FJs for the 10/23/17 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 10/23/17 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:51 pm

Much of this novel takes place on the island of Despair, off the coast of South America, from 1659 to 1686
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71%
This 8-letter word meaning "cultured" or "intellectual" originated with a phrenology concept
33
25%
The tiny town of Cayce, Kentucky was the home & supplied the nickname of a man famous in this job
53
41%
An early edition of this game that debuted in 1949 says that it's "the great new Sherlock Holmes game"
128
98%
The Mopan River flows about 20 miles from the capital of this country
57
44%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
9
7%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJ! clues.
1
1%
SALT BAY $400: Bulls Bay near Francis Marion National Forest in this state is a source for Boutique Bay salt
41
32%
BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1600: Of the ratites, flightless land birds, this down under denizen is the smallest
69
53%
ART & MYTHOLOGY $800: In a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Persephone holds this fruit that would seal her fate
65
50%
The use of "down under" in the DD that wanted "kiwi" affected my solving the clue.
49
38%
Cerebral was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
21
16%
Brainiac was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
10
8%
Baseball player or manager was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
12
9%
For the Friday FJ! clue I got Belize with more credit to life experience than to trivia & world capitals studying.
5
4%
For the Friday FJ! clue I got Belize with more credit to trivia & world capitals studying than to life experience.
48
37%
 
Total votes: 130

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Re: FJs for the 10/23/17 week

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

Womp womp.

That percentage on Thursday's FJ! is high.
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davey wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:24 pm
goatman wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:46 pm
NHO Bulls*** Bay SC! :P
You know, TPH suggested the same thing, and asked for the poll. But it misses the point. It was Francis Marion we were expected to know.
AHHH! TyVm for connecting this >>>
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:( :( :(
Treasure Island on Monday. I knew that there was a TOM in Friday's clue, but I didn't have enough knowledge to tease it out. Emu for kiwi--too big.

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