Re: Debbie Day 13

Another day, another 4

1) Suffragette City :) - took me awhile to remember what the 19th was, and then what the word was for women voting, so was psyched when I pulled this out! Assume I'll get credit even though I put both words. And agree - another fun question (now have song in my head of course)

2) Kronos :) glad this piece of otherwise useless knowledge in my head turned fruitful

3) Zelensky :) couldn't htink of his name for awhile but finally got it

4) Hamburg :) have been for work a few times, very pretty, and know it's on the water. Would not have been surprised if this was wrong though - feels too pretty to be a "port city" which I think of as gritty and shipping

5) Angry Birds :( seriously? There is some other popular video game referencing birds that is not Angry Birds???

6) Janissaries :( never heard of this (but I have heard of a Jain! From the old protest song "Universal Soldier")

David S Day 13

3.5/6. Really not sure if I’ll get credit on the first. 

1. Suffrage ?, D21. I knew the 19th amendment but nothing about this song. Not sure if it will pay. 

2. Jupiter :(, D32. No idea. 

3. Zelensky :), D00. Nothing else that would work here. 

4. Hamburg :), D12. I knew it from the Elbe, but this may play hard. 

5. Flappy Bird :), D11. I’ll say it was my kids who played this and not me. At least that’s my official position. 

6. Dervish :(, D23. I couldn’t think of it and then had one of those moments when I saw the answer and realized I should have had it. Too bad. 

Brian Day 13 vs Ben (LL)

 After losing to Ben on defense yesterday in LLL, today we face off in Avalon B where he has been in the number one slot most of the season.  I thought this was a very difficult day, I had no chance on half the questions.  So I take a 3/6 into the showdown.  Ben, do you even read these anymore?

1) Suffragette 2/1  What a great question.  I knew the 19th amendment was around prohibition, I tried that, then term limits, order of succession, women's vote....aaaahhhhh wham bam thank you ma'am!!!

2) Orpheus 3/3  No clue and seeing the answer still doesn't ring a bell.

3) Zelensky 0/0  Had to be Zelensky or Reagan, didn't see why there'd be a new Reagan biography.

4) Dusseldorf 1/2  No idea

5) Angry Birds 1/1   Angry Birds and Pokemon Go are the only mobile games I can name.  

6) Janissaries 2/2   Janissary is one of my favorite names for soldiers, second only to hussar.

Jesse Day 13

5/6

1. The title of a popular song by David Bowie that appeared on the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars contains a word (among its two words) that relates, indirectly, to the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution (though the lyrics don't relate to it, even remotely). What is that word?
Correct Answer: SUFFRAGETTE
Your Answer: Suffragette
Points Assigned: 2

I have that album and suffragette came to mind right away. 

2. Violinists David Harrington and John Sherba, violist Hank Dutt, and cellist Joan Jeanrenaud were the long-time foursome comprising a string quartet founded in 1973 and named after what mythical god?
Correct Answer: KRONOS
Your Answer: Dionysus
Points Assigned: 2

Ugh, I knew I heard it before, but could not pull it. 

3. Author and Time magazine correspondent Simon Shuster's 2024 biography, The Showman, profiles what world leader and former actor?
Correct Answer: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY
Your Answer: Zelensky
Points Assigned: 1

I wonder how many people will put Reagan.  That was my initial impulse. 

4. Many sources cite what German port city as the leading European city in number of bridges, with nearly 2,500, many of which span the Alster, Bille, or Elbe Rivers?
Correct Answer: HAMBURG
Your Answer: Hamburg
Points Assigned: 3

I have been there and walked over several of these bridges. 

5. Smarcle Flyer, Happy Bee, Fly Birdie, Fall Out Bird, Tiny Flying Drizzy, Ninja Flop, and Splashy Fish were among the many dozens of knockoffs of what mobile game, developed by video-game artist Dong Nguyen in 2013?
Correct Answer: FLAPPY BIRD
Your Answer: Flappy Bird
Points Assigned: 0

I played it a few times. 

6. The great expansion of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th to 18th centuries is attributed in part to elite fighting forces that consisted largely of soldiers first taken from Christian families and enslaved as boys. These forces are known by what name, from the Turkish for "new" and "soldier"?
Correct Answer: JANISSARIES
Your Answer: Janisseries
Points Assigned: 1

Bad spelling, but I knew it. 

