Gideon Day 25 vs Seif LL78

5/6 today
I’m on the cusp of relegation. If I win today, I’m safe. 
Fun season of LLL! It makes me less stressed than LL. 
Hey, my answer for D3Q3 “Rugby Tender, Rugby True” is eligible for VBWA! 

1 :) D3/3 Nigella - I’ve been baking sourdough bread with Nigella seeds for the past 4 years, after discovering them in Syrian string cheese. They taste like caraway, but even more intense. 
2 :) D1/1 Taiwan - I remembered the 101
3 :) D1/2 Network - “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”
4 :) D2/1 Pearl - I’ve knit half a scarf and two hats. 
5 :) D0/0 SALT
6 :( D2/2 Equal to the remaining points. 

brad day25

1.5/6 - if i get credit for 2, will be same tca as past 2 seasons

vs pelc lll

1) lidia d2/0

couldnt think of another name that might be a spice

2) malaysia d1/1

went with the petronas towers

3) godfather 2 d2/2

nope

4) precious d1/3

no idea

5) salt d3/1

wasnt sure about this, but couldnt think of anything better

6) double or triple score d0/2

though incorrect, per scoring rules i should get credit for this

Brian Day 25 vs Jesse

3/6 to close out the season.  Two of those three have effectively been asked before.  Looking forward to the dailies, and I'm doing two of the mini-leagues. See you there.

1)Emeril.  I figured it was one of the two women whose name I didn't know, and I was right.  1/1

2)Taiwan.  Variation on an old question 0/0

3)Network.   To pump up the crowd at dearly departed Shea Stadium​, they used to play a clip from Network of the news anchor having an on-air meltdown. Now they bring players off the DL so they can retire in order to pump up the crowd.  2/2

4)Crossover. no chance. 3/3

5)SALT.  another oldie but goodie question 1/1

6)triple.  close but not cigar. 2/2

Jesse day 25

3/6

1. A spice used in the Middle East and India (particularly in naan), also known as kalonji, black caraway, black cumin, or onion seed, has a name that is also the first name of a famous cooking show host, cookbook author, and television personality. What is that name?
Correct Answer: NIGELLA
Your Answer: Padma
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Ah, I had a feeling Padma was wrong, but I did not put the time in to come up with Nigella. 

2. With over 23 million residents, what self-governing state is the most populous such entity, by far, that is not a member of the United Nations? From 2004 until 2010, it was home to the world's tallest building.
Correct Answer: TAIWAN/REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Your Answer: Taiwan
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I memorized the UN members back in my party days. 

3. "Beale fired—Obscenities Provoke Record Calls" is the headline and subhead of a fictional 1975 edition of the New York Daily News that appears in what film?
Correct Answer: NETWORK
Your Answer: Network
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I saw it in the past decade. 

4. There are two foundational stitches in knitting. The first is known simply as knit. What is the second, where the working yarn comes from the front side of the needle, and the needle enters the front of the stitch from right to left? Originally, the term referred to gold and silver thread used for embroidery.
Correct Answer: PURL
Your Answer: Gild
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Never heard of the term

5. Discussions between the United States and the Soviet Union, the first round of which concluded in 1972 and the second in 1979, and which were aimed at restricting the production and deployment of nuclear weapons, were known by what four-letter acronym?
Correct Answer: SALT
Your Answer: SALT
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I remember this from studying for the foreign service exam. 

6. In the darts games 301 and 501, a player's final throw, to achieve a score of exactly zero (the object of the game), must have what characteristic?
Correct Answer: DOUBLE
Your Answer: Bull eye
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I imagine I knew this in college.

Seif Day 25 vs Gideon (LLL)

3/6, and nothing but great luck would have gotten me more. After leading my rundle for most of the season, a poor performance the past few days had knocked me out of contention to win (barring a forfeit). Through Day 24, I'm 15 TCA behind the person who's going to win, so I can hardly complain. There are two promotions in my rundle, and with a win, a tie, or even a loss and a bunch of help, I'll limp into B next season. I have decidedly mixed feeling about this, so I'll just have to leave it to fate. In LLL, I can win the league if I (somehow) beat Gideon today. He wins LLL if he wins or we tie. 

1. Emeril :(, D00. I had no clue, though I guess I could have randomly picked Nigella over Emeril. Both my opponents are fantastic at food/drink, so this was an easy D00. 

2. Taiwan :), D12. The question was clearly written to obfuscate a bit, but there was nothing else to consider. 

3. City Hall :(, D21. Never heard of Network. 

4. Pearl :), D21. I've heard of this stitch, though I'm shocked to see the spelling. Still, "purl" and "pearl" do sound the same, so this should get credit. 

5. Salt :), D12. Gimme for me. 

6. Hit the bullseye :(, D33. I don't even know what "double" means in the context of darts. 

Until next season!

