Brian Day 15

 Another 2/6 after escaping with a 5(2)-5(3) tie.  Won't be so lucky today

1) lazy susan 1/1 no clue, but sounds vaguely familiear

2) court 1/1 I knew an australian won the australian open, but I blanked on Barty's name.  Never heard of the other two

3) Guatemala, Belize 2/2 I cannot believe I got this, I could barely name the seven countries.  I felt pretty good about Belize being the least populous, but Guatemala was a one in six shot

4) oklahoma 3/2  no clue

5) kaine 0/0  knew was wrong, but completely forgot about edwards 

6) adult swim 2/3  have never heard of the show, but figured had to be this.   Probably going to be a very common wild guess, but i wonder how this plays for those with low tv scores.

Jesse day 15

3/6

1. Englishman James Hargreaves is widely credited as the inventor of a machine in the 1760s that massively advanced the technology for textile manufacturing and was a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. What was the name of this machine, which apocryphally (but probably not actually) is named after his wife or one of his daughters, whose action inadvertently inspired the machine's development?
Correct Answer: SPINNING JENNY
Your Answer: Boom Boom Loom
Points Assigned: 2

Seeing the answer I have heard of the spinning jenny. Shout out to Bachelors in Paradise!

2. Name any one of the three women who won a Singles Grand Slam tennis major in the year 2022.
Correct Answer: IGA SWIATEK, ELENA RYBAKINA, ASHLEIGH BARTY
Your Answer: Williams
Points Assigned: 2

I knew it wasn't Williams, but I had no idea. I don't follow tennis. 

3. What are, in correct order, the most populous and least populous of the seven countries in Central America (both by significant margins)? Note: two answers are required, they must be in correct order, and the seven countries of Central America do not include Mexico or Colombia.
Correct Answer: GUATEMALA, BELIZE
Your Answer: Guatemala and Belize
Points Assigned: 3

I have been to both countries and was relatively confident. This should play really hard. 

4. According to the lyrics of his country smash released in April 1987, due to the fact that all his exes live in Texas, where does George Strait hang his hat?
Correct Answer: TENNESSEE
Your Answer: New Jersey
Points Assigned: 1

I didn't try very hard on this one, but I did have the right idea of a state that ended in an e sound. Maybe if I had spent a bit more time on this one I would have gotten it. 

5. Vice-presidential incumbent Dick Cheney was the running-mate of fellow incumbent George W. Bush in the 2004 US presidential election. What fellow senator was Democratic nominee John Kerry's running mate during that election?
Correct Answer: JOHN EDWARDS
Your Answer: John Edwards
Points Assigned: 1

Seems like a gimmie unless you are really young or really ignore politics. 

6. The fictional and colossally popular metal band Dethklok (sometimes stylized as Dëthkløk for maximum brutality) was the centerpiece of the animated series Metalocalypse, which debuted in 2006 on a late-night programming block that is aimed at a more mature audience than the daytime network with which it shares channel space. What is the name of this programming block?
Correct Answer: ADULT SWIM
Your Answer: Adult Swim
Points Assigned: 0

I watch some adult swim content. 

Dave M day 15

4/6 and hopefully today that will be enough for a win as I missed the geography question.

 

1 : ) Spinning Jenny. I picked up a bit of Industrial Revolution history when I lived in the UK. D1

2 : ( Osaka. I knew Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu but was pretty sure they hadn't won anything this year, but couldn't think of anyone else. D2

3 : ( Honduras, Belize. Like David S Belize was simple but the other was a toss up between Honduras and Guatemala, and I went the wrong way. D2

4 : ) Tennessee. This song is on the standard playlist at all Texas events along with Deep in the Heart… D3

5 : ) Edwards. Yes it sticks in the mind because of the subsequent scandals. D1

6 : ) Adult Swim. Thought this would play easy but maybe not. D0

David S Day 15

 4/6. 

1. Spinning Jenny :), D22. Gimme for me, but I doubt this plays too easy. 
2. Swiatek :), D21. I watched plenty of tennis this year. 
3. Guatemala, Belize :), D31. Very relieved to get this. Belize was a gimme, but really wasn’t confident about Guatemala. 
4. Oklahoma :(, D03. No idea. 
5. Edwards :), D10. Gimme. 
6. Nick at Night :(, D12. Nope!

brad day15

3/6 vs amdurS

1) adele d3/3

never heard of this

2) switek d2/1

should get credit despite typo, wouldnt have got the other two

3) nicaragua, panama d2/2

no idea

4) new orleans d0/2

couldnt think of a city/state that rhymes with hat, so tried to figure where a several times divorced guy might live in the south

5) edwards d1/0

i think he was more notable for the scandal than as a candidate

6) adult swim d1/1

once i thought of cartoons got this quick

brad day14

1/6 vs katzA

1) toronto d2/1

ugh very gettable

2) mr beast d3/3

never heard of this

3) mitsubishi 0/1

thought i had this

4) million man march d1/0

didnt see movie but i remember the march

5) aqua d1/2

nope

6) stanza d2/2

have heard of this, was never going to get

Brian Day 14

2/6  Dave M, I lost on defense with 4/6 yesterday, I feel your pain.

1) London 1/1 The Thames is in London, England, and there's a London in Ontario, Canada, so it seemed like a good guess

2) Obama 2/2  Can't wait 'til this app is banned and my kids' attention span can increase back up to 30 seconds. 

3) Ninja 3/2  just couldn't get there

4) March on Washington (I Have A Dream) 2/0  Almost switched it to Million Man March but wasn't sure  the timing worked out, and I refuse to call anything from the 90s an "historical event".

5) Johannesburg 1/1  Was certain this was correct based on a woman's name even though I had could not connect it to a singing group.  In retrospect the 'noblewoman' clue is pointing right at the answer.

6) Leitmotif 0/3  Was just reading about John Williams' leitmotifs, including Darth Vader's, last week.  Hopefully I earn a rare 3 pointer on this based on my classical music success rate.  Little do my opponents know my Star Wars success rate. 

Dave M day 14

2/6 today. Not sure what is more disappointing – that score or that I lost yet another game yesterday where I got 4/6 and my opponent only got 3/6. My D is so bad this season.

 

1 : ) London. My dad's best friend's brother is a professor at Western. But I think I'd have worked this out anyway (although for me Western Ontario typically means Thunder Bay and the like).

2 : ( Toure. Don't know the guy's name but have seen him before and I think he is Senegalese, so just put down a Senegal-sounding last name. D2

3 : ) Yamaha. This one came to me reasonably quickly. D0

4 : ( Woodstock. Seems silly to miss that it would be a civil rights-related event and probably poor D. D2

5 : ( Kimberley. I mixed up my West and East on this one. But still don't think I'd have got it anyway – would have wound up going for Durban or similar. D1

6 : ( Doppelganger. Now I see leitmotif it all makes sense. D3

Jesse Day 14

1/6. Ooof. 

1. The Thames River runs through the campus of the University of Western Ontario, also known as Western University, which is located in what city?
Correct Answer: LONDON
Your Answer: Waterloo
Points Assigned: 2

I forgot about London, Ontario and missed the Thames clue. 

2. A man peeling a banana, opening a car door, opening a glass door, and drinking a glass of water are among the most-liked videos on the social media service TikTok. What is the name of the man performing these extremely straightforward tasks?
Correct Answer: KHABY LAME
Your Answer: Jones
Points Assigned: 1

Never heard of them. I do not use Tik Tok.

3. Three of the four motorcycle manufacturers in Japan regarded as the "Big Four" are Honda, Kawasaki, and Suzuki. What is the fourth?
Correct Answer: YAMAHA
Your Answer: Mitsubishi
Points Assigned: 2

Dang, feels very gettable. 

4. The 1996 Spike Lee film Get on the Bus tells the fictional story of a group of 15 who are traveling to a real-life historical event best known by what name?
Correct Answer: MILLION MAN MARCH
Your Answer: Million Man March
Points Assigned: 0

I did not see the movie, but I was aware of it. 

5. Identify the town in Eastern South Africa, besieged for four months by Boer forces during the Second Boer War, that was named after the noblewoman wife of a one-time British governor of the Cape Colony. The name became internationally familiar due to a popular South African singing group that hailed from (and was partially named after) the town.
Correct Answer: LADYSMITH
Your Answer: Durban
Points Assigned: 3

Nope. 

6. What is the compound word, taken directly from German and closely identified with the works of Richard Wagner, for a recurring musical theme or phrase associated with an object, person, or emotion in opera and program music? A contemporary example is Darth Vader's "Imperial March" in the Star Wars films.
Correct Answer: LEITMOTIF
Your Answer: No Idea
Points Assigned: 1

I have heard of the answer, but there is no way I would have come up with this. 

David S Day 14

 3/6. There was one I was sure of and three more I was fairly confident about, but I only got two of those three right. 

1. London :), D11. The Thames runs through London in both England and Canada and New London in Connecticut. 
2. Smith :(, D23. I had no idea. 
3. Yamaha :), D10. Happy to get this. It felt kind of right, but I wasn’t confident. 
4. Million Man March :), D01. Felt like it either needed to be this or the 1963 DC march. But only MMM had a well defined name, so I went with that. I was very worried I’d picked the wrong one. 
5. Durban :(, D22. Wow. I was really confident this was right. I don’t know anything about the music clue, but I really thought there was a siege there, and the location fit. Too bad. 
6. Motif :(, D32. Sooooo close. But I was never going to get the full word. 

Brian Day 13 v Dave S (LLL)

 I feel like it's been weeks since the last learned league.   4/6 today vs Seif which will likely give me a tie.

1) Lead 0/2  I'm not sure Dave is old enough to remember saying, "Fill 'er up, unleaded", but I certainly am.

2) Bolivia 2/1  I'm just happy I knew that cassava is common south of the U.S.

3) A dark and stormy night 1/2   Thank you Snoopy.   Is this is a common trivia nugget?

4) Pueblo 2/0  First word to pop into my mind, surprised it was correct.  Thank you 7th grade social studies

5) Gazette 1/1 Thought of herald, tribune, courant, and when I got to gazette I figured that was the Italian word..

6) Gibhli 3/3  No clue, but took a stab at the popular anime studio.

Of course Dave missed the geography-ish question that I gave him 0 for, and it's a 4(4)-4(3) tie

Jesse Day 13

4/6

1. For many years, until forbidden by law, fuel manufacturers produced gasoline that avoided engine knock by adding a certain antiknock agent that was a tetraethyl with what chemical element?
Correct Answer: LEAD
Your Answer: Lead
Points Assigned: 0

Seems easy if you were alive when leaded gas was still a thing. 

2. Bammy, a fried flatbread made from grated cassava and often served with fried fish, and descended from the food of the native Arawak culture, is a traditional dish of what nation?
Correct Answer: JAMAICA
Your Answer: Jamaica
Points Assigned: 1

Arawak is Caribbean, and Bammy sounds like something Jamaicans would call Cassava flatbreads. 

3. It was [REDACTED]; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. \ \ What phrase fills in the redacted section in this first line of the 1830 novel Paul Clifford?
Correct Answer: A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
Your Answer: pandamonium
Points Assigned: 2

Ohhhhh, great question.

4. The Hopi and the Zuni are among the Native Americans distinctive for their settlements of multistory housing that are known by what Spanish term? The word is also used for the tribes themselves, as well as for a city and county in the state of Colorado.
Correct Answer: PUEBLO
Your Answer: Pueblo
Points Assigned: 1

I just knew this. 

5. What word, which is sometimes used generally as a synonym for "newspaper" and is specifically a part of the name of some newspapers, originates from the name of a Venetian coin whose value at one time was the cost of one Venetian newspaper?
Correct Answer: GAZETTE
Your Answer: Gazette
Points Assigned: 3

I wrote down all o the newspaper I could think of and gazette sounded the most Italian. 

6. "Superflat", a term used to describe a unique form of contemporary Japanese pop art based on historical Japanese flat art aesthetics, manga, and anime, was coined in 2000 by what artist, who founded the movement?
Correct Answer: TAKASHI MURAKAMI
Your Answer: Suzuki
Points Assigned: 2

I originally put down Murakami as it sounded right, but then I figured I was confusing it with the writer Haruki Murakami. Oh well. 

Dave M day 13

Happy end of thanksgiving everyone! Yet another 4/6 for me today.

 

1 : ) Lead. I learnt the basic chemistry behind this in the refining fundamentals course BP put me through as a college graduate trainee. D0

2 : ) Jamaica. Never heard of the dish but do know the Arawak were native to the Caribbean islands so just went for one of the larger ones. D1

3 : ( The Night Before Christmas. No idea. D2

4 : ) Pueblo. I was at the Taos Pueblo in August, and visited a couple of other Pueblo Indian settlements on the same trip. D3

5 : ) Gazette. I knew this trivia from somewhere else, can't remember where though. D2

6 : ( Ichihara. No idea. I have heard of Murakami so I guess it's gettable, especially for the likes of my opponent whose answer history suggests he may get this. D1

David S Day 13 vs. Brian (LLL)

 Super disappointing 3/6. I was really confident I had 5. 

1. Lead :), D10. Gimmeish for anyone my age or older, I think. 
2. Jamaica :), D02. I’ve been to Jamaica three times and recognized the name when I saw it. But I never could have come up with it if the question had given the country and asked for the name of the food. 
3. Raining cats and dogs :(, D12. Felt so good about this guess. 
4. Adobe :(, D21. I was almost certain this was right. 
5. Gazette :), D21. Thought about this for a while. But once gazette came to me I was confident because it seemed so likely to have come from Italian, especially compared to anything else I considered. 
6. Abe :(, D33. No idea.

brad day13

back from vaca, hope everyone had a good holiday

2/6 vs meyerM5

1) lead d0/0

never heard of engine knocking but i knew lead was banned from gasoline

2) jamaica d1/1

a few restaurants by where i live

3) raining cats and dogs d2/3

no idea

4) adobe d1/2

thought this had a chance

5) herald d2/1

this too

6) pokemon d3/2

no idea

Brian Day 12

 3/6

1) Le Mans  1/2  de l'Ouest narrowed it down to Le Mans and Monaco, and Monaco's size made me think Le Mans was more likely.  Rare for me to know anything about auto racing, thank you to the video game Pole Position for teaching me about Le Mans. 

2) Schroedinger 2/3 No idea

3) Iberian 1/1  Seemed like the peninsula most likely to have multiple rivers, but still just a wild guess.

4) Intrafix 3/2 

5) boba 2/1  no clue

6) Escrow 0/0  only gimme today

Dave M day 12

Unlike David S I found today OK, was hoping for 5 maybe 6. Got another 4. Oh well.

