Re: Debbie Day 24

Glad to close out with a 3

1. American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences :( doh. ps I used to work at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2. US Open :( I know next to nothing about tennis
3. Riverdale :) but love your Degrassi answer David!
4. Dial :) clever, never made the connection to the name (or maybe I did back in the 80s when I used to see these ads? ps I now have the Zest jingle in my head)
5. Dalmatian :) not sure how I knew this but it was the first thing that came to mind  
   
6. acid :( which I thought was right

See you in LL99!

Laura Day 25

Well, I am closing out LL98 VERY poorly... my first time getting zero. And I thought I had a chance! But I am finishing squarely in the middle of my rundle, so seems like I'm right where I'm supposed to be.

1 - Red Cross :( D0

2 - Wimbledon :( I knew Wimbledon was grass and thought that meant the slowest? D2

3 - Archie :( D3

4 - Dove :( I was thinking Dial but thought it was only liquid, and they specified bar. D1

5 - Newfoundland :( D1

6 - ?? Had never heard of this. D2

Dave M day 25

A really poor 1/6 to end a distinctly middling season at this end – see several of you in C again next season!

 

1 : ( AAAS. I had NAACP down first but decided it must be more science-y than that, given the winner. D22

2 : ( Wimbledon. Didn't know clay was slower than grass. D12

3 : ( Archie. I picked the characters from the Archie comics but couldn't work out the name of the TV show. D21

4 : ( Dettol. Ah now I see the clue. D10

5 : ) Dalmatian. The one correct answer, and I suspect I'll pick up a D0 on this one

6 : ( Jamming. One final miss of the season. D33

Jesse day 25

5/6! Have a great Offseason!

1. The Spingarn Medal, which is awarded annually for outstanding achievement, was first given to cell biologist Ernest E. Just in 1915, and is presented by what American organization that was formed a few years prior?
Correct Answer: NAACP
Your Answer: Smithsonian
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

2. Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is considered to have the slowest surface, with its courts rated at a 1 ("slow", on a scale from 1 to 5) by the International Tennis Federation?
Correct Answer: FRENCH OPEN
Your Answer: French Open
Points Assigned: 0

It was that or Wimbleton.

3. Bughead, Barchie, Varchie, and Jeronica were some of the "ships" named by the fandom of what CW series, which wrapped up its seventh and final season in August 2023?
Correct Answer: RIVERDALE
Your Answer: Riverdale
Points Assigned: 1

I have never seen an episode. 

4. Old advertisements for what soap, widely cited as the first antibacterial soap (and today still the top brand of antibacterial bar soap, at least per its own marketing), promised to stop odor before it starts, keeping you fresh round the clock?
Correct Answer: DIAL
Your Answer: Dial
Points Assigned: 1

I figured it was the orange soap and it took me a few moments to come up with Dial. 

5. What dog breed takes its name from a strip of territory bordering the Adriatic Sea in Southwest Croatia, largely barren and mountainous and formerly a part of the Greek province of Illyria?
Correct Answer: DALMATIAN
Your Answer: Dalmation
Points Assigned: 2

I was about to give up when I remembered the Dalmatian coast. 

6. The title of an Ornette Coleman recording from 1960 subtitled A Collective Improvisation is a source for the name of what jazz style, which is mostly undefinable but is characterized by a lack of rules (or a breaking of rules) and a rejection of conventions (like chord progressions, harmony, and melody)?
Correct Answer: FREE JAZZ
Your Answer: Free Jazz
Points Assigned: 2

I used to listen to jazz, but never liked free jazz. 

Thanks Brian

I think I must have one of the worst performances ever for a league winner in B and I very confidently predict a return after next season!

Brian Day 25

 4/6 on the last day clinches my second best season.  Any other longer term players do better this season?

Congrats to Marcus on crushing Avalon B and moving up, and thank you to everyone who routinely posts, it's a fun part of my day to read this blog.  

I'm excited for the one-days to begin next week with two quizzes right up my alley, Bloom County and Tom Seaver. 

Enjoy the off season everyone!

1) NAACP  2/2  A guess, but the timing was right and it just felt better than some sort of scientific organization.

2) French Open  0/1  A gimme if you watch any tennis

3) Riverdale  1/3  A gimme if you're aware of the show's existence.

4) Ivory  1/0  Oh, 'fresh round the clock'. Didn't clue in on this, I haven't thought of Dial in decades. 

5) Dalmation  2/1  Knew Dalmatia was somewhere over there

6) Freestyle  3/2  Wild guess, surprised I came that close