That's the whole point of a BMS. The response was correct, just not as specific as the writers wanted.
Although, as Davey points out, it wasn't really a BMS.
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It actually came up nine clues earlier. Assuming the category had been taken in order, Liberty Bell would have been horrendous negbait, particularly for a second-row clue. As it was, I couldn't think of another famous, potentially cracked bell, so I went with Liberty Bell knowing full well it had to be wrong.
She should have been negged on that, and that had a huge effect on the rest of the game. The very next question she chose after she should have been ruled incorrect was the DD where she won $5000. If she wasn’t wrongly given credit, she likely doesn’t get the DD and the rest of game could play out way different. The other two players have a legitimate claim that they should be brought back on another show.
Usage, not grammar. There was nothing ungrammatical about the sentence other than the comma splice. Pedants would recommend a semicolon or a conjunction at that point. But they'd also object that the first line of your reply is a sentence fragment, and the first clause of your second line lacks a subject. So, really, who needs them? The grammar is fine for casual discussion.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:18 amJibe, not jive.
Hate to be the grammar police, but this one irks me for some reason.
John Paul Stevens wrote that it was Salmon P. Chase who first used the title-floridagator wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:49 am The first Chief Justice to have the title Chief Justice of the United States was Taft in the 1920s. Prior to that, the title was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
I said cave and rave.
Hammer: there was a Red Scare at the conclusion of World War II, at which time a number of Northern cities had socialist elected officials, including Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Chicago. That Red Scare ended fairly quickly with the implosion of the Socialist Party in 1920.
The Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s began when the Soviets ceased Eastern Europe and didn't end until the US had equaled Soviet gains in space.
I was aware of the factoid about the Liberty Bell cracking after Marshall died so I wouldn’t have guessed it even if that clue had been picked first.BigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:31 pm Coryat: $40,000
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LT: hep, Buddhism, Discovery, Tiger King, dram/drum, diamonds, Devil's Island (DD), signature required
Jon is going to be kicking himself for a while for not having watched Papillon recently. Carmela is thanking her lucky stars for a poorly pinned wordplay clue.
It actually came up nine clues earlier. Assuming the category had been taken in order, Liberty Bell would have been horrendous negbait, particularly for a second-row clue. As it was, I couldn't think of another famous, potentially cracked bell, so I went with Liberty Bell knowing full well it had to be wrong.
As Mark so kindly implied in his write-up, they've ruled the way that they have for years—as recently as the previous game, in fact. Just because you apparently don't like the current rule doesn't mean that the show's rules weren't followed. And by the rules the show followed, the players don't have a legitimate claim to be brought back.BKavett wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:17 am She should have been negged on that, and that had a huge effect on the rest of the game. The very next question she chose after she should have been ruled incorrect was the DD where she won $5000. If she wasn’t wrongly given credit, she likely doesn’t get the DD and the rest of game could play out way different. The other two players have a legitimate claim that they should be brought back on another show.
Word up, mahomes*.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:18 amJibe, not jive.
Hate to be the grammar police, but this one irks me for some reason.
Do you have a list of citations for “the way that they have ruled for years”? It does not seem normal to me to ask for Terminator 2 but then accept Terminator. It certainly surprised me all three times that it happened in the last two days.OntarioQuizzer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:43 amAs Mark so kindly implied in his write-up, they've ruled the way that they have for years—as recently as the previous game, in fact. Just because you apparently don't like the current rule doesn't mean that the show's rules weren't followed. And by the rules the show followed, the players don't have a legitimate claim to be brought back.BKavett wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:17 am She should have been negged on that, and that had a huge effect on the rest of the game. The very next question she chose after she should have been ruled incorrect was the DD where she won $5000. If she wasn’t wrongly given credit, she likely doesn’t get the DD and the rest of game could play out way different. The other two players have a legitimate claim that they should be brought back on another show.
I'm not even sure the judges know what the rules are anymore based on some of this season's rulings.jeff6286 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:05 pmDo you have a list of citations for “the way that they have ruled for years”? It does not seem normal to me to ask for Terminator 2 but then accept Terminator. It certainly surprised me all three times that it happened in the last two days.OntarioQuizzer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:43 amAs Mark so kindly implied in his write-up, they've ruled the way that they have for years—as recently as the previous game, in fact. Just because you apparently don't like the current rule doesn't mean that the show's rules weren't followed. And by the rules the show followed, the players don't have a legitimate claim to be brought back.BKavett wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:17 am She should have been negged on that, and that had a huge effect on the rest of the game. The very next question she chose after she should have been ruled incorrect was the DD where she won $5000. If she wasn’t wrongly given credit, she likely doesn’t get the DD and the rest of game could play out way different. The other two players have a legitimate claim that they should be brought back on another show.
The clue said WWI, not WWII. I immediately rejected "red scare" because I was 9001% positive there was NOT one during WWI. Turns out there was.floridagator wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:49 am Hammer: there was a Red Scare at the conclusion of World War II, at which time a number of Northern cities had socialist elected officials, including Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Chicago. That Red Scare ended fairly quickly with the implosion of the Socialist Party in 1920.
That's the main reason why I wrote down "red scare", but wasn't 100% slam-dunk confident about it. I associate it WAY more with post-WWII/Cold War than with WWI. But sometimes the writers like to sprinkle in fun facts into clues along with the clue/response pair. They rarely have "The capital of Russia" as a clue. They'll find some slightly absurd or interesting fact about Russia and/or Moscow, and put that in as filler before ending the clue with the real clue. Like "In 1958, Smoot ate with Hawley in this city, the capital of Russia."TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:42 pmThe clue said WWI, not WWII. I immediately rejected "red scare" because I was 9001% positive there was NOT one during WWI. Turns out there was.floridagator wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:49 am Hammer: there was a Red Scare at the conclusion of World War II, at which time a number of Northern cities had socialist elected officials, including Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Chicago. That Red Scare ended fairly quickly with the implosion of the Socialist Party in 1920.
Given was “What are contraption and contraction?”DIFFERS BY A LETTER $1200 wrote:A mechanical device & a labor pain