FJs for the 6/8/20 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 6/8/20 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:48 pm

10-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. sang with his church's choir at the celebrated premiere of this film
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77%
Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "After an extended tour of Europe he retired to Concord...& he died in obscurity"
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51%
Published in 1881, "The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Actions of Worms" was his last & one of his bestselling books
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64%
One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks
66
72%
On this woman's passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her "a magician with language, who understood the power of words"  
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57%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
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20%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
2
2%
2 BOOKS IN 1 $1600: "Breathing Tourist" [Give 2 titles by same author that have been combined into 1]
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34%
2 BOOKS IN 1 $2000:"The Age of Frome" [Curious to see how off the two valuations were]
70
76%
TALK SHOW $1600: This legend of NBC late night turned down the role that Jerry Lewis eventually played in "The King of Comedy"
69
75%
The Wizard of Oz was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
2
2%
I missed the Tuesday FJ! clue by guessing an Adams.
11
12%
Lister was my incorrect guess for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
3
3%
Maya Angelou was my incorrect guess for the Friday FJ! clue.
21
23%
I am fairly certain to 100% confident I have seen all 190 episodes of Season 36.
39
42%
I am still catching up on watching Season 36 games.
6
7%
 
Total votes: 92

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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
I'm not enthusiastic about the show going into reruns, but maybe a break will be good; I've gone from 100% to 80% to 60% on FJs the last three weeks.

Might have come up with Pierce if I'd had 30 minutes instead of 30 seconds. Might not have.

I'm a little ashamed to admit to the brain hiccup that led to my Friday miss. I knew who they wanted and immediately said Toni Morrison. Then went into reverse and started second guessing "Morris? Morrison? Morrissey? Morrisette? Morris the Cat?" and changed it to Morrissette.

Unfamiliar with Breathing Lessons; the Wharton combination was pretty immediate. Went with Carson with about 75% confidence level.
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AFRET CMS wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:29 pm I'm a little ashamed to admit to the brain hiccup that led to my Friday miss. I knew who they wanted and immediately said Toni Morrison. Then went into reverse and started second guessing "Morris? Morrison? Morrissey? Morrisette? Morris the Cat?" and changed it to Morrissette.
Well, isn't that ironic?
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Guesses Fillmore on Tuesday. Negged Friday with Alice Walker; knew it wasn’t Maya Angelou, went back and forth between Morrison and Walker before settling on the incorrect answer.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

A perfecto to end the season? I'll take it. I'm just glad to have the 5/5 after some lousy weeks recently.

I learned not too long ago that Anne Tyler wrote The Accidental Tourist. I'm surprised that factoid stuck.

I think I managed to watch all 190 episodes this season.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(

Said Rasputin on Thursday. Blanked on Friday.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :oops: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Garfield on Thursday.. it hit me that it was probably Caesar twenty seconds in but didn't switch for some reason.

Missed a couple games around the holidays that were preempted on my DVR.

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threearruda wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:46 am Many thanks to archivists, mods, poll creators and everyone else for another great season!
^^^ What he said!
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Spaceman Spiff wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:52 pm
threearruda wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:46 am Many thanks to archivists, mods, poll creators and everyone else for another great season!
^^^ What he said!
Same here.

Having the game put in the archive on the same day is such a game changer. I often come here and see a discussion in the daily thread that makes much more sense to me when I can quickly check the exact wording of a clue.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Bumping the poll in case anyone needs to vote or change votes.
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