Yesterday's, re Devanagari etc? Reasonably well done I thought; a nice way of getting around the difficulty of marking a question like "Devanagari is the fourth most used what?", where it may be hard to draw a clear line in a spectrum of plausible answers encompassing "writing systems", "scripts", "alphabets", "abjads", "abugidas", "written languages", etc etc.
Since I'm quite familiar with what Devanagari is myself, I was at first a bit confused by how easy the question looked to me ("Name one of the three most common writing systems in the world"), before I noticed that "writing system" was nowhere mentioned, and that the essence of the question was knowing what kind of thing Devanagari is. Still played harder than I guessed it would.
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
(if you mean today's, we should probably not discuss it until tomorrow obv)
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
No, that’s what I meant. I couldn’t figure out quite what he was getting at and ruled out characters for some reason so I put hiragana.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Some discussion on the message board. A few others are annoyed with the wording.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
I really enjoy those ones where I have no idea and I just let my mind relax and something like "Joker's Wild" bubbles up and I'm just like, OK, brain, I don't really know what that is but but if that's the response to the stimulus I gave you let's go with it
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
i had no idea what devanagari was and guessed "bikram" lol
― na (NA), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
You are not the only one, apparently.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
i went with English which is my own fault for not thinking. Then I watched an old episode of Only Connect last night WITH THE SAME QUESTION SET and the guy also answered English. At least I know where they got it from.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
Really? Do tell.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
Was there some kind of hidden theme then?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Broke my losing streak, still in relegation. Somehow I keep facing opponents with QPs of over 70% -- what are these people doing in C?!
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
Speaking of QPs, I can never seem to relocate the place where the stats abbreviations are defined.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
Oh, section 8.5 of the rules, I think, shows most of them: https://www.learnedleague.com/thorsten/therules.php
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
I also tried to mouse over and hover but didn’t seem to work.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
Oh wait on Player Tracker it does
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
basically everyone who plays Learned League should be watching Only Connect and vice versahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videos
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wheelsongen/
oy... here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wheelsongen
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
oh ffssearch "wheelsongenius" on youtube
This?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9xj-uxVPXU
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
You set the question set/ Were there five similar questions?
At minute 16.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
i had no idea what devanagari was and guessed "bikram" lol― na (NA), Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:29 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― na (NA), Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:29 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I almost guessed "yoga," which I remembered was part of a set (the six orthodox systems of Hindu philosophy, though I couldn't have told you that). Then I changed my mind and went with "ayurvedic." Good question, though.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
yup, that's the one.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
I really enjoy those ones where I have no idea and I just let my mind relax and something like "Joker's Wild" bubbles up and I'm just like, OK, brain, I don't really know what that is but but if that's the response to the stimulus I gave you let's go with it― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:04 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:04 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ha, that one was kind of the same for me. Although maybe in the back of my mind was a dim memory of when the same question was asked in 2014.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
"Yoga" was my first thought, too. But then I reasoned "OK surely it's possible there is some set of traditional Indian physical/mental practices of which yoga is the most famous and devenagari is #3 or #4 but I can't think of any other besides yoga, and if divanagari were the #3 or #4 most popular type of yoga I would have heard of it, so it just can't be that." I think what really helped me is the word "system" -- not that many things are customarily described as systems. Yoga isn't, for instance.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
when the same question was asked in 2014.
I didn't know they repeated questions!! I honestly feel kind of disillusioned.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
I kind of love that best wrong answer though.
There aren't too many repeats. I'd say maybe a couple of times a season. And it's usually from at least a few years ago.
I do sometimes wonder to what extent Thorsten is aware of it, though. If I were him, I'd probably do a search of the archive just to see if and when a question was last asked, so I'm guessing that when it happens, it's because he figures it's been long enough that he can go back to the well.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
my brain spat out thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYlcim0Dc60
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
and i WATCHED joker's wild as a kid so i KNEW that
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
thought the three mile island question was very awkwardly phrased too, although there remains only one reason to know the name of any island in the susquehanna
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
Upset! I won 6(3) to 5(4) against my 80% QP opponent. I have my pisspoor food and drink score to thank for giving me a 3 for Stroganoff, which was on my mind as I made a vegan version a couple weeks ago. Inexplicably got a point for Moors too, despite literature being my second best category.
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
Whoops, I got a 2 for Stroganoff, 3 for Uganda.
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
how in the fuc am i supposed to defend this
https://i.imgur.com/gCcK45C.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
hope for another velocity of money question?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
invite them over for dinner
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
I faced the rundle leader yesterday, who ended up forfeiting. I know that other players often voice dismay at forfeit wins, but it's lifted me into the middle of the pack out of the relegation zone.
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Thursday, 4 March 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
i shouldn't complain bc i've been on a hot run but i boned myself out of a 9(6) yesterday by misreading "formally" as "formerly"
― na (NA), Thursday, 4 March 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
Saw people talk about that on the LL Message Board.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 March 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
And some of us who read it correctly were still thrown off by the word "formally."
(I feel like "formally" must have been included to guide people away from Seward's Folly, but it created the impression that the question was looking for something other than the common name of Alaska.)
― jaymc, Thursday, 4 March 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
yeah, i kinda hedged my bets with "Alaska Territory" which was taken. Having a lucky start to my season so far and cracked the top five.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
let me tell you, i spent half the day trying to figure out the clay question and was deeply happy when my subconscious spat up "potsie"
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 March 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
After I submitted and read the question again and saw his last name I felt kind of bad.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 March 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
Also I put the Gadsden Purchase, although I probably spelt it wrong, was hoping that was when they bought Alaska.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 March 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
Also knew it was Alaska, took "formally" to mean I was supposed to say something else, got hosed
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 5 March 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
I thought yesterday's was gonna be hard and my 5/6 was a sure win, but no! How did all those people know Olivia Newton-John and semaphore? I was lucky to escape with a tie, lots of eggroll in my rundle.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 5 March 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
i slightly misread the question and put "alaska purchase" but they gave it to me
― little johnny juul (voodoo chili), Friday, 5 March 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
I guessed Dolly for the ONJ question, but semaphore was the first visual communication system that popped into my head, and the word looked appropriately Greek.
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Friday, 5 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link