Re: Debbie Day 10

3/6... could have had a 4, but I'll take it.  Happy thanksgiving!

1 :( Elvis.  I did consider Stevie Wonder but didnt go with him.  D1

2 :( Oslo. Had a few cities in mind and Copenhagen wasn't one of them. D3

3 :( Manitoba. Was thinking this or Saskatchewan or Winnipeg? Don't really know my Canada geography. D2

4 :) Probate.  Came to me pretty quickly. D1

5 :) LA Kings  Also came to me quickly - and I think has been an answer already this season? D0

6 :) Otto. Came to me quickly.  D2

brad day10

3/6 vs dave

1) joel d1/2

nope

2) geneva d3/3

no idea

3) alberta d2/1

my canadien colleagues will be very disappointed in me

4) probate d0/0

did wills a few years ago

5) sacramento kings d1/1

this one took me a long time, randomly thought of team names, then went geographically by big city starting from the northeast, working south, before going west

6) otto d2

really had no idea, this was the only germanic sounding palendrome name i could think of

i see this as a 3(3) / 2(2) win

Brian Day 10 vs Will

4/6 Happy thanksgiving everyone.

1) Linda Ronstadt.  I think this one is really difficult.  1/3

2) Copenhagen.  Science gimme 2/2

3) Nunavut.  Decision between Nunavut and Quebec, which I'm pretty sure is the biggest province, I remember being surprised at how far north it goes. But I couldn't imagine Quebec being 'by far' the largest, whereas I could imagine Nunavut having a lot more land in the great white north. 3/2

4) intestate.  i guess this didn't come up in SVU.  1/1

5) Sacramento Kings.  I started in Seattle and worked my way down the coast, so it didn't take too long to figure this one out.  I like this question.  0/1

6) Otto.  This took a little longer, as I went alphabetically until something sounded familiar.  I'm not getting this without the palindrome hint.  2/0

Ben Day 10

3/6 and a loss to my esteemed colleague Kim.

1 :( Elton John. No chance here.

2 :) Copenhagen. and I saw the play!

3 :( Northwest Territories. The Risk board failed me.

4 :( Probate. Probably should have gotten this

5 :) LA Kings. Hot on the heels of the Gretzky question!

6 :) Otto. Palindrome was my only entry here

Jesse day 10

4/6

1. At the Grammy Awards ceremony held in February 1976, Album of the Year winner Paul Simon proclaimed, "I'd like to thank XXXXX, who didn't make an album this year." What artist, whose name is redacted in this quote, would go on to win the award again the next year?
Correct Answer: STEVIE WONDER
Your Answer: Elton John
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I had a feeling that it was Stevie Wonder, but I stuck with my initial answer in Elton John. 

2. The standard interpretation of quantum mechanics associated with the ideas of Niels Bohr is named after what city, where Bohr established the Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1921?
Correct Answer: COPENHAGEN
Your Answer: Dresden
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Oh, at one point I knew this. 

3. Of Canada's ten provinces and three territories, which is by far the largest as measured by total land area?
Correct Answer: NUNAVUT
Your Answer: Nunavut
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

It was Nunavut or Northwest territory. I guessed right. 

4. What is the legal term for the procedure through which a document is determined to be a valid will? The term is also used for the court that makes this determination.
Correct Answer: PROBATE
Your Answer: Probate
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

This came somewhere from the back of my mind. I was happy to see it was right. 

5. Identify either one of the professional sports teams (including city) currently in any of the four major professional North American sports leagues—MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL—whose name (e.g. "Yankees", "Cowboys") is also a book of the Old Testament. Note, both city and team name are required.
Correct Answer: LOS ANGELES KINGS, SACRAMENTO KINGS
Your Answer: Sacramento Kings
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I wrote down a lot of teams and Kings made the most sense, especially because I could not come up with a second team that made sense other than it was the LA Kings from the NHL. 

6. In 962, Pope John XII declared what palindromically named Teutonic king as emperor, an act marked by many historians as the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire?
Correct Answer: OTTO
Your Answer: Otto
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1  

I was going through a few names in my head and I was pretty sure it started with the letter O. I was pretty sure Otto was right. 

Dave M day 10 v Brad

Fun questions today. Shame I only got a 2/6.

 

1 : ( I guessed Elton John, deciding between him and Paul McCartney. UK bias showing. D23

2 : ( I really should have known this but put down Berlin mistaking Bohr for a German for some reason (Niels is about as Danish a name as you can get). Bad D32 in hindsight given the get rate on the blog so far.