Gideon Day 24 vs Dave M

5/6 today 

1 :) D2/2 Euler
2 :) D1/2 Miles Davis
3 :) D1/1 Nicaragua - I wrote a report about the Sandinistas in 7th grade. 
4 :( D3/3 Talbots - Coin toss between this and Revlon. 
5 :) D2/1 Finnish - According to Google Translate: 

This language belongs to the Baltic-Finnish language group of Uralian languages. As a mother tongue she speaks 4.9 million and 0.5 million people as her second language.

6 :) D0/0 Sherlock - If you haven’t watched this, you should. 

brad day24

2/6

vs friedlandw/weiszj (common d)

1) euler d2

e = 

2) yanni d3

no idea

3) nicaragua d0

sandanista =

4) avon d1

no idea

5) urdu d1

no idea

6) holmes d2

wag almost got me there

Is that you Andy?

​You can never go wrong with Young Sherlock Holmes.  Great movie, and one of the earliest usages of CGI if I recall correctly. Also, I was smitten by the actress.

But you can go wrong with omitting your name on your posts.

- Brian

Day Something

I was between Norwegian and Finnish. Obviously I put Norwegian. Ben, why is the double u a deciding factor in favor of Finnish?

I put Philippines, as did several of you, and I thought I was so smart. But now that I'm seeing Sandino, and thinking that's probably the word from which Sandinista is derived from, I'm feeling not so smart. And I'm in good company!

I put Young Sherlock Holmes for which I do not deserve and am confident I will not receive credit because it is wrong.

Brian Day 24 vs FriedlandMJ

3/6. I'll take it.  I'm locked into C Rundle for next season.  Good luck to Dave S, who's trying to escape C, and Ben, who I'd love to join me.   Speaking of Ben, I'm excited for Word Manipulation Puzzles on the 29th. Are you going to do a Smith's Note for your one-day?

1)Euler.  That's the definition of e.  I wasn't confident that e was named after Euler, but my favorite equation is Euler's formula,  e^iθ = cosθ + isinθ​.    3/2

2)Franklin. No idea. Figured it was jazz/blues, but was hoping Thorsten was honoring the recently deceased. 1/3

3)Philippines.  Happy to me in good company. 2/1

4)Elizabeth Arden. I've googled spas for my wife, Red Door always pops up.   0/0

5)Danish.  I'm happy I was on the right continent.  I figured 4.9M and .5M to be population figures, but that didn't help me. 1/2

6)Sherlock.  I've watched all but the last season. 2/1

Jesse day 24

4/6 

1. The limit of (1 + 1/n)<SUP>n</SUP> as n approaches infinity is a number that is known as Napier's constant, but is more commonly named (and represented symbolically) after what other individual?
Correct Answer: LEONHARD EULER
Your Answer: Einstein
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea.

2. Blue Period, Blue Moods, Blue Haze, and Kind of Blue are all albums by what musical artist?
Correct Answer: MILES DAVIS
Your Answer: Miles Davis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I have Blur Period and Kind of Blue. If you don't know Kind of Blue is a Miles Davis than you really don't know anything about Jazz. Such a perfect album.  

3. In the 1920s and 1930s, a revolutionary and guerrilla leader named Augusto César Sandino directed a rebellion against United States military occupation of what country, where he remains a national hero?
Correct Answer: NICARAGUA
Your Answer: Nicaragua
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I got this from listening to The Clash

4. The company founded in 1910 on New York's Fifth Avenue as Red Door salon, which retains a red door as its corporate logo (and name of its signature fragrance), is today named after its founder, a Canadian businesswoman born Florence Nightingale Graham. What is that name, shared by the company and the woman?
Correct Answer: ELIZABETH ARDEN
Your Answer: Estee Lauder
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I had no idea. 

5. In what language is the following sentence written? Tämä kieli kuuluu uralilaisten kielten itämerensuomalaiseen kieliryhmään. Äidinkielenään sitä puhuu 4,9 miljoonaa ja toisena kielenään 0,5 miljoonaa ihmistä.
Correct Answer: FINNISH
Your Answer: Finnish
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I used to live in Finland.

6. "The Blind Banker," "The Reichenbach Fall," "The Empty Hearse," and "The Final Problem" are names of episodes from a crime drama series that debuted on the BBC in July 2010? What is the title of that series?
Correct Answer: SHERLOCK
Your Answer: Sherlock
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I remembered the Empty Hearse as an episode title. I have seen all of the series so far. 

Ben Day 24

4/6, with one shameful miss. Pretty keen to avoid promotion and the consequential miserable season.

1 :) Euler.

2 :( Ellington. I figured it was a Blues musician, but have no means of differentiation beyond that.