Jesse Weisz   Executive Director GEEO Teacher Travel Programs p:  1-877-600-0105 m:  202-725-2151 w:  www.GEEO.org e:  jesse@geeo.org a:  700 E. Main St., Suite 100, Norristown, PA 19401 pro:  He/Him/His

Marcus LL100 Match Day 13 -- Confirmation

4/6 again 

Player: BrowningM

1. The title of a popular song by David Bowie that appeared on the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars contains a word (among its two words) that relates, indirectly, to the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution (though the lyrics don't relate to it, even remotely). What is that word?
Correct Answer: SUFFRAGETTE
Your Answer: suffragette
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme for a Bowie fan

2. Violinists David Harrington and John Sherba, violist Hank Dutt, and cellist Joan Jeanrenaud were the long-time foursome comprising a string quartet founded in 1973 and named after what mythical god?
Correct Answer: KRONOS
Your Answer: kronos
Points Assigned: 2

After watching a late quartet 12 years ago…omg how can it be 12 yrs ago I did a bit of background googling 

3. Author and Time magazine correspondent Simon Shuster's 2024 biography, The Showman, profiles what world leader and former actor?
Correct Answer: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY
Your Answer: zelensky
Points Assigned: 1

A guess but presumably most will get this 

4. Many sources cite what German port city as the leading European city in number of bridges, with nearly 2,500, many of which span the Alster, Bille, or Elbe Rivers?
Correct Answer: HAMBURG
Your Answer: hamburg
Points Assigned: 2

I need to do a Beatles trip at some point

5. Smarcle Flyer, Happy Bee, Fly Birdie, Fall Out Bird, Tiny Flying Drizzy, Ninja Flop, and Splashy Fish were among the many dozens of knockoffs of what mobile game, developed by video-game artist Dong Nguyen in 2013?
Correct Answer: FLAPPY BIRD
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1

I could have got this but i glaze over on video game questions and don't try hard enough 

6. The great expansion of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th to 18th centuries is attributed in part to elite fighting forces that consisted largely of soldiers first taken from Christian families and enslaved as boys. These forces are known by what name, from the Turkish for "new" and "soldier"?
Correct Answer: JANISSARIES
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3

I thought I knew this and couldn't dredge it up, then I saw the answer and realised I didn't have a clue.

Re: Debbie Day 12

Another happy 4 for me

1) Bob the Builder :) Took a min but I got there

2) Water density :( close but no

3) Mother :( again, close but no

4) El Greco :) fun (nerdy art) clue

5) Hudson Bay :) lucky guess - had no idea this was really right (isn't this an inlet, not an inland sea?

6) copacetic :) also fun clue. How often do you get a Grateful Dead reference in LL? Not nearly often enough, I'd say.  Also agree - it is vaguely science-sounding

Jesse Day 12

5/6

1. A cement mixer named Dizzy, a road roller named Roley, a dump truck named Muck, and a digger named Scoop are construction vehicles used by what animated general contractor?
Correct Answer: BOB THE BUILDER
Your Answer: Bob the Builder
Points Assigned: 0

My daughter never watched this, but I am aware of it. 

2. Among the major physical properties used to help identify minerals are color, fracture, hardness, and a property denoted by a two-word term that measures the "heaviness" of a mineral, expressed as a ratio between the weight of the mineral and the weight of an equal volume of water. What is that term?
Correct Answer: SPECIFIC GRAVITY/RELATIVE DENSITY
Your Answer: Buoyancy
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

3. In 2022 and 2023, the #2 podcast on Spotify (after The Joe Rogan Experience) was a comedy, interview, and relationship-advice podcast hosted by Alexandra Cooper titled Call Her what?
Correct Answer: DADDY
Your Answer: Daddy
Points Assigned: 1

I saw an article headline about this the other day and it stuck with me. 

4. What painter and sculptor, who died in Toledo in 1614, is regarded as the first great artist of the Spanish School, though he himself was not Spanish (and is best-known by a name that combines Spanish and Italian, though he himself was also not Italian)?
Correct Answer: EL GRECO/DOMINIKOS THEOTOKOPOULOS
Your Answer: El Greco
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to the Prado, which has a lot of El Greco's work. 

