And there's a good chance it'll never come to making that particular connection again. You can't really plan or prepare in advance for making specific mental connections. You just have to know a lot of stuff, and have a brain that's good at working out from the clue what particular connection you need to make, even if it's one you've never had to make before. Some peoples' brains are good at that. Other people have brains that are good at other things. We're all different.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:12 pmFirst time I've ever had to make that match.econgator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:41 pmLots of books (especially when given a Colonial America date) = Jefferson.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:11 pm Man, these FJ!s just aren't twigging with me at all. What connection did I miss this time?
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I'm not.Euphonium wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:20 pm And there's a good chance it'll never come to making that particular connection again. You can't really plan or prepare in advance for making specific mental connections. You just have to know a lot of stuff, and have a brain that's good at working out from the clue what particular connection you need to make, even if it's one you've never had to make before. Some peoples' brains are good at that. Other people have brains that are good at other things. We're all different.
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This show was a rerun.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:12 pmFirst time I've ever had to make that match.econgator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:41 pmLots of books (especially when given a Colonial America date) = Jefferson.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:11 pm Man, these FJ!s just aren't twigging with me at all. What connection did I miss this time?
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#8297, aired 2020-12-08 THE FOUNDING FATHERS SPEAK $200: "I cannot live without" these, Thomas Jefferson wrote months after selling more than 6,000 of them to the Library of CongressTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:12 pmFirst time I've ever had to make that match.econgator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:41 pmLots of books (especially when given a Colonial America date) = Jefferson.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:11 pm Man, these FJ!s just aren't twigging with me at all. What connection did I miss this time?
#7584, aired 2017-07-27 LET'S ALL GO TO THE LIBRARY $400: Burned by the Brits in 1814, the Library of Congress was rebuilt with the purchase of 6,487 books from this man
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Me too.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:08 pmI'm not.Euphonium wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:20 pm And there's a good chance it'll never come to making that particular connection again. You can't really plan or prepare in advance for making specific mental connections. You just have to know a lot of stuff, and have a brain that's good at working out from the clue what particular connection you need to make, even if it's one you've never had to make before. Some peoples' brains are good at that. Other people have brains that are good at other things. We're all different.
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The sale to the Library of Congress is more important than just "books." Bookishness was rampant among the Founding Fathers...no 24-hour news channels...Volante wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:50 pm#8297, aired 2020-12-08 THE FOUNDING FATHERS SPEAK $200: "I cannot live without" these, Thomas Jefferson wrote months after selling more than 6,000 of them to the Library of CongressTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:12 pmFirst time I've ever had to make that match.econgator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:41 pmLots of books (especially when given a Colonial America date) = Jefferson.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:11 pm Man, these FJ!s just aren't twigging with me at all. What connection did I miss this time?
#7584, aired 2017-07-27 LET'S ALL GO TO THE LIBRARY $400: Burned by the Brits in 1814, the Library of Congress was rebuilt with the purchase of 6,487 books from this man
And we might consider Shadwell to be the hyphen of this clue...
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More than that - after the burning of the Capitol in the War of 1812, the Library of Congress was largely rebuilt from Thomas Jefferson’s personal library. That’s the connection the writers were after.econgator wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:41 pmLots of books (especially when given a Colonial America date) = Jefferson.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:11 pm Man, these FJ!s just aren't twigging with me at all. What connection did I miss this time?
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She went into exile in Brazil, which was a Portuguese colony. They speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Pretty much all you need to know.
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It's not about deductive mathematical certainty, it's about inductive reasoning and triggering concrete associations.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:26 pmSo? It's possible to be from literally any country yet die in Brazil.
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I had never heard of Maria I and didn’t know a Portuguese queen exiled to Brazil. But with a top row clue I felt safe risking an imaginary $200 and clicking my pen and saying “What is Brazil?”.
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The clue said "Iberian" country, so your "literally any country" is reduced from 200-ish to Spain, Portugal, Andorra and maybe the U.K. If you count Gibraltar. Now let's see, what Iberian country might lead one to Brazil? Gee, I don't know, could be anything!!TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:26 pmSo? It's possible to be from literally any country yet die in Brazil.
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Because again, it's possible to be from literally anywhere in the world yet die in Brazil. I don't know who the hell this person even is, so it very well COULD be Spain or Andorra or the UK or Gibraltar. They have thrown red herrings in the top box before.ParrotRob wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:59 pm The clue said "Iberian" country, so your "literally any country" is reduced from 200-ish to Spain, Portugal, Andorra and maybe the U.K. If you count Gibraltar. Now let's see, what Iberian country might lead one to Brazil? Gee, I don't know, could be anything!!
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No, it's not possible to be from literally anywhere in the world when the clue spots you Iberia. But I guess I can't argue with the rest of your logic - I suppose someone could just as easily have traveled to Brazil from one of three countries that had absolutely nothing to do withTenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:18 pmBecause again, it's possible to be from literally anywhere in the world yet die in Brazil. I don't know who the hell this person even is, so it very well COULD be Spain or Andorra or the UK or Gibraltar. They have thrown red herrings in the top box before.ParrotRob wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:59 pm The clue said "Iberian" country, so your "literally any country" is reduced from 200-ish to Spain, Portugal, Andorra and maybe the U.K. If you count Gibraltar. Now let's see, what Iberian country might lead one to Brazil? Gee, I don't know, could be anything!!
Brazil in Napoleonic times as they could have from the country that literally colonized Brazil. Who knows... Coin flip, I guess.
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If you don't want to learn anything about what was literally the biggest TV phenomenon of the 2010s, fine. But that's your problem, not the writers'.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:01 pm NHO Robert Baratheon. That seemed like an opaque TOM in the top box.
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Never watched the show, still less read the books, and this was an instaget. Osmosis.Volante wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 10:32 pmIf you don't want to learn anything about what was literally the biggest TV phenomenon of the 2010s, fine. But that's your problem, not the writers'.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:01 pm NHO Robert Baratheon. That seemed like an opaque TOM in the top box.
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I'd be willing to put money on baba ghanoush being much more well known than liederkranz, at least in the U.S.Ten Pound Hammer wrote:NHO babaganoush. That was only slightly less obscure than liederkranz.
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baba ghanouj should fulfill the Hawley-Smoot criteria for rememberance.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:21 amI'd be willing to put money on baba ghanoush being much more well known than liederkranz, at least in the U.S.Ten Pound Hammer wrote:NHO babaganoush. That was only slightly less obscure than liederkranz.
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2-LETTER LIT $400: The tomboy of Alcott's March sisters, she wants to be a writer
92%+ of J! contestants should be able to do Alcott = Louisa May Alcott
The percentage drops a few points to connect March sisters to Little Women
Recalling the names of the four sisters (someone may not even know how many there are) becomes a lower percentage again.
Doing it all in proper clue timing is a snap for up to 85% of contestants.
Hammer is going to be on the wrong side of such clues one way or another.
For all of the posts in the day's thread: Keep in mind the clue does not give the work. It probably would not have mattered, but it does not help someone fighting to get half the clues or a little more each night.
92%+ of J! contestants should be able to do Alcott = Louisa May Alcott
The percentage drops a few points to connect March sisters to Little Women
Recalling the names of the four sisters (someone may not even know how many there are) becomes a lower percentage again.
Doing it all in proper clue timing is a snap for up to 85% of contestants.
Hammer is going to be on the wrong side of such clues one way or another.
For all of the posts in the day's thread: Keep in mind the clue does not give the work. It probably would not have mattered, but it does not help someone fighting to get half the clues or a little more each night.