Thursday, June 15, 2017 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Re: Thursday, June 15, 2017 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:27 pmthey probably would've used Marty Robbins as the TOM.
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Debb had some great gets and some of them I NHO. Great comeback in DD.
I credit my FJ get to the recent test when I looked at recent Oscar winners. I have NHO redmayne before that.

I guess more work for cheesyty.. did we ever have 2 category runs and not a win?
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I was rooting for Sergio Garcia to win.
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no chance at FJ, would've bet 0.
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xxaaaxx wrote: The wagering...yeesh. If they had all gotten it right, the usual all-in suicide wager beats that ridiculous 5900 wager, so of course she gets away with it. If he had recognized the two-thirds and stood pat we'd have seen a tiebreaker, so of course he bets some useless in-between number
While I also hated Phil's wager to secure second place instead of the win on a TS, I'd have given Debb props for a savvy wager if she trimmed 900 off of hers for an even five grand.
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In 9-letter words, I had indelible, wavered, then switched to permanent, which fits and would prob have to be accepted

LT: Charles Duhig, The Power of 'Habit', MDD: muckraker

FJ: ugh, also put DiCaprio. Russell Crowe, born 1964, not a great guess, but good for Phil for putting something down

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I knew all the clues to the Charlie Brown category and it pays to be a fan of the Peanuts comic strips. Good thing I studied journalism in college because I knew the correct response on the Daily Double that Phil missed in 9 Letter Words. I instantly knew Eddie Redmayne right off the bat because he was born on January 6, 1982.
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I got this FJ, and I credit my habit of composing trivia questions to amuse my friends.

I don't quite have the list of Oscar-winning performers memorized in order the way some people do, but I've previously taken note of things like: Which Oscar winners won for portraying real-life famous people? Which Oscar winners were especially young or especially old?

Trivia question: Redmayne was the first person born in the 1980s to win an Oscar specifically for Best Actor, but who was the first person born in the 1980s to win any Oscar?
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dhkendall wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:02 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:27 pmthey probably would've used Marty Robbins as the TOM.
NHO Marty Robbins
Robbins is mentioned in the archive twelve times, and although he actually had many other hits, nine of the clues were about "El Paso." Not since 1989 has he been a correct response, though (as opposed to being mentioned in the clue, which happened as recently as 2016).

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skullturf wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:56 pm Trivia question: Redmayne was the first person born in the 1980s to win an Oscar specifically for Best Actor, but who was the first person born in the 1980s to win any Oscar?
Anne Hathaway?
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morbeedo wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:00 pm
skullturf wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:56 pm Trivia question: Redmayne was the first person born in the 1980s to win an Oscar specifically for Best Actor, but who was the first person born in the 1980s to win any Oscar?
Anne Hathaway?
Excellent guess, but there's someone earlier
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doihavetoreally wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:04 pm I guess more work for cheesyty.. did we ever have 2 category runs and not a win?
I found eleven games in the Archive where a contestant ran multiple categories and lost, most recently on October 19, 2016.

skullturf wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:01 pm
morbeedo wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:00 pm
skullturf wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:56 pm Trivia question: Redmayne was the first person born in the 1980s to win an Oscar specifically for Best Actor, but who was the first person born in the 1980s to win any Oscar?
Anne Hathaway?
Excellent guess, but there's someone earlier
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Adele?
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cheezguyty wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:06 pm
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Adele?
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Almost ran Charlie Brown, but said "Susie" instead of "Sally" for his sister. I might have run 9-letter-words - would you accept "permanent" for "Impossible to erase or wash away, such as certain inks?"

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skullturf wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:56 pm I got this FJ, and I credit my habit of composing trivia questions to amuse my friends.

I don't quite have the list of Oscar-winning performers memorized in order the way some people do, but I've previously taken note of things like: Which Oscar winners won for portraying real-life famous people? Which Oscar winners were especially young or especially old?

Trivia question: Redmayne was the first person born in the 1980s to win an Oscar specifically for Best Actor, but who was the first person born in the 1980s to win any Oscar?
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Anna Paquin
I fell into the DiCaprio trap but I misheard/misread the clue ignoring the "born in" part of the clue.
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cmac24 wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:21 pm
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Anna Paquin
Correct!
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I knew who it was, I knew the last name, but the first name just didn't come to me. Foolishly I went with Elliot Redmayne, while of course the last name alone would have been accepted.
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skullturf wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:56 pm I credit my habit of composing trivia questions to amuse my friends.
You misspelled aggrivate. :)
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skullturf wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:24 pm
cmac24 wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:21 pm
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Anna Paquin
Correct!
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Stanislaus Jacob wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:58 pm
dhkendall wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:02 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:27 pmthey probably would've used Marty Robbins as the TOM.
NHO Marty Robbins
Robbins is mentioned in the archive twelve times, and although he actually had many other hits, nine of the clues were about "El Paso." Not since 1989 has he been a correct response, though (as opposed to being mentioned in the clue, which happened as recently as 2016).

http://www.j-archive.com/search.php?sea ... mit=Search
Well it could really be any country singer, how are we supposed to tell them apart?
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