Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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I’ve never seen 300. I ruled out anybody from the Iliad right away; fifth century BCE is 700 years too late for the Trojan War and at least 200 years too late for Homer as well. “Cliffs” brought to mind Thermopylae, which led to Leonidas a few seconds later - plenty of time to write it down. Was very surprised it was a TS.
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No chance on FJ for me. I have heard the name, but no idea who he was. I knew Alexander was wrong because he was in the 300s.
What was wrong with Hannah’s wager? Her score was lower than Ryan’s MSBIW score, so she had to improve her score to win. Yes, she could have bet differently and accomplished the same goal, but I don’t think it was a horrible bet. Much better than zero.
What was wrong with Hannah’s wager? Her score was lower than Ryan’s MSBIW score, so she had to improve her score to win. Yes, she could have bet differently and accomplished the same goal, but I don’t think it was a horrible bet. Much better than zero.
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...but she did bet zero. She had to improve her score to win, and didn't even try. Am I misunderstanding your point?
Instaget FJ. AFAIK, even if the Trojan War was real, it was what, 1200 BC? Like a previous poster, I'm surprised we didn't get at least one Alexander guess.
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Re: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Moreover, there was a single magic number (exactly $1600) that accomplishes everything (goes ahead of Ryan if Ryan misses, stays ahead of Kevin with Kevin's bet), and she didn't bet that number.
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And American Civil War general (Confederate) Leonidas Polk.Lefty wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:14 pmThere's also Leonidas of Rhodes, hero of four Olympic meetings.CasketRomance wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:21 pm only leonidas i have heard of is a filipino poker player (toto) with that as his surname
Pheidippides was the only other name that came to my mind, but he was at best a border-line hero and Marathon was a plain.
I too very briefly considered Pheidippides
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Did you read the thread? At least two of us went with Alex the pretty decent.xxaaaxx wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:26 am...but she did bet zero. She had to improve her score to win, and didn't even try. Am I misunderstanding your point?
Instaget FJ. AFAIK, even if the Trojan War was real, it was what, 1200 BC? Like a previous poster, I'm surprised we didn't get at least one Alexander guess.
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I knew the correct FJ response had to be a historical rather than mythological figure. So that ruled out Achilles and Agamemnon. It also ruled out the guess I might have made anyway if I had remembered the guy's name--Aegeus, the father of Theseus. He famously threw himself off a cliff when he spotted his son's ship returning home with black sails. This pre-arranged signal indicated Theseus had died. But it turned out Theseus was just depressed about something and had forgotten to change the sails to white.
I ended up deciding it was probably the "This. Is. SPARTA!!!", "Tonight, we dine in hell" guy but I couldn't remember his name. I ended up not making a guess because I kept hoping something would come to me and, as the clock ran out, that it would be a very short name. I judge this clue to be tough but fair. I'll be interested to see how it polls.
I ended up deciding it was probably the "This. Is. SPARTA!!!", "Tonight, we dine in hell" guy but I couldn't remember his name. I ended up not making a guess because I kept hoping something would come to me and, as the clock ran out, that it would be a very short name. I judge this clue to be tough but fair. I'll be interested to see how it polls.
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Sorry. I misread the post as her betting everything and dropping to zero. I didn’t actually see the game.xxaaaxx wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:26 am...but she did bet zero. She had to improve her score to win, and didn't even try. Am I misunderstanding your point?
Instaget FJ. AFAIK, even if the Trojan War was real, it was what, 1200 BC? Like a previous poster, I'm surprised we didn't get at least one Alexander guess.
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I know they pinned it to 'latest discovered major type' but that blood question felt neggy. 'O' is the universal donor, so wouldn't that be (if having to generally pick between the four) the preferred type?
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O is the universal donor for blood. AB is the universal plasma type.
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Today I learned something!
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Re: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
55 R (Missed Temple Grandon, Jennifer Connelly, H. D. $2000, and New TV $1200 and $1600. I DID get Atlanta this time. )
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: Kubo and the Two Strings, Idaho, Workers, North Dakota, Center, Catacombs, Lawrence of Arabia, Hirohito, (Aurora), AB
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DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: Kubo and the Two Strings, Idaho, Workers, North Dakota, Center, Catacombs, Lawrence of Arabia, Hirohito, (Aurora), AB
David Teniers's "Archduke Leopold's Gallery" is one of my favorite paintings. I was very excited to see it come up today.
