Browncoat June 1 Share June 1 A very sad 1/5 this week, but at least it was the one with the asterisk. 4 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind June 1 Share June 1 One for me. I knew it was Magellan thanks to the Animaniacs. 2 4 1 Link to comment
ProudMary June 1 Share June 1 (edited) Week 38: 1/5* (M) Edited to add the asterisk. Edited June 1 by ProudMary See above. 2 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter June 1 Share June 1 My job here is to make everyone else feel better about their scores. Mission accomplished! Week 38: 0/5 Donuts give me heartburn, but virtual donuts are heartburn and calorie free, and while we're at it, let's have ’em chocolate glazed with imaginary real dark chocolate: 2 3 1 Link to comment
ams1001 June 1 Share June 1 (edited) Week 38: 2/5 with one * YTD: 93/190 (49%) with 8* Mendel* and Magellan In honor of Mendel, I will bring peas. Edited June 1 by ams1001 3 3 3 Link to comment
Clanstarling June 1 Author Share June 1 Week 38 – May 27 – Two Asterisks 186. *FEMALE SINGERS - In December 2023 she became the oldest solo artist, at 78, to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with a song she recorded in 1958 (Brenda Lee) 187. *EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS - On the 2022 Bicentennial of his birth, the body of this man was exhumed & DNA used to determine his genetic afflictions (Mendel) 188. HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY - This city attracted thousands of visitors even before a new shrine to a murder victim was dedicated there July 7, 1220 (Canterbury) 189. AMERICAN BANKING - Around 1930 a bank named for this NYC area known as a slum was the USA's largest savings bank by total deposits (the Bowery) 190. HISTORIC PEOPLE - An island near Cebu City has a statue of Lapulapu & a monument to this man that Lapulapu is said to have killed in 1521 (Magellan 1 1 1 Link to comment
30 Helens June 1 Share June 1 Crawling out from my dark cave to post a sad 0/5 score for the week... A massive storm and power outage left me without electricity (and internet!) for the last 4 days. We only got our electricity back this afternoon, by which time we were blinking like newborn moles against the sudden onslaught of light. In the meantime, we were lucky enough to have a portable generator, which we used to power the refrigerator along with a brief daily TV break for the evening news and Jeopardy. (Priorities!) Which is a long story to explain why my performance was so pitiful. I couldn't see the clues. If you buy that, then you will also enjoy the stumpy leftover candles I will bring to this week's gathering. I would also bring the leftover wine, but I don't have any. It was a long week, y'all. 10 Link to comment
Trey June 1 Share June 1 2/5 1* Thanks to watching Almost Paradise I knew Cebu City is in the Philipines so figured Magellan was a good guess. I was still surprised that it was right. 3 1 Link to comment
DXD526 June 1 Share June 1 Looks like I'm not the only one who had a tough week. 1/5. Grew up hearing Bowery Bank commercials! 3 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane June 1 Share June 1 1/5, no *. I can’t even think of something clever to say. 1 2 1 Link to comment
Clanstarling June 1 Author Share June 1 I managed one - through a meandering trip starting in Mecca and Medina, then wandering up to Great Britain, thinking, wait - that's probably More...what's that cathedral again? Winchester...no, oh, Canterbury! I was gobsmacked that I was right! 4 2 Link to comment
dankesean June 2 Share June 2 Week 38: 2/5, no *, back to normal after my heady heights of last week. 4 1 Link to comment
Bliss June 2 Share June 2 1/5* (Brenda Lee) The week started off perfectly... I was sizzling! Then... fizzle. Bringing swizzle sticks. BYOB. 4 Link to comment
Grundoon59 June 3 Share June 3 2/5 with no *. Canterbury popped into my brain due to something I had seen on Britbox last week (don't ask what - totally can't remember). Magellan was a wild guess after rejecting Cook as being later and further west. 1 1 Link to comment
