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ToraToraTora | 22:11 Wed 29th Jan 2025 | Film, Media & TV
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Q: Who was the first native born American to win the world chess championship?

A: Boris Spassky!

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Why do folk nit-pick TWAU posts. Surely you realise they're lighthearted glimpses at a quiz show which occasionally produces answers which some of us find amusing. If you don't find them so, then fair enough, humour is very subjective, but just scroll on, don't try to provide an analysis as to why you don't find them funny, then no harm done.[Tora, perhaps you...
22:34 Wed 29th Jan 2025

That was over 50 years ago. You'd have to be interested in chess to know that. The answer isn't in the clue - native born Americans have names from all over the world 

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The actual answer is irrelevant, this is a TWAU because he gave a Russian name.

But there are Russian Americans, people born in the US to Russian parents

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yes but for an American you'd pick an American sounding name by default.

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He must know chess because Spassky is a very famous player, in fact he lost to Fisher.

I know he did. Was it multiple choice?

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no

Neither are native American names

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unless you mean sitting bull et al there is no such thing as native american names. The guy new chess, he new spassky was a russian he probably knew the answer. Gawd why do you make such a song and dance ovee what is meant to be a bit of a giggle?

Spasskey is better known than Fisher. 

Sorry, it didn't make me giggle 

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great feel free to ignore.

Why do folk nit-pick TWAU posts. Surely you realise they're lighthearted glimpses at a quiz show which occasionally produces answers which some of us find amusing. If you don't find them so, then fair enough, humour is very subjective, but just scroll on, don't try to provide an analysis as to why you don't find them funny, then no harm done.

[Tora, perhaps you should post them in Chatterbank]

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well I think TV is more appropriate but thanks for your support. It's sad that some just come on these to hijack it with their nitpicking. barry and naomi are mods you'd think they'd know better. At least naomi left this one alone... so far!

I very rarely post on these threads but really couldn't see why TTT found this funny.

We are all free to post on every thread, welcome or not.

I am an ABer as well as a mod. 

Achtung! Fischer.

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Another failure.

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rezaq007 yes that is the correct answer. You are new here so I'll explain that the point of these TWAU(*) threads is to have a bit of a giggle at silly quiz show answers. As you can see some seem to take them personally and nit pick, that can also be part of the fun.

*=They Walk Among Us

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What a twit, eh?

Perhaps he should have said Garry Kasparov?

Oh no....wait.....

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