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The other one I'm mad at myself about was the Yasmina Reza question, because I saw "one-word title" and just wrote "Art" and didn't read the rest, which was stupid.

I did something similar, only I did read the full question but couldn’t remember the title so put “Art” anyway even though it was from the previous millennium.

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link

I used to ponder a bit and once in a while I get an extra answer or two, but don’t want to spend that much time on it. Just want to rip the band aid off.

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link

For defense I try not agonize either, just sort of try to group the answers into 0-1 or 2-3, the easy half and the hard half.

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link

Heh, so I pondered a bit yesterday and then I did have an aha moment.

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 August 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link

For defense I try not agonize either, just sort of try to group the answers into 0-1 or 2-3, the easy half and the hard half.

This is exactly what I do. I assign all questions either 1 or 2 at first, and then figure out which 1 to bump down to 0 and which 2 to bump up to 3.

jaymc, Thursday, 27 August 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link

Can’t really speak about this ML I am currently pitching in on but maybe I will be inspired afterward to try to smith a 1DS or two.

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 August 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link

i definitely overthought today's music question

maura, Thursday, 27 August 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link

Lol same

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 27 August 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link

So far, I've turned two ties into losses already. It's going to be a long season, and I'm probably going to be serving a cupcake to NA when we face off.

Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Thursday, 27 August 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link

Wonder if it would be fun to post links of old 1DSs or even MLs here on even on the wider board. Not sure, flipping the Kosman Koin to decide.

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 02:12 (four years ago) link

This 1DS, written by someone familiar to us, was excellent: https://www.learnedleague.com/oneday.php?deathbyopera

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 02:16 (four years ago) link

Not the one I did the best in, but think this is the ML I enjoyed the most: https://www.learnedleague.com/mini/poetry/

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 02:56 (four years ago) link

i definitely overthought today's music question

― maura, Thursday, August 27, 2020 12:54 PM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Lol same

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, August 27, 2020 12:55 PM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I would wag my finger at the reference to today's questions, but this reminded me that I hadn't submitted yet.

jaymc, Friday, 28 August 2020 04:49 (four years ago) link

Think it’s worth a wag

Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 04:50 (four years ago) link

i mean i only gave the subject matter, nothing else. but point taken.

maura, Friday, 28 August 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link

got the elusive 9(5) yesterday lol

maura, Friday, 28 August 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link

the baconator was one of those answers where i realized 'everyone is going to know this except me'

mookieproof, Friday, 28 August 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link

My A rundle did worse than the league average on that one. Both my opponent and I missed it.

jaymc, Friday, 28 August 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link

Yesterday's tiny slip might have actually helped me narrow it down. I lost anyway so not going to lose sleep over it but yeah, for future reference.

I have a friend who I sometimes talk to about questions on the day of after we have both submitted. I *believe* that is legit, please correct me if I am wrong.

Ha, was wondering about the baconator get rate, I couldn't remember it and figured "everyone else" would know as well.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:07 (four years ago) link

As for the KISS question, I was pleasantly surprised to get it right since "Paul Stanley" was a wild guess. (I thought it was possible that at least one of them was self-titled and for some reason Stanley seemed more likely than the others.)

jaymc, Friday, 28 August 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link

i owe getting that (and so much more) to 'back in the new york groove'

mookieproof, Friday, 28 August 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link

I could picture the album covers and was thinking they’ve got to have their names in the title, could it be “Ace Alive”? “Ace Solo”? which wasn’t converging but then I stumbled upon the obvious. I guess I might have figured it out anyway, even without the tiny boost.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link

I went with "Criss Live" which was probably not the most likely answer in any case.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link

Somewhere else yesterday I was reminded that he was a good friend of Jerry Nolan of The New York Dolls (maybe one was best man at the other’s wedding) and almost played drums for them himself instead.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link

the baconator was one of those answers where i realized 'everyone is going to know this except me'

Not me, I was startled that so many people knew the name of a random sandwich, but I live in an area where there's not a ton of Wendy's, maybe it has more penetration elsewhere.

BTW I also strongly endorse the "never say anything no matter how vague and seemingly innocuous about today's questions" policy

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link

"baconator" was a late night talk show punchline for awhile

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link

Realistically there was no way we would be expected to know the names of KISS solo albums so I assumed it had to be some sort of trick.

justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 28 August 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link

See I just put the only thing I could think of but didn't think there was a meaningful probability of being right

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 28 August 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link

I went with Live Frehley which I assume would be followed up by ...Or Die Hardley

TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Friday, 28 August 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link

lol

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 August 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link

i answered “the demon”

maura, Saturday, 29 August 2020 13:11 (four years ago) link

i am not that knowledgeable about kiss but decades of skimming through used records was all i needed to get that one

na (NA), Saturday, 29 August 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link

I’m old enough to remember when it came out and seem to recall valuable candy store record section real estate being taken up to display all four.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 August 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link

Really convinced myself a Dalmatian was a toy breed

Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 29 August 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link

I guessed Friesland (which I misspelled as "Frisland"), thinking of a Bichon Frise. Too far west, and "frise" is apparently just French for "curly."

jaymc, Saturday, 29 August 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link

Totally feel for Dalmatian as well.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 August 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link

tried to pretend borzhoi was something it wasn't

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 29 August 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link

Remote coworker has a pom that he showed off on Slack to much adulation, so the breed definitely came to me quickly, but I wasn't sure about deriving the region so just entered the breed and got credit.

Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Sunday, 30 August 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link

tongue kiss is not the name of a 1979 kiss member solo album

and that bright, shiny burrowing flop monster is a caterpillar, not a worm.

who knew.

unashamed and trash (Unctious), Sunday, 30 August 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link

I wouldn't worry too much about not getting the Kiss question right, a certain Rock Star didn't get it either, I just saw on the Message Board.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 August 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link

a certain Rock Star

?

maura, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link

jaymc pointed that out. That's what her flag is.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link

DO U SEE?

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link

I don't know about the etiquette about talking about other players, but said player is high-profile enough in a couple different ways that you can connect the dots relatively easily.

Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link

I don't know the etiquette totally either so don't want to talk too readily, but that link is only visible with a login so hopefully I am showing showing some discretion.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link

lol, that's awesome

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link

Think the finals first reveal happens now

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 02:00 (four years ago) link

Oh no, 10PM PDT.

Two Little Hit Parades (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 02:03 (four years ago) link


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