Monday, February 12, 2024

Marcus LL100 Match Day 1 -- Confirmation

I forgot to register for LLL doh! Really annoyed.

5/6 I thought I had 6

Player: BrowningM

1. Clothing retailers Zara, H&M, Shein, ASOS, and Forever 21 are examples of companies that employ what business model, a two-word term the New York Times used in 1990 to describe Zara's ability to proceed in 15 days from an item's design idea to hanging the item on a store rack?
Correct Answer: FAST FASHION
Your Answer: fast fashion
Points Assigned: 1

Gimme

2. "The Magnificent" and "The Lawgiver" were sobriquets applied to what 16th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, during whose rule the empire reached its fullest extent with conquests of Belgrade, Rhodes, Iraq, Tripoli, and Hungary?
Correct Answer: SULEIMAN
Your Answer: suliman
Points Assigned: 2

