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  1. My very first thought was "In the Hall of the Mountain King" but before I could move from there to Peer Gynt, I was distracted by the rest of the clue and Morocco and Egypt led me away and I never got back. I did get today's FJ. I was so worried about Troy's wager I couldn't watch/listen. I had to keep peeking at my muted TV until it was over.
  2. Rather than copy Clanstarlings whole post... I think, sometime in the Covid protocols Jeopardy, the contestants started bonding a bit more than they used to. There were weeks/months when the only appreciation they were getting were other contestants who were sitting where previously the audience sat. Combine that with a greater online presence and contestants rallying behind other contestants that were 'bullied' or trolled online and I think we have a different climate for bonding. This kind of bonding in turn leads to the hugging we've been seeing and a relaxation in competition that leads to the quips and the 'oh, I knew that' kind of responses. That's what my musing about this has come up with anyway.
  3. I think maybe people are using 'notifications' when they mean 'announcements'? Or maybe they need to 'follow' announcements to get notifications? Anyway it took me a bit to find it so I thought I'd give the pathway to the Announcement page here: Home>Beyond TV Shows>Site Business>Announcements
  4. I said Trojans, but really the mention of Aeschylus just reminded me of the song Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Kiss Me Kate which has stayed in my head since. The line says "So to win their hearts one must quote with ease Aeschylus and Euripides" so that wasn't any help really. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Zzl_HH4XQ I did get Brocade, Audubon and Cezanne.
  5. It feels like a Dickensian sort of word; I wonder if that's where I've seen it. I've always thought it's kind of an ugly-sounding word that doesn't match its meaning. The place I know it from is kind of odd I guess, when I was hs/college age I used to read a series of books my Mom had, they were by an author called Dell Shannon (a pen name, one of a few) it was about the Homicide detectives in LA. In one book they show up to a killing and find out the guy killed the other guy for 'insulting his wife' yep, he had called her pulchritudinous! I don't remember if a character explained what it meant or if I looked it up but I have known the word since then.
  6. Lilly (@OneEclecticMom) that does the fashion tweets/blog, says it's gray and is for brain cancer?
  7. Not sure about the Millais Ophelia, but Henry Wallis' Death of Chatterton was mentioned in one of the early Richard Jury mysteries by Martha Grimes. I think it was this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/360691.The_Dreaming_Damozel
  8. I really remember Chiron because of the Percy Jackson books, regular books on mythology that I have read don't mention him that much and I've never read the Iliad. With FJ I had just decided there were no newer type ships or land vehichles around 1955-60 and moved on to aircraft when the time ran out.
  9. No FJ today but I did get the TSs of Pleat, Chiron (got all the Mythology clues), Jean Hersholt, Moulin Rouge and The Ransom of Red Chief (and all the other short stories)
  10. I got FJ! happy dance! at first all I could think of was that painting of Ophelia (looked it up it's by Millais) then I remembered the term Pre Raphaelite, and then said Raphael. I think I read a mystery once that used that painting for something or other?🤔 Also got Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, and that's about it.
  11. Actually, no. Mostly because I hardly remember anybody and it plays just like a regular game so I don't really care. It's not as if I usually remember how many games someone has won unless they turn out to be a super champ.
  12. I got FJ thanks to Robitussin, I said Yale just to say something so I got that too. And that's about it, my excuse is I was distracted through most of the show.
  13. Got all of Mythology, including the TS of Paris, and also the TSs of Chisholm, Truman and Huron
  14. Hold on, I think I know changeling from Shakespeare! The fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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