 

1 : ) Le Mans. "Ouest" is West in French, so presumably in Western France, it was simple geography from there. D2

2 : ( Pavlov. I was reasonably sure this was right – being the only famous operant conditioning proponent I know of. Should have given a higher D in retrospect. D1

3 : ) Iberia. Douro the giveaway for me too. D2

4 : ( Midfix. I didn't have any idea, but actually had Infix written down before swapping it out for the wrong answer. D3

5 : ) Yerba Mate. I've seen this on the shelves at Whole Foods and wondered what it might be – so it came to mind straight away when reading this question. D1

6 : ) Escrow. Presumably a gimme for most of us with US mortgages. D0

Jesse day 12

4/6

1. The world's oldest active sports-car endurance-racing event, first held in 1923 and organized by Automobile Club de l'Ouest, is run annually in what city?
Correct Answer: LE MANS
Your Answer: Le Mans
Points Assigned: 2

I wasn't sure if Le Mans was an actual city, but it was the first thing that came to mind. 

2. The Behavior of Organisms and Verbal Behavior, along with his namesake "Box" for facilitating experimental observations, are works of what psychologist and proponent of operant conditioning?
Correct Answer: B. F. SKINNER
Your Answer: Shrodinger
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

3. The Tagus, Ebro, and Douro Rivers are the three longest rivers on what peninsula?
Correct Answer: IBERIAN PENINSULA
Your Answer: Iberian
Points Assigned: 1

I just knew this one. 

4. Different types of affixes in English include the prefix (e.g., "dis" in "dislike"), suffix (e.g., "able" in "fixable"), and a third type that is exemplified by the third "s" of "passersby". What is the name for this latter type of affix?
Correct Answer: INFIX
Your Answer: Midfix
Points Assigned: 3

I did not remember this from school. 

5. Dried leaves of the holly shrub Ilex paraguariensis, native to Paraguay and Brazil, are roasted, powdered, and infused with water to make a greenish tea-like beverage. What is the name shared by this shrub and the resulting beverage?
Correct Answer: (YERBA) MATE
Your Answer: Yerba Mate
Points Assigned: 1

I had Mate when I was in Argentina. 

6. Many home-mortgage borrowers have an account in which the mortgage lender retains money for property taxes and homeowners insurance, allowing these payments to be split over 12 months. This type of account, sometimes known as an impound account, is most commonly known by what other term, which can be used generally for any funds or assets held by a third party as part of a transaction?
Correct Answer: ESCROW
Your Answer: Escrow
Points Assigned: 0

As a homeowner, I am familiar with Escrow.

David S Day 12

2/6. Found these tough. 

1. Monte Carlo :(, D33. This was gettable. Too bad. 
2. Pavlov :(, D22. No chance here. 
3. Iberian :), D22. Douro made it a gimme. 
4. Intrafix :(, D11. Got close here. But I had no idea, and it was a pure guess. 
5. Coca :(, D00. No idea. 
6. Escrow :), D11. Gimme. 

Brian Day 11 vs Ben (LLL)

 3/6 

1) Crown Victoria 2/2  Misread the question and was trying to think of specific cars.  Not as bad as answering a famous basketball player with 714 home runs, but I'm not happy with myself.  Was even trying to think of a luxury car by Mercury, knowing they stopped making Mercurys.

2) King James 0/0 I assume gimme of the day

3) Animal Planet  2/1  Was pretty sure about this

4) Parag 1/2 My college roommate's name was Parag

5) Gaul 1/1  As the French Vice-President of the French consulting firm I used to work at told me, don't include Belgium when you break out statistics country by country, it's just part of France.  

6) Satellites 3/3 Was struggling with this all day because how could I not know a rock music question, but it turns out I've never heard of this band.

Dave M day 11

4/6 today and who knows if that wins based on my opponent's location and eduction in Scotland.

 

1 : ) Mercury. A reluctant D3 as my opponent is strong in the other categories and hopefully didn't follow along the fate of the US manufacturers' brands during the financial crisis, like I did. D3

2 : ) King James. D0 a gimme for any good Scot (he was king of Scotland before he was king of England).

3 : ( National Geographic. Random guess of nature cable TV channel. D1

4 : ) Chaat. Considered Samosa but both seemed a little too specific. D2

5 : ) Gaul. I was a big fan of Asterix comics growing up. Were they a thing in the US? D1

6 : ( Radiogram. Never heard of a band called Television. D2

Jesse Day 11

3/6

1. What Ford Motor Company brand, created originally to offer a premium vehicle to Ford's customers, was in existence for over 70 years before ending production early in the first quarter of 2011?

Correct Answer: MERCURY
Your Answer: Mercury
Points Assigned: 2

I know from my childhood they were Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealers. I was pretty sure Lincoln is still making cars and I have bot heard of a Mercury in a long time. 

2. The "Authorized Version" of the Bible, which was published in 1611, was an English translation of the Bible produced by a panel of the era's leading scholars and commissioned by whom?
Correct Answer: KING JAMES (VI AND I)
Your Answer: Cromwell
Points Assigned: 1

I feel like an idiot. Dumbest miss of the season for me. 

