FJs for the 11/4/19 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 11/4/19 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:49 pm

According to Herodotus, a messenger was sent 150 miles from Athens to Sparta, just before this 490 B.C. battle
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75%
In 1840 this New England state was home to 24 of the 100 most populous U.S. urban places; now, its capital is its only one in the top 100
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83%
In 1939, turned down by 2 local theaters, Howard University was able to get an outdoor venue for this singer's yearly concert
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45%
A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting "Houses at l'Estaque" gave this art style its name
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54%
From an 1894 work, his name literally translates to "tiger king"  
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59%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
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19%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
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THE 2010s $1000: 2013 was a lucky year for Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, inaugurated as king after this queen, his mom, abdicated
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68%
THE HUMAN BODY $1200: Of the 2 types of glands in the skin, most of these are connected to hair follicles & secrete an oily substance
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55%
BODIES OF WATER $2000: The Loire & the Garonne rivers flow into this large bay that's noted for its rough waves & heavy storms
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62%
The "150 miles" in the Monday FJ! clue's wording kept me from guessing Marathon.
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21%
Rhode Island was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
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4%
Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont was my incorrect guess for the Tuesday FJ! clue.
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12%
Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
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14%
For the Friday FJ! clue I only got as far as Kipling and The Jungle Book though did not know the tiger's name.
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24%
At least one of Battle of Marathon, Marian Anderson, cubism or Shere Khan was unfamiliar to me for having heard of previously before the relevant FJ! clue.
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32%
 
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :( :(

Knew Marian, couldn't pull Anderson due to brainlock. I think I saw a "60 Minutes" ep about her and Eleanor Roosevelt's intervention in the affair that happened back when America was Great.

Guessed "Dada", because it sounds hoity toity. But I have heard of cubism, so, good clue.

Seen the words or phrase "Shere Khan". Didn't know it was a character. I did know they wanted Kipling.

Sebacious gland, check. Queen Beatrix, check. Geography, uncheck.
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:( :mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

Monday - Thermopylae
Wednesday - Ella Fitzgerald
Thursday - rococo

I simply didn't think of cubism and went down the route of trying to think of any style from that time. I eliminated dada because I know its actual name origin (someone randomly pointed to that word in the dictionary, it being French for "hobbyhorse").

I have heard of Marian Anderson before but her name didn't stick. I don't feel so bad for guessing Fitzgerald given how many others here went that route and that it was also the guess from my wife, who has a classical/opera background.
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Honestly, I said Rhode Island because I thought "it's the TOC, and Massachusetts is WAY too obvious."
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Robert K S wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:34 pm If you spotted me Marian Anderson I probably could have told you she was an African-American singer and civil rights figure (somehow) but I didn't know the specific story about the Lincoln Memorial until this FJ!
I was torn between Anderson and Paul Robeson for some reason.
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Very proud of my Friday answer. Princess of Power!
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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

After a 14/15 streak in the three weeks leading up to the tournament, it took Shere Khan to save me from a shutout this week. Thermopylae, Connecticut, Billie Holiday, and Bauhaus made me feel stupider and stupider as the week went on.

Knew Bay of Biscay this week; also knew it when it showed up in one of my games several years ago in a clue about the Concorde's last flight. Since someone else beat me to the buzzer then, this week's right answer did me exactly much good.
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