David S Addendum

I think “The Terror” should and will pay. It’s an accepted term for the same thing. Look at the Wikipedia page, and see that it’s often used as shorthand. 

Jesse Day 25

4/6 My opponent is really good at math and science, so no idea where to hide the points. Have a great off-season. It looks like I will be staying in B. 

1. J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain," and Schubert's "Ave Maria" are among the classical works featured in what animated 1940 film?
Correct Answer: FANTASIA
Your Answer: Fantasia
Points Assigned: 2

In college, I wrote a paper on the Italian film Allegro Non Troppo, which is a parody of Fantasia. I had to watch Fantasia as well. 

2. The most violent and radical phase of the French Revolution began with the creation of the Committee of Public Safety on September 5, 1793, and largely ended with the guillotining of Maximilien Robespierre in late July 1794. By what specific name (in English) is this period best known?
Correct Answer: REIGN OF TERROR
Your Answer: Reign of Terror
Points Assigned: 3

I think this is well known. 

3. A 1994 MTV Unplugged performance titled Unledded and an album from that same year titled No Quarter featured the reunion of what two rock and roll icons?
Correct Answer: ROBERT PLANT, JIMMY PAGE
Your Answer: Plant and Page
Points Assigned: 2

I got there from unledded. I forgot they did an unplugged. 

4. The ideal gas law states that under constant pressure and temperature, the volume of a gas depends solely on the number of moles of its molecules. The law is commonly expressed by the formula PV = _ _ _. What three letters (in order) fill in the blanks, representing the number of moles, the gas constant, and the absolute temperature, respectively?
Correct Answer: NRT
Your Answer: MCA
Points Assigned: 1

I didn't get a single letter right.

5. The soccer kit of what three-time Men's FIFA World Cup runner-up is closely associated with the color orange?
Correct Answer: NETHERLANDS
Your Answer: The Netherlands
Points Assigned: 1

Feels very easy, but if she doesn't watch soccer she might get it wrong. 

6. What is the binary number 1011111 when converted to Roman numerals?
Correct Answer: XCV
Your Answer: VX
Points Assigned: 0

I had no idea. 

Dave M day 25

A dreary 3/6 to round off my worst season in some time. I'm firmly in the relegation zone (at the top of the zone but with three wins separating me from number 19) so even with a win today will be returning to my spiritual home in Rundle D next season. See you all in February!

 

1 : ) Fantasia. Never seen it but the timing worked out and I know there was a big music focus. D1

2 : ) Reign of Terror. I saw a great BBC documentary about the revolution a few years ago. D1

3 : ( Led Zeppelin. I got the band but couldn't remember the rock and roll icon names themselves. D2

4 : ( MGK. Unfortunately my high school chemistry never covered this. D3

5 : ) Netherlands. World Cup gimme. D0

6 : ( VC. I learnt how binary worked after a previous LL question. So I was reasonably optimistic. But turning it into roman numerals undid me. D2

Brian Day 25

Unusual season for me, as I was having my worst season in years at the halfway point, but wound up besting my career average by a bit.  I went 0-7 in my worst category, art, but surprisingly went 1/4 in my best category math (yes, I pulled a Seif today).  Yet I overperformed by going 10-11 in geography (.538 career) and was a perfect 6-6 in classical music, my second worst category historically.

I'm already locked into promotion so today doesn't matter, but missing a math and science question today was painful.   3/6

1) Fantasia 1/1 Loved this as a kid.  I assume this is a film question, but if not, I'll go 7-7 in classical music

2) The Terror 1/1  Couldn't quite get there

3) Plant, Page 3/2   I can't even describe the excitement when they went on tour for No Quarter.  Back when 14 years was a long time, it was mindboggling that Led Zeppelin reunited (sans John Paul Jones) after such a long time.  And they were probably younger than i am now when they got back together.  

4) nkT 0/3  I got a 100 on the NYS Chemistry Regents, but it's just been too long since then to remember this equation

5) Netherlands 2/0  Even if I hadn't watched some soccer the last month, this is a gimme

6) 95  2/2  Read the Fu-king Question!!!!!!  Now I know how Dave felt this season.  Also, don't submit while standing on a crowded train.

Happy Chanukah/Christmas/Kwanzaa/New Years everyone!!!!

brad day25

2/6 vs friedlandmj

1) snow white and the seven dwarves d2/0

nope

2) the terrors d3/1

closr but prob doesnt pay

3) bon jovi, sambora d1/3

no idea

4) nrt d1/2

high school chem

5) netherlands d2/2

world cup has been on at the office

6) 95 d0/1

ugh, rtfq

David S Day 25

Solid 5/6 to end the season. After a slow start, I did well down the stretch this season. 

1. Fantasia :), D20. I’ve seen this a few times and was confident. 
2. The Terror :), D01. This should pay. I knew it and don’t think “Reign of” is necessary to add. (Hopefully Thorsten agrees or it’s 4/6.)
3. Sting, Mick Jagger :(, D33. No idea. 
4. nrt :), D22. DEFLATEGATE WAS A SCAM!!! DOWN WITH GOODELL!!! WE WANT OUR FOUR GAMES BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
5. Netherlands :), D12. Orange = Netherlands is usually a safe bet. 
6. xcv :), D11. Not much to this if you know binary and Roman numerals. If not, no way to get it. 

Have a great offseason, everyone!

Brian Day 24 vs CarrBen12 (LLL)

 3/6  needing only a tie in the next two matches to clinch promotion.

1) Domino's Pizza  1/2 Took me forever to get and was very satisfying once I did.  I know from Rush's Roll the Bones that bones are dice.  Tri-pipped bone would therefore be a die showing 3. I could not come up with anything, plus I couldn't picture a die showing only one face and yet being recognizable as a die if it were multicolored.  Then I thought of two dice showing a 2 and a 1, and the logo came to me, and I learned a domino can also be a bone.

2) Colander 1/0  Gimme of the day?

3) Showdown 2/1  I knew I had The Price is Right's Showcase Showdown in my head, but I had no idea.

4) Handel 0/2  I thought Christmas music would have the most famous oratorio's, and Handel's Messiah is the most famous of all.

5) Flight 3/1  The inverse of this question has been asked before, giving the book title and asking for the main character.  But I remembered only enough to get close

6) Young 2/3  Hopefully I draw a D0 for what should have been an easy question for an American.  I had a feeling there was someone I was overlooking, but how could Cy Young not be in the first class?  

David S Day 24

5/6. I was confident about 4 but am very surprised to get a fifth. 

1. Domino’s :), D12. What? I put this as a throwaway answer because I knew there were 3 dots in the logo. But what does this have to do with bones?
2. Colander :), D11. Seemed like the obvious guess. I expected it to right but wouldn’t have been shocked if it was something else. 
3. Fast Money :), D00. I watched this show plenty of times back in the day. 
4. Handel :), D23. Hoping this gets me 3 points. I knew he was naturalized as British and from Germany, which was all I needed to get this. 
5. How to save the lives of others :(, D22. No idea. 
6. Cobb :), D31. Figured out this was the MLB Hall of Fame quickly. I felt like Cobb then had to be right. I spent a while thinking about it and didn’t see how he could not have been an inaugural inductee. That said, I realize I didn’t consider Cy Young. That’s kind of lucky, because I might have put him if I had. 

Dave M day 24

2/6 today on what I again found a tough set of questions.

 

1 : ( Amway. The "bone" really threw me off. I ended up just guessing a Michigan founded company. D3

2 : ) Collander. When I grew up we called the colander the sieve. D1

3 : ( Final Feud. Interesting, the same wrong guess as Jesse. D2

4 : ) Handel. Was a 50/50 between Haydn and Handel. D0

5 : ( The Female Body. Would never get this. D1

6 : ( DiMaggio. At least I managed to get that it was a baseball question. D2

Jesse day 24

3/6

1. "A multicolor tri-pipped bone" would oddly but accurately describe the logo for what American company founded in Michigan in 1960?
Correct Answer: DOMINO'S PIZZA
Your Answer: Dominoes pizza
Points Assigned: 3

I know pips from games, so my first thought was dice. Then I thought what else has pips. Dominoes. Bingo. 

2. The Latin word for "sieve" is the appropriate root for the name of what common kitchen item?
Correct Answer: COLANDER
Your Answer: Collander
Points Assigned: 1

This feels like a gimmie.

3. On the game show Family Feud, what is the name of the show's bonus round, played after the main family-vs.-family game, where two family members attempt to combine for 200 points to win the ultimate cash prize?
Correct Answer: FAST MONEY/BIG MONEY
Your Answer: Final Feud
Points Assigned: 1

I have not watched this show in a long time. 

4. It is widely regarded that the musical form known as the English oratorio was developed around 1720 not by a natural-born Englishman, but rather a German-born composer (who did become a naturalized British subject in 1727). Who is this composer, whose most famous English oratorio (by far) was first performed in 1742?
Correct Answer: GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Your Answer: Mueller
Points Assigned: 0

I could not pull the name out of my head.

5. 1977's How to Save Your Own Life continues the first-person narrative of Isadora Wing—and her various exploits and tribulations, libidinous and otherwise—that was introduced in what groundbreaking 1973 novel by the same author? (Note, name the 1973 novel.)
Correct Answer: FEAR OF FLYING
Your Answer: The Handmaiden's Tail
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. 

6. Wagner, Mathewson, Johnson, Ruth, [BLANK]. What last name is missing from this inaugural fivesome?
Correct Answer: COBB
Your Answer: Cobb
Points Assigned: 2

Realtivly easy for a baseball fan. 

brad day24

4/6 vs buckfiren and kim ... not a good season for tca, but a lot of luck and good d has locked up promotion to d

1) steelcase d2/1

couldnt come up with anything reasonable, and having seen the answer really dont get this

2) collander d0/0

we called the opposing goalie at college hockey games a sieve

3) fast money d1/1

havent seen this in years, but remembered

4) handel d1/2

throwaway that was shockingly correct

5) how to male friends d2/2

no idea

6) cobb d3/3

baseball gimme, and misread kims stats so regretting d3 there (worst category for ll opponent)

Brian Day 23

Through the luck of so many ties and victories with only 2 or 1 correct, I'm in second place in Sierra C.  It's a catch-22, as I did not enjoy my short stay in B a few years ago, but my 5/6 today has me getting closer to promotion.

1) The Naked Gun 2/3  I was laughing reading the question as I pictured the scene immediately.

2) Aida 2/0  I think they made a broadway show of it awhile back, and it stuck with me, one of the few operas I have a passing familiarity with.  