3 : ) Geography gimme question although I wasn’t aware it was ‘by far’ the largest as I believe Quebec and NWT are also sizeable. Wikipedia tells me Nunavut is approx. 30% larger than Quebec and 40% larger than NWT – I don’t think that meets ‘by far’ criteria in my book. D11

4 : ( Guessed testate but probate is obvious in hindsight. At least I D00ed

5 : ) I wasn’t sure Kings was a book in the old testament but it was the closest I could think of. I went with Sacramento as my city. D11

6 : ( I guessed Axa. D22

Seif Day 10

5/6 today. This has been by far my best 3-day stretch at LL ever, going 16/18. But I think this is mostly based on the question categories of those days, and not too much due to my getting answers in categories I wouldn’t normally get.

1. Sinatra :(, D23. Just a random guess. Nope!

2. Copenhagen :), D01. Many paths led to the correct answer here.

3. Nunavut :), D22. No question here for me, but I assume many will find this quite hard. I love these sorts of geography questions.

4. Probate :), D10. Only possible answer.

5. Los Angeles Kings :), D31. This took me a very long time (since I did it in advance and didn’t have the benefit of having read Debbie’s Friday blog post). But once I finally thought of it, I was sure.

6. Otto :), D12. The palindrome clue made it easy.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Kim Day 10

vs. Ben LLL

3/6

I decided to go with all of my first thoughts today.

1 :( Cher. D32
2 :) Copenhagen. A guess based on name. Definitely not on mechanics. D11
3 :( Quebec. I would never have gotten this but hopefully Ben thinks I will. I am certain he got it. D10
4 :( Magistrate. Regretting my D now that I see the answer. D23
5 :) Sacramento Kings. I am finally starting to get the hang of Thorsten's questions. Once I l landed on Kings I realized why you had to name the city too. D22
6 :) Otto. D01

Happy Thanksgiving!

Debbie Day 9

Ouch - 1/6

1 :( John Smith. Was thinking this was the Pocahontas guy and too lazy to think much harder about it D2

2 :( Equilateral. I probably could have come up with isosceles if I'd thought more about it. Oh well. D1

3 :( Bacall, Bogart. I don't really watch old movies. D2

4 :) Special Victims Unit. Thankfully! D1

5 :( mica.  This just came to mind and I couldn't think of anything else (even though I thought it would probably be wrong). D0

6 :( Nassau. Thought this could be right and didn't think much more about it.  D3

3 or 4/6.  I guess I read quickly (busy day today) and thought you only had to put one answer for 3... so in that case I guess I'd have a 3.

1) :( L Wave. Thought this sounded like something that could maybe be a thing??  Guess I have heard of transverse but never would have gotten it.  D2

2) :) Ramekin.  Took me a little bit but I got it! D3

3) :)? Brazil.  Wasn't sure but knew Brazil was in the north part of South America. I guess this is wrong if I also needed Colombia.  D1

4) :( Wilson.  Thought roughly of age but was too lazy / didn't have time to think more about this.   D0

5) :) Gretzky. Was pretty sure this was right (my husband is a big LA Kings fan).  D1

6) ;) Lithium. Was also pretty sure this was right. D2

brad day9

2/6 vs ben

1) sumter d1/1

nope, but figured this could be up bens alley

2) rhombus d3/1

didnt realize answer was a term outside of triangles

3) bogart, kelly d2/2

no idea

4) special victims unit d0/0

current tv gimme

5) ruby d2/3

figured this was a gemstone and took a guess

6) port-au-prince d1/2

generally vacation in mexico, not the caribbean

Brian Day 9 vs TaubenfeldS and Andy

Ouch this hurt. I submitted not knowing where I was between 1 and 6.  It was not a 6.  My only hope is getting D0ed for math and a lot of luck.  2/6

1) Cornwallis.  The only Brit I can name from 1781 besides the king.  2/0

2) Right.  I can't believe I didn't think of isosceles. I've never heard of this, and frankly it's a stupid question and I'd prefer something about Hamiltonians and eigenvalues. This can be guessed at and I probably mis-defended. I'm so sick of trapeziums. Ben, thanks for joining me in my ineptitude. 3/3

3) Bogart, Bacall.  MCWA I assume.  1/1

4) special victims unit.  My only gimme today.  I've seen hundreds of them.  0/2

5) fool's gold.  I thought I remembered corundum from Deadwood. Going to regret giving Andy 2 here.  2/2

6) Nassau. Thought I had this.  And yet, I am the only one on our blog who did not have this. 1/1

Kim Day 9

Vs. FriedlandMJ LLL

4/6

1 :) Cornwallis. D21
2 :( Rhombus. I need to try harder on math questions. D21
3 :( Hepburn, Bogart. I could not think of the man in this pair. D13
4 :) Special Victims Unit. D02
5 :) Ruby. Was worried about Emerald when I thought the answers were Ruby and Sapphire. D32
6 :) Kingston. D10

Jesse day 9

4/6

1. Name the British peer who served as the Crown's Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1798 to 1801 and as its Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (a.k.a viceroy of India) from 1786 to 1793, though he is best remembered stateside for his actions in Virginia in 1781.
Correct Answer: CHARLES CORNWALLIS
Your Answer: Cornwallis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Only British person I could think of from the American revolution where the timeline made sense for them to have continued career afterwards working for the British govenerment. 

