FJs for the 9/23/19 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 9/23/19 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:50 pm

The title of this musical that opened on Broadway in 1964 was inspired by a Marc Chagall painting
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46%
The 1862 Morrill Act gave states federal acreage to sell for school funds, leading to the creation of 69 of these
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66%
Timely for 2018, in 1866 Mark Twain wrote of this landmark's "sputtering jets of fire" & "heat from Pele's furnaces"
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30%
"The Eighth Wonder", by composer Alan John & librettist Dennis Watkins, is about this building that opened in 1973
50
49%
From his own 1898 poem, the epitaph of this Irish-born man ends, "his mourners will be outcast men, & outcasts always mourn"  
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57%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
6
6%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
5
5%
BOATS & SHIPS $2000: A September 1779 battle featured the British frigate Serapis & this American warship
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26%
YOU DID IT! $1000: This renowned architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain & the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
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61%
SOME STERN WORDS $400: A rock that makes a spark begins this adjective for someone of stern demeanor
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55%
I have seen a stage production and/or movie version of Fiddler on the Roof.
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47%
Old Faithful was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
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16%
I guessed an incorrect volcano for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
47
46%
I have been inside the Sydney Opera House. (You can post if you saw an opera there.)
9
9%
Yeats was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
20
20%
I exceeded the 11 correct Jason Zuffranieri had on his 20 FJ! clues.
40
39%
 
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This week clearly played pretty tough. The highest get rate from boardies is less than 70%. And the players didn't do very well, either.

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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

Community colleges on Tuesday. Knew Pele = Hawaii, but went with Mauna Kea.

Never seen Fiddler on the Roof, and since the furthest west I've ever been is Ottawa, that's a no on the Sydney Opera House.

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:( :( :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

I knew it was flint-something, but the wording of the clue made me think it was more than just -y, so I also went with flinthearted.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

Sears Tower Thursday, Yeats Friday
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I have performed in a production of Fiddler on the Roof. Still missed the question. :oops:
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:( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
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twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:20 am :( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
mike schmidt was the first in 1974
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Re Thursday's clue: I hate when they ask you to know the year some building opened, or a movie debuted, etc. From the date involved, I thought there were any number of excellent guesses, including World Trade Towers and CNN tower (which was my guess). And God knows how many structures have been labelled the "8th Wonder," including the Houston Astrodome (which I knew was opened in the 1960s).
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John Boy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 6:11 pm CNN tower
You mean CN Tower?
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CasketRomance wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:59 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:20 am :( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
mike schmidt was the first in 1974
I can't find the date of the event, or even if it was a fair ball (roof was in play per the ground rules), but - From a SI article June 09, 1969:

Nevertheless Wynn (the Astros all call him the Toy Cannon) is the only player ever to hit three home runs in one game under the Dome and he also is the only player to hit the Dome ceiling with a batted ball during a game. "It went straight up over home plate—just like one of my golf shots," he says.

We are even now - this one's for Nurse Nancy 8-) .
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twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:33 pm
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:59 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:20 am :( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
mike schmidt was the first in 1974
I can't find the date of the event, or even if it was a fair ball (roof was in play per the ground rules), but - From a SI article June 09, 1969:

Nevertheless Wynn (the Astros all call him the Toy Cannon) is the only player ever to hit three home runs in one game under the Dome and he also is the only player to hit the Dome ceiling with a batted ball during a game. "It went straight up over home plate—just like one of my golf shots," he says.

We are even now - this one's for Nurse Nancy 8-) .
And Schmidt's ball didn't hit the ceiling, it hit a speaker hanging from the ceiling.
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twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:33 pm
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:59 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:20 am :( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
mike schmidt was the first in 1974
I can't find the date of the event, or even if it was a fair ball (roof was in play per the ground rules), but - From a SI article June 09, 1969:

Nevertheless Wynn (the Astros all call him the Toy Cannon) is the only player ever to hit three home runs in one game under the Dome and he also is the only player to hit the Dome ceiling with a batted ball during a game. "It went straight up over home plate—just like one of my golf shots," he says.

