FJs for the 11/12/18 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 11/12/18 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:49 pm

The economic bloc known as the G8 became the G7 in 2014 upon the expulsion of this country
96
88%
Chapter 1 of this 1954 British novel is entitled "The Sound of the Shell"
80
73%
In the 1870s he wrote that "man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits"
108
99%
She was disowned by the Quakers after marrying an Episcopalian upholsterer in 1773 & later took over his business
98
90%
Scientific name Mellivora capensis, this 2-word weasel family member was named “most fearless mammal”
67
61%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
49
45%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
0
No votes
IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY $1600: Opera is a plural form of this 4-letter word
86
79%
ALLITERATION $800: Latin phrase meaning in reverse order or conversely
76
70%
BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Irrawaddy River flows into this bay
58
53%
I missed the Monday FJ! clue guessing Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, U.S. or U.K.
1
1%
I missed the Monday FJ! clue guessing a country that has never been in the G8.
7
6%
"Shell" in the wording of the Tuesday FJ! clue led me astray to a war-related work.
19
17%
"Mellivora capensis" in the wording of the Friday FJ! was enough to lead me to the correct response.
7
6%
I needed "weasel" and/or "most fearless mammal" to help me solve the Friday FJ! clue.
52
48%
I am 8/8 on the Teen Tournament FJ! clues.
21
19%
 
Total votes: 109

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Linear Gnome
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Re: FJs for the 11/12/18 week

Post by Linear Gnome »

:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
Tuesday said The Red Badge of Courage--wrong century! Friday the best I could do was "spiny anteater". I''m usually pretty good with Greek and Latin roots, but I've gone this long without ever realizing that melli->honey. Now that I think about it, I knew the Spanish word miel meant honey.

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Re: FJs for the 11/12/18 week

Post by TenPoundHammer »

Anyone know how many other clues have gone 100% here over the years?
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:05 pm Anyone know how many other clues have gone 100% here over the years?
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4768&p=286416#p286416
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Post by TenPoundHammer »

MarkBarrett wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:34 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:05 pm Anyone know how many other clues have gone 100% here over the years?
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4768&p=286416#p286416
And of course, I was literally the only person in the poll not to get this one right...
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I got fireside chat wrong, and everyone was saying how easy it was. But I haven't heard of it and I couldn't have guessed it even on a good day, so there's not much I can do about that. Didn't like how that went.
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Re: FJs for the 11/12/18 week

Post by Elijah Baley »

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

These FJ clues are a bit too easy with the possible exception of the Napoleon clue, which I could see younger teens not having enough info to suss that one out, and honey badger, which relied on a YouTube video that would have been pretty inappropriate for these kids at the time it was released.

I don't know if the writers are concerned with having them be too difficult and the kids looking bad or what, but it seems like it would be a lot more interesting if these clues actually had some relevance.
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Re: FJs for the 11/12/18 week

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Anyone among the 89 million who have watched this video would likely remember how bad-ass the honey badger is.

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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: FJs for the 11/12/18 week

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll:


:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:




Damned honey badger may not care, but I do. Damned varmint cost me a superfecto.
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