5. At roughly 850,000 square miles in area, the Bay of Bengal is the world's most extensive body of water whose name includes the word "Bay". What inland sea, around half the area of the Bay of Bengal, is the second largest such body of water?
Correct Answer: HUDSON BAY
Your Answer: Hudson Bay
Points Assigned: 1

First enormous inland bay I could think of. 

6. What vaguely scientific-sounding slang term for "excellent", "very satisfactory", and "hunky-dory" is of unknown origin but was popularized by Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the 1920s? In the Grateful Dead's "West L.A. Fadeaway", lyricist Robert Hunter pairs it in a couplet with "pathetic".
Correct Answer: COPACETIC
Your Answer: Copacetic
Points Assigned: 2

I got it by rhyming. 

Brian Day 12 vs Ben (LLL)

 4/6  

1) Bob the Builder 0/1  This must have rubbed off on me from my nephews years ago

2) Specific density 3/1  Ugh.   Can I get two half credits from the two acceptable answers please?  I actually just found my 10th grade report card, and discovered that even though I remember excelling in chemistry, I got a 76 for the first quarter.  I bet it was because of specific density.

3) Daddy 1/2  I've heard this mentioned a few times and hoped I remembered correctly

4) Goya 2/3  I recognized that there was a very clever clue in the question, but that didn't help me in the slightest. 

5) Hudson Bay 1/0 After starting with Green Bay I quickly got to the obviously correct answer

6) copasetic 2/2 First thing that came to mind. 

Dave M day 12 v Steiny LLL

Didn't post yesterday but managed only a 1/6 (Sushi Go). 4/6 today feels a bit better.

 

1 : ) Bob the Builder. Seems straightforward. D10

2 : ) Relative Density. I've worked around enough geologists to pick this up. D21

3 : ) Daddy. Heard of the podcast but never listened. D11

4 : ( Canaletto. Great question and fun clues, should have picked up on them. D33

5 : ) Hudson Bay. Once it came to me it seemed obvious. D02

6 : ( Bodacious. Could not for the life of me think of an 'excellent' synonym ending in -tic or similar. D22

David S Day 12

5/6 today. 

1. Bob the Builder :), D10. Gimme for someone with kids, even if they’re past this age. 

2. Specific gravity :), D23. Came to me right away. I took a decent amount of hard science classes. 

3. Daddy :), D11. There have been articles about this podcast for years. 

4. El Greco :), D32. The nationality clues led me to it. 

5. Hudson Bay :), D01. I was slight worried about this because my knowledge is based on a Mercator projection, but it just couldn’t be anything else. 

6. Radical :(, D22. No way I was going to get this. 

Marcus Match Day 12 -- Confirmation

4/6 should have been 5 and crappy defence I suspect 

Player: BrowningM

1. A cement mixer named Dizzy, a road roller named Roley, a dump truck named Muck, and a digger named Scoop are construction vehicles used by what animated general contractor?
Correct Answer: BOB THE BUILDER
Your Answer: bob the builder
Points Assigned: 1

British gimme 

2. Among the major physical properties used to help identify minerals are color, fracture, hardness, and a property denoted by a two-word term that measures the "heaviness" of a mineral, expressed as a ratio between the weight of the mineral and the weight of an equal volume of water. What is that term?
Correct Answer: SPECIFIC GRAVITY/RELATIVE DENSITY
Your Answer: density
Points Assigned: 0

It's obviously relative …

3. In 2022 and 2023, the #2 podcast on Spotify (after The Joe Rogan Experience) was a comedy, interview, and relationship-advice podcast hosted by Alexandra Cooper titled Call Her what?
Correct Answer: DADDY
Your Answer: name
Points Assigned: 2

No idea 

4. What painter and sculptor, who died in Toledo in 1614, is regarded as the first great artist of the Spanish School, though he himself was not Spanish (and is best-known by a name that combines Spanish and Italian, though he himself was also not Italian)?
Correct Answer: EL GRECO/DOMINIKOS THEOTOKOPOULOS
Your Answer: el greco
Points Assigned: 3

Art gimme

5. At roughly 850,000 square miles in area, the Bay of Bengal is the world's most extensive body of water whose name includes the word "Bay". What inland sea, around half the area of the Bay of Bengal, is the second largest such body of water?
Correct Answer: HUDSON BAY
Your Answer: hudson bay
Points Assigned: 2

