Jesse Day 25

4/6 v Ben in LL. Have a great offseason

1. The pronunciations of the state of Nevada, the Idaho city of Boise, and the NYC thoroughfare Houston Street are considered a kind of linguistic password that distinguishes locals from nonlocals. They are geographic examples of a term derived from Hebrew, which originated in the Book of Judges as a way for Gileadites to identify Ephraimites attempting to return to their conquered territory. What is this word?
Correct Answer: SHIBBOLETH
Your Answer: Sesame
Points Assigned: 1
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I had no idea. Seeing the answer I think I heard of this term. 

2. The lost and hidden (and fictional) Incan city of Parapata is central to the plot of a 2019 film that features the first live-action film appearance of what title character?
Correct Answer: DORA (THE EXPLORER)
Your Answer: Dora
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

My first thought was Tin-Tin, but that was years ago. Then I recalled the Dora movie that my daughter didn't feel like seeing because she felt she was too old for Dora. She just turned 6. 

3. What Japanese word completes this series: sweet, salt, bitter, sour, _________.
Correct Answer: UMAMI
Your Answer: Umami
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimmie. This will get a really high get rate. 

4. The Princely States were more than 500 principalities and kingdoms, with rulers of various faiths, that existed from the 1850s until 1947, the majority of which located in what present-day country?
Correct Answer: INDIA
Your Answer: India
Points Assigned: 1
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I just read that NYTimes article about the people living in the middle of a tiny forest in Delhi that claim to be the last descendants of a princely state. It was fresh in my mind. 

5. The Peloponnesian War is the setting for the eleventh and most recent main installment in what video game series, which began in 2007 with a game set in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade?
Correct Answer: ASSASSIN'S CREED
Your Answer: Assasins Creed
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I played 4 or 5 of these. They were a lot of fun and I look forward to getting back to them when my daughter is older. 

6. Musician Dick Dale, who passed away in March at the age of 81, and whose biggest hit song was 1963's "Misirlou", was known as "The King of" what type of guitar? This sobriquet was referenced in the title and opening track from his second studio album, also from 1963.
Correct Answer: SURF GUITAR
Your Answer: Slide
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea.