Gideon Day 25 LL81 vs Jesse

5/6 today.

Congratulations Pelc! I’ll hand over the LLL championship scarf next time I see you :)
Good season everyone. Fun as always.

1 :( D2/1 Cupcakes - I thought I’d seen the book, but couldn’t remember the food. Now that I’ve seen some illustrations online, I think I might have been thinking of a different children’s book.
2 :) D1/2 Income Tax - I had “Go directly to jail” as my answer until I actually figured it out at the last minute.
3 :) D0/0 Horn of Africa - I hope nobody put Homeowners Association.
4 :) D1/2 Cassat - I was surprised this was right. I was expecting the answer to be an obscure artist that I hadn’t heard of.
5 :) D2/1 Black Panther - I have a vivid memory of going to see this on Presidents Day, in Denver, in the middle of a snowstorm. It had been sunny and 65F the day before, and dropped to a low of 7F that night.
6 :) D3/3 Are - I guess I wasn’t the only one to “create” an Are from a Hectare. I’d never heard of one before.

Jesse Day 25

4/6 Brother battle in private rundle!

1. Two best-selling children's picture books by Adam Rubin, the original published in 2012 and its sequel in 2017, discuss dragons' unexpected love for what food?
Correct Answer: TACOS
Your Answer: Tacos
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I saw this book in the kids section when looking for books with my daughter. 

2. The gist of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution can be summed up by a phrase that is the name of one of the 40 spaces on a standard Monopoly board. What is that phrase?
Correct Answer: INCOME TAX
Your Answer: Income Tax
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I knew the 16th amendment was the income tax, but wasn't positive it was a square. I thought it was called luxury tax, but that didn't make sense as an answer. So went with Income tax and it turns out there are both luxury and income tax squares. 

3. A geographical region that has been historically referred to as Barbara, Bilad al Barbar ("Land of the Berbers"), and Jasiiradda Soomaali (in Somali) is sometimes referred to in English by the abbreviation HOA. What do the letters "HOA" stand for?
Correct Answer: HORN OF AFRICA
Your Answer: Horn of Africa
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I reasoned this out from Somalia. A was probably Arab or Africa. Somalia is in Africa. Then thought about H and horn came to mind because Somalia is in the horn of Africa. 

4. Name the painter who, though included in exhibitions with the Impressionists in the 1870s and 1880s, was not very well-known in her home country until her Modern Woman mural was displayed at the Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Correct Answer: MARY CASSATT
Your Answer: Calo
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Ugh. I think I scored this way too low. Also, my time period was way off. Sloppy. 

5. What film, which opened in February of last year, was the top grossing film in the United States in 2018, with its $700 million in total gross putting it just ahead of Avengers: Infinity War and nearly $100 million ahead of #3 Incredibles 2?
Correct Answer: BLACK PANTHER
Your Answer: Black Panther
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew Black Panther was 2018 and made a ton of money. 

6. What three-letter basic unit of area in the metric system is equal to 100 square meters, or approximately 0.02471 acres?
Correct Answer: ARE
Your Answer: HOA
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1   

Nope!

Brian day 25 vs. Andy's relative and Steiny

5/6 to close the season.  Looking forward to the mini-leagues and one-days.

1) Tacos.  There were a few months last year where I read these to my daughter every night.  And we had them for dinner last night, Taco Tuesday.  2/2

2) Income Tax. What else could it be?  1/1

3) Horn of Africa. I always think of the Berbers as having been on the north coast, but I didn't like Half of Algeria,  and Somalia = Horn of Africa.  I bet the Barbary Coast is on the horn as well. (Looking it up.. nope, the Barbary Coast is the northern coast, so is this going to be a difficult question for those who do know where the Barbary Coast is?)  1/2

4) Fromage.  never heard of her. 3/3

5) Black Panther.  Very good, and an important movie, but overrated. Still, Wakanda forever! 0/0

6) are.   Got it from hectare, otherwise have never heard of it. Surprised to see this after what I thought was so soon after the hectare question, but it turns out that was seven seasons ago.  2/1

Dave M day 25 v A Levinson LLL

A 3.5 out of 6 for the final day of LL81 – it flew by this time.

 

1 : ( Clearly all parents of young kids know this and nobody else. Hope neither of my opponents have young kids. I guessed Sushi, D21

2 : | I put down ‘pay income tax’, not sure if that pays or not. D00

3 : ) Geography gimme. D11

4 : ( Absolutely no idea. Put down Monet as I believe the famous Monet’s wife was also an artist. D33

5 : ) I too was pleased that the question shut down Avengers as the answer, leaving Black Panther the obvious option. D12

6 : ) Pretty straightforward leap from hectare to are, though I’ve never heard of Are on its own. D22

Pelc Day 25 vs Seif

I thought I was in some trouble because a lot of these were right in Seif's wheelhouse but, thanks to a last minute, somewhat counterintuitive defense change, I pulled off a 4(4)-4(4) tie to secure 1st place in LLL. Happy to have finally gotten 1st after taking 3rd my previous 3 LLL seasons.  Thanks again for including me! 

1. :) - This is a gimme for dads and I was pretty sure Seif is a dad so I switched this to a D1. D2/1

2. :) - Gimme. D1/0

3. :) - Knew this right away so that means it's a real geography gimme. D1/1

4. :( - Heard of her but no shot here. D3/3

5. :) - Gimme D0/2

6. :( - No chance for me. Seif is strong in math but my gut told me this might be a tough one, glad I was correct. D2/2

Ben day 25

Ok today. Missing metric system and board game questions should be quite a rude shock to my opponents DE. Sorry Kim.

1 :) tacos. We have both On our bookshelf.

2 :( community chest. I considered income tax but don't really understand what an amendment is as I thought it wouldn't talk about taxes.

3 :) Horn of Africa. Never heard the abbreviation before. 

4 :( kahlo. I knew she was Mexican and wrong timing but thought I had no shot. I have heard of Cassatt but had no idea she was Colombian.

5 :) black panther. 

6 :( dec. this was pretty gettable. Never heard of a single are rather than a hectare though, but given that I knew we were talking about 1/100 of a hectare this seems kinda obvious in hindsight.

Seif Day 25 vs. Pelc (LLL)

4/6 today.  Three gimmes, one that I had to think about, and no chance at the others.  If Pelc loses to me and Gideon wins in LLL, Gideon will win LLL for the fourth time, with his only non-win being the season he didn't play.  So, we'll see if I was able to play spoiler.

1. Tacos :), D11.  Gimme for me as a dad with kids of a certain age.

2. Income Tax :), D11.  Gimme.

3. Horn of Africa :), D22.  Gimme.

4. O'Keefe :(, D23.  No chance here.  I was debating between Kahlo, where I was pretty sure the timing didn't quite work, and O'Keefe.  But I never considered the right answer.

5. Black Panther :), D00.  Very happy to get this.  I actually thought this was 2017, and if the question had simply been which movie was the top grossing in 2018, I would have put down Avengers.  But I couldn't think of anything else it could be, so I went with Black Panther.  I doubt this will give either of my opponents nearly as much trouble as it gave me.

6. Arc :(, D32.  No clue here at all.  I've never heard of an "are." The fact that I was only one letter off was a pure coincidence.  (Now that I see Brad's post, though, I realize that "are" is related to "hectare," which I have heard of, and now the answer makes sense to me.)

Great season, everyone.  It feels like it just started.  Until August 28!

brad day25

5/6 ... a very strange season ending almost exactly at my average tca

vs meyere lll (after facing in ll yesterday)

1) tacos d1/1

my 4 yr old son loves this book, but refuses to eat the answer

2) income tax d2/2

wasnt confident with this, but figured was a better answer than free parking

3) horn of africa d3/2

did not think this would be right, regretting the d

4) kahlo d2/1

no idea

5) black panther d0/0

nearly submitted solo which i was pretty sure was wrong.  another minute going down the marvel rabbit hole got this (would have guessed infinity war had that not been in the clue)

6) are d1/3

spelled hectare wrong a few seasons ago 

Kim Day 25

Vs Ben LLL

2/6

Defense was very hard as there are 4 (if not 6) that I think Ben will get.

1 :( Pizza. Of course it's tacos. D32
2 :( Free Parking. This is embarrassing. I am sure most will get from 16th amendment alone. I now remember Luxury Tax, but not necessarily Income Tax from the board. D12
3 :) Horn of Africa D10
4 :( Frida Kahlo. Way off on timing. Chicago and home country made me think it was not an American. Art streak still alive. D23
5 :) Black Panther. D01
6 :( lot. No idea. D21

Gideon Day 24 vs Kim

4/6 today
Good luck tomorrow everyone!
My prediction of an Akihito question this season has only one more match day to come true.

1 :) D1/0 Breakfast at Tiffanys
2 :( D1/2 Santiago - I read about San Martin as a character in one of the later Aubrey-Maturin novels that dealt with Chilean independence... I just couldn’t remember his name.
3 :) D2/1 Kirby
4 :) D0/2 Ulster
5 :) D2/1 James Dean - I got it from “the three”.
6 :( D3/3 Allergies - My list of potential guesses also included high blood pressure, gout, heartburn, and constipation.

Ben Day 24

Poor 1/6.

1 :( English Patient. Don't remember this. Rochelle Rochelle? 

2 :( Zapata. I knew I was off by a continent and the best part of 100 years but had no shot at the actual answer.

3 :( Qbert. This was gettable. I went through Smash Bros characters but somehow missed Kirby.