Geography gimme

6. What vaguely scientific-sounding slang term for "excellent", "very satisfactory", and "hunky-dory" is of unknown origin but was popularized by Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the 1920s? In the Grateful Dead's "West L.A. Fadeaway", lyricist Robert Hunter pairs it in a couplet with "pathetic".
Correct Answer: COPACETIC
Your Answer: copacetic
Points Assigned: 1

This is a good get for a Brit but suspect it's quite easy

Please do not reply to this automated email; it will not be received. To contact the league, please visit https://learnedleague.com/thorsten/contact.php

Laura Day 10 and 11

Day 10 - 2/6

1 - ?? D2

2 - ?? D3

3 - Lauryn Hill :( D2

4 - Starbucks :) D1

5 - ?? This was unfortunate, as I've actually met him! I grew up in Albany, and when I was in high school, waitressed at Johnny Rockets. The Giants' training camp was there in the summer, and a lot of the team used to come in for burgers. Knowing that I knew / cared nothing about football, the manager usually assigned me to cover their tables, while the guys behind the line drooled with jealousy, ha.  D1

6 - Vaccine :) D0

Day 11 - 1/6

1 - Xanax :( Ew, this sounds awful. D0

2 - Sake bomb :( I knew it had to rhyme but couldn't come up with anything. D1

3 - Concession :( D2

4 - Waitress :( I never saw Spamalot, and had no idea it had been revived. D2

5 - Sushi Go :) My one for the day! D1

6 - Until you're passed out :( D3

Brian Day 11

 There was a very good chance i'd have a zero today, so i'm very happy with my 2/6

1) Nyquil  0/0  had Benadryl slotted in for awhile, but thought this was a better guess

2) Humpty Dumpty 2/1  I just could not wrap my head around this one, was thinking of various drinks most of the day, then finally realized that wasn't important, and tried to think of a character with a rhyming name.   When i got to Humpty Dumpty I thought boule boule could mean ball ball which was close enough for a roundish figure

3) imbalanced 1/2  Never knew these treaties had a name

4) Kinky Boots 3/3   Had no idea the original run had ended, much less had a revival

5) Exploding Kittens 2/2  Never heard of it

6) unless i go blind 1/1 absolutely no idea.

Jesse Day 11

3/6

1. In September 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration released a statement that warned against the adverse effects of a TikTok challenge involving a recipe for "Sleepy Chicken", which entailed marinating a chicken breast in what branded product before cooking?
Correct Answer: NYQUIL
Your Answer: Nyquil
Points Assigned: 0

Never heard of it, but it made sense. 

2. What literary name, which the Oxford English Dictionary has defined as a boiled brandy-and-ale drink from the late 17th century, is known in France as boule boule, in Denmark as Lille-Trille, and in parts of Germany as Rüntzelken-Püntzelken?
Correct Answer: HUMPTY-DUMPTY
Your Answer: Rumple Stilzkin
Points Assigned: 1

Ah, that makes sense. 

3. The 1842 Treaty of Nanjing, between China and Britain, ended the First Opium War, broke China's trade monopoly, opened various "Treaty ports" (such as Xiamen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai), and ceded Hong Kong to the British crown. It is the first of what would be dubbed (rather accurately, especially from China's perspective) the [BLANK] Treaties—what adjective fills in the blank?
Correct Answer: UNEQUAL
Your Answer: dishonorble
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

4. In the 2023 revival, James Monroe Iglehart reprised the role originated by Tim Curry, Taran Killam reprised the role originated by Hank Azaria, and Leslie Kritzer reprised the role originated by Sara Ramirez in the original 2005 Broadway production of what musical?
Correct Answer: SPAMALOT
Your Answer: Spamalot
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess. Somehow knew this. 

5. Tempura, Squid Nigiri, Chopsticks, and Pudding are among the cards in the deck of what "pick and pass" game?
Correct Answer: SUSHI GO!/SUSHI GO PARTY!
Your Answer: Sushi Go
Points Assigned: 1

We have this game.

6. One of W.C. Fields's most beloved comedy shorts, The Fatal Glass of Beer, is famous for its oft-repeated line (and subsequent blast of snow to the face). What are the last four words of that line, which begins, "And it ain't a fit night out"?
Correct Answer: FOR MAN OR BEAST/FOR MAN NOR BEAST
Your Answer: a glass o' beer
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

David S Day 11

2/6. I found these very hard today. I ended up with mirror image defense against two very different opponents.

