Thursday, September 29, 2016

Jesse Day 25

2/6 Till next season

1. Identify the baseball star pictured here. LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/4895y09cyn405983.jpg
Correct Answer: MIKE TROUT
Your Answer: Trout
Points Assigned: 1

I wonder how hard this will be. This guy is amazing and somehow isn't well known by the public.

2. Upon the completion of its full route in 1889, what were the eastern and western terminuses of the original passenger train service dubbed the Orient Express? (Note: two cities required in answer.)
Correct Answer: PARIS, ISTANBUL
Your Answer: London to Istanbul
Points Assigned: 2

Smacks head. How was a train going to go to London in 1889. I blame this one on the Nyquil. 

3. This is an example of a cosmetic applicator designed and marketed for the application of what? Note that the term itself is edited from the photo. LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/948yc054n0938.jpg
Correct Answer: (LIQUID) EYELINER
Your Answer: Eye Liner
Points Assigned: 0

Seems like a gimmie

4. An equilateral triangle has all sides of equal length, while an isosceles triangle has exactly two sides the same length. What's the accompanying term for any triangle with all sides of different lengths?
Correct Answer: SCALENE
Your Answer: Obtuse
Points Assigned: 2

Never heard the term.

5. What is the two-word title customarily conferred by a British monarch on his or her eldest daughter? There have officially been seven such title-holders, including the incumbent Anne, the oldest daughter of Elizabeth II (and her second eldest child after Charles).
Correct Answer: PRINCESS ROYAL
Your Answer: In waiting
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

6. What smash hit song, the biggest in the career of country music group Little Big Town, won both the Song of the Year and Single of the Year at the CMA Awards in 2015, as well as the Best Country Song at the 2016 Grammys (losing to Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" for Song of the Year Grammy)?
Correct Answer: GIRL CRUSH
Your Answer: I like it, I love it
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea. 

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