Spoiler Talk: CotD (Fri)
Here is the NY Times Clue of the Day for Friday’s game. If you know it (or even if you don’t), you can make a prediction on how many players will get it right and/or leave a hint on the right answer BEFORE the Early Spoiler results are put up, usually by 1:30 p.m. Eastern. (And, yes, we are all aware that the results are sometimes put up earlier elsewhere, but we play fair here).
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Clue of the Day
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An Old Category: The name of this category was GEOGRAPHY; it was in the last round of the match that aired on 4-13-2017.
$400: The name of this city comes from medieval Danish for “merchants’ harbor”
$800: This city has been the capital of India since 1931
$1200: This country has been landlocked since losing its Pacific coast territory to Chile
$1600: This cape seen here is named for the woman seen here
$2000 (DD $1,500): These 2 rivers have their sources within 75 miles of each other in eastern Turkey
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Today’s Quote: Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go ~ Oscar Wilde
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THURSDAY’S PREDICTIONS: JP and JJ correctly predicted 1 right for Charlotte Brontë.
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I got this immediately but the Orson Welles reference might throw someone off if they’re trying to come up with a larger man that has all of those credentials who is also hillbilly-ish?! I’ll go with 2/3 correct responses.
Funny that after finding yesterday’s correct response, I implied it was of German origin because of the two dots above the “e”, even though of course it is a diaeresis there, not the German umlaut.
Thanks for pointing out the name is of Greek origin, I didn’t know that!
I’ll say 1/3, I had no idea on this one.
No big deal, JP. I didn’t know what the etymology was myself and was mucho surprised to see brontophobia for fear of thunder on that page. J-Archive shows 2 clues on that in the category What Are You Afraid Of?:
2022: $600: Brontophobia: it can rattle you & your house (a triple stumper)
2017: $200: Brontophobia is fear of this paired weather phenomenon (correct)
In the context of today’s clue, hillbillies might make you think of people with 2-part first names, and that might lead you to think of this guy and French-fried potaters.
I’ll say 3 out of 3, etc.
P.S. It would be crazy if we got another new champ today!!