1. Tylenol PM :(, D12. I knew it was something like this but not exactly what. 

2. Gulliver :(, D21. I had no idea, but this is a great question. 

3. Unequal :), D12. Was pretty certain here. 

4. Steel Magnolias :(, D30. No clue.

5. Sushi Go :), D03. A favorite in the Seif household. 

6. Without a cold beer :(, D21. No idea. 

Marcus LL100 Match Day 11 -- Confirmation

5/6 which I'm very pleased with on what I think was a hard day.

Player: BrowningM

1. In September 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration released a statement that warned against the adverse effects of a TikTok challenge involving a recipe for "Sleepy Chicken", which entailed marinating a chicken breast in what branded product before cooking?
Correct Answer: NYQUIL
Your Answer: nyquil
Points Assigned: 0

The British equivalent is Night Nurse…its good with vodka too 

2. What literary name, which the Oxford English Dictionary has defined as a boiled brandy-and-ale drink from the late 17th century, is known in France as boule boule, in Denmark as Lille-Trille, and in parts of Germany as Rüntzelken-Püntzelken?
Correct Answer: HUMPTY-DUMPTY
Your Answer: humpty dumpty
Points Assigned: 2

Ive always known this I can't remember how

3. The 1842 Treaty of Nanjing, between China and Britain, ended the First Opium War, broke China's trade monopoly, opened various "Treaty ports" (such as Xiamen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai), and ceded Hong Kong to the British crown. It is the first of what would be dubbed (rather accurately, especially from China's perspective) the [BLANK] Treaties—what adjective fills in the blank?
Correct Answer: UNEQUAL
Your Answer: unequal
Points Assigned: 3

This was on university challenge last night or i never would have got it

4. In the 2023 revival, James Monroe Iglehart reprised the role originated by Tim Curry, Taran Killam reprised the role originated by Hank Azaria, and Leslie Kritzer reprised the role originated by Sara Ramirez in the original 2005 Broadway production of what musical?
Correct Answer: SPAMALOT
Your Answer: spamalot
Points Assigned: 1

Love my python 

5. Tempura, Squid Nigiri, Chopsticks, and Pudding are among the cards in the deck of what "pick and pass" game?
Correct Answer: SUSHI GO!/SUSHI GO PARTY!
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1

Never heard of it 

6. One of W.C. Fields's most beloved comedy shorts, The Fatal Glass of Beer, is famous for its oft-repeated line (and subsequent blast of snow to the face). What are the last four words of that line, which begins, "And it ain't a fit night out"?
Correct Answer: FOR MAN OR BEAST/FOR MAN NOR BEAST
Your Answer: for man nor beast
Points Assigned: 2

One of my favourite  sayings, better in a northern accent 

Re: Debbie Day 10

Again, happy with a 4.

1) Formula 1 :( right idea.  Didn't really know this but pleased I was in the ballpark

2) Shogun :( heard of Roshomon but would have been hard to remember

3) The Fugees :) was my jam back in the day

4) Starbucks :) wasn't sure but thought probably right

5) Michael Strahan :) know he is former NFL player and host

6) vaccine :) didn't read closely at first and was going to say innoculation (was a fun storyline about this on the excellent tv show "The Great") but then the Spanish children's song "La Vaca Lola" came into my head and helped me remember vaca = cow (thanks to my cute Spanish nieces) 

Brian Day 10

 4/6   yes, I missed what you all think was the easiest questio of the day.  Thanks for making me feel bad.

1) Le Mans  3/3  i knew Helios was a race car driver from Dancing with the Stars (I agree, about 15 years ago), but picked the wrong race

2) Rashomon 2/2  Kurosawa with unusual narrative structure makes this a gimme

3) The Fugees 2/2  pop gimme

4) Starbucks 1/1  siren = mermaid = SBUX

5) Strahan, helped by Brett Favre taking a dive 0/0   Yes, i actually submitted that as my answer.  Anyone who watched that final sack is embarrassed for Favre and for Strahan.  Sad.

6) Botox 1/1   okay, hear me out. Cow = bo-vine.  Bo-tulism must be another name for cowpox.  He must be looking for botox.   Yes, I ignored that he literally described a vaccination in the question. And I also didn't go to my French knowledge to see that cow = vache.  

