Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
R: 26, W:3, costing 3400
Coryat: 16,800
FJ:
DD: 1/3
LT: reserved, vitimin K, diminished, volcano
J! round: Joined Hannah in the reversal during the meet & greet time. Got stumped with In Business (I'm not very good at word puzzles). Ran State Gov, 4/5 in stupid answers, missing it. Surprised myself by getting 3/5 in the Olympics - it helped that many of the clues were for Games during my youth, when I watched religiously.
DJ round: Stumped again in IANA(P)L. As a former music major in college, I'm embarrassed to go 3/5 in music terms, with one wrong. Thought the flat symbol was highly overvalued at 1600 - worth more like 200 - and Schoenberg was undervalued. I was a bit surprised to get a couple right in Chinese Emperors. Thought I'd be staring at that whole category. Frustrated by my second time this week of not pulling up Botticelli when given blind Italian tenor (I think it was in the first online exam this week - or perhaps in an older game I reviewed). I could see his face, but couldn't get a name.
FJ: It was a book??? Instaget from the movie side, not the lit angle.
Coryat: 16,800
FJ:
DD: 1/3
LT: reserved, vitimin K, diminished, volcano
J! round: Joined Hannah in the reversal during the meet & greet time. Got stumped with In Business (I'm not very good at word puzzles). Ran State Gov, 4/5 in stupid answers, missing it. Surprised myself by getting 3/5 in the Olympics - it helped that many of the clues were for Games during my youth, when I watched religiously.
DJ round: Stumped again in IANA(P)L. As a former music major in college, I'm embarrassed to go 3/5 in music terms, with one wrong. Thought the flat symbol was highly overvalued at 1600 - worth more like 200 - and Schoenberg was undervalued. I was a bit surprised to get a couple right in Chinese Emperors. Thought I'd be staring at that whole category. Frustrated by my second time this week of not pulling up Botticelli when given blind Italian tenor (I think it was in the first online exam this week - or perhaps in an older game I reviewed). I could see his face, but couldn't get a name.
FJ: It was a book??? Instaget from the movie side, not the lit angle.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Reveal of the FJ category => Novels. Best Sellers. Fiction. Ugh.. don't. like. escapism...
In spite of being one of my weakest categories, it was a simple get because of the WECIB nature. Just don't ask me who wrote it, names of characters, etc...
For some reason (syntax of the clue?), I thought the "Hammond" Company was a real life entity that somehow was making a charitable gesture or something following beneficial publicity or something from a movie. It may be similar to TPH's juxtaposition with the name of a person. I decided on the answer, then backed out the fact that it was a fictional company.
I've only heard the tenth amendment expressed synonomously as "all other powers", with the "reserved" powers just being the technical language.
I think only airheads (the good kind) know about the P40 or could possibly recognize it on sight. I think the contestant was going for P-51 Mustangs all the way and almost blundered into the right one. They shouldn't have used a plane with the iconic teeth paint job of the Tuskegee airmen for the clue. Boardies never fail to amaze me, so I'll take the over at 20%.
In spite of being one of my weakest categories, it was a simple get because of the WECIB nature. Just don't ask me who wrote it, names of characters, etc...
For some reason (syntax of the clue?), I thought the "Hammond" Company was a real life entity that somehow was making a charitable gesture or something following beneficial publicity or something from a movie. It may be similar to TPH's juxtaposition with the name of a person. I decided on the answer, then backed out the fact that it was a fictional company.
I've only heard the tenth amendment expressed synonomously as "all other powers", with the "reserved" powers just being the technical language.
