Good Queen Jane February 10, 2020 Share February 10, 2020 5/5! I'm as surprised as you are. 1 2 Link to comment
saber5055 February 11, 2020 Author Share February 11, 2020 Waiting to hear from @Sharpie66 and @j5cochran, then will announce the winners (yes, winners) of Week 22. Link to comment
saber5055 February 11, 2020 Author Share February 11, 2020 (edited) Toot toota TOOT! Announcing the co-winners of Week 22: @Browncoat and @M. Darcy! Both contestants achieved their first perfect FIVE score last week. So congratulations and Good For You (Two)! Enjoy your week. ANGELICA: You've redefined your legacy, congratulations! HAMILTON: It was an act of political sacrifice! Edited February 11, 2020 by saber5055 1 1 Link to comment
saber5055 February 15, 2020 Author Share February 15, 2020 WEEK 23 • Feb. 10 — ONE asterisk * * 106. Sports Terms. A member of the British Amateur Athletic Club wrote this 1867 set of 12 regulations whose name honors nobelman John Sholto Douglas. * 107. American History. After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job. 108. 20th Century European Leaders. In a 1930s broadcast, this man spoke of “A quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing.” 109. International Literature. There are reminiscences of branding cattle & lassoing steers in “Martin Fierro”, the national poem of this Western Hemisphere country. 110. Famous First Lines. These 7 words precede, “The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals.” Link to comment
j5cochran February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 Week 23: three of five. Darn that Marquis of Bulwer-Lytton! 1 Link to comment
suebee12 February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 Back to my 3/5....knew it couldn't last!!! 1 Link to comment
Browncoat February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 I forgot my asterisk! I got the asterisk this week! 1 Link to comment
zoey1996 February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 Week 23: 4/5 1 asterisk YTD: 59/115 7* 1 Link to comment
illdoc February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 Week 23: 3/5 1* Overall: 57/115 5* 1 Link to comment
helpmerhonda February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 3 of 5...I love being consistently mediocre. 1 Link to comment
peeayebee February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Browncoat said: I forgot my asterisk! I got the asterisk this week! Two chicken legs for you! 🥂 3 Link to comment
M. Darcy February 15, 2020 Share February 15, 2020 4/5 with one *. Stupid Argentina broke my streak. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 February 16, 2020 Author Share February 16, 2020 3 hours ago, M. Darcy said: Stupid Argentina broke my streak. We should have teamed up. That was one of the two I got correct. 1 Link to comment
Clanstarling February 16, 2020 Share February 16, 2020 2/5 - I thought I had a 3/5, but apparently I was delusional. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 February 16, 2020 Author Share February 16, 2020 @Sharpie66, you are three weeks behind. Come back, don't leave us! Link to comment
saber5055 February 18, 2020 Author Share February 18, 2020 My trusty sour-cream tub of numbers produced the Winner of Week 23, and that person is ... ta da ... @helpmerhonda Enjoy your week of celebrity, HMRhonda. It's well deserved. Tell the waiter you want the table closest to the paparazzi. 2 Link to comment
helpmerhonda February 19, 2020 Share February 19, 2020 I'll finally get to use that acceptance speech I've been practicing!! 3 2 Link to comment
Sharpie66 February 19, 2020 Share February 19, 2020 Finally did some binge-watching tonight and got mostly caught up, at least through last Friday. Here are my scores: Week 21: 3/5, one * Week 22: 3/5 Week 23: 4/5, one * Now, since it is past 1:30 am, I must to bed. 1 Link to comment
j5cochran February 22, 2020 Share February 22, 2020 Week 24: four of five, but no asterisk. As usual for me, I got tripped up by African geography. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 February 22, 2020 Author Share February 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, j5cochran said: I got tripped up by African geography. Well, if they would just stop moving borders and changing names ... Edited February 22, 2020 by saber5055 1 1 Link to comment
saber5055 February 22, 2020 Author Share February 22, 2020 (edited) WEEK 24 • Feb. 17 — ONE asterisk * 116. From Screen to Stage. This 2007 movie came to Broadway with an all-female creative team including book & direction and with songs by pop star Sara Bareilles. * 117. African Geography. This West African country of 12 million doesn’t border the 1,200-mile-wide gulf of the same name. * 118. International Sports. It’s the only country that has played in every FIFA World Cup tournament, winning 5 times. 119. The Race to Space. In the 1960s this Mideast country had a space program & one of its rocket launches, the Cedar IV, is commemorated on a stamp. 120. International Award Trophies. La Maison Chopard crafts this annual award’s crystal base & 118-gram, 18-carat frond. Edited February 22, 2020 by saber5055 1 Link to comment
Driad February 22, 2020 Share February 22, 2020 3/5, 1*. Entertainment, including sports, is not my category. On Wednesday I took a wild guess based on my Brazilian neighbors' enthusiasm about the World Cup. 2 Link to comment
zoey1996 February 22, 2020 Share February 22, 2020 Week 24: 2/5 0 asterisk YTD: 61/120 7* 1 Link to comment
suebee12 February 22, 2020 Share February 22, 2020 Oh well, 2/5.....there is always next week!!!😏 2 Link to comment
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