Gideon LL71 Day 25

4/6 today. See you in February!

1 :) D2
2 :) D0
3 :( D2 Kenyatta - I considered Amin, but didn't believe that his predecessor had survived long enough to succeed him.
4 :) D3
5 :) D1 - Now I have the theme song stuck in my head.
6 :( D1 Aguilera - Right ballpark, age and fame-wise.

Brad day 25

2/6 - time to study up to crush e rundle next season

1) histamine d2
Allergies finally good for something

2) bolivia d1
Right idea, wrong non-extraditable country

3) mandela d2
Nope

4) buddism d3
No idea

5) mr ed d1
Did not watch these growing up

6) britney spears d0
Almost botched this, read 35 year career at first and wrote down celine dion

Steiny day 25

a nice day to finish the season (this one went by fast)

1. :( guessed ammonia, but this makes sense!  didn't know histamine was a chemical like that

2. :) fairly easy

3. :) Made an educated guess...only so many african leaders that I know anyway

4. :( close, I guessed HInduism

5. :) I know the show

6. :) performer, my age, in vegas, pop star, female...all signs point to britney

Dave M day 25

An easy set of questions to end the LL. 5/6 and see you again in February!

 

1 :) On the basis that hay fever medication is called anti-histamine. D1

2 :) My least favorite Australian and I assume something of a current affairs gimme. D0

3 :) I knew Obote was from Uganda. Which can only mean Idi Amin. D2

4 :) This was of an age and of a gender-relations focus that could only mean near-East or subcontinental religions. Sikh was the only big one that fit. D3

5 :( Think this is a gimme for most Americans but I had no idea so wrote Dynasty. D1

6 :) I didn’t know any of her albums but I’ve heard the songs In the Zone and Circus, and made the link from there. D2

Jesse Day 25

5/6 Easy day to end it. 

1. The itching and sneezing that often accompany respiratory allergies are caused by the release as a part of the body's immune response of what organic compound, chemical formula C₅H₉N₃?
Correct Answer: HISTAMINE
Your Answer: Pollen
Points Assigned: 1

Shoot, very gettable. My opponent graduated from medical school, so guessing he is getting this one. 

2. The embassy of what country is pictured here? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/94085y0m38945t.jpg
Correct Answer: ECUADOR
Your Answer: Ecuador
Points Assigned: 1

Thanks for all of those Hillary Clinton Wikileaks, you fucker. 

3. African political leader Milton Obote is remembered largely for the distinction of effectively preceding and succeeding the same individual as his nation's president. Who is this other man, a Benjamin Harrison of sorts to Obote's Grover Cleveland (noting that the circumstances are not remotely similar otherwise)?
Correct Answer: IDI AMIN
Your Answer: Amin
Points Assigned: 3

This was a guess, but based on the last name he would be sub-Saharan and the answer would be someone famous. There are only so many world famous African leaders no longer in power and I knew the answer wasn't Mandela, because he predessesor was De Klerk (right?). Amin seemed right to me. 

4. In 1699, a code of discipline was instituted in what religion, mandating (among other items) the common adoption of the name Kaur for all females?
Correct Answer: SIKHISM
Your Answer: Sikhism
Points Assigned: 2

Kaur sounded like it was from that part of the world. I thought about Zoroastrianism, but figured Sikhism was more likely. 

5. The fictional Ponderosa Ranch, which bordered Lake Tahoe near Virginia City, Nevada, and was operated by Ben Cartwright and his sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe, provided the setting for what long-running television drama series?
Correct Answer: BONANZA
Your Answer: Bonanza
Points Assigned: 0

They had the best theme song. It played on repeats when I was a kid, not that we would ever watch it. 

6. In the Zone, Blackout, Circus, Femme Fatale, and Glory are among the studio albums from what now-35-year-old pop superstar, who is in the midst of her four-year residency show at The AXIS auditorium at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas?
Correct Answer: BRITNEY SPEARS
Your Answer: Spears
Points Assigned: 2

This was very much a guess, but she seemed to be the right age and fame level to get her own residency at Planet Hollywood. My other guess would have been Jessica Simpson. 

Gideon Day 24

Jesse's referral SilvermanA is in second place in A Sierra. He's got a decent shot at going to the Championship!

6/6 today! I'm safe from relegation.

1 :) D1 Existentialism - this one came to me in the shower.
2 :) D2 Cyclotron
3 :) D0 Beluga - I looked this up a few years ago; there are both beluga whales (Raffi Song), and beluga sturgeon (caviar source).
4 :) D3 Graffiti - I have a friend who is a potter, who uses the Sgraffito technique on her pottery, where she paints on glaze then carves into that surface.
5 :) D2 Dixiecrat - this one also came to me in the shower.
6 :) D1 Arrival - I've heard several positive reviews, some mentioning linguistics.

Dave M day 24

I think my winning streak is over with today’s 3/6 with questions which are probably in my opponent’s wheelhouse. Also I thought the caviar question was more difficult than you all found it.

 

1 :) Existentialism seemed to fit the question nicely. D1

2 :( Cool name. I went with Coreolis Accelerator. D2

3 :) I also guessed Beluga but thought this was a difficult question. Risky D3

4 :( Went with Pastiche. D2

5 :( I portmanteau-d the words provided – Staricrats. So that’s what Dixicrats comes from. D1

6 :) Great movie and simple question. D0

Jesse day 24

4/6

1. The thesis that no human nature precedes human presence in the world encapsulates what 20th-century philosophy, associated principally with Jean-Paul Sartre but also with Heidegger, Jaspers, Camus, de Beauvoir, and others?
Correct Answer: EXISTENTIALISM
Your Answer: Humanism
Points Assigned: 3

I really should learn the basics of philosophy. 

2. Among particle accelerators (or "atom smashers"), which are used to create high-energy collisions between atomic particles and nuclei (or other particles), one type is a linear accelerator, which stimulates the particles in a straight line. Another type, which accelerates charged particles in an outwardly spiraling path and was invented in 1931 by Ernest Lawrence at the University of California at Berkeley, is best known by what term?
Correct Answer: CYCLOTRON
Your Answer: Cyclonic
Points Assigned: 2

Close, but I don't think it will be accepted.

3. Traditionally, the term caviar is limited to the roe of three types of sturgeon from the Caspian and Black sea basins. One type is sevruga; name either of the other two.
Correct Answer: BELUGA, OSETRA
Your Answer: Beluga
Points Assigned: 1

I believe I know this from watching Bond films. 

4. While the term has quite a different (and perhaps negative) modern association, originally this term was used for the decorative technique from the Renaissance where layers of different-colored plasters are applied to a surface, with a designed scratched through one layer to reveal a different color beneath. What is this term?
Correct Answer: GRAFFITO/GRAFFITI
Your Answer: Grafitti
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess, but I am pretty sure I heard this bit of trivia before. 