We are even now - this one's for Nurse Nancy 8-) .
no idea, because he doesn't show up in any of the astrodome history sites for that feat
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hbomb1947 wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:04 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:33 pm
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:59 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:20 am :( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
mike schmidt was the first in 1974
I can't find the date of the event, or even if it was a fair ball (roof was in play per the ground rules), but - From a SI article June 09, 1969:

Nevertheless Wynn (the Astros all call him the Toy Cannon) is the only player ever to hit three home runs in one game under the Dome and he also is the only player to hit the Dome ceiling with a batted ball during a game. "It went straight up over home plate—just like one of my golf shots," he says.

We are even now - this one's for Nurse Nancy 8-) .
And Schmidt's ball didn't hit the ceiling, it hit a speaker hanging from the ceiling.
which is part of the ceiling...if a ball can graze the jersey of a player and that player is said to have been hit by a pitch then the jersey is part of the person, then a speaker that was hit while being attached to a ceiling can be seen as being part of that ceiling
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twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:33 pm
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:59 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:20 am :( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
mike schmidt was the first in 1974
I can't find the date of the event, or even if it was a fair ball (roof was in play per the ground rules), but - From a SI article June 09, 1969:

Nevertheless Wynn (the Astros all call him the Toy Cannon) is the only player ever to hit three home runs in one game under the Dome and he also is the only player to hit the Dome ceiling with a batted ball during a game. "It went straight up over home plate—just like one of my golf shots," he says.

We are even now - this one's for Nurse Nancy 8-) .
going to say it was a foul ball..so schmidt stands as first to do it when it comes to being put into fair territory

"It went straight up over home plate"

the above suggests it was a foul ball
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twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:33 pm
CasketRomance wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:59 am
twelvefootboy wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:20 am :( :mrgreen: :( :( :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I haven't seen that silly building but I did go to Austria last year :lol: .

I was on Old Faithful and remembered the lava in Hawaii recently. Could only say Kilamangero and hoped I was mixed up with the African volcano.

I chose the Astrodome just because it was promoted as the eighth wonder, although I know well that it was ca 1966 and Jimmy Wynn was the first player to hit the roof.
mike schmidt was the first in 1974
I can't find the date of the event, or even if it was a fair ball (roof was in play per the ground rules), but - From a SI article June 09, 1969:

Nevertheless Wynn (the Astros all call him the Toy Cannon) is the only player ever to hit three home runs in one game under the Dome and he also is the only player to hit the Dome ceiling with a batted ball during a game. "It went straight up over home plate—just like one of my golf shots," he says.

We are even now - this one's for Nurse Nancy 8-) .
btw...i am glad you retained nurse nancy...that is one of the best trivia tidbits in all of trivia
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :?: :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I didn't get to see last week's episodes until Tuesday this week, but the first post in my Facebook feed on Friday morning lamented Jason's loss and cursed the Sydney Opera House. I don't mind getting spoiled on Jason's loss, but it would have been nice to have the chance to try to puzzle out a difficult FJ that ended a super-champ's reign.

We went to the Sydney Opera House several times during our trip in January 2001 It was the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death, so they were doing a lot of his works that season. We got to see Rigoletto and Il Trovatore in the Opera Theatre, but we just missed a performance of the Verdi Requiem in the Concert Hall, which happened on the day we left. We also saw the hilarious Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) in a small theater downstairs.
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The opera I saw at Sydney is Pavlovian for Mussorgsky + opera.
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Robert K S wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:00 am The opera I saw at Sydney is Pavlovian for Mussorgsky + opera.
I'd post the answer, but modesty forbids.
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:22 am
Robert K S wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:00 am The opera I saw at Sydney is Pavlovian for Mussorgsky + opera.
I'd post the answer, but modesty forbids.
Or maybe you're just not good enuv.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:52 am
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:22 am
Robert K S wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:00 am The opera I saw at Sydney is Pavlovian for Mussorgsky + opera.
I'd post the answer, but modesty forbids.
Or maybe you're just not good enuv.
Ok. Fine. You made me learn things again.

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