3 :( Cuba. unacceptable miss. Sandinistas were common dinner table fair in my childhood, but I talked myself out of Nicaragua because of the Contras.

4 :) Elizabeth Arden. My wife planned a bat mitzvah there last year, or I would have had 0 shot at this. As it was it took me a little while to remember.

5 :) Finnish. Pretty clearly Scandinavian. Felt more Finnish than Norwegian or Icelandic, and the double uu word ending was probably the deciding factor.

6 :) Sherlock. Was a little stressed that it also needed a Holmes.

Seif Day 24

3/6. A loss yesterday knocked me out of first right in the home stretch. Not sure today is going to help me claw my way back up. 

1. Euler :), D23. This should have been a total gimme for me, and was a gimme that that limit was e. But then (I sheepishly admit) I realized I wasn't certain e was named after Euler. Phew!

2. Prince :(, D11. No chance here. 

3. Philippines :(, D02. Disaster. I was very confident this was correct, and I didn't even consider anything else. Actually, I'm still not certain I would have gotten it even if I'd known it wasn't the Philippines. 

4. Arden :), D32. This was a good get. I've bought a number of gift certificates from here as gifts, so I was aware of the name. 

5. Finnish :), D21. There were a number of reasons I thought this was Finnish, all of which are due to a former girlfriend of mine who is half Finnish. Suomi means Finland in Finnish, and that was in the sentence (kind of). 

6. Peaky Blinders :(, D10. Nope!

 

Steiny Day 23 v Ben in LLL

I feel like I am playing Ben on another day when he is getting a lot of questions in his strong suit...

1. :) easy 0/2

2. :) kinshasa  (i just don't know that many african capitals, lucky it was one I knew) 2/1

3. :( Never heard of it, I guessed static 2/2

4. :) Gimme 1/0

5.  :( Guessed handel 3/3

6. :) Love gambling so this was easy 1/1

brad day 23

3/6

vs friendland mj lll

1) anthony, sacagawea d0/1

a trader should at least know a little (recent) coin history

2) freetown d2/3

no idea

3) gif d2/2

nope

4) west philadelphia d0/2

gimme if you are the right age

5) handel d3/1

no idea

6) shoe d1/1

think im running near 1.000 on vice questions

Andy's Folly

West Philadelphia is such an obvious answer, there must be something in the lyric more specific. So I answered The Ghetto (of West Philadelphia). It seemed like back in the 90s, that word was still acceptable (it's not now, right?). 

IDIOT

Brian Day 23 vs Will

4/6, confident on those, knew I had no chance on the others.  Love the questions today, very diverse.  

1)Anthony, Sacagawea.  Growing up, dollar coins were known as Susan B Anthonys.  In the late 90s(?)  there was a huge publicity push for the gold Sacagawea coins, you had to bring a wheelbarrow when buying a train ticket, as the MTA machines used them for change instead of bills. 1/0

2)Capetown.  No chance here.  2/2

3)Scalar. Knew it was wrong, knew the answer was somewhere in my brain, but couldn't pull it out. 1/2

4)West Philadelphia.  Possible that Philadelphia will be MCW, but the lyrics should be imprinted on most people's brains. 0/1

5)Holst.  I own one classical music CD: The Planets.   Hoping for a 3 pointer. 3/3

6)Shoe.  Foxwoods was an hour away from Yale. 2/1

Pelc Day 23 vs. Mirkin

I'll take 4/6 today. 

1. :) - This came to me right away - prouder of my almost correct spelling of Sacagawea (I spelled it with a j). I have no sense if this is difficult or not. D1/2

2. :) -  Surprise! I don't know that many African capitals. I decided that a good guess would be one of two capitals of similarly named countries (Niger/Nigeria, Rep of Congo/DRC, etc) and I went with the one capital I knew for sure from that list (Kinshasa). Needless to say, I was shocked that it was correct b/c that logic is seriously flawed. D2/1

3. :( - No shot here. D2/2

4. :) - Now this is a story all about how my match got flipped turned upside down and I'd like to take a minute just to sit right there and tell you how I answered a gimme bout the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Sorry - had to. D0/0 (this is pretty universally known, right?)

5. :( - I usually have at least something to guess with the 'name a composer/artist' questions, not this time. I went with Geoffrey the Butler in deference to the previous question. 

I am proud to say that I now know exactly one English composer and, somehow, his name is Gustav. D3/3

6. :) -  Gimme for someone who has played that evil game too many times. This week, I've established that you can't get a booze or gambling question past me - am I the designated LLL degenerate? D1/1

Jesse day 23

4/6

1. In its history, the United States Mint has issued for general circulation two different one-dollar coins—both since the retirement of the "Eisenhower dollar" in 1978—that depict on the obverse ("heads" side) women who existed in real life. Name both of these historical figures.
Correct Answer: SUSAN B. ANTHONY, SACAGAWEA
Your Answer: Sakajawea and Anthony
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I was pretty sure Anthyn was late 70s early 80s and I have gotten handfulls of sacagwea's when purchasing train tickets in NYC with a $20 bill. 