Jesse day 10

4/6

1. Simon Pagenaud, Takuma Sato, Hélio Castroneves, Marcus Ericsson, and Josef Newgarden are the most recent winners of what Spectacle?
Correct Answer: INDIANAPOLIS 500
Your Answer: Daytona 500
Points Assigned: 1

I was right that it was Indycar, and Daytona was the first thing that popped into my head even though Indianapolis os more famous. 

2. Although the plot and unusual narrative structure of a celebrated Akira Kurosawa film come from Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 1921 short story "Yabu no Naka" ("In a Grove"), another Akutagawa story from 1915 provides the film's setting (a ruined gate in Kyoto) and title. What is that title?
Correct Answer: RASHÅŒMON
Your Answer: Yojimbo
Points Assigned: 3

I got Rashoman and Yojimbo confused. 

3. "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)", "Gone Til November", and "Doo Wop (That Thing)" were hit singles from the late 1990s recorded and released by former members of what trio?
Correct Answer: THE FUGEES
Your Answer: The Fugees
Points Assigned: 1

Lauren Hill went to my high school and graduated with my brother. Otherwise I would no know this. 

4. What company's logo, influenced by a character on a cathedral mosaic in medieval Italy, is a twin-tailed siren with an asymmetrical face?
Correct Answer: STARBUCKS
Your Answer: Starbucks
Points Assigned: 2

Two tails made it easy. 

5. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt is coholder of the NFL single-season record for most quarterback sacks, sharing the honor with what morning television and game show host?
Correct Answer: MICHAEL STRAHAN
Your Answer: Strahan
Points Assigned: 2

I used to watch football. 

6. In the 1790s, British physician Edward Jenner discovered that individuals could develop immunity to the deadly smallpox virus by way of infection with the milder cowpox virus. It is thus through the name of this latter virus (specifically, its Latin name ) that what word was introduced into the English language?
Correct Answer: VACCINE/VACCINATION
Your Answer: Vaccination
Points Assigned: 0

I knew this piece of trivia. 

Dave M Day 10

3/6 today.

 

1 : ( Hot Dog Eating Competition. Don't follow Indy 500 at all. D12

2 : ( Cloud Kingdom. Would never have got this, happy with D33

3 : ) The Fugees. Simple 1990s pop Q. D10

4 : ) Starbucks. Was the only siren logo that came to mind. D21

5 : ( Manning. Never heard of Strahan. D02

6 : ) Vaccine. Was gung ho on Inoculation until suddenly remembered Vaca = Cow. D21

David S Day 10

 4/6 today. 

1. Hasty Pudding Man of the Year :(, D32. I wouldn’t have gotten this even without the word spectacle, but that and the other sports question had me thinking the wrong category altogether. 

2. Cherry Blossoms :(, D23. No idea.

3. Fugees :), D12. I always love when I (very occasionally) get a pop music question. Three points, please. 

4. Starbucks :), D21. Only logo I could think of that remotely fit the description. 

5. Strahan :), D11. Gimme. 

6. Vaccine :), D00. As long as people don’t overthink this too much, it may well be the easiest question of the season. 

brad day10

3/6 vs seif common d

1) dancing with the stars d2

ugh recognized castroneves but thought he last won 15 years ago

2) killers of the flower moon d3

no idea

3) fugees d2

right age for this despite my poor pop music %

4) aritzia d1

dont drink coffee, and was trying to thinl of an italian company

5) strahan

sports gimme

6) vaccine d0

gimme

Marcus LL100 Match Day 10 -- Confirmation



3/6 it's all gone Pete Tong today 

Player: BrowningM

1. Simon Pagenaud, Takuma Sato, Hélio Castroneves, Marcus Ericsson, and Josef Newgarden are the most recent winners of what Spectacle?
Correct Answer: INDIANAPOLIS 500
Your Answer: indy 500
Points Assigned: 2

Why is Spectacle capitilzed ? It nearly put me off

2. Although the plot and unusual narrative structure of a celebrated Akira Kurosawa film come from Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 1921 short story "Yabu no Naka" ("In a Grove"), another Akutagawa story from 1915 provides the film's setting (a ruined gate in Kyoto) and title. What is that title?
Correct Answer: RASHŌMON
Your Answer: seven samurai
Points Assigned: 1