I think only airheads (the good kind) know about the P40 or could possibly recognize it on sight. I think the contestant was going for P-51 Mustangs all the way and almost blundered into the right one. They shouldn't have used a plane with the iconic teeth paint job of the Tuskegee airmen for the clue. Boardies never fail to amaze me, so I'll take the over at 20%.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
The shark face nose art was used by the Flying Tigers, not the Tuskegee Airmen as far as I know. It was certainly made famous by the Flying Tigers, and to me that's what the P-40 is most famous for, so perfectly appropriate for the photo used with this clue.twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:45 pm I think only airheads (the good kind) know about the P40 or could possibly recognize it on sight. I think the contestant was going for P-51 Mustangs all the way and almost blundered into the right one. They shouldn't have used a plane with the iconic teeth paint job of the Tuskegee airmen for the clue.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Not that the Tuskegee airmen ever employed that nose art.twelvefootboy wrote: They shouldn't have used a plane with the iconic teeth paint job of the Tuskegee airmen for the clue. Boardies never fail to amaze me, so I'll take the over at 20%.
I think that you're confusing them with the Flying Tigers, who flew P-40s.
*edit* Kirk beat me to it.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Coryat: $29,000
41 R/3 W
DD: 2/3
FJ:
LT: reserved powers, Fourteen Points
I am highly offended that there was not a single clue about me in the I Am Not A (Practicing) Lawyer category.
Since Opus is on his Lenten hiatus, I'll fill in and point out that the "repentant Mary" statement with respect to Mary Magdalene is based on tradition rather than Biblical text. The implication is that she was the adulterous woman whom Jesus saved from stoning in John 8, but the textual foundation for that is shaky at best.
I had absolutely no clue on the Bridewell DD.
I was, however, 100% sure on FJ! before Alex finished reading. I haven't seen any of the other films in the franchise, but I saw the original Jurassic Park on opening night the summer before my senior year of high school and remember well the extraction of dinosaur DNA from amber-encased insects.
41 R/3 W
DD: 2/3
FJ:
LT: reserved powers, Fourteen Points
I am highly offended that there was not a single clue about me in the I Am Not A (Practicing) Lawyer category.
Since Opus is on his Lenten hiatus, I'll fill in and point out that the "repentant Mary" statement with respect to Mary Magdalene is based on tradition rather than Biblical text. The implication is that she was the adulterous woman whom Jesus saved from stoning in John 8, but the textual foundation for that is shaky at best.
I had absolutely no clue on the Bridewell DD.
I was, however, 100% sure on FJ! before Alex finished reading. I haven't seen any of the other films in the franchise, but I saw the original Jurassic Park on opening night the summer before my senior year of high school and remember well the extraction of dinosaur DNA from amber-encased insects.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
That's me too but I managed to come up with P-38 which (as it turns out) is a different warplane. Poop.DavidRosen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:41 pmThere are a lot of us who spent many teenage hours building models of WWII planes.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Not to sound too much like TPH, but how were we supposed to know they were asking what "maglev" means? I gave exactly the same answer Lane gave.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
I wasn't confident either, mainly because for some reason I thought the book came out in the 80's. But it made the most sense.mxc_takeshi wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:45 pm
I settled on Jurassic Park near the end of the music, even though I didn't feel totally confident about it.
Also said "comptroller".
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Very true, but for sum of us, our teenage years were 40-some years ago! (But kudos to those with memories for that kind of detail!).DavidRosen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:41 pmThere are a lot of us who spent many teenage hours building models of WWII planes.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
But "amber" wasn't capitalized. If a name, I would think it would have been written with a capital "A".TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:39 pm Anyone else follow my lead in thinking Amber was a name and not the substance?
Instaget for me, got it at Hammond.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Thy're all capitalized on the TV.irene wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:45 amBut "amber" wasn't capitalized. If a name, I would think it would have been written with a capital "A".TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:39 pm Anyone else follow my lead in thinking Amber was a name and not the substance?
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Because it was so highly valued, I thought it couldn't possibly be a simple flat symbol, and I wound up negging something dumb ("grace note").Peter the accountant wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:18 pm
Thought the flat symbol was highly overvalued at 1600
Between that and enthusiastically taking the P-51 bait, a couple of bad negs for me that dragged my score down.
