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Opposite here. I focused on the Spanish and went with the Three Caballeros; my wife focused on the rhyming diminutives and got the right answer faster than I got the wrong one. The clue was displayed, she said, "Oh, that's obvious" and nothing more. I floundered for a few seconds, gave my answer, and she was both gleeful and scornful (a difficult combo to pull off) as she pronounced me "wrong, wrong, and wrong."This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:53 pm I got this FJ because I focused on the assonance of the names. My wife missed it because she concentrated on what the English equivalents to those names might be.
There was a Boston Red Sox player from the 70s and 80s whose name was Dwight Evans and he was nicknamed Dewey.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:24 pm By the way, is Dewey a diminutive name? If so, what's the full name? Deward? Durwood?
True. Seems like in general, though, it's a Welsh name and not "short" for something else.clprez wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:27 pmThere was a Boston Red Sox player from the 70s and 80s whose name was Dwight Evans and he was nicknamed Dewey.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:24 pm By the way, is Dewey a diminutive name? If so, what's the full name? Deward? Durwood?
No, it's not. But it functions as one in the set of 3.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:24 pm By the way, is Dewey a diminutive name? If so, what's the full name? Deward? Durwood?
Apparently it's short for Deuteronomy (!) in Quack Pack and Dewford in the DuckTales reboot.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:24 pm By the way, is Dewey a diminutive name? If so, what's the full name? Deward? Durwood?
Interesting that they had the clue about Jackie Coogan, when one of the Andy Griffith episodes on ME-TV later that evening had him in a cameo role. Don't know if it was coincidental or not.MattKnowles wrote: Some clues that I missed that I want to get next time are The Joy of Cooking, English horn, epistemology, Phaedra, and Jackie Coogan.
Jackie Coogan plays Mr. Duggan in "The Fender Benders" ep. of The Brady Bunch for a classic guest spot. So many laughs in that one. His other guest appearance in that show from "Double Parked" is a very quick role.Category 13 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:35 amInteresting that they had the clue about Jackie Coogan, when one of the Andy Griffith episodes on ME-TV later that evening had him in a cameo role. Don't know if it was coincidental or not.MattKnowles wrote: Some clues that I missed that I want to get next time are The Joy of Cooking, English horn, epistemology, Phaedra, and Jackie Coogan.
I had to look him up, after watching the (AG) episode because I did not recognise him. Just a hobby of mine. Very surprised to find out he was 'Uncle Fester'. Not that I'm an Addams Family fan.
I had no knowledge at all about his child actor notoriaty, or that he was once married to Betty Grable.
I was about to mention LaMarr Hoyt, but I see now that Dewey was his actual first name (Dewey Hoyt? Nothing that drugs can't cure).This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:36 pmTrue. Seems like in general, though, it's a Welsh name and not "short" for something else.clprez wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:27 pmThere was a Boston Red Sox player from the 70s and 80s whose name was Dwight Evans and he was nicknamed Dewey.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:24 pm By the way, is Dewey a diminutive name? If so, what's the full name? Deward? Durwood?
I'm not much of a dance or skating enthusiast, but their routine was totally mesmerizing. If you've never seen it, seek it out. And if you have, watch it again. A true masterpiece.Volante wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:13 pm A rare sports get for me, I got Bolero solely from "Classical, Torvill, Dean". Fun bit about that, the remixed Bolero was still too long to fit within the allotted time so T&D found a loophole: the clock starts when the skate first touches the ice so they stayed off their skates the first 18 seconds.
It really put ice dance on the map. Ice dance might sound kind of jokey, but it's an incredibly technical discipline. The top ice dancers are amazing skaters.alietr wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:34 pmI'm not much of a dance or skating enthusiast, but their routine was totally mesmerizing. If you've never seen it, seek it out. And if you have, watch it again. A true masterpiece.Volante wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:13 pm A rare sports get for me, I got Bolero solely from "Classical, Torvill, Dean". Fun bit about that, the remixed Bolero was still too long to fit within the allotted time so T&D found a loophole: the clock starts when the skate first touches the ice so they stayed off their skates the first 18 seconds.
Same. "Spanish" was a red herring. It helps to remember other FJs of this type where they'll give you, say, the title of a Dr. Seuss book in Latin.
It's a translation, but it's normally translated as One Thousand and One Nights. There are translations called The Arabian Nights Entertainments and it's often known as simply Arabian Nights. All that being said, if you do an image search, you'll find several books called some version of 1,001 Arabian Nights.morbeedo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:22 pmSame. "Spanish" was a red herring. It helps to remember other FJs of this type where they'll give you, say, the title of a Dr. Seuss book in Latin.
Missed Volstead with Volker and couldn't pull Phaedre - a rare wheelhouse question that got by me
I want to say "1,001 Arabian Nights" should have been negged. Isn't the title "The Thousand and One Nights"? I feel like they've ruled against other players for throwing in "Arabian"...
Is word play Tyler's Achilles heel? I don't think he got more than one of those, if any
Need to drill my Greek and Roman Gods
Yeah. Turns out I was thinking about a recent clue that said the title is an allusion to the story's time period of roughly 2 3/4 years, so "Arabian Nights" was negged in that case.econgator wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:31 pmIt's a translation, but it's normally translated as One Thousand and One Nights. There are translations called The Arabian Nights Entertainments and it's often known as simply Arabian Nights. All that being said, if you do an image search, you'll find several books called some version of 1,001 Arabian Nights.