5. Thirty-five Southern Democrats stormed out of the 1948 Democratic National Convention to form their own segregationist, white supremacist third party, which would nominate Strom Thurmond as its candidate for president that year, carrying four states and winning 39 electoral votes in the ensuing election. Formally the States' Rights Democratic Party, this short-lived party was best known by what portmanteau?
Correct Answer: DIXIECRATS
Your Answer: Dixicrats
Points Assigned: 0

I mangled the spelling, but seems like a gimmie for Americans.

6. "Story of Your Life," a 1998 short story by science-fiction author Ted Chiang that involves alien/human contact and a complex interpretation of language and time, was adapted into what 2016 film? 
Correct Answer: ARRIVAL
Your Answer: Arrival
Points Assigned: 1

I want to see this. 

Brad day 24

1/6 ... e rundle here i come!

1) noideaism d3
Should get partial credit for the ism!

2) curved accelerator d1
Didnt know and would have smacked myself if this was right and put something else

3) beluga d0
Have the raffi song stuck in my head now

4) isis d2
Had no idea

5) reconstrucionist d2
Nope, but makes sense now

6) interstellar d1
Saw this one on the movie channels a few months ago, didnt realize its been out 2 years

Steiny Day 24

1. :( Guessed nihilism

2. :) It came to me, I went with it and was very pleased

3. :) Had they eliminared beluga I would have been in trouble

4. :( guessed Stucco

5. :) Knew this one 

6. :) Excited to see this one but have seen the trailer a few times so this was a gimme

Brad day 23

2/6

1) brazil d1
Current event question with markets moving implications ... right in my wheelhouse

2) popcorn d1
No idea

3) cumulus, cirrus d0
Flunked high school math/science friday, but made my 7th grade science teacher proud on this one, oppo good at science so d0 (and my history bad so maybe i get a high d)

4) bows d2
Not a skier so no idea

5) lucy d2
Nope

6) conspiracy d3
Overthought this one, was thinking of 10 letter words for 5 people, not happy with d3 in retrospect

Gideon Day 23

6/6 today!

1 :) D3 - I was hoping this was about Dilma
2 :) D2 - A few years ago, I went to several stores trying to find canned hominy for a soup recipe.
3 :) D0
4 :) D1 - I didn't fall for the tennis racquet trap. I recognized Salomon and Dynastar as ski brands. (I've only skied once in my life)
5 :) D1 - I heard about this in an interview with Norman Lear
6 :) D2

Jesse Day 23

3/6

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1. Operation Car Wash is the name given to a wide-ranging corruption and money-laundering investigation that has ensnared business and political leaders, including the president (since impeached), of what country?
Correct Answer: BRAZIL
Your Answer: Brazil
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess, but I knew the female president of Brazil had just been impeached a few months ago. 

2. What food, common as grits or as the main ingredient in posole, is dried or hulled and alkaline-treated maize kernels? Its name is derived from Algonquian, as it was one of the first foods accepted by English settlers from native North Americans.
Correct Answer: HOMINY
Your Answer: Corn Starch
Points Assigned: 1

So that is what Hominy is. My opponent is crazy good in food. 

3. One of the three base types in cloud nomenclature is stratus; what are both of the other two? The three, alone or in combination with themselves and/or nimbus ("raincloud") or altus, make up the ten basic types of cloud classification (e.g., nimbostratus).
Correct Answer: CIRRUS, CUMULUS
Your Answer: Cummulus and Sirrus
Points Assigned: 1

My spelling isn't great, but I should get htis one.

4. Rossignol, Salomon, Elan, Dynastar and Fischer are all brands most prominently of what type of sporting equipment?
Correct Answer: SKIS
Your Answer: Tennis
Points Assigned: 0

Damn. My father had a Rossignol racket and I don't ski. First, I should have put tennis racket if I was going to give the wrong answer. Second I should have put skis if I was going to give the right answer. Hopefully she marks this as a 0 as it seems like a gimmie I just had a mindfart on. 

5. Two months before the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Roe v. Wade case in January 1973, what sitcom's title character famously and controversially made TV history by undergoing an abortion (legal at the time in the state of New York) to terminate an unplanned pregnancy at age 47?
Correct Answer: MAUDE
Your Answer: Mary Tyler Moore
Points Assigned: 3

Nope.

6. Though the term itself dates back centuries and is derived from Hebrew, its modern meaning—a group of people united in ideology or intrigue— is believed to come from (or at least be popularized by) five leading advisers to England's Charles II between 1667 and 1673, whose initials spell out the word. What is that word?
Correct Answer: CABAL
Your Answer: Cabal
Points Assigned: 2

It came to me pretty quick. 

Dave M day 23

Another 4/6 – enjoying the questions in the late stages of the league this year.

 

1 :) Lava Jato scandal has had quite an impact on oil and gas in Brazil. D0 (opponent’s top subject is current events)

2 :( I put down Semolina which I think is the same food but in Italian not Algonquin. D1

3 :) Cumulus was a definite and Cirrus was a bit of a guess, I know it’s a cloud type but didn’t know it was a base type. D2

4 :) Easy if you’re a skier, probably impossible otherwise. D1

5 :( Also went with Mary Tyler Moore. D3

6 :) Only word that seemed to fit. D2

Steiny Day 23

1. :( guessed South Korea for some reason

2. :) i knew hominy grits was a thing, never really knew what hominy was, so I went with it

3. :( got cumulus, couldn;t think of the other so i wrote fluffy

4. :( guessed baseball bats

 

5. :( guessed Mary Tyler Moore (I bet MIchael Mann would have gotten this one)

6. :) Happy to get this one

Brad day 22

1/6 ... they need to take away my engineering degrees, answered way too quickly, but will get a forfeit win

1) florentine d3
No idea

2) elfish d2
Thought they were playing a lord of the rings angle

3) boy meets world d0
Easy if you grew up in 90s

4) tin, zinc d1
Knew tin, and couldnt remember if other one was zinc or copper

5) x d1
Dumb mistake, read question too quickly

6) mohincan sun d2
My submission for bwa ...

Gideon Day 22

5/6 today

1 :) D1
2 :) D1
3 :) D0
4 :) D2
5 :) D2
6 :( D3 Simon Bolivar - I didn't know, and would have come closer with a Tupac Shakur based joke answer.

Dave M day 22

Another 4/6 today but in subjects strong for my opponent (who seems to be on her way to rundle B) so it will be close.

