Monday, July 1, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Re: Monday, July 1, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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I have never seen polynesia on a map.
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Ish wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:33 pm I have never seen polynesia on a map.
Yeah, it's not on my NatGeo wall map of the world.
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Wasn't going to get FJ ever-geography was never my strong point, and I thought it was clumsily worded as well.
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9021amyers wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:08 pm There’s been talk recently of recognizing Zealandia as an “8th continent,” so I went with that.
Me too.
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Ended up with Antarctica, counted the letters wrong, concentrated on the dry land vs. non-dry land (ice, iow) part of the clue and thought they were being clever with the phrasing. Oops.

Even if I had managed to get clear of thinking I'd deciphered the clue, I would not have come up with Polynesia. I think of it as a region made of independent island nations and colonies, not a collective entity.

So count me as a FJ whiff. I thought it was one of the hardest FJs in years, FWIW. The rest was pretty accessible. Had several Lach trash answers.
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MollyQMurphy wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:16 am Ended up with Antarctica, counted the letters wrong, concentrated on the dry land vs. non-dry land (ice, iow) part of the clue and thought they were being clever with the phrasing. Oops.

Even if I had managed to get clear of thinking I'd deciphered the clue, I would not have come up with Polynesia. I think of it as a region made of independent island nations and colonies, not a collective entity.

So count me as a FJ whiff. I thought it was one of the hardest FJs in years, FWIW. The rest was pretty accessible. Had several Lach trash answers.
I initially had Antarctica for the same reason until I recounted. Then I settled on Indonesia because of the number of letters and to have something, althought the only thing I was confident on was that it didn't otherwise fit the clue.
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Defense for the trio who missed Holland...
https://io9.gizmodo.com/give-the-jeopar ... 1836072888

But the real reason I'm linking this is the fanart in the comments regarding the incorrect Garfield response...
( https://io9.gizmodo.com/1836077725 )
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Volante wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:46 am Defense for the trio who missed Holland...
I didn't remember his name either. I said, "It's the one who's not Maguire or Garfield."
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Was stuck on Oceania for FJ. Since it was Canada Day, finally responded " What is Oceania eh"? to get to nine letters. :P
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Add me to those who drifted around non-nine lettered places and ultimately had no clue.
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My best guess was Antarctic (no -a).
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I said Caribbean but I knew it didn't have as much area as the clue asked for. At least it had nine letters.
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