illdoc February 22, 2020 Share February 22, 2020 Week 24: 2/5 (0*) Overall: 59/120 (5*) 1 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane February 24, 2020 Share February 24, 2020 4/5, no *, geography is not my friend. 1 Link to comment
Fex February 24, 2020 Share February 24, 2020 4/5 + *!!!! Usually entertainment is my strong suit, and sports a major blind spot, but the one I missed was the musical on Monday. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 February 24, 2020 Author Share February 24, 2020 Just need @Sharpie66's score, then last week's winner can be announced. Link to comment
Sharpie66 February 25, 2020 Share February 25, 2020 Finally caught up! 4/5, no asterisk this week. 1 Link to comment
saber5055 February 25, 2020 Author Share February 25, 2020 Announcing the dual winners of Week 24: @Minaboo and @Trey! Congratulations to both of you for being the only players to score exactly one point higher than the contest host. Enjoy your special week! 2 Link to comment
Minaboo February 25, 2020 Share February 25, 2020 5 hours ago, saber5055 said: Announcing the dual winners of Week 24: @Minaboo and @Trey! Congratulations to both of you for being the only players to score exactly one point higher than the contest host. Enjoy your special week! I am so honored to be in such good company! 2 Link to comment
saber5055 February 29, 2020 Author Share February 29, 2020 WEEK 25 • Feb. 24 — NO asterisk * 121. Music Stars. In July 26, 1972 he testified before a Senate subcommittee on national penitentiaries. 122. Fast Food. This sandwich was 1st sold in 1962 as an attempt to give the many Catholics of Cincinnati something to eat on Fridays during Lent. 123. Science Words. In 1611 Kepler used this word from the Latin for “attendant” to describe the discoveries of Galileo. 124. 18th Century America. The first Census, in 1790, listed 24 urban places; this port was the most populous one in the South. 125. The Civil War. The Chicago Tribune called Clement Vallandigham, an anti-war Ohio Democrat, a “traitor” & a “hissing” one of these creatures. 1 Link to comment
Driad February 29, 2020 Share February 29, 2020 5/5. The Civil War was semi-recent history when I was in school, judging by how old our books were. I had ancestors on both sides. 1 Link to comment
suebee12 February 29, 2020 Share February 29, 2020 3/5...All I can say is "I hate snakes"! 1 Link to comment
zoey1996 February 29, 2020 Share February 29, 2020 Week 25: 4/5 YTD: 65/125 7* Better week for me. 1 Link to comment
illdoc February 29, 2020 Share February 29, 2020 Week 25: 3/5 Overall: 62/125 (5 *). 1 Link to comment
lb60 March 1, 2020 Share March 1, 2020 Week 25: 3 for 5. 19 hours ago, suebee12 said: All I can say is "I hate snakes"! 19 hours ago, peeayebee said: I hate them more. I hate them the most. 4 2 Link to comment
j5cochran March 1, 2020 Share March 1, 2020 Week 25: four of five, if you count McDonald's fish sandwich in place of Filet-O-Fish! 1 Link to comment
saber5055 March 1, 2020 Author Share March 1, 2020 39 minutes ago, j5cochran said: four of five, if you count McDonald's fish sandwich in place of Filet-O-Fish! Oh what the heck. We're all friends here. 4/5 it is. 2 hours ago, lb60 said: I hate them the most. I don't mind snakes, but I absolutely LOVE PeeWee Herman. "I know you are but what am I?" Hehe heh. 2 Link to comment
peeayebee March 1, 2020 Share March 1, 2020 18 hours ago, lb60 said: Week 25: 3 for 5. I hate them the most. OMG, I love that movie, and this is one of the funniest scenes. 1 2 Link to comment
saber5055 March 3, 2020 Author Share March 3, 2020 Still waiting for @Fex to report, but meanwhile I name @Driad as Winner of Week 25. While it was not Driad's first perfect week, it was the only perfect score for this week. Congratulations! 1 Link to comment
Driad March 3, 2020 Share March 3, 2020 *curtseys* Thank you, Saber! By the way, I enjoy that you use different criteria in different weeks to choose the winner. It adds a bit of suspense. 🙂 2 Link to comment
lb60 March 4, 2020 Share March 4, 2020 8 hours ago, Driad said: By the way, I enjoy that you use different criteria in different weeks to choose the winner. <sits and wonders if Pooh's #1 Fan will ever be the criteria> What? Anything is poohssible (see what I did there?). 1 4 Link to comment
saber5055 March 4, 2020 Author Share March 4, 2020 23 hours ago, Driad said: By the way, I enjoy that you use different criteria in different weeks to choose the winner. It adds a bit of suspense. Thank you @Driad. The final contest winners are going to be selected by some unusual criteria this season as well. I don't know yet if Red Shirt* avatars will be one of them. *Star Trek reference. 1 Link to comment
Browncoat March 7, 2020 Share March 7, 2020 Woo hoo! 5/5! And were there two asterisks? I got them all this week. 🙂 5 Link to comment
Driad March 7, 2020 Share March 7, 2020 4/5, 2*. Today I doubt they would have accepted "I think I saw an ad for a kidflick set in the Pacific." 1 1 Link to comment
suebee12 March 7, 2020 Share March 7, 2020 4/5 and 1 * Not perfect, but an improvement!! 1 Link to comment
saber5055 March 7, 2020 Author Share March 7, 2020 WEEK 26 • March 2 — TWO asterisk * * 126. From The Desk Of The Pope. A 1919 letter quotes Jesus, “Go into the whole world and preach the gospel” & notes the vigilance, energy & hardships of these workers. * 127. Children's Books. This book was published in Latin as “Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!” 128. 20th Century Artists. This artist who lived from 1904 to 1989 had a first name that means “savior” in Spanish. * 129. British Novels. A laboratory known as the House of Pain is on Noble’s Isle, the title setting of this novel.* 130. 21st Century Movies. After its initial release in 2016, it became the first major motion picture to be dubbed in Tahitian. 1 Link to comment
Minaboo March 7, 2020 Share March 7, 2020 4/5, 2 * Yep, I’m a Catholic grandma of a 3 year old Disney princess. 2 Link to comment
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