 

1 :( Went with Camera Buffa. Obscura makes much more sense. D2

2 :) Two Ls together, and far too few vowels, can only be Welsh. D0

3 :) I remember watching this growing up. D1

4 :( Went with Iron and Copper. D2

5 :) The rare math question that I immediately know the answer to. D1

6 :) Tupa – looks like Tupac (Shakur) – he was named after Tupac Amaru – no idea what/who Tupac Amaru was but seems to fit the description. Success! D3

Jesse Day 22

3/6

1. A mechanical device from the 16th century that uses a series of adjustable mirrors and lenses to project a scene in a darkened space to aid in painting or drawing was known as camera ottica, but is better known as what other "camera"?
Correct Answer: CAMERA OBSCURA
Your Answer: Obscura
Points Assigned: 1

I was a film major and even made one of these in high school. 

2. In what language is the following sentence written? Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod.
Correct Answer: WELSH (CYMRAEG)
Your Answer: Welsh
Points Assigned: 1

I know Welsh when I see it. I also happen to live in the main line suburbs of Philadelphia where many of the town have Welsh names such as Narberth, Wynnewood, Ardmore  Bala Cynwyd and Bryn Mawr.

3. What 1990s television series began with the title character, Cory Matthews, as a sixth-grader who navigates his pre-teen years alongside his best friend, Shawn, and his future wife, Topanga? They all pass through high school and into college during the show's original seven seasons.
Correct Answer: BOY MEETS WORLD
Your Answer: Boy Meets World
Points Assigned: 0

A little after my time, but it is referenced in popular culture enough that I knew the answer. 

4. While it may sometimes include small amounts of other metals, brass is primarily an alloy of what two metals—often in roughly a 2-to-1 ratio (though proportions can vary significantly depending on use)?
Correct Answer: COPPER, ZINC
Your Answer: Copper and Tin
Points Assigned: 2

Darn. I just didn't know.

5. The mathematical notation log_e x is accurate but is more often expressed in what other manner?
Correct Answer: ln x (NATURAL LOG)
Your Answer: 1
Points Assigned: 2

I had no clue. 

6. The Uruguayan urban guerrilla group Tupamaros were named after an 18th-century Peruvian Indian revolutionary, who himself had adopted the name of the last Incan ruler (from whom he claimed descent). What is that full name (first and last)?
Correct Answer: TÚPAC AMARU
Your Answer: Johnny Tupamaros
Points Assigned: 3

No clue.

Steiny Day 21

1. :( Never heard of it...guessed julio iglesias

2. :( Got the munich part right, wrote real munich...I know nothing of football

3. :) knew these were pecans

4. :( guessed kremlin

5. :( recognized shasta so said mountains figuring it was wrong

6. :) lucky educated guess

Gideon Day 21

I won by forfeit again yesterday. I probably would have lost otherwise.

5/6 today. Nice job Jesse!

1 :) D3 Miami Sound Machine - The "Maquina" in "A Toda Maquina" helped me feel confident in this answer.
2 :( D2 The Oshkosh Uberalles - Nope
3 :) D0 Pecans
4 :) D2 The Hermitage - I saw this at the Brattle Theater
5 :) D1 Dams
6 :) D1 Nylon

Jesse day 21

Booyah. 6/6. My first of the season.

1. Otra Vez, A Toda Maquina, Eyes of Innocence, and Primitive Love were albums released in the 1980s by what musical group? Later in the decade, the group would become the backing band for its lead singer's solo career.
Correct Answer: MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
Your Answer: Miami Soundmachine
Points Assigned: 3

This was the only answer that I could come up with and I was pretty sure it was wrong. 

2. With 26 titles, including eight of the last 12, what soccer club is the most dominant in the history of the German Bundesliga, and is Germany's most successful club in European competition? (Please note that the name of a city alone is not a sufficient answer to this question).
Correct Answer: BAYERN MUNICH
Your Answer: Bayern Munich
Points Assigned: 2

One of the only German soccer team names I know. 

3. What type of nuts, from the state tree of Texas, are pictured here? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/78y45c98n0.jpg
Correct Answer: PECANS
Your Answer: Pecan
Points Assigned: 1

My father used to buy mixed nuts in their shells, so I am familiar with what a pecan looks like in its shell. 

4. The 2002 film Russian Ark (Russkiy kovcheg) is best known (perhaps only known) for the technical wonder of its single shot of approximately an hour and a half, wandering steadily through what building?
Correct Answer: HERMITAGE MUSEUM/WINTER PALACE
Your Answer: The Hermitage
Points Assigned: 2

I never saw it, but knew about it and that it was filmed at the hermitage. 

5. Glen Canyon, New Bullards Bar, New Croton, Oroville, Robert Moses-Robert H. Saunders, Three Gorges, Itaipu, and Shasta are all names of what?
Correct Answer: DAMS
Your Answer: Dams
Points Assigned: 0

Three Gorges was what made this easy for me. 

6. Produced in 1935 and first released in the marketplace in 1938, what thermoplastic was the first commercially successful, fully synthetic fiber?
Correct Answer: NYLON
Your Answer: Nylon
Points Assigned: 1

Seems pretty easy? I thought about lycra and spandex momentarily, but then figured Nylon would have been the oldest. 

Dave M day 21

Surprising 4/6 today.

 

1 :( No idea and I’ve never even heard of Miami Sound Machine. Hope this isn’t an easy question. D2

2 :) I have watched a few of their champions league games in the past. D1

3 :) A guess but Pecan trees are everywhere in Dallas. D1

4 :( I went with Kremlin. Risky D3

5 :) This seems pretty simple with several big American ones, plus Three Gorges and Itaipu added? Maybe just me. D0

6 :) Nylon was a guess that paid off. D2

Brad day 21

3/6 ... decent day for me to be crushed against 97% hit rate BlackX

1) miami sound machine d2
Walked by the theatre that is hosting her broadway show yesterday on the way to dinner

2) bayern munich d1
One of the few soccer questions i know

3) pimento d3
No idea and couldnt think of any good sports references to back into it

4) kremlin d2
Actually wrote the answer first and then changed it

5) dams d1
Somewhat lucky guess.  Knew who robert moses was from living in nyc, and wasnt sure if related, but croton falls is on my train line.

6) polyester d0
Wrong fabric

Jesse Day 20

3/6

1. While its emphasis was on vaudeville when it was founded in 1905 (as indicated by its title), what leading weekly theatrical magazine soon expanded to cover all aspects of "show biz" (a term the journal itself originated in 1945)?
Correct Answer: VARIETY
Your Answer: Variety
Points Assigned: 0

I knew this from when I worked in film. 

