LearnedLeague 77 - Official Thread

[morbeedo]

Len.
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...Lem.

Submit.

Dammitalltohell.

NHO Len!

I was feeling pretty good yesterday but assigned 3 points to Dunces and tied 4(4)-4(2)

My opponent's defense was impeccable

[seaborgium]

I gave perfectly bad defense to my opponent: business/econ and literature were two of his three worst subjects, but he only got WD-40 and A Confederacy of Dunces, and so he ended up with five points. But I got 9(6), so no biggie.

[Bamaman]

I got Dunces from the discussion here when it was a FJ.

I lost my Math match, but won the other.

[Quantum]

In the MiniLeague of Math 2, I currently have a "perfect" defensive efficiency of 0.000. I also have zero unforced points allowed. The people I was playing against went 9(6) and 0(0), the latter not a forfeit.

[Volante]

One of these days I'm going to get dinged for Koningsberg, then I will finally remember how to spell it.
(I know I did the same for https://learnedleague.com/question.php?74&17&3 and it worked then too...)

[MinnesotaMyron]

One of these days I'm going to get dinged for Koningsberg, then I will finally remember how to spell it.
(I know I did the same for https://learnedleague.com/question.php?74&17&3 and it worked then too...)

You got credit for that spelling? That's a bridge too far!

[seaborgium]

So far I've only missed one question in the One-Hit Wonders ML*, and it was from changing George Lazenby to Timothy Dalton. My problem there was knowing of Connery, Moore, Brosnan, and Craig as the famous ones, and Dalton and Lazenby as the obscure ones, and not really having a good idea for number of movies for the pre-Brosnan actors. At least I squeaked by 8(5)-7(5) in that match.

*This statement should not be construed as a comment on my performance in the currently active match.

[teapot37]

So far I've only missed one question in the One-Hit Wonders ML*, and it was from changing George Lazenby to Timothy Dalton. My problem there was knowing of Connery, Moore, Brosnan, and Craig as the famous ones, and Dalton and Lazenby as the obscure ones, and not really having a good idea for number of movies for the pre-Brosnan actors. At least I squeaked by 8(5)-7(5) in that match.

*This statement should not be construed as a comment on my performance in the currently active match.

Dalton did both of the "kill" Bond films (A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill). (Plus he's done plenty of stuff since.) Lazenby was the one-hit wonder.

[opusthepenguin]

So far I've only missed one question in the One-Hit Wonders ML*, and it was from changing George Lazenby to Timothy Dalton. My problem there was knowing of Connery, Moore, Brosnan, and Craig as the famous ones, and Dalton and Lazenby as the obscure ones, and not really having a good idea for number of movies for the pre-Brosnan actors. At least I squeaked by 8(5)-7(5) in that match.

*This statement should not be construed as a comment on my performance in the currently active match.

Dalton did both of the "kill" Bond films (A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill). (Plus he's done plenty of stuff since.) Lazenby was the one-hit wonder.

It's not nice to give deliberate misinformation to throw off the competition.

[seaborgium]

So far I've only missed one question in the One-Hit Wonders ML*, and it was from changing George Lazenby to Timothy Dalton. My problem there was knowing of Connery, Moore, Brosnan, and Craig as the famous ones, and Dalton and Lazenby as the obscure ones, and not really having a good idea for number of movies for the pre-Brosnan actors. At least I squeaked by 8(5)-7(5) in that match.

*This statement should not be construed as a comment on my performance in the currently active match.

Dalton did both of the "kill" Bond films (A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill). (Plus he's done plenty of stuff since.) Lazenby was the one-hit wonder.

It's not nice to give deliberate misinformation to throw off the competition.

To wit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Living_Daylights

[teapot37]

So far I've only missed one question in the One-Hit Wonders ML*, and it was from changing George Lazenby to Timothy Dalton. My problem there was knowing of Connery, Moore, Brosnan, and Craig as the famous ones, and Dalton and Lazenby as the obscure ones, and not really having a good idea for number of movies for the pre-Brosnan actors. At least I squeaked by 8(5)-7(5) in that match.

*This statement should not be construed as a comment on my performance in the currently active match.

Dalton did both of the "kill" Bond films (A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill). (Plus he's done plenty of stuff since.) Lazenby was the one-hit wonder.

It's not nice to give deliberate misinformation to throw off the competition.

