2020 Current Events Discussion Thread
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Perhaps all posts in the study guide regarding the postponement of the Olympics should be deleted until we actually know something?
Edit- we know something But those extraneous posts should be cleaned up.
Edit- we know something But those extraneous posts should be cleaned up.
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Is he the first person of note to die from this?Playwright Terrence McNally has died at 81 due to complications from COVID-19. McNally won 4 Tony awards - two for books for musicals, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1993) and “Ragtime” (1998), and two for plays, “Love! Valour! Compassion!” (1995) and “Master Class” (1996)
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Of course he wasn't "notable" beforehand, but Dr. Li Wenliang may have saved thousands of lives by whistleblowing about the danger of the virus and earning a reprimand from the mucky-mucks in China. .Bamaman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:07 pmIs he the first person of note to die from this?Playwright Terrence McNally has died at 81 due to complications from COVID-19. McNally won 4 Tony awards - two for books for musicals, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1993) and “Ragtime” (1998), and two for plays, “Love! Valour! Compassion!” (1995) and “Master Class” (1996)
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That FJ clue was assiduously phrased not to claim what the name meant, and as such the recent realization doesn't make the clue wrong.Volante wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:21 pm After exhaustive research, the mystery of the Triscuit name has been solved. Nope, that one Final Jeopardy was wrong.
It means Electricity Biscuit
https://thetakeout.com/twitter-solves-t ... 1842509936
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Thank you, Sage Boggs! This is nice piece of trivia—with a pleasant crunch!Volante wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:21 pm After exhaustive research, the mystery of the Triscuit name has been solved.... It means Electricity Biscuit
https://thetakeout.com/twitter-solves-t ... 1842509936
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Indy 500 postponed until August 23rd
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I started watching Tiger King last night. People are weird.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:24 am Tiger King on Netflix and Zoom for video conferencing were unknown to me earlier this month while in the past week they've pinged my radar many times. Be ready.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Kin ... nd_Madness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Video_Communications
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I haven't seen it, not going to see it, because Big Cat Rescue is incredible. And (according to them), the show's misleading too:boson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 11:24 amI started watching Tiger King last night. People are weird.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:24 am Tiger King on Netflix and Zoom for video conferencing were unknown to me earlier this month while in the past week they've pinged my radar many times. Be ready.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Kin ... nd_Madness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Video_Communications
https://bigcatrescue.org/refuting-netflix-tiger-king/
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Bamaman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:59 pm Prop Joe Diffie up beside the jukebox.
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That was surprisingly quick.
I saw Joe Diffie back in 2005 when recovering from jawbone surgery. A few years back I got his Wikipedia article ranked as a "Good Article". In 2nd grade I called in a request for "John Deere Green" to a local radio station and recorded the request on tape so my classmates could hear it.
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Apparently not...
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AUGH I can't believe I missed this before.Bamaman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:59 pm Prop Joe Diffie up beside the jukebox.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollin ... 74556/amp/
(listening to country while growing up in NYC, it took me years to learn that "John Deere Green" was a color, not a place a la Tavern on the Green)
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I also grew up in NYC but I guess I watched the news.
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I feel like at this point, we can't be definite about any announced TV, movie, or music projects that haven't already been filmed/recorded.triviawayne wrote:A new Law & Order spin-off is coming, Lt. Stabler is back. This series will be about organized crime. No title yet.
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I would say this is definitely coming, we just don't know when.trainman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 1:14 amI feel like at this point, we can't be definite about any announced TV, movie, or music projects that haven't already been filmed/recorded.triviawayne wrote:A new Law & Order spin-off is coming, Lt. Stabler is back. This series will be about organized crime. No title yet.
Dick Wolf has a production deal for new shows, this is one of them. The only way this doesn't happen is if the virus gets Meloni or Wolf; or if production never begins again on anything ever.
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Perhaps it doesn’t need to be in the canon until it actually has a title and a solid date?triviawayne wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:31 pmI would say this is definitely coming, we just don't know when.trainman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 1:14 amI feel like at this point, we can't be definite about any announced TV, movie, or music projects that haven't already been filmed/recorded.triviawayne wrote:A new Law & Order spin-off is coming, Lt. Stabler is back. This series will be about organized crime. No title yet.
Dick Wolf has a production deal for new shows, this is one of them. The only way this doesn't happen is if the virus gets Meloni or Wolf; or if production never begins again on anything ever.
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Stabler held the rank of detective when he was last seen on SVU, not lieutenant.
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Aren’t many things in the thread not necessarily in the canon yet, but things we expect will beGolf wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:35 pmPerhaps it doesn’t need to be in the canon until it actually has a title and a solid date?triviawayne wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:31 pmI would say this is definitely coming, we just don't know when.trainman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 1:14 amI feel like at this point, we can't be definite about any announced TV, movie, or music projects that haven't already been filmed/recorded.triviawayne wrote:A new Law & Order spin-off is coming, Lt. Stabler is back. This series will be about organized crime. No title yet.
Dick Wolf has a production deal for new shows, this is one of them. The only way this doesn't happen is if the virus gets Meloni or Wolf; or if production never begins again on anything ever.
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In my opinion, things should only be posted once they are set in stone. Nobody cares about rumors and it’s not a race to see who can post first.triviawayne wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:29 pm Aren’t many things in the thread not necessarily in the canon yet, but things we expect will be
In this case, we don’t have a title, which Jeopardy tends to require. So when the title is revealed, we will then require another post making this post useless.
I love the thread, it’s a great resource for all of us. I just don’t want to see it get bogged down with rumor and minutia.