4 :) Ulster. Yay I got one

5 :( Stan Lee. I thought it was a famous director who had a few cameos. It didn't occur to me that it would be an actor with only 3 appearances.

6 :( Cancer. I thought i was right here beacuse 'sartan' is cancer in Hebrew.

brad day24

1/6 ... limping to the end

vs meyere ll and seif lll

1) its a wonderful life d1/2

no idea, did not see the episode, movie, or read the book

2) perez d3/0

no idea ... but figured david would know

3) kirby d2/1

played a lot of smash bros in high school

4) cork d2/1

nope

5) reagan d1/3

very gettable, didnt think about this long enough

6) hair loss d0/2

i guess thankful to not know this ...

Brian Day 24 vs Mrs. FriedlandMJ

4/6 which came out of nowhere, I thought I had only 2.  Two wild guesses and only one gimme, and I almost missed even that one.

1) Not That There's Anything Wrong With It.  Was upset at first that I missed a Seinfeld question, then when I saw the answer I knew there was no way I was getting this.  1/2

2) Cortes.  absolutely no idea. When in doubt, go with the opposite of the answer.  3/1

3) Kirby.  WAG number one.  There was a question on Kirby that I pulled out of nowhere in my first LL season, I thought I'd just guess him again. Shocked it worked. 2/3

4) Ulster.  Was pretty sure this was right.  1/2

5) Dean.  Almost messed this up. Trask and Stark are anagrams so was trying to get in that way.  Then I re-read the questions and saw it asked for 'the' three roles, not three roles. That made it a gimme.  0/0

6)  high blood pressure.  WAG number two, was the first thing that came to mind. 2/1

Pelc Day 24 vs Will (LLL)

4/6 today, had trouble figuring out defense today and I fear that might cost me 1st place in LLL. 

1. :) -  Is this a TV, Literature, or Film question? Since it touches on so many categories, I assume it's very gettable. I also assume everyone here is as big a Seinfeld fan as I am. D0/0

2. :( - No chance here and no clue if this is easy or not. Both opponents strong in World History so D1/1

3. :) - I defended this question as if I was the only person on earth to ever play a Kirby game. D3/3

4. :( - I know I should know this but I just don't. D2/1

5. :) - I didn't recognize any of the character names (don't think I've actually seen any of is movies) and this was still very gettable. I think there was a similar question in a previous season but just listing his films or asking to name one of them. D1/2

6. :) - I'm not on any of these but my blood pressure was a little high a couple of years ago and medication was a possibility. At the time, I did a little research on side effects, etc. Thankfully, I was able to avoid it by getting my blood pressure down naturally. Now, that experience has helped me answer a LL question, so win/win. D2/2

Jesse day 24

4/6

1. A Seinfeld episode highlights the page-to-screen changes of a particular book when George, having joined a book club but too lazy to read and having watched the movie instead, comments on the romantic coupling at the end, only to be reminded (or informed) that the narrator was gay. What 1958 novella was the club discussing?
Correct Answer: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Your Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I remember this episode. 

2. Between 1816 and 1825, most of Spanish South America achieved independence under the leadership of two primary libertadores, subsequently breaking into nine separate countries. One was Simón Bolívar; who was the other? Argentina's highest recognition for officials from foreign countries is named in his honor.
Correct Answer: JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN
Your Answer: San Martin
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I spent a fair amount of time in South America so am familiar with San Martin. 

3. The country of Dream Land on a star-shaped planet called Popstar is the homeland of what flexible and cheerfully voracious video game character?
Correct Answer: KIRBY
Your Answer: Kirby
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I have never played it, but I remembered the cover art. 

4. The name for what Irish cúige ("province") has been used historically for various political parties that support Northern Ireland's union with Great Britain?
Correct Answer: ULSTER
Your Answer: Ulster
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

It was the only thing that I could think of in terms of a province involved in the troubles. 

5. Cal Trask, Jim Stark, and Jett Rink are the three credited feature film roles of what Hollywood legend?
Correct Answer: JAMES DEAN
Your Answer: Douglass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I haven't seen a James Dean film since film school. 

6. Losartan, eprosartan, irbesartan, telmisartan, and valsartan are medicines prescribed predominantly (and indicated primarily) to treat what condition?
Correct Answer: HYPERTENSION/HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Your Answer: High Cholesterol
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea. Fortunately am not on any of those medicines. 

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Seif Day 24 vs. Brad (LLL)

Very solid 5/6.  My LL opponent is not only first in the rundle but has such a huge lead that despite losing yesterday, even if he were to forfeit out the season he would still win by at least two points.

1. Breakfast at Tiffany's :), D11.  Gimme.  And funny.

2. San Martin :), D22.  I spent a long time on this and am glad to have gotten it.  I'd heard of San Martin and of Belgrano, and I didn't really know enough about them to know which it would be.  I finally settled on San Martin because Belgrano was the name of the Argentinian ship sunk during the Falklands War, and I couldn't imagine Thorsten would write a long question about him but not mention that.

3. Pikachu :(, D31.  I totally, totally forgot about Kirby even though I'd played Kirby video games plenty as a kid.  It was just completely purged from my memory.  Too bad, since it cost me a 6/6.

4. Ulster :), D00.  No way I'm missing two UK questions in a row.  I'm still mad about missing Tory.

5. Dean :), D13.  I got this--surprisingly easily for me--due to two things. First was the article "the" in the question, as in there were only three.  And, I knew that James Dean only did 3 movies (although I never could have named any of the characters) because I had a professor who used to call Frank Ramsey "the James Dean of academia" for publishing major works in 3 fields before dying in his 20s.  This should be a good get for me.

6. High blood pressure :), D22.  Pure guess, but given that it's "treating" (not curing) a "condition" (not a disease), this seems like one of the most logical guesses.

LLL Update 2 from Seif

Looks like LLL is now Pelc's to lose!  He uses a 6/6 to move firmly into the lead.

Pelc Day 23 vs Brian

6/6 today! Never thought I'd pull that off with a group that include a geography, math, and art question but there's a first time for everything. 

1. :) - Second clue made this a lot easier. D1/1

2. :) - Was either Mongolia or Russia and didn't think this would be asked if it was Russia. D2/2

3. :) - Knew this won around then and it fit the clue. D1/1

4. :) - These are really good. D2/2

5. :) - I'm sure this is a pretty easy math question but it took me a while bc I had to visualize it.  D00

6. :) - Jasper Johns = Pop Art. I'm pretty sure I learned that from a Simpsons episode. D3/3

Jesse day 23

3/6 

1. What word, initially an Irish term for an outlaw (and specifically a Catholic outlaw), originated as a political term to refer to a supporter of the heir to the throne of England, Ireland, and Scotland—James II of England? The term endures in Britain to denote an individual who is ideologically conservative and politically center-right.
Correct Answer: TORY
Your Answer: Jacobite
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I considered Tory because of the second line, but I thought the name for supporters James II were Jacobites. 

2. Of the fourteen countries with which China shares an international land border, the longest by a significant margin (measured by either continuous border or total) is the border with what other country?
Correct Answer: MONGOLIA
Your Answer: Mongolia
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

It was either that or Russia around the Manchuria area. I guessed right. 

3. Name the Academy Award-winning film that was shot over a period of 36 days in the winter of 1953-1954 among the docks, rooftops, bars, and a historic church in Hoboken, New Jersey?
Correct Answer: ON THE WATERFRONT
Your Answer: On the Waterfront
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

The time period and docks brought On the Waterfront to mind immediately. 

4. The slogan "Quality. _______. Squared." (redacted here) appears on the North American packaging of the German company Ritter Sport. What is Ritter Sport's main product (which fills in that blank in the slogan)?
Correct Answer: CHOCOLATE
Your Answer: Chocolate
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimmie, right?

5. What is the word typically used for a plane figure whose regular version has all sides of equal length (like all regular polygons) and all interior angles of 108°?
Correct Answer: PENTAGON
Your Answer: Equilateral
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I had no idea.

6. The origin for the term for what artistic movement, represented by the works of Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Eduardo Paolozzi, and others, is credited separately to British artist John McHale, and critic Lawrence Alloway, both members of what was known as the Independent Group?
Correct Answer: POP ART
Your Answer: Outsider art
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2  

Ah, yeah, this was gettable. 

Brian Day 23 vs Pelco (LLL)

5/6

1) Tory.  Wild guess, it's the only British political term I know.  Surprised I got it.  2/1

2) Mongolia.  Was slightly worried it was Russia, but every time I look at a map I'm taken with how big Mongolia is and how no one ever mentions it.  0/1

3) On the Waterfront.  Never saw it, just a guess based on docks and and the time period. 1/0

4) Chocolate.  Seems like a YKIOYD question; luckily for me these are at every New York City midtown deli.  I had a white chocolate macadamia habit a few years ago.   Is there any way to get this correct if you don't buy sandwiches in NYC?  Curious if it's well-known for other reason, or if there's a clue in the question. 2/2

5) pentagon.  Math gimme.  1/2

6) MAGA!  If he had mentioned Lichtenstein (Roy, not the country) I would have had a rare art answer.  3/3

seif, i also put bases

LLL Update

With a loss for me (Seif) and Gideon in LLL today, Pelc can move into first all by himself.  If he loses (vs. Brian), though, and Jesse wins, there will be five people with 31 points and just two days left.  Based on what's been posted so far, I'd say there's nearly a 50/50 chance that this outcome occurs.  It will be exciting if it does.