2. What mathematical term is used to designate a trapezoid (in the UK, a trapezium) having its two non-parallel sides of equal length? Such a shape is also sometimes referred to as a regular trapezoid.
Correct Answer: ISOSCELES
Your Answer: Equilateral
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nope!

3. 1942's Woman of the Year was the first, Keeper of the Flame was the second later that same year, and 1957's Desk Set was the eighth of the nine total films that starred what two Hollywood legends?
Correct Answer: KATHARINE HEPBURN, SPENCER TRACY
Your Answer: Hepburn and Tracy
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Hepburn and Tracy are a classic combination. I have not seen or heard of any of those films mentioned so this was a guess. 

4. "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the" what?
Correct Answer: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (SVU)
Your Answer: Special Victims Unit
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Seems like a gimmie

5. Corundum, a mineral form of aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) naturally transparent in its pure state, is perhaps best-known (and most desired) in its impure varieties. Give the name of either of the two primary varieties of corundum.
Correct Answer: RUBY, SAPPHIRE
Your Answer: Emerald
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I was on the right track, but wrong gem. 

6. What national capital is the most populous predominantly English-speaking city in the Caribbean?
Correct Answer: KINGSTON
Your Answer: Kingston
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2  

What else could it be. 

Ben day 9 v rando and brad

3/6 but I missed the math question so really it's like 4/6 if anyone defends me based on my history. Sorry brad.

1 :( Bragg. I had no shot here. Let's not pretend this is anything but a US history question. D12

2 :( symmetrical. Isoceles crosses my mind because of the properties of an isoceles triangle, but I have never heard the term 'isoceles trapezoid' before so I went with 'symmetrical' because that is the kind of bullshit he rewards occasionally. I'm sure some whiny llama can dig up a reference to a symmetrical trapezoid on the internet. D32

3 :( Rogers, Astaire. I had but one guess to give.D23

4 :) special victims unit. Clink-clink. D00

5 :) ruby. I was toying with Jade, emerald and sapphire too. D21

6 :) Kingston. Couldn't think of a competing English speaking large capital. D11

Seif Day 9

5/6 with a second straight day of questions that are very friendly to me. I did today’s and tomorrow’s questions in advance since I’m on vacation and was worried about the internet connection, but it seems to work just fine.

1. Cornwallis :), D20. The only British person who did anything famous in Virginia in 1781 was Cornwallis, who surrendered in the Battle of Yorktown. Great difficult but right-down-the-middle American history question.

2. Isosceles :), D32. Straightforward math question. Even if one doesn’t know it, this is probably a logical guess.  High D from me only because of my opponents’ weakness in math.

3. Bogart, West :(, D23. No clue at all.

4. Special Victims Unit :), D12. I’ve watched plenty of Law and Order, including the occasional SVU episode.

5. Sapphire :), D11. I spent most of my time on this question, mostly debating between what turned out to be the two correct answers, and also seeing if I could possibly think of something else. Waste of time, but who cares since I got it right...

6. Kingston :), D01. No way this could have been anything else. Jamaica is just so much bigger than any of the others.

a valley rundle

beckb2 is the only remaining person perfect this season, however is 9th in rundle at 2-0-6!

Debbie Day 8

3 or 4/6.  I guess I read quickly (busy day today) and thought you only had to put one answer for 3... so in that case I guess I'd have a 3.

1) :( L Wave. Thought this sounded like something that could maybe be a thing??  Guess I have heard of transverse but never would have gotten it.  D2

2) :) Ramekin.  Took me a little bit but I got it! D3

3) :)? Brazil.  Wasn't sure but knew Brazil was in the north part of South America. I guess this is wrong if I also needed Colombia.  D1

4) :( Wilson.  Thought roughly of age but was too lazy / didn't have time to think more about this.   D0

5) :) Gretzky. Was pretty sure this was right (my husband is a big LA Kings fan).  D1

6) ;) Lithium. Was also pretty sure this was right. D2