I couldn't remeber the proper title 

3. "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)", "Gone Til November", and "Doo Wop (That Thing)" were hit singles from the late 1990s recorded and released by former members of what trio?
Correct Answer: THE FUGEES
Your Answer: fugees
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme for the middle aged

4. What company's logo, influenced by a character on a cathedral mosaic in medieval Italy, is a twin-tailed siren with an asymmetrical face?
Correct Answer: STARBUCKS
Your Answer: versace
Points Assigned: 3

Damn! I considered Starbucks but thought Italy was too much of a clue and the Versace logo is v similar 

5. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt is coholder of the NFL single-season record for most quarterback sacks, sharing the honor with what morning television and game show host?
Correct Answer: MICHAEL STRAHAN
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2

Not a hope 

6. In the 1790s, British physician Edward Jenner discovered that individuals could develop immunity to the deadly smallpox virus by way of infection with the milder cowpox virus. It is thus through the name of this latter virus (specifically, its Latin name ) that what word was introduced into the English language?
Correct Answer: VACCINE/VACCINATION
Your Answer: vaccine
Points Assigned: 1

Gimme 

Please do not reply to this automated email; it will not be received. To contact the league, please visit https://learnedleague.com/thorsten/contact.php

Re: Debbie Day 8

Glad to have another 4, even if a 5 would be nicer

1. International Space Station :) Originally had space so glad both worked

2. Jones :) Another very fun q.  Got it from Tommy Lee Jones in Fugutive and James Earl in Field of Dreams

3. Zanzibar :) Glad I remembered this name without too much trouble. And yes I believe this is where Freddie Mercury is from (googled and it is now part of Tanzania)

4. Manifest Destiny:) Agree, an American history gimme. 

5. Insects :(  close.  I just read the book Mad Honey which talks about bees. Still missed it.

6. Eras :( Feel like I need to revoke my membership to the girl club for not knowing this

Laura Day 9 -

1 - Ethiopia :( ISS makes a lot more sense, I was thinking endurance runners. D2

2 - ?? :( D1

3 - Zanzibar :) Guess that paid off! And now I have the Billy Joel song stuck in my head... D3

4 - Manifest destiny :) I originally thought Louisiana Purchase but that didn't make sense for a phrase. D2

5 - Butterflies :( Not quite! D1

6 - ?? :( D0

Jesse Day 9

5/6

1. Scott Kelly's 2017 memoir Endurance documents his year (or so) spent where?
Correct Answer: SPACE/INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Your Answer: International Space station
Points Assigned: 1

I knew the Kelly brothers were astronauts.

2. The Love Bug, Field of Dreams, The Theory of Everything, Ghostbusters (2016), Flash Gordon, Oklahoma!, The Fugitive, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail are all films featuring performers with what last name?
Correct Answer: JONES
Your Answer: Jones
Points Assigned: 0

I got it through Field of Dreams, The Fugitive, and Montey Python. 

3. The island of Unguja, located just off the coast of East Africa (northwest of Madagascar and directly north of the city of Dar es Salaam) and home to the city of Stone Town, is known more familiarly by what other name?
Correct Answer: ZANZIBAR
Your Answer: Zanzibar
Points Assigned: 2

My company runs a trip there. 

4. "To overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." When it appeared in 1845, as written by columnist John Louis O'Sullivan, this quote was accompanied by the introduction of what phrase and political doctrine?
Correct Answer: MANIFEST DESTINY
Your Answer: Manifest Destiny
Points Assigned: 1

That quote sounded like Manifest Destiny. 

5. Members of thousands of species within the taxonomic family Apidae—the largest within the superfamily Apoidea which is itself within the order Hymenoptera—are all known by what term?
Correct Answer: BEES
Your Answer: Bees
Points Assigned: 3

Bee houses are Apiarys.

6. On February 4, while accepting the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Taylor Swift unexpectedly announced the release of her new album on April 19, with what title?
Correct Answer: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
Your Answer: Heartbroke Poet's Committee
Points Assigned: 2

I knew the contours of the title. 

Brian Day 9

 Brad, nice job pulling out the tie yesterday, Alsace paid for Lorraine

5/6  but not the five I thought

1) Space  1/1   Had heard of it but had no idea, was about to submit Mordor before I said F it, wrote 'space' and hit submit.  Very lucky guess

2) Jones 1/0   I can name a Jones in four of those movies, Sam Jones as Flash Gordon being the best, of course.