2. What was the sartorially named faction of Parisian commoners who were politically active during the French Revolutionary Wars, associated for a time with the Jacobins? More broadly, the term was also used to apply to the mass of the working populace across France during the era.
Correct Answer: SANS-CULOTTES
Your Answer: Bourgeoisie
Points Assigned: 2

Never heard the term. I knew Bourgeousie was wrong, but couldn't think of another french class term. 

3. What is the only nation that shares land borders with both India and Bangladesh?
Correct Answer: BURMA/MYANMAR
Your Answer: Myanmar
Points Assigned: 1

I know maps. 

4. The development of the modern version of what musical apparatus is credited to Frenchman François Tourte, whose innovations include the use of pernambuco, perfection of the screw and eyelet system, and a heavier frog?
Correct Answer: BOW
Your Answer: Harp
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. 

5. Seventeen-year-old (or thereabouts) William Cullen Bryant's musings on a magnificent and omnipresent Nature, human mortality, and a particular view of death are contained in a meditative poem first published in 1817 under what title?
Correct Answer: THANATOPSIS
Your Answer: Thong Poem
Points Assigned: 3

I have never heard of this poem. 

6. What term for the outer layers of cereal grains is commonly found in grocery cereal aisles, as it is often added to many commercial breakfast cereals and also can be purchased separately?
Correct Answer: BRAN
Your Answer: Bran
Points Assigned: 1

I was considering bran and germ and went with the right one. 

Dave M day 20

An unexpected 3/6 today, one or two lucky guesses.

 

1 :) Variety was the only one that made sense, although I thought it would be wrong and there was a more obscure title. D1

2 :( I’d have gotten this if I’d thought about it more. I went with Flaneurs. D3

3 :) Asian geography is most of the time a gimme for me. D2

4 :( Guessed guitar given screw and eyelet system. D2

5 :( No idea. Guessed Utopia. D1

6 :) Lucky guess. I had fiber until the last minute. D0

Steiny Day 20

spent only about 2.5 minutes on this today...

1. :) Only magazine that made sense

2. :( Guessed Les incompetence

3. :( Wow, I guessed Nepal and after looking at a map I was surprised by India's eastern shape

4. :( I guessed capo and thought I was right

5. :( Nope

6. :( Guessed farina

Brad day 20

1/6

1) playbill d2
Makes sense

2) les miserables d1
Nope

3) pakistan d0
Need to spend some time studying maps, have been missing a lot of these

4) carillon d2
Went completely in wrong direction here

5) how to make friends and influence people d3
Or not ...

6) bran d1
Yup

Ben Day 19

3/6 v Pelc

1 :) Reuben. Annoying when they give you 2 paths and you know both of them.

2 :) Uffizi

3 :) Hokkaido

4 :( 50/50 Porsche v Daimler. These sting much less when one is relegation-bound either way

5 :( 12. Wasn't sure is B was 2 or 3. went the wrong way.

6 :( I guessed Yankee Doodle.

Gideon Day 19

4/6 today. I won by forfeit yesterday to our branch-mate BodkinW.

1 :) D3 Rueben - I predict that the MCW will be HAM.

2 :) D1 Uffitzi 

3 :) D2 Hokkaido 

4 :) D0 Porsche

5 :( D2 12 - I guessed that C=3 and B=2 and all of ETAOIN SHRDLU are = 1.

6 :( D1 Blue Dogs 

Dave M day 19

Sweet, 4/6 today, questions generally up my street.

 

1 :) Reuben. D0 as opponent’s surname is Friedman. I predict a 100% correct rate for this one amongst the regular posters here.

2 :) Yet again, thanks to Civilization V. D2

3 :) I’ve been to Japan. D2

4 :) I knew VW was founded by Herr Porsche. I think that came up when VW bought Porsche a few years ago. D1

5 :( I went with 16. Close – I must have over-counted B. D3, hope my opponent doesn’t love scrabble.

6 :( Guessed Blackfeet (like pieds-noirs in French). D1

 

Jesse day 19

4/6

1. The first son of Jacob and Leah and progenitor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel has a name that also commonly appears (unrelatedly) on delicatessen menus. What is that name?
Correct Answer: REUBEN
Your Answer: Rueben
Points Assigned: 0

My wife loves Reubens. One of the first deli things I thought of and it was a name. I really hope someone puts Dagwood down as an answer.

2. While the building today houses the most important collection of paintings in Italy, its original purpose when commissioned in 1560 was to house the government. What is this museum, whose name translates to English as "offices"?
Correct Answer: UFFIZI
Your Answer: Uffizi
Points Assigned: 3

I visited the Uffizi in 2013. For a breif moment I considered the Capitoline museum, but was pretty sure that did not translate into office. 

3. Of the four main islands of Japan, which is the farthest north?
Correct Answer: HOKKAIDO
Your Answer: Hokkaido
Points Assigned: 1

I've been to japan so know the names of the major islands.

4. What automotive engineer (and famous automotive name) developed the Volkswagen Beetle and the classic Mercedes-Benz SSK, not to mention various Nazi military vehicles?
Correct Answer: FERDINAND PORSCHE
Your Answer: Porshe
Points Assigned: 1

There are only so many german auto companies. My first thought was Audi, but then Porshe came to mind. 

5. In the game Scrabble, what is the sum of the point values on the tiles used to play the word SCRABBLE (as displayed on many standard Scrabble boards)?
Correct Answer: 14
Your Answer: 16
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. I actively avoid playing scrabble. 

6. What was the derogatory epithet used to describe whites of the southern United States who cooperated with occupying forces from the North during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era?
Correct Answer: SCALAWAGS
Your Answer: Carpetbagger
Points Assigned: 2

Oh, so that is what that term means. I considered Yankee Doodle Dandy, but went with Carpetbagger even though I was pretty sure that was an insult for a Northern who moved to the South after reconstruction.

Steiny Day 19

1. :) I wish they hadn;t given the sandwich clue...REuben was the eldest ofthe children of ISrael, Simeon and Levi the next in line, Naftali and Issachar, then asher and dan, zebulon and gad took the total to nine...Jacob, Jacob and sons....

2. :( Racked my brains.  Could not come up with the name despite having been there. 

3. :) Shot in the dark :))

4. :( Wrote Daimler

5. :) Gimme for anyone who has played scrabble

6. :( Guessed Spankee Yankees

Brad day 19

Disappointing 2/6, thought a bunch were very gettable today

1) reuben d1
Yum

2) uffizi d3
Went d3 as opponent relatively weak at art and hoping they think of rome instead of florence

3) kyushu d1
Typed in kyushu, changed to hokkaido, then changed back to kyushu thinking it was the little island on the north ... submit ...

4) fiat d2
Felt wrong but kept thinking of italian brands

5) 13 d2
#!%&  c has 3 points not 2

6) crows d0
D0 because of opponents strong history profile which i most definately do not have

Ben Day 18

Oh man. I didn't post for a few days, but rest assured that you missed nothing but losses. My one win this season came from an opposition forfeit. It is taking its toll on my enthusiasm.

