FNGD Q5 - Friday July 18 - No MORE THEME

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FNGD Q5 - Friday July 18 - No MORE THEME

#1 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:33 pm

Q5 - STARS OF AN ERA

A slight shift is in the works. No more Hamiltons.

B - This fighter was said to pick his opponents from the "Bum-Of-Th-Month-CLub",and (given that the idea of :"entourage" was decades away from being hip), to be surrounded by "a bunch of bums".

G - WW II Airmen probably werent thinking "bums" when they nicknamed their inflatable life rafts after this sexy comedienne-singer.

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#2 Post by secondchance » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:37 pm

Hoodwinked

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Re: FNGD Q5 - Friday July 18 - No MORE THEME

#3 Post by SportsFan68 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:38 pm

etaoin22 wrote:Q5 - STARS OF AN ERA



A slight shift is in the works. No more Hamiltons.


B - This fighter was said to pick his opponents from the "Bum-Of-Th-Month-CLub",and (given that the idea of :"entourage" was decades away from being hip), to be surrounded by "a bunch of bums".


G - WW II Airmen probably werent thinking "bums" when they nicknamed their inflatable life rafts after this sexy comedienne-singer.


I'll guess Rocky Marciano.

This I know from reading books again. I later read one of the WWII books that proliferated during the 50s called The Raft. The guy talked about his Mae West.
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#4 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:39 pm

Joe Louis

Mae West
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#5 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:40 pm

etaoin22 wrote:Q5 - STARS OF AN ERA

A slight shift is in the works. No more Hamiltons.

B - This fighter was said to pick his opponents from the "Bum-Of-Th-Month-CLub",and (given that the idea of :"entourage" was decades away from being hip), to be surrounded by "a bunch of bums".

G - WW II Airmen probably werent thinking "bums" when they nicknamed their inflatable life rafts after this sexy comedienne-singer.

Jack Dempsey?

Fanny Brice?
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#6 Post by secondchance » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:41 pm

oh, "this fighter..." I'll guess Dempsy

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#7 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:41 pm

Joe Louis and Mae West.

SC's doubly correct response gives the G team the victory!

I do have a quick JFF if anyone wants....

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#8 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 pm

I simply don't understand why the Hamilton theme has been discontinued. After all, we were all doing so brilliantly with it.

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#9 Post by secondchance » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 pm

no way!!! 8)

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#10 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 pm

Hurray for the G team! Excellent competition, Bs.
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#11 Post by SportsFan68 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:43 pm

etaoin22 wrote:Joe Louis and Mae West.

SC's doubly correct response gives the G team the victory!

I do have a quick JFF if anyone wants....
YAY SC!!!

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#12 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:43 pm

silvercamaro wrote:I simply don't understand why the Hamilton theme has been discontinued. After all, we were all doing so brilliantly with it.

:?
Yes, I was performing like MARGARET Hamilton after the water was thrown on her.
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#13 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:44 pm

Or like ALEXANDER Hamilton in his little competition with Aaron Burr.
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#14 Post by secondchance » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:45 pm

now, don't make me get my flying monkeys.....

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#15 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:46 pm

Second Chance wrote:now, don't make me get my flying monkeys.....
Another flying monkey fan!

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#16 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:47 pm

Excellent bottom-of-the-ninth home run, Sliver!

Way to go, Goils!

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#17 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:47 pm

Excellent bottom-of-the-ninth home run, Sliver!

Way to go, Goils!

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#18 Post by secondchance » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:49 pm

:twisted:

wait, what was doubly correct? :oops:

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#19 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:58 pm

4 points for both halves of the question.

Silver is quite a girl. Like Paul Smon said.

The quotation about bunch of bums for the entourage of a fighter, especially Mr. Louis comes from those wiseacre NY sportswriter types AFAIK.

Mr. G. F Handel wrote an oratorio called Judas Maccabeus which unlike Messiah did not simply crib from the Bible for lyrics. The lyricist came up with one well-renowned couplet at the end, in a chorus, to a nice hummable theme:

" See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes
Sound the Trumpets, Beat the Drums.


maybe previous sources, I dont know

The wiseacre version

See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes
Surrounded by a bunch of bums


And that is that for this week. Thanks to all for playing.

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