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badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 am Requoting to say that yesterday blew those days out of the water in terms of difficulty.
Funny, I’ve really been struggling this season, but Monday was one of the days where I felt the beer was in reach, yet ended up with just 4 right because I thought Fort Knox was in TN and assumed Thorsten wouldn’t be asking about Haydn again so soon. Luckily won 7(4)-6(4) and jumped out of the relegation zone (for now)
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badgerfellow wrote: Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:45 pm
Ah I see and I would agree. Thursday was brutal for my A Rundle; we barely got above 50% for that day. Over all rundles, 3 of the 4 hardest days of the season occurred last week (Thursday was 1, Monday was 2, Friday was 4).

Stats here: https://learnedleague.com/allrundles.php?78&19
Is there a way to click through to that page, or do you have to bookmark it? I've never seen that before (and it's amazing how many stats Thorsten does have on the website).

And yeah, yesterday was the hardest day yet, bumping last Thursday's to second hardest.
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morbeedo wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:16 am
badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 am Requoting to say that yesterday blew those days out of the water in terms of difficulty.
Funny, I’ve really been struggling this season, but Monday was one of the days where I felt the beer was in reach, yet ended up with just 4 right because I thought Fort Knox was in TN
Fort Knox is in KY, but Knoxville is in TN, so that led me astray. Cumberland, I guess, should have tipped the scales in favor of Kentucky, but I know I've seen Tennessee license plates from Knox County, so I ended up going with the Kosman Koin on that one.
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:06 am
morbeedo wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:16 am
badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 am Requoting to say that yesterday blew those days out of the water in terms of difficulty.
Funny, I’ve really been struggling this season, but Monday was one of the days where I felt the beer was in reach, yet ended up with just 4 right because I thought Fort Knox was in TN
Fort Knox is in KY, but Knoxville is in TN, so that led me astray. Cumberland, I guess, should have tipped the scales in favor of Kentucky, but I know I've seen Tennessee license plates from Knox County, so I ended up going with the Kosman Koin on that one.
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alietr wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:51 am
badgerfellow wrote: Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:45 pm
Ah I see and I would agree. Thursday was brutal for my A Rundle; we barely got above 50% for that day. Over all rundles, 3 of the 4 hardest days of the season occurred last week (Thursday was 1, Monday was 2, Friday was 4).

Stats here: https://learnedleague.com/allrundles.php?78&19
Is there a way to click through to that page, or do you have to bookmark it? I've never seen that before (and it's amazing how many stats Thorsten does have on the website).

And yeah, yesterday was the hardest day yet, bumping last Thursday's to second hardest.
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Volante wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:19 am
This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:06 am
morbeedo wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:16 am
badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 am Requoting to say that yesterday blew those days out of the water in terms of difficulty.
Funny, I’ve really been struggling this season, but Monday was one of the days where I felt the beer was in reach, yet ended up with just 4 right because I thought Fort Knox was in TN
Fort Knox is in KY, but Knoxville is in TN, so that led me astray. Cumberland, I guess, should have tipped the scales in favor of Kentucky, but I know I've seen Tennessee license plates from Knox County, so I ended up going with the Kosman Koin on that one.
Bulleit was my scale tipper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulleit_Bourbon
Glad that worked, but of course that's a lucky hint since the county is spelled differently than the bourbon and the distillery isn't even in Bullitt County.

Turns out four out of five listed counties are in BOTH Tennessee and Kentucky.
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:26 am
Volante wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:19 am Bulleit was my scale tipper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulleit_Bourbon
Glad that worked, but of course that's a lucky hint since the county is spelled differently than the bourbon and the distillery isn't even in Bullitt County.

Turns out four out of five listed counties are in BOTH Tennessee and Kentucky.
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:26 am
Volante wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:19 am
This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:06 am
morbeedo wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:16 am
badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 am Requoting to say that yesterday blew those days out of the water in terms of difficulty.
Funny, I’ve really been struggling this season, but Monday was one of the days where I felt the beer was in reach, yet ended up with just 4 right because I thought Fort Knox was in TN
Fort Knox is in KY, but Knoxville is in TN, so that led me astray. Cumberland, I guess, should have tipped the scales in favor of Kentucky, but I know I've seen Tennessee license plates from Knox County, so I ended up going with the Kosman Koin on that one.
Bulleit was my scale tipper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulleit_Bourbon
Glad that worked, but of course that's a lucky hint since the county is spelled differently than the bourbon and the distillery isn't even in Bullitt County.

Turns out four out of five listed counties are in BOTH Tennessee and Kentucky.
I thought Kentucky (Knox) would have been a gimme for most players, not realizing that there was so much overlap with Tennessee counties. Last week I saw a blog comment wondering why some states have so many counties, specifically noting Kentucky's 120. (Note: Texas has the most, I think 254.)

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This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:26 am
Volante wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:19 am
This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:06 am
morbeedo wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:16 am
badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 am Requoting to say that yesterday blew those days out of the water in terms of difficulty.
Funny, I’ve really been struggling this season, but Monday was one of the days where I felt the beer was in reach, yet ended up with just 4 right because I thought Fort Knox was in TN
Fort Knox is in KY, but Knoxville is in TN, so that led me astray. Cumberland, I guess, should have tipped the scales in favor of Kentucky, but I know I've seen Tennessee license plates from Knox County, so I ended up going with the Kosman Koin on that one.
Bulleit was my scale tipper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulleit_Bourbon
Glad that worked, but of course that's a lucky hint since the county is spelled differently than the bourbon and the distillery isn't even in Bullitt County.

