Steiny End of Season

A tie yesterday pushed me to 16th and secured my spot in C next season.  Just made it...phew.  Looking forward to welcoming Jesse and Will back to C and perhaps CarrBen12 who just missed promotion but might get sweeped up depending on numbers...

Gideon Day 25 LL73

3/6 today, against fellow Carrbenite SilvermanA.

1 :( D2 Mortdecai - Nope
2 :) D1 Munich
3 :) D0 Financial Times
4 :) D3 Uttar Pradesh
5 :( D2 Sand Wedge
6 :( D1 The Mentalist

See you next season!

brad day25

still in e but a 4/6 to end the season (my best day this season) puts me 6 tca above last one ... another jump like this and im in the hunt for promotion

1) la la land d1

watched parts of all of above with wifey

2) munich d1

jewish gimme?

3) finacial times d2

an auto d0 for me if you know this, if not will get some good points based on my profile

4) punjab d3

nope

5) pitching wedge d2

wasnt sure how to d this, yekioyd

6) ncis d0

figured quantico wasnt right

Steiny Day 25

Last day and I need a win to avoid relegation, luckily I ma playing one of the weakest in the rundle...

1. :) Easy since I knew gangster squad cast

2. :) gimme

3. :( Wrote new york observer which also used to be pink...argh

4. :( New delhi

5. :( I do not golf, I wrote big driver

6. :) Seen so many ads for it during football but never actually seen show

will3/6 be enough for a win???? who knows

Jesse day 25

5/6 Ben and I both are very close to being promoted back to C. Hopefully we can come through.

1. Two co-stars of the 2011 film Crazy, Stupid Love and the 2013 film Gangster Squad appeared together for a third time in what 2016 film?

Correct Answer: LA LA LAND

Your Answer: La La Land

Points Assigned: 0

I had a similar question at pub trivia a few weeks back. 

2. The most infamous and widely publicized attack committed by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September took place in what city?

Correct Answer: MUNICH

Your Answer: Munich

Points Assigned: 2

I saw the film and probably would have known this anyway.

3. In January 1893, to differentiate itself from a similarly named local competitor, what publication began printing on salmon pink paper, a tradition it continues to this day?

Correct Answer: FINANCIAL TIMES

Your Answer: The Guardian

Points Assigned: 3

Nope. I had no idea. Figured it was British.

4. What state in northern India, renamed in 1950 from the post-independence United Provinces, has a population of about 200 million, more than all but five countries of the world?

Correct Answer: UTTAR PRADESH

Your Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Points Assigned: 2

I knew UT had a ton of people and it is two words. I've been there twice.

5. The golf club sometimes designated as the "10-iron" is most often known by what two-word name?

Correct Answer: PITCHING WEDGE

Your Answer: Pitching wedge

Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess, but it seemed right.

6. The real-life Behavioral Analysis Unit, a department within the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime based in Quantico, Virginia, is the primary setting for what fictional crime drama series, which has run on the CBS network since its debut in September 2005?

Correct Answer: CRIMINAL MINDS

Your Answer: Criminal Minds

Points Assigned: 1

My wife watches it. 

Dave M day 25

Well I’m definitely getting the wooden spoon in C and look forward to a season in D next time around. Look forward to seeing you all again then. A 4/6 to end this season.

 

1 :) I normally wouldn’t know this but read something right this weekend that mentioned Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were in Crazy Stupid Love. D1

2 :) Simple world history question but that’s my opponent’s worst category. D2

3 :) I subscribe to the pink paper, so gimme. D3

4 :) I know Uttar Pradesh is the most populous Indian state. D1

5 :( Thought I would get this with Sand Wedge. D1

6 :( I had no idea. There are far too many crime dramas to keep track of. D0

Gideon Day 24

Almost done!
3/6 today?

1 :( D1 Mayor - I recognized some names, but not well enough.
2 :( D0 The Wizard of Oz - Correct year on the film, but it only grossed 1/76th of Gone with the Wind.
3 :) D1 Zoot Suit
4 :| D2 Tiaga - Close enough?
5 :| D2 Mr Tickles
6 :( D3 Anderson - Marian Anderson died in 1993, at the age of 97.

Jesse day 24

2/6

1. Xavier Becerra, Pam Bondi, Eric Schneiderman, Bill Schuette, Lisa Madigan, Ken Paxton, and Bob Ferguson are among the individuals that currently hold what position?
Correct Answer: (STATE) ATTORNEY GENERAL
Your Answer: State Attonery Generals
Points Assigned: 0

I knew of Pam Pondi from Florida. 