3) Zanzibar 2/3  Isn't this where Freddie Mercury is from?

4) Manifest destiny 0/2  Made sense.

5) Beetles 2/2  I was so so confident this was correct that i didn't notice Apidae... my coworkers used to own a restaurant called Apiary with a bee logo.  Kicking myself.

6) The Tortured Poets Department 3/1  hard to avoid in my household

brad day9

3/6 vs amdurs

1) in space d0/0

remember this

2) ford d1/1

nope

3) pirates live here d3/3

oof

4) manifest destiny d2/1

straightforward amer history q

5) spider d2/2

nope

6) tortured poets department d1/2

my daughter wants this for her bday the following day

Dave M day 9

A 5/6 to head into the weekend on a happy note.

 

1 : ) Space. Kelly = space. D00

2 : ) Jones. Terry Jones as per Marcus (albeit without the personal meetings over drinks) and then I recall one of the actors in 2016 Ghostbusters was a Jones though can't remember her first name. D12

3 : ) Zanzibar. Simple geography question if you know where Dar Es Salaam and Mozambique are. D21

4 : ) Manifest Destiny. Was either that or "sea to shining sea". D21

5 : ) Bee. Apiary was the link for me. D12

6 : ( The Sessions. I had read about the correct answer but for whatever reason didn't stick in my brain at all. D33

David S Day 8

Solid 5/6 today. 

1. International Space Station :), D11. The Kelly twins are pretty famous astronauts. 

2. Jones :), D10. Happy to get this. I realized there was a Jones in The Fugitive and Oklahoma! and hoped that was enough. 

3. Zanzibar :), D33. I didn’t know the island has another name, but there were enough clues in the question to figure it out. 

4. Manifest Destiny:), D02. American history gimme. 

5. Bees :), D22. Satisfying get. The name looked like the word apiary, so that’s where I pulled my answer. I didn’t really expect to get this. 

6. Taylor’s Version :(, D21. Nope!

Fwd: LL100 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

4/6 and I tied with a 9 yesterday as my opponent did give me zero for Shawshank  (he got them all)

Player: BrowningM

1. Scott Kelly's 2017 memoir Endurance documents his year (or so) spent where?
Correct Answer: SPACE/INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Your Answer: space
Points Assigned: 1

Was a bit late to be on South Georgia with Shackleton

2. The Love Bug, Field of Dreams, The Theory of Everything, Ghostbusters (2016), Flash Gordon, Oklahoma!, The Fugitive, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail are all films featuring performers with what last name?
Correct Answer: JONES
Your Answer: jones
Points Assigned: 1

I had dinner and drinks with Terry Jones twice, he went to the same college as me. Lovely chap

3. The island of Unguja, located just off the coast of East Africa (northwest of Madagascar and directly north of the city of Dar es Salaam) and home to the city of Stone Town, is known more familiarly by what other name?
Correct Answer: ZANZIBAR
Your Answer: zanzibar
Points Assigned: 2

A guess but with high confidence 

4. "To overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." When it appeared in 1845, as written by columnist John Louis O'Sullivan, this quote was accompanied by the introduction of what phrase and political doctrine?
Correct Answer: MANIFEST DESTINY
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 0

My opponent is almost perfect on American history unlike me 

5. Members of thousands of species within the taxonomic family Apidae—the largest within the superfamily Apoidea which is itself within the order Hymenoptera—are all known by what term?
Correct Answer: BEES
Your Answer: bees
Points Assigned: 2

Gimme

6. On February 4, while accepting the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Taylor Swift unexpectedly announced the release of her new album on April 19, with what title?
Correct Answer: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3

I probably should read her Wiki page cos I think she's great and culturally important (and she comes up in  trivia quite a lot)

Re: Debbie Day 7

After a long break from posting for no good reason, a 4 today

1. Sky :) Just know this, maybe from studying in Scotland? Or various trips to UK since

2. Reservoir Dogs :( I'm good with movies and know and love this one but neither of these rang a bell - I guess I can recall when he goes to a bank, but what's the grocery scene?

3. Idiopathic :) I work in healthcare so def know this one

4. Lorraine :) yum

5. Table Tennis :) fun q. Wasn't sure it was right but glad it was

6. Fuji. :( just picked a Japanese word