Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Got FJ but only had 90% certainty because I wasn't absolutely sure that Guatemala was farther north than Honduras. But went the right way.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Jelly Beans was a precall for the Presidential Sweets category, so of course I got the DD.
For DDs.
Was expecting something tricky for FJ such as West Africa or Pacific islands. The actual FJ was instaget for me.
For DDs.
Was expecting something tricky for FJ such as West Africa or Pacific islands. The actual FJ was instaget for me.
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While telling us about the Mexican-American war, my eighth-grade history teacher Mr. Zamastil explained that, were it not for worries over upsetting the delicate slave state-free state balance, the USA's southern border might today have been at Guatemala. I've kept it in my head it all these decades and at long last, perhaps this Saturday night, I'll reap the reward when I click the green smiley for tonight's game.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
When I saw this category name I precalled jellybeans for Reagan and Marilyn Monroe for JFK. Judges?
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Same three I had. Thought about Belize and frankly just didn't know. Two of the three were guesses for me and one of the two was right. Sigh.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, Final Wagers
Up to the point where Susan was declared incorrect, I thought "Good for Evan, his strategy paid off". Susan's wager was a punch in the gut to him.Bamaman wrote:Adam bet it all yesterday in a similar situation.Golf wrote:You have to factor Adam’s wager into the thought process as well.pdano wrote:Looks like Evan assumed Susan would make the normal cover wager, which would have dropped her to 5199, and Evan left himself with 5201. That part of it makes sense - he was just thwarted by a lower-than-expected wager from Susan.Golf wrote: J..... And Evan didn’t even try to win the game.
But yeah, Adam really should have wagered to just clear $13,000. Could he have been influenced by witnessing Michonne's underwagering in the previous taping?
Outside of not covereing Adam to double-up, Susan's wager had the advatage on Adam if he only bet 2,60*, in that she would beat him if both correct or both incorrect. We'll have to see what she does in the next game(s) but I have to wonder if she was purposely gambling on Adam to make the 2601 bet.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Actually the MTA does have a police force, but its jurisdiction is only the commuter railroads of Long Island, Metro-North, and Staten Island.
http://web.mta.info/mta/police/index.html
The Transit Bureau provides police for the NYC subway only.
I confess I wouldn't have been able to state any of this with certainty 20 minutes ago...To most New Yorkers it's just the Transit Police...
Let's just say, not my favorite FJ of the week...
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
My mnemonic for Central America: big gray elephants have never caught pneumonia.
Presidential Sweet had me pre-calling Reagan/jelly beans and nothing else.
Presidential Sweet had me pre-calling Reagan/jelly beans and nothing else.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I think the contestant got screwed on Transit Bureau. That was being unnecessarily specific. The police unit for the Subways was part of the transit authority for over 40 years. I have seen all three of the Taking of Pelham One Two Three movies (and read the book) so I had no hesitation in saying Transit Authority police.
I said barbarians for the Daily Double. Judges?
I not only instagot Jelly beans for Reagan, I would have named the specific brand he favored, Jelly Bellies.
I knew two of the three were Mexico and Belize and had to decide between Guatemala and Honduras and went with Guatemala because I knew it jutted farther north.
I said barbarians for the Daily Double. Judges?
I not only instagot Jelly beans for Reagan, I would have named the specific brand he favored, Jelly Bellies.
I knew two of the three were Mexico and Belize and had to decide between Guatemala and Honduras and went with Guatemala because I knew it jutted farther north.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
4/4 on big clues.
I think sheriff was neg-bait. A 7-letter word for someone in charge of public safety, like in the old west. At least it helped me learn the difference between Marshal and Marshall.
I think sheriff was neg-bait. A 7-letter word for someone in charge of public safety, like in the old west. At least it helped me learn the difference between Marshal and Marshall.
I don't think so. Barbarian can mean a person from the Barbary Coast but the clue wanted a specific group.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I said Jelly Bellies and counted it. Apparently licorice was his favorite. The monster.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:29 am Young people. Adam did not know what went with Ronald Reagan in THE PRESIDENTIAL SWEET for DD1.
Instafinal.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I got FJ! correct today.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I said sheriff too, but I realized in retrospect that it's not like sheriffs are largely a thing of the past like marshals are.MattKnowles wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:34 pm 4/4 on big clues.
I think sheriff was neg-bait. A 7-letter word for someone in charge of public safety, like in the old west. At least it helped me learn the difference between Marshal and Marshall.
