FJs for the 3/15/21 week

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Which FJ! clues did you solve correctly for the 3/15/21 week?

Poll ended at Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:48 pm

Introduced to readers in 2008, its name comes from a Latin phrase for "bread & circuses", offerings used to appease the masses
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62%
Home to the Piazza Alberica, this Italian city is better known for what it supplied to works by Henry Moore & Michelangelo
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25%
In the 1912 election these 2 parties on the left of the political spectrum finished 2nd & 4th, totaling 1/3 of the votes
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37%
Of the more than 15 actors to play the lead in this musical, Howard McGillin holds the record with over 2,500 performances
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64%
The February 17, 1901 death of his friend Carles Casagemas made this grief-stricken artist change his color palette  
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90%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:  I checked all five above.
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10%
:( :( :( :( :(  I missed all the FJ! clues.
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4%
NIFTY NOVELS $1000: A Confederate Army deserter takes a long walk home to his beloved Ada in this Charles Frazier novel
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43%
EUROPE $2000: Experience stars & planets up close at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium in this capital city
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64%
AN HONORARY KNIGHT TO REMEMBER $2000: In 2004 this tireless tracker of Nazi war criminals was honored by the queen
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39%
Pandora was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
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4%
Pan-something else was my incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue.
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20%
I have read the first book in the series, The Hunger Games.
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34%
For the Tuesday FJ! clue I came up with an incorrect Italian city with three "A"s in its name.
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3%
For the Tuesday FJ! clue I only got as far as marble.
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38%
Even if I have seen Carrara in previous J! clues it still felt like a "never heard of it" to me.
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38%
Progressive was part of my correct response for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
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24%
Bull Moose was part of my correct response for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
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43%
Democratic was part of my incorrect response for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
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24%
Republican was part of my incorrect response for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
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3%
I did not get Socialist for the Wednesday FJ! clue.
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44%
No matter the lead, I have seen The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.
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6%
I have seen a production of The Phantom of the Opera in a place other than Broadway.
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28%
I watched (or will soon) all ten games guest hosted by Katie Couric.
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76%
 
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Volante wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:51 pm
Johnblue wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:54 pm I’ve seen all 3 Hunger Games movies, each with declining interest.
Clearly declining interest...because there's four movies. :D
Also, only 1 of those musicals has anything to do with "AL-W BS"...
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Lefty wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:06 am I figured out what "HBU" must mean once Grambling was revealed, but it was quite mysterious up till then.
I figured it out on the fly, and I'm glad individual institutions don't get "HBCU" attached to them; that would be like those pharmaceutical commercials where one woman talks about "my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis."
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:| :| :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Never had any Hunger Games hunger.
Could not pull Carrara out of my brain.

I've seen the movie Cold Mountain, but not read the book. Still, no problem.
Wiesenthal was easy since I live in Southern California, home of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. I occasionally hear or read about events there.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:cry: :mrgreen: :cry:
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Read The Hunger Games.
Haven't seen Phantom.
Watched all ten of Katie Couric's eps.
I would prefer not to.
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :( :(
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Another bad week for FJs -- now three in row. Yuck.
+1 for Alabaster.
Had Bull Moose with Socialist.
Have seen "Phantom" twice in touring productions, but Howard McGillan didn't ring any bells for either me or my wife.
Rejected Picasso as WAY too obvious, landed on Whistler.

Did not read "Cold Mountain," but saw the movie with Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger.

Knew the Brahe Planetarium was in Copenhagen, though he also did a lot of work with Kepler in Prague. Learned a lot about Brahe (and his nose) from an episode of the original Sagan "Cosmos."
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AFRET CMS wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:26 pm Did not read "Cold Mountain," but saw the movie with Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger.
Did you sit between Kidman and Zellweger?
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cinemaniax7 wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:19 pm For some reason, I thought Carrara was spelled C-A-R-R-E-R-A. Perhaps it was because of Barbara Carrera, the sunglasses, or a combination of the two. So I guessed Alabaster too.
Exactly. Also thought it was Carrera, and also said Alabaster. So you're saying Alabaster is not an Italian city? Who knew.

Seriously, I am so relieved to see I was not the only one to go down this particular rabbit hole.
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AFRET CMS wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:26 pm ....

Knew the Brahe Planetarium was in Copenhagen, though he also did a lot of work with Kepler in Prague. Learned a lot about Brahe (and his nose) from an episode of the original Sagan "Cosmos."
Yes. In fact there is a statue of Brahe and Kepler near the Czech Foreign Ministry which nearly threw me off here.
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econgator wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:39 pm
AFRET CMS wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:26 pm Did not read "Cold Mountain," but saw the movie with Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger.
Did you sit between Kidman and Zellweger?
Jude wouldn't let me. We didn't even get a group discount.
:)
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John Boy wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:11 am
cinemaniax7 wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:19 pm For some reason, I thought Carrara was spelled C-A-R-R-E-R-A. Perhaps it was because of Barbara Carrera, the sunglasses, or a combination of the two. So I guessed Alabaster too.

Exactly. Also thought it was Carrera, and also said Alabaster. So you're saying Alabaster is not an Italian city? Who knew.

Seriously, I am so relieved to see I was not the only one to go down this particular rabbit hole.
At least three of us were duped by the "e" middle vowel. I'm sure that it is the Porsche car model that I have seen in writing. And now we have sunglasses and actors to contaminate the spelling pool. I propose that the town in Italy should change their name.

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The 911 Carrera is the base model of the 911 family. The name Carrera is a reference to the legendary Carrera Panamericana race in Mexico.
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Read all three books, saw all 4 movies. So yeah - I knew that one.

Put me down for another alabaster. I'm not going to claim it as all that great a guess. I figured out the stone angle, but mis-read the clue and was naming stones instead of cities. The city and type of marble are familiar to me, but not familiar enough to make the connection in 30 seconds. Definitely not in the NHOI category for me.

Guessed Cats to put something down. Fairly sure I was wrong. I was proven correct. :lol:

As always, there are too few poll options. Figured out Bull Moose very quickly, but had no idea what other party to guess. So Bull Moose was part of my INcorrect response.
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On Thursday I had a toss-up between Phantom and Cats.

I should have known that a tossed-up cat always lands on its feet, never on tails. :roll:
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twelvefootboy wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:00 pm citation:
The 911 Carrera is the base model of the 911 family. The name Carrera is a reference to the legendary Carrera Panamericana race in Mexico.
The thing I like best about the Carrera is that it has a
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opusthepenguin wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:33 pm
twelvefootboy wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:00 pm citation:
The 911 Carrera is the base model of the 911 family. The name Carrera is a reference to the legendary Carrera Panamericana race in Mexico.
The thing I like best about the Carrera is that it has a
Spoiler
Well-played.
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