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OK. For those who don't know what a "power" is, it's a question which someone answers with a very obscure clue or small number of such. I just want to see who can answer questions like such. Feel free to post your own; I just thought of this Q today:
It's is from the final round of the PCH tournament, WCA vs. Eureka. Arthur got the points for Eureka by answering this:
Category: Science.
Not to be confused with the study of word origins...
It's is from the final round of the PCH tournament, WCA vs. Eureka. Arthur got the points for Eureka by answering this:
Category: Science.
Not to be confused with the study of word origins...
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i suppose etymology includes the study of word origins.
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One that will never be forgotten among current Truman ACO members:
"She co-wrote an episode of Star Trek with her husband Jeremy Tarcher." [sp]
"She co-wrote an episode of Star Trek with her husband Jeremy Tarcher." [sp]
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OOO....I know the answer!
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The best power I can remember at the moment was one word: "Humbert"
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Yeah, that or maybe Nabokov...
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The best power I ever answered was in my few weeks as a member of Truman's academic team. It began, "Her dancing career ended with a knee injury . . . " The answer is Leni Riefenstahl, a female director who made propaganda for Hitler. I'd written a huge paper about her the year before.
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George, I remember that question and I got it at about the exact same spot.
Though, I think the phenomenon occurs mostly when you've heard a similar question at practice or a different tournament and have that im your mind somehow, I know that's happened to me on several occasions.
Though, I think the phenomenon occurs mostly when you've heard a similar question at practice or a different tournament and have that im your mind somehow, I know that's happened to me on several occasions.
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The Russian, Japanese, and Manchurian armies converged... Mukden
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Lolita was the answer to that one I posted above... it's not so much that the question was hard, but the speed and reflexes to buzz in after the first word.
Another one I thought of today: "He's not from New Orleans..."
Another one I thought of today: "He's not from New Orleans..."
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is that Emeril?
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Not Emeril, I'll post the answer tomorrow if no one comes up with it by then. I think we were playing Richland when this came up, but I wouldn't swear to it.
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Andrew Jackson? John Fogerty? Arlo Guthrie? Avery Brooks? Pat O'Brien?DeckardCain wrote: Another one I thought of today: "He's not from New Orleans..."
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The answer was Ernie Els, referring to his nickname, "The Big Easy."DeckardCain wrote: "He's not from New Orleans..."
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This one might be easy. It was easy for me, but it's my birthday.
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