3/6 today.

1 :( ska

2 :) Monroe. 

3 :) Series 7.  This is my in for this game. opponent has weak business econ and may over-defend this one against me. Under the assumption that this was my only path to victory, D3.

4 :( I guessed 'initial'. great question.

5 :( What is a tone poem.  I guessed 'Superman'

6 :) Baked. 

Brad day 18

Another 2/6

1) reggae d0
Seemed wrong based on that it was somewhat mentioned in the clue, but had no better guess

2) monroe d1
I finally got a us history question!

3) series 7 d2
I am a trader ... this was as easy as it gets for me

4) puritan  d2
The clue now makes more sense

5) das spiegel d3
No idea

6) with cheese d1
Wasnt sure and cheese in french is fromage, thought it sounded 'close enough'

Dave M day 18

First day back after a week travelling – my week was the usual mediocrity of a couple of wins and a couple of losses.

 

3/6 today.

 

1 :) I just knew this was Dancehall for some reason. Maybe bigger in the UK than USA? D1

2 :) Simple for most US History fans, like my opponent D0

3 :( For me this was just a guess of a random number up to about 100. I went with 42. D1

4 :( This makes a lot of sense. I guessed Sons. D2

5 :( Never heard of this. I guessed struggle. This could be a bad D3

6 :) Baked in oven. Hope my opponent’s poor run in food questions continues. D2

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Jesse Day 18

3/6

1. What genre of Jamaican music, named for the type of venue in which it originated, emerged in the 1970s with DJs "toasting" over prerecorded tracks? A precursor to American rap and hip hop, it borrowed back from those styles in the 80s in its transformation into the modern, digital "ragga" style.
Correct Answer: DANCEHALL
Your Answer: Ska
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. I had no idea. 

2. The existence of a separate political system in the Western Hemisphere; U.S. resistance to further European colonization in the region; U.S. neutrality with existing European colonies and in European affairs: these items are included in a doctrine written by John Quincy Adams but attributed to (and proclaimed by) whom?
Correct Answer: JAMES MONROE
Your Answer: Monroe
Points Assigned: 0

Relatively easy American history question I think. 

3. The "Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination," which is administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and qualifies candidates to become investment advisers, is commonly known as the Series 65 exam. Another FINRA exam, formally the "General Securities Representative Exam (GS)," provides the qualifications necessary to trade general securities (i.e., be a stockbroker) and is likewise best known by what numerical name?
Correct Answer: SERIES 7 EXAM
Your Answer: 66
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

4. Two of the three words in the title of a popular, moralistic 1812 novel could also apply to the group that created the novel—pastor Johann David Wyss and his sons, Johann Rudolf Wyss and Johann Emmanuel Wyss. What are either of those two words?
Correct Answer: SWISS FAMILY
Your Answer: White
Points Assigned: 2

Ah, maybe gave this one too many points.

5. A philosophical tract by Friedrich Nietzsche provides the loose basis for a tone poem composed in 1896 by Richard Strauss. What title do they share?
Correct Answer: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA)
Your Answer: Thus spoke Zarathustra
Points Assigned: 1

My brother had this on his bookshelf I think. Or I had it. Either way I have never read it, but one of the few Nietzsche titles that stuck in my head. 

6. Pasta and other Italian dishes which are described as al forno, such as lasagna, have what distinction?
Correct Answer: (OVEN) BAKED
Your Answer: Baked
Points Assigned: 1

I lived in Italy long enough to at least have taken that in. 

Steiny Day 18

1. :( Never heard of this, I guessed Rasta

2. :) The only real foreign policy doctrine I know, seemed simple

3. :) Had many friends who have taken this

4. :( No, but on reflection I like the question

5. :( guessed Metamorphosis

6. :) Got baked, seemed like something unique to lasagna over other pasta

Gideon Day 17

5/6 Today

1 :) D0 Suits - Got it from the clue, not from ever having seen the show.
2 :( D2 The Johnson & Johnson No More Tears Promise - When I have no clue, I try to go for a lucky Johnson guess.
3 :) D2 Kuwait
4 :) D3 Objectivism - I can think of a few other words for it that aren't really appropriate for polite company.
5 :) D1 Crudite
6 :) D1 Princess Mononoke - Studio Ghibli!

Jesse day 17

2/6. ugh. 

1. This is a promotional still from what (seemingly appropriately named) television series? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/43985yc3p89y038p9.jpg
Correct Answer: SUITS
Your Answer: Suits
Points Assigned: 1

Never seen the show, but I've heard of it and the clue made it clear.

2. The 1928 Pact of Paris, formally the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy, was a noble but toothless agreement best known by a name that references its authors, the U.S. Secretary of State and the French Foreign Minister. What is this more common name?
Correct Answer: KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT
Your Answer: Hall and Oates
Points Assigned: 3

Nope. Was never going to get this one.

3. Directed by the United Nations Security Council, construction began in 1991 on a 120-mile long fence and barrier zone, nine miles wide with electrified fencing, concertina wire, trenches, and dirt berms, on the border of two nations. Name either of those nations.
Correct Answer: IRAQ, KUWAIT
Your Answer: South Korea
Points Assigned: 2

This is my first slap my head due to my stupidity moment in a while. A gimmie that I just didn't think hard enough about. Stupid, stupid, stupid. 

4. What is the name of the philosophical system developed by Ayn Rand, expressed in The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged as well as in her nonfiction works, which holds, among other tenets, that all real achievement is the result of individual ability and effort and that altruism is a vice?
Correct Answer: OBJECTIVISM
Your Answer: Exceptionalism
Points Assigned: 1

I have steered clear of Ayn Rand's wroks and thought my whole life. 

5. Deriving from a French term for "raw" or "uncooked", what word is used to refer to raw vegetables or fruits, often thinly sliced or grated and accompanied by cold sauces, that are served as an hors d'oeuvre?
Correct Answer: CRUDITÉS
Your Answer: Crudite
Points Assigned: 0

I hate these things.

6. Pictured here is a scene from what animated film? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/784y9nc84y53.jpg
Correct Answer: PRINCESS MONONOKE
Your Answer: Akira
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

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Brad day 17

Another 2/6 ... opponent good at tv and movies, bad at lit, current events, and history, otherwise would have played d different

1) suits d0
Couldnt think of it at first, the clue got it for me

2) jimmy carter useless measures pact d3
Hehe

3) north korea d2
Went 50/50 between this and the answer, james bond marathon took me the wrong way

4) individualism d2
I knew this a long time ago, beer killed that brain cell. 