To wit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Living_Daylights

Is it better or worse if I say it wasn't deliberate? I knew Dalton did two, and I knew there were two with "kill" in the name, and my brain conflated those two facts.

[Volante]

Is it better or worse if I say it wasn't deliberate? I knew Dalton did two, and I knew there were two with "kill" in the name, and my brain conflated those two facts.

Now I'm pondering Dalton in AVtaK... On the one hand, he'd bring much needed gravitas and doesn't look like a deadite...on the other hand, AVtaK is still a resounding tied for #18th with TWINE and DAD (Pre-Craig Era, so...last.)

When Chris Walken and Grace Jones can't save you, it's not really acting that's the weak link...

[seaborgium]

Is it better or worse if I say it wasn't deliberate? I knew Dalton did two, and I knew there were two with "kill" in the name, and my brain conflated those two facts.

Now I'm pondering Dalton in AVtaK... On the one hand, he'd bring much needed gravitas and doesn't look like a deadite...on the other hand, AVtaK is still a resounding tied for #18th with TWINE and DAD (Pre-Craig Era, so...last.)

When Chris Walken and Grace Jones can't save you, it's not really acting that's the weak link...

This post reminded me of the pub quiz question asking which two English words can be formed from the initials of a James Bond film title.

[opusthepenguin]

Is it better or worse if I say it wasn't deliberate? I knew Dalton did two, and I knew there were two with "kill" in the name, and my brain conflated those two facts.

Now I'm pondering Dalton in AVtaK... On the one hand, he'd bring much needed gravitas and doesn't look like a deadite...on the other hand, AVtaK is still a resounding tied for #18th with TWINE and DAD (Pre-Craig Era, so...last.)

When Chris Walken and Grace Jones can't save you, it's not really acting that's the weak link...

This post reminded me of the pub quiz question asking which two English words can be formed from the initials of a James Bond film title.

Well, if it has to initials (plural).... Otherwise, there's 4 (or 3 if you rule out slang).

[Volante]

Is it better or worse if I say it wasn't deliberate? I knew Dalton did two, and I knew there were two with "kill" in the name, and my brain conflated those two facts.

Now I'm pondering Dalton in AVtaK... On the one hand, he'd bring much needed gravitas and doesn't look like a deadite...on the other hand, AVtaK is still a resounding tied for #18th with TWINE and DAD (Pre-Craig Era, so...last.)

When Chris Walken and Grace Jones can't save you, it's not really acting that's the weak link...

This post reminded me of the pub quiz question asking which two English words can be formed from the initials of a James Bond film title.

Well, if it has to initials (plural).... Otherwise, there's 4 (or 3 if you rule out slang).

I'm still only counting two...

Back on topic, I'm doing surprisingly well in One Hit Wonders. One expected loss, but clawing my way back up.
Math has reached the "Well...let's just hope to avoid the 0(0)..." point.

[acthomas]

This post reminded me of the pub quiz question asking which two English words can be formed from the initials of a James Bond film title.

That's a brain buster! For those of you who just found this, didn't look upstream for the answer, and want to take a hack, here's a clue...

Spoiler

Both of them are Brosnan movies.

[morbeedo]

This post reminded me of the pub quiz question asking which two English words can be formed from the initials of a James Bond film title.

That's a brain buster! For those of you who just found this, didn't look upstream for the answer, and want to take a hack, here's a clue...

Spoiler

Both of them are Brosnan movies.

So you need to use all the initials from the title? Otherwise I get

Spoiler

moss and ohm from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

[Volante]

Also, very very annoyed at myself for missing this, though I saw it well before yesterday. I even remembered some of the lyrics. It's worth the shout out:

[opusthepenguin]

Is it better or worse if I say it wasn't deliberate? I knew Dalton did two, and I knew there were two with "kill" in the name, and my brain conflated those two facts.

Now I'm pondering Dalton in AVtaK... On the one hand, he'd bring much needed gravitas and doesn't look like a deadite...on the other hand, AVtaK is still a resounding tied for #18th with TWINE and DAD (Pre-Craig Era, so...last.)

When Chris Walken and Grace Jones can't save you, it's not really acting that's the weak link...

This post reminded me of the pub quiz question asking which two English words can be formed from the initials of a James Bond film title.

Well, if it has to initials (plural).... Otherwise, there's 4 (or 3 if you rule out slang).

I'm still only counting two...

Octopussy and Goldfinger.

[Volante]

Octopussy and Goldfinger.

Wouldn't have considered single letters at all...at least not those two.