SoMuchTV June 8 Share June 8 Week 39. Let me go ahead and rip off the bandaid. 0/5. 1 5 Link to comment
ProudMary June 8 Share June 8 Week 39: 3/5* (M, T, F) Let's have some tea with our meal, with a spoonful of sugar, of course. 😉 2 4 Link to comment
ams1001 June 8 Share June 8 Week 39: 4/5 YTD: 97/195 (50%) with 8* I'll bring raspberry-jam cakes to go with the tea. 6 2 Link to comment
opus June 8 Share June 8 1/5 (Mao today) Although Mary Poppins was an instaget after the answer was revealed. Should have had that one 😞 6 1 Link to comment
Clanstarling June 8 Author Share June 8 Week 39 – June 6 – One Asterisk 191. *COLLEGES - Of the Seven Sisters colleges, this one located in a place of the same name is the farthest south (Bryn Mawr) 192. FICTIONAL CHARACTERS - This character in a series of popular books begun in 1934 promises, "I'll stay till the wind changes" (Mary Poppins) 193. BRITISH PLACES - This city owes much of its early history to a temple dedicated to Sulis Minerva & a "sacred spring" found there (Bath) 194. U.S. HISTORY - Challenged in a courtroom that same year, 1925's Butler Act in Tennessee outlawed this activity & wasn't repealed until 1967 (teaching evolution) 195. WORLD LEADERS - During a 1972 presidential visit, Richard Nixon discussed a poem by this leader called "Ode to the Plum Blossom" (Mao Zedong) 1 3 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter June 8 Share June 8 Week 39: 2/5 Tues: Mary Poppins; Wed: Bath And now I know Mao was a poet. 6 Link to comment
Driad June 8 Share June 8 Week 39: 4/5, 1 *. Bringing an assortment of tapas (Eurofood, Monday); hoping everyone loves garlic. 5 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind June 8 Share June 8 Whoo-hoo! FOUR, just not the one with the asterisk. 1 9 Link to comment
Bliss June 8 Share June 8 2/5 Staying home with my lovely summer cold :-( (If you insist I join the party, I'll bring virtual Buckleys) 6 Link to comment
Mindthinkr June 8 Share June 8 4/5 this week, but sadly not the * I’ll bring some petit fours to go with the tea 🫖 3 2 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane June 8 Share June 8 4/5, no *. I’ll bring scones as it is one “exchange the letter” from Scopes for Thursday’s FJ. 2 5 1 Link to comment
zoey1996 June 8 Share June 8 June 3 Week 39: 3/5, no * YTD: 80/195, twelve * Best week in quite some time! I love garlic! I'll bring olive tapenade with toasted baguette siices! 2 3 Link to comment
secnarf June 9 Share June 9 1/5 - only Mao Zedong this week, but broke my streak of zeroes. 2 3 Link to comment
30 Helens June 9 Share June 9 1/5 (Mao) In honor of Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling, panda cones for everyone! 1 3 9 Link to comment
theartandsound June 10 Share June 10 On 6/8/2024 at 11:49 PM, 30 Helens said: 1/5 (Mao) In honor of Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling, panda cones for everyone! Thank you. I'll take a cone. It'll make me feel better. 3 2 Link to comment
illdoc June 10 Share June 10 Week 39: 4/5 (curse you Mao!), 1* Overall: 95/195 10* 1 5 Link to comment
Grundoon59 June 10 Share June 10 4/5 with no * - I have never known enough details on the Seven Sisters to even hazard anything but a wild (wrong) guess. Mary Poppins was the very first movie a young Grundoon was taken to by the parental Grundoons so I was sure on that one. The rest of the week was somewhat confident guessing. 4 3 Link to comment
ams1001 June 14 Share June 14 Week 40: 3/5 YTD: 100/200 (50%) with 8* Because the Ferris wheel (which I did not get) makes me think of carnivals and amusement parks, I'll bring cotton candy. 4 1 Link to comment
helpmerhonda June 14 Share June 14 3/5 last week (Sorry - I was out of town and just caught up!) 3/5 this week also 3 1 1 Link to comment
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