Friday, January 4, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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DBear wrote: Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:32 pm Couldn't puzzle out the Latin. Roosevelt pointed me to New York, and I tried to decide between the Hudson River & the Erie Canal.
How about "Roosevelt + waterway + Spanish language" points to Panama Canal??
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50 R (Only missing Detroit Lions, Halfway House, UNLV, Jack Lemmon, and Tab)
DD: 3/3
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LT: 200 meters, Peace Pipe, Work, Shoals, Tea, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Jessie Norman
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Had a tough time with these boards. I expected that on Shakespeare, but the others seemed within my reach even though I was missing and clamming a lot.

Like someone else, Roosevelt had me looking in NY first. Didn't think the Erie canal was right, particularly with the Spanish names. I don't know Spanish, so translating that name wasn't happening. Briefly considered where in a Spanish-speaking country FDR had some influence during WWII. Finally had to convince myself that the waterway was the Rio Grande. Calling it a waterway instead of a river seemed off but had to write something down. Cue the Homer Simpson "Doh!!" at the reveal.

If only the contestants could ask a BMS on which Roosevelt was in the clue. :lol:
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LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:14 pm 50 R (Only missing Detroit Lions, Halfway House, UNLV, Jack Lemmon, and Tab)
DD: 3/3
FJ: :mrgreen:
LT: 200 meters, Peace Pipe, Work, Shoals, Tea, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Jessie Norman
funny thing is...i got all of those right, but missed all of your lach trash
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Didn't see it, but I wonder how Alex pronounced "Roosevelt". Teddy's branch of the family, I understand, pronounced it "Ruse-" while Franklin's said "Rose-".
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Lefty wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:35 am Didn't see it, but I wonder how Alex pronounced "Roosevelt". Teddy's branch of the family, I understand, pronounced it "Ruse-" while Franklin's said "Rose-".
There's supposedly a private letter in someone's collection somewhere in which TR wrote that his name was pronounced "Rosavelt," with the first syllable sounding like "rose."
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