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14..Where's the very long Dalton Highway?

15..If you are viewing a rat, pig & duck or a zebra and crocs, it must be..?

16..The psychological term for sometimes rewarding behavior, sometimes not?

17..Butch Cassidy was once part of the ____-__-___-____ gang.

18..Dawoud Rajha is a bombing casualty. Title & nation?

19..Ten years ago ConAgra Beef Co. leads the destruction of 19M lbs. of meat due to fear of..?

20..SACRED CLOWNS, TALKING GOD, A THIEF OF TIME.

21..In what state are the Abajo Peaks?

22..Pomodoro Pelati

23..The CDC says this year's 18,000 cases is the worst outbreak of..? since 1959.

24.."Let me tell you about the very rich...?

25..A most significant withdrawal from Olympic tennis?

Be thorough in your answers, OK?
 
23. West Nile Virus? No, nevermind. I think it's whooping cough.
 
17. Hole in the Wall Gang. With Redford, er I mean Sundance.
19. Mad Cow???
21. sounds like Arizona???
23. measels???

Lot's of guesses huh?
 
meyers7 said:
17. Hole in the Wall Gang. With Redford, er I mean Sundance.
19. Mad Cow???
21. sounds like Arizona???
23. measels???

Lot's of guesses huh?
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Which is why I refer to you to my friends as "Clueless Pants".
 
24. F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I don't know which of his books or stories it's from.
 
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17. Hole in the Wall gang
19. Mad cow disease
22. Peeled tomatoes -- or a type of sauce made with them
24. F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Rich Boy
 
14. The Dalton runs from northwest Canada - the Yukon Territory? - into Alaska.
15. the comic pages - can't remember the name of the strip
24. "they are different from you and me."
 
22. Literally "bald headed", but peeled tomatoes
24. Great Gatsby- I think it has to do with Romney feeling "hurt" by Obama's comments. There's a sense of entitlement by the rich.
 
wire chief said:
Which is why I refer to you to my friends as "Clueless Pants".
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Well first, and probably most disturbing, why would my name ever come up with your friends??? :eek: ;)

Just guessing. When you give us stuff like "In what state......" hey I got a 1 in 50 chance (or 1 in 57 while Obama's Prez). :cool:
 
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14. Alaska
17. The Hole in the Wall - BTW, its in Wyoming
21. Utah
22. Tomatoes
24. It comes from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Don't know which one
 
pinotbear said:
15. the comic pages - can't remember the name of the strip
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How could I forget -- Pearls Before Swine - I'm surprised the animals haven't executed Pastis yet for his puns
 
17. The Hole in the Wall Gang
18. Syrian defense minister
19. Mad Cow disease
22. A variety of Italian plum tomatoes
23. Measles?
25. Nadal?
 
Disappointed...based on the thread title, I expected this to be a Yiddish trivia test. Oy Yoy Yoy! What a schlmiel I am! I am so ver clempt :(

I got nothing to add. Moving my tuches out to the kitchen to nosh a bagel with some shmeer.
 
16. Selective reinforcement
17. Hole in the Wall Gang
19. Mad Cow disease
23. Whooping Cough
 
UConnChapette said:
Disappointed...based on the thread title, I expected this to be a Yiddish trivia test. Oy Yoy Yoy! What a schlmiel I am! I am so ver clempt :(

I got nothing to add. Moving my tuches out to the kitchen to nosh a bagel with some shmeer.
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Hmmm...don't know if I ever got so much verbiage over one wrong letter. I suspect it's verklempt.
 
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16..VAUC gives it a good try and is correct about "reinforcement". P______ reinforcement

20.. These are three popular novels built around Navajo life with Jim
Chee and Joe Leaphorn. Author?

19..Not mad cow--described as _ ____.
 
16. positive reinforcement ??

20. I just read one called Code Talker by Chester Nez. Is that one you had in mind?
 
16. Positive reinforcement might have been my first guess if not for the selectivity of the rewards. It makes sense though; Should have gone with it. I did not do the world of psychology majors proud flubbing that one. Skinner's ghost will be haunting me tonight:).
 
VAUConnFan said:
16. Positive reinforcement might have been my first guess if not for the selectivity of the rewards. It makes sense though; Should have gone with it. I did not do the world of psychology majors proud flubbing that one. Skinner's ghost will be haunting me tonight:).
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Too general, doesn't convey the sense of "sometimes".
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geordi said:
16. positive reinforcement ??

20. I just read one called Code Talker by Chester Nez. Is that one you had in mind?
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Ruling Chester out. Still need this. first name Tony.
 
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Continuing with the Wild Ass Guesses, periodic reinforcement?

My wife reads a lot of Tony Hillerman...I think he writes about the Navajo nation, doesn't he?
 
Due to some combo of resticted band width, my server and/or my computer, I am having trouble keeping multiple lines open. With the rarity of 3 pages here, I'll do a piecemeal one-page-at-a-time review, instead of flipping among all 3.

Sarals OK with Rafael Nadal, who has knee problems.
Also good(as are others) with whooping cough.

Meyers has the Hole in the Wall gang.

Pinot puts the road in the Yukon & Alaska.
And only Pinot completes the quote.

Rbny and several identify the quote as from F Scott Fizgerald.

Frank is alone in putting the mountains in Utah.

K9 is 1st with peeled tomatoes.

Arne asks us to think about Romney as the very rich.
 
Meyers thinks my silly remark deserves exposition. Well, it gives practice with the keyboard.

Geordi shoots 4-5(he is yet to peel his fruit), then newly adds Pearls Before Swine.

New here is VTC identifying the Syrian Defense Minister.

Special awared to Chap for mastering Yiddish.
 
And geordi, strictly abiding by our honor code, does not ask his wife (which is allowed), but remembers she reads Tony Hillerman. Good enough.

E-coli satisfies, VAUC.

In psychology it is long known that PARTIAL reinforcement is more effective in keeping a behavior going (after withdrawl of reward) than is a total reinforcement schedule. If it is any consolation to VAUC, I just checked and B F Skinner is not rolling in his crypt.
"Periodic" Reinforcement satisfies the logic, but is not used by the head shrinkers.

You missed Truman, Till the End of Time & Partial Reinforcement. Still gives you a B+
 
wire chief said:
And geordi, strictly abiding by our honor code, does not ask his wife (which is allowed), but remembers she reads Tony Hillerman. Good enough.

E-coli satisfies, VAUC.

In psychology it is long known that PARTIAL reinforcement is more effective in keeping a behavior going (after withdrawl of reward) than is a total reinforcement schedule. If it is any consolation to VAUC, I just checked and B F Skinner is not rolling in his crypt.
"Periodic" Reinforcement satisfies the logic, but is not used by the head shrinkers.

You missed Truman, Till the End of Time & Partial Reinforcement. Still gives you a B+
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Maybe so, but periodic reinforcement is used often by parents.
 
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