Recent Coryats:
originally 11-24-08: 18600 (24000 without negs)
originally 11-25-08: 19200 (23000 without negs)
originally 11-9-11: 26000, with 2 negs. The first time I played, my Coryat was 17000 with 3 negs!
originally 11-10-11: 25800. The first time I played, my score was 17400.
Happy news: I’ve added Liz Murphy to the list of J! notables I’m following in the Summer Hiatus Challenge. Here are the the people I’m following, in order of how they did in round 4. First place is at the top. Drew and Bill did not play.
And by the way, I don’t keep track of these rankings and scores myself. Someone else on the boards is doing that.
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari (She got a perfect score!)
Ryan Chaffee
Joon Pahk
Vito Cortese
Megan Barnes
Liz Murphy
Stefan Goodreau
David Menchaca
Alison Stone Roberg
Andy
Me
Robert
Kathy Wright
Made-for-TV Movie
2: Recount, the Emmy-winning movie about the end of the 2000 Presidential election, was set in this state. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
4: Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon played this first couple in the 2005 made-for-TV movie Warm Springs. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
6: Robert Duvall was nominated for an Emmy for his 1992 portrayal of this title world leader born Iosif Dzhugashvili. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
8: Jack Lemmon won a Best Actor Emmy for the title role in this 2000 movie based on a book by Mitch Albom. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
10: John Lithgow was nominated for a Supporting Actor Emmy for this 1983 movie about a Soviet missile attack on Kansas during World War III. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
Science? It’s all Greek to Me
3: This Greek letter is used to symbolize the prefix micro- (meaning one millionth). Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
6: The ohm, a standard unit of electrical resistance, is symbolized by this Greek letter. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
9: A positively charged particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons is symbolized by this Greek letter. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
12: The Greek letter nu is often used to symbolize frequency, while this Greek letter is used to indicated wavelength. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz
15: The most common symbol for a wave function in quantum mechanics is this Greek letter. Joon, Robert, Andy, Alison, Stefan, Ryan, Megan, Julie, David, Jeanie, Kathy, Vito, Liz