We haven't even finished the categories and already my Oxford comma-loving self is irate
On a lark I Googled "Camford" and I got results using it in the appropriate sense, so...
Didn't want to commit on the coinflip, Kate ruled out Hudson so I got East on the rebound
There goes the full-reveal streak
A category on invented languages and no Hildegard of Bingen?
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DJ: 21R7P. 2/2 on DDs. 5/5 on Declarations and Languages. 4/5 on Gramm"or". 3/4 on Nobel and Angels. 1/5 on Movies (I got The Hustler--which I've never seen, but know because my cousin happens to own the pool table Paul Newman practiced on for the movie).
FJ: Nope. I went with Kennedy Center.
LT: French Academy, The Hustler
Monday, December 14, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Monday, December 14, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I would have gotten it with that one, actually.Bamaman wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:30 pm For non—LLamas, here is the question from last week.Spoiler
What is the name of the architectural marvel, which opened in October 1973, that sits on a promontory known to its original caretakers, the Gadigal clan of the Eora Nation, as Tubowgule, or "where the knowledge waters meet"?
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Re: Monday, December 14, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
No one brought it up on the day, but that was part of an LL clue last season:
https://learnedleague.com/question.php?86&17&6
Though I'm pretty sure I responded with the 'intended' answer, I had both at the ready.The portmanteau "Camford", which can be used as a term of convenience or as one of derision, is much less common than what other, similar portmanteau with an identical meaning and provenance?
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Re: Monday, December 14, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I think at least a small chunk of us tie Utzon to the Opera House thanks to Nancy Christy's Millionaire run in 2003, if we didn't know it already of course. But TIL it took 16 years from design to opening.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:49 pm I might remember Utzon going forward. He's just one letter off from Gutzon Borglum, and I've finally got that guy in my memory banks.