2. What film appeared on network television for the first time in November 1976, becoming the highest-rated television program ever (and still today highest rated movie ever), thirty-seven years after becoming the highest-grossing film of all time?
Correct Answer: GONE WITH THE WIND
Your Answer: Jaws
Points Assigned: 2

Mis-read the clue, but would have missed it anyway.

3. Race riots during World War II in Los Angeles that primarily targeted Mexicans and Mexican-Americans are widely known by a term that references what specific apparel item, which was popular among the victimized communities as a symbol of new-found prosperity?
Correct Answer: ZOOT SUIT
Your Answer: Jeans
Points Assigned: 1

Ah, Zoot suit riot. Very gettable.

4. What northern forest biome, consisting primarily of cone-bearing evergreens with some deciduous trees, is found just south of the tundra biome and constitutes the Earth's largest biome aside from the oceans? The term is borrowed from Russian, as the biome covers much of that country.
Correct Answer: TAIGA
Your Answer: Taiga
Points Assigned: 1

I just knew this one.

5. What is the name of the literary character in this image? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/498y5c03489c5348.jpg
Correct Answer: MR. TICKLE
Your Answer: Mr Squigles
Points Assigned: 2

I knew it was Mr something. But didn't knew which one. 

6. What American soprano and opera superstar made her Metropolitan Opera debut portraying Countess Almaviva in Le nozze de Figaro in 1991 and, after some 70 performances there over two and a half decades, reportedly gave her final performance at the Met in May 2017 in what is perhaps her best-known role, the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (though those reports may prove to be inaccurate)?
Correct Answer: RENEE FLEMING
Your Answer: James
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of her.

--------------------------------------------------------------

Gideon Day 23

6/6 Today. Congrats Jesse!
1 :) D2 Postman - Wait a minute Mister!
2 :) D1 Dysentary
3 :) D0 Krill
4 :) D2 Malta - I've been to none of the islands, but I am good at guessing.
5 :) D3 The Jazz Singer - Thanks Neal Diamond!
6 :) D1 Lenore

Jesse day 23

I'm back from vacation. Just laid down my first 6/6 of the season!

1. The first Motown song to reach the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 is a single by The Marvelettes from 1961 that describes, essentially, a desperate request to a man who holds what occupation?
Correct Answer: POSTMAN
Your Answer: Postman
Points Assigned: 1

It was the first song that came into my mind. 

2. What infectious disease is redacted from this image? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/2487x5n39842.jpg
Correct Answer: DYSENTERY
Your Answer: Dysentery
Points Assigned: 1

I considered buying the T-Shirt recently. 

3. What is the name of the zooplankton species of the order Euphausiacea, which are small crustaceans that float in the ocean in large numbers, providing the main food source for baleen whales?
Correct Answer: KRILL
Your Answer: Krill
Points Assigned: 0

Could not think of another answer that would make sense. 

4. Gozo and Comino are the smaller two of the three inhabited islands which, with some minor uninhabited islands, make up what European nation?
Correct Answer: MALTA
Your Answer: Malta
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to all three islands! Not sure how hard this is for there aren't many island nations in Europe. 

5. Jack Robin, formerly Jakie Rabinowitz, was the title character of what popular 1927 film?
Correct Answer: THE JAZZ SINGER
Your Answer: The Jazz Singer
Points Assigned: 3

Very important film for a film major. 

6. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", what is the name of the distraught narrator's lost love? The ominous bird of yore, perched above the chamber door, eyes burned into his bosom's core, though he truly does implore, by the God they both adore, says he will see her nevermore.
Correct Answer: LENORE
Your Answer: Lenore
Points Assigned: 2

Total guess. We have a friend that named their daughter with Lenore and it rhymed with the text. 

Gideon Day 22

5/6 today

1 :) D2 Water - Despite having studied chemistry in Massachusetts, this was just a lucky guess.

2 :) D0 Merrimack - I know the Monitor and the Merrimack as a pair.

3 :( D3 Jewell - I couldn't remember Sally Yates name, not that it would have been correct.

4 :) D1 An Apple - I'm glad it wasn't one of the other Magritte eclipsing objects that I've seen in paintings.