Gideon Day 23 vs Ben

5/6
Nice sixpack Ben!

1 :) D1/1 Tory
2 :) D1/1 Mongolia
3 :) D0/2 On The Waterfront - I coulda been somebody. I coulda been a contender.
4 :) D2/2 Chocolate
5 :) D2/0 Pentagon
6 :( D3/3 Assemblage - I think Johns and Rauschenberg stuck objects to their canvases. I was pretty proud to come up with this. Didn’t recognize the other names.

Dave M day 23 v Seif LLL

Another matchup with Seif and I’m excited for this one as I’ve already spotted he gave me a D3 for the rare math question I get right. 4/6 today.

 

1 : ) I wasn’t aware Tory was used as a term for Jacobites but it was the only term that could make sense here. D22

2 : ) I also picked between Russia and Mongolia, plumping for Mongolia based on the same Mercator issue Ben highlighted. D11

3 : ( Never heard of On The Waterfront. Guessed It’s a Beautiful Life. D02

4 : ) Ritter Sport is delicious but I always wondered about misleading advertising. It’s not exactly sporty. D10

5 : ) If internal angles of a square are 90, then 108 is 18 more, 90/18 = 5, so must be Pentagon. D21

6 : ( I guessed Futurism, definitely 20^th Century but I was too early. D33

 

So it is me 5 (4) – Seif 4 (3).  Seif’s correct guess of On The Waterfront got him a D2 but the D3 on the Pentagon question swung it my way.

brad day23

vs friedlandw lll

3/6

1) tory d0/0

brexit gimme?

2) mongolia d1/1

happy to get this, russia felt too obvious

3) its a wonderful life d1/2

no idea

4) putters d2/3

couldnt think of any appropriate sports gear, hopefully should get a 0/1 for this given biz and sports my two best categories

5) pentagon d2/2

i like these math q's much better than the typical definition ones

6) freestyle d3/1

no idea

Ben day 23

I'm not sure I've ever beaten Gideon but at least I'm certainly not losing today with 6/6. LLL is actually wide open with 3 games to go for the top 5. I'm sixth. Also, before today I'd locked in neither promotion or relegation in C so this is possibly the least useful 6 pack of my career. I do now have a real shot of beating my prior best season .527 q% from LL67!

1 :) Tory. I couldn't think what else it could be. Would not have been shocked if it were some entirely unfamiliar term.d02

2 :) Mongolia. It was this or Russia, and I was not confident. On my side was that it was a nice long curve and 5e Russian distance would be exaggerated by Mercator. Pleased to get this.d13

3 :) on the waterfront. The very thorsteny clue to docks/waterfront compelled me to guess something wharfy,  was the only candidate. Lucky I've heard of it. D22

4 :) chocolate. Delicious. I treat myself to ritter sport from nearby bodegas every few months. D11

5 :) pentagon. Internal angle = 180 * (n-2)/n for an n sided regular polygon.d20

6 :) pop art. I was shocked to see this was right given there was no mention of Lichtenstein and I wouldn't have considered Jasper Johns as pop art. I just had no other guess. I thought the word American may have been somewhere in the title but decided not to make something up.i would not have thrown a defensive 3 here if I thought pop art was at all likely. d31. 

Seif Day 23 vs. Mirkin (LLL)

With my victory over Jesse in LLL on Friday in what was a defense (or lack thereof) bloodbath, there are now three of us tied in points at the top of LLL with 3 days left.

3/6.  This result is disappointing given what I expected when submitting.

1.  Jacobite :(, D11.  Very disappointed to miss this.  I guess, looking back, that my answer doesn't quite work for all aspects of the question.  But it's sort of ingrained in me that a Jacobite was a supporter of James II.  This is correct, but I guess Tory counts too and fits the rest of the question better.  I spent all of maybe 3 seconds on this question because I was so certain I was right.

2. Mongolia :), D10.  This is probably the most obvious guess among the three candidates--Russia, India, Mongolia--but it's no gimme.  Its border is about 30% longer than the other two, so I could see someone coming up with another answer.  Still, I think D0 was the right move against Mirkin.

3. On the Waterfront :), D02.  Don't know where I pulled this from.  Prior to this question, all I knew about this movie was that it was old and considered very good.  But it came to me right away as a guess when I saw "docks," and I knew I wasn't going to get anything better.

4. Bases :(, D21.  Quite the trick question.  I didn't really know why a German company would make baseball bases, but it seemed to fit what appeared to be a sports gear question.

5. Pentagon :), D23.  Gimme, although I admit to having checked it mathematically in case I'd remembered the angles of regular polygons incorrectly.  I'm surprised to see Mirkin struggles so much with math questions, but given his percentage there, D3 was the only thing I could give him.

6. Abstract :(, D32.  I've vaguely aware of Jasper Johns, so I knew I wasn't going to give a completely crazy answer, but I don't think I could have ever pulled off the right answer.

Gideon Day 22 vs Andy

5/6 today
1 :( D3/2 Strait of Tasmania
2 :) D1/1 Havel - I was tempted to try to spell Váçlâv and guess at the accents.
3 :) D2/2 O Pioneers! - We had a hardcover copy of this book when I was a kid.  I remember seeing it on the shelf, but never read it.
4 :) D2/3 Copperhead - I remember this question (vaguely) from a few years ago when I answered Cottonmouth and was very pleased with my guess.
5 :) D0/0 Dark Side of the Moon
6 :) D1/1 Heather

Kim Day 22

Vs MeyerE LLL

1/6. I thought today went better than this.

1 :( Yarra River. The only reason I could name a waterway is because on the Midseason Classic. I held out hope that this was a freebie. D22

2 :( Nope. D31

3 :( All Quiet on the Western Front. I put this down right away instead of thinking about it for one more minute. I should have got this. D11

4 :( Toadstool D12

5 :( The Stranger. Also thinking a decade too late on song. D23

6 :) Heather. Almost did this too quickly and wrote Heathers. Does this pay, Ben?? D00

Brian Day 22 vs a Torres Straitian and Belsky

2/6.  At least I knew for which question I should assign Ben a zero.

1) Foster Vegemite Thylacine Strait.  Thought I had this.  0/2

2) Prince.  no clue.  1/3

3) Go west young man.  nope. 2/2

4) Snakes in the grass. no chance.  3/1

5) Dark Side of the Moon.  Gimme.  Despite Roger Waters becoming a d-bag, the album is a classic. I assume I'll be chastising most of you for not having heard of this album. My brother got me a shirt with the album cover, but instead of a prism it has a Death Star.  2/1

6) Heather 1/0

Ben, I'm so proud of you for pulling Dark Side, very nice.  Today played out close to how you expected, giving you a 3(3)-1(2) victory.   Glad to keep you safe from relegation.  And I think you kept me safe from promotion .

Seif, Billy Joel's helicopters are in Goodnight Saigon, circa 1982. Always amazing to hear in concert

Jesse day 22

3/6

1. As designated by the national government, there are two indigenous groups in Australia, one of which is the Aboriginal people. The other is a native people whose homelands are the islands in what waterway, after which the group is today formally named?
Correct Answer: TORRES STRAIT
Your Answer: Something Straight Islanders
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I could not pull it from my memory even though I have heard the term. 

2. The Garden Party, The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, and The Memorandum are plays written by what Velvet Revolutionary? 
Correct Answer: VÁCLAV HAVEL
Your Answer: Havel
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew Havel was a writer and then the leader of the Czech Republic after the fall of the Soviet Union. I used to live in Prague so am familiar with him. 

3. The title of what 1913 Willa Cather novel comes from a poem by Walt Whitman, where he enthusiastically endorses America's bold and adventurous westward expansion?
Correct Answer: O PIONEERS!
Your Answer: Manifest Destiny
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nope! Thought I was right. 

4. What was the reptilian nickname—applied derisively but subsequently embraced—that was given to northerners during the U.S. Civil War suspected of insurgent activities on behalf of the Confederacy?
Correct Answer: COPPERHEADS
Your Answer: Snake
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I could not pull it even though I have heard of the term. 

5. A heartbeat, a helicopter noise, a cash register, and a cacophony of alarm clocks are among the sound effects on what rock album from 1973?
Correct Answer: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
Your Answer: Dark Side of the Moon
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

The alarm clocks are seared in my brain from Fraternity hazing. 

6. Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker all appeared in the same 1989 film playing characters with what first name?
Correct Answer: HEATHER
Your Answer: Heather
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1  

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I have never seen Heathers, but was the only title features a multiple of a first name I could think of from that period. 

Ben day 22 v Brian and will’s mother

Hopefully the Australian question and difficult defense exposes Brian.

1 :) Torres Strait. Gimme for an Australian. Counting on this being tough for you Seppos. Expect a big fat zero for my efforts here. D33

2 :( Kundera. I thought I was a legit shot here. 'The increased difficulty of concentration' hits the same spot in my brain as 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'. Was kinda counting on this one. D20

3 :( wild blue yonder. Am I in trouble? No idea how this plays for Americans. No shot here. D22

4 :( chameleons. See above. No idea if this is well known or not. They should have been called chameleons, I'd say. D11

5 :) dark side of the moon. Surprise, Brian. This was a great get for me so I'm hoping I pull in at least 2. Weird noises made me think of Money for Nothing but I knew that was too late. Helicopter noises made me think of goodnight Saigon which I also knew was too late. 'Rock' eliminates mike oldfield and Philip glass and there was Brian Eno who I know from crosswords but I don't know any of his albums or if any of them are rock. Then I was fairly limited on which 1970s rock albums names I knew. Genesis was on the cards but I don't know any of their albums. The whole time dark side of the moon was in he back of my mind and I ended up putting it and was very pleasantly surprised to see I was right. I know it is weird and iconic and can play along to wizard of oz. d11

6 :) heathers. Pop culture 1-2 punch. My parents rented heathers from the video store in the early 90s and hated it so much that it came up repeatedly over the years. Slumdogged this one. D02

My hope is that Brian defends these questions as if I'm seif and throws me 4 points across questions 5 & 6. And doesn't know the American history/lit. I'll be shocked if he doesn't nail the last 2. I'd say I'm only 1 win away from avoiding relegation. This would be sweet!