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The P-38 is a can opener! Way more important than a plane!John Boy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:17 amThat's me too but I managed to come up with P-38 which (as it turns out) is a different warplane. Poop.DavidRosen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:41 pmThere are a lot of us who spent many teenage hours building models of WWII planes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_can_opener
Thanks for the info. I've seen the iconic images many times, and Flying Tigers sounds familiar, but I didn't realize they weren't also P-51's. I'm kind of a WW2 buff (not a scholar by any means), but still didn't know that P meant pursuit in the naming of the aircraft. Thank you Jeopardy writers. And Kirk and Cat13.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:15 am The shark face nose art was used by the Flying Tigers, not the Tuskegee Airmen as far as I know. It was certainly made famous by the Flying Tigers, and to me that's what the P-40 is most famous for, so perfectly appropriate for the photo used with this clue.
I will hold the line and still take the over at 20% for this question, out of respect for the knowledge of the boardies. And I think it was ungettable for the contestants as a YEKIOYD.
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It's definitely a you either know it or you don't. To me it seemed simple, but my wife had never heard the term. It's the kind of thing you'd know if you're into technology or engineering.Foretopman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:08 am Not to sound too much like TPH, but how were we supposed to know they were asking what "maglev" means? I gave exactly the same answer Lane gave.
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I'm not sure it's YEKIOYD - the abbreviations for its components are in the name (and it's pronounced that way - "Mag-Lev"). It can definitely be something you're unfamiliar with, although the "The Japanese have high speed maglev trains, that's cool" meme has been around since I was a kid.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:25 pmIt's definitely a you either know it or you don't. To me it seemed simple, but my wife had never heard the term. It's the kind of thing you'd know if you're into technology or engineering.Foretopman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:08 am Not to sound too much like TPH, but how were we supposed to know they were asking what "maglev" means? I gave exactly the same answer Lane gave.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Didn't Lane answer 'monorail'? That isn't correct. I said 'train', which should have been adequate since the question didn't ask what 'maglev' was short for. I probably would have gotten a BMS, and probably would have then said 'a maglev train', which probably would have gotten another BMS, making it (finally) clear they wanted magnetic levitation.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:25 pmIt's definitely a you either know it or you don't. To me it seemed simple, but my wife had never heard the term. It's the kind of thing you'd know if you're into technology or engineering.Foretopman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:08 am Not to sound too much like TPH, but how were we supposed to know they were asking what "maglev" means? I gave exactly the same answer Lane gave.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
For perhaps obvious reasons, warbirds are a major wheelhouse category for me, going back to the '30s anyway (WWI aircraft are a lot tougher, with many models and types -- hard to tell some Sopwiths, Fokkers, and Curtiss biplanes [like the Jenny] apart).twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:55 pmThe P-38 is a can opener! Way more important than a plane!John Boy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:17 amThat's me too but I managed to come up with P-38 which (as it turns out) is a different warplane. Poop.DavidRosen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:41 pmThere are a lot of us who spent many teenage hours building models of WWII planes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_can_opener
Thanks for the info. I've seen the iconic images many times, and Flying Tigers sounds familiar, but I didn't realize they weren't also P-51's. I'm kind of a WW2 buff (not a scholar by any means), but still didn't know that P meant pursuit in the naming of the aircraft. Thank you Jeopardy writers. And Kirk and Cat13.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:15 am The shark face nose art was used by the Flying Tigers, not the Tuskegee Airmen as far as I know. It was certainly made famous by the Flying Tigers, and to me that's what the P-40 is most famous for, so perfectly appropriate for the photo used with this clue.
I will hold the line and still take the over at 20% for this question, out of respect for the knowledge of the boardies. And I think it was ungettable for the contestants as a YEKIOYD.
The Flying Tigers still are flying; the current 23rd Fighter Group flies A-10s with the shark teeth nose art, and traces its lineage back to the American Volunteer Group (AVG) that Claire Chennault started to fight in China as civilians before the U.S. entered the war. Because of the A-10's anti-tank gun protruding from the side of the nose, the airplanes are sometimes called "the shark with the cigar".
I was assigned to what was then the 23rd Tac Fighter Wing at England AFB in Louisiana in the mid- to late '80s, and still occasionally wear my old unit cap with the flying tiger shield. The P-40 Warhawk was not a challenge for our household. In fact, my son's bedroom had a ceiling fan that looked like a P-40 nose protruding from the drywall. They're still being made.