3. The Jeff Corwin Experience; Weird, True & Freaky; Untamed & Uncut; and Crikey! It's the Irwins are all television series that have been broadcast on what network?
Correct Answer: ANIMAL PLANET
Your Answer: Animal Planet
Points Assigned: 0

Feel like a gimmie

4. What is the name, from the Hindi for "to lick", for the array of popular savory street-food snacks sold at roadside stalls and food carts across the Indian subcontinent?
Correct Answer: CHAAT
Your Answer: Pappadam
Points Assigned: 2

I could not pull the word. 

5. A famous commentary by Julius Caesar begins with the statement, "[REDACTED] est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae." What region's name is redacted in the quote? (English or the original Latin is acceptable.)
Correct Answer: GAUL/GALLIA
Your Answer: Gaul
Points Assigned: 1

It was the only region that made sense to me. 

6. Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Billy Ficca, and Richard Hell were founding members in 1973 of what cult-favorite punk rock band and CBGB regular that was named after a technology invented a few decades prior?
Correct Answer: TELEVISION
Your Answer: The Clash
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of them 

David S Day 11

4/6. I was fairly confident about 3 and felt like I had at least somewhat decent guesses on the others. 

1. Mercury :), D00. Easiest one of the day, I think. 
2. King James :), D12. Timing was right for this, so I was all but certain. 
3. Discovery Channel :(, D11. I figured this would be a cable network but sadly guessed the wrong one. 
4. Chaat :), D21. Happy to get this. I spent most of my time on this one debating between dosa and chaat. I wrote down dosa first but then (despite the fact that this is usually the wrong strategy) changed my answer since dosas are South Indian and the question specifically made it clear it was not just in one region of India. I would have been so mad if the answer had actually been dosa. 
5. Gaul :), D23. The word that looks like “Belgium” was the clue that did it for me.
6. Radiohead :(, D32. I may be pushing it to call this a decent guess. I consider it a small victory to have come up with the name of a band that at least somewhat fit the clue. 

Brian Day 10

 4/6

1) Ruth, Aaron 0/3  Gimme for me from the sports aspect, otherwise never heard of it.

2) Community 2/1 Terrific show

3) Central African Republic 1/2  I enjoyed the not so subtle clue that the answer is in the center of those countries. 

4) Mapplethorpe 3/1  Didn't realize Whistler's Mother was black and grey, I wonder how this plays.

5) Turtle 1/0  gimme

6) Renato  2/2  I made up a word similar to renaissance 

Dave M day 10

Wow a thrilling 1-1 Seif v Brad battle to start my Friday. I managed 4 today which I think is good for a win, despite my 4 yesterday leading to a loss (I've had terrible defense this year).

 

1 : ( Ruth, Dimaggio. At least I got 1 out of the 2. D2

2 : ) Community. Never watched it but I recall it getting renewed for a final season by a different network and the dates lined up. D1

3 : ) Central African Republic. Geography gimme. D0

4 : ( Sargeant. So close – I was at a Whistler & Sargeant exhibition in Ft Worth over the summer, and picked the wrong one. D3

5 : ) Turtles. Came to me quick. D1

6 : ) Resorgimento. Slightly different spelling but I'm sure it will count. We learnt about this in high school history for some reason. D2

Jesse Day 10

4/6

1. Two consecutive integers for which the sums of the prime factors of each integer are equal (such as 714 and 715) are a mathematical pair named in 1974 by University of Georgia mathematician Carl Pomerance after what two baseball legends?
Correct Answer: BABE RUTH, HENRY AARON
Your Answer: Ruth and Aaron
Points Assigned: 1

Seems easy if you know the homerun record had been 714 and was broke Aaron. Georgia was thrown in as a second clue. 

2. "Spanish 101", "Introduction to Film", "Home Economics", and "English as a Second Language" are titles of episodes from the first season of what sitcom, which aired on NBC beginning in 2009 (with a final season on Yahoo! Screen in 2015)?
Correct Answer: COMMUNITY
Your Answer: Community
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea they had a season on yahoo Screen, which made me doubt Community was right.

3. Identify the landlocked country that is bordered, going clockwise, by Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, Cameroon to the west, and Chad to the north.
Correct Answer: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Your Answer: Central African Republic
Points Assigned: 2

Why buy a brand name country! I have a friend who is a professor at Yale that is one of the foremost experts in the US on C.A.R. 

4. Arrangement in Gray and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle is a famous work (but probably the second-most famous "arrangement in gray and black") by what American-born painter?
Correct Answer: JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER
Your Answer: Warhol
Points Assigned: 2

I was going to put down Whistler as there are only so many American artists I can name. Should have stuck with that. 

5. "Leatherback" is often used as the name of the largest living species of what animal, with some specimens weighing in at over 1,000 lbs.?
Correct Answer: (SEA) TURTLE
Your Answer: Sea Turtle
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like a gimmie. 