Seif Day 22 vs. Jesse (LLL)

Exciting ending to LLL this season with the top 4 players all with 29 points with 4 days left.

3/6 today.  I was really confident of a 4th but was way off on it.  Jesse and my LL opponent are almost complete opposites in strengths, and my D reflects this.  Combined they would be unstoppable.

1. Torres Strait :), D30.  Boom!  Back on track with what I think will be a very hard geography question for non-Antipodes.  But I respect Jesse's geography too much to give him any points here.

2. Havel :), D12.  I had no idea he was a playwright, but Velvet Revolution can only be one thing.  A European history question masquerading as a theater question.

3. My Antonia :(, D03.  I think I deserve some points for being able think of an actual Willa Cather novel, but unfortunately I don't think Thorsten will agree.

4. Copperhead :), D11.  I'm not a big fan of this question.  It confused me, and I think I'm right to be confused.  I thought of "Copperheads" more as an anti-war northern political movement during the Civil War, and now looking afterwards, it seems that this is right.  I didn't think it really had to do with saboteurs, etc., as the question implied.  I debated going with a different answer of some kind, but this seemed like it just had to be it.  Were there really going to be two different reptilian names?  I didn't think so.

5. Piano Man :(, D22.  Really thought I was right here.  I knew (somehow) that Piano Man was from 1973 and that one of Billy Joel's songs contains the sound of a helicopter at the beginning and end.  Too bad.  Getting a random pop music question would have almost certainly put me over the top today.

6. Jennifer :(, D21.  Nope!

Gideon Day 21

3/6 today

1 :) D0/0 Ratatouille - I’m surprised that I spelled it correctly
2 :) D2/1 Reichstag - I assumed it was the Christo installation, but at the last minute almost changed it to an Apple Store.
3 :( D2/2 Aegis
4 :( D1/1 Same Old Song - By the four tops apparently.
5 :) D1/2 Prison (Women’s Prison) - Noticed this on Netflix a week or so ago. I read the description but didn’t watch it.
6 :( D3/3 Lansing - I totally forgot about Ypsilanti when listing all the cities in Michigan I could think of. I did learn a few months ago that Detroit was founded by Cadillac, before he became the Governor of Louisiana.

Jesse Day 21

2/6 Thought I had done better!

1. What Niçoise dish, whose name is related to the French verb meaning "to stir up", was once defined formally as a ragoût of aubergine with tomatoes, courgettes, and sweet peppers, though today it is often applied to any similar stew made with vegetables?
Correct Answer: RATATOUILLE
Your Answer: Ratatouille
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I feel like this has come up before in LL.

2. Twenty-five acres of aluminized polypropylene material and nearly ten miles of cord (of the same material) were used, for fourteen days beginning in June 1995, to hide what building from public view?
Correct Answer: REICHSTAG
Your Answer: Reichtstag
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Good ol Cristo.

3. What is the term, from Latin for "shield", used in medieval England for the payment made by a knight to the king in exchange for military service? It was cause for a revolt in the early 13th century and was addressed in the Magna Carta.
Correct Answer: SCUTAGE (ESCUTAGE)
Your Answer: Aegis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I had no idea. I thought Aegis was a good guess, but I think that is Greek. 

4. What is the three-word title of the Broadway musical that is based on the story of the Temptations and features the group's music and lyrics (and is named after one of their most iconic hits)?
Correct Answer: AIN'T TOO PROUD
Your Answer: Just My Imagination
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Only three word Temptations song I could think of. I considered Ain't Too Proud To Beg, but didn't realize they would cut off words.  I don't follow musicals. 

5. In the gritty drama television series Wentworth, which is award-winning and critically acclaimed in its homeland of Australia and has grown in popularity globally (including in the United States via Netflix and Prime Video), the titular facility "Wentworth" is a what?
Correct Answer: PRISON
Your Answer: Migrant detention facility
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had prison, but that seemed too easy and not specifically Australian enough. 

6. What Eastern Michigan city is named after a Greek nationalist who served as an officer in the Russian army and as a leader in the movement seeking Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s? 
Correct Answer: YPSILANTI
Your Answer: Kalamazoo
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I was sure this was right. I've never heard of Ypsilanti. 

Brian day 21 vs Dave M

2/6 and can't believe how much time I spent on answers I had no chance of getting. Mirkin wins 3(2)-2(2)

1) succotash. Sufferin' succcotash! Not French, but i couldn't come up with it. Easy in retrospect.  0/2

2) great pyramid of Giza.  Really thought I had this. After first thinking Oklahoma City, I remembered a magician made a building disappear.  But then got in my head that the question asked for a structure, not a building, and was deciding between the pyramid, the statue of liberty and the eiffel tower.  Don't remember it being the Reichstag  1/1

3) aegis.  Really thought I had this too, even though I thought it was Greek. 3/0

4)  ain't too proud.  a toughie.  i wracked my brain for Temptations, and could only come up with My Girl and Ain't Too Proud To Beg, not the right number of words.  I finally was able to picture the commercial and hear the tune in my head, and I figured the song was actually titled Ain't Too Proud. 1/3

5) Prison.  Lucky guess.  Wentworth sounds like Leavenworth.  Went with the low D for the down under connection despite Dave's low tv score.  2/1

6) Lansing.  No clue.  2/2

Dave M day 21 v Brian LLL

Only a 2/6 on what I was hoping could be a 3-4 day. Another geography miss hopefully messes up the defense scores of my opponents, and at least I defended well on the questions you all seem to be getting right.

1 : ) I only know 3 Nicoise dishes and this clearly wasn’t bouillabaisse or salade niçoise. D01

2 : ( I was about to write Reichstag and then thought I was misremembering and they just put the glass dome on top instead. Should not have second guessed as much. Instead I went with Seif’s other instinct and went with Oklahoma City Federal Building. D21

3 : ( I’m kind of glad I’ve never heard of Scutage as I thought this would be something I’d know, and would kick myself if I recognized the answer. I just put down Tithe. D23

4 : ( Would also never have got this – went with Be My Baby. D32

5 : ) I’ve heard of Wentworth Prison having grown up Australia-adjacent, although I’ve never seen the show. D10

6 : ( Great question, but Ypsilanti was one city level too small for me. I guessed Lansing, having debated between it and Saginaw. D12

Seif Day 21 vs. Kim (LLL)

Pulled off a surprising 4/6 despite missing my third geography question of the season (which for me is carnage in that category).  Got pretty lucky on some of the others.

Since Kim posted first, I get to tally the points.

1. Ratatouille :), D00.  Gimme, both in the ease of the question and as an imperative because it's delicious.  I think this question is relatively easy, but I gave it D00 mostly because of my opponents.
Kim-Seif
0(1)-0(1)

2. Reichstag :), D12.  Not sure how hard this is.  I knew about the Reichstag having been "wrapped" once in history as an art thing, but I was really convinced that this happened earlier than 1995.  I thought it was a pre-unification event.  Based on 1995, I considered going a completely different route with the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City (though I now see the timing was off by a couple of months).  Ultimately, I went with the Reichstag, though I'm not really sure why I chose that one.  It made D pretty hard, since I wasn't sure whether this was a history or an art question.  Bottom line, happy to get this.
Kim-Seif
0(1)-1(2)

3. Scutage :), D12.  This is a pretty recent addition to my trivia knowledge, as it was a topic in a book I read relatively recently.  Maybe this question will cause the term to really "stick" in my head.
Kim-Seif
0(1)-3(3)

4. Ease on Down :(, D23.  Nope!
Kim-Seif
0(1)-3(3)

5. Prison :), D21.  Totally random guess, but seems like a pretty logical random guess.
Kim-Seif
1(2)-5(4)

6. Saginaw :(, D31.  My third geography miss of the season, and US geography at that.  Terrible.  I'm serious, people, start giving me D3s on these.  I had no clue and would never have recalled Ypsilanti despite having spent a lot of time in Michigan not too far from there.  I see Kim went to Notre Dame, so I gave her a low D here.
Kim-Seif
1(2)-5(4)

Good game, Kim.  I'm sure you'll have many chances to exact revenge!

brad day21

back after a few busy days at work

vs steiny (common d)

2/6

1) potpurri d0

couldnt think of this and knew i was not going to be happy with self after seeing answer

2) golden gate bridge d2

way off here, thought i remembered an artist doing something here taking advantage of the fog from the mountains

3) tithe d1

no idea

4) talking my girl d1

nope

5) prison d2

lucky guess

6) ypsilanti d3

ben, this is the town next to ann arbor.  i think this plays tough, hoping my opponents dont notice the university of michigan in my profile

Ben day 21

2/6. Missed one that I could have gotten but had 0 shot at 3 of them.