3) Lithosphere 1/2  I kept coming back to litho-, but remembered there was a lithography question  several seasons ago, and it had to do with writing, not stone.  Eventually i got my head out of my @$$ and realized it was '-graphy' that was writing, and I had the correct answer all along.  I've never heard this term before.

4) Dr. Suess 0/2 For the first few dozen times I read Are You My Mother? I thought it was written by Dr. Seuss, confusing PD Eastman's style with him. So Suess was the logical guess for me here.

5) Masters 3/1   No clue.  But the Thing's girlfriend (Fantastic Four reference) is a blind sculptress named Alicia Masters.

6) Haley 1/1  Terrific job at the UN, probably a presidential candidate in '24.

Dave M day 23

Nice of Ben to come visit us and a good day of it getting 4/6 on a tough day by my judgment. I managed only a 1/6, pretty terrible.

 

1 : ( Lethal Weapon. I agree Jesse it seems like a ludicrous premise but Naked Gun didn't even my head and Hot Shots was later and didn't involve a LA cop. D0

2 : ( Sheba. I didn't pick up "musical story" would be an opera. Went with the one female Ethiopian historic figure who's name I knew. D2

3 : ( Cronosphere. Nope. D1

4 : ( Beverly Cleary. Never made the link between Seuss and "Beginner Books". Like Ben my D was too high. D2

5 : ( Bourgeois. Had nothing to go on so went with a French-sounding sculptor who I'm 99.9% sure is actually American. D3

6 : ) Haley. My one correct answer and presumably will be D0ed. I could also have got Power. D1

Ben Day23

About to lose my mind at work so needed a deliberate break!

1 :) Naked Gun. I need to rewatch this movie. D11

2 :) Aida. Wasn't sure how to D. Figured it would play easy. D10

3 :( Geosphere. Never heard of this term, and I was studying large diagrams of the Earth at a science museum with Sia over Thanksgiving! D22

4 :) Seuss. Last minute switch to Seuss. Should have Ded lower D22

5 :( Demi Moore. Sometimes you know that you have 0 shot. D33

6 :) Haley. Thorsten made this question for Brian! D01

Jesse Day 23

2/6

1. A meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, of world leaders and individuals hostile to the United States (Fidel Castro, Idi Amin, Ayatollah Khomeini, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pahpshmir, et al.) is disrupted by a Los Angeles police lieutenant at the beginning of what 1988 movie?
Correct Answer: THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD!
Your Answer: Naked Gun
Points Assigned: 1

It has been a while since I saw The Naked Gun, but I knew Frank Drevan was an LA police officer and the scene was too ludicrous for other LA cop films such as Beverly Hills Cop and Lethal Weapon

2. In a musical story from 1871, Radamès, a captain in the Egyptian Army, is the love interest of both the king's daughter, Amneris, and what enslaved Ethiopian princess?
Correct Answer: AIDA
Your Answer: Suleme
Points Assigned: 1

Shoot, that is what I was trying to think of. 

3. Between the atmosphere above and the asthenosphere (the part of the mantle "without strength") below are the solid, outermost layers of the Earth—the rigid, upper part of the mantle, and the crust. This firm planetary shell is known by what name, derived in part from the Greek for "stone"?
Correct Answer: LITHOSPHERE
Your Answer: Troposhpere
Points Assigned: 2

Nope

4. The "Beginner Books" series, published by Random House beginning in 1957, had contributions from Helen Palmer, P.D. Eastman (the series' art director), and Bennett Cerf, but is most associated with the works of what other author?
Correct Answer: DR. SEUSS (THEODOR GEISEL)
Your Answer: Hardy
Points Assigned: 2

Damnit, I have looked at the "beginner book series" label a ton of time when reading these books with my daughter. She is 9 now, so it has been a few years. 

5. Sakuntala, The Mature Age, and The Waltz are among the popular works by what late-19th/early-20th-century French sculptor? She was not famous in her own time, but posthumously gained acclaim for her works and talent later in the 20th century, especially via numerous biographies and films about her life that were produced beginning in the 1980s (and which often focused on her association with Auguste Rodin and her mental health struggles later in life).
Correct Answer: CAMILLE CLAUDEL
Your Answer: Cassat
Points Assigned: 3

Nope.

6. From Susan Rice, beginning in 2009, to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, currently in the role, the last five individuals to hold the office of Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Nations (on a non-interim basis) have been women. Name any one of the three women who served in the position on a permanent basis between Ambassadors Rice and Thomas-Greenfield.
Correct Answer: SAMANTHA POWER, NIKKI HALEY, KELLY CRAFT
Your Answer: Nikki Haley
Points Assigned: 0

The only one I could remember was Haley. 

brad day23

2/6 vs seif

1) die hard d2/1

nope

2) stella d1/2

no idea

3) agorosphere d2/2

no idea

4) seuss d0/1

children lit gimme?

5) didier d3/3

no idea

6) haley d1/0

wouldnt be suprised if seif could name all 3

David S Day 23 vs. Brad (LLL)

 3/6. 

1. Beverly Hills Cop :(, D11. I bet this plays pretty easy, but I had no idea. 
2. Aida :), D22. I knew this opera had something to do with Egypt, and that was plenty to make it my guess. 
3. Fossilosphere :(, D22. Nope!
4. Dr. Seuss :), D00. What else could it be?
5. Martin :(, D33. No idea. 
6. Haley :), D11. I could have gotten Power but not Craft. 

