FJs for the 6/15/15 week
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
Dali is not a bad response since some of his landscapes do seem to go on forever, but it seemed clear to me that the clue was referring to nonrepresentational work that had a random quality. I have a history of blanking on Pollock's name so I was happy that didn't happen Tuesday...
Wed. was tough since I didn't remember the movie - the only Civil War picture I could think of was Glory. The only Oscar-winning actress from the South that came to me was Holly Hunter (turns out she's from Georgia) then I thought of Viola Davis (South Carolina) but I knew she wasn't right though she has nominations for Best Actress and Supporting...I don't think Cold Mountain or Zellweger would ever have come...Except for her makeover she's dropped off the radar...
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Monday, I knew it was Don Juan but kept thinking of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Tennyson, even though I knew they were wrong. None of the shorter-named poets came to mind.
Tuesday, I was preoccupied and missed the FJ category, so when the clue was read, I interpreted "pictures" as a reference to films (possibly because of the word "reviewer" too). By the time the category was legible on the screen again a few seconds later, someone had already blurted out the answer.
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
I keep trying to tell you folks: Duct tape is not very expensive.dinghammer wrote:By the time the category was legible on the screen again a few seconds later, someone had already blurted out the answer.
Brian
...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
3/5 this week, and the three I did get were instagets
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
How rare is it for the contestants to do much better in a week than boardies?
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I would guess it's either equal or they tend to do better than us as not every boardie can pass the test.cf1140 wrote:How rare is it for the contestants to do much better in a week than boardies?
I'm thinking closer to equal because we aren't under the lights like they are and we don't all write our answers down.
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I knew that this had been an excellent week of shows, but yeah, wow! This week's contestants really did do very well on their FJs.cf1140 wrote:How rare is it for the contestants to do much better in a week than boardies?
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
I was 171/295 on the board (BA .580) with an average Coryat of $25,160, somewhat down from last week.
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
Bad week. Flatfooted on Monday--no guess. Lucky guess on a weak category for me on Tuesday to avoid getting skunked for the week. Did not read or see Cold Mountain. Guessed Suzanne Collins on Thursday, Percival Lowell on Friday.
I "know" Peter Benchley wrote Jaws, for some value of "know" which involves having the piece of information somewhere I couldn't retrieve it but think I would have more than half of the time.
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
WAG Keats, Escher. Last minute switch from Cather to Wilder.
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I was lost without a map on Monday's clue. On Friday, Hubble crossed my mind, but then I convinced myself he was from the wrong century and guessed Einstein. Tuesday and Wednesday were instagets, Thursday was a lucky guess.
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
4/5; Zellweger cost me the pentafecta. Have read Cold Mtn AND seen the movie but no joy, failure to associate. Inexcusable cognitive defect.
Lamely responded "Sandra Bullock?" knowing it was incorrect. bah. "My brain hurts; it's got to come out!"
Pollack, L.I. Wilder were instagets; Byron was a lucky guess, as I posted on the day. Better to be lucky than good, eh?!
Hubble's discovery of Cepheid variables not only showed that these powerful "lighthouse nebulae" were far outside the Milky Way Galaxy (from the Greek for Milk, Gala); but because they had more or less uniform power output, so as 'cosmic light bulbs' the distance to each could be measured fairly accurately based on its apparent brightness, AND the relative motion of most Cepheids observed proved that the Universe was expanding! Andromeda is the exception; at over twice the size of our galaxy, it's on a collision course with the Milky Way, scheduled to merge in about 3.8 billion years! It's unlikely that anyone on Earth will notice the formation of Milkomeda (or the Andromedy Way?), as the Sun will be a red giant, and our home a toasted cinderblock.
Lamely responded "Sandra Bullock?" knowing it was incorrect. bah. "My brain hurts; it's got to come out!"
Pollack, L.I. Wilder were instagets; Byron was a lucky guess, as I posted on the day. Better to be lucky than good, eh?!
Hubble's discovery of Cepheid variables not only showed that these powerful "lighthouse nebulae" were far outside the Milky Way Galaxy (from the Greek for Milk, Gala); but because they had more or less uniform power output, so as 'cosmic light bulbs' the distance to each could be measured fairly accurately based on its apparent brightness, AND the relative motion of most Cepheids observed proved that the Universe was expanding! Andromeda is the exception; at over twice the size of our galaxy, it's on a collision course with the Milky Way, scheduled to merge in about 3.8 billion years! It's unlikely that anyone on Earth will notice the formation of Milkomeda (or the Andromedy Way?), as the Sun will be a red giant, and our home a toasted cinderblock.
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
I'm on an ugly streak...
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I only got Wednesday correct. I guessed Dali on the Tuesday one, and I got the featured Jaws question quite quickly (both first and last name).
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Breakdown of board scores on FJs for the 6/15/15 week
After 123 respondents:
11 got all 5 FJ!s
26 got 4 FJ!s
29 got 3 FJ!s
29 got 2 FJ!s
27 got 1 FJ!
1 got 0 FJ!s
Average: 2.69 FJ!s correct.
My responses went: /
Clueless Tuesday. Just put down Van Gogh to not leave a blank.
I have seen the movie, but not read the book.
11 got all 5 FJ!s
26 got 4 FJ!s
29 got 3 FJ!s
29 got 2 FJ!s
27 got 1 FJ!
1 got 0 FJ!s
Average: 2.69 FJ!s correct.
My responses went: /
Clueless Tuesday. Just put down Van Gogh to not leave a blank.
I have seen the movie, but not read the book.
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Re: FJs for the 6/15/15 week
Knew Peter Benchley
Knew Don Quixote, but not his girlfriend
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