5 :) D1 Chinese Checkers

6 :) D2 Bikini - I remember reading about this, and that the designer had declared that a swimsuit could not be a genuine bikini "unless it could be pulled through a wedding ring."

brad day22

3/6

1) water d0

a guess but made sense

2) uss jefferson d1

AARGH! knew this and talked myself out of it thinking it was later in the war

3) wasserman schultz d1

thought this was a gimme and didnt look closely enough at the pic

4) ape d3

son of man was a song from tarzan (i have seen on dvr probably 40 times with my daughter) and hoping it connected

5) chinese checkers d2

almost went another direction and when thought of this it clicked

6) bikini d2

finally remembered something from high school ap history

Steiny Day 22

A defeat of Pelc yesterday actually puts my out of relegation...for now

1. :) Only thing that made sense

2. :( Guessed USS Maine

3. :( Wrote: Former Australian Prime Minister - Sheila Barbiegrill.  Doubt I will get points

4. :) Easy (thank you thomas crown affair)

5. :) More games questions!

6. :( Couldn't come up with it, I guessed socks... 

brad day 21

2/6

1) emoulment d0

current event gimme

2) in the house d3

no idea, but not feeling so good about the d3 with you all knowing this

3) blunder d2

played competitive chess in elementary school

4) carnegie steel d2

dumb mistake ... maybe call it a blunder?

5) songs d1

couldnt remember this from high school lit

6) walking dead d1

ugh ... didnt watch this, but heard good things about it, very gettable

Gideon Day 21

3/6 today

1 :) D1 Emoullument
2 :) D3 Too Many Cooks
3 :( D2 Fault
4 :( D2 US Tobacco
5 :) D0 Myself
6 :( D1 Shadows and Fog

Steiny Day 21 - rematch with Pelc

After beating Finn yesterday on defense, going up against pelc with a 4/6

Here is what I sent him moments ago

1. :) Gimme for someone that is a lawyer and follows the news D0  figured you got this one easily

2. :) Absolutely love this!  Watched it one week ago just for fun D1, figured you got this too

3. :( Guessed mulligan, I am not a chess player, hope you aren't either D2

4. :) American Tobacco Company  ONly thing that made sense D1  50/50 on whether you would get it

5. :) Myself   We studied this in High school and barbaric yawp was my teacher's favorite phrase  D3  Hoping you dont know poetry

6. :( Never heard of it...D2, but I am nervous about this one.

Ben Day 21

A surprising 4/6 today.

1 :) emoluments. zeitgeist.

2 :) Steiny and I both loved this video when it first came out. I think it loses itself towards the end, but certainly worth watching at least once.

3 :) blunder. This was a total guess!. Amazing

4 :( I guessed Union Pacific

5 :( Guessed Jabberwocky

6 :) Manhattan Project, Mirkin!

Dave M day 21

Great questions today, shame I didn’t know the answers to most of them. 1-2/6.

 

1 :) Current affairs gimme. D0

2 :( Looks like it might be worth checking out. I guessed Halloween with all the costumes. D2

3 :( Chess question? That’s rare. D3

4 :| A total guess of American Tobacco – RJ Reynolds being the pointer to the industry. I think this will be enough to get the points. D2

5 :( Nope – I guessed Spring. D1

6 :( Why would a Manhattan drama be set in NM? D1

Ben Day 20

playing against a referral today. 3/6. Questions seemed up her alley so I fear defeat

1 :( No idea of his name

2 :) transvaal. This took me a while.

3 :( I guessed Maus

4 :( Lumpiah? Never heard of it. I'm quite surprised. This needs research.

5 :) covfefe. Luckily I wrote this last week and was called out on my misspelling, so I fixed it for this!

6 :) Jump. Van Halen. Kriss Kross.

brad day20

2/6

1) mueller d0

current events gimme?

2) devonshire d3

no idea, but seems gettable ...

3) das spiegel d2

no idea

4) pho d1

also gettable

5) confeve d1

ugh

6) jump d2

daddy mac will make you

Gideon Day 20

5/6 today

1 :) D1 Muller
2 :) D2 Transvaal - Went from transnistria to transvaal.
3 :) D2 The Tin Drum - I still haven't read it
4 :( D3 RolliPolli - Sounds like the name of a Dutch rollup of some sort
5 :) D1 Covfefe
6 :) D0 Jump

Steiny Day 20

Rematch with Finn!

1. :) Oh the irony D1

2. :(no chance...guessed lesotho D2

3. :( Guessed "we suck" D3

4. :( Guessed Roti D2  This is the one I am worried Finn might gain on me

5. :) Gimme D0

6. :) Gimme if you know kriss kross...I am hoping all of this is before Finn's Time D1

I have a feeling we will get the same 3 correct...if so, probably a tie...hoping Finn's music sense only began in 2007.

Gideon Day 19

4/6 today. In Colorado, for the next 3 or so months.

