Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Tough break on the DD's for the challengers, but Lee piled up enough first downs to control the game anyway. When they showed that painting clue, it might as well have been a fake missile alert. For the other DD, Adams wasn't a reasonable guess since you have to be 16 years removed from a teenager to be a POTUS.
NHO jack-tar. The homophones were miserable except in retrospect.
Easy guess on the triscuit, with the only doubt about how long they've been made. I thought they were a new product in the 70's.
NHO jack-tar. The homophones were miserable except in retrospect.
Easy guess on the triscuit, with the only doubt about how long they've been made. I thought they were a new product in the 70's.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
We only just got those kids through The Mousetrap last Fall!opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:09 pmYou are my kind of woman, Kara. I read your post out to Mrs. P and she laughed happily and said, "Good for her!"squarekara wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:42 pm Well, I bailed out of this game when I realized they were serving up Movie Spoilers to my unspoiled children. After switching the channel, I asked my kids if they heard any of it, and they said "No, you were yelling too loud."
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
If someone posts that they've never heard of Triscuits I'm going to yell like squarekara.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Like the vegan -missers from yesterday's thread, I'm a celiac Triscuit-misser. I tried to think of tri crackers, but I was using the wrong vowel sound.
I'm not sure how much LT there was in this game, but I felt like I got an unusually high amount of it. Not Columbia, but everything else I've seen anyone mention here.
I think I've seen exactly one episode of Two Fat Ladies, and they made bubble and squeak on it.
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I'm not sure how much LT there was in this game, but I felt like I got an unusually high amount of it. Not Columbia, but everything else I've seen anyone mention here.
I think I've seen exactly one episode of Two Fat Ladies, and they made bubble and squeak on it.
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^ My wife and I have been watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and we saw the episode tonight that your avatar comes from. What a hilarious show! Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go read the latest issue of Blimp Aficionado.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
In the Crossword Clues "S" category (7 letters) where the correct response was "What is soprano?" I said "What is a soloist?" Judges?
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heard of them, but never came to me...have never eaten one before...give me a chicken in a biscuit for snack time, pleaseThis Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:29 amIf someone posts that they've never heard of Triscuits I'm going to yell like squarekara.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
same for medinghammer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:08 am Like the vegan-missers from yesterday's thread, I'm a celiac Triscuit-misser. I tried to think of tri crackers, but I was using the wrong vowel sound.Spoiler
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I'm not sure how much LT there was in this game, but I felt like I got an unusually high amount of it. Not Columbia, but everything else I've seen anyone mention here.
I think I've seen exactly one episode of Two Fat Ladies, and they made bubble and squeak on it.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
as soon as i saw the category "prisoner of war camps" i was ready for this one:
james clavell based his novel "king rat" on his experience at this japanese prison of war camp in singapore.
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what is "changi"?
but i was left holding my breath.
james clavell based his novel "king rat" on his experience at this japanese prison of war camp in singapore.
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what is "changi"?
but i was left holding my breath.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
I think we should give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she was thinking of John Quincy Adams (who was 14 in 1781) and just missed the South Carolina tease out for Jackson.twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:49 pm For the other DD, Adams wasn't a reasonable guess since you have to be 16 years removed from a teenager to be a POTUS.
I would prefer not to.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Hey, I got that one! Albeit from a geography, rather than culinary, angle:dinghammer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:08 am Like the vegan-missers from yesterday's threadSpoiler
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I would prefer not to.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Clues about Stalag 17 or Stalag 13 would have been good.alan tiger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:00 am as soon as i saw the category "prisoner of war camps" i was ready for this one:
james clavell based his novel "king rat" on his experience at this japanese prison of war camp in singapore.
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what is "changi"?
but i was left holding my breath.
And yes, the stalagmite clue was well done.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Good question. I also wondered if "What are singers?" would have worked. The clue was "BEVERLY SILLS OR MARIA CALLAS (7)". I suppose one could argue that the word "or" negates a plural response. But that would only be true if the clue read "BEVERLY SILLS XOR MARIA CALLAS (7)" (geek emoji). I think "soloist" would have had a decent chance of being accepted outright, or perhaps BMSed or accepted by a reversal judgment. I wouldn't be surprised by any outcome there and wouldn't have a lot of criticism for any ruling.buckeyebrain wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:18 am In the Crossword Clues "S" category (7 letters) where the correct response was "What is soprano?" I said "What is a soloist?" Judges?