Turns out four out of five listed counties are in BOTH Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Bulleit stop on the Bourbon Trail isn't too far from Bullitt County at least, about 10-15 minutes from the Jefferson-Bullitt county line.
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morbeedo wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:16 am
badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 am Requoting to say that yesterday blew those days out of the water in terms of difficulty.
Funny, I’ve really been struggling this season, but Monday was one of the days where I felt the beer was in reach, yet ended up with just 4 right because I thought Fort Knox was in TN and assumed Thorsten wouldn’t be asking about Haydn again so soon. Luckily won 7(4)-6(4) and jumped out of the relegation zone (for now)
And Fort Knox isn't even in Knox County. It's primarily in Hardin, but also stretches into Meade and...Bullitt.

If it wasn't for the fact I've been in 3 of those 5 counties (and residing in one of them), this would have been a tad harder. Alas, about as Instaget as it could be.
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alietr wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:51 am
badgerfellow wrote: Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:45 pm
Ah I see and I would agree. Thursday was brutal for my A Rundle; we barely got above 50% for that day. Over all rundles, 3 of the 4 hardest days of the season occurred last week (Thursday was 1, Monday was 2, Friday was 4).

Stats here: https://learnedleague.com/allrundles.php?78&19
Is there a way to click through to that page, or do you have to bookmark it? I've never seen that before (and it's amazing how many stats Thorsten does have on the website).

And yeah, yesterday was the hardest day yet, bumping last Thursday's to second hardest.
I've also clicked through to get it. From the homepage, click on "LL78 Standings/Home" in the upper ribbon. Below the stats for each Rundle in your league is a link saying "All LL78 Rundles." This will then show get rates for all leagues and rundles, as well as the overall stats for each day. This is also where you can download intricate player stats for everyone in LL; It's the link below daily stats called "All Players >> (.csv)."
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Brutal day yesterday.

I was lucky to get 4 - I said "Milne" for the two-movie Christopher Robin question. I was thinking of A.A. - not his son, so another point proving you should just give the last name if permitted. It wasn't enough though, as my opponent got 5 and correctly knew I would miss the accounting question.
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boson wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:17 pm Brutal day yesterday.

I was lucky to get 4 - I said "Milne" for the two-movie Christopher Robin question. I was thinking of A.A. - not his son, so another point proving you should just give the last name if permitted.
Ewan McGregor's character's last name was Robin in the 2018 film. But I found the question itself problematic for this reason, and since the question has a premise of the real-life and fictional characters having the same name, either surname ought to have been accepted.
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seaborgium wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:57 pm
boson wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:17 pm Brutal day yesterday.

I was lucky to get 4 - I said "Milne" for the two-movie Christopher Robin question. I was thinking of A.A. - not his son, so another point proving you should just give the last name if permitted.
Ewan McGregor's character's last name was Robin in the 2018 film. But I found the question itself problematic for this reason, and since the question has a premise of the real-life and fictional characters having the same name, either surname ought to have been accepted.
I said "Christopher Robin Milne" and it was accepted.
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badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:35 am The Bulleit stop on the Bourbon Trail isn't too far from Bullitt County at least, about 10-15 minutes from the Jefferson-Bullitt county line.
We made several stops on the Bourbon Trail before/after visiting my wife's relatives in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. That is the county seat of Bullitt County.

Our favorte stop, which may or may not be on the trail, was Buffalo Trace, which is outside the state capital, Frankfort.
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teapot37 wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:17 pm I said "Christopher Robin Milne" and it was accepted.
Good think you didn't answer "Christopher Robin Yount" or "Christopher Robin Leach".
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Blue Lion wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:33 pm
badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:35 am The Bulleit stop on the Bourbon Trail isn't too far from Bullitt County at least, about 10-15 minutes from the Jefferson-Bullitt county line.
We made several stops on the Bourbon Trail before/after visiting my wife's relatives in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. That is the county seat of Bullitt County.

Our favorte stop, which may or may not be on the trail, is Buffalo Trace, which is outside the state capital, Frankfort.
Not on the trail, but I agree, it's a great facility. One contestant mentioned Buffalo Trace implicitly this week:
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Reese mentioned having tried Pappy Van Winkle, which is distilled by Buffalo Trace. Good stuff.
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badgerfellow wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:38 pm
Not on the trail, but I agree, it's a great facility. One contestant mentioned Buffalo Trace implicitly this week:
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Reese mentioned having tried Pappy Van Winkle, which is distilled by Buffalo Trace. Good stuff.
At the end of the tour we took, distillery workers were busy pasting labels on the bourbon mentioned in the spoiler. Guess what? It wasn't cheap.
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For the British director with the illustrious career, Charlie Chaplin was the MCW? Good guess or bad guess?
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morbeedo wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:33 am For the British director with the illustrious career, Charlie Chaplin was the MCW? Good guess or bad guess?
My guess!
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