In my private rundle of all Canadians, only one person got it correct for a 7% get rate. I've definitely heard of Jeannette Rankin but I only knew her name well enough to pick it out of a list, not enough to come up with it on my own.
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Rankin was a name I picked up during my J! studying...pictured Rankin Inlet just letting in a whole slew of female politicians wearing Joe Montana jerseys.
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I managed another 4 correct day with a win yesterday. I had no idea on cooking but I threw it out as a lucky guess.
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Count me in the crowd who flipped between two high level generic categories since I had no real idea of the answer. I debated (not strenuously) between Food and Travel. Happily landed Food side up.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:00 amHer name meant nothing to me so I took a wild guess and put "gardening." I wonder how many people actually knew this as opposed to just figuring "cooking" was their best guess.Blue Lion wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:53 am My answer for the M.F.K. Fisher question was "travel" because I had read her Two Towns in Provence. I wasn't aware that she was best known for food writing; and, in fact, an MFK Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing is given out every even-numbered year. You learn something every day.
Terrible game for me yesterday getting only two correct.
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I've never heard of the kitty being called a dead hand before. I thought of kitty, but didn't think it was right from the description and put "ghost hand."zerobandwidth wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:49 am
- This was a major facepalm moment, as I play… a lot of cards. I've never heard of the dead hand being called a kitty before, so that threw me off. Oh well.
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I've heard kitty in the context of the shared pool, so I was somewhat surprised that's what it ended up being.ElendilPickle wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:01 pmI've never heard of the kitty being called a dead hand before. I thought of kitty, but didn't think it was right from the description and put "ghost hand."zerobandwidth wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:49 am
- This was a major facepalm moment, as I play… a lot of cards. I've never heard of the dead hand being called a kitty before, so that threw me off. Oh well.
More surprised, though, was my only getting 1 for it (and thus tying my opponent...at 1) and then frustration that I should've spent more time on Rankin because I'm sure after a few more minutes I would've gotten it and won. Learned my lesson there...hopefully.
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I know face down unused cards as "burn cards" in poker, but that didn't fit the other part of the clue, so I guessed kitty correctly.
Cooking was a random guess for me - never heard of her.
Cooking was a random guess for me - never heard of her.
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Maybe folks would remember her better if they knew M.F.K. stood for Mary Frances Kennedy. I used to see her column in The Boston Globe back in the late '80s and almost never read it. Then one day I did and was absolutely enchanted. Read her NYTimes obituary for more quotes like these.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:00 amHer name meant nothing to me so I took a wild guess and put "gardening." I wonder how many people actually knew this as opposed to just figuring "cooking" was their best guess.Blue Lion wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:53 am My answer for the M.F.K. Fisher question was "travel" because I had read her Two Towns in Provence. I wasn't aware that she was best known for food writing; and, in fact, an MFK Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing is given out every even-numbered year. You learn something every day.
On her beauty:
MFKFisher wrote:I wasn't so pretty that I didn't have to do something else.
On her birth:
TIL that one of Ethan Stowell's many Seattle restaurants is named for her book How to Cook a Wolf.MFKFisher wrote:I began in Albion, Mich., and was born there on July 3, 1908, in a heat wave. I leapt forth only a few minutes before midnight, in a supreme effort from my mother, whose husband had assured her that I would be named Independencia if I arrived on the Fourth.
Thrilled to get my first win vs. BuxtonK after four losses, though with just three right I didn't like my chances. Rankin may be better known in the west. Tried roan for palomino. The awfulness of Barbara Bosson (Bochco's wife, and Fay on Hill Street Blues) on Cop Rock is hard to forget.
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One downside of playing along as a nonmember is seeing the category on a question like the Fisher one. It was a bit of a giveaway. I remember one like that sometime in the last few seasons, too.
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Damn it, the F in FTSE doesn't stand for France or French.
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That was my guess too.Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:03 am Damn it, the F in FTSE doesn't stand for France or French.
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MD4 I'm beyond surprised, but it's a 4-0-0 start, with a 2(2)-0(1) perfect-defense win to solidify second place in the rundle, behind the person who had the 9(6)-0(1) in MD2 (and thus got a huge MPD boost).
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Had I not already submitted (I generally play first thing in the morning before work) I would have had either the luckiest random knowledge encounter ever, or the worst moral dilemma about cheating ever, depending on perspective. (I didn't get it on my own, and wild-guessed Webber.)apologies to this Tim Rice but for a second I thought the lyricist of Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and AIDA had followed me - Two years of Brit lit electives in high school, and four years as an English major, and guess which book was never covered by any of them? Yep, Moll Flanders
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I saw that tweet as well (after I had submitted) and looked up right away if he was on LearnedLeague; he is not. Waiting for the LL forum for this question to show up to see if anyone else noticed this. Count me as one of many who didn't RTFQ and went to Andrew Lloyd Webber right away. Didn't matter as my opponent appeared to have done the same (also an early submitter based on the Player Tracker).zerobandwidth wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:59 am
[*] I'm guessing Ivan Plis isn't in LL yet, because he tweeted this at 11:14AM:Had I not already submitted (I generally play first thing in the morning before work) I would have had either the luckiest random knowledge encounter ever, or the worst moral dilemma about cheating ever, depending on perspective. (I didn't get it on my own, and wild-guessed Webber.)apologies to this Tim Rice but for a second I thought the lyricist of Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and AIDA had followed me
[*] Two years of Brit lit electives in high school, and four years as an English major, and guess which book was never covered by any of them? Yep, Moll Flanders
Also, on Moll Flanders, thanks to OntarioQuizzer for this recap: https://thejeopardyfan.com/2017/10/fina ... -2017.html
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Dropped to 0-4 yesterday in my initial D rundle season which is pretty frustrating considering I've answered 3 or more questions correct on 3 out of 4 days, my defense is leading the rundle (.875, only given up 2 ufpa) and I'm above the middle of the pack in TCA. However, I'm also leading in CAA which is the problem. Yesterday my opponent with a 36% theatre (and 15% classical) got Tim Rice and I did not (ALW here) which was the difference since we both got Q1-Q3 correct. Argh!
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DERP. Of all the recaps to not read carefully…badgerfellow wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:11 am Also, on Moll Flanders, thanks to OntarioQuizzer for this recap: https://thejeopardyfan.com/2017/10/fina ... -2017.html
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I've never heard of Euronext, but I thought my guess of "BRAMBO" (Brussels, Amsterdam, Bourse) was pretty good!
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I was two letters away from my first beer of the season, WAGging "Eurodex" instead of "Euronext".
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Although I'm not sure if it should be a stock exchange or condom brand...
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When your stock portfolio needs the best protection, trust Eurex™.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:21 amAlthough I'm not sure if it should be a stock exchange or condom brand...
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