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Ha! I didn't even notice and had to go back to look at it. Well done, writers!Foretopman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:45 pm I thought what the writers did with the "stalagmite" clue was pretty clever.
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This is pretty great. I missed it entirely because I was trying to recall the mnemonic for which is which: stalactites hang from the ceiling, stalagmites come from the ground.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:48 amHa! I didn't even notice and had to go back to look at it. Well done, writers!Foretopman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:45 pm I thought what the writers did with the "stalagmite" clue was pretty clever.
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
I always remembered it as the ones that hang from the ceiling have to hang on "tite".
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Mark Barrett, could we make Jack-Tar a poll item? Although I've heard the term tar for a sailor, Jack-Tar went right over my head (all I could think of was the Jack Tar hotel in SF, which I'd always thought was named for an actual person )
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In crosswords, a series with "or" always requires a singular response. I don't know about the other one. When Maria Callas sang, she was always a soprano. She wasn't always a soloist...opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:40 amGood question. I also wondered if "What are singers?" would have worked. The clue was "BEVERLY SILLS OR MARIA CALLAS (7)". I suppose one could argue that the word "or" negates a plural response. But that would only be true if the clue read "BEVERLY SILLS XOR MARIA CALLAS (7)" (geek emoji). I think "soloist" would have had a decent chance of being accepted outright, or perhaps BMSed or accepted by a reversal judgment. I wouldn't be surprised by any outcome there and wouldn't have a lot of criticism for any ruling.buckeyebrain wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:18 am In the Crossword Clues "S" category (7 letters) where the correct response was "What is soprano?" I said "What is a soloist?" Judges?
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
I suppose if the judges wanted to be real sticklers they could argue only SOPRANO is acceptable because it's a category about crossword clues. In a real crossword puzzle you need to put down exactly what the puzzle writer intended, after all. I don't think Jeopardy! would be that strict, however.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:40 amGood question. I also wondered if "What are singers?" would have worked. The clue was "BEVERLY SILLS OR MARIA CALLAS (7)". I suppose one could argue that the word "or" negates a plural response. But that would only be true if the clue read "BEVERLY SILLS XOR MARIA CALLAS (7)" (geek emoji). I think "soloist" would have had a decent chance of being accepted outright, or perhaps BMSed or accepted by a reversal judgment. I wouldn't be surprised by any outcome there and wouldn't have a lot of criticism for any ruling.buckeyebrain wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:18 am In the Crossword Clues "S" category (7 letters) where the correct response was "What is soprano?" I said "What is a soloist?" Judges?
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Re: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
For that reason, count me in favor of "soloist". "What the puzzle writer intended" is about all of the clue definition, word length and cross-clues, and we have each of those here (though only one cross to respect).This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:45 pmI supposed if the judges wanted to be real sticklers they could argue only SOPRANO is acceptable because it's a category about crossword clues. In a real crossword puzzle you need to put down exactly what the puzzle writer intended, after all. I don't think Jeopardy! would be that strict, however.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:40 amGood question. I also wondered if "What are singers?" would have worked. The clue was "BEVERLY SILLS OR MARIA CALLAS (7)". I suppose one could argue that the word "or" negates a plural response. But that would only be true if the clue read "BEVERLY SILLS XOR MARIA CALLAS (7)" (geek emoji). I think "soloist" would have had a decent chance of being accepted outright, or perhaps BMSed or accepted by a reversal judgment. I wouldn't be surprised by any outcome there and wouldn't have a lot of criticism for any ruling.buckeyebrain wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:18 am In the Crossword Clues "S" category (7 letters) where the correct response was "What is soprano?" I said "What is a soloist?" Judges?
But! In that vein, it would make for an interesting ToC-level question to have the same clue, with _ _ L _ _ _ _ appended.