LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Another loss despite matching my opponent in correct answers. Sigh.
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Never heard of quadrille before. I also precalled the Tongan flag waver before seeing the picture. It was pretty big news in 2016 when Kathie Lee and Hoda were fawning all over him during the opening ceremonies.
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
I think I had quadrille as a wrong answer for a card game question in a recent LL season. This time I was right1stlvlthinker wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:15 pmNever heard of quadrille before. I also precalled the Tongan flag waver before seeing the picture. It was pretty big news in 2016 when Kathie Lee and Hoda were fawning all over him during the opening ceremonies.
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Volante wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:27 pmPresidents and prime ministers are not necessarily mutually exclusive. France and Israel have both, for example.jeff6286 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:09 pmIreland and South Africa both have a president, not a prime minister. This left me choosing from Australia, New Zealand, and (less likely), Canada. I made the right call this timeseaborgium wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:56 am On the Barnaby Joyce question, I didn't know, and I figured my not knowing was a strong indicator it wasn't the UK. I thought Ireland would be too obvious a guess given the surname, and I thought it would be lame to guess Australia given an English name that I assumed wasn't an English person. So I figured Joyce was stepping down along with Jacob Zuma, and guessed South Africa. If I had gone with Australia, it would have saved me a tie in both my public and private matches.
Ireland most certainly does have a PM! The presidency is mostly ceremonial. The title is Taoseaich.
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I'm gonna take a gamble on this assumption, but I doubt LL would call them the Prime Minister if the intended answer was Ireland. They'd flat out use Taoiseach. (Or, more technically in this clue, Tanaiste, since this was about the Deputy PM. Or a more generic "first in line head of government successor" which would just be evil.)Johnblue wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:59 pmIreland most certainly does have a PM! The presidency is mostly ceremonial. The title is Taoseaich.Volante wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:27 pmPresidents and prime ministers are not necessarily mutually exclusive. France and Israel have both, for example.jeff6286 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:09 pmIreland and South Africa both have a president, not a prime minister. This left me choosing from Australia, New Zealand, and (less likely), Canada. I made the right call this timeseaborgium wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:56 am On the Barnaby Joyce question, I didn't know, and I figured my not knowing was a strong indicator it wasn't the UK. I thought Ireland would be too obvious a guess given the surname, and I thought it would be lame to guess Australia given an English name that I assumed wasn't an English person. So I figured Joyce was stepping down along with Jacob Zuma, and guessed South Africa. If I had gone with Australia, it would have saved me a tie in both my public and private matches.
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Reddpen, I know Busby Berkeley from all the over-the-top dance numbers in the musical films he was involved with.
Once again, I'd like to thank Georgette Heyer and (IIRC) Jane Austen for helping me learn about quadrille.
MD12's "always write down an answer" moment: "Oh, darn, I don't know who was the Israeli PM between Netanyahu's terms. The only name I can think of is Ariel Sharon, and I'm pretty sure he was earlier than Netanyahu. I guess I'll leave it blank." :::submits::: "Gah!"
Once again, I'd like to thank Georgette Heyer and (IIRC) Jane Austen for helping me learn about quadrille.
MD12's "always write down an answer" moment: "Oh, darn, I don't know who was the Israeli PM between Netanyahu's terms. The only name I can think of is Ariel Sharon, and I'm pretty sure he was earlier than Netanyahu. I guess I'll leave it blank." :::submits::: "Gah!"
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
This:
was on a recent Only Connect, and I got that from the first clue, then
Playing along with yesterday's MD, I settled on Strictly Ballroom, one of my favorite movies, after naming all three for Q3. I've still never managed to tolerate the audio-visual assault of Moulin Rouge long enough to watch more than a few minutes of it at a time.
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I missed The World's End, probably calling it At World's End or something. That's one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
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This has been my best season yet. I'm answering 23% more questions than normal, and my DE is an incredible .826. Combine those with a surprise win over the rundle leader yesterday, and I'm now improbably in the promotion zone to go up to B next season. Let's see how long that lasts...
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
That stings! OuchElendilPickle wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:18 amMD12's "always write down an answer" moment: "Oh, darn, I don't know who was the Israeli PM between Netanyahu's terms. The only name I can think of is Ariel Sharon, and I'm pretty sure he was earlier than Netanyahu. I guess I'll leave it blank." :::submits::: "Gah!"
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
I put Sharon, but I fully expected that the answer would be Netanyahu's predecessor, which I asked about on the last TD game and couldn't remember. Still lost, but that was a relief to get right.ElendilPickle wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:18 am MD12's "always write down an answer" moment: "Oh, darn, I don't know who was the Israeli PM between Netanyahu's terms. The only name I can think of is Ariel Sharon, and I'm pretty sure he was earlier than Netanyahu. I guess I'll leave it blank." :::submits::: "Gah!"
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I'm disappointed not to get credit for 'sigma' instead of 'six sigma'. I knew the answer, I just thought he was looking for the statistical symbol.
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But the methodology is branded as Six Sigma, so sigma wouldn’t be enough
I do project management, so I’ve been raked over the six sigma coals. Those fishbone diagrams are enough to give anyone a migraine
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Hey Woof, how about that Q3, eh?
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On MD11 I was finally on the right side of one of these - 6(3)-3(3) getting the same three questions right.
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Mad props to Christian pop punk Ghoti Hook for finally doing something worthwhile and helping me get that question.
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Learned this back in high school. Seeing your avatar kept it in my mind.
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So, about that whole "stumbling across the answer after seeing the clues thing..."
(Nah, I was good, and also, thanks! Didn't help with a win, I got out answered, but every bit on the road to 100 helps.)
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Hahaha. I don't know how many times I've seen your avatar, and I didn't even think about that yesterday (knew it anyway). My opponent, however, was one of the 5% who knew Diebenkorn, thus defeating me.
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Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
More people getting Six Sigma correct than Nightingale sort of blew my mind. I knew Six Sigma from work, but didn't expect it to be common knowledge.
On MD 13 I couldn't believe only 69% got gerrymander. I thought that was trivia 101 and expected a 90%+ get rate. I wonder what threw people off?
On MD 13 I couldn't believe only 69% got gerrymander. I thought that was trivia 101 and expected a 90%+ get rate. I wonder what threw people off?