Presidents and prime ministers are not necessarily mutually exclusive. France and Israel have both, for example.jeff6286 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:09 pmIreland and South Africa both have a president, not a prime minister. This left me choosing from Australia, New Zealand, and (less likely), Canada. I made the right call this timeseaborgium wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:56 am On the Barnaby Joyce question, I didn't know, and I figured my not knowing was a strong indicator it wasn't the UK. I thought Ireland would be too obvious a guess given the surname, and I thought it would be lame to guess Australia given an English name that I assumed wasn't an English person. So I figured Joyce was stepping down along with Jacob Zuma, and guessed South Africa. If I had gone with Australia, it would have saved me a tie in both my public and private matches.
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It certainly helps to know stuff. I didn't!jeff6286 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:09 pmIreland and South Africa both have a president, not a prime minister. This left me choosing from Australia, New Zealand, and (less likely), Canada. I made the right call this timeseaborgium wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:56 am On the Barnaby Joyce question, I didn't know, and I figured my not knowing was a strong indicator it wasn't the UK. I thought Ireland would be too obvious a guess given the surname, and I thought it would be lame to guess Australia given an English name that I assumed wasn't an English person. So I figured Joyce was stepping down along with Jacob Zuma, and guessed South Africa. If I had gone with Australia, it would have saved me a tie in both my public and private matches.
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Witches Get Stitches was brilliant.
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Ahh, there we go. Loss that should've been a tie, loss that should have been a win. *grumble*defence*grumble*
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I had two RTFQ moments in yesterday's match. I actually did read the whole question about the card game, but then in looking over it again I completely forgot about the dance portion of the question in light of recalling euchre as the one card game I knew that removed a significant number of cards from the deck. I let that influence my defense too, as naming a card game was harder in my mind than naming the dance would have been. I outright failed to read the NCIS question in its entirety, and attempted to name the original show's location along with its first spinoff's. This led to me equaling VeredJ (both my public and private opponent) with 4 correct, and losing on defense.
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I totally misread the NCIS question the first several times. I thought he was looking for two cities that are a regional headquarter, but aren't Los Angeles or New Orleans. Very tricky wording. While I was thrashing about, I realized it had to be easier than I thought, and finally figured out that he was just looking for the two spinoff cities. Duh.seaborgium wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:11 am I had two RTFQ moments in yesterday's match. I actually did read the whole question about the card game, but then in looking over it again I completely forgot about the dance portion of the question in light of recalling euchre as the one card game I knew that removed a significant number of cards from the deck. I let that influence my defense too, as naming a card game was harder in my mind than naming the dance would have been. I outright failed to read the NCIS question in its entirety, and attempted to name the original show's location along with its first spinoff's. This led to me equaling VeredJ (both my public and private opponent) with 4 correct, and losing on defense.
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Defense is normally one of my strong suits (my previous season-long DE marks in Rundle A were .762, .764, .785, and .889, respectively), but I just can't seem to get it together this season. In matches where my opponent and I have answered the same number of questions correctly, I am now 0-4-1. The lone tie was 9(6)-9(6), so I couldn't mess up that one.
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I used to not pay much attention to defense when I knew I had six right, figuring that it didn't matter at all. Then it was pointed out to me that I could be tied 9(6)-9(5). Oops. So now I'm much more careful on those rare days.BigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:10 am Defense is normally one of my strong suits (my previous season-long DE marks in Rundle A were .762, .764, .785, and .889, respectively), but I just can't seem to get it together this season. In matches where my opponent and I have answered the same number of questions correctly, I am now 0-4-1. The lone tie was 9(6)-9(6), so I couldn't mess up that one.
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Yeah, that question was very easy to miss if you didn't read it carefully--then re-read it.alietr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:27 am I totally misread the NCIS question the first several times. I thought he was looking for two cities that are a regional headquarter, but aren't Los Angeles or New Orleans. Very tricky wording. While I was thrashing about, I realized it had to be easier than I thought, and finally figured out that he was just looking for the two spinoff cities. Duh.
I never watched either of the NCIS shows, but do listen to a sports talk show that is aired on CBS. Many of the commercials on that show are for CBS prime-time programs, including NCIS and its New Orleans-based spinoff.
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Kobe and I each hit threes, but I prevailed in the one-on-one. That leaves me just outside the promotion zone. Of course, it helps that I've had a forfeit win and the fewest CAA of anyone in my rundle.
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Thanks to a RTFQ error and poor defense over the last several days, I'm now in the relegation zone. My dad was addicted to the NCIS shows, and I knew them immediately....but thought we only needed to answer 1 city. I was given 3 points for it, and lost 2(3) - 3(3). D'oh!
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Double shotguns for Woof and me that day.alietr wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:44 amYesterday was instant-six-pack-answer-and-be-done-with-it day for me as well.jfrumkin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:33 amMost days I glance at the questions when I wake up and ruminate a bit before answering later in the morning. Once or twice a season, like yesterday, I open them up and don't have to bother ruminating because I know them all immediately. It's a great feeling but also a little sad to be done so quickly.
I also typed in Busby Berkeley (why do we know that name: from MAD?), but didn't submit it as the warning bell was tinkling. When Ziegfeld surfaced I was pretty sure that was it.ElendilPickle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:37 pm I said to myself, "Oh, Busby Berkeley!" Typed it in, hit submit... gah!
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My only six-pack of the season, I do believe. Just your luck, eh?
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I'm not seeing why Tonga had a high % and why quadrille had a such a low %. Was this Winter olympian that big of a news story? And isn't a quadrille a J! pavlov for Lewis Caroll lobster dance for four
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Yes, Pita was a big news story. Just something about an oiled up athlete in 27F weather that unites us all...
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And I only thought we needed to name one of the two so answered "New Orleans." Not sure I would have gotten LA as the other one.alietr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:27 amI totally misread the NCIS question the first several times. I thought he was looking for two cities that are a regional headquarter, but aren't Los Angeles or New Orleans.seaborgium wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:11 am I had two RTFQ moments in yesterday's match. I actually did read the whole question about the card game, but then in looking over it again I completely forgot about the dance portion of the question in light of recalling euchre as the one card game I knew that removed a significant number of cards from the deck. I let that influence my defense too, as naming a card game was harder in my mind than naming the dance would have been. I outright failed to read the NCIS question in its entirety, and attempted to name the original show's location along with its first spinoff's. This led to me equaling VeredJ (both my public and private opponent) with 4 correct, and losing on defense.
I really expected my opponent to miss "drupe" but, alas, he did not and I lost my match.
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I was one of the 16% who went with LA and Miami. I guess I've been watching too many old L&O episodes with my wife.
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Thorsten has resisted the style of some 1ds and minileague authors who use boldface to highlight what you should answer. For this question he used italics to say "two cities". This just doesn't show up as well, and is too easy to skip over. I wish he would change his style.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:02 pmAnd I only thought we needed to name one of the two so answered "New Orleans." Not sure I would have gotten LA as the other one.alietr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:27 amI totally misread the NCIS question the first several times. I thought he was looking for two cities that are a regional headquarter, but aren't Los Angeles or New Orleans.seaborgium wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:11 am I had two RTFQ moments in yesterday's match. I actually did read the whole question about the card game, but then in looking over it again I completely forgot about the dance portion of the question in light of recalling euchre as the one card game I knew that removed a significant number of cards from the deck. I let that influence my defense too, as naming a card game was harder in my mind than naming the dance would have been. I outright failed to read the NCIS question in its entirety, and attempted to name the original show's location along with its first spinoff's. This led to me equaling VeredJ (both my public and private opponent) with 4 correct, and losing on defense.