5) crudite d1
Yay food question!

6) not a disney princess movie d1
I have a 3 yr old daughter ... those are the only cartoons i know

Gideon Day 16

Check out our branch-mate SilvermanA, holding down the number one spot in Rundle A!

5/6 today

1 :) D3 Stand By Me - Once I got it, it seemed like a perfect fit. The early 80's anthology clue made me think of Stephen King.
2 :) D1 Terra Haute - I learned that Indiana's state song is "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away", on LL61 MD19.
3 :( D2 Bhagavad Gita - I was pretty sure this was part of the Mahabharata (and the wrong answer). There's a pretty cool animated film called "Sita Sings the Blues" based on the Ramayana, but I couldn't remember the name. http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html
4 :) D0 Pinkerton
5 :) D1 Chapelle's Show - I spent awhile going back and forth on the 's.
6 :) D2 Tetherball - Whew, I was afraid it was going to be some obscure, disturbing sport.

Jesse day 16

4/6

1. A 1986 film, whose plot is derived from a novella published in 1982 (as part of an anthology), takes its title from a song first released in 1961. What is that title?
Correct Answer: STAND BY ME
Your Answer: Brazil
Points Assigned: 2

It was the first thing that popped into my mind and I thought film was from around then, Brazil is the title and their is a song called Brazil that sounds like it is from the 60's. Looking it up Brazil the movie is from 1985, the song is from 1939. No novel to speak of. 

2. "High Land" is the English translation of the name of what midwestern U.S. city, describing its location on a plateau overlooking the Wabash River?
Correct Answer: TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
Your Answer: Terre Haute
Points Assigned: 2

I knew the Wabash river was in Indiana and only I can only name  four cities there. Terre haute certainly jumped out as the correct answer. 

3. Of the two great epic poems of India, the longer is the Mahābhārata. The shorter, composed in Sanskrit by the poet Valmiki and with 24,000 couplets divided into seven books is its modern form, has what name?
Correct Answer: RAMAYANA
Your Answer: Namaya
Points Assigned: 3

Ugh, I was on the right track, but couldn't get the word to form in my mind. 

4. What Scottish-born American detective and spy led an intelligence network for General George McClellan and served President Lincoln as head of what would be the precursor to the Secret Service? Later, his namesake National Detective Agency would battle the Molly Maguires and police other labor disputes (often controversially and violently).
Correct Answer: ALLAN PINKERTON
Your Answer: Pinkerton
Points Assigned: 1

Only detective agency I can think of. 

5. Prince, Tron Carter, Negrodamus, Ashy Larry, and Rick James are among the characters (real and fictional) who appeared on what sketch comedy series?
Correct Answer: CHAPPELLE'S SHOW
Your Answer: Chapelle Show
Points Assigned: 0

Hopefully I am not penalized for my lack of a 's

6. The object pictured here is among the regulation equipment produced for use in what game? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/8775985nc0870.jpg
Correct Answer: TETHERBALL
Your Answer: Tetherball
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea. Tetherball was my best guess and it turned out right. 

Brad day16

Thought today was tough. 1/6 and was happy to get that.  Won yesterday on d 4(2) - 3(3) getting 3 for stud!

1) california dreaming d1
Nope

2) chicago d0
Im from the midwest and have never heard of the answer

3) krav maga d3
Nope

4) buchanan d2
Vaguely remember the answer from high school history

5) in living color d2
Didnt watch chapelle, feel like the d2 going to hurt today

6) tetherball d1
Wild guess!  Was the 2nd grade twin beach elementary playground champion!

Take a look at BlackX in the R rundle

This person has a TCA of 81! Is this a new IBM supercomputer testing itself out in LL? The second highest TCA in all of Sierra is 68. 

-Jesse

Gideon Day 15

5/6 today

1 :) D1 Elvis Presley
2 :( D2 Viet Cong
3 :) D2 Cymbals
4 :) D1 Microwave
5 :) D0 Puerto Rico
6 :) D3 Stud

Jesse Day 15

5/6, I think

1. The Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie was inspired by the hysteria that followed whose draft into the U.S. Army?
Correct Answer: ELVIS PRESLEY
Your Answer: Elvis
Points Assigned: 3

My first thought was I had no clue and was going to put down John Coltrane. Then I remembered Elvis was drafted and that seemed to be a logical answer.

2. The "League for the Independence of Vietnam" was a political and military organization formed in 1941 to liberate Vietnam from the Japanese and then gain independence from France (and then oppose South Vietnam and the U.S. in the Vietnam War). By what two-word name—an abbreviation of the organization's full official name and reminiscent of the name of its long-time leader— was this coalition of nationalists and communists widely known?
Correct Answer: VIET MINH
Your Answer: Viet Minh
Points Assigned: 2

I too would have put Viet Cong, but the clue indicated that part of Ho Chi Minh's name was in there and Viet Minh was familiar. 

3. Meinl, Paiste, Sabian, and Zildjian are considered the "big four" manufacturers of what?
Correct Answer: CYMBALS
Your Answer: Cymbals
Points Assigned: 1

I have a very good freind who plays the drums. I do think I would have known Zildjian either way. 

4. Maser—a high-frequency amplifier in which a signal is used to stimulate atoms into emitting energy at the same frequency—is, like laser, an acronym. What does the "m" in maser stand for?
Correct Answer: MICROWAVE
Your Answer: Magnetic
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. Put I should have thought about this more as microwave seems obvious in retrospect.

5. With an area of ~3,500 square miles and 3.7 million residents (at the 2010 census), what is by far (by both measures) the largest U.S. territory?
Correct Answer: PUERTO RICO
Your Answer: Puerto Rico
Points Assigned: 0

I've been there, seemed logical.

6. Legend says that the name for a particular variant of the game of poker, where players receive a mix of face-up and face-down cards, comes from the item one player offered as a bet when the game was created during the mid-1800s. What is the name for that poker variant?
Correct Answer: STUD
Your Answer: 7 card stud
Points Assigned: 1

I hope he takes 7 card stud. 

Steiny Day 15

1. :) Gimme (was in the show in HS)

2. :( So close, wrote Viet Cong

3. :( So far! Wrote engines

4. :( I guessed movement

5. :) Seemed like most logical guess

6. :) love poker, did not know this fact, but the description of the game gave it away

3/6

Brad day15

Felt good about my submissions ... but ended up another 2/6

1) florence nightingale d2
Hadnt seen, felt good about this one though.  Hopefully my small sample size good theatre this season gets me a low d here

2) viet cong d1
Originally put in hochi min, reread question and changed it to this, think i deserve 1/2 credit!

