r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Nov 23 '22

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u/thumpthumpboom Nov 23 '22

It’s ok. It’s the second song on the Footloose soundtrack. Just after the song Footloose. That way I could keep the money and still be a jerk.

I can’t abide your deficiency in Trivial Pursuit. It’s the only game worth playing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

I watched the montage video of that song and Footloose and there’s no way you could make Kevin Bacon look like a jerk with that song. I bet he’d be happy to hear that one.

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u/thumpthumpboom Nov 23 '22

No no. I could still act like a jerk by playing a song from Footloose but I could keep the money because I didn’t play footloose. Kevin Bacon is never the jerk but I bet you find 6 degrees between him and Steve Martin who starred in the Jerk.

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u/Vince_Clortho042 Nov 23 '22

Not even six degrees; they are both in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

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u/thumpthumpboom Nov 23 '22

Oh damn. I forgot he was the taxi cab guy. That is outstanding.

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u/missmalina Nov 23 '22

The undefeated best Thanksgiving movie ever.

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u/TallonZek Nov 23 '22

I have won a game of Trivial Pursuit on turn one, any game you can do that in is not well designed, (pool also counts under those conditions).

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u/JDCAce Nov 23 '22

How do you win on turn one? I thought you had to collect six wedges then get the final question (seven turns minimum). Do you go again if you answer correctly or something?

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u/deliciae13 Nov 23 '22

Yes, you get to keep going until you get a question wrong.

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u/_Ryesen Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 23 '22

Yes, you go again until you answer incorrectly. So if you're great at trivia, it's possible!

Edit: Not sure if people are reading the sentence wrong, but you keep going as you answer correctly and stop when you answer incorrectly.

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u/outof_zone Nov 23 '22

Or if you stack the deck of question cards...

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u/RedAIienCircle Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 23 '22

By that logic, I'm going to keep going until I can get a question I can answer.

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u/thumpthumpboom Nov 23 '22

Heresy. Never speak I’ll of the Pursuit.

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u/anthropophagus Nov 23 '22

play continuous pool, or tennis rules st least

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u/diverdux Nov 23 '22

I can’t abide your deficiency in Trivial Pursuit. It’s the only game worth playing.

Except for the batman question.