Towards the end of DJ, I didn't hear Alex say LTAM, but instead I thought he said something like "We're running out of time." Does that happen every so often?
Did anyone else think it was strange that Caroline got credit for "Yalie" when the clue specifically asked for the Ivy League school? Maybe I missed something in the wording, but I was expecting a reversal before FJ.
This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:50 am
Did anyone else think it was strange that Caroline got credit for "Yalie" when the clue specifically asked for the Ivy League school? Maybe I missed something in the wording, but I was expecting a reversal before FJ.
GENERATION "Y" $400: Insert an “I” into an Ivy League school to get this nickname for one of its grads
harrumph wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:15 am
For FJ I went with Robert Indiana, who is known for a sculpture with the word "love" spelled out. Negbait!
I also thought of him and it, but I decided he couldn't really own "love" and "bin" also pushed me toward the UK (but the concept of "negbait" doesn't apply in FJ).
I agree: John's second game was a whole different thing compared to his first game. He looked tough in this one.
Got zero LT for the entire J! round and nearly half of DJ! Then started picking up the trash on the tougher clues late in the game with Burt Lancaster, Shogun, Decameron, and ammonia.
No clue on FJ! At the reveal I remembered the news around the shredding of this work, but could never have remembered the name of the work at all. And that breaks my streak of 10 consecutive correct FJs, a record for me I believe.
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CasketRomance wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:10 pm
standard...the people on this show know heaps of stuff except for math and strategy
And sports.
And movies/Oscars.
Ironically, people seem to do fairly well with the “dreaded” Opera category. Or at least that’s my perception.
I'd say movies and Oscars are 2 different things. You're only going to excel at Oscars if you memorize lists. I know many people do, but most contestants won't. I think general movie categories (who starred in what, or even who directed what) usually go well for contestants. Theater is another story...
CasketRomance wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:10 pm
standard...the people on this show know heaps of stuff except for math and strategy
And sports.
And movies/Oscars.
Ironically, people seem to do fairly well with the “dreaded” Opera category. Or at least that’s my perception.
I'd say movies and Oscars are 2 different things. You're only going to excel at Oscars if you memorize lists. I know many people do, but most contestants won't. I think general movie categories (who starred in what, or even who directed what) usually go well for contestants. Theater is another story...
Current movies - maybe. Anything before 2000, not so much. Even when they give them a photo, contestants can’t place some of the biggest names in Hollywood - again, stars from the 30s, 40s, etc. (Keeping in mind that we know that the screen the contestants get isn’t so great).
CasketRomance wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:10 pm
standard...the people on this show know heaps of stuff except for math and strategy
And sports.
And movies/Oscars.
Ironically, people seem to do fairly well with the “dreaded” Opera category. Or at least that’s my perception.
I'd say movies and Oscars are 2 different things. You're only going to excel at Oscars if you memorize lists. I know many people do, but most contestants won't. I think general movie categories (who starred in what, or even who directed what) usually go well for contestants. Theater is another story...
Agree. Last night in bar trivia, this question came up: "Name the last two directors not born in Mexico who have won the Academy Award for Best Director". A majority of teams got it wrong--even though only one of the two would count as correct. (Answer: Ang Lee, for Life of Pi; and Damien Chazelle, for La La Land.)