2. Two African national capitals are among the closest in the world, separated by a river and with about five miles between their respective town centers. Name either of these capital cities.
Correct Answer: BRAZZAVILLE, KINSHASA
Your Answer: Kinshasa
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I was pretty sure Kinshasa was one of them, but was worried it would be in North West Africa, like between Gambia and Senegal. 

3. The term from computer graphics for an image that is stored in memory by using a map to record data (e.g., intensity, color) for every pixel that comprises the image is known as "bitmap," and also by what other term? Unlike vector graphics, it becomes ragged and loses resolution when resized. The word in question has the same origin as the term for the implement used to draw musical staff lines.
Correct Answer: RASTER
Your Answer: JPEG
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Never heard of the term.

4. According to a line in the show's theme song (the fifth line, to be exact), where precisely was the title character born and raised on the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? 
Correct Answer: WEST PHILADELPHIA
Your Answer: West Philadlephia
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimmie, right? I live in the suburbs west of Philadelphia, beyond West Philadelphia

5. "Mars, the Bringer of War" and "Neptune, the Mystic" are the first and last movements of a work by what English composer?
Correct Answer: GUSTAV HOLST
Your Answer: Humphries
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

The question should be can I name a British composer. The answer is no. 

6. What is the common term for the simple device used in casinos, for games such as blackjack, where the cards are placed after shuffling, and whose purpose is to hold multiple decks of cards and facilitate dealing? In some European casinos it is also known as "sabot."
Correct Answer: SHOE
Your Answer: Shoe
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Also pretty easy I think considering I don't gamble and got it. 

Ben day 23 v random and Steiny.

Apologies to Brian for my not posting yesterday. I wrote that god was a girl and that cost me the match.

Today. Interesting question set. Hard to defend against me for Steiny today I think.

1 :) Susan b Anthony, Sacajawiya [sic]. Susan was an instaget, and then thinking of another woman made me remember that there was a Sacajawiya something so I went with that. D11

2 :( Dakar. D32. I didn't know Brazzaville and Kinshasa were literally across the river from each other, though I had considered the pair. They were about 4th down my list. I thought that the shape of The Gambia made it a good candidate for half the pair (also Djibouti's size and Swaziland's size and location) and thought about Lome but it was all wrong. I should have inferred from the lack of an additional hint that it was a more renowned pairing of cities, but I didn't. Like the next question, I hope this draws a low D. 

3 :( scalar. D22 I hope this draws the D0. I've heard of rasterizing But would never have used raster in this way. Embarrassing miss for me.

4 :( Philadelphia. I don't know this song, but it seems middle of the plate for Steiny, unless he spent all his time memorizing animaniacs. I was thinking about putting a cardinal direction in there, but it would have been south. I blame journey and south Detroit for that. D11. 

5 :( Oldfield. D03. My approach of Thinking of an anglicized composer name was destined to fail. Gustav.

6 :) shoe. Easiest of the lot for Steiny I decided. Even without sabot. D20

I would have given away a 3(2) against myself today. I totally whiffed on 2 of my 3 wheelhouses.

Seif Day 23

3/6. Annoyed that I dropped one I should have gotten. 

1. Sacajawea, Anthony :), D01. You spell Sacagawea with a G? Other than that, I knew both of these pretty firmly. 

2. Kinshasa :), D20. This has been a standard trivia question I've given out for some years. 

3. Metafile :(, D12. No chance on this. 

4. West Philadelphia :), D13. A tv gimme for me. I probably still know the lyrics to the whole theme song. 

5. Handel :(, D32. Second time I've put down Handel and second time the correct answer was another composer whose name started with an H. 

6. Rack :(, D21. Can't believe I missed this. I must have had a poker rake stuck in my head. I not only know this but also know what sabot means in French.

Seif Day 22 vs. Steiny (LLL)

5/6. In a somewhat bizarre and, in retrospect, likely suboptimal defense, I gave D00 to the one question I got wrong. 

1. Death :), D32. The only books by these authors that I know are "My Antonia" and "Death Comes for the Archbishop," both by Cather. From these, this seemed like the best answer, and I got lucky. 

2. Pecurino :), D11. This one is directly attributable to my religious reading of Whole Foods cheese labels. 

3. Hi 5 :(, D00. This is a real kids show, though I now see it's Netflix, not Nickelodeon. I thought the five characters matched it well. Turns out I've never heard of the right answer, and I think I may have wasted my D0. 

