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U.S. PRESIDENTS

The only male player to score in five separate World Cups was named after this U.S. President
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1940s MOVIES

A line from this film can be translated into English as, "Nothing, I have everything. All I want is to stay with this nice lady."
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CLASSIC FILMS

“I'm always losing things and hiding things and I can never find them, I don't know where I've put them” says a character in this 1944 film
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ROMAN NUMERALS

This British monarch ruled during the year with the longest Roman numeral so far
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Who is Victoria?
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1888
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DBear wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:34 pm ROMAN NUMERALS

This British monarch ruled during the year with the longest Roman numeral so far
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Who is Victoria?
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1888
I hate trying to do these under time pressure. But in this case, the century was easy to come up with and from there I was able to guess the correct response with some confidence if not with total certainty. This is one where I'd be a bit fascinated to see what the contestants come up with. Well done.

As an aside I recall always enjoying the long-ish Roman numeral indicating the copyright year at the end of the closing credits in many movies. 2000 especially, but also the years that followed have been a bit of a disappointment in this respect. Honestly, we've mostly stopped going to movies.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:37 pm
DBear wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:34 pm ROMAN NUMERALS

This British monarch ruled during the year with the longest Roman numeral so far
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Who is Victoria?
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1888
I hate trying to do these under time pressure. But in this case, the century was easy to come up with and from there I was able to guess the correct response with some confidence if not with total certainty. This is one where I'd be a bit fascinated to see what the contestants come up with. Well done.

As an aside I recall always enjoying the long-ish Roman numeral indicating the copyright year at the end of the closing credits in many movies. 2000 especially, but also the years that followed have been a bit of a disappointment in this respect. Honestly, we've mostly stopped going to movies.

I actually got this one from a University Challenge episode on Youtube. The contestants didn't get it, but they didn't have 30 seconds. ;)
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I already knew the longest Roman numeral year, so that was simple.

Incidentally, that reminds me of the fact that the American Kennel Club only allows for a given name/breed combination to be used 37 times among dogs registered with them. The reason for this is that when they created the system to allow for same-named/same-breed dogs, they did so by creating a separate field to number the duplicate names, and they numbered them with Roman numerals, and they made the field max out at six characters. XXXVIII is the first seven-character Roman numeral, so they capped it at 37 (XXXVII).
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seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 4:25 pm they capped it at 37 (XXXVII).
Sheesh, they don't have, like, one IT person on staff?
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ELEMENTS

This element is included in the nickname of one of the two US states that have elements named after them.
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MattKnowles wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:39 pm ELEMENTS

This element is included in the nickname of one of the two US states that have elements named after them.
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volunteerium?
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BIBLICAL PEOPLE

Because of events in the New Testament, this saint is sometimes known as apostola apostolorum, "apostle of the apostles"

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I guessed Matthias, who replaced Judas Iscariot, because he was chosen by the apostles rather than Jesus. But I appreciate what's going on in that clue; I might have done better on it if I'd heard it read aloud.
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FOODSTOCK

This band serves up a spicy chicken dish, for what it's worth
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DBear wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:51 pm FOODSTOCK

This band serves up a spicy chicken dish, for what it's worth
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Who are Buffalo Wings Springfield?
I assume we would also accept:
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Buffalo Wingsfield
I gotta say, I liked the FOODSTOCK category and was surprised how relatively gettable the clues were. I hope we see more such creativity. Take that, curmudgeons!
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opusthepenguin wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:15 pm
DBear wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:51 pm FOODSTOCK

This band serves up a spicy chicken dish, for what it's worth
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Who are Buffalo Wings Springfield?
I assume we would also accept:
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Buffalo Wingsfield
Well played! 8-)
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DBear wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:37 pm Well played! 8-)
... and that was part of the problem with that category. There wasn't a good way to pin those types of clues.
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alietr wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:19 pm
DBear wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:37 pm Well played! 8-)
... and that was part of the problem with that category. There wasn't a good way to pin those types of clues.
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HISTORICAL FICTION


Men Against the Sea is the second novel of a historical fiction trilogy. This island is featured in the title of the third novel of that trilogy.

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cf1140 wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:29 am HISTORICAL FICTION


Men Against the Sea is the second novel of a historical fiction trilogy. This island is featured in the title of the third novel of that trilogy.

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What is Pitcairn
Not enough to go on for me. I took a stab with
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Hispaniola. Iceland or Greenland would also seem plausible.
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