LL83: Learned League
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I was a little surprised he didn't ask for both Frost and Nixon...I re-read the question like 15 times to make sure he only wanted one. 4(4) - 0(0) win to get me in the top 3 of D Magnolia D2.
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If you know one, you know the other.classicroadster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:35 am I was a little surprised he didn't ask for both Frost and Nixon
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For most, probably. But I could see a player, especially a younger one, taking a stab at Nixon, given the date, but either not remembering Frost or never knowing about him.econgator wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:36 amIf you know one, you know the other.classicroadster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:35 am I was a little surprised he didn't ask for both Frost and Nixon
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I certainly didn't. I figured Nixon with the timeframe and didn't know who Frost was. After I saw the answer, I vaguely recollect Frost's name, but I would never have gotten both.econgator wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:36 amIf you know one, you know the other.classicroadster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:35 am I was a little surprised he didn't ask for both Frost and Nixon
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Got the win yesterday 8(5)-6(4) but my opponent did get the math question right, despite math being her second to worst category. I can't say the term "twin primes" sounded familiar at all to me. Very surprised Mersenne Primes wasn't the MCWA.
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I went with Mersenne, though I knew that it was wrong and only put it just to have a guess. I am now 0-2 in Math, my best category, this season.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:46 pm Got the win yesterday 8(5)-6(4) but my opponent did get the math question right, despite math being her second to worst category. I can't say the term "twin primes" sounded familiar at all to me. Very surprised Mersenne Primes wasn't the MCWA.
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This is exactly how I came up with it, but as soon as I was typing my guess of Nixon, it hit me and I knew both.RandyG wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:05 pmFor most, probably. But I could see a player, especially a younger one, taking a stab at Nixon, given the date, but either not remembering Frost or never knowing about him.econgator wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:36 amIf you know one, you know the other.classicroadster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:35 am I was a little surprised he didn't ask for both Frost and Nixon
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That's certainly what I put down. Can't say that in all my extensive math education I ever came across the term "twin prime" either. I also won 8(5)-5(4) but bomtr was wise enough in our Private Rundle match to give me a 3 for my second-best category and thus get a tie.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:46 pm Got the win yesterday 8(5)-6(4) but my opponent did get the math question right, despite math being her second to worst category. I can't say the term "twin primes" sounded familiar at all to me. Very surprised Mersenne Primes wasn't the MCWA.
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Math is both mine and my opponents best category, but neither of us got this one. We bother zeroed the other and ended up with a 9(5)-7(4) win. Can't say I'm familiar with twin primes either and like others, threw down Mersenne just to say something.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:46 pm Got the win yesterday 8(5)-6(4) but my opponent did get the math question right, despite math being her second to worst category. I can't say the term "twin primes" sounded familiar at all to me. Very surprised Mersenne Primes wasn't the MCWA.
Maybe Mersenne was the MCWA, but just didn't register 5%?
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Through MD4 I had 0 MCWAs, and through MD5 I now have 1. Mersenne was my only wrong answer yesterday, so that must have been the case.
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It would be great if a person's get of "twin primes" provided the margin of victory in, say, a 5(4)-3(3) match.
edit: Found one! (Don't worry, I was also keeping my eye out for 7-5s.) I have to say I'd be more satisfied if only the winning player got it right, but this is just the first one I found where the match points were twin primes and the winner got two points for "twin primes."
edit: Found one! (Don't worry, I was also keeping my eye out for 7-5s.) I have to say I'd be more satisfied if only the winning player got it right, but this is just the first one I found where the match points were twin primes and the winner got two points for "twin primes."
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You're a sick man.seaborgium wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:30 pm It would be great if a person's get of "twin primes" provided the margin of victory in, say, a 5(4)-3(3) match.
edit: Found one! (Don't worry, I was also keeping my eye out for 7-5s.) I have to say I'd be more satisfied if only the winning player got it right, but this is just the first one I found where the match points were twin primes and the winner got two points for "twin primes."
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I did not, however, have the wisdom to put a 3 on that question in the regular rundle for an opponent with a short history but a perfect 10 for 10 in math. Math is easily my worst category, so it was an easy defense for any opponent. Cost me a tie, and it was my opponent's first win of the season. I knew of Mersenne primes, but was pretty sure it was something different. Thought of golden and that felt all wrong. So I debated briefly between twin and adjacent, then threw adjacent in, figuring it didn't really matter because whatever I put down was going to be wrong.Woof wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:56 pmThat's certainly what I put down. Can't say that in all my extensive math education I ever came across the term "twin prime" either. I also won 8(5)-5(4) but bomtr was wise enough in our Private Rundle match to give me a 3 for my second-best category and thus get a tie.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:46 pm Got the win yesterday 8(5)-6(4) but my opponent did get the math question right, despite math being her second to worst category. I can't say the term "twin primes" sounded familiar at all to me. Very surprised Mersenne Primes wasn't the MCWA.
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Had no idea on the sports Q yesterday, but golf was my first guess. So of course I spent a bunch of time trying to think what else it could be, settling on baseball because of the College World Series in Nebraska. Turned a win into a tie. Sigh.
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I misspelled "Mersenne" (added an I), so maybe helped prevent it's being MCWA.
I happened to remember the 1975 (I think) US Open was in Medinah. My opponent's sports record wasn't very good, but I still defended it low because i sensed golf was an obvious thing to guess.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:05 am Had no idea on the sports Q yesterday, but golf was my first guess. So of course I spent a bunch of time trying to think what else it could be, settling on baseball because of the College World Series in Nebraska. Turned a win into a tie. Sigh.
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"linked" -> links -> golf. Simple as that.
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No penalty for putting down both. You could have even said Frost and Julius Caesar and been counted as correct.classicroadster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:35 am I was a little surprised he didn't ask for both Frost and Nixon...I re-read the question like 15 times to make sure he only wanted one. 4(4) - 0(0) win to get me in the top 3 of D Magnolia D2.
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Nixon was an instaget and I recognized a couple of those places as hosting golf tournaments. No guess on the other two but still got a 6(4)-0(1) win. I have played very excellent lucky defense so far this season.
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I don't know if being a toddler in 1977 qualifies me as younger anymore, but I did indeed take a lucky guess on Nixon based on the date. Once I saw the answer, I remembered about the movie.RandyG wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:05 pmFor most, probably. But I could see a player, especially a younger one, taking a stab at Nixon, given the date, but either not remembering Frost or never knowing about him.econgator wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:36 amIf you know one, you know the other.classicroadster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:35 am I was a little surprised he didn't ask for both Frost and Nixon
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I am embarrassed by how long it took me to remember Mildred Pierce.
For the golf one, I was like, "Medinah? That sounds familiar. No idea, though. submits THAT's why I know Medinah."
For the golf one, I was like, "Medinah? That sounds familiar. No idea, though. submits THAT's why I know Medinah."
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