4. Pyrrus :), D12. A great clue, in my opinion. I'm not sure how many people will pick up on the root of the English word, but my guess is that this will have a high get rate. 

5. A Woman :), D23. A very rare pop music get for me. This is my second correct answer directly attributable to the 20 minutes of pop music I now listen to each day on my way home from work. It's a huge amount of listening per correct answer so far, but it's also hugely satisfying to get one. 

6. Tennis Balls :), D21. I don't play all that much tennis, but I've certainly played with Penn tennis balls. 

I need coffee so badly- Brian Day 22 vs Ben

2/6 several hours 'til dinner
1)peace. I've heard of Cather, hoped she wrote A Separate Peace 2/2
2)parmesan.  no idea, never heard of pecorino. worried i went too low on defense 1/1
3)Garbage Pail Kids.  my girls love youtube and Nickelodeon, but i guess these dudes are not girly enough for them.  3/3
4)Pyrrh.  knew who the question was referring too, but didn't know his exact name. 0/1
5)A woman.  Arianna is def girly enough for my daughters. 1/2
6)tennis balls. only gimme today. 2/0

Jesse day 22

2/6 I was in meetings all yesterday morning so forgot to submit for my first forfeit ever. 

1. What noun appears in the titles of a 1927 novel by Willa Cather, a 1912 novella by Thomas Mann, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, unfinished autobiographical novel from 1957 by James Agee, and a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen?
Correct Answer: DEATH
Your Answer: Chicago
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I wasn't familiar with the titles of any of their work.

2. Romano is the best known and most popular variety of what Italian hard-pressed cheese, made from the milk of a ewe (from which it gets its name)?
Correct Answer: PECORINO
Your Answer: Pecorino
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Seems relatively easy.

3. Texans Coby Cotton, Cory Cotton, Cody Jones, Garrett Hilbert, and Tyler Toney are members of an entertainment/sports group whose main YouTube channel has over 34 million subscribers, and the five men now star in a television series on Nickelodeon that features the group. What is the group's name? 
Correct Answer: DUDE PERFECT
Your Answer: Dude Perfect
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

These guys are obnoxious. They did some cross over videos with an ultimate player named Brody Smith who does trick shots, who is also obnoxious.

4. Name the Greek king of the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE who is remembered today (historically and linguistically) for his campaigns at Heraclea and Asculum, where he emerged victorious despite massive losses.
Correct Answer: PYRRHUS
Your Answer: Phyr
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew the pyrrhic victory, but didn't know the spelling nor where there was more to his name than the root word. 

5. What is God, according to the title of a recent hit song by Ariana Grande?
Correct Answer: A WOMAN
Your Answer: One of us
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I had no idea.

6. Founded in 1910 in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, a company named Penn has, from its beginning, manufactured what specific sporting equipment, of which it is America's #1 seller? Excepting similar and accessory items, this is the only thing Penn produces.
Correct Answer: TENNIS BALLS
Your Answer: Raquetballs
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I knew I had seen it on a ball, but I assumed wrongly that it was a racquetball. 

Gideon Day 21 vs Pelc

6/6 today!  Feels good after 2/6 the past two days. 
Wasn’t sure how to defend today. 

1 :) D2/2 Kate Middleton
2 :) D0/3 Defenestration - I’ve been in the room where it happened. The victims of the second defenestration survived the 70’ fall. 
3 :) D3 Golf - I want to know how many put Tango or Foxtrot as popular sports. 
4 :) D1/1 Sambuca - I love licorice. I think I’ve tried all the liquors listed. 
5 :) D2/1 Hitchcock - I second guessed myself and tried to come up with a more obscure answer. 
6 :) D1/0 Soap Opera 

brad day21

3/6

vs ben lll

1) middleton d0/d0

gimme

2) genocide d2/d2

nope

3) cricket d2/1

oops

4) sambuca d1/1

considered grappa, but knew ouzo had the licorice taste so went with this

5) hitchcock d1/d2

pleasantly suprised to see this right

6) war of the worlds d3/3

no idea ... was hoping for something much more obscure with the d3

Andy Erev Yom Kippur Round

Almost had a sixer...but wasn't meant to be. Not sure it ever will be.

1. :) Kate Middleton. Had to be. 

2. :) Defenestration. Also didn't know there were more than one, but just looked on wiki and apparently when referred to as "The Defenestration" is generally refers to the second. How come this word doesn't appear in any other context? It's a great word.

3. :( I put Hockey. Of course thought of Golf, but thought these things are generally two plus syllables to reduce mishearing. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Papa, Yankee (I know BPYC). Looks like Mike and Golf are the only two one syllables. I think they should all have at least two. Someone might hear Golf and think they said Rolf.

