+1 for TN, since it's in the name of the brand, and that's the type of whiskey I consider it to be. Any bar that tries to sell JD as 'bourbon' is dead to me. They might as well try to sell Pepsi as 'Coke'.
I knew precisely the region he was referring to, and confidently said Calabria (calor = heat). Oops. Technically correct, but not fitting the rest of the clue.
Same answer, same reasoning re calor, but not the same level of confidence. I knew Calabria, at least in its present configuration, did not reach as far north as Naples, so after a few hours of idly trying to twist sol, fuerzo, duro, and calor into something feasible, used the region I knew actually existed as my surrender answer.
I have a very narrow lead in the rundle in TCA and I am in 15th place, which is pretty much where last season ended.
ClassicRoadster will be glad to face the rest of us the next 7 games after leading off playing the two ringers .
It was a bit of a rude awakening for sure...
Decent start to the season for me other than MD2. Loved the Big Ben question but I didn't get there as I didn't even consider that parliament/big ben etc were only built in the 1850s. Yesterday, I didn't even consider that periwinkle was anything but a snailish thing, went with violet. I did go with TN but man that seemed way too easy. I almost said Canada based on the sugar maple clue thinking it must be someplace up north and remembering there is a "Canadian Whiskey" (crown, candian club, etc.).
ClassicRoadster will be glad to face the rest of us the next 7 games after leading off playing the two ringers .
It was a bit of a rude awakening for sure...
Decent start to the season for me other than MD2. Loved the Big Ben question but I didn't get there as I didn't even consider that parliament/big ben etc were only built in the 1850s. Yesterday, I didn't even consider that periwinkle was anything but a snailish thing, went with violet. I did go with TN but man that seemed way too easy. I almost said Canada based on the sugar maple clue thinking it must be someplace up north and remembering there is a "Canadian Whiskey" (crown, candian club, etc.).
I finally bailed on Tennessee and went ahead and took the maple clue all the way to Canada. I know TI doesn't try to trick us and try to read.every.word. Luckily I was given a zero for that one and managed a lucky W thanks to my Master Gardener spouse and twelvefootsis1 for the periwinkle guess.
ClassicRoadster will be glad to face the rest of us the next 7 games after leading off playing the two ringers .
Well, you tied one of those 'ringers' on MD3, so what does that make you?
Well, to put it in Weekly Poll parlance:
My forecast for MD12 and MD22:
I'm glad you guys filled in, because ten or twelve players seems ideal to give some internal rematches, even if they are drubbings. Because, on any given day...
I'm glad to get back to the season. It's seemed like a long time without it, what with J! reruns and all.
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I pondered the Asian rivers country for a little while yesterday and didn't come up with anything, and was thinking that it was a pretty obscure river and I was going to have to guess. I finally made it to Jordan after going through what felt like nearly every country in Asia and couldn't believe that it didn't click instantly.
It has been a rough start to the season for me, with only 12 TCA. I have had only 2 or 3 correct on every MD so far. I am above the relegation zone, but I had to benefit from a forfeit win on MD 1.
I pondered the Asian rivers country for a little while yesterday and didn't come up with anything, and was thinking that it was a pretty obscure river and I was going to have to guess. I finally made it to Jordan after going through what felt like nearly every country in Asia and couldn't believe that it didn't click instantly.
I have some kind of brain block that won't let me consider Arabia as Asia. Geology (is supposed to) defines continents, not race . I picked Cambodia since the Mekong is the only river I can think of in SE Asia.
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I was amazed that the get rate the Joker's Wild was so low in my general rundle on MD6; only 3 of 30 got it. In my private rundle, 8 of 10 got the question correct.
I was amazed that the get rate the Joker's Wild was so low in my general rundle on MD6; only 3 of 30 got it. In my private rundle, 8 of 10 got the question correct.
I am really surprised at this as well. I know the league has younger players coming in, and I can see a good bit not knowing who Jack Barry is; but trivia and game shows go together, and we did have a TJW revival with Snoop Dogg...with a large slot machine as the centerpiece of the set.
How many got the quilt question here? I was nervous assigning defense. I knew it because I live in Alabama and have heard about the quilting ladies. I just didn’t know if it was widely known or if it could be puzzled out. It seemed to play hard, though not as hard as Joker’s Wild.
How many got the quilt question here? I was nervous assigning defense. I knew it because I live in Alabama and have heard about the quilting ladies. I just didn’t know if it was widely known or if it could be puzzled out. It seemed to play hard, though not as hard as Joker’s Wild.
NHOI.
I missed velocity. I went with momentum. So close, but that was embarrassing.
How many got the quilt question here? I was nervous assigning defense. I knew it because I live in Alabama and have heard about the quilting ladies. I just didn’t know if it was widely known or if it could be puzzled out. It seemed to play hard, though not as hard as Joker’s Wild.
NHOI.
I missed velocity. I went with momentum. So close, but that was embarrassing.
I guessed chalk for the art question. I had no idea, but thought that might fit the "Street Story ___" part. What art medium might you use to create a street story?
I almost said velocity for Q5, but ended up putting churn instead. I couldn't see how churn would be a term from physics, but I've heard it in a financial sense often.
+1 for TN, since it's in the name of the brand, and that's the type of whiskey I consider it to be. Any bar that tries to sell JD as 'bourbon' is dead to me. They might as well try to sell Pepsi as 'Coke'.
I visited several bourbon distilleries in Kentucky, and the tour guide at at least one of them explained the difference between bourbon and Tennessee whiskey: bourbon is not filtered, Jack Daniel's is. (Fun fact: a candidate by the name of Jack Daniels https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateD ... teID=13535 ran for statewide office in New Mexico in 1970 and 1972, losing both times.)
Another requirement for bourbon is that the barrel may be used just once. A brewery owner in West Michigan showed me the room where his high-end beers were barrel-aged. He bought the barrels from bourbon distilleries; at the time (2005), they were relatively cheap. Since then, more breweries have gotten into barrel-aged beers, driving up the price of barrels.
How many got the quilt question here? I was nervous assigning defense. I knew it because I live in Alabama and have heard about the quilting ladies. I just didn’t know if it was widely known or if it could be puzzled out. It seemed to play hard, though not as hard as Joker’s Wild.
I live in New York, and nope. I went with coal, thinking that might be what "black belt" referred to, though "street scene coal" did seem a funny title. I seem to remember missing another art question dealing with quilts not long ago.
I felt pretty good about "liquidity" as the physics-based rate-of-spending word, but it doesn't take much to make me feel good when it comes to science or bus/econ.
I might have got "Joker's Wild" had I not landed on "Wizard of Odds" first. I knew nothing about the Snoop Dogg version and never paid much mind to the old show.
And, not to be seen as evading the issue, I thought "devanagari" might be a type of yoga and said "bikram".
Another requirement for bourbon is that the barrel may be used just once. A brewery owner in West Michigan showed me the room where his high-end beers were barrel-aged.
Was it Founders? Is so the brewer may be a friend of mine.
I almost said quilt, solely because there had been a question about it as an art form a year and a half ago (Harriet Powers was the artist in that question). But then for no reason I decided that "Street Story Silver" had a nice ring to it.
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