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threearruda
spell4yr
Enormous Jeans
Gamawire
badgerfellow

MarkBarrett
SweepingDeveloper
classicroadster
floridagator
morbeedo

merica
jsm378
Ironhorse
casketromance
MattKnowles

Peachbox
squarekara
Rackme32
clt013
immaf

twelvefootboy
Prizes
9021amyers
clprez
Coach P

1stlvlthinker
Saturnalia
Bmwhitehead
xabe
ElendilPickle

Chex Mix
econgator
heppm01
blueoncemoon
Kirbstar

Hello and welcome to TD 420! This one is a mini, and the theme is...well...what else? Free your mind and good luck!

Rules:

1. No DROP
2. ONE (1) SHEEP allowed
3. One wrong answer eliminates you from the game. There is a bonus opportunity, which is a free guess, and won’t cause elimination if you’re wrong. For scoring purposes, an eliminated player's answers after being eliminated will still count toward point totals for other players
4. Usual TD scoring applies - your score is the number of people (yourself included) who gave the same correct answer as you.
5. There are no loopholes - ask for clarifications if you really need it, but don't try to break the game.
6. Submit answers by PM or with this Google form. Answers will tentatively close Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 5 PM ET.

Q1 - Trees - Give a common phrase or word that includes the word "tree" or "trees" and is NOT the name of an actual kind of living tree (e.g. not "pine tree"; if I've heard of it, or I can Google it and can easily find its meaning, I'll count it). "Tree" and "Trees" themselves also do not count. Proper names or titles are allowed.

Q2 - Herb - KFC's original recipe is kept under lock and key, and under heavy surveillance, but the Colonel's second wife also allegedly had it written on the back of her last will. While KFC denies that the recipe is accurate, the Chicago tribune tested the recipe out and it did produce something that was "indistinguishable" from chicken bought at a Chicago-area KFC. Name one of the 11 herbs or spices that goes into the Colonel's original recipe (Note: although the spices are to be mixed with two cups of white flour, flour is not a correct answer; the Chicago Tribune also confirmed that MSG is added to the spice mix, but was not in the original list of 11, so MSG will also not be accepted).

Q3 - Midnight Toker - in a certain song by the Steve Miller Band, the singer says that "I'm a midnight toker." Other than a midnight toker, name something, according to the chorus of the song, that the singer either claims to be (the song lyrics say "I'm a _____"), or, according to the song's opening verse, the singer is called by some people ("Some people call me _____").

Q4 - Hash(tags) - Below are some tweets that include some of the most used hashtags of all time (with the hashtags edited out, of course). Name one of the hashtags being used. I'll use my discretion if you're close. Some of the pictures might come out a bit small - click on them to enlarge.



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Q5 - MJ - Name a player, other than Michael Jordan, that started at least 3 games for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals in the 1990s.

Q5 Bonus (-3 points) - a well-known part of the experience of attending a Bulls game was the introduction of their starting lineup, featuring a computer-generated animation of a bull charging through the city, and what stellar piece of music by the Alan Parsons Project?

Q6 - Marijuana - As of the time of this game, name a US state where marijuana is legal for both recreational and medical use.

No guess on 2, 3 or 5

I suppose it's fitting to salute one of the Celebrity J! greats on this occasion:

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morbeedo wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 11:27 am No guess on 2, 3 or 5

Here's what you do:
1. Play anyway.
2. It's just for fun and no one will pay attention or care how you do for longer than 30 seconds at any point in the game.
3. Give your best answer for #1 and stay in the game.
4. To stay in the game do the SHEEP on #2.
5. Songs often have rhymes. Take a guess for #3.
6. If you make it to #5 pick a last name and hope to get lucky.
7. When you get the call (again) to go on J! don't worry about problems with pop music and sports as they do not come up enough to worry about.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 12:44 pm

morbeedo wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 11:27 am No guess on 2, 3 or 5

Here's what you do:
1. Play anyway.
2. It's just for fun and no one will pay attention or care how you do for longer than 30 seconds at any point in the game.
3. Give your best answer for #1 and stay in the game.
4. To stay in the game do the SHEEP on #2.
5. Songs often have rhymes. Take a guess for #3.
6. If you make it to #5 pick a last name and hope to get lucky.
7. When you get the call (again) to go on J! don't worry about problems with pop music and sports as they do not come up enough to worry about.

Sage advice!

#7 has me a little bummed out these days. Need to focus on other life stuff and accept that there's nothing I can do to influence TPTB. My job is to show up every year and take their test. That's all I can do!

SenseiCAY wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 9:49 am 3. One wrong answer eliminates you from the game.

What about the bonus question?

MattKnowles wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 12:06 am

SenseiCAY wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 9:49 am 3. One wrong answer eliminates you from the game.