Brian Day 22

 4/6

1) Benedict 1/1  Once I decided Joseph Ratzinger was not John Raztenberger (Cliff Clavin) and sounded familiar on his own, I realized he was Pope Benedict

2) Miller 3/2 no clue, never heard of her, but have heard of the play.  Funny that most of us went with arthur Miller.

3) War of the Worlds 0/0  Gimme

4) Smelling salts 2/3  Actually bought bitters last year, but didn't pay attention to the bottle, didn't even know they were known for their aroma

5) Wisdom 1/1 I remember enough from 6th grade to have name both

6) Gestalt 2/2 First thing to pop into my mind, had no idea if it was correct but saw no reason to change it 

Jesse day 22

4/6?

1. Prospero Lambertini, Giacomo della Chiesa, and Joseph Alois Ratzinger have all been known more familiarly by what other proper first name?
Correct Answer: BENEDICT
Your Answer: Benedict
Points Assigned: 1

Easy enough

2. An incident from 1810 in which a student accused two headmistresses of a Scottish boarding school of having a lesbian relationship, along with the ensuing scandal and libel case, was the basis for the play The Children's Hour, a drama from 1934 by what American playwright, screenwriter, and memoirist?
Correct Answer: LILLIAN HELLMAN
Your Answer: Simon
Points Assigned: 2

Never heard of them.

3. What 1898 novel, famous in its own right, is also famous for its presentation in the October 30, 1938 installment of the CBS radio series "Mercury Theater on the Air"?
Correct Answer: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Your Answer: War of the Worlds
Points Assigned: 1

I hope I don't get dinged fr missing the "the". 

4. Early-19th-century New Orleans apothecary Antoine Amédée Peychaud is remembered (and widely appreciated) today by tipplers for his development of what aromatic product?
Correct Answer: BITTERS (PEYCHAUD'S BITTERS)
Your Answer: Bitters
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess. I don't drink spirits, so wasn't sure if bitters were aromatic, but couldn't think of anything better. 

5. "SDCIWC" is an initialism common to many players of the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. Per the game's original 1974 rules, the first four letters stand for Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, and Intelligence. What do either of the final two letters stand for?
Correct Answer: WISDOM, CHARISMA
Your Answer: Charisma
Points Assigned: 0

I play DnD. 

6. What word, German for "shape" or "form", is defined in English as something that, as a whole, has qualities greater than the sum of its parts? The word is used in psychology to name a type of psychotherapy in which individuals are best viewed as whole entities and best understood in terms of their own perspective on what is happening in their lives at the current moment (vs. what happened in the past).
Correct Answer: GESTALT
Your Answer: Cognitive
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. This feels very gettable. 

brad day22

3/6 vs friedlandw common d

1) benedict d0

knew ratzinger

2) miller d3

nope

3) war of the worlds d1

knew of the broadcast and ensuing panic

4) triple sec d2

nope

5) wisdom d1

didnt know this, but seemed a reasonable guess for w

6) hypnosis d2

no idea

David S Day 22

 5/6 and no chance at the last one. 

1. Benedict :), D21. I got it from Ratzinger, as I’m sure most who get it will. Otherwise I would not have even realized they were popes, let alone what their papal name was. 
2. Miller :(, D30. No clue. Never heard of her. 
3. War of the Worlds :), D02. I knew about the 1938 broadcast. 
4. Bitters :), D11. Very pleasantly surprised to get this right. I considered a lot of things and didn’t really expect this to be right. 
5. Charisma :), D13. I played a bit of D&D when I was 10 or so. It was enough to get this, but I don’t think I could have come up with the W. 
6. Geshtalt :), D22. This was actually basically a gimme for me, misspelling aside. I’m from a family of psychologists, and one of the pioneers of the Gestalt movement was a close family friend growing up. 

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania

Other possible connections between the movies in question 1 are Alec Guinness as an actor and David Lean as director.  

- Brian

Brian Day 21

 3/6

1) Lawrence of Arabia 2/3 Shocked to get this.  I had absolutely no idea what the list was.  Seven Pillars of Wisdom sounded like maybe it was about Islam, which made me think of Saudi Arabia, and 1962 sounded about right for  Lawrence of Arabia.  I still don't know the connection with the others, is it Best Picture winners?  (Dave M, I like the idea of Asian setting, maybe these are Best Pictures set in Asia).  

2) Nicholas 2/1  Damn Kosman coin, i was 50/50 with Ivan, figuring Peter the Great was too recent

3) Kenya 3/2  no idea, but that's pretty close in my book

4) Indianapolis 1/1  I was able to confidently list only 21 state capitols, luckily this was one of them.  I asked my 5th grader this question, she responded by trying to ask Alexa.  

5) Castling 1/0  gimme for me.  Jesse, I love your electric slide answer.

6) Chung 0/2  no idea, guessed Connie

Jesse day 21

1/6

1. What 1962 film adaptation of the book Seven Pillars of Wisdom belongs on a list that includes the films The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, and A Passage to India?
Correct Answer: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Your Answer: Gentleman Prefer Blondes
Points Assigned: 2

I did watch Lawrence of Arabia on college, but Sevan Pillars of Wisdom did not trigger that in my brain. 

2. What name was shared by the Grand Prince of Moscow—who, after renouncing allegiance to the Tatars in 1480, was the first Russian monarch to call himself "tsar"—and his grandson, who became the first "tsar of all Russia" in 1547?
Correct Answer: IVAN
Your Answer: Ivan
Points Assigned: 0

This was a guess, but I knew it would have to be one of the big names.