1 :( D3 Pleides - Didn't know, so went for the seven sisters instead.
2 :) D0 Art of the Fugue
3 :) D1 Boxing
4 :) D2 Sherry
5 :( D2 Sadat - This is probably the MCW
6 :) D2 Band Aid - Feeeeeeed the WoooOoOorld

brad day19

1/6

1) argonauts d1

nope

2) pianissimo d0 

no idea, classical music opponents best category

3) polo d2

ugh ... misread the question and could have puzzled this out

4) sherry d1

only spanish fortified wine i could think of

5) sadat d3

missed 50/50 on this

6) tallest midge d2

my bwa attempt

Jesse day 19

4/6

1. In Greek legend, Polynices and (exactly) six others comprised a group of champions who attacked a rival city of Argos to deprive Polynices's brother Eteocles of kingship. This group is known by what name, which is also the title of an Aeschylean tragedy that chronicles the event?
Correct Answer: SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
Your Answer: Aeschylean Globetrotters
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of it.

2. A series of didactic compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach from the 1740s famously exemplifies the "art" of what formal compositional technique?
Correct Answer: FUGUE
Your Answer: Fugue
Points Assigned: 1

My parents had the art of the fugue on record. It is pretty amazing. 

3. John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, is an important figure in the history of what sport?
Correct Answer: BOXING
Your Answer: Tennis
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. 

4. Fino, Manzanilla, and Amontillado are varieties of what Spanish fortified wine made from grapes grown near the town of Jerez de la Frontera, from which the wine takes its name?
Correct Answer: SHERRY
Your Answer: Sherry
Points Assigned: 0

Spanish fortified wine = Sherry

5. Who served as president of the political federation known as the United Arab Republic, a 1958-61 union between Egypt and Syria, for its entire three-year existence?
Correct Answer: GAMAL ABDEL NASSER
Your Answer: Nasser
Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess, but did not think that Assad could be right. 

6. What was the name of the supergroup formed by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to record the now-ubiquitous holiday song "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Correct Answer: BAND AID
Your Answer: Band Aid
Points Assigned: 2

Almost put Live Aid

Steiny Day 19

1. :) Read a lot of Aeschylus in college

2. :) This was possibly my most amazing get in history.  I had absolutely no idea. For some crazy reason the term fugue jumped into my head (I learned about fugue's in college but had no reason to think this was the right answer). When I saw it was correct, I literally shocked myself with a small scream.  This was true subconcious at work. 

3. :) I have heard the marquess of queensberry in relation to boxing before.

4. :( Gessed sangria

5. :( Guessed Sadat

6. :( knowingly wrong guess of Oingo boingo.  Never heard of this band or song in my life

brad day 18

3/6

1) adventure d2

nope

2) baba booey d3

no idea

3) combs (puff daddy) d0

rip biggie ... wasnt sure what names were going to be accepted here

4) robert mugabe d1

figured was wrong but i didnt know any other full names of people that could be right

5) macedonia d2

a guess, but made sense

6) alaska airlines d1

more biz please!

Dave M day 18

A rare (for this season) 4/6 today.

 

1 :( Guessed Romp. D1

2 :( Had no idea. Went with another Australian Clive James who fills a somewhat similar role in the UK. D2

3 :) I remember his bizarre dominance of the 2007 charts (alongside the Spice Girls of course). D1

4 :) I’ve been following the twists and turns of the Congolese political strife in the Economist over the past few months. D3

5 :) This is one of my favorite stupid international disputes. D2

6 :) This one is a bit of a business gimme I suspect. D0

Steiny Day 18

No big deal, 6/6 yesterday...still in second to last place in my rundle.

Today 3

1. :( Never heard of it

2. :( never heard of it

3. :) only person that made sense as a late 90's hip-hop impresario and I know the song Ill be missing you well

4. :( No chance

5. :) Strong guesswork

6. :) I remember when merger was announced, I have flown alaskan a number of times

Jesse day 18

3/6

1. What is the term, derived from the Spanish for "rogue," for a type of literary narrative, usually comic or satirical, that depicts the escapades of a single, likeable, roguish hero living by his (or her, but more often his) wits? English examples include Huckleberry Finn, A Confederacy of Dunces, and Moll Flanders, while the progenitor is widely considered to be the 1554 novella Lazarillo de Tormes.
Correct Answer: PICARESQUE
Your Answer: Scoundral
Points Assigned: 3

Never have heard of the term.