4. :) Sambuca. What else could it have been. Clearly not grappa. I don' like anise or any of these.

5. :) Hitchcock. Unusual: a correct guess!

6. :) Soap Opera. Seems like a gimme to me.

Have a good and meaningful one everyone observing.

Andy

Brian Day 21 vs Seif (LLL)

​This is an interesting day.  I'm going to do something different, and comment before I submit. I want to get my thoughts down before I see the answers.  I have two gimmes, plus one I'm very confident of and two I feel pretty good about, and one solid guess.  But I think two, possibly three, of these are gimmes for Dave, plus another 2 are very gettable.  Defense is tough today, for both of us.  I'm hoping for an 7(5)-6(5) victory. 

1)Kate Middleton.  Either the princess or Beyonce.  Seems like the right year for Kate, and the designer is British.  If it's Kate, then Dave will get this.  If it's not, he won't.  Hated this defense. D1/2

2)Defenestration of Prague.  I didn't know there were two, but the one I know of definitely led to a war, and Prague is in Czechia. I brushed up on my world history last year, giving me the Diet of Worms, and hopefully this possible 3 pointer. 0/0 Should be a gimme for Dave. 

3) Golf.  Gimme, I know the entire radio alphabet for some reason, probably from all the Tom Clancy novels.  Very guessable, not too many choices here. Again, don't like this defense. 2/2

4)Grappa.  Not sure of spelling, but I've drank ouzo and grappa. Dave will get.  1/1

5)Barrymore.  My one guess,  I think Barrymore is both a Sir and Drew's grandfather, which makes him about the right age.  Hoping Dave only assigns me 1.  I like this defense. 3/3

6) Soap opera.  Gimme from Port Charles, but I think this is the obvious guess for anyone even if the cities don't ring a bell.  So I gave Dave a 1 here instead of for the wedding or golf.  I'll get a 0 from him.  2/1

Submitting....   ugh. sambuca. and now I'm worried about Dave getting Hitchcock, I didn't think of him.... reading Dave's answers... 6(4)-6(4) tie! Nice job Dave, that was a fun day, and both of us hitting our 3 pointers. 

Have an easy fast everyone! Also, I apologize to Andy for all the bad things I've said about him for not posting on the blog. 

Ben Day 21 v rando and Brad

OMG Why didn't I guess Hitchcock. 5/6. Better than the 1 yesterday that dropped me out of promotion zone, though Jesse let me off the hook in LLL

1 :) Middleton. What else could one guess? D01

2 :) defenestration. D22

3 :) golf. Shocked Seif doesn't know his phonetic alphabet. Maybe I wasted my D11

4 :) Sambuca. Anise Italian = Sambuca. D10

5 :( Olivier. Why didn't I guess Hitchcock. It isn't like I had a better guess. I suppose I thought it was a little early. D33

6 :) soap opera. Couldn't think what else it could be. D22

Dave M day 21 v Steiny (LLL)

3/6 today on what seems to be a set of easier questions, probably not good enough to get ahead of Steiny.

 

1 : ) Given the time period it could only be Kate Middleton. D11

2 : ( I guessed Prague exiles. I feel like I should know this and hopefully burned some low Ds here. D23

3 : ) Just went down the alphabet until I got to one that was a sport. D21

4 : ( I also guessed Grappa and was confident with it, having also missed the aniseed link. D02

5 : ( No idea, and wasn’t aware it was such a famous name, so my D32 is probably a bad choice

6 : ) I knew the term Soap Opera originated in the 1930s, so guessed from there. D10

Pelc Day 21 vs Gideon

Better day than the previous two thanks to some decent guesses but 4/6 prob won't be good enough against Gideon.

1. :) - Didn't know this for sure but this was definitely the best guess. D1/1

2. :( - No chance here. D2/3

3. :) - Just knew this one. D2/1

4. :) - As you might imagine from my Kentucky county reasoning yesterday, booze questions are gimmes for me pretty much without exception. D0/0

5. :( - This one might cost me both matches. Overthought and went with Douglas Fairbanks. Now that I think about it, Fairbanks might not even be a Brit and he was also more of an actor than a director. *looks up Douglas Fairbanks and confirms that he's an idiot* - Who was I thinking of? Anyway, even if someone doesn't know this, Hitchcock is the most likely guess so my D will probably cost me. D3/2

6. :) - Another guess that fit the clues. D1/2  

Easy fast to those observing.

Seif Day 21 vs. Brian (LLL)

4/6. Glad to do better today after a couple of weak days. I got 3 of my 4 guesses but only 1 of the 2 I was confident about.

1. Kate Middleton :), D11. I had no knowledge of any of this, but given the timeframe I didn't see who else it could possibly be. 