1 :) ratatouille. Basic food q. 

2 :( Guggenheim. Kicking myself. I knew this. 2 minutes more thought. At least I put a Germanic name. 

3 :( probate. I went through a whole lot of English prefixes for defenseive words to try and back out a similar sounding plausible term and failed. Never heard of scuttage 

4 :( in the streets. I think I made this up because it sounds like in the heights. 

5 :) wentworth. Never seen the show.

6 :( Ann Arbor. It didn't fit but it was the only Michigan city I could think of. He could have told us it was 9 letters and I would have had a 26^-9 shot at that random collection of letters.

Kim Day 21

Vs Seif LLL

2/6

1 :) Ratatouille D00
2 :( Eiffel Tower. At least I was in the right part of the world. No idea this was even an Art question. D21
3 :( Nope. D12. Not sure I should have defended 2 against an economist for a payment term!
4 :( Can't Help Myself. Don't know the musical but thought this might have a shot. Turns out it's the Four Tops. D33
5 :) Prison. Never heard of this but gritty helped and it sounds like a prison. D12
6 :( East Lansing. Well, I know that Western Michigan is in Kalamazoo. I assumed the italics meant it referred to a school, but didn't know many cities so went with Michigan State's city. D21

Gideon Day 20 vs Seif

5/6 today

1 :) D0/0 Paraguay - I love that Bolivia has a navy.
2 :( D2/2 Rugby - I initially thought: Curling? No that’s not right. I’ll just put Rugby even though I doubt it’s right either.
3 :) D1/1 Juliette, Romeo
4 :) D2/3 Seventh Heaven - Whew. I’ve never seen the show, but I thought it was about religious California orphans and Matthew Fox was on it before Lost. Turns out that Fox was on Party of Five, which had the orphans. Glad that didn’t screw up my guess.
5 :) D3/2 Gopher - I initially put Fetch, but remembered Gopher after thinking about it some more.
6 :) D1/1 Perro - I knew just barely enough to get this.

Brian Day 20 vs Jesse

5/6 and oh so close to a six-pack, even though I was only 100% confident of one answer.

1) Paraguay.  Parana sounds Spanish.  South American countries speak Spanish. I think Paraguay and Bolivia are landlocked, which is closer to the Atlantic?  oh, Para-na and Para-guay, the answer is in the question. I see Kim saw that too.  2/0

2) Hurling.   What's a seemingly niche sport played mostly by Scottish players? That's easy, hurling! Wait, those names are Irish, not Scottish.  But I might as well stick with it, don't they both have highlands?  I'm not that good with geography  My roommates and I came upon this sport years ago on some random cable channel.  I think historically it was guys throwing big rocks around.  I could be wrong.  1/2

3) juliet, romeo.  I wasn't positive, but what else could it be? yes, Seif, smart to defend low. 1/1

4) Seventh Heaven.  My only gimme, the show that brought us Jessica Biel. 0/1

5)  Gopher.  Shocked to get this, thought I'd be close but missing a term.  I went through midwest schools until something rang a bell.  And the word Gopher to retrieve files fit nicely. Thought I'd take a shot that I'd get credit for just writing Gopher instead of Gophernet or some such. Glad to get a computer question that Ben doesn't know. 3/3

6) Perri. Talk about close but no cigar!   Cane--> canine--->dog--->shit, I don't know Spanish--> chien is dog in French-->maybe chino-->those are pants-->hey, perrito was the name of a puppy in Dora the Explorer!-->try dropping the 'to'-->every Spanish word ends in 'o' why would you end this in 'i' ?!?!?  Still, nice to get so close on something I really had no clue about.  2/2

Dave M day 20 v Steiny LLL

A 3/6 today which probably won’t be good enough to beat Steiny looking at everyone’s scores so far.

 

1 : ) Geography gimme, plus the Para in both gives the game away. D11

2 : ( I was shocked this wasn’t Gaelic Football. Was optimistic about this one. D22

3 : ) I’m taking a wager Juliet and Romeo are a gimme for most and so D00

4 : ( I guessed Party of Five. Maybe a few years too early. D21

5 : ( Absolutely no idea. D33

6 : ) There’s a pizza chain in Dallas called ‘Cane Rosso’ – red dog – and it was a short leap from there to perro. D12

Ben day 19

5/6. Sorry for lack of posts of late. I was too annoyed about missing questions. Today was the best kind of day for me. One gimme, 2 coin flips that both came good, and 2 that I couldn't initially remember but thought I would get with some effort and I did.

1 :) Paraguay. I was scared it was too obvious and had Bolivia down for a while but then switched. Happily. 

2 :) hurling. It was this or Gaelic football.

3 :) Juliet Romeo. D0

4 :) seventh heaven. What a get for me. Took me a while to remember this name. 

5 :( case. Is case western even midwestern. As someone with education in the field, this is obscure as hell, no?

6 :) pero. It took me minutes to recall Spanish word for dog.

Kim Day 20

Vs FriedlandW LLL

3/6

1 :) Paraguay. Also narrowed it to Bolivia or Paraguay. Given location and "para" name went with the right one. D32

2 :( Rugby. I have no idea what Hurling is. D11

3 :) Juliet, Romeo. I think I answered your question, Seif. D00

4 :) 7th Heaven. This could be a tough one. Jessica Biel has been in the news a lot recently though. D13

5 :( STMP. I think I meant SMTP but thought maybe there was a reference to St Paul Minneapolis to be made here. D22

6 :( Sucre. I was going for sugar. I wrote asucar - which looked wrong because it is wrong and changed the spelling. Apparently still thinking about Bolivia. D21

Jesse Day 20

4/6

1. The Paraná River provides Atlantic Ocean access to what landlocked country?
Correct Answer: PARAGUAY
Your Answer: Paraguay
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I've been to Paraguay. Not that it helped me here, other than knowing where it is located. I could not think of another landlocked spanish speaking country other than Bolivia. Through process of elimination this is all I could come up with. 

2. Declan Hannon, Cillian Buckley, Cian Dillon, Kevin Moran, Colin Fennelly, and Eoin Larkin are among the captains of recent championship teams in the world's largest league playing what sport?
Correct Answer: HURLING
Your Answer: Rugby
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I could not come with the name. 

3. Fill in the blanks, in order, in these last lines from a Shakespeare play: For never was a story of more woe / Than this of ______ and her ______.
Correct Answer: JULIET, ROMEO
Your Answer: Juliet, Romeo
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

The names fit with the rhyming scheme as did the plot. 

4. What TV series, which centered on the Glenoak, California, family of Protestant Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie, was the last network broadcast series produced by the Aaron Spelling's Spelling Television Inc. before his death in June 2006?
Correct Answer: 7TH HEAVEN
Your Answer: 7th Heaven
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Total guess. I have never seen 7th heaven, but knew of it and a reverend triggered the guess. 

5. What distributed document search and retrieval internet protocol, a predecessor to the World Wide Web ultimately overtaken by HTTP, has a name that references the Midwestern university where a team led by Mark McCahill developed the program in 1991? 
Correct Answer: GOPHER
Your Answer: FTP
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I had no idea. 

6. What is the Spanish translation of the Italian word cane?
Correct Answer: PERRO
Your Answer: Perro
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I though cane could be related to the word canine and I do speak enough Spanish to know that is a perro. 

Seif Day 20 vs. Gideon (LLL)

3/6, which is doubt will be enough against Gideon.  I really, really thought I had 4 here. 

1. Paraguay :), D12.  I didn't know the location of the river, but I was able to work this one out without too much trouble and was very confident.  The first thing was to recognize that the river was in South America.  There was no way it could be North America (no landlocked countries), Europe (would have heard of it), and the name certainly didn't sound African.  That left Paraguay and Bolivia as choices, and given the relative locations of the two, Paraguay was the logical answer.

2. Gaelic Football :(, D33.  Really thought I had this one.  Clearly the names of the players were Irish, so I thought back to maps I've seen of the most popular sport by country, where Ireland alone has Gaelic football.  Too bad.  I think this could easily be the difference between a win and a loss today.

3. Juliet, Romeo :), D11.  Is this really easy, or was it just a fluke for me?  It was a very rare gimme for me in a category I'm not strong in at all.  I struggled to assign D because I'm really not sure if this is a "regular" question or one that 90% of people get right.

4. Dawson's Creek :(, D22.  I've heard of 7th Heaven.  Maybe it would have been my twentieth guess if I could have just kept guessing.  I really had no idea.

5. Wolverine Protocol :(, D21.  Now that I see the answer and looked up where the name came from, I see that I was actually very close.  But it was nothing more than an almost lucky guess.  I had no clue.

6. Perro :), D00.  I'm not sure this is so easy, but both my LL opponent and Gideon are very good in language.  I guessed but felt very confident (not really sure why) that "cane" meant dog in Italian.  But then I have to admit that I wasn't certain how to say dog in Spanish, though I was pretty sure it was perro.  Glad to get this.

Jesse Day 19

1/6

1. In March 2018, Nickelodeon announced a reboot of what television series, which will have "Josh" (played by Joshua Dela Cruz) filling the role previously held in the original series by "Steve" and then "Joe"?
Correct Answer: BLUE'S CLUES
Your Answer: Pete and Pete
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I had no idea, but this seems very gettable. 

2. In scientific notation, a number is written as the base number times ten raised to a power. This base number is known as the significand, and sometimes also by what other term, which is also used for the fractional part of a common logarithm?
Correct Answer: MANTISSA
Your Answer: Quotiant
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Never have heard of this term.