6. The period of political and social unrest on the Italian peninsula that began in the 1820s and resulted in the formation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 is known by a word in Italian that has been translated to English as "resurrection" or "rebirth". What is that word?
Correct Answer: RISORGIMENTO
Your Answer: Renaissance
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea, knew my answer was very wrong, and I am glad I didn't take long to think about it. 

David S Day 10 vs. Brad (LLL)

 Day 10 vs. Brad

Terrible 1/6.

1. Chamberlain, Jabbar :(, D30. Hmmm, I may have misread a key word in this question. Actually pretty frustrating since I’m confident I would have figured it out from the great clue. It is a fantastic question. 
2. Parks and Recreation :(, D01. I thought I had a chance because the timing seemed to line up, but I had no idea. 
3. Central African Republic :), D12. The one easy one of the day for me. 
4. Rothko :(, D13. Nope!
5. Bovine :(, D21. Nope again!
6. Renaissance :(, D22. I had nothing here. I’ve done pretty poorly on some Italian history questions in recent seasons. 

Looks like I eked out a 1(1)-0(1) win against Brad. Certainly nothing to write home about. 

brad day10

1/6 vs seif

1) ruth, aaron

baseball gimme?

2) glee d1/2

nope

3) ghana d2/1

nope

4) whitney d3/3

no idea

5) tortoise d1/1

ugh close but dont think this plays

6) vino d2/2

lchaim

Brian Day 9

 A satisfying 4/6

1) Cretaceous 2/3  Pleasantly surprised to get this.  Was the only period I could name that I didn't know anything about.  

2) Hugenot 2/1 no idea

3) Olive Oyl 0/2  Bad movie, but a gimme for me.   Robin Williams made a great Popeye.   This likely plays hard but it's my LL opponent's best category today.

4) Holly 1/1 Was 90% at Not Fade Away, and the Crickets made it a certainty.

5) Cali 1/0 I started with West coast states so got it almost immediately

6) School Daze 3/2  I've heard of Whitehead, and that's the extent of my knowledge here.  Brad, I love your answer.

Jesse Day 9

3/6

1. Name the geological period of the Mesozoic era, between approximately 145 and 65 million years ago, during which the dinosaurs and other giant reptiles, as well as many invertebrates, became extinct.
Correct Answer: CRETACEOUS
Your Answer: Jurrasic
Points Assigned: 1

I considered cretaceous, but I just did not know. 

2. The 1713 Treaty of Utrecht stipulated the transfer from France to Britain the island of Newfoundland, the Hudson Bay territory, and what former French colony centered on present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick? The name of the colony is also used today for a certain protected area in the United States, and is the etymological source for the name of a certain group of Americans of French descent.
Correct Answer: ACADIA
Your Answer: Prince Edward Island
Points Assigned: 2

Oh, well that makes sense. 

3. While Shelley Duvall famously appeared in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining in 1980, that same year she also starred (and was widely regarded as perfectly cast) in a role as what cartoon character?
Correct Answer: OLIVE OYL
Your Answer: Olive Oil
Points Assigned: 1

She was so bad in The Shining. 

4. "Oh Boy" and "Not Fade Away" are the first two tracks from the self-titled 1957 album The "Chirping" Crickets, which featured a band led by what rock and roll pioneer?
Correct Answer: BUDDY HOLLY
Your Answer: Buddy Holly
Points Assigned: 2

I just knew this. 

5. The name of the third-most populous city in Colombia is the first four letters of the name of a US state and also the first four letters of the name of a Roman emperor. What is that city?
Correct Answer: CALI
Your Answer: Cali
Points Assigned: 0

I just knew this. My company runs a Colombia trip. 

6. Name the multiple-prize-winning novel written by Colson Whitehead in 2019 that is a fictionalized account of the notorious Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, a reform school in Florida that was finally closed in 2011 after decades of abuse and murder allegations (much of which was confirmed in subsequent investigations).
Correct Answer: THE NICKEL BOYS
Your Answer: Swamp Rot
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

Dave M day 9

A 4/6 today, which I'm happy with given there were some really hard questions there (also 2 geography ones which offsets that)

 

1 : ) Cretaceous. This seems like a relatively straightforward paleontology question. D1

2 : ) Acadia. A tour guide in New Orleans explained a lot of the "French" settlers in Louisiana were in fact refugees from Acadia following this war, Acadian then turned into Cajun over time in the local pidgin. D2

3 : ( Snow White. No idea. But Olive Oyl makes sense, she has that look about her. D3

4 : ) Buddy Holly. I only know a couple of 50s rock pioneers and this was a lucky guess. D0

5 : ) Cali. Straightforward geography question if you're up to speed with South American cities (or 1980s drug cartels). D1

6 : ( Gladiators. No idea. D2

brad day9

2/6 vs friedlandw

1) cretaceous d0/0

was pretty sure this was right

2) reservoir d2/2

actually considered answer as a throwaway but couldnt figure out how it fit with the french connection

3) bambi d1/1

nope and this prob plays very tough

4) joplin d2/2

no idea

5) cali d1/1

one of my favorite classes in college was roman history, didnt know the city but went through what emperors i remembered

6) dont tase me bro

vbwa submission

David S Day 9

 3/6.