2. What Australian-born writer, whose books The Shock of the New and American Visions were both serialized for television, was dubbed by the New Yorker as the "most famous art critic in the world," a role he filled for Time magazine for more than 30 years?
Correct Answer: ROBERT HUGHES
Your Answer: Mclean
Points Assigned: 2

Never heard of him

3. Name the hip-hop impresario who produced five of the ten singles to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, appearing as an artist on three of them including "I'll Be Missing You", which sat at the top for eleven weeks during the spring and summer.
Correct Answer: PUFF DADDY (SEAN COMBS/P. DIDDY)
Your Answer: Puff Daddy (Diddy)
Points Assigned: 1

I knew he was involved with the Police rip-off I'll be Missing you.

4. What is the full name of the politician who currently serves as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a position he has held since January 2001, having taken office ten days after the assassination of his father, Laurent?
Correct Answer: JOSEPH KABILA
Your Answer: I have no idea
Points Assigned: 2

Have heard of him, but wasn't going to get it. 

5. A political naming dispute has existed since 1991 between the nation of Greece (who claims exclusive use of a certain name for its largest region) and a former federal unit of Yugoslavia (who claims the name for itself as an independent republic). What is this disputed name?
Correct Answer: MACEDONIA
Your Answer: Macedonia
Points Assigned: 0

I think this is an easy geography question.

6. The dwindling number of US-based mainline passenger airlines will reduce further by one upon the completion of the merger of Virgin America into what Pacific Northwest-based carrier, following its acquisition in April 2016?
Correct Answer: ALASKA AIRLINES
Your Answer: Alaska Airlines
Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess, but I could not think of another airline from that region. 

Gideon Day 17

11/12, because I got Q3 half right :P

1 :) D3 Garth Brooks - I considered Billy Ray Cyrus, but I think he was a one hit wonder.
2 :) D2 Nash
3 :( D1 Japan and Korea
4 :) D0 RU 486 - I'm glad I got the number right, and didn't upgrade to a pentium. My defense on this was sexist.
5 :) D2 Klein
6 :) D1 Abu Dhabi

Dave M day 17 v Pelc

My usual 3/6. Probably not good enough to overhaul Pelc who’s far ahead in the rundle this season.

 

1 :( Guessed Billy Ray Cyrus. He was early 90s right? D1

2 :) Very simple math question. D1

3 :) Knew they got going in 1937 and Marco Polo = China. D2

4 :( No idea, guessed Morning After Pill. D2

5 :( Would never ever get this. D3

6 :) Middle Eastern Geography, however, is straightforward. D0

This email, together with any attachments, is confidential and may also be privileged. If you have received the email in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the message from your computer immediately without making any copies, forwarding it or disclosing its contents to any other person. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the content or safety of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising thereby.

brad day 17

3/6

1) urban d0

he has a song currently on the radio

2) nash d1

i got to meet him when i gave a talk at a conference in college that he attended

3) china, japan d2

didnt know this, but was able to puzzle out from the clues

4) morning after pill d3

heard of this, but was never going to get it

5) mobius strip d2

no idea

6) abu dhabi d1

straightforward enough

Ben Day 17

Arrgh - a coin flip cost me 6/6.

1 :) Brooks. I know he is one of bets sellers of all time.

2 :) Nash. 1st of 2 math questions in one day. My Christmas!

3 :) Japan, China.  Never heard of this, but figured it wasn't in the European theatre

4 :) RU486. There were big debates about this drug in Australia the year before I left.

5 :) Bottle. 2nd of 2 math questions in one day. My Christmas!

6 :( I went Dubai over Abu Dhabi. fml

Jesse day 17

2/6

1. What country star's 2016 album Gunslinger has sold a little over 100,000 copies so far, which is respectable but about 1/230th the total of his 1990 album and 1/180th that of his 1991 release?
Correct Answer: GARTH BROOKS
Your Answer: Brooks
Points Assigned: 1

A guess, but I knew he sold a ton of albums.

2. The concept from economics and game theory addressing dynamics of a non-cooperative game, referring to a situation in which players in a game pursue the optimal strategy while knowing the other players' strategies, is commonly named after what mathematician and Nobel laureate?
Correct Answer: JOHN FORBES NASH JR.
Your Answer: Nash
Points Assigned: 0

I saw A Beautiful Mind

3. Some historians argue that the outbreak of WWII should be dated to a 1937 event known in English as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which sparked the conflagration between what two ancient (and present) rivals?
Correct Answer: CHINA, JAPAN
Your Answer: Korea and Japan
Points Assigned: 3

I was on the right path, but fudged it up. Marco Polo=China. Damn

4. The drug mifepristone, usually taken with another drug called misoprostol to terminate pregnancy, is best known by what generic name, derived from the sequence of its development by French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf in 1980?
Correct Answer: RU486
Your Answer: Plan B
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. I could not come up with it.