3. Pat McGrath, Charlotte Tilbury, Lisa Eldridge, John Chambers, Bobbi Brown, and Kevyn Aucoin are all people who achieved a level of fame and success as what type of artist?
Correct Answer: MAKEUP ARTIST
Your Answer: Make-up
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I knew Bobby Brown was a singer, but Bobbi Brown was a make-up company. Have never heard of any of these other people. 

4. Located in northeast Arizona and extending into New Mexico and Utah, and occupying a land area the size of West Virginia, the largest federally recognized Native American Reservation (in both area and population) is the Nation of what tribe?
Correct Answer: NAVAJO (DINÉ)
Your Answer: Cherokee
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I went back and forth between the two. I was wrong. 

5. The Billboard #1 hit "Lady" from 1980, recorded by Kenny Rogers, augured well for the about-to-explode solo career of what R&B star who penned it, and ultimately recorded his own version in 1998?
Correct Answer: LIONEL RICHIE
Your Answer: Brooks
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Oh, that seems very gettable. 

6. The remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement in Newfoundland, believed to provide evidence of the first presence of Europeans in North America, is an archaeological site named L'Anse aux what?
Correct Answer: MEADOWS
Your Answer: pines
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2  

I could not remember it. 

Brian Day 19 vs Kim

2/6  Not only were these mostly tough subjects for me, I missed on my strong subjects.

1) You Can't Do That On Television.  The only Nick show I watched with any regularity, everything else is after my time. Hopefully I was D0ed in my second best category.  2/1

2) abscissa. ugh. Or, hopefully I was D0ed in my top category.  3/3

3) performance.  no chance. 1/2

4) Navajo. Coin flip with Hopi.  Navajo seemed more famous, therefore, I assumed, had more land.  I'm surprised to see that not only was I correct in thinking these are both in the southwest, they actually border each other. Hopefully geography gets me points. Really counting on defense today.  0/0

5) Richie.  Peabo Bryson was on my mind, as he was a popular incorrect answer for the Natalie Cole question, but an early 80s explosive solo career a la Beyonce could only be Lionel Richie.  Plus the song just sounds like a Lionel Richie song.  2/1

6) Ragnars.  The show Vikings follows the saga of Ragnar Lothbrok and family.  1/2

Eked out a 4(2)-3(3) victory.  Kim, I would have given you 3 on the makeup artists if there weren't a math question. 

Andy, I'm so happy I shamed you!  Isn't it more fun this way?  very funny that u were thinking of the wrong song, but still got it correct.

so apparently the song I was thinking of (or partly thinking of) was once, twice, three times a lady, which is also lionel richie.  lucky?

June 18 - This post is from Andy

4/6. Good job by me!

1. No clue how, but I got Blue's Clues. I'm kinda surprised it was on Nickelodeon and not some younger kids network. Isn't nickelodeon for older kids? I knew there was a human host who was named and had no better guess so went with this. Considered Double Dare or something.

2. No clue. Figured Seif would get this but apparently gave him too much credit. 

3. Bobbi Brown is a makeup brand and the only name I recognized here.

4. Navajo. Was between that and Hopi. I was really into the Hopi houses. Were those pueblos? But kinda figured Hopi too small.

5.  Just can picture Lionel Richie singing this. More so than Kenny Rogers actually. Going to play now and listen, loud volume, door wide open, thank you very much.

6. No clue actual French name. Put Vinland. Why does it even have a French name. That's stupid.

Brian, aren't you happy I posted???

Seif Day 19 vs. some guy who also incorrectly answered Victoria yesterday (LLL)

2/6, and frankly I'm lucky to walk away with that.  I was only certain about a single one when I submitted.  While not happy per se, I'm a lot happier with my performance today than with my 3/6 yesterday.

1. You Can't Do That on Television :(, D02.  No clue here.

2. Coefficient :(, D32.  Coefficient is the only other terms I've heard for this number, but it doesn't fit the rest of the question I now realize.  I've never heard of mantissa.

3. Comedian :(, D11.  No clue.

4. Navajo :), D20.  Only one I was sure of today.  Basically a gimme for me.

5. Wonder :(, D13.  Nope!

6. Meadows :), D21.  Very fortunate to get this.  Kind of a weird situation for me.  The name L'Anse aux Meadows immediately popped into my head upon reading "L'Anse aux," but I realized that I had no idea what it referred to and certainly wasn't confident that it was the old Viking settlement.  As far as I knew, it could have been something completely different.  So, I considered L'Anse aux Vineland as a guess.  I really might have gone with that, but it wouldn't work grammatically in French, so I passed on that idea.  And, since I couldn't think of anything else, I went with the one thing I knew was a real term and hoped for the best.

Kim Day 19

Vs. Brian I LLL

3/6

1 :) Blues Clues. Took me a while, but this was the only Steve I could think of. D21

2 :( x. Keeping my math streak alive. D30

3 :) Makeup. I might have a chance at some points on this today if my opponents don't know this given that I have yet to get an Art question right. D03

4 :) Navejo. Wasn't sure about this which is embarrassing and still couldn't nail the spelling. I think this is bad defense. D12

5 :(. Babyface. Ugh! I was trying to think of who would be old enough in 1980 and span at least 18 years. Lionel was my other guess. D22

6 :( Labrador. D11

Kim Day 18

Vs Steiny LLL

2/6

1 :( Gone with the Wind. No idea. D30
2 :) Luxembourg. I didn't know this right away, but cantons got me to Switzerland which definitely has more than twelve, so went with nearby (ish) smaller Luxembourg. D12
3 :( Victoria. I also really thought this would be correct. D22
4 :( Gallbladder. How did I not think of T? D23
5 :) Cleveland. Almost answered too fast and went with Pittsburgh. Lakeside did it for me also. D01
6 :( Saffron. Got hung up on expensive. D11

Jesse Day 18

4/6. Was not sure how to score today. 

1. Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall, and Ed Begley are among the dozen credited cast members of what 1957 Sidney Lumet film?
Correct Answer: TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Your Answer: 12 Angry Men
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

A dozen made this pretty easy for me.I saw the film back in film school. 

2. Diekirch, Clervaux, Grevenmacher, and Esch-sur-Alzette are among the twelve cantons of what European Grand Duchy?
Correct Answer: LUXEMBOURG
Your Answer: Luxembourg
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I was there back in 2000. It was the only country that made sense even though I did not recognize any of those canton names. 

3. The title of what very highly rated "twitch platformer" game released in 2018, while a female first name, is not the name of the main character (which is actually Madeline), but rather the mountain on Vancouver Island that Madeline attempts to climb during the game's story. What is that title?
Correct Answer: CELESTE
Your Answer: Irene
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea.

4. "Helper", "cytotoxic", and "regulatory" (or "suppressor") are different types of immune cells (lymphocytes) identified by a single letter. This letter is used as it is the first letter of the organ in the immune system where the cells mature. What is that organ?
Correct Answer: THYMUS
Your Answer: Thyroid
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew they were T-cells. That was as far as I was going to get. 

5. John D. Rockefeller's consolidation of oil refineries and chartering of Standard Oil in 1870 made what city that era's center of American petroleum production? Using the city's transportation advantages (lakeside location and railroad access), the company would remain there until moving 400 miles east to New York in 1885.
Correct Answer: CLEVELAND
Your Answer: Cleveland
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

400 miles west of NYC and on a lake? That sounds like Cleveland to me. I knew a lot of the early oil discoveries in the US were in PA and Ohio, so it made sense. 

6. The plant of what (perhaps surprisingly) extremely expensive spice is native to Mexico, but made its way to Madagascar by 1840, where 80% of the world's supply is now produced?
Correct Answer: VANILLA
Your Answer: Vanilla
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0  

Gimmie, right? I just knew this. 

Congrats Pelco on your Midseason Classic!

At 16%ile, I was right behind your 95% finish

- Brian

Brian I addendum

uh oh, 12 Angry Men wasn't a gimme?  E.G. Marshall and Ed Begley (not Jr.) were my ins, I've seen this question a few times, perhaps not in LL?  Not liking my defense.  Also, to the anonymous real estate lawyer who now leaves the subject line blank so we can't even get the benefit of a larger font for his random posts:

NO ONE F-ING CARES IF YOU PUT VICTORIA!!!!  EITHER TELL US ALL YOUR ANSWERS OR LEAVE US ALONE!  STOP TEASING US!!!!

Brian I Day 18 vs Gideon

5/6, and I'm going to need it, facing the first place player in C and Gideon here.  Not an easy day.

1) Twelve Angry Men.  Gimme.  A trivia staple.  0/0

2) Luxembourg.  An educated guess.  Figured this was one of the tiny countries I know nothing about. Lichtenstein sounds German, while the canton name sound French, leaving Monaco and Luxembourg (I think there are a few others I'm forgetting, but not knowing what they are helped me narrow this down.) I didn't think Monaco was big enough to have multiple cantons, leaving Lux.  1/1

3) Claudine.  no idea.  I'm lucky I know what Twitch is.  3/3

4) Thymus.  The clue had to be talking about T-cells, leaving me with thyroid and thymus.  I don't know what the thymus does, but the thyroid controls growth, so this was a coin flip weighted toward thymus.  2/2

5) Cleveland.  What else could it be? On Lake Erie, 400 miles seemed about right, isn't this just the second geography question of the day?  1/2

6) Vanilla.  Madagascar vanilla is, I think, well-known.  But I wasn't sure if vanilla qualified as a spice.  Ultimately I thought the parenthetical confirmed it's just plain vanilla.  2/1

I also guessed Victoria!