1. Crutacious :), D21. This should pay, but never have I used the “sounds like” rule more. Was debating between this and Jurassic. But was fairly confident this was it. 
2. Acadia :), D32. May be a tough question. But I’d heard the term before. I think most people who get this may get it from the national park. 
3. Natasha :(, D00. No idea. Both my opponents are strong in film, but I doubt this is as easy as my D00 would indicate. 
4. Elvis Presley :(, D12. I had no idea. 
5. Cali :), D21. Fun question. But with a lot of clues, it may play kind of easy. 
6. The Dormitory :(, D13. No clue. 

Brian Day 8 vs Steiny (LL)

I felt better about yesterday's 2/6 than today's 4/6

1) Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3/0 I can only name six of the seven, but all the others were buildings or statues which would probably leave physical remains whereas gardens could be eradicated more easily.  Plus the book By the Rivers of Babylon taught me these were likely in Iraq, which is further west than the others I could name (Egypt, Greece, Turkey)

2) Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 0/3  My only hesitation was that 'dreamer' was in the question, but I had no doubt this was correct.  A little peeved he's only going to require coat

3) Lima 2/1  I know the NATO alphabet

4) Ticket to Paradise 1/2 My mom went to high school with Eddie Money, and I've seen the ads for the new movie recently. Was worried there'd be an 'A' in front, but I think he'd give credit regardless.

5) Metal ore 2/2 Had mountains, but thought too obvious, then thought orology could be linked to ore and changed at last minute.  And then defended as if it were definitely not mountains, which will probably be most players wild guess.  Very frustrated with myself

6) Drexel 1/1  I had no idea, so I put a school a friend of mine attended. I assumed it would be something easy I was blanking on, but seeing it's a school I've never heard of, I assume I underdefended.  

Dave M day 8

3/6 today I think.

 

1 : ) Hanging Gardens of Babylon. I think the others are located in Greece, Cyprus, Egypt which made this pretty straightforward. D2

2 : ) I misread the question and wrote out the complete Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat but I think it will still get marked correct. D0

3 : ) Lima. I was initially going to put down Quebec until I saw the clarification national capital. D2

4 : ( Fifty Dollars. Didn't know either the song or the movie. D1

5 : ( Rock. Not even really close. D1

6 : ( Macintosh college. Again no idea but at least my guess that mac would be somewhere in the name was correct.  D3

Jesse Day 8

4/6

1. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was located farthest to the east, until it was destroyed by the 1st century CE (if in fact the Wonder ever actually existed at all)?
Correct Answer: HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
Your Answer: Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Points Assigned: 0

I first read this as West for some reason and was going to go with the Statue of Zeus. I read the question again and the answer was easy. 

2. In the first Andrew Lloyd Webberâ€"Tim Rice musical to be produced publicly, the show's eponymous dreamer is, early in the first act, given what as a gift from his father (a gift that provides the remainder of the title)?
Correct Answer: A COAT (AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT)
Your Answer: Technicolor dreamcoat
Points Assigned: 1

I saw ads for it growing up in the NYC suburbs. 

3. In the NATO phonetic alphabet (A=Alpha, B=Bravo, C=Charlie, etc.), one letter is represented by a word that is the name of a national capital city. What is that city?
Correct Answer: LIMA
Your Answer: Lima
Points Assigned: 1

I went through European capitals in my head and thought London seemed the most likely but then thought harder on L and realized that it was Lima. 

4. The title of a 1977 classic rock staple by Eddie Money, when its titular subject matter is halved, could become the title of a Julia Robertsâ€"George Clooney rom-com. What is that movie's title?
Correct Answer: TICKET TO PARADISE
Your Answer: Ticket to paradise
Points Assigned: 2

One of the only Eddie Money songs I could remember other than Shaking. I had no idea about the movie. 

5. A geological process known as orogeny refers, per the term's Greek root, to the formation of what?
Correct Answer: MOUNTAINS
Your Answer: Volcanos
Points Assigned: 2

Incorrect guess. 

6. The year 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the sports history made by the "Mighty Macs" of what small college (at that time a women's-only school) in suburban Philadelphia? The team won the first women's college basketball national championship (before defending their title in 1973 and 1974).
Correct Answer: IMMACULATA
Your Answer: Bryn Mawr
Points Assigned: 3

I live in the suburbs of Philly and could not think of a women's school other than Bryn Mawr. I was pretty sure Bryn Mawr is still a women's school, but could not think of any others. I know of Immaculata, but didn't think of it and had no idea it was a woman's school before. This is going to play really, really hard. 

David S Day 8

 3/6.

