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When I hear "Moose Jaw," my first thought is Bullwinkle.

 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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Moose Jaw looks like it has a pretty charming little downtown area.
You been there before?
When I was a teenager, we sometimes would drive 40 miles west of Regina and make trouble in Moose Jaw. But we weren't really trouble makers so it really wasn't that much trouble.

With Air Cadets I have been through Moose Jaw several times. There is an AIr Force base just south of the city.

I remember spending one night in a Moose Jaw hotel with Air Cadets (I forget the reason). It had a pool and I remember being in there with some girls and teasing each other about removing each others bathing suits. Unfortunately that never happened. There were chaperones but they really didn't have much control of the group.

As an adult, we visited the tunnels of Moose Jaw. Legend has it they were built by Al Capone during prohibition. There is much debate whether this is true. Likely just some local booze runners.

Moose Jaw had a rap for a place to go for "adult" entertainment (before my time). Now a-days you can get $2 coins in Saskatchewan. But back when they were paper, they were not used anywhere. I heard a phrase that was attributed to Moose Jaw as a kid: "Get off the table, Mable, the $2 is for the beer".

And that is pretty much all I know about Moose Jaw.
 

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Is it my imagination, or has every winning player this week been the contestant on the right? And a bunch of winning from last place.
 

scotchandcigar

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New season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire started tonight. Larry David and his daughter were fun. But the dream team is Jeopardy super champ Jamie Ding and Ben Affleck. They got to the $250k level when time ran out.

Surprisingly, there was a question about a Spanish festival custom, where Ben had the right answer, and Jamie would've gotten it wrong. I guess their appearance concludes next week.
 

scotchandcigar

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Affleck told a TV Insider reporter, "I’m literally here riding this guy’s coattails. I’m lucky to be here."

Literally???

Here is the history of El Colacho, "the baby jumping festival."

It's funny that 31-game Jeopardy winner Jamie Ding was grasping for straws on this. He chucked when the choice of "Babies" came up, and then he thought the answer was "Walking over hot coals", because he figured "El Colacho" meant "the fire" (it translates to "The Devil").

Ben Affleck knew the answer. Because last year, when Matt Damon correctly answered a question about eating grapes on New Year's Eve in some Spanish-speaking country, Affleck looked it up, and said he did research on Spanish customs.

During their run on Millionaire, there was an earlier question about a Billie Eilish song lyric, that was based on a quote from some historic philosopher. It was definitely a question that would've stumped 95% of contestants, but Jamie Ding knew it right away. So he got them to where they are now.

And in the previous round of the show, Larry David and his daughter had a question about things that were primarily supplied by India prior to the 18th century. Three of the choices were diamonds, cinnamon, and saffron (I forget the 4th, but it was obviously not it). They figured it was cinnamon or saffron (as did I), and called their lifeline - who was Jon Hamm - who said it was cinnamon. They guessed that, and were wrong. It was diamonds, which surprised just about everyone.
 
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