And yeah, spent MANY hours with model airplane kits as a kid -- I was the one whose parents had the dodge the dozens hanging from the bedroom ceiling on fishing line at their head height.
And as a final aside, many former troops with field experience still have a P-38 can opener on their key rings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23d_Fighter_Group
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Oops.econgator wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:10 pmThy're all capitalized on the TV.irene wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:45 amBut "amber" wasn't capitalized. If a name, I would think it would have been written with a capital "A".TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:39 pm Anyone else follow my lead in thinking Amber was a name and not the substance?
Never mind then...
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
I agree, but I don't think any BMS was necessary. "Train" was fine. I said "elevated train," which doesn't seem to be correct, either, indicating something different from "maglev."alietr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:30 pmDidn't Lane answer 'monorail'? That isn't correct. I said 'train', which should have been adequate since the question didn't ask what 'maglev' was short for. I probably would have gotten a BMS, and probably would have then said 'a maglev train', which probably would have gotten another BMS, making it (finally) clear they wanted magnetic levitation.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:25 pmIt's definitely a you either know it or you don't. To me it seemed simple, but my wife had never heard the term. It's the kind of thing you'd know if you're into technology or engineering.Foretopman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:08 am Not to sound too much like TPH, but how were we supposed to know they were asking what "maglev" means? I gave exactly the same answer Lane gave.
It took me awhile to make sense of FJ, but I switched from The Da Vinci Code to Jurassic Park in time.
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Re: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
I knew I had to get my P-38 jibe in before you did! I think MB will be interested in this as a poll question, and I still don't think it will touch 30%. Interesting about the torch being passed to the Warthog, but I'm of the impression (from Quora) that it is tactically obsolete (along with tanks). Our infatuation with that big gun notwithstanding.AFRET CMS wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:37 pmFor perhaps obvious reasons, warbirds are a major wheelhouse category for me, going back to the '30s anyway (WWI aircraft are a lot tougher, with many models and types -- hard to tell some Sopwiths, Fokkers, and Curtiss biplanes [like the Jenny] apart).twelvefootboy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:55 pmThe P-38 is a can opener! Way more important than a plane!John Boy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:17 amThat's me too but I managed to come up with P-38 which (as it turns out) is a different warplane. Poop.DavidRosen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:41 pmThere are a lot of us who spent many teenage hours building models of WWII planes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_can_opener
Thanks for the info. I've seen the iconic images many times, and Flying Tigers sounds familiar, but I didn't realize they weren't also P-51's. I'm kind of a WW2 buff (not a scholar by any means), but still didn't know that P meant pursuit in the naming of the aircraft. Thank you Jeopardy writers. And Kirk and Cat13.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:15 am The shark face nose art was used by the Flying Tigers, not the Tuskegee Airmen as far as I know. It was certainly made famous by the Flying Tigers, and to me that's what the P-40 is most famous for, so perfectly appropriate for the photo used with this clue.
I will hold the line and still take the over at 20% for this question, out of respect for the knowledge of the boardies. And I think it was ungettable for the contestants as a YEKIOYD.
The Flying Tigers still are flying; the current 23rd Fighter Group flies A-10s with the shark teeth nose art, and traces its lineage back to the American Volunteer Group (AVG) that Claire Chennault started to fight in China as civilians before the U.S. entered the war. Because of the A-10's anti-tank gun protruding from the side of the nose, the airplanes are sometimes called "the shark with the cigar".
I was assigned to what was then the 23rd Tac Fighter Wing at England AFB in Louisiana in the mid- to late '80s, and still occasionally wear my old unit cap with the flying tiger shield. The P-40 Warhawk was not a challenge for our household. In fact, my son's bedroom had a ceiling fan that looked like a P-40 nose protruding from the drywall. They're still being made.
And yeah, spent MANY hours with model airplane kits as a kid -- I was the one whose parents had the dodge the dozens hanging from the bedroom ceiling on fishing line at their head height.
And as a final aside, many former troops with field experience still have a P-38 can opener on their key rings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23d_Fighter_Group
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