1. Hanging gardens :), D31. I was worried about this one. I wasn’t confident this was the farthest east, but I did know it didn’t last long. 
2. Technicolor dreamcoat :), D10. A question right in the small area of theater I’m good at.
3. Lima :), D11. Spent a long time on this. Clearly I should memorize this because it’s the second question on this topic I can remember. But when I (finally) thought of Lima, I was fairly confident. 
4. Two weeks :(, D02. No idea. I suspect this will be seen as a great question by those who have some knowledge in this area. 
5. Diamonds :(, D23. Nope!
6. Haverford :(, D22. Had no chance here, but when I submitted I thought this might be right. 

brad day8

2/6 vs ben

1) hanging gardens of babylon d2/1

pleasantly suprised to get this, but focused in on the if it existed part

2) amazing technicolor dreamcoat d0/0

gimme in this group, more risky for my reg match where theater their worst category

3) oslo d1/1

nope

4) oceans 11 d2/2

no idea

5) caves d1/2

thought this had a chance

6) hofstra d3/3

im usually good at qs like this, but never heard of this

Iron coke, chromium steel

Dave S, as soon as I saw the answer I thought of Allentown.  There’s no shame is using Billy Joel to answer a science question.

FW: Dave M day 7

 

 

From: David Mirkin <mirkin.dave@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 1:02 PM
To: steiny171.learnedleague@blogger.com <steiny171.learnedleague@blogger.com>
Subject: Dave M day 7

Is it just me or were reminder emails not sent today? If so, there could be mass forfeits today!

 

3/6 today for me.

 

1 : ) Tautology. It's the word that seemed to fit best even though it sounds Latin to me not Greek. D1

2 : ( Nickel. Way off here. D0

3 : ( Mother Dearest. Unlike Brad my high school French only got me as far as mother. D2

4 : ( Tina Turner. No idea, tough Q, glad I D3ed.

5 : ) National Broadcast Company. I think this is close enough to pay. GE being a shareholder was the link to the guess – which takes me back to fond memories of 30 Rock. D1

6 : ) Agra. I expect most will get Taj Mahal out of this but not sure how many will get the location. D2

David S Day 7

Happy with a 4/6.

1. Superfluous :(, D22. Spent a long time debating between two guesses, both of which were wrong. 
2. Chromium :), D13. Considered nickel and zinc, but (I sheepishly admit) I ultimately got this from the line in the Billy Joel song. 
3. Mother Goose :), D21. I was able to translate this from French. Wouldn’t have gotten it otherwise. 
4. Cole :(, D01. No chance here, as my pop music performance rapidly converges back to where it should be. 
5. NBC :), D10. GE, which bought RCA, used to own NBC, so that led to this confident guess. But I did consider CBS since I know Westinghouse did control that at one time. 
6. Agra :), D32. I bet this plays pretty hard. Not too much of a stretch to figure out that the reference is to the Taj Mahal, but then how many people know that it’s located in Agra?

Jesse Day 7

3/6

1. While colloquially it has come to mean any needless repetition in speech or text, in philosophy it is a term for a statement that is true solely by virtue of its form, not its content. What is the word in question, in part from the Greek for "same"?
Correct Answer: TAUTOLOGY
Your Answer: Tautology
Points Assigned: 2

I just knew this one. I think I learned the word from needing to look it up when reading Henry Kissenger's book Diplomacy 

2. The alloy of iron known as stainless steel, so-called for its resistance to corrosion, discoloration, and rusting, is produced through the addition of what other element, which must be introduced at a concentration of at least 11%?
Correct Answer: CHROMIUM
Your Answer: Nickel
Points Assigned: 1

I feel like I have missed the question before. 

3. The phrase "ma mère l'Oye" in the titles of the 1911 Maurice Ravel piano suite Ma mère l'Oye and the 1697 Charles Perrault collection Contes de ma mère l'Oye is most typically translated into English as what two-word phrase?
Correct Answer: MOTHER GOOSE
Your Answer: Cash money
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

4. "At Last", "I'd Rather Go Blind", "A Sunday Kind of Love", and "Something's Got a Hold on Me" (the latter of which was heavily sampled on Avicii's "Levels" and Flo Rida's "Good Feeling") are popular songs from what soul and R&B legend, whose real last name was Hawkins and whose stage name (first and last) was her given first name reversed?
Correct Answer: ETTA JAMES
Your Answer: Ross
Points Assigned: 2

I could hear most of those songs in my head, but I had no idea who sang them. I felt all of the answers I came up with were wrong and at least I was right about that. 

5. Network radio began in the United States in earnest in September 1926 with the formation of what company, led by chairman David Sarnoff, and jointly owned by RCA (50%), GE (30%), and Westinghouse (20%)?
Correct Answer: NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY (NBC)
Your Answer: NBC
Points Assigned: 1

I got this from Letterman making fun of GE on Late Night. 

6. It's broadly agreed that the peak of Indo-Islamic architecture occurred during the 17th-century reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, marked by his buildings in the capital city of Delhi and the shrine to his wife in what other Northern Indian city?
Correct Answer: AGRA
Your Answer: Agra
Points Assigned: 0

I have been to the Taj twice.