illdoc January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 Happy New Year to me! After last week's shut out, I'm 5/5 for this week (week 17)!! Overall: 41/85 (3 *). 3 Link to comment
saber5055 January 4, 2020 Author Share January 4, 2020 WEEK 17 • Dec. 30 — NO asterisk 76. 1950s People. In a New Yorker profile, he said, “Where I like it is out west in Wyoming, Montana, & Idaho, & I like Cuba & Paris.” 77. Business & Innovation. Stuck with 260 tons of unused turkey in late 1953, this co. ordered aluminum trays & sold 10 million units of a new item in 1954. 78. Single-Named Performers. The last single-named actress to win an Oscar was this woman who won for her supporting role in “Precious.” Mo’Niqu 80. Scientists. About 100 years before Darwin, this naturalist put orangutans & humans in a group with the Latin name “Homo.” 81. Constitutional Amendments. Until a 1913 amendment allowed this, 1/3 of U.S. government revenue came from liquor. 1 Link to comment
Driad January 4, 2020 Share January 4, 2020 4/5. I'm no good at popular culture. In the early days of the income tax, (I read,) basically only high income people had to pay, so some folks bragged that they were so rich that they had to pay income tax. How times have changed. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 January 5, 2020 Author Share January 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Driad said: In the early days of the income tax, (I read,) basically only high income people had to pay, so some folks bragged that they were so rich that they had to pay income tax. How times have changed. And all the poor people were forced to eat lobsters, so plentiful that they were considered junk food. Those were great days to be poor! 2 Link to comment
Driad January 5, 2020 Share January 5, 2020 23 minutes ago, saber5055 said: poor people were forced to eat lobsters Prisoners, in particular, got lots of lobsters. Probably little or no butter, though. Besides being plentiful, lobsters had a bad reputation as bottom feeders. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 January 5, 2020 Author Share January 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Driad said: Besides being plentiful, lobsters had a bad reputation as bottom feeders. Lobsters and those darned catfish, scourge of the waters! 1 Link to comment
helpmerhonda January 5, 2020 Share January 5, 2020 2 of 5 Seems nothing's changed in the new year! 1 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane January 6, 2020 Share January 6, 2020 4/5. Good thing I ran out of egg nog this week. 1 1 Link to comment
saber5055 January 6, 2020 Author Share January 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said: Good thing I ran out of egg nog this week. "No egg nog for you." --The Egg Nog Nazi 2 Link to comment
saber5055 January 7, 2020 Author Share January 7, 2020 Everyone has reported in this week, except @Toothbrush, who remains missing. Please let us know you are okay. Congratulations to @illdoc for the highest score this week. Going backward, recognition also goes to these high-score week winners: @Driad weeks 10 and 13, @Sharpie66 week 14, @PBnJay week 15. Link to comment
saber5055 January 11, 2020 Author Share January 11, 2020 WEEK 18 • Jan. 6 — NO asterisk 82. 1960s Novels. This book defines its own title as “concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers… was the process of a rational mind.” 83. International Sports Stars. Now with over 185 million followers, he surpassed Selena Gomez in 2018 to become the most followed person on Instagram. 84. European History. It took the French Army until 1995 to declare him innocent, 101 years after he was convicted of treason. 85. Law Enforcement. In 1892 Francisca Rojas became the world’s first person convicted on the basis of this kind of evidence. 86. Constitutions of the World. This country’s 1979 constitution forbids amendments altering its official ideology or religion. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 January 11, 2020 Author Share January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Browncoat said: Perfect score! 0/5. I join you in your perfection! 1 Link to comment
Driad January 11, 2020 Share January 11, 2020 3/5. When did we last have an asterisk? 1 Link to comment
saber5055 January 11, 2020 Author Share January 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, Driad said: When did we last have an asterisk? It was our Christmas present, Dec. 24, "Historic American Cities. St. Augustine." It seems like it was longer ago than that. 1 Link to comment
illdoc January 11, 2020 Share January 11, 2020 Trudging along...Week 18: 3/5 Overall: 44/90 (3*) 1 Link to comment
j5cochran January 12, 2020 Share January 12, 2020 Week 18: four of five! Sports, as usual, is my worst subject. 1 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane January 13, 2020 Share January 13, 2020 3/5. Note to @saber5055: I am going to be away next week (US Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro) so I won't be able to post my next two weeks' scores until January 28. I didn't want you to worry. 3 Link to comment
PBnJay January 13, 2020 Share January 13, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 11:34 PM, j5cochran said: Sports, as usual, is my worst subject. Same here. 4 of 5 for last week. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 January 13, 2020 Author Share January 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said: I am going to be away next week (US Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro) so I won't be able to post my next two weeks' scores until January 28. I didn't want you to worry. Thank you, Your Majesty, for letting us know. Yes, I do worry about ya'll when someone disappears, like our long-lost @Toothbrush. Still waiting for @Fex and @Minaboo to report before I name this week's unofficial winner. Will we see you on teevee like last year when your group wore blue sweaters and sat in the second row (if I remember correctly)? 1 Link to comment
Minaboo January 14, 2020 Share January 14, 2020 6 hours ago, saber5055 said: Still waiting for @Fex and @Minaboo to report before I name this week's unofficial winner. Oops....3/5 Thought I had already posted my results before hitting the sack late late Saturday night. Must have dreamed it! 1 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane January 14, 2020 Share January 14, 2020 19 hours ago, saber5055 said: Will we see you on teevee like last year when your group wore blue sweaters and sat in the second row (if I remember correctly)? Yes, although what we wear are sparkly blue scarves. We should be in the first two rows this year, opposite the judges. I'll wave to you. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 January 14, 2020 Author Share January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said: Yes, although what we wear are sparkly blue scarves. We should be in the first two rows this year, opposite the judges. I'll wave to you. I knew it was blue "something." So exciting! I'll watch for you; that will be me waving back. Have fun! Link to comment
saber5055 January 14, 2020 Author Share January 14, 2020 Scores for Week 18 are recorded, and I'm pleased to announce @Browncoat as this week's individual and very special winner. Congratulations! 1 1 Link to comment
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