Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
These boards were brutal.
A gnomon?? Come on. A zomboid? yeah right.
FJ: Not in a million years!
What should 2nd and 3rd bet in this scenario? A zero bet from either would have won the game
A gnomon?? Come on. A zomboid? yeah right.
FJ: Not in a million years!
What should 2nd and 3rd bet in this scenario? A zero bet from either would have won the game
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
I got FJ - a much-needed solve for me after my 0 for 2 solve for the week - but it took me most of the 30 seconds. Married rich detecive couple in the 1930s led me to The Thin Man, but then I was like, "What was the guy's name?" Finally Nick Charles's name popped into my head.
Apparently I may have been wrong in assuming that Nora Charles collaborated in the detective work - I had thought of The Thin Man as sort of a proto-Hart to Hart - but I've never read the book or seen the movie.
Apparently I may have been wrong in assuming that Nora Charles collaborated in the detective work - I had thought of The Thin Man as sort of a proto-Hart to Hart - but I've never read the book or seen the movie.
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Made it to Nick Charles at the 35th second...
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Does Alex do those ad libitum or are they scripted?
1930s detective with a wife. Done.
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Sam Spade and Nick (and Nora) Charles are all Dashiell Hammett characters from the 1930s, so Spade was a pretty good (wrong) guess.
Unfortunately for me about the only thing I know about the Charles' is that their dog is named Asta and I went with Spade.
Unfortunately for me about the only thing I know about the Charles' is that their dog is named Asta and I went with Spade.
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
It's been a while but I believe she was pretty much just a wife in the book. She got more involved in the movies, as did Asta.hbomb1947 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:19 pm I got FJ - a much-needed solve for me after my 0 for 2 solve for the week - but it took me most of the 30 seconds. Married rich detecive couple in the 1930s led me to The Thin Man, but then I was like, "What was the guy's name?" Finally Nick Charles's name popped into my head.
Apparently I may have been wrong in assuming that Nora Charles collaborated in the detective work - I had thought of The Thin Man as sort of a proto-Hart to Hart - but I've never read the book or seen the movie.
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
NHO Nick/Nora Charles, The Thin Man, or Dashiell Hammett. I correctly swatted away Sherlock Holmes from the "wife" part, and the 30's part made me doubly confident that it was wrong. The only other old-timey detective I could come up with was Poirot. Right era, but also not married.
I also heard "Harrod" instead of "Harrods". She hit the DD right after, and I was almost sure they were going to claw back the money instantly. I then checked the wiki to make sure it really was "Harrods", and...it is.
I have no idea how I got Kalahari, other than "Desert in Africa + high value clue = probably Kalahari"?
For some reason, when I sang through "My Country Tis of Thee", I stopped at "of thee I sing". So, so bad.
I also heard "Harrod" instead of "Harrods". She hit the DD right after, and I was almost sure they were going to claw back the money instantly. I then checked the wiki to make sure it really was "Harrods", and...it is.
I have no idea how I got Kalahari, other than "Desert in Africa + high value clue = probably Kalahari"?
For some reason, when I sang through "My Country Tis of Thee", I stopped at "of thee I sing". So, so bad.
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never knew it was centers...was wondering why there wasn't a score correction
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funny that miller (reggie and cheryl) was a triple stumper...reggie trended last night on twitter because he referred to chicago as a state during the lakers/clippers game
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still trying to figure out how the civil rights act was a triple stumper
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Another frustrating FJ for me...I ended up with Spade only because I blanked on the name Marlowe, which I thought was more likely. "Hasn't been a detective" threw me...I thought it was suggesting the narrator was telling the story as a flashback, since I was at least subconsciously aware that most of the familiar '30s detectives aren't married at the time the stories take place. i could point out that the early novels of Ellery Queen - not likely to be an FJ, I admit - are supposedly being told years later, after the detective married - but not to an heiress, iirc - and retired...But I managed to overlook the most famous married detective of the '30s...What makes this worse is that the Charleses went through my head during the commercial break - and I actually read The Thin Man within the last couple years, so I should have remembered the lumber mill... ...(I do remember that, yes, Nora is a comparatively thin character (ha!) to the gal as Myrna Loy plays her...)
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
The CDC has been officially known as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1992. At the time the name was changed, Congress mandated that the acronym remain the same because people recognized it. The previous name was Centers for Disease Control, and before that Center for Disease Control. It was created in the 1940s under a different name.
Because Centers for Disease Control is a former name, would they have accepted Center for Disease Control, another former name?
Because Centers for Disease Control is a former name, would they have accepted Center for Disease Control, another former name?
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Another rough game... The TOC can't come fast enough at this rate.
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Oooh, good question. If they look at Centers for Disease Control as a shortening of the full name, they might say no. But if they look at both as, as you say, former names, they'd say yes. I lean toward yes myself, but I'd be curious to see an actual ruling. And until then, I won't know how strongly I feel about this.
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I'll join the "not well read" group for FJ. The category alone would have me wagering zero to minimize the loss. I put down Holmes, hoping someone in the 1930s had revived his character and given him a wife, because I know he's set half a century earlier.
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
That did happen, but a a bit later (1994):Peter the accountant wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:05 am I'll join the "not well read" group for FJ. The category alone would have me wagering zero to minimize the loss. I put down Holmes, hoping someone in the 1930s had revived his character and given him a wife, because I know he's set half a century earlier.
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Re: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
especially after the Voting Rights neg!CasketRomance wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:18 am still trying to figure out how the civil rights act was a triple stumper