5. A posthumous paper by mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius explores the properties of one-sided surfaces via a strip, connected at the ends with a half-twist in the middle. Fellow German mathematician Felix Klein pursued a similar illustration using a theoretical surface that is today, perhaps due to a mistranslation of the original German, most commonly referred to as what type of object? 
Correct Answer: BOTTLE
Your Answer: Helix
Points Assigned: 2

Ah, a Klein bottle, right? 

6. Which of its seven emirates constitutes more than 85% of the total land area of the United Arab Emirates?
Correct Answer: ABU DHABI
Your Answer: Dubai
Points Assigned: 1

I guessed poorly

Gideon Day 16

5/6 today
1 :) D0 Escher - Not Hammer or Donald
2 :) D3 FIFO
3 :( D2 Ponchatrain - Nope. I did think of the Okeefanokee Swamp.
4 :) D2 Borsht
5 :) D1 Che Guevara
6 :) D1 Little Richard - I wonder if the MCW will be Chuck Berry?

brad day 16

2/6

1) van eyck d3

no idea

2) fifo d0

more biz q's pls

3) great salt lake d1

nope

4) borscht d1

straightforward enough

5) castro d2

makes sense

6) presley d2

wow ... didnt realize that was so old

Dave M day 16 v Steiny

Will my match against fellow bottom-of-the-table dweller be the one that finally gives me a win after what must be 10 or 11 days by now (another draw yesterday). Let’s see:

 

1 :( Guessed Chagall as it sounded glass-y. D3 just like Steiny, also paid off just like Steiny’s. 0-0

2 :) Considered Replacement Cost but had heard of FIFO before and it made sense here. D1 to match with Steiny, 1-1

3 :( Was confident in Salton Sea (CA). Missed the ‘natural’ in the question. D1. 1-1

4 :) It could only be Borscht and presumably in Steiny’s wheelhouse. D0. Still tied 1-1

5 :) Thought it would be Guevara or Kruschchev. I assume this is the origin of the ‘famous’ picture found on t-shirts etc. D2 and I get into the lead 3-1

6 :( Total guess of Elvis. D2 and we… tie.

 

SteinbergD 3(3) – 3(3) MirkinDave

 

Maybe a matchup again next season in Rundle D!

 

Dave

Jesse day 16

5/6 against my friend Hunter.

1. The 1935 lithograph Hand with Reflecting Sphere is the work of what Dutch artist?
Correct Answer: M.C. ESCHER
Your Answer: Escher
Points Assigned: 1

I did not know he was Dutch, but knew it Escher. 

2. What is the name used for the accounting convention stipulating that when a firm uses or sells assets, it uses those assets which it has held in inventory the longest—i.e., those it produced or acquired the earliest? (Note: you may provide either the name or its acronym.)
Correct Answer: FIRST IN, FIRST OUT (FIFO)
Your Answer: Spoilage
Points Assigned: 2

Seems very gettable. 

3. While Crater Lake in Oregon has a maximum depth of 1,949 feet, what other lake, though the fourth-largest natural lake in area completely within the United States (and largest in the southern U.S.), has a maximum depth of just fifteen feet and an average depth of nine feet?
Correct Answer: LAKE OKEECHOBEE
Your Answer: Lake Okeechobee
Points Assigned: 3

It was the only big lake in the south I could think of. Here Iucked out because of my limited knowledge of the south. 

4. Chicken in Odessa, goose or duck in Poltava, carp in Lviv, and lamb and mushrooms in Kiev: These are some of the ingredients that accompany the universal main ingredient in regional variations of what soup, widely considered by locals as the national soup of Ukraine?
Correct Answer: BORSCHT
Your Answer: Borsht
Points Assigned: 2

Only soup I could think of from the region. I didn't know you could put those things in borsht. 

5. A memorial service for victims of the 1960 explosion of the French freighter La Coubre in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, has been recorded (and duplicated) for posterity thanks to a photograph taken there of what man?
Correct Answer: CHE GUEVARA
Your Answer: Guevera
Points Assigned: 0

Seems pretty intuitive based on all of the Che iconography. 

6. Jenny, Lucille, Sally, and Molly (and also possibly Teddy) are women referenced in titles (and lyrics) of popular songs from the 1950s originally recorded by what artist?
Correct Answer: LITTLE RICHARD
Your Answer: Little Richard
Points Assigned: 1

Good Golly Miss Molly is what got it for me. 