Evan's wager was fine; he just got foiled by Susan's weird one.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Susan must have had some killer buzzer mojo. Every time a clue that was a gimme for me, she took it. D.A.R.E., Margaret Mitchell, fruitcake, the Windy City... Maybe she just auto-clicked for the top row clues. It's funny she got the clue about the voice of Marge Simpson, her intonation is almost spot on, but at a higher pitch.
I'm glad Adam and perhaps younger people in general don't know about Ronald Reagan's stupid jellybean PR stunt. Enough Kool-Aid already .
I'm glad Adam and perhaps younger people in general don't know about Ronald Reagan's stupid jellybean PR stunt. Enough Kool-Aid already .
+1. I've just treated Baja and Yucatan as almost interchangeable names for the same thing. And I even knew the chicxulub (dinosaur extinction event) crater was in the Yucatan Peninsula and seen many maps of it. But I just never reconciled the cognitive dissonance. I do want points for deciding Guatemala was the next country in order because Honduras just didn't seem right.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:00 pm Yeah, I put U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. TIL where the Yucatan Peninsula is. (I was obviously thinking of Baja California.)
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Alex continues to mispronounce "Aldean" again. First syllable rhymes with "pal", not "all".
Ran Presidential Sweet and "OO", Sorry, and Looking for a Good Time.
Blanked on Ariana Grande's name for 4/5 in Lyrics. Also had "ahoy" for "avast" for a 4/5 in Interjection.
Police Squad was MASSIVE negbait for "sheriff". Anyone else join me and one of the contestants on that?
That was an extremely tough TV category. Julie Kavner was the only name I even recognized.
Yet AGAIN my brain is a complete blank when trying to name Central American countries. I had "What is Belize and uhhhhh...." WHY WHY WHY WHY CAN I NEVER REMEMBER THEM?!?!?!
Lach Trash: Taylor Swift, booster rocket.
Ran Presidential Sweet and "OO", Sorry, and Looking for a Good Time.
Blanked on Ariana Grande's name for 4/5 in Lyrics. Also had "ahoy" for "avast" for a 4/5 in Interjection.
Police Squad was MASSIVE negbait for "sheriff". Anyone else join me and one of the contestants on that?
That was an extremely tough TV category. Julie Kavner was the only name I even recognized.
Yet AGAIN my brain is a complete blank when trying to name Central American countries. I had "What is Belize and uhhhhh...." WHY WHY WHY WHY CAN I NEVER REMEMBER THEM?!?!?!
Lach Trash: Taylor Swift, booster rocket.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Same here, although my dad knew that one.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:00 pm
Police Squad was MASSIVE negbait for "sheriff". Anyone else join me and one of the contestants on that?
Lach Trash: Taylor Swift, booster rocket.
I also got the Taylor Swift clue as well.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Same reasoning here, but I somehow had an even worse answer. I also mixed Yucatan up with Baja, so Mexico and US were put down...and, uh...okay, westernmost country...uh....well...maybe it juts way down or has some kind of associated island, and Colombia has control of it? I knew it was an insta-no-get for me, but I always force myself to write something - it's how I got Lazarus earlier this week. (This week? Last week? Time has lost all meaning for me.)MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:00 pm Yeah, I put U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. TIL where the Yucatan Peninsula is. (I was obviously thinking of Baja California.)
Numinism for numismatics? I guess I'm gonna neg myself, since I can't find it in the dictionary. But I came close...yet another word I invented.
Figured out the "pirates" part for the "Barbary pirates" clue, but didn't pull the trigger, and glad I didn't. Definitely a BMS, definitely a NHO.
Nuclear fission for "nuclear chain reaction"? Again, I'm leaning towards "OO, SORRY", or perhaps a BMS where I give Alex a confused look. The chain reaction does involve fission, but I think the whole point of the clue was to get to the "chain reaction" part.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Fission can occur without the chain reaction, so I'd say no.talkingaway wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:44 pm Nuclear fission for "nuclear chain reaction"? Again, I'm leaning towards "OO, SORRY", or perhaps a BMS where I give Alex a confused look. The chain reaction does involve fission, but I think the whole point of the clue was to get to the "chain reaction" part.
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Re: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
For what it's worth: I'm much more likely to listen to someone who has a ToC victory under his belt when it comes to wagering strategy.Golf wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:43 pmYou have to factor Adam’s wager into the thought process as well.