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I was a little surprised that they didn't BMS for "Tampa Bay" as a team. There was a team name ("Patriots"), not a city, state, or region name, referenced in the clue. There are three professional "Tampa Bay" teams in the Big Four ("Bucks"/Buccaneers, "Bolts"/Lightning, and Rays), and the name of t...

I was a little surprised that they didn't BMS for "Tampa Bay" as a team. There was a team name ("Patriots"), not a city, state, or region name, referenced in the clue. There are three professional "Tampa Bay" teams in the Big Four ("Bucks"/Buccaneers, "Bolts"/Lightning, and Rays), and the name of t...

For the first time in my 27-season career, I finished without a tie. I also set a personal high in MCW with 20. Other than that, pretty average.

I don't understand under what consistency of rules you can accept "US" for United States but not "TH" for Thailand. I think the ad hoc rule you actually have in your head is "I don't see that very often myself, or have never seen it, and therefore I would not accept it." The rule isn't based on any...

What can I say but that I disagree? And that I would have accepted Se for Sweden and Ca for Canada. If you would have accepted "U.S. and Ca." (and how could you not?), why not "US and Ca"? I'm with Opus (actually, I guess I'm far stricter than Opus). Use of abbreviations is sloppy and lazy and shou...

Volante wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:35 pm

(If my napkin math is good, there are still eight viable for the last two promotion spots...)

Probably more like 4. Some of them play each other and realistically the two 27's have MPDs low enough that they have no shot at a tie breaker.

alietr wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:06 am

my opponent somehow came up with Bonheur, who I don't think I've ever heard of.

I wonder how many knew her and how many got it from the "happiness?" clue. "Happiness" in French is "bonheur", but like you, I had never heard of her, so it was no help to me.

As far as the "India" response, I think 1833 is a reasonable attempt to pin the clue away from India. That's the year the US and Thailand established diplomatic relations - I don't know if 1833 has any significance in US/India relations. Plus, the book about India is about economics more than diplo...

That is a good question. What history has "th" for "Thailand" have, pre- internet codes? I think internet codes deserve as much respect as state postal codes, but has the show given it in the past? The internet code for Thailand is .th, so even if she did mean the internet code, she forgot the dot....

Was anyone else thrown for a loop on "It's where the sub-zero goes"? Yes. I had never heard of a sub-zero (or, Sub-Zero, as it is apparently a brand name) before. I thought maybe it was one of those deep-freezers, so I put it in the garage. Ideal range for a freezer is around 0 to 5F, so I don't kn...

At least this season I don't have to worry about whether or not I'm going to be relegated. I'm far enough above the cut line to be safe.

Leander wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:34 pm

Did I miss something with allowing the Sirius XM Radio answer while not in the form of a question?

After just saying "Sirius XM", she kinda mumbled, "Is it Sirius XM?"

Surprised to see no complaints over the Air Force clue. It wasn’t 1760 PlayStations, it was 1760 PlayStation 3s. I was wavering based on the date given if this would be PS2 or PS3 and might not have buzzed if I was on the stage. Felt like the response of PlayStation should’ve been negged or at leas...

mas3cf wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:28 pm

US PRESIDENTS

Two of the three decades between the 1730s and the 1960s in which no US presidents were born

I don't see how that would be solvable in 30 seconds.

Parthenon, Picasso

TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 19, 2020 3:08 pm

How was coffee "obvious" on Potpourri for $800?

Guess who produces more than 1/3 of the entire world's coffee beans.

The Current Events thread can help with J! and with an even faster turnaround the Slate News Quiz as material from the phosphine and QEII posts came up today. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/slate-news-quiz-breonna-taylor-college-football-mcdonalds.html Their employee beat me this week,...

Tallchief for 3 points for me though TOCers Jim Coury and Jared Hall did not get it. 3xer Ali Hasan did not get it either. It seems like Tallchief was well above 5% for J! alums on this board. And me to the list of those who got it. She was the only Native American woman from recent times that I co...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at age 87 from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

MarkBarrett wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:53 pm

When I saw the clue I Pavloved "dome" to be done as fast as I was on stage in September aught five.

Yep. I dreaded the cat when I saw it, but like you, "dome" made it easy.