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FWIW, I have trouble thinking of Twain or Arthur Conan Doyle as "Classic" Novel authors. I suppose the genre of Young Adult literature came later, and their writing was contemporary with education levels at the time. Even if it was consumed by adults, their stuff isn't Moby Dick or Dickens (I mean ...

Another FWtBT here. Never cared that much for the Lost Generation writers.

LT of Starship Troopers, but be advised there has never been a movie of that Heinlein classic. That is all.

I had a hard time parsing FJ: unclear whether the 18 miles was named, or if the state was named. I started trying to come up with names of coastlines, not names of states, and couldn’t get unstuck. Not one of the writers’ better outings IMHO.

Holy bee’s knees Batman, I am no longer Giles Goat Sheep-Boy but a top ten in TD! Of course, I have no idea what I did differently in this one compared to my other sheeptastic outings, but savor the moment I will!

Costa Rica instead of Belize
Eisenhower instead of Truman

My sheep radar continues to be on the fritz most of the time. I’m about ready to resort to random draws for picking which one to answer.

buckeyebrain wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:08 am

Michonne's FJ wager made this a moot point, but the captioning for the Stephen Crane clue in DJ said "Red *BAND* Of Courage" and I was waiting for a reversal.

Was this a caption blunder or did Michonne really say band?

I heard her clearly say “badge”.

Said Hong Kong, not China

On FJ, I didn’t know the Philippines had a representative in the House, but I knew they were a territory during WW2 and became independent soon after the war’s end, so that’s what I wrote down.

LT: salt, vanishing point, arsenic, Oklahoma, Great Salt Lake, (dentist), (Austria & Hungary)

55 R (Missed the Bottom Two in Alliterative Actresses.) DD: 3/3 FJ: :mrgreen: LT: University of Virginia, David Lee Roth, Bowling, Singapore Sling, (Christiaan Barnard), *Portuguese* I will admit that the only reason I knew Jared Kushner was because on an episode of Project Runway, a contestant mak...

First box of glory in a while.

Clergy
Never seen Moana, although Pixar has done some of my favorite movies
Missed both Monday and Tuesday J! (Not sure why Monday got dropped though)

Went to Island of Doctor Moreau pretty quickly; I’ve never read it or seen the movies but knew the general gist of the plot, knew it was British (H.G. Wells), and “house of pain” sounded plausible given the plot.

Agree with Golf about the wagering.

Savannah instead of Charleston.
Snake, not copperhead.
I remember my mom reading the steam shovel book to me, and I read it to my son too.

Can't believe my namesake was a stand-and-stare, especially when accompanied by an image.
Somewhere in the canyons of my mind was the Civil War copperheads, but it wasn't coming to light in 30 seconds

Knew Maui first time.

trainman wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:25 pm

davey wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:36 pm

"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes.

How I knew the answer to this...

Me too!!!

On the first line thing, you could make more than one entire category using the Parker books from Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake). Some samples: “When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, Parker told him to go to hell.” “When the woman screamed, Parker awoke and rolled off the bed.” ...

(No, I haven't seen Fanny and Alexander . I doubt it would make me change my mind. In any event, Martin Guerre should at least have been nominated .) You should see Fanny and Alexander ; it is extraordinarily good, and should have been nominated and victorious in the Best Picture category. One of m...

(No, I haven't seen Fanny and Alexander . I doubt it would make me change my mind. In any event, Martin Guerre should at least have been nominated .) You should see Fanny and Alexander ; it is extraordinarily good, and should have been nominated and victorious in the Best Picture category. One of m...