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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #75 on: March 09, 2024, 12:30:45 PM »
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Fairly easy although there were two I had to think about
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #76 on: March 09, 2024, 12:39:31 PM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #77 on: March 16, 2024, 07:16:11 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #78 on: March 16, 2024, 09:22:31 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #79 on: March 16, 2024, 10:47:09 AM »
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The lateness of one of the answers (not the one I got wrong) really surprised me.
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #80 on: March 16, 2024, 10:59:02 AM »
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Agree with jeremyp that one seemed surprisingly late
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #81 on: March 24, 2024, 08:27:22 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #82 on: March 24, 2024, 09:07:31 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #83 on: March 24, 2024, 09:24:04 AM »
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Pretty easy today. No complete guesses needed.
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #84 on: March 24, 2024, 10:18:10 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #85 on: March 30, 2024, 07:08:51 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #86 on: March 30, 2024, 07:58:11 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #87 on: March 30, 2024, 02:06:46 PM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #88 on: March 30, 2024, 06:05:10 PM »
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One or two educated guesses.
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #89 on: April 06, 2024, 08:04:13 AM »
Shit! I got one wrong because I accidentally clicked on it before moving it! >:(
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #90 on: April 06, 2024, 08:35:22 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #91 on: April 06, 2024, 10:33:32 AM »
One, I only got right because of the illustration with it.


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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #92 on: April 06, 2024, 11:37:20 AM »
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Quite annoying. I was thinking of the wrong war. In fact, I was wrong by three wars.
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #93 on: April 13, 2024, 05:36:10 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #94 on: April 13, 2024, 07:50:28 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #95 on: April 13, 2024, 10:53:03 AM »
Not good

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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #96 on: April 20, 2024, 08:40:05 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #97 on: April 20, 2024, 09:15:20 AM »
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #98 on: April 20, 2024, 04:37:18 PM »
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That's quite annoying.
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Re: NYT weekly history quiz
« Reply #99 on: April 20, 2024, 04:45:48 PM »
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That's quite annoying.
looks like same mistake I made.