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This author had a bitter feud with Michael Moore over the title of a 2004 documentary.

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Who is Ray Bradbury? Richmond had no guess; Natalie said Crichton.

Jose Garriga: $19,800+$2,201=$22,001...now a 2-day champion with 38,402
Natalie Kistner: $11,000-$6,601=$4,399
Richmond Curtiss: $2,000-$2,000=$0
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Perhaps the "everyday spectrometer" from the J! round could help with "the dress" debate? ;) (Another call to social media, but more specific to me - a friend of mine founded and runs a charitable organization whose mission statement is simply "do justice", recently, they are focussing on the preponderance of slavery in the world with their social media posts, so I've been seeing talk of that lately on my Facebook wall - and of course slavery was mentioned in the game.)

And of course LLamas got a bit of an advantage on one clue. ;)

Spent all of the Think Music trying to think of who wrote Fahrenheit 451 but couldn't. (Just jotted down "Asimov"). Do I get partial points for knowing what they were going for?
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dhkendall wrote:Spent all of the Think Music trying to think of who wrote Fahrenheit 451 but couldn't. (Just jotted down "Asimov"). Do I get partial points for knowing what they were going for?
No way Jose. One of the most talked about documentaries ever, one of the most talked-about dystopian novels ever. No partial points for you dhk!!! I connected the dots in record time, it must have been less than a second in.

There was a Bernice in the bible? I thought that name was reserved for elderly aunts that always come to visit at inopportune times. But I guess that could happen in the bible.

Geography clues staying hidden? Grindcore is unhappy.

Appenees? Oof. Tough break for Richmond.

I like Jose, he's cute as a button.
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I suppose I should apologize for calling Jose a lightweight yesterday. He really cleaned up today and showed himself to be a formidable opponent.

Richmond's bold DD didn't pay off, but it wouldn't have mattered, because he didn't come up with FJ.

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I knew the FJ controversy was about Fahrenheit 911, but I thought Kurt Vonnegut was the author of Fahrenheit 451.
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I thought Bible was tough. I didn't recognize almost any of the names in the lcues:

Bernice/Bacchus/Bartimeus? Well, Bernice seems like a more modern name, so let's go with that. Oops.
Lois/Lydia/Luther? I honestly don't know, because I've NHO Lois or Lydia in the Bible at all.
Alexander/Amenhotep/Agrippa? Again, don't recognize any of the names, so it could be any.
Annas/Atreyu/Agula? Again, don't recognize any of the names. Could be any of them.
Shadrach/Shamash/Shalmaneser? I know Shadrach, but either of those other two could be it, and I get literally every coin flip I ever make wrong, so screw it.

4/5 in Catty (pussy willow) and "Ut". Clout can mean a punch?!?!? What the hell dictionary are they using?!

NHO Kramer vs. Kramer.

Ugh, two O'Connor clues?! They're now just trolling us, aren't they.

Like dhkendall, I knew the clue was referring to Fahrenheit 451, but couldn't for the life of me remember who wrote it. Eventually, like floridagator, I thought Vonnegut.
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dhkendall wrote:Perhaps the "everyday spectrometer" from the J! round could help with "the dress" debate? ;)
They kinda did here:

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-on ... lor-dress/
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This was another nice game for Jose. I had 39 correct responses including the triple stumper The French Connection.
TenPoundHammer wrote: Like dhkendall, I knew the clue was referring to Fahrenheit 451, but couldn't for the life of me remember who wrote it. Eventually, like floridagator, I thought Vonnegut.
Same here!
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grindcore wrote: There was a Bernice in the bible? I thought that name was reserved for elderly aunts that always come to visit at inopportune times. But I guess that could happen in the bible.
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

FJ took a few seconds, then spent the rest of the Think music wondering if I had the right author. "It's been a while, are you sure it was Bradbury?"

I won't say 'never', but if I've ever heard 'clout' used that way, it's from a J! clue that I've long since forgotten.
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Overall, this game did not play to my strengths, but it seemed to suit Jose well.

Lach Trash: French Connection, First Monday in October, Appenines (DD).

Instaget FJ. I remember when that was in the news.
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35 right.

How (3), UN (1), Drug (4), Bible (1), She's (3), Catty (2)
Geo (1), Lucky (3), Fiction (4), 1970's (5), Supreme (4), "UT" (4)

Lach Trash: "Shamesh", "French Connection"

Instaget FJ.
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Being an SF fan since I could read and walk, this was about as Instaget as it gets for me in FJ.

Funny controversy: A number of years ago, Ray Bradbury found out that the publisher of his novel, Ballantine, had been publishing a "clean" version of the novel.

Per Wikipedia:

"In 1979, one of Bradbury's friends showed him an expurgated copy. Bradbury demanded that Ballantine Books withdraw that version and replace it with the original, and in 1980 the original version once again became available. In this reinstated work, in the Author's Afterword, Bradbury relates to the reader that it is not uncommon for a publisher to expurgate an author's work, but he asserts that he himself will not tolerate the practice of manuscript "mutilation"."

I guess the word "ironic" wasn't well-known at Ballantine. :-)
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What was changed? I read it in high school and don't recall many bad words.

Instaget FJ for me.
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Instaget FJ for me. I remember when this movie came out and the controversy about the title.

Did 4/5 in Supreme Court-and got the triple stumper last clue about the first Monday in October.

Did 3/5 in Catty, 3/5 in UN, 3/5 in UT (don't remember how i did in the rest)

I think Jose may be around for a few more games.
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Bamaman wrote:What was changed? I read it in high school and don't recall many bad words.
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Well, I liked the ladie's FJ wager anyway. I guess Richmond had not witnessed any of the previous couple weeks tapings to see the negative aspect of dumping everything on your wager.

What was the bottom clue that had the French Connection TS?
I was blanking on what they wanted, then head slapped on the reveal. Now I'm remembering The Last Picture Show from a few weeks back and maybe that's why my mind was short ciruiting on tonight's clue.
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I couldn't think of the documentary's name, so I came up blank on FJ. Ran the "not in the Bible" category, though. :)
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Category 13 wrote:Well, I liked the ladie's FJ wager anyway. I guess Richmond had not witnessed any of the previous couple weeks tapings to see the negative aspect of dumping everything on your wager.
He had no shot anyway. She bet to be $2 ahead of Jose's MSBIW and assured herself of second no matter what.
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A recent $100K question on WWTBAM asked who won an Oscar in the year between two people who refused theirs.
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