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Connections #587 2025-01-18

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Skill 97/99
Uniqueness 1 in 1,189

A very easy one. Ironically, for me, green was the leftovers.

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I had a vague sense that it was "things you pull off/out". I don't know how a sticker is a barb. Guess that might be an American term?
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  Stickers are a name for the seeds of a few grasses in the American South. Many of them have hooks on them, but a lot have sharp little barbs. Sandbur is a good example
  
  Interesting. Sounds similar to
  
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  The bindii in Australia. Also called "pricklies". A name for a variety of unrelated species of grass or grass-like plants that hook on to you.
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  No spoiler. I was just hungover 😖

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Green roughed me up real good. I thought it would have to do something with books.

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Weird that yellow gave me so much trouble.

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Well that was easy. I'm used to the fiendish "Wall" from the the UK quiz show Only Connect.

https://youtu.be/VOl1BiZD8es
- Ha yeah, I've seen Only Connect. YouTuber Tom Scott was on it in his youth. It's a really interesting format for a show, but fiendishly difficult at times, especially for a non-Brit.
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