FJs for the 9/26/11 week

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Which FJs did you solve correctly for the 9/26/11 week?

Poll ended at Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:53 pm

In medieval times, an act of bravery got you dubbed a knight & won you a pair of golden these
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27%
English poet Thomas Hoccleve, a contemporary of this man, called him the "firste fyndere of our fair langage"
59
76%
According to the Census, this point has progressed westward since the U.S. was founded & has moved southwest since the 1960s
73
94%
In February 1967 this Asian leader said his people would "never agree to negotiate under the threat of bombing"
67
86%
Aside from racquet sports, one of the 2 other Summer Olympic sports in which men may currently compete against women
42
54%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
11
14%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJs.
0
No votes
U.S. BIRTHPLACES $1200: This Ohio city that was home to the Wright Brothers is considered the "Birthplace of Aviation"
53
68%
SHORT STORIES $1600: His "Franny" & "Zooey" stories were first published in the New Yorker
42
54%
DAMN YANKESS $800: Lincoln called this cartoonist "our best recruiting sergeant"
51
65%
 
Total votes: 78

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Re: FJs for the 9/26/11 week

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:( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:mrgreen: :( :(
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:( :D :D :D :(
:D :D :D

Never heard of golden spurs!
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:?: :?: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

:mrgreen: :?: :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

All those FJs were instagets for me, but phrasing the population center response gave me a real problem. I knew the concept but struggled with my wording, but they looked like they were being pretty generous about that. Anyway, an fascination with the modern Olympic games and graduate work in medieval literature finally paid off for me! That doesn't happen often.
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:| :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :cry: :mrgreen:
Spurs didn't occur to me. I could see Ho Chi Minh and Salinger in my mind but I could not spit out their names in time.
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:evil: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:evil: :evil: :mrgreen:
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:

I've read extensively on medieval history and am pretty sure I've never heard of golden spurs.
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:D :D :D :( :D
:D :D :(

My head was in the wrong part of Asia.
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The expression you generally hear/see is "win your spurs." I know the phrase just from reading loads of historical novels. In analyzing the question, I think people have put a bit too much emphasis on the 'golden' part of the question. The gold part didn't really matter.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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