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Me too! I actually used that as one of my 'interesting story' things when I was on Jeopardy but Alex didn't choose to talk about that one.

It had something to do with how the contract between the railroad company and the independent contractor was written; the contracts pretty much always benefitted the railroad. Apparently if the independent contractors used their own teams of horses and/or wagons instead of hiring outside ones, they didn't get paid for those teams/wagons. Hence Uncle Hi putting his in Charles Ingalls' name instead. In the footnotes, it basically said that Hi came out in debt to the railroad after his first two contracts with that particular company, and ended up charging the railroad for some supplies which he had sold on the side to try and make up for some of that debt. It implied that independent contractors working for the railroad companies were pretty much screwed if they tried to remain 100% honest.

The title is Viceroy of India, so leaving out "Lord" was correct but they might've required the "of India". Or maybe not since India was included in the clue. I probably wouldn't have gotten it right if I wasn't currently rewatching "The Jewel in the Crown" on PBS.

April's behavior was fine, at least initially; she didn't have her meltdown until later. What was unprofessional was Owen kicking her out of a surgery in which she was doing perfectly okay on nothing but the say-so of Jackson. Now Arizona? Yes, that was unprofessional to the max.

I've never seen Carnegie Hall, so the picture didn't help me at all. I guessed the Old Metropolitan Opera House, but figured that wasn't right. Thanks, Peeayebee. I figured I was confused, and boy, was I.

Now I'm going to picture this whenever I hear the theme music. lol

That would 'splain my confusion then. Now that I really think about it, it's obvious that they were looking for a person's name, because I answered "Marcus Aurelius" which wouldn't make sense if they wanted the name of the wall. (Who was, if I remember correctly, Antoninus Pius' successor.)

Was it? I thought "Hadrian's Wall" was the answer they were looking for, but I will fully accept that I might be confused. J! Archive doesn't have any of the clues for yesterday's game up, so I can't check.

I took Medieval Lit courses in college, but Song of Roland wasn't something I had to read in any of them. I've heard of it, but obviously am more familiar with Orlando Furioso, mostly from mentions in Rick Steves' travel programs. I find Marissa more personable, but I didn't mind Christine because I kind of got her type of humor. Still, I usually don't like it when a champion stays around for days on end - I'm easily bored, I guess. (The obvious exceptions are cute guys 'cause I'm also shallow.)

I didn't come up with the Antonine Wall, but I didn't think Hadrian's Wall was correct. Maybe Antoninus Pius was in charge of the building? What I've been able to find out suggests that not only wasn't he involved in the building of Hadrian's Wall, he stopped the work on it and had the wall which is named for him built instead. It'll be interesting to see if some mention is made of a possible mistake on tonight's show.

That really annoyed me. They need to be consistent about requiring first names, one way or the other. Preferably requiring them if the first name isn't already given in the clue.

That was a good game, with, to me, interesting categories. And hey, I got a couple of the science answers right! Yay! (Knew Linus Pauling, but felt for the contestant because I've had moments like that.) The FJ was a dream category for me, but I'm not sure I would've gotten the answer written down in time. I knew from all the French names that it wasn't The Canterbury Tales. I started off thinking "Charlemagne" and quickly came up with "Orlando Furioso" but knew that was the Italian version and slightly later, period-wise. It took me a moment to move on to "Song of Roland" and although I said it in time, I probably wouldn't have gotten it written fast enough. I'd have died of terminal embarrassment in that case.

Except a lot of the criticism of Johnson's portrayal in the movie concerns its false implication that Johnson approved of (and possibly even ordered) Hoover's smear tactics against MLK. Depicting the Civil Rights struggle from the viewpoint of those most directly involved in that struggle and who had the most to gain from it did not require including an actual smear on the character of someone who at the very least sympathized with the aim of the movement; doing so has created an issue which has only distracted from the message of the movie. Leaving out this one small plot point would not have changed the viewpoint in the least and would've avoided at least part of the controversy surrounding the film.

The category was Disney's Seven Dwarfs, and it is 'Dwarfs' in the title of the movie.

Well, I hate that too, so it's not like I'm discriminating against Hollywood.

Why can't movie studios find new and original stories and stop remaking things?!?!?!?! JHC, NO!

For me, although there are a lot of good main title credit sequences out there, Game of Thrones' remains the very pinnacle of what a title sequence can be. Whoever came up with the idea is a genius. Although they have gotten a bit sloppy about adding/subtracting locations depending on the episode.

Any episode for which the following line could be used "Tonight, on a very special ______" was usually the worst episode of any show's entire run. Of course, then there were shows which were nothing but very special episodes.

That one surprised the hell out of me. You'd think at least one of the other contestants would've guessed it. Though I would've gotten it wrong because I always get the placement of the 'w' and the 'v' mixed up. But at least I knew which company.

What a weird game. They left a lot of money on the board, especially in DJ, had some baffling (to me) TSs - Sir Richard Burton, really? - and then for one contestant to bet just enough to beat the champ by one dollar if she bet all of her total and get it wrong? A wild ride, there. As for the FJ: for a category in which I'm usually very good (Oscars) and for which I would've bet everything, I was stumped until it was too late. I thought of Tom Hanks but knew that Philadelphia hadn't won Best Picture, as was also the case for all of Daniel Day-Lewis' wins, so I knew he wasn't right either. I hit on Spencer Tracy, but then wasn't sure. Then I went through Al Pacino, who I knew only had one Oscar, which at least lead me to The Godfather and Marlon Brando, but then I couldn't remember the other film for which he'd won (On The Waterfront). I probably should've just guessed Brando, but I'd have been out of time by then anyway. {edited to note that, upon checking J! Archive, they didn't actually leave as many clues on the board as I thought - must've been confused due to the Amber Alert warning taking up half the screen at the beginning of DJ, blocking my view of the board and causing the sound to mute for some reason}

The second episode was definitely better. I'm really enjoying the friendship between Sidney and Geordie, a little prickly but still very comfortable. The housekeeper is a hoot; but honey, no, Hottie Vicar DOESN'T need to put his shirt on, thank you very much! And I found Amanda less unlikeable this time, maybe because of how clearly uncomfortable she was with how assholey her father and fiancee were being.

Maybe it has something to do with whatever Katrina did?

Well that was definitely better than last week. Lots of Abbie and Ichabod together, lots of Jenny, an interesting villain, and Irving not in the pokey or the nuthouse. Okay, more Hawley than I would like but at least he was used well, and there was significant interaction with the main cast. And, of course, very little Katrina. That's always a good thing. And let's not forget: KARAOKE!!!!!! (Plus, I was amused by the origin of the villain because I named one of my cats 'Kali' due to what I term her 'flying claws of death' reminding me of depictions of the Hindu goddess carrying multiple knives.)

I figured it was the California Gold Rush, but answered 'Sacramento' because it was closer to the actual location of the inital gold strke, not properly considering the city size portion of the clue.

Yeah, smug Jose is definitely a minus, but my best friend is a Chelsea fan so I try not to verbalize the desire to poke the special one is his special eyes. But hey, they blew out of the FA Cup in spectacular fashion, and we're still in it, so at least there's that.