Dave M day 18 v Pelc LLL

Unlike Seif I was pleased with my 3/6 today as I didn’t have much clue on the 3 I got wrong.

 

1 : ( I don’t know movies from this time period so took a fly that it was a trick question and guessed the original Ocean’s 11. D20 (Pelc being extremely strong in Film)

2 : ) Grand Duchy can only be Luxembourg. D20

3 : ( Seif’s guess of Victoria is brilliant and I definitely would have put that had I thought of it. Instead, I randomly guessed Caroline. D21

4 : ( Not being able to think of any organs beginning with T, I assumed I must be getting the letter wrong and guessed Lymph Node. D33

5 : ) All the graduate recruits to BP in my intake were given a copy of ‘the Prize’, a sweeping history of the oil industry. The Cleveland part of Standard Oil eventually became Sohio, which in turn was BP’s first acquisition in the USA in the early 1980s. D11

6 : ) I read an article recently about bad weather in Madagascar causing a vanilla shortage. D12

Seif Day 18

A disappointing 3/6.  When I submitted, I thought there was a reasonable chance I had all six.  Missing 3 of them is very surprising.

1. The Dirty Dozen :(, D03.  Really had no clue, and of the six this was the one I thought was most likely to be wrong.  I didn't even consider 12 Angry Men, but my guess seemed to me like it was reasonably likely to be right even if I didn't really think Thorsten would put the word "dozen" in the question if it was part of the answer.  But I really thought I had all of the remaining five questions.

2. Luxembourg :), D21.  A European Grand Duchy with both German and French geographic names.  Luxembourg was the only country that could fit the bill.

3. Victoria :(, D21.  I've never heard of the game, but I really assumed this was right.  A female name associated with Vancouver Island.  How could it not be Victoria?

4. Thyroid :(, D32.  I thought of T, I thought of thyroid, and then I didn't give this one another thought.  I'm honestly not even sure that I could have come up with thymus even if I'd know that thyroid wasn't the right answer.

5. Cleveland :), D12.  As I was reading the question, I wasn't certain but was pretty sure it was Cleveland.  Then I saw the "lakeside" clue and figured it must be right.

6. Vanilla :), D10.  Despite my low D, which was really just specific to my opponents, I think this is likely a hard question.  I would have had no idea but for the fact that the price of vanilla spiked a few years ago and I ended up reading articles about it.  As it was, I was certain about this, but I probably would have otherwise had no clue.

Kim Day 17

Vs FriedlandMJ LLL

1 :( Nope. D31
2 :) Pizza Hut D00
3 :( I never knew this. D22
4 :( Goa. Not a city. D12
5 :( Anthrax. Formed the same year. But maybe all metal bands were formed in 1981? D13
6 :( Gettysburg. No idea. D21

Midseason classic is this weekend

Brian Day 17 vs Seif (LL) and Andy (LLL)

3/6 is not gonna do it today, not vs Dave, he's going to have 4, maybe 5.  Identical defense for my pubmates.

1) Museum.  Even if Mnemosyne didn't indicate memory, I just read a short story about an author who captures and locks away the youngest Muse in his attic so that he has a neverending source of inspiration.  It does not end well for him, as after a time, the inspirations come so quickly and fiercely that he wears out his fingers writing them down and is nearly driven insane until he finally releases her. D1

2) Pizza Hut. Friday was Pizza Hut lunch buffet day at my first job after school.  I hated giving D2 given that they identified the Pizza Hut turned medical clinic a few seasons ago, but there are too many gimmes for them today.

3) distance, range.  could not figure it out.  I don't know how hard this will be.  D2

4) Bangalore.  i had no idea, but they will.  Wasn't sure if I should zero geography or Am History.  D1

5) Pantera.  A good guess.  I remember when Dimebag was killed, and I had no idea who he was.  I knew this wasn't Metallica or Black Sabbath, and Judas Priest was an answer recently (though  that didn't prevent a Pizza Hut question), which left Pantera as the only metal band I could name. This could be the only question Dave misses. D3

6) OK Corral.  I don't know how to feel about this miss.  The word 'sooner' clearly indicated Oklahoma, this event must be the inspiration for the state nickname, but I figured it had to be more specific than just Oklahoma.  It would have helped if I had seen Tombstone or Wyatt Earp or known anything about them.  D0


Wow, okay, a surprising 3 correct for Dave, let's add this up.
0(1)-1(1)
1(2)-3(2) I knew I didn't like giving 2
1(2)-3(2)
1(2)-3(2) glad i didn't zero this
3(3)-3(2)
3(3)-3(3)  Nice. I think we both lucked out today.

Pelc Day 17 vs Jesse (LLL)

I didn't think my 3/6 would be enough vs. Jesse but I managed to eke this one out on a tough day. Common D today.

1. :) - I did not know the etymology of museum, that's a good bit of trivia. I got the 9 daughters were the Muses and tried to figure out what institution they could be connected to. It took me longer than I care to admit but, eventually, I said "muse-EUM!" out loud. Anyway, I learned something today. D1

2. :) - Gimme. D0

3. :( - I got Detection but not Ranging. D3

4. :( - I had no shot here. Dumb defense vs. the well-traveled Jesse. D2

5. :) - This is a gimme for anyone that knows a little about heavy metal. Luckily for me, most people don't know anything about heavy metal. D2 

6. :( - Had no clue but looked it up after. I never knew the origins of "Boomer Sooner." Make that two cool things I learned today. D1 

I pulled this one out 4(3)-2(2)

Dave M day 17 v Belsky LLL

Glad to see I’m not the only one who struggled today. My 2/6 at least results in a win over Brad’s 0. Also struggled with defense on this one and gave common scores to LL and LLL opponents.

 

1 : ( Of course museum is the right answer here. I went with Universities. D1

2 : ) We used to get meat lovers pizzas from Pizza Hut growing up. D0

3 : ( I had no idea and went with direct response. D3

4 : ) At least there’s one geography question to save me. D2

5 : ( I was optimistic with Pearl Jam as I heard one of their artists died recently. D2

6 : ( Went with Little Bighorn. This is an interesting snippet of US history I wasn’t aware of and now I understand the origin of the Sooners. D1

Jesse day 17

2/6

1. What type of institution is named for the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne from Greek mythology?
Correct Answer: MUSEUM
Your Answer: Sorority
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I have heard that bit of trivia, but forgot it. 

2. "Meat Lover's" is a federal trademark registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1989 by what restaurant chain?
Correct Answer: PIZZA HUT
Your Answer: Pizza Hut
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I've seen enough of their commercials over the years to make the connection. 

3. The acronym radar is formed from the word "radio" with what other two words (plus "and")?
Correct Answer: DETECTION, RANGING
Your Answer: detection, reflection
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nope. 

4. Name the northern India city, of great cultural and religious significance and the holiest of the Hindu Sapta Puri (seven holy pilgrimage sites), which is also famous internationally for its 88 sets of steps (known as "ghats") leading to the banks of the River Ganges.
Correct Answer: VARANASI (BENARES)
Your Answer: Varanasi
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I've been there!

5. In December 2004, guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot and killed while performing for the group Damageplan in Columbus, Ohio, and his brother Vinnie Paul (Abbott) died of natural causes in June 2018 at age 54, at the time the drummer for the band Hellyeah. They both achieved their first and greatest level of success while playing together for what other heavy metal group?
Correct Answer: PANTERA
Your Answer: Megadeath
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea. I have heard of Pantera. 

6. Though many individuals left sooner (and are celebrated today for doing so), a bugle call from the U.S. Fifth Cavalry at noon on April 22, 1889, formally began an event commonly named after the location where the event transpired. What is that location?
Correct Answer: OKLAHOMA
Your Answer: Gettysburg
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Oh, the Sooners. Damn, seems very gettable. 

brad day17

0/6 ... first (and hopefully last) of the season

vs dave

1) casino d1/2

didnt know the mythology reference, figured they were referencing a specific place and hoped there was a casino with same name to back into getting credit

2) arbys d0/1

dont they "have the meat"?

3) sonar tracking d2/2

no idea

4) mumbai d2/0

have never heard of this city

5) def leoppard d3/3

no clue

6) alamo d1/1

very good question, was so focused on the military part that i completely missed the obvious sports tie in (again)

Ben day 17

Immensely frustrating day. 1/6.

1 :( music hall. Far out. The forehead slapper to end all forehead slappers. Those are the muses... what could be named after muses. Music hall seemed so weirdly ambiguous and there was nothing to distinguish it from music academy and other music institutions. Museum just never went weed my mind. This is an early morning brain fart.

2 :) Pizza Hut. Guess a pizza chain, and given that the word pizza was conspicuously missing from the term I went with the hut

3 :( detection array. I have been wrong all these years.

4 :( hyderabad. I don't know much about India.

5 :( Metallica. No shot here.

6 :( Alamo. I figured it was too late but I have no idea what this is referencing.

Seif Day 17 vs. Brian (LL) and Ben (LLL)

3/6.  I really don't know what to make of today.  I struggled as much as ever to assign defense despite being up against two people I know well.  I suspect Brian and Ben will struggle (or should have struggled if they didn't) to assign defense to me.  If I were assigning defense to myself, I would likely have given myself a 0 and a 1 for two of the questions I got wrong.  As a result I'm not sure if I'm going to win by a lot, get blown out, or somewhere in between.

