Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Another Confucius. Never thought of Buddha.
My first thought was actually St. George then I realized the rat wasn't just a red herring.
My first thought was actually St. George then I realized the rat wasn't just a red herring.
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Fairly certain I remember Amanda correctly giving Zoe Saldana.mxc_takeshi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:22 pm 38 right.
Space Probes (3), Pro Football HOFs by Team (5), Toys & Games (5), How Cheap Were They? (2), Reading (4), The T Leaves (3)
Acting the Part (2), Islands in the Sea (1), 8-Letter Words (1), Orange You Glad (4), Australian Histoy (3), Only at the Met (5)
Lach Trash: wine, Zoe Saldana, Ned Kelly
My first thought with animals was Noah, but I considered Confucius once I realized it was referring to the Chinese zodiac. When I discarded that, I had only a last-second guess of "zodiac".
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Re: Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Confucious here. I was unaware that magical deeds were ascribed to The Buddha.
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Re: Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Ruled out Buddha because I didn't think a religion-based answer would be "dismissed" as folklore. Would a question about Noah's Ark be considered folklore?
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Another Confucius here for my first FJ! miss of the season.
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Confucius didn't feel right to me, but I had nothing better until finally thinking of Buddha - unfortunately right after the music stopped.
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Looks like Confucius is a solid sheep. I contributed as well, after a brief consideration of Lao Tzu.
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+1 here. Confucious was my first thought, but it didn't seem right. Buddha came to me with almost 0% confidence, but it seemed to fit a little better. I flip flopped, but settled on Buddha at the end.
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A recent LL question had to do with a whole genre of literature (in India) involving various incarnations of the Buddha. Some of these resemble fables or folklore, so it is not surprising to me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jataka_tales
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If it's extra-canonical, I don't see why it might not be considered folklore. Not all stories about Biblical figures are found in the Bible. (The story of Adam and Lilith, Ham's curse being black skin/the black race, and other stories derived from Biblical figures but not in the Bible might well be considered folklore.)Picked Off wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:03 am Ruled out Buddha because I didn't think a religion-based answer would be "dismissed" as folklore. Would a question about Noah's Ark be considered folklore?
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51 R
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: Golden State Killer, Wine, Stockade, (Surfer), Ned Kelly, Bering, Baltic
Chinese Religion == Buddhism. Spiritual == Buddha.
To my knowledge, Confucius isn't considered folklore. He is best known as a Philosopher.
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DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: Golden State Killer, Wine, Stockade, (Surfer), Ned Kelly, Bering, Baltic
Chinese Religion == Buddhism. Spiritual == Buddha.
To my knowledge, Confucius isn't considered folklore. He is best known as a Philosopher.
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If he was said to have done what the Buddha did, unless perhaps it was canonical through some scripture, it would be folklore...but I agree with others that it's unlikely a story about Jesus or Noah would be referred to on J! as Folklore, even if extra-Biblical.LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:54 pm Spiritual == Buddha. To my knowledge, Confucius isn't considered folklore. He is best known as a Philosopher.
If you don't know a connection between the Chinese calendar and Buddha (I don't see anything so spiritual about that story either), Confucius is a reasonable response (so I told myself!... )
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disappointed no "silent night, deadly night" (best christmas movie ever) not in the nun category
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Re: Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
at least 1 well known player in each square...pretty easyLucarioSnooperVixey wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:54 pm 51 R
DD: 3/3
FJ:
LT: Golden State Killer, Wine, Stockade, (Surfer), Ned Kelly, Bering, Baltic
Chinese Religion == Buddhism. Spiritual == Buddha.
To my knowledge, Confucius isn't considered folklore. He is best known as a Philosopher.
I miraculously ran NFL Team Players. I have been constantly improving on this category.
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i guess they weren't versed in elvis trivia...change of habit was his final non concert movie...also had ed asner in it to go along with mary tyler moore
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Re: Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Well, it's not really the Buddha. The animals for the 12 year cycle pre-date Buddhism in China.
My gut was "yellow emperor" (Huang Di) thought that was very ups cure for a regular jeopardy Jane. My guess is they were thinking it was the Buddha, but that doesn't really make sense. I would have written it out and maybe the Chinese characters after had I been there.
A quick Google search on yellow emperor 12 animals brings up enough Sites to show an alternate right answer.
My gut was "yellow emperor" (Huang Di) thought that was very ups cure for a regular jeopardy Jane. My guess is they were thinking it was the Buddha, but that doesn't really make sense. I would have written it out and maybe the Chinese characters after had I been there.
A quick Google search on yellow emperor 12 animals brings up enough Sites to show an alternate right answer.
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More research:
Jade emperor, Daoist deity, also credited. In face BEST answer.. Historical Buddha also credited though lived thousands of years after legendary zodiacal race.
Tough question
Jade emperor, Daoist deity, also credited. In face BEST answer.. Historical Buddha also credited though lived thousands of years after legendary zodiacal race.
Tough question
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Re: Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
35,000 coryat.
I was totally lost on this final. The best I had was St. George purely off the dragon mention. My brother, who is very well versed in Eastern culture, said it sounds like something attributable to the Yellow Emperor but didn't think J! would ask a final about him. So he went with Confucius as an alternative answer.
I was totally lost on this final. The best I had was St. George purely off the dragon mention. My brother, who is very well versed in Eastern culture, said it sounds like something attributable to the Yellow Emperor but didn't think J! would ask a final about him. So he went with Confucius as an alternative answer.
I would prefer not to.
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Re: Thursday, September 20, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Zoe Saldana was answered correctly by Amanda.
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