FJs for the 1/7/13 week
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Re: FJs for the 1/7/13 week
On Tuesday, my first instinct was Hoover, then I vaguely remembered that I may have heard that Carter passed him recently. Should have realized that that was exactly why Jeopardy was asking about this bit of trivia now, rather than dismissing it.
Thought about Scandinavian capitals first on Wednesday, then decided that there must be another TOM in there as well. Remembered that Seoul and Pyongyang had a famous line of latitude associated with them; I couldn't remember what it was, but felt sure that that must have been the TOM I was looking for, so I stuck with them.
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I went with the Missouri on Friday. I marked it as wrong here, but having reviewed Friday's transcript thread, I'm still not convinced it is wrong. --Bob
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As I said in the other thread, if the Mississippi River is entirely inland, you have a case. I don't think it is.Bob78164 wrote:I went with the Missouri on Friday. I marked it as wrong here, but having reviewed Friday's transcript thread, I'm still not convinced it is wrong. --Bob
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Re: FJs for the 1/7/13 week
Oh boy. This was my worst week of FJs in quite some time.
I got Babe Ruth on Monday, but my answers for the rest of the week were:
Hoover, Stockholm & Helsinki, Voir Dire, Ural.
This was an especially annoying week because for three of those, I considered the correct answer before switching to something else.
On Tuesday, I thought "It's either Hoover or Carter." On Wednesday, I thought "It's two of Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki." On Friday, I thought "It's either the Volga or the Ural."
I take some solace from the fact that those three FJs were triple stumpers.
I got Babe Ruth on Monday, but my answers for the rest of the week were:
Hoover, Stockholm & Helsinki, Voir Dire, Ural.
This was an especially annoying week because for three of those, I considered the correct answer before switching to something else.
On Tuesday, I thought "It's either Hoover or Carter." On Wednesday, I thought "It's two of Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki." On Friday, I thought "It's either the Volga or the Ural."
I take some solace from the fact that those three FJs were triple stumpers.
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You can take even more solace from the fact all four of the ones you missed were triple stumpers:skullturf wrote:I take some solace from the fact that those three FJs were triple stumpers.
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Re: FJs for the 1/7/13 week
Boo, hiss. From somewhere in the memory banks came a recollection of reading that Hoover left office in 1933 and set that record by surviving until (I believe) 1964. I probably learned that before anyone outside of Plains had ever heard of Carter, and it just stuck there. If there was an announcement when Carter set the record, I must have been out getting a sandwich.
Apart from that glitch I would have had a superfecto week. Oh well.
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Re: FJs for the 1/7/13 week
Best week in a long time. Ruth was a gimme, as was Carter. Toyed with Seoul and Pyongyang until I remembered Korea was divided by the 38th parallel (which, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the latitudes given - sometimes it's good to be lucky). Volga was also a gimme. I got verdict, but there was some discussion on the official J! board that "voir dire" might possibly be acceptable given that the clue was slightly misleading).
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I'm confused by this reasoning. It looks like you're saying that you dismissed the Koreas once you remembered that they were divided by the 38th parallel, which obviously places them far away from the 59 degrees N latitudes given in the clue. This seems perfectly reasonable to me, so what does the "good to be lucky" part mean?earendel wrote:
Best week in a long time. Ruth was a gimme, as was Carter. Toyed with Seoul and Pyongyang until I remembered Korea was divided by the 38th parallel (which, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the latitudes given - sometimes it's good to be lucky).
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Sorry for the confusion. I meant to say that my remembering that the Koreas were divided by the 38th parallel (thanks to innumerable reruns of M*A*S*H) was the lucky part - otherwise I would have put those down immediately (as one of the contestants did).jeff6286 wrote:I'm confused by this reasoning. It looks like you're saying that you dismissed the Koreas once you remembered that they were divided by the 38th parallel, which obviously places them far away from the 59 degrees N latitudes given in the clue. This seems perfectly reasonable to me, so what does the "good to be lucky" part mean?earendel wrote:
Best week in a long time. Ruth was a gimme, as was Carter. Toyed with Seoul and Pyongyang until I remembered Korea was divided by the 38th parallel (which, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the latitudes given - sometimes it's good to be lucky).
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Re: FJs for the 1/7/13 week
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Ruth and Carter were instagets. Might have gotten to Scandinavia with some thought, that ended five in a row for me. No chance on the other two.
A rare 3/3 week for me on the extras, so its not a total loss.
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Copenhagen and Helsinki--right part of the world, anyway. Way off on the river.
I had to go back to the previous week's thread to discover that I had had the previous (exactly) 5 consecutive FJ's correct.
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Or as I stated simply, the waters of the Missouri wind up in an ocean. The waters of the Volga wind up in a lake, never getting to an ocean. Ergo, Missouri is wrong, Volga is right. QED.bpmod wrote:As I said in the other thread, if the Mississippi River is entirely inland, you have a case. I don't think it is.Bob78164 wrote:I went with the Missouri on Friday. I marked it as wrong here, but having reviewed Friday's transcript thread, I'm still not convinced it is wrong. --Bob
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Would, in your example, the Yellowstone river (a tributary of the Missouri) count as an answer to the final if we removed the qualifier 'longest'?dhkendall wrote:Or as I stated simply, the waters of the Missouri wind up in an ocean. The waters of the Volga wind up in a lake, never getting to an ocean. Ergo, Missouri is wrong, Volga is right. QED.bpmod wrote:As I said in the other thread, if the Mississippi River is entirely inland, you have a case. I don't think it is.Bob78164 wrote:I went with the Missouri on Friday. I marked it as wrong here, but having reviewed Friday's transcript thread, I'm still not convinced it is wrong. --Bob
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Re: FJs for the 1/7/13 week
Stockholm/Helsinki. Glad to at least be in the right area.
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I would say no. Water from the Yellowstone still winds up in the ocean. Ultimate destination is the thing.Volante wrote:Would, in your example, the Yellowstone river (a tributary of the Missouri) count as an answer to the final if we removed the qualifier 'longest'?dhkendall wrote:Or as I stated simply, the waters of the Missouri wind up in an ocean. The waters of the Volga wind up in a lake, never getting to an ocean. Ergo, Missouri is wrong, Volga is right. QED.
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