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cf1140 wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:29 am HISTORICAL FICTION


Men Against the Sea is the second novel of a historical fiction trilogy. This island is featured in the title of the third novel of that trilogy.

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All the pieces clicked for me, and I guessed correctly.

According to the J-Archive
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The Caine Mutiny on the Bounty
has never been a BEFORE AND AFTER clue. It does have six instances where players confused one book for the other though. I'd be afraid to make the same mistake myself.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 7:20 pm
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The Caine Mutiny on the Bounty
has never been a BEFORE AND AFTER clue. It does have six instances where players confused one book for the other though. I'd be afraid to make the same mistake myself.
Not to mention confusing the Caine's Queeg for the Pequod's Queequeg, which also has happened. That's a lot of Q's in one sentence.
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POLITICAL HUMOR

In 1996, one comedian said of him, "Of course he hates poor people. His name literally means "to cut welfare"
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NOVELTY SONGS

Inspired by a 2008 T.I. #1 hit, this is the only Weird Al parody with the same title as the song it parodies
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THE MOVIES

Lust for Life, Reservoir Dogs, and The Passion of the Christ
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jamie wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 3:35 am THE MOVIES

Lust for Life, Reservoir Dogs, and The Passion of the Christ
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What are 3 movies where someone loses an ear?
That's pretty good.
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mas3cf wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:15 pm MLB CITIES

Of all the outfield fence distance markers in MLB stadiums, the ones with the smallest numbers are located in this city.
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econgator wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:52 pm
Volante wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:47 pm Though the question itself feels too 'Idiotest'ish to me
Maybe ask which fence has two sets of numbers on it? Realistically, though, this is never something that would be asked on the show.
Incidentally, this is now out of date. Blue Jays home game on at the bar today, distances were only listed in feet. Somehow I remembered about the above posts from over two years ago. And I cannot find any photos of the stadium with the numbers, so have a screencap of a game highlight... https://www.mlb.com/video/collin-mchugh ... uerrero-jr
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STUPID ANSWERS

1971's "Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be" is the debut album by this English glam rock band
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GEOGRAPHY

The only country to border both the equator and one of the two major Tropics.
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INDIE ROCK

Most of the albums released on this record label have catalog numbers beginning with the prefix OLE-
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What is Matador Records?
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 1:22 pm INDIE ROCK

Most of the albums released on this record label have catalog numbers beginning with the prefix OLE-
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What is Matador Records?
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Nice! Wouldn't get it in a million years, but I like the reasoning that could get someone there.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 1:22 pm INDIE ROCK

Most of the albums released on this record label have catalog numbers beginning with the prefix OLE-
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What is Matador Records?
It helped that I can only name exactly one indie record label!
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If Rock & Roll Jeopardy! were still around, they could do a whole category of Indie Record Label Catalog Number Prefixes. I know there are plenty along the lines of OLE-, although the only one I can come up with off the top of my head right now is a label called Kool Kat Musik, which uses PURR-.

(Of the major labels, only one uses a catalog number prefix right now, and it's the Universal Music Group, which uses the prosaic prefix B.)
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ISLANDS

Over half of this island's residents have one of two surnames: Warren or Christian
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LIVING PEOPLE

Gerald Ford is the only US President between 1946 and 2020 never to win Gallup's "most admired man" poll; his term overlapped with this man's three consecutive wins
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GENDER-SWAPPED CINEMA

This 1976 schlock film, starring Robin Askwith as "Ray Fay", was kept out of theaters thanks to lawsuits by RKO and Dino De Laurentiis
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What is Queen Kong?
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LITERATURE

With 65 million copies sold, it's the best-selling English-language novel that has not been made into a major motion picture
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What is The Catcher in the Rye?
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jamie wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 2:18 am LITERATURE

With 65 million copies sold, it's the best-selling English-language novel that has not been made into a major motion picture
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What is The Catcher in the Rye?
I got this one without too much trouble, but after a few seconds, also came up with a plausible second choice, as-yet unadapted for different reasons.
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BAND NAMES

This band, whose most successful album was released in 1979, took their name for a 1908 book by W. H. Davies about his life as a hobo
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Who are Supertramp? (The book is called The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp.)
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Robert K S wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 4:01 pm
jamie wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 2:18 am LITERATURE

With 65 million copies sold, it's the best-selling English-language novel that has not been made into a major motion picture
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What is The Catcher in the Rye?
I got this one without too much trouble, but after a few seconds, also came up with a plausible second choice, as-yet unadapted for different reasons.
I would've guessed The Silmarillion. :geek: Had no idea it sold far less than its siblings.
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