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I know it's been said before, but the boardgamers do seem to get cut a lot more slack than any other team on their answers...
'Something to do with drinks ? Alcohol ?' 'That's right - They're all Spanish wines..' etc. |
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The first clue in that question was that the text was presented differently to normal, which generally implies the question is about the appearance of the text and not the text itself- the fact that the islands were coloured in gave the game away completely.
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I know it's been said before, but the boardgamers do seem to get cut a lot more slack than any other team on their answers...
'Something to do with drinks ? Alcohol ?' 'That's right - They're all Spanish wines..' etc. I really didn't want them to win as we'll have to see them again and their frantic 'walling'. |
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As for the Jesus/Iesus answer, I still dont get that now.
I got it after one clue, but then I am a Theology graduate (from way back) ![]() I'm surprised so many people think this weeks was hard - I got more than I usually do (with the help of the team's deliberations). Staples was one. They didn't see the Clive Staples Lewis clue, which I did, so I knew it was Staples, but only because one of the team had already said it. ![]() The Missing Vowels was evil, though. |
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I never knew that Aldous Huxley died on the same day as JFK.
A good Connection would be to find another 3 examples of a famous person's death being overshadowed by the death of another famous person on the same day. But I'm struggling, I thought Mother Teresa died on the same day as Lady Di, but no . |
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I never knew that Aldous Huxley died on the same day as JFK.
A good Connection would be to find another 3 examples of a famous person's death being overshadowed by the death of another famous person on the same day. But I'm struggling, I thought Mother Teresa died on the same day as Lady Di, but no . Sergei Prokofiev and Joseph Stalin, and Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson could be other examples. |
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I never knew that Aldous Huxley died on the same day as JFK.
A good Connection would be to find another 3 examples of a famous person's death being overshadowed by the death of another famous person on the same day. |
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I know it's been said before, but the boardgamers do seem to get cut a lot more slack than any other team on their answers...
'Something to do with drinks ? Alcohol ?' 'That's right - They're all Spanish wines..' etc. |
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While I did find that a bit irritating and they definitely have been getting an easy ride, I was more overcome at the shock of VCM not knowing how to pronounce 'Rioja'. You'd think nice glass of red would be very much her thing.
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While I did find that a bit irritating and they definitely have been getting an easy ride, I was more overcome at the shock of VCM not knowing how to pronounce 'Rioja'. You'd think nice glass of red would be very much her thing.
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That's exactly what I thought. It was the first time my Mum had seen them and she instantly said how annoying Jamie was.
I really didn't want them to win as we'll have to see them again and their frantic 'walling'. |
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She said on Radio 4 Extra the other day that she did not drink or very little. Surprised me but perhaps just puts on an act about liking the boozs?
You'll be telling me Santa Claus doesn't exist next!!!
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I never knew that Aldous Huxley died on the same day as JFK.
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She said on Radio 4 Extra the other day that she did not drink or very little. Surprised me but perhaps just puts on an act about liking the boozs?
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As did CS Lewis, who was a clue in the "Staples" question and mentioned in the post immediately before yours. I'm still trying to work out if that was intentional or just a very weird coincidence.
1 .[ anyone unfamous who died on 22/11/1963 ] 2. C.S. Lewis 3. Aldous Huxley 4. J.F. Kennedy Can I have my fee in £20 notes please ? |
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Queen Of The South ?
Where that ? |
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Queen Of The South ?
Where that ? |
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Queen Of The South ?
Where that ? |
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I never knew that Aldous Huxley died on the same day as JFK. .
'She was born in November 1963 the day Aldous 'Huxley died' |
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Dumfries. It's also the name of their football team.
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It's ambiguous which ITV region out of Border and Tyne Tees is further north.
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It's ambiguous which ITV region out of Border and Tyne Tees is further north.
http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/assets/itv...s/maps/all.jpg |
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There's a whole variety of ITV regional maps https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=it...iw=911&bih=502
Not all show Border to the north of Tyne Tees, and plenty show overlap. Plus if you were to go by where they are primarily based Newcastle is further north than Carlisle. The Border/Tyne Tees divide is clearly much more east/west than north/south. |
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Dumfries. It's also the name of their football team.
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I liked the way Victoria said that it obviously can't be words with double vowels, but is words with one consonant instead. Sure, I can see that there are much fewer one consonant words (unless you start picking out all the obscure ones that seem to be made up just to fill a Scrabble dictionary), and why "double vowels" is obviously the wrong answer, but it feels like a interesting technicality to lose a point on. Quote:
There's a whole variety of ITV regional maps https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=it...iw=911&bih=502
Not all show Border to the north of Tyne Tees, and plenty show overlap. Plus if you were to go by where they are primarily based Newcastle is further north than Carlisle. The Border/Tyne Tees divide is clearly much more east/west than north/south. |
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