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Learned Lag
by George Stankow
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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Penultimatality! LL109MD24
Coincidentally, Punchboard published a guide to trick-takers today. https://punchboard.co.uk/guide-to-trick-taking-games/
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It's a Cruel, Cruel Antepenultimate Day LL109MD23
Just ignore all that stuff at the end where George is totally wrong about the schedule.
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ugggh LL109MD22
Some days, man. Sooome daaays.
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The "King" in Question? Larry King LL109MD21
Not that Larry King, just a Larry King. He died last month, as it turns out.
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BEERALITY LL109MD20
It is, in fact, a "novella" and was first published in Life magazine.
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The Home Stretch Beckons LL109MD19
Lot of background noises possible today (he said, glaring around the room at various living things).
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George Never Passes Up That Chance LL109MD18
Summers was diagnosed with OCD only after the original run of the show.
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It Was "Dreams", Actually LL109MD17
See if you can detect where we had to pause for an egregious Rule 3 violation.
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The Unknown Showrunner LL109MD16
Once you realized which side the "heroes" of that "Western in space" show had been on, the allegory got real rancid.
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Don't Forget to Vote for the New League Names LL109MD15
Tangentially, get well soon, Simone Biles.
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Tanzania Is Just to the North LL109MD14
Thanks to all of you for being a supportive and generous community.
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Yes, He's Talking About the President LL109MD13
We don't know what weirdo downloaded every episode yesterday, but it got us over 275,000 total downloads, for which we thank you all.
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No, the Worse UFC LL109MD12
George probably should have known he was on a couple of wrong tracks when four of his answers started with D.
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It's Charlton Heston LL109MD11
That other store is a "luxury department store", but at least it's an actual place.
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Let's Hit Week Three Hard LL109MD10
How was your weekend? Full of Swedish producers and scandalous clothing?
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George Is Saving His Mildly Dirty "Subjunctive" Joke For Later LL109MD09
Those books are "This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)" by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman, and "A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps" by Jonn Elledge.
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Resenting Having to Know About Crypto LL109MD08
Why can't we be asked about Krypto? He's a good dog.
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Stumbling Out of the Weekend But On a Wednesday LL109MD07
https://www2.heart.org/site/TR/HeartWalk/MWA-MidWestAffiliate?pg=personal&px=5148492&fr_id=12619
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Lotta Teeth Talk LL109MD06
We await the morning's scores with bated breath.
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Two or Three or Four or Five LL109MD05
Did we forget to put the number in the title yesterday? No, Shut up.
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Stan Is the Wooorst
We're not just saying that because the Rams stole Matthew Stafford.
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Popes and Tongues and Rices LL109MD03
Google would tell you that football (soccer) is the king of sports, but does football have it on their logo? They. Do. Not.
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Lotta Bad Calls Today LL109MD02
"Customary". Bah.
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Stuff, and Also Nonsense
Content Warning: Medical Issues, Pet Loss https://www2.heart.org/site/TR/HeartWalk/MWA-MidWestAffiliate?pg=personal&px=5148492&fr_id=12619
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Yay, We're Back! LL109MD01
We missed you. No, really.
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Hiatus Announcement
Yep, we're off this season. Have fun anyway.
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Have a Good Holiday - LL107MD25
See you in February. Find a Kura Sushi near you. It's worth it.
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Bluey Scores Another One
We cannot recommend Bluey highly enough. Watch it now and call it Olympic preparation.
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It Was a Long Weekend
Not a bad weekend, but a long one.
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Pretty Good Day
Meetings suck and should not be allowed to interfere with one's online trivia league.
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We Have Many Quibbles
It feels like we're more negative about the question writing this season, doesn't it.
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George Figured They Were Named After Don
Deleted from this episode: A full two minutes of yelling at the cat.
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A Good Day
Do we sound backwards? We recorded backwards. But not in heels.
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Bridge! Of! Asses! - LL107MD16
No cat, but someone's phone alarm went off.
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Free to Good Home, Loud Cat - LL107MD15
Fun fact about Bill & Ted: Rufus never tells them his name. They tell themselves his name.
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An (Im)perfect Ten Day - LL107MD14
Sorry about all the meowing yesterday, Ian.
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The Fabled Midpoint - LL107MD13
George keeps forgetting to put the match day in the title. That's on him.
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Welcome Back! How Was Your Break?
He didn't even win a pennant with the Yankees, which is truly remarkable.
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Requisite Rule Three Day - LL107MD11
See you next week. Go Lions.
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Why Isn't It Delta? That's "Difference" - LL107MD10
Oops, keep forgetting to put the match day in the title.
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Blah, and Also, Blergh
Some days you just sorta get through.
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Those '70s Questions
Really had to throw us some Gen X burners to get us back toward "decent", didn't they.
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Regression to the Mean Can Kick In Any Time Now...
On the plus side, "Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip" on Dropout is aMAZing.
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These Nouns Are Bad
The bad questions stand out because most of the questions are good.
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Stupid Second Color Wheel
Hope you weekend went well, and also that part of your Monday that you devote to beating Thorsten.
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RIP Alice Wong, 1974-2025
Not to go off on a rant here, but.
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Let Us Not Speak of Today Again
Look, some days you're just not going to know about... lots of stuff. But keep pushing.
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Lots of Ways In
Some days, they really want you to get them, and some days, you do.
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We're Back and Better Than... No, Pretty Much the Same
Hello! You look great! Whatever you're doing, keep it up.
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The Private Rundles Are Open
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