritual self-help book “The Power of” this
27
20%
VICKI LEAKS $1000: Although she had 9 children, Queen Victoria was the last monarch of this royal house
53
40%
SEAS $800: This seas’s deepest point lies more than 15,000 feet down in the Aleutian Trench
100
76%
Beyonce was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
13
10%
Taylor Swift was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
21
16%
I have listened to the complete "21" and/or "25" album by Adele.
27
20%
I have heard the songs "Rolling in the Deep" and/or "Hello" by Adele.
105
80%
Fraternal Order of Police in some form was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
3
2%
I was 4/5 on FJ! clues this week only missing the Monday one.
37
28%
 
Total votes: 132

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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen:

Most of my FJ misses feel like I should have gotten them right afterwards, but Monday's was the rare one without even a blip on my mental radar.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:28 am "Power of Now" looks like it can join the Gigi Grazer pile of "Ridiculously Undervalued Top Boxes".
More like the TenPoundHammer pile of "Clues That Were Written to Be Guessed Instead of Known and Hence Placed in the Top Row with All the Words but the One to Be Guessed to Help Jog the Memory and Encourage Guessing and Because Nobody Took a Guess It Must Be Perceived As Being Inordinately Difficult and Referred to by the Full Name Rather Than the Single Word for Which the Clue Was Prompting."
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Hi! Long-time lurker. Finally getting around to posting. Need to get my 3 posts in to prove I'm not a schmuck.

Season 34 started for me and I was a complete mess. Where is the geography? The presidents? The world capitals? The science stuff I know! I was afraid they had made a shift for Season 34. But we shall see.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:32 am figures I'm the only 0/5...
No you're not.

Just got power back, so I'm just playing these off the post.

Mon -- no guess
Tue -- Beyonce
Wed -- got too cute and went with Scipio Africanus
Thur -- no guess
Fri -- no guess

That's my first 0/5 in years, I think.
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seaborgium wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:24 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:28 am "Power of Now" looks like it can join the Gigi Grazer pile of "Ridiculously Undervalued Top Boxes".
More like the TenPoundHammer pile of "Clues That Were Written to Be Guessed Instead of Known and Hence Placed in the Top Row with All the Words but the One to Be Guessed to Help Jog the Memory and Encourage Guessing and Because Nobody Took a Guess It Must Be Perceived As Being Inordinately Difficult and Referred to by the Full Name Rather Than the Single Word for Which the Clue Was Prompting."
I would think that if they wanted a pavlovian, piss-easy "Power of ____" in the top box, it'd be "Positive thinking", since that's what 99.99999% of the world would think of when spotted "book title that begins with 'Power of'."

Also, 15% on a top box pretty much screams "undervalued" to me.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen:

Nice week for me to kick the season off. Unlike some other boardies, it was Wednesday's clue that prevented me from going 5/5.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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:cry: :cry: :cry: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Beyonce for the Grammy clue.

I've heard "Rolling in the Deep" and "Hello."
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:roll: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I had Tuesday right even though I've never heard any of the songs listed in the poll.
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Guh. Finally starting to catch up...

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :mrgreen:

Rolling in the Deep.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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