2. Defenestration of Prague :), D33. I knew this began the 30 Years' War, which was enough for me to get it, but I think this is very hard. I didn't realize there had been another two centuries earlier. I also don't love the word "expulsion," in the clue, which I think is misleading. 

3. Volleyball :(, D22. I spent a lot of time considering this. I thought this could make sense because it would be a good idea to have a long word for a sound that is pronounced so differently in English vs. German. Nope! But this was my only wrong guess. 

4. Grappa :(, D02. I thought I had this, but I missed the aniseed aspect of it I now see.

5. Hitchcock :), D21. No idea, just took a guess. Got lucky. 

6. Soap Opera :), D10. Same deal as #5, but this seems easier in that there were no other logical guesses in my mind. 

Pelc Day 20

2/6 today - two difficult days in a row. 

1. :) - Am I the only one who got this because bourbon? Fort Knox too but mostly bourbon. D0/0 looks like really bad D here.

2. :) - I have been to just one movie in the theaters in the last few months and saw the Ewan McGregor trailer. Not sure if I would have gotten there without it. D2/2 

3. :( - I feel like I should know about the existence in history of a King Zod. I'm happy to know it now. I went with New Zealand because of cricket - it's big there, right? D1/2

4. :( - Annoyed about this one, I didn't read closely enough and guessed receivables. D1/1

5. :( - I only have a few composers in my rotation of LL guesses. Haydn happens to be one of them but, unfortunately, it was Brahms's turn this time. D3/3

6. :( - When I think Steppenwolf; I think band first, book second, and animal like sixth. As such, I had no real shot here. D2/1

Brian Day 21 vs. Dave M

​2/6 Tough day.  I didn't have a chance on the ones I missed

1)Missouri.  guess based on Jefferson City. D0/0

2)Christopher Robin.  I saw a lot of commercials this summer for Ewan Mcgregor playing a grownup Christopher Robin seeing Winnie the Pooh and friends.  1/2

3)Eqypt.  I consider it a victory that I have the same wrong answer as Seif. 1/1

4)accrual.  My college roommate dubbed me Accounting Man due to my understanding of the material and ability to tutor him.  I dubbed him FOAM - Friend of Accounting Man.  2/1

5)vivaldi 3/3

6)The Bear and the Maiden Fair.  Never knew there was a book.  I made sure the band played Magic Carpet Ride at my wedding.  2/2

Jesse day 20

2/6 v Ben in private

1. Bullitt, Cumberland, Fayette, Jefferson, and Knox are among the 120 counties in what U.S. state?
Correct Answer: KENTUCKY
Your Answer: Kentucky
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew it was in the south and I am sure there are plenty of Jefferson counties. I knew Fort Knox was in Kentucky and decided to go with that guess. 

2. British actors Alex Lawther and Ewan McGregor played the same title character in different films, from 2017 (a biographical drama) and 2018 (a fantasy drama). What is the name of that character?
Correct Answer: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
Your Answer: Martin Luther
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Well this was very gettable. I have a 5 year old so I don't go to the movies. 

3. A man named Ahmed Bey Zogu, and better known as Zog, served as Prime Minister (1922-24), President (1925-28), and King (1928-39) of what country? The latter position is one that had previously been offered, reportedly, to former English cricketer C.B. Fry.
Correct Answer: ALBANIA
Your Answer: Pakistan
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Muslim country that plays cricket? I went with Pakistan.  

4. There are two basic methods of accounting generally recognized (and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service) for recording business activity. One is the "cash" method, where revenue and expenses are reported when cash is received or paid out. What is the common name for the other method, which records activity as it happens (e.g., when a product is delivered to a customer), even if cash has not changed hands?
Correct Answer: ACCRUAL
Your Answer: Accrual
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I run a small business so know the very basics of accounting. 

5. Name the composer, widely regarded as both the father of the symphony and of the string quartet, whose London Symphonies and Paris Symphonies are among his prodigious output of 106 symphonies and 68 string quartets.
Correct Answer: JOSEPH HAYDN
Your Answer: Handle
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Handle was a guess. I got the Ha right.

6. The title of what 1927 novel refers to the specific type of animal to which the main character, a lonely middle-aged intellectual named Harry Haller, likens himself, as he labors to confront a bourgeois society he both hates and needs?
Correct Answer: STEPPENWOLF
Your Answer: Toadie
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Oh, cool question. I had no idea. 

Ben Day 20

1/6.

1 :( Tennessee. I had Kentucky (based on bullitt bourbon) then changed it. D01

2 :( Wilde. I haven't heard of these movies. D22

3 :) Albania. Never gonna forget King Zog. D10

4 :( Mark to market. It didn't feel right, but neither did accrual. I don't know my accounting basics evidently. D11

5 :( Liszt. Composer crapshoot. D33

6 :( Rat Race. I only knew of this as a band name. D22

Seif Day 20 vs. Brad (LLL)

Forgot to include the matchup below. 