3) drums d3
I knew zildjian from going to concerts and not the others.  Glad i d3'd it

4) molecular d2
Nope, but thought was a reasonable wild guess

5) puerto rico d0
Wasnt sure of this one because of the population, but couldnt think of a territory with a bigger one

6) stud d1
Seemed pretty straightforward

Gideon Day 14

4/6 today

1 :) D2 Toledo
2 :( D3 Clay - I would have guessed Douglass (Dougie) or Johnson (Lucky) if the name Clay hadn't somehow come to mind. I was trying to remember the name of the Tommy Lee Jones character in Lincoln.
3 :) D1 Merchant and Ivory
4 :| D2 Receiving
5 :) D0 Open Sesame
6 :) D1 The Doug E

Jesse Day 14

4/6

1. What U.S. city, which had a population of around 287,000 in the 2010 census, shares a name with a province and historical city of Spain?
Correct Answer: TOLEDO
Your Answer: Toledo
Points Assigned: 2

First though was Seville, but then changed it to Toledo at the last minute. 

2. The controversial (to say the least) proviso to ban slavery within land acquired during the Mexican War was introduced in 1846 by what Pennsylvania Congressman? While it was never passed into law, it is credited with helping to bring about the eventual collapse of the Whigs and the later emergence of the Republican Party.
Correct Answer: DAVID WILMOT
Your Answer: Douglass
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. I had no idea.

3. Ismail and James are the first names of what iconic and distinctive filmmaking duo, whose names have come to represent a certain style of film beyond those they themselves produced that are similar in manner and gentility?
Correct Answer: MERCHANT IVORY
Your Answer: McCormick
Points Assigned: 3

Ahhh. Seems gettable. Probably gave it too many points.

4. In business, what is the most common term for the current asset designation, reported on a company's balance sheet, which represents the amount owed to the company by its customers or debtors in the short term? It is often (but not necessarily) accompanied by the word "accounts"?
Correct Answer: RECEIVABLES
Your Answer: Receivable
Points Assigned: 1

I have to manage my non-profits books, so am familiar with basic business terms. 

5. The fictional woodcutter Ali Baba's life turns rich and prosperous thanks mostly to what phrase?
Correct Answer: OPEN, SESAME
Your Answer: Open Sesame
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie, right?

6. What rap artist's first claim to fame was as the "original human beat box" (or for being on in six minutes in his hit song "The Show"), but is perhaps now best known for his namesake hip hop dance, popularized 20 years after his artistic peak? (Note: You may name either the artist or the dance.)
Correct Answer: DOUG E. FRESH/DOUGIE
Your Answer: Dougie
Points Assigned: 1

One of the few hip hop dances I can name. 

Ben Day 14

2/6 thanks to a real howler on the simple accounting question.

1 :) Toledo. This took some thinking. I'm impressed that we are 3/3 on this so far.

2 :( I Guessed Pierce.

3 :( Never heard of this. I guessed Wachowski.

4 :( Good god. I wrote payable instead of receivable because I was half asleep. I have been discussing accounts payable and receivable for hours over the past few weeks as we set up our business processes. It is absurd that I brainfarted on this one.

5 :) Open Sesame.

6 :( Never heard of him. Steiny says this is 'easy'. Disagree.

Steiny Day 14

KNew a few, and didn't know others

1. :) Got this one pretty quickly, once Toledo popped in my head it couldn't be anything else

2. :( Never heard of him, guessed Calhoun

3. :( Never heard of this, I said Cameron

4. :) Accounts gave it away for me

5. :( I guessed "Your wish is my command" but this answer is better

6. :) Easy

Brad day14

2/6 ... thought d was pretty tough to figure out today

1) toledo d2
Probably would not have got this if someone here didnt guess this for the pomplona one last week

2) harrison d3
Had no chance on this one, especially since i meant to put harrisburg

3) coen brothers d1
No idea, went d1 as it seemed like a random knowledge question if you had seen their films

4) receivables d0
Straightforward accounting question

5) abracadabra d2
Nope, didnt feel good about the d2 but based on opponent profile thought they were more likely to get some of the others.

6) ice cube d1
No idea, but was the only 90s artist that i could think of that also seemed like it could also be a dance

Ben Day 13

2/6.

1 :) Danube = Hungary + water.

2 :( I guessed Jasper Johns.

3 :( I guessed Frankfurt. Disappointing, given the amount fo time I've spent reading about the rise of fascism in the 1930s over the past month.

4 :( I had tikka and changed it to kofta last minute. lame.

5 :) I had been thinking! I can't believe I got this right. IThere were a couple of these grammar questions in my early years, and I looked up all the tenses and learned them. We didn't cover that in Australian schools. Then over 4 years I forgot it all, though remembered enough to give an educated guess.

6 :( I guessed Airfields.

Jesse Day 13

2/6

1. A regulatory commission was established in Europe in 1948, currently headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, and including only fellow riparian nations, for the common purpose of improving, maintaining, and safeguarding free navigation of what?
Correct Answer: DANUBE RIVER
Your Answer: Danube River
Points Assigned: 0

My first thought was rivers and then I thought pretty much all European countires would have rivers so it had to be the Danube. (I lived in Budapest so knew it went between Buda and Pest.)

2. 1944's Hoosick Falls in Winter is among the works painted during the 23-year career of what American artist, who died in December 1961 at age 101?
Correct Answer: GRANDMA MOSES
Your Answer: Francis
Points Assigned: 2

Nope! Just through out a random last name. 

3. The first parliamentary democracy was officially created in Germany with the signing into law of the Constitution of the German Reich by SDP member and provisional president of the German Reichstag (and chancellor-to-be) Friedrich Ebert. This signing took place in 1919 in what city?
Correct Answer: WEIMAR
Your Answer: Berlin
Points Assigned: 1

Ah. Well that makes sense. Was not going to get there. 

4. What Hindi word, adopted into English and very common on menus of Indian restaurants, has much the same meaning as kebab, referring to small chunks of grilled meat (usually)?
Correct Answer: TIKKA
Your Answer: Tikka
Points Assigned: 2

I was flummoxed, but Tikka was my best guess and it turned out to be right. 

5. Rewrite the following sentence, changing the verb to past perfect progressive: I think.
Correct Answer: I HAD BEEN THINKING
Your Answer: I had thought
Points Assigned: 1

I didn't remember what past perfect progressive was and I am not sure I was ever taught this. 

6. Wandsworth, Brixton, Wakefield, Wormwood Scrubs, Albany, Long Lartin, and Parkhurst are all British examples of what?
Correct Answer: PRISONS
Your Answer: Suburbs of London
Points Assigned: 3

Nope. Clearly I don't watch enough British TV. 