1. Museum :), D00.  Is this as easy as it seems?  I saw this question, thought of the answer, and then second-guessed myself because I thought it was too obvious.  Maybe it's not as easy as I think but for some reason was just easy for me.  Greek mythology is hardly one of my strengths.

2. Pizza Hut :), D11.  Phew!  I really thought this was the answer but then tried to second-guess myself with Domino's.

3. Detection, Reconnaissance :(, D21.  Dammit!!!  I missed the Herman Wouk question a couple of days ago despite the fact that I'm reading one of his books now.  And, the Wouk novel that I am reading now (don't worry, this isn't a spoiler) has a whole section about how the British developed radar first in WWII, and still I missed this.

4. Kolkata :(, D32.  I had no shot here.  Kolkata hardly qualifies as a "northern" Indian city, but it was the only Indian city I could think of that's on the Ganges.  This is the first time since my rookie season (when I never spent more than two minutes on the questions) that I've gotten two consecutive geography questions wrong.  Maybe people should start giving me D3s on these!

5. Mettalica :(, D23.  I've never even heard of the correct answer.

6. Oklahoma :), D12.  This was a gimme for me even though I didn't pick up on the word "sooner" in the question, which was a big clue.  This ranks in the top tier of my favorite questions Thorsten has ever come up with.  It's quite clever.  What I really don't know is how hard people will find this.  It is exactly in the area I'm strongest in, so I'm not sure whether people will struggle here.

Gideon Day 16

4/6 today

1 :( D2/2 Bette Middler - I totally remembered wind beneath my wings as a duet.
2 :) D1/1 Morehouse
3 :) D3/3 Sulfur - Nice get Jesse! You didn’t take nearly as many chem classes as I did.
4 :) D1/1 Externalities
5 :( D2/2 IfNotNow - Wow, his name has really cool accents: Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
6 :) D0/0 National Lampoon - I think Playboy will be a runner up.

Kim Day 16

Vs. PelcovitzA LLL

1/6

1 :( Peebo Brison. With horrible spelling. I knew Beauty and the Beast was 1991. And even though I was sure This Will Be was a female, I couldn't remember the female half of this duet. Seriously, I remembered Peabo Bryson (actual spelling) and not Celine Dion. D11

2 :) Morehouse. I am a one category pony. D00

3 :( Iron. D22

4 :( Goodwill. D32

5 :( Pho. D23

6. :( Reader's Digest. The emphasis on the magazine pushed me away from the movie title. Ugh. D11

Ben Day 16 v Seif and Mirkin

1/6. a draw in LLL is of little consolation when I lose to Seif in LL.

1 :( Linda Rondstadt. I don't know much, but I know I love you, but that was not all I need to know. D22

2 :( Rutgers. Colleges mean nothing to me. D11

3 :( Silicon.  D22

4 :) Externality. D00

5 :( Than. The first 2 letters started well. D11

6 :( Teen Vogue D33

Jesse Day 16

3 or 4 of 6

1. "This Will Be", from the 1975 album Inseparable, was the first hit single in the career of what artist, whose most celebrated hit would be a duet released sixteen years later?
Correct Answer: NATALIE COLE
Your Answer: Cole
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I was pretty sure This Will Be, was the same song that continues, "an everlasting love" and I knew that was natalie Cole. The duet with her ghost dad confirmed I was right. 

2. During a commencement speech given on May 19, 2019, the billionaire investor Robert F. Smith pledged that he and his family would pay off student loans for the current graduating class at what college?
Correct Answer: MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
Your Answer: Howard
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew it was an historically black college, but could not recall if it was Tuskegee or Howard. Both were wrong. Oh well. 

3. Galena, a mineral that is the chief ore of lead, consists of molecules containing one lead atom and one atom of what other element, which also occurs naturally in cinnabar, gypsum, and pyrite?
Correct Answer: SULFUR
Your Answer: Sulfer
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew Pyrite was fools gold and in that way, yellowish and I thought gypsum was yellow. Sulfur is yellow, so there you go. Surprised to get it. 

4. What economic term, also known colloquially as "spillover effect" and formalized as a concept by British welfare economist Arthur C. Pigou in the 1930s, refers to a cost ("negative") or benefit ("positive") incurred/received by a third party who has no control over the cost/benefit's creation. A positive example could be the benefit to a beekeeper from a nearby apple orchard, while a negative one could be the cost to society of air pollution.
Correct Answer: EXTERNALITY
Your Answer: Collatoral effects
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Oh, shoot. 

5. The Vietnamese statesman who participated in Ngo Dinh Diem's 1963 overthrow and served as president of South Vietnam from 1967 until the end of the war in 1975 has the first name (family name) of Nguyen. What is his given name (last name)?
Correct Answer: THIEU
Your Answer: Phu
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I wonder if I will get credit for this answer pulled from We Didn't Start the Fire. I always heard "Phu Falls rock around the clock." I guess it was spelled Thieu. 

6. A certain popular and enduring 1983 comedy film had a screenplay written by John Hughes based on his short story titled "Vacation '58", which first appeared in the September 1979 issue of what magazine? (Note: name the magazine.)
Correct Answer: NATIONAL LAMPOON
Your Answer: National Lampoon
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0  

Gimmie

Brian Day 16 vs rando and MeyerE

3/6 heading into tomorrow's "Rumble in C Rundle" vs SeifD

1) Cole.  Inseparable reminded me of Unforgettable, and her necro-duet with her dad was a huge hit.  Didn't realize she was old enough to have a hit in 1975.  0/2

2) Morehouse.  All over the news.  1/0

3) magnesium.   Magnesium is flammable, pyrite ~ fire... i had no chance here.  2/1

4) social good.  Would never have some up with this. A rare econ term that I just plain forgot. 3/1

5) Dien Bien Phu falls Rock Around the Clock. I had no idea, so I threw in some Billy Joel lyrics. 2/3

6) National Lampoon. What a great question.  The movie had to be Vacation, but that gave me no hint for the magazine.  Was going to write Playboy, since I read it for the articles, then considered that I had the movie wrong. Went through 80's comedies, thought of my DVD case for National Lampoon's Animal House, and there it was. 1/2

Some interesting stats (from Seif)

After 15 days:

Sierra Rundle C Division 1 has a 59.9% correct answer rate vs. the C average of 55.3%, the second highest rate of the 118 C Rundles and 1.9 standard deviations above the mean.  Sierra Rundle C Division 2 is right behind with a 59.5% correct answer rate, the sixth highest.

Sierra Rundle D Division 1 has a 50.3% correct answer rate vs. the D average of 46.8%, the ninth highest rate of the 130 D Rundles and 1.4 standard deviations above the mean.  Sierra Rundle D Division 2 has a 55.1% correct answer rate, the highest of all 130 D Rundles, and 3.4 (!) standard deviations above the mean.

Sierra Rundle E Division 1 has a 40.2% correct answer rate vs. the E average of 35.2%, the second highest rate of the 77 D Rundles and 2.2 standard deviations above the mean.

Thorsten, move our branch into another League at the next realignment and we will all get promoted!

Uh oh. I mixed up my Howard with my Moorehouse.

Dave M day 16 v Carr LLL

A terrible 1/6 today, surely a double loss beckons in both LL and LLL

 

1 : ( Way off on this one - I guessed Barbara Streisand, misremembering that she was in Beaches with Bette Midler, misremembering that the movie is from the late 1980s not early 1990s, misremembering that Wind Beneath My Wings wasn’t even a duet. Smh. D12

2 : ( Seif I did exactly what you suggested, remembered the event but forgot the college. D11

3 : ( I spent a while debating between Iron and Magnesium before plumping for Magnesium, am pleased that at least the answer wasn’t Iron. D21

4 : ) Economics gimme. D00

5 : ( I thought I’d remember the right answer for this one as soon as I submitted, but it turns out I’ve never heard of Nguyen Thieu. D33

6 : ( Surely all short stories published in the 1970s were in Playboy, right? D22

Seif Day 16 vs. Ben (LL)

3/6.  I feel like these were pretty friendly questions to me and that it was nearly a disaster.  Still, my 3/6 isn't great, and I'm skeptical it will hold up against Ben.

1. Smith :(, D32.  Obviously no clue here.

2. Morehouse :), D21.  I saw this in the news like everyone else who reads as much news as I do.  I'm sure this will fade from my memory, but it hasn't done so less than 4 weeks after the fact.  I think this actually might be pretty hard, with a lot of people able to remember the event but unable to recall the school.

3. Calcium :(, D13.  Pretty annoyed at this miss.  I really think I might have been able to get it, and I feel like this was a bad guess.  I got focused on the fact that Ca is in gypsum, and I couldn't really get past that.  (Apologies to everyone who, like me, put Bounty yesterday and then had to read that I said that it was a bad guess.  Perils of posting early, I guess.)

4. Externality :), D00.  As gimme as it gets for me.  This is a pretty standard econ term, so I doubt it will give Ben much trouble.

5. Thieu :), D11.  I watched Ken Burns' documentary on Vietnam (highly recommended!) a few months ago, so this wasn't hard for me, especially since the question made it clear that Diem wasn't the right answer.  I've been debating with myself for a while whether or not I would have gotten this right if I hadn't watched the documentary, and the bottom line is I'm really not sure.

6. New Yorker :(, D22.  Nope!