Seif Day 20

2/6. I found these very hard despite a world history, a (US) geography, and a business question. I'm actually lucky to walk away with two. 

1. Kentucky :), D11. I figured this had to be either KY, TN, NC, VA, or WV. I went with KY because that's where Fort Knox is. Phew!

2. Turing :(, D22. No clue. 

3. Egypt :(, D01. This kind of rings a bell now that I see the answer (or maybe I'm just making that up), but either way I would have probably guessed lots of other countries before Albania. 

4. Accrual :), D10. Only one I was pretty sure I had right when I submitted. 

5. Handel :(, D23. At least I got the first two letters...

6. The Owl :(, D32. No clue. 

Brian Day 19 vs MeyerE

Afrustrating 3/6.  kicking myself for two, but lucked out on hopefully a 3 point play.

1)Horses.  Complete guess.  At some point recently someone mentioned a painter who was famous for horses. Looks like it wasn't at bar trivia, maybe Jeopardy? I couldn't name the painter to save my life, but horses was as good a guess as any.  hoping for a 3.  D3/1

2)The Killing Fields.  kicking myself, very very gettable. and yes Dave, i know KL is not in Cambodia, I just had no other answer. 0/3

3)Lyssistrada.  My high school put on a production of this.  Looking back, how was that appropriate?  2/0

4)Turk.   I might be off by a few years and a few thousand miles, but I liked this answer better than union or confederate. 1/2

5)Tar.  kicking myself again, this is a no-brainer. at least i defended appropriately. 1/1

6) Mmacarena.  Ubiquitous doesn't begin to describe this annoying song.   2/2

Dave M day 19 v MMann (LL) and Brad (LLL)

Tough questions today and a measly 1/6 to go into battle with Brad and Mann. Same D for both.

 

1 : ( Went with ships. D3

2 : ( I had utterly no idea so randomly guessed Superman. D1

3 : ( Nope – guessed Jezebel. D2

4 : ( Pitt was my guess but turns out he was a few years later. D1

5 : ) This I also thought was the gimme of the day. D0

6 : ( Was confident with Every Step You Take, the Puff Daddy remix. Looks like that was 1997 though. D2

 

So for LLL It is me 2 (1) v Brad 3 (2)

Pelc Day 19

3/6 on a tough day. I'll take it

1. :( - No idea. Went with farms. Bad guess. D2/2

2. :) - Haven't seen it yet but hear it's great. D0/2

3. :( - No chance. Also guessed Helen. Hope it's as difficult as I thought. D3/3

4. :( - I had no idea here either. Question makes some sense in hindsight, well done to whoever got there b/c of the clue. D2/1

5. :) - Only gimme of the day, I thought. D1/0

6. :) - Took me a bit but I got there. D1/1

Jesse Day 19

0/6! First of the season!

1. Most of the works of the late 18th-, early 19th-century English painter George Stubbs, as well as many of the significant works in the career of American painter Susan Rothenberg, feature what as their subject, which is also featured in numerous works (and their titles) of German painter Franz Marc?
Correct Answer: HORSES
Your Answer: Flowers
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I considered horses, but I had no idea.

2. The first credited acting role for Henry Golding, a Kuala Lumpur-based correspondent for the BBC program The Travel Show, was as a leading character in what feature film?
Correct Answer: CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Your Answer: Entrapment
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I saw this movie with my wife last week. Had no idea what the lead's name was. For some reason all I could think of was that damn Sean Connery movie set in Kuala Lumpur. 

3. Name the title character of the ribald satire by Aristophanes who, outraged by the destruction of the Peloponnesian War, convinces her fellow Athenian women to seize the city-state's treasury, occupy the Acropolis, and withhold carnal relations from their spouses until the war ends.
Correct Answer: LYSISTRATA
Your Answer: Penelope
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Never heard of her.

4. Who was British Prime Minister for most of the duration of the American Revolutionary War? He shared a name, in a sense (perhaps a straining sense), with one of the belligerents in another war that would begin roughly eight decades later.
Correct Answer: FREDERICK NORTH, LORD NORTH
Your Answer: Robert Lee
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

There was no way I would have gotten this. 

5. What is the common term for the thick, dark brown, uncrystallized residue, similar to black treacle, obtained from cane or beet sugar during the refining process?
Correct Answer: MOLASSES
Your Answer: Syrup
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nope!

6. Miami-based record producers Mike Triay and Carlos de Yarza, working collectively as the Bayside Boys, are largely responsible for Billboard magazine's #1 single for 1996, their remixed version of what song?
Correct Answer: MACARENA
Your Answer: Walk this way
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Ah, this was very gettable.