Dave M day 13

3/6 today on a UK/Euro-friendly set of questions

1 :) Riparian (river) and Budapest meant it could only be the Danube. D2
2 :( No idea. D1
3 :( I thought a long time about this, knew it would be obvious when I saw it. I went with Nuremberg knowing it was wrong. Risky D3
4 :) Fun fact - Tikka Masala was invented in my husband's home town Glasgow in 1964. D0
5 :( Great question. I went with I had thought. Close. D1
6 :) Wormwood Scrubs is the famous one, and I used to live less than a mile from Wandsworth Prison, so a pretty easy one for me. D2

Brad day 13

0/6 ... tough start to the week, but entirely self inflicted

1) goods d3
Figured riperian was the clue, had no idea what it meant

2) pollock d2
Dont know art

3) berlin d2
Bad miss, should have thought about this one a little longer

4) curry d1
Another bad miss, dont eat much indian food ... but of course chicken tikka masala is what i usually get

5) thunk d0

As in: i did not thunk today

6) earldoms d1
Albany ... trying to think of a bad new york politics joke

Ben Day 12

3/6

1 :) modulus. I got this as another word for absolute. tough one.

2 :( I also guessed Lady Gaga. I knew there was some rumor about her. KD Land was a better wrong guess.

3 :) ailerons. my friend in Melbourne works on the wing design of the 787, though he works on a particular type of aileron called a flaperon!

4 :) hedge fund.

5 :( sugar. I thought chantilly cream was a dessert-related food, so I figured we should sweeten up that delicious delicious hollandaise. Didn't occur to me to just write cream. Hollandaise is pretty creamy to begin with. I don't think I've had a good eggs benedict for at least a year. That must be rectified shortly.

6 :( No shot here. I guessed James Levine because he was the conductor of one of the North East US orchestras so at least he was the right century, unlike anyone else I could think of of any nationality.

Gideon Day 12

5/6 today.

1 :) D3
2 :) D1
3 :) D2 Aileron
4 :) D2
5 :( D1 Mushroom - I continue to be impressed by the way Jesse and I get the same wrong answers.
6 :) D0 Benjamin Brittan - Close enough? I knew this from Moonrise Kingdom.

Dave M day 12

A surprising 4/6 with a very rare correct classical music guess. Should be good for a win.

 

1 :( No idea. D0 as opponent strong in math.

2 :( Had to be a famous Lesbian with the proud phrasing. I also guessed KD Lang. D2. Brad I’d be truly amazed if the rumor surrounding Lady Gaga ever turned out to be true!

3 :) I know planes. D1

4 :) I know Hedge Funds. D1. Although I did wonder if this was going to be some alt-right term for ‘metropolitan’ elites.

5 :) I’ve heard of Chantilly Cream before so assumed this was the same thing, which makes Cream the obvious answer. D2

6 :) I just knew Britten was a famous 20^th century composer. D3

Jesse day 12

2/6 My opponent lives in the town over from me. 

1. What term is used in mathematics to describe a number that divides exactly into the difference between two given numbers (relevant to mathematical congruence)? The term is also used for the multiplication factor that converts a logarithm of one base to a logarithm of another base, as well as being another name for absolute value.
Correct Answer: MODULUS
Your Answer: Real
Points Assigned: 1

Never heard of the term. 

2. What singer-songwriter's fourth studio album was titled Yes I Am, in an apparent and proudly bold response to questions from much of her earlier career involving her personal life?
Correct Answer: MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Your Answer: McGlaughlin
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

3. Separate from flaps and spoilers, the hinged surfaces on the back edge of airplane wings which are moved up and down to create uneven lift and thus control the plane's rolling and tilting movements are known as what? 
Correct Answer: AILERONS
Your Answer: Aileron
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess, but the only word I could think of. Was trying to decide between Airlerons and Ailerons and went the right way. 

4. Identify the term, first used by financial journalist and investor Alfred Winslow Jones in the mid-20th century and still not clearly defined, which is closely associated with Steve Cohen, Daniel Loeb, John Paulson, Bill Ackman, Ken Griffin, David Tepper, and George Soros, among others.
Correct Answer: HEDGE FUND
Your Answer: Hedge Fund
Points Assigned: 1

I initially had Activist Investor and then switched to hedge Fund. 

5. Mousseline, also known as sauce Chantilly, is a variation of hollandaise which includes the addition of what ingredient?
Correct Answer: (WHIPPED) CREAM
Your Answer: Mushroom
Points Assigned: 0

Nope.

6. The ebullient Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is the work of what 20th-century composer, arguably Britain's most celebrated since Sir Edward Elgar?
Correct Answer: BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Your Answer: Smith
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of him. 

Brad day 12

1) ordinal d1
Nope

2) lady gaga d2
Thought i had a chance with this one

3) tails d1
No idea

4) hedge fund d0
Im a trader

5) cream d2
Very lucky guess.  Knew french food uses a lot of cream and didnt think hollandaise had any.

6) andrew lloyd webber d3
Figured was wrong but didnt know who else would be the most celebrated british composer of the 20th century

Steiny Day 12

A banner day of 0/6 for my match against the lrundle leader...I probably had no chance even if i knew a few of them

1. :( Nope

2. :( Guessed KD Lang

3. :( Rudders

4. :( Tech Industrialists (this ws probably the most gettable)

5. :( Ketchup (probably second most gettable)

6. :( Stark

Gideon Day 11

2/6 today

1 :) D0
2 :( D3 Wine
3 :( D1 South Dakota - That's where Sitting Bull is from.
4 :) D1 Mahjong
5 :( D2 Kunduz
6 :( D2 Dagger - I was thinking of the movie/game Cloak and Dagger.

correction - Steiny Day 11

I accidentally put a :) on my answer to #2, but I actually meant to put a :(.  

Ben Day 11

1/6.

1 :( SHould have gotten this. I couldn't remember her name and ending up throwing in the towel and guessing Meyer.

2 :( winemaking.

3 :( Arkansas. No idea on this.

4 :) mah-jongg.

5 :( Kandahar. Mirkin's gues of Kunduz is amazing if you look at a map (especially comapred to the rest of our guesses).

6 :( Slingshot. I hadn't heard of the casino, the movie or the Atari game. Had I guessed a famous weapon, maybe this would have been it.

Dave M day 11

Disappointed to get 2/6 today, thought I’d do better with a set of questions on the topics covered.

 

1 :) The facebook logos gave it away. D1

2 :( Toss up between Art and Literature and I went the wrong way. D2

3 :( Was very confident about South Dakota given the Crazy Horse memorial near Mount Rushmore. D1

4 :) The only Chinese game I know of. D2

5 :( Tough question. I guessed Kunduz. D3 and hopefully my opponent burns his D0 here.

6 :( Went with Sabre. Never heard of the Excalibur casino. D0