3. The state in Southwest India once known as Mysore, which was given its current name of Karnataka in 1973, was formed in 1956, bringing together the populations of five predecessor states whose inhabitants spoke what language, which now has over 50 million speakers? The name of the language looks like it could be—but is not actually—a homophone of the name of an unrelated country.
Correct Answer: KANNADA
Your Answer: Tamil
Points Assigned: 3

I have never been to Southwestern India. I knew they spoke Tamil in Southeastern India. 

4. There are exactly three letters of the alphabet that are the first letter of the name of one (and only one) capital city of a US state. Name any one of those three capital cities.
Correct Answer: FRANKFORT, INDIANAPOLIS, NASHVILLE
Your Answer: Olympia
Points Assigned: 1

I was lazy and did not bother to list them all out. I started with the west coast and said screw it, O seems like an uncommon letter to start a state capital with. 

5. In the game of chess, the king and rook can move simultaneously along the back rank during a unique and specific move known by what name?
Correct Answer: CASTLING
Your Answer: The Electric Slide
Points Assigned: 1

Oh, right. I don't play chess, but even this I could have gotten. 

6. Name the woman who, since 2016, has served in a television hosting role previously held by Charles Osgood (from 1994 to 2016) and Charles Kuralt (from 1979 to 1994).
Correct Answer: JANE PAULEY
Your Answer: Curic
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. 

Dave M day 21

A disappointing 2/6 today on questions that in hindsight I should have done a bit better on. Firmly flirting with relegation this season.

 

1 : ( The Great Escape. Suspected the link was movies based in Asia (including Middle East) but couldn't think of a movie dated at the time. D2

2 : ) Ivan. Seemed like the only possible answer, the Peters and Nicholases were later as I recall. D1

3 : ( Malayalam. I was really confident about this. Turns out Malayalam is the language of Kerala not Karnataka. D2

4 : ( Baton Rouge. How did I skip Boston. And my alternative was Olympia having not thought of Oklahoma City. At least I'll probably get D0ed on this one. D0

5 : ) Castle. Simple Chess Q I think. D1

6 : ( Smith. Nope not in my wheelhouse. D3

David S Day 21

 3/6. I disastrously misread a second question this season. I can’t believe I did that again so soon. 

1. Lawrence of Arabia :), D12. I happened to know that both Lawrence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird both came out this year, so I figured it was likely one of them. I don’t quite get what is common to this list, but Lawrence of Arabia seemed much more similar. 
2. Ivan :), D30. I knew Ivan the Terrible was called the first Czar of all Russia. 
3. Ginnee :(, D22. I had no idea. 
4. F :(, D21. I can’t believe I misread that you had to write the city and did the letter. Probably will get D0’ed on this anyway, but it still makes me mad. 
5. Castle :), D01. Easiest question of the day, I think. 
6. Couric :(, D13. Only guess I could come up with that made any sense. 

Brian Day 20

Was annoyed at first by too many clues being provided in two of the questions, making defense really difficult.  But then I got a 6/6 and I'm now mollified.  Today also featured my two favorite questions of the season.

1) Weather 2/2  I know The Weather Girls sing It's Raining Men. With 'raining' and 'forecast' both in the question, I expect this to play easy, but reluctantly gave high defense based on my opponents weaknesses.

2) Secant 1/3  Was not certain at all how a secant is defined outside of 1/cos, but I couldn't think of anything else.  

3) popcorn 0/0  'Red Bow' and a man who's the face of the product were more than enough to get to Redenbacher. I thought "state snack" was overkill.

4) Huron 1/2  First thought was Oneida Lake, but there's no peninsula in upstate NY.  So I went further north, and Lake Huron fit the bill.  

5) Sopranos 2/1  Love love love this question.  My thinking went like this: "1999, acclaimed pay cable tv series.  That's right around the time The Sopranos premiered. What else was on then that featured women?  Sex in the City?  No profession there.  Desperate Housewives? That was much later and on network tv.  Real Housewives, also too early for that, and is housewife a profession?  Army Wives?  Same problem.  Models Inc?  That was way earlier.  What else was big on cable then besides The Sopranos?  Designing Women? Way earlier, network tv.  Maybe some kind of chefs?  Wow, those are unusual names, all foreign, almost like they're made up to be intentionally ridiculous... Could these be the Powerpuff Girls?  I think it's too early for them, and is Cartoon Network pay cable?  I feel like it must be Cinemax, Showtime, or HBO, like The Sopranos... Time to re-read the question... Oh, it's one word from the title, not the entire title... Wait, does the show not have to be about these women, maybe they're real women who happen to have the job mentioned in the title of the show?  Okay, so, a show around the time of The Sopranos...D'OH!!!"   Because of my mental gymnastics, I'm not sure how hard this will play, but I suspect much easier than I made it out to be.  2/1

6) Teen Titans 3/1  Anytime there's a rare comic book question, it's bound to be one of my favorites.  This one even more so, as those who took my 1DS, Children of the 80s, https://learnedleague.com/oneday.php?childrenofthe80s may remember question #8: After appearing primarily in cartoons for most of the 21st century, the superhero known as Cyborg had his biggest role to date in 2017's Justice League movie. But he made his first appearance in 1980 as part of what alliterative team of superheroes seen here?

Jesse Day 20

3/6

1. Both the gospel-trained duo consisting of Izora Armstead and Martha Wash, who recorded "It's Raining Men" in 1982, and the jazz ensemble that emerged from the Miles Davis groups of the late 1970s featuring Joseph Zawinul and Wayne Shorter and that released the retrospective set Forecast: Tomorrow in 2006 had names that refer to what phenomenon?
Correct Answer: WEATHER
Your Answer: Weather
Points Assigned: 1

I knew the band Weather Report from Birdland. I think I have the album Heavy Weather.

2. "Chord" is a term used for any straight line segment whose ends are on the perimeter of a circle. When a chord's two endpoints (where it meets the circle) are extended out to infinity, it becomes a line known as what?
Correct Answer: SECANT
Your Answer: Infintie line
Points Assigned: 3

Nope.

3. In the 1960s, Red Bow was a high-end, gourmet brand of a particular food product, named by its cofounders after themselves. In the 1970s, the name was changed to refer to just one of the men, who became the face of the product, and by whose name the market-leading product is still well-known today. What is the food product in question, or its current brand name? (The two possible answers are, respectively, Indiana's official "state snack" and a person largely responsible for that accolade)?
Correct Answer: POPCORN, ORVILLE REDENBACHER
Your Answer: Popcorn
Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess, but Orville Redenbacher was an iconic spokesman and Indiana has a lot of corn. 

4. A confederacy of five Iroquoian groups, known to themselves as Wendat or Wyandotte ("people of the peninsula"), was referred to by French explorers beginning in the early 17th century by what other name, which is also used for a certain body of water in the confederacy's native region?
Correct Answer: HURON
Your Answer: Chesapeake
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. I thought the Iroquois didn't go as far as the Chesapeake and the French didn't get to what was to become Maryland, but there was no way I was getting this. 

5. Elisabeth Söderström, Birgit Nilsson, Anna Moffo, Montserrat Caballé, and Lily Pons were women who, in a professional sense, could all be accurately described by what word from the title of an acclaimed pay cable TV series that debuted in January 1999?
Correct Answer: SOPRANOS
Your Answer: Actresses
Points Assigned: 2

Ah, nope. 

6. The DC Comics superheroes Kid Flash, Robin, Aqualad, and Wonder Girl were the four original members of what superhero team, which has included countless other members over the years including (recently) Cyborg, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy?
Correct Answer: TEEN TITANS
Your Answer: Teen Titans
Points Assigned: 0

I have never seen an episode or read a comic, but I have seen advertisements for a Teen Titans cartoon.

Dave M day 20

2/6 today on a day I'm up against the #1 in the rundle, expecting a big loss.

 

1 : ( Storms. I started with weather but considered it too generic. D2

2 : ( Hyperchord. No idea. Opponent's top category is math. D0

3 : ( Corn Dog. Ahh popcorn makes sense. D3

4 : ) Huron. Guessed it would be a great lake and went 50/50 Ontario/Huron, came up with the right one. D1

5 : ) Sopranos. As soon as I thought of the show it clicked quickly. D1

6 : ( Suicide Squad. Never heard of teen titans. D2

brad day20

2/6 vs meyere and taylorz

1) aurora borealis d2/1

nope

2) intersector d3/3

bad at geometry

3) redenbacher d1/1

pretty surpised to get this, thought this was going to be a throwaway answer 

4) hudson d2/2

guess the french should have steered me away from ny

5) sopranos d0/0

have never heard of the women, but once i thought of tv show made sense

6) justice league d1/2

only group from dc i could name

David S Day 20

 3/6 on a day I found tough. Given how far this was from my strengths, I’m pretty happy with 3. 

1. Solar eclipse :(, D11. I had no idea. Didn’t realize the answer would be so general. 
2. Secant :), D33. Phew. Really wasn’t sure this was right. Would have been a bad miss. 
3. Purdue :(, D00. So gettable. I really couldn’t think of anything that would work here. 
4. Huron :), D22. Happy to get this. I knew the Hurons existed, but wasn’t clear it described this group in the question. The peninsula part fit, so that made me feel good about the answer. 
5. Sopranos :), D11. One of my all-time top few favorite questions from Thorsten. Ultimately I went with what is by far the best known show that started in the late 90s on pay cable and realized that it could easily describe the professions of four women. 
6. Avengers :(, D22. No idea. 

brad day19

3/6 vs meyere

1) australia d3/1

thought it was the mcg, but description seemed to fit

2) havana nights d2/3

no idea

3) iran d2/2

gimmeish?

4) rsv d1/1

cant believe i hadnt heard about this

5) amazon d1/0

very gettable and regretting d vs number 3

6) meter d0/2

originally thought i had my math off and almost went with a sub unit, but this was the si so made most sense

Brian Day 19

 Gotta love learned league.  One day 1/6 gets me a win. The next, 5/6 earns me a tie.

4/6 today

1) Indonesia 2/2 No idea, and hoped it wasn't as obvious as India

2) Los Lobos 0/1  No clue, Was very worried about my defense despite basing it on my opponents' records, but i do recognize the title so hopefully I didn't the low D

3) Iran 2/1  Gimme for my age group

4) Malaria 1/2  Made sense

5) Danube 3/3  10 countries narrowed it down to three continents, I know Budapest straddles the Danube, that was good enough for me.

6) Meter 1/0  gimme, prob even for non-science nerds

Dave M day 19

Also a 5/6 like Jesse and Seif, same 5 questions right for much the same reasons. So I'm guessing today plays easy for most.

Jesse Day 19

5/6. I am on a role in B. It looks like I won't get relegated. 

1. England defeated Pakistan on November 13 at the Grand Final of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, held at a cricket ground known locally as "the 'G". In what country (which was also that tournament's defending champion) is this iconic and enormous cricket ground located?
Correct Answer: AUSTRALIA
Your Answer: Australia
Points Assigned: 1

I was guessing this was the huge stadium in Melbourne. 

2. What words are missing from the title of the acclaimed 1989 Oscar Hijuelos novel [BLANK] Play Songs of Love, a rich and rhythmic immigrant story reflecting on the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians? The missing words are the name of the brothers' band in the story and were used for the book's 1992 film and 2005 musical adaptations.
Correct Answer: THE MAMBO KINGS
Your Answer: Buena Vista Social Club
Points Assigned: 3

Nope. I forgot about Mambo Kings. 

3. Approximately 500,000 people were killed during a war between two countries that began in September 1980 and ended in a stalemate after a UN-brokered ceasefire in August 1988. Name either of the two countries that were the primary combatants in this war.
Correct Answer: IRAN, IRAQ
Your Answer: Iran
Points Assigned: 2

I was pretty sure this was the right war. 

4. While most of the attention around vaccines in 2021 pertained to COVID-19, in October of that year the World Health Organization approved the first vaccine for the prevention of what other disease, which kills nearly half a million people each year, including over a quarter million under the age of five?
Correct Answer: MALARIA
Your Answer: Malaria
Points Assigned: 0

I read about this and this is the only disease that kills that many young people. 

5. What roughly 3,000-kilometer-long river passes through or borders 10 different countries (including four capital cities), more than any other river in the world?
Correct Answer: DANUBE
Your Answer: Danube
Points Assigned: 2

I knew this piece of trivia and have been to a bunch of cities on the Danube. 

6. The distance between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar; 1/10,000,000th of the length of the quadrant of the Earth's meridian through Paris; the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458th of a second: all of these have historically been used to define what unit?
Correct Answer: METER
Your Answer: A meter
Points Assigned: 1

This is what made the most sense. 

David S Day 19

 5/6. I was confident of 5 here and had no shot at the 6th. 

1. Australia :), D11. After not even considering Australia for an answer last week, I’m not making that mistake again. I figured this was likely Australia or India, and I also vaguely remembered Australia winning this, or so I thought. 
2. Dead Poets Society :(, D03. Lol. No idea. 
3. Iraq :), D20. Gimme. 
4. Malaria :), D11. I remember this, but also very gettable from the info in the question even if one doesn’t remember. 
5. Danube :), D32. Good question and happy to get it. I originally put down Congo (having the course slightly incorrect in my mind). But then I thought about this some more and realized it had to be the Danube. 
6. Meter :), D22. Maybe my D was too high here. Lots of ways to get this. 

brad day18

2/6 vs winnr

1) benoit d2/3

no idea

2) goodyear d1/0

detroit gimme

3) gone with the wind d0/1

nope

4) dingo d2/2

sounds familiar, my kids now past thay

5) alsace d1/2

interesting q

6) seder d3/1

jewish gimme and i think plays very tough outside the tribe

Brian Day 18

Over the previous four days I had a grand total of six correct answers, dropping me to my lowest get rate in 11 seasons.  And yet I suffered no losses on those four days, culminating with a resounding 1(1)-0(1) victory on Friday.  Sorry about that Dave M.  That luck was not going to continue, so it's a good thing I got a 5 today.

1) Chalet 1/3 no clue

2) Goodyear 1/1 I went to college with a Goodyear.  All he talked about was vulcanization.  

3) Citizen Kane 0/1  I've never seen it, but was pretty sure it fit the bill.  King Kong never crossed my mind

4) Bluey 3/2  A dad on the Ringer podcast I listen to mentions Bluey all the time, this sounded like it fit the bill

5) Transylvania 2/2 Hesitated for a moment because it's in Romania, but a literary, Eastern European location has only one answer

6) Seder 2/0  First they take over the entertainment and banking industries, and now trivia?  When will they stop?  

Dave M day 18 v Steiny

3-4/6 today. Friday I was busy but it was a 1/6 disaster just like Brian – and so I lost to him.

 

1 : ( Dormer. No idea and never heard of a Mansard style roof. D2

2 : ) Goodyear. I didn't know this fact but seems gimme-ish the way the question is written. D1

3 : ( Gone With the Wind. Should have thought about this one a bit more. D1

4 : ) Bluey. Kind of cheating, I have young nieces and nephews living in that part of the world. D3

5 : ) Transylvania. Was thinking maybe Hanseatic league but that didn't align with wald which is forest in German. Then I thought of Sylvan and it all made sense. D2

6 : | Passover. Did not read through the question clearly enough and just wrote down Passover rather than Seder. At least I'm certain Steiny will D0 me on this one the same way I D0ed him.

Jesse Day 18

5/6

1. The first major work of a certain 17th-century French architect, an innovator of a simplified Baroque style, was the north wing of the Château Royal de Blois, which featured the double-angled, high-pitched roof style named after him. What is that style?
Correct Answer: MANSARD
Your Answer: Mansard
Points Assigned: 2

I studied the history of architecture as a cluster in college. 

2. Scotsman John Boyd Dunlop, the founder of the Dunlop Rubber Company, invented the pneumatic tire in 1888. What other man, namesake of another prominent (and competing) company, discovered the process for the vulcanization of rubber around 50 years prior?
Correct Answer: CHARLES GOODYEAR
Your Answer: Goodyear
Points Assigned: 1

I was deciding between Firestone, Michelin, and Goodyear and guessed right. 

3. The first two releases by the Criterion Collection, which publishes "important classic and contemporary films from around the world", were LaserDisc releases in 1984 of legendary American films from 1941 and 1933. Name either of these films, both of which chronicle the downfall of their larger-than-life main characters.
Correct Answer: CITIZEN KANE, KING KONG
Your Answer: Citizen Kane
Points Assigned: 0

I knew Citizen Kane right away. Not sure if I would have gotten King Kong. 

4. Bandit, Chilli, and Bingo are the parents and younger sister of what colorful puppy, who is the title character of a popular Australian children's television series available in the United States on the Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney+?
Correct Answer: BLUEY
Your Answer: Bluey
Points Assigned: 2

I am aware of Bluey. 

5. While its contemporary German name is Siebenbürgen (for the "seven towns" that existed at its founding), in medieval times, a historical region in Eastern Europe was known in German as Überwald. Correspondingly, by what English (and for that matter, Latin) name is this famous geographic and literary region known?
Correct Answer: TRANSYLVANIA
Your Answer: Bohemia
Points Assigned: 3

My father is actually from Transylvania. I got thrown off as I wasn't expecting a place in Romania to have a contemporary German name. 

6. Bitter herbs; a roasted lamb or chicken bone; a roasted egg; a vegetable; and a honey, apple, almond, and wine paste are foods prescribed to be served at a meal known by what name?
Correct Answer: (PASSOVER) SEDER
Your Answer: Seder
Points Assigned: 1

This should play easy for our group. 

David S Day 18

 4/6, which was my best case scenario today. 

1. Bernard :(, D33. No idea. I’m guessing this will play hard. 
2. Goodyear :), D01. I knew he developed vulcanization, so this was straightforward. 
3. Citizen Kane :), D22. The year seemed right for Citizen Kane. I never would have guessed King Kong. 
4. Dingo :(, D22. No idea. 
5. Transylvania:), D11. Glad to get this. I also considered Bohemia, but Transylvania seemed like a better guess. 
6. Seder :), D10. I think I once read about this :). 

Brian Disaster of a Day 17 vs Mirkin (LL) and Brad (LLL)

 1/6 when I felt confident about 4.   Ouch

1) McDonald 1/1 I had no idea, but I think Dave and Brad might be part of Ben's board game enthusiast cabal.

2) Cadet 1/0  Then what's a cadet?

3) Seurat 2/3  This is definitely that painting on the island from Ferris Bueller... and no, I guess it's not.  Turns out that's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.   

4) Iron Curtain 0/1  Finally I got one.  

5) Sparks 3/2  Had to be Moriarty or Sparks, I guessed Sparks.   Who is Hoover?

6) Three Men and a Baby.  2/2  Easy peasy. Never saw it, but this is a no brainer.  Followed up by Three Men and a Little Lady, and... there was a third one?  And didn't Three Men and a Baby come out a few years before 1989?  Don't worry, it's definitely correct. 

Jesse Day 17

3/6

1. "Players start the game with a farming couple living in a simple two-roomed hut. During the course of the game, these families have abundant possibilities to improve their quality of life by building up their home, improving their fields and breeding their animals." So begins the official "Object of the Game" for what board game, whose name quite appropriately translates to English as "farmer"?
Correct Answer: AGRICOLA
Your Answer: Agricola
Points Assigned: 1

I haven't played in a while, but I own it. 

2. What is the term used in the US Navy for the rank of students attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, before promotion to the rank of Ensign or Second Lieutenant after graduation?
Correct Answer: MIDSHIPMAN
Your Answer: Cadet
Points Assigned: 1

Nope

3. American contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas's giant (10 x 24 foot) and bold painting Le déjeuner sur l'herbe: les trois femmes noires, which was commissioned by New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2010, is a take on an 1863 piece by what other artist?
Correct Answer: Ã‰DOUARD MANET
Your Answer: Gaugin
Points Assigned: 2

Nope

4. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an [REDACTED] has descended across the continent." What two-word term is redacted in this quote from a speech given at Missouri's Westminster College in 1946?
Correct Answer: IRON CURTAIN
Your Answer: Iron Curtain
Points Assigned: 0

Felt easy enough

5. It Ends with Us, published in 2016, is one of the many bestsellers by what American author, who at one point in 2022 held six of the top 10 spots on the New York Times paperback fiction bestseller list and is by far 2022's bestselling novelist in the United States?
Correct Answer: COLLEEN HOOVER
Your Answer: King
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. Never heard of her. 

6. While Amy Heckerling may be best known for her debut feature Fast Times at Ridgemont High, her many other credits include a film series (she directed the first two and coproduced the third) that began in 1989. What was the first film of that particular series, a film which featured the voice of Bruce Willis?
Correct Answer: LOOK WHO'S TALKING
Your Answer: Look Who's Talking
Points Assigned: 2

I am glad I somehow remembered this.