Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
This totally typifies Jeopardy! for me.
Final question - category Tennis: This Grand Slam stadium was named for a WWI flier who pioneered the use of machine guns on airplanes.Now, I knew that had to be Roland Garros, because the other three are the All England Club, Melbourne Park, and Flushing Meadows.
Labels: jeopardy, media, miscellaneous, sports
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 8:44 PM, September 23, 2008
Wishydig had this to say...
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At 9:21 PM, September 23, 2008
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 5:13 AM, September 24, 2008
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Yes. Who would ever answer the question that way. In fact who ever answer an ID question with 'This so and so did so and so.'?
Q: Who was Johnny Carson?
A: This comedian hosted the Oscars four times.
But wait. Are you sure Arthur Ashe wasn't a WWI pilot?
It's the way they play with categories, and, yeah, it's always made me shrug.
[I'm making these details up as a fake example.]
Category: Taxes
A: This capital of France established municipal income tax in 1953.
Q: Um........
And as Wishydig says, I've always thought the whole "We give you the answer and you have to come up with the question," schtick was very silly. But it's mostly harmless.
It's still a far better game show than, say, "Wheel of Fortune".
[I also reminded myself, with my example, of a great crossword clue that I've encountered a few times:
"Capital of France"
The answer space has four letters.]
yeah, it's their gimmick and it doesn't *really* look like any normal question and answer. But I (obviously) enjoy watching.
(and I almost said "Franc has five letters!")
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