Learned Lag
Summary: We play Learned League, the greatest trivia competition in all the land. Each day, we run through the questions and how we arrived at the answers (or at least, how we arrived at our answers).
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A "MacGuffin" is an object of desire that drives a plot without being necessary to the plot itself -- that is, a treasure is a MacGuffin, but a weapon is not.
It's a new season, yes it is, and George gets a wrestling reference in on the second question of LL86.
Last day, with George trying to claw out of the red zone for one brief moment when it counts, and Amanda looking to pop up into the green.
A quick search does not reveal that other Chinese rebellion any time recently, so hashtagshrugemoji.
But... his father was Secretary of Agriculture. Go figure.
Too many zoos in Chicagoland.
The perfectly logical and yet utterly wrong answers are the best ones.
Per request, our explanation of our LL philosophy. The main thing is, we're playing against Thorsten, not our so-called opponents.
Relatively easy day today? We think? Especially compared to the rest of the week.
Sometimes you just don't notice the clues... or weren't stationed in Europe so you got to see some of this stuff live.
It's nice of Thorsten to save a bunch of brutally difficult days for later in the season this time.
Dolly wrote that song the same day she wrote "Jolene". I mean, COME ON, ma'am.
Tough batch of questions today. Enjoy the weekend.
Be kind to each other. The world's pretty crazy right now, and that's all we got.
George finally has as many wins as beers this season!