What about the bonus question?

No penalty for wrong guesses on the bonus. Free guess. Anyone who didn’t guess on the bonus for fear of elimination can PM me a guess if you haven’t looked it up after the fact.

So... Has anyone sent in their survey at exactly 4:20? Or done the survey while high?

Rackme32 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 1:23 pm So... Has anyone sent in their survey at exactly 4:20? Or done the survey while high?

I played some 70's soft rock on the ukulele after I submitted.

We're at 21 players! Get your entries in!

I’m feeling rather sheepish submitting.

Get 'em in while you can - closing at 5 PM today!

I'll leave it open until tomorrow morning - hopefully will start the reveal tomorrow afternoon.

And closing. We have 35 players:

threearruda
spell4yr
Enormous Jeans
Gamawire
badgerfellow

MarkBarrett
SweepingDeveloper
classicroadster
floridagator
morbeedo

merica
jsm378
Ironhorse
casketromance
MattKnowles

Peachbox
squarekara
Rackme32
clt013
immaf

twelvefootboy
Prizes
9021amyers
clprez
Coach P

1stlvlthinker
Saturnalia
Bmwhitehead
xabe
ElendilPickle

Chex Mix
econgator
heppm01
blueoncemoon
Kirbstar

I'll try to start the reveal this afternoon.

OK - sorry for the delay, folks. Let's get this started - it's gonna be lit, as they say.

Q1 - Trees - Give a common phrase or word that includes the word "tree" or "trees" and is NOT the name of an actual kind of living tree (e.g. not "pine tree"; if I've heard of it, or I can Google it and can easily find its meaning, I'll count it). "Tree" and "Trees" themselves also do not count. Proper names or titles are allowed.

Turnabout is fair play on this one, I guess - I remember in a previous TD, I put down "crysanthEMUm" when asked for a plant that contains the name of an animal, so I had to accept "street" and variations on this one *grumble grumble*.

WRONG
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(None)

SHEEP (+3)
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(None)

Make like a tree and leave - 3
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MarkBarrett
heppm01
Saturnalia

Can't see the forest for the trees - 3
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1stlvlthinker
Chex Mix
immaf

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree - 2
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Coach P
xabe

Treemonisha - 2
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squarekara
Peachbox

Shaking like a leaf on a tree - 2
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jsm378
classicroadster

Street(s) - 2
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Kirbstar
threearruda

SINGLETONS
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Barking up the wrong tree - Rackme32
Coaching tree - 9021amyers
If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it… - blueoncemoon
Fake plastic trees - Ironhorse
Tree fiddy - spell4yr
Tree graph - MattKnowles
Tree of knowledge - clprez
Tree of Liberty - floridagator
Tree of Life - badgerfellow
Streetlight - Prizes
Phone tree - merica
Tree pose - morbeedo
Tree rollins - clt013
Shoe tree - Gamawire
Street smarts - twelvefootboy
smoking trees - casketromance
Southern trees bear strange fruit - Enormous Jeans
Tree structure - SweepingDeveloper
Wall to wall and treetop tall - econgator
Top of the tree - ElendilPickle
Tree trunk - Bmwhitehead

Q1 Standings:

29. 1stlvlthinker [s] - 3
29. Chex Mix [s] - 3
29. MarkBarrett [s] - 3
29. Saturnalia [s] - 3
29. heppm01 [s] - 3
29. immaf [s] - 3
21. Coach P [s] - 2
21. Kirbstar [s] - 2
21. Peachbox [s] - 2
21. classicroadster [s] - 2
21. jsm378 [s] - 2
21. squarekara [s] - 2
21. threearruda [s] - 2
21. xabe [s] - 2
1. 9021amyers [s] - 1
1. Bmwhitehead [s] - 1
1. ElendilPickle [s] - 1
1. Enormous Jeans [s] - 1
1. Gamawire [s] - 1
1. Ironhorse [s] - 1
1. MattKnowles [s] - 1
1. Prizes [s] - 1
1. Rackme32 [s] - 1
1. SweepingDeveloper [s] - 1
1. badgerfellow [s] - 1
1. blueoncemoon [s] - 1
1. clprez [s] - 1
1. clt013 [s] - 1
1. econgator [s] - 1
1. floridagator [s] - 1
1. merica [s] - 1
1. morbeedo [s] - 1
1. spell4yr [s] - 1
1. twelvefootboy [s] - 1
1. casketromance [s] - 1

you never heard of to smoke tree? look it up in urban dictionary...means to smoke weed...pretty lame...almost went with treegasm

CasketRomance wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 5:36 pm you never heard of to smoke tree? look it up in urban dictionary...means to smoke weed...pretty lame...almost went with treegasm