Steiny Day 16

An enormous losing streak broken by a 5/6 yesterday brings me to a matchup against MIrkinD for basement of rundle C.  Let's see who wins

1. :( Dutch artist, almost always guess Vermeer.  Escher was gettable and I did D3, so I am nervous

2. First in First out made the most sense D1

3. :( I knew it would be in FLorida...no elevation changes there! But did not know the name so I wrote "A lake in Florida"...though technically correct, I don't beleive I will be rewarded with points. D2

4. :) This seemed like a gimmee..Toyed with Ghoulash for a second, but only borscht made sense D0

5. :( Guessed Lee Harvey Oswald D2

6. :) Molly got it for me with Good Golly Miss Molly...D1

brad day 15

0/6 ... not a good start to the week

1) communism d2

no idea

2) vancouver d1

didnt think american ... but would have never guessed

3) pairs d1

couldnt think of it

4) guthrie d3

nope

5) sandia d2

thought i had this one too

6) platonic d0

yup ... couldnt come up with it

Dave M day 15

3/6 today to start the week. A draw on Friday broke my 6 day losing streak.

 

1 :) I remember this phrase from US history class in college. D0

2 :) Australasian gimme. D2

3 :( Guessed Reverse. D2

4 :( No idea. D3

5 :( Was confident with Battelle. Wasn’t aware Fermilab was also in Illinois. D1

6 :) Went with Epicurean. D1

Jesse day 15

5/6

1. In a January 1973 speech describing the Paris Peace Accords of that month ending direct U.S. military combat in the war in Vietnam, President Richard M. Nixon, varying on a theme during his 1968 campaign, declared his goals for "peace with" what?
Correct Answer: HONOR
Your Answer: Honor
Points Assigned: 1

Had to decide between dignity and honor. Chose the right one. 

2. What major Pacific coast city developed around the massive natural harbor known as Port Jackson?
Correct Answer: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Your Answer: Sydney
Points Assigned: 3

I lived in Sydney for a year and half. 

3. In diving competitions, there are four possible official dive positions undertaken during the flight of the dive. Three are straight, tuck, and free—what is the fourth?
Correct Answer: PIKE
Your Answer: Pike
Points Assigned: 1

I am just glad that is the one they left out. I would have probably would have gotten tuck, but none of the others.

4. Although he had a long and successful career in popular music—both solo and with his wife Mary Ford—what guitarist has a greater legacy as a pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar, studio multitracking, electronic echo, and other modern recording techniques?
Correct Answer: LES PAUL
Your Answer: Gibson
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

5. The U.S. Department of Energy's national accelerator laboratory located in Batavia, Illinois, operated jointly by the University of Chicago and a not-for-profit research university consortium, is named after what nuclear physicist?
Correct Answer: ENRICO FERMI
Your Answer: Fermi
Points Assigned: 2

I had a professor that worked at Fermilab that discovered the top quark. They flew him once a week to Rochester to teach a Physics 100 class. I just checked and he is now Yale's physics department chair. 

6. What term is derived from the name of a Greek philosopher who declared that happiness and the absence of pain are the greatest goods and has come to mean, in the context of food and wine, a person of refined tastes?
Correct Answer: EPICURE/EPICUREAN
Your Answer: Epicurian
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie-ish

brad day14

3/6

1) lotte d2

knew bobby valentine coached chiba lotte

2) on stranger tides d1

my 2nd film answer in 2.5 seasons!

3) garibaldis glory d3

no idea

4) barbacoa d1

chipotle addict here

5) taster d2

no clue

6) microsoft d0

trading gimme

Ben Day 14

4/6. I should have a high OE because I surprised myself with a miss and a get.

1 :( Narita. I wrote Yokohma, which is totally inexcusable because of course I've heard of Tokto Narita. I didn't realiz Narita was the name of the city/town.

2 :) At World's End. A PotC trivia question was one of 3 that one my team (including MirkinD's brother) a $200 jackpot in Sydney one night.

3 :) Redshirts. Awesome guess.

4 :) barbacoa. I have Chipotle at least once a month, so I am quite familiar with this word.

5 :( No chance. I guessed antelope.

6 :) MSFT.

Jesse day 14

3/6

1. While Haneda Airport serves as the Tokyo base for Japan's main domestic airlines, the city's primary international airport is located in what city in Chiba Prefecture, after which the airport is named?
Correct Answer: NARITA
Your Answer: Narita
Points Assigned: 0

I run a travel company and send lots of people through Narita, plus I have been there myself. 

2. The fifth and most recent film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, released in May 2017, is subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales, and the first in the series is subtitled The Curse of the Black Pearl. Give the subtitle of any one of the other three installments in the series.
Correct Answer: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, AT WORLD'S END, ON STRANGER TIDES
Your Answer: Ghost of Blackbeard
Points Assigned: 2

I have ignored the franchise, at my own peril. 

3. Volunteers who supported Giuseppe Garibaldi during the conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were known by what sanguine sartorial sobriquet?
Correct Answer: REDSHIRTS
Your Answer: Italians
Points Assigned: 2

Darn. Seems very gettable.

4. Among the six standard meat/tofu items on the menu at the Chipotle Mexican Grill chain, the slow-cooked, seasoned shredded beef option is listed as what term?
Correct Answer: BARBACOA
Your Answer: Barbacoa
Points Assigned: 1

I have eaten at Chipotle enough to get this one.

5. The artistic diversion, born from Surrealism, in which several people contribute to a drawing or text without seeing all of what the others have done is commonly known as "exquisite" what? It's named after an early example that allegedly produced "The exquisite [redacted] shall drink the new wine."
Correct Answer: CORPSE/CADAVER
Your Answer: multitudes
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea

6. Of the companies whose stocks make up the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, twenty-six are listed on the New York Stock Exchange while four are listed on the NASDAQ. Name any one of these latter four, all of which have joined the Dow within the last twenty years. 
Correct Answer: APPLE, CISCO SYSTEMS, INTEL, MICROSOFT
Your Answer: Apple
Points Assigned: 1

I have a bit of Apple stock. 

brad day13

disappointing 2/6 ... thought i had 4 when i submitted

1) we shall overcome d3

no idea

2) prince edward island d2

felt good about this one

3) jackson d1

and this one too

4) ironman triathalon d0

figured iron man wasnt going to count

5) janeway d2

trekkie gimme

6) variety d1

nope

Dave M day 13

My terrible run continues – now 2-10-0. 2 or 3/6 today and probably another loss.

 

1 :( Guess you know this or you don’t, D3

2 :) Simple geography question I suspect. D1

3 :( Also guessed Jackson and thought I had it. D0

4 :| Also went with Iron Man. Not sure whether this will be marked right or wrong. D1

5 :( Complete guess of Dominguez. D2

6 :) The only New York weekly that might be theater related. Never actually read it. D2

Jesse Day 13

Yikes. 1/6

1. "Till earth and heaven ring" is the second line of a famous poem by James Weldon Johnson that, once it was set to music, was adopted as the official song of the NAACP and is widely considered the "Black National Anthem." What is the poem's first line, which also serves as its title?
Correct Answer: LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
Your Answer: Lift up thee voices and sing
Points Assigned: 3

I was onto the right track just based on rhyming the word ring.

2. Cape Spear, the easternmost point in Canada, is located on the Avalon Peninsula of what large island?
Correct Answer: NEWFOUNDLAND
Your Answer: Newfoundland
Points Assigned: 1

Geography gimmie

3. The alleged "corrupt bargain" of 1824-1825 resulted in the election of John Quincy Adams as U.S. President by the House of Representatives and the appointment of what House speaker and Kentuckian as secretary of state?
Correct Answer: HENRY CLAY
Your Answer: Jackson
Points Assigned: 1

Damn, I thought I was right here.

4. In 1978, the 2.4-mile Waikiki Rough Water Swim, the 115-mile Around Oahu Bike Race, and the 26.2-mile Honolulu Marathon were combined to establish a new competition that introduced what novel two-word term?
Correct Answer: IRONMAN TRIATHLON
Your Answer: Iron Man
Points Assigned: 0

I am pretty sure I won't get credit for this. 

5. What surname goes in the blank in this otherwise complete and alphabetical (but not chronological) list: Archer, ________, Kirk, Picard, Sisko.
Correct Answer: JANEWAY
Your Answer: Beauregard
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. I only knew Picard and Kirk. 

6. The Obie Awards, which honor theatre produced Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, are presented annually by the American Theatre Wing and what New York weekly publication, which originated the awards in 1955?
Correct Answer: THE VILLAGE VOICE
Your Answer: Playbill
Points Assigned: 2

Ah, very gettable. 

--------------------------------------------------------------

Jesse Weisz Executive Director, GEEO Teacher Travel Programs Phone: 1-877-600-0105 Email: jesse@geeo.org Website: www.geeo.org