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Very similar experience here; I knew dozens it wasn't but couldn't dredge the right name out of the morass in time. My mind was running with "Sparta...Persians...Thermopylae...The 300...opposed Xerxes... What's that guy's NAME?"opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:47 am I knew the correct FJ response had to be a historical rather than mythological figure. So that ruled out Achilles and Agamemnon. It also ruled out the guess I might have made anyway if I had remembered the guy's name--Aegeus, the father of Theseus. He famously threw himself off a cliff when he spotted his son's ship returning home with black sails. This pre-arranged signal indicated Theseus had died. But it turned out Theseus was just depressed about something and had forgotten to change the sails to white.
I ended up deciding it was probably the "This. Is. SPARTA!!!", "Tonight, we dine in hell" guy but I couldn't remember his name. I ended up not making a guess because I kept hoping something would come to me and, as the clock ran out, that it would be a very short name. I judge this clue to be tough but fair. I'll be interested to see how it polls.
Once again got a bruised forehead at the reveal. Dang.
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I meant I was surprised we didn't get an Alexander guess on the show.twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:44 am Did you read the thread? At least two of us went with Alex the pretty decent.
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LOL, just LOL at Odessa having 1500 miles of subways.
Ryan made the TDD of desperation to save what was otherwise an utterly mediocre game.
I knew that the correct answer on that blood type question was AB. Can someone calculate what difference it would have made in final if the challenger had either gotten it correct or stayed clam?
Ryan made the TDD of desperation to save what was otherwise an utterly mediocre game.
I knew that the correct answer on that blood type question was AB. Can someone calculate what difference it would have made in final if the challenger had either gotten it correct or stayed clam?
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Ryan Bilger: 17600-7201=10399 (4x = $107,049)floridagator wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:01 pm LOL, just LOL at Odessa having 1500 miles of subways.
Ryan made the TDD of desperation to save what was otherwise an utterly mediocre game.
I knew that the correct answer on that blood type question was AB. Can someone calculate what difference it would have made in final if the challenger had either gotten it correct or stayed clam?
Hannah Safford: 8800-0=8800
Kevin: Paquette: 12400-5201=7199
Ryan: 17600
Hannah: 8800
Kevin: 14400 on a clam
14400 doubled is 28800
Ryan would need to bet 11201 and losing that would leave him with 6399.
Ryan: 17600
Hannah: 8800
Kevin: 16400 on a get
16400 doubled is 32800
Ryan would need to bet 15201 and losing that would leave him with 2399
Kevin's bet of 5201 was a play of going a buck above Ryan if Ryan bet nothing or above Hannah at 8800 doubling. Or both depending on his ciphering.
On the clam scenario that's 3201 for Kevin to be left with 11199.
On the get scenario that's 1201 for Kevin to be left with 15199.
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Started off strong with an easy run of Films in Animated Movies, even if $400 and $600 are the only ones I've seen of the five.
I wonder if the triple neg on Idaho was due to the contestants following my thought process in thinking that "east" and "west" seemed like odd descriptors for a state that is mostly composed of a very long and narrow north-south section.
Surprisingly, I also ran Second Book in the Series.
Ran Big Box and and "H.D." in DJ!, but had only two other gets in that entire round: "matter" and surprisingly, David Sedaris.
NHO anything in that New TV category. "Atlanta" seemed like a very obscure choice for the top box.
No guess on FJ! Didn't recognize a word of this clue. I was able to match Thermopylae to Leonidas thanks to a passing familiarity with 300, though.
Lach Trash: Kubo and the Two Strings, North Dakota, center
I wonder if the triple neg on Idaho was due to the contestants following my thought process in thinking that "east" and "west" seemed like odd descriptors for a state that is mostly composed of a very long and narrow north-south section.
Surprisingly, I also ran Second Book in the Series.
Ran Big Box and and "H.D." in DJ!, but had only two other gets in that entire round: "matter" and surprisingly, David Sedaris.
NHO anything in that New TV category. "Atlanta" seemed like a very obscure choice for the top box.
No guess on FJ! Didn't recognize a word of this clue. I was able to match Thermopylae to Leonidas thanks to a passing familiarity with 300, though.
Lach Trash: Kubo and the Two Strings, North Dakota, center
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Blank on FJ, pure WAG on Leonidas.
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Thanks to Mark Barrett for the quick and thorough analysis.
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