FJs for the 11/4/19 week
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Re: FJs for the 11/4/19 week
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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Re: FJs for the 11/4/19 week
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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Re: FJs for the 11/4/19 week
I was torn between Anderson and Paul Robeson for some reason.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!
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Very proud of my Friday answer. Princess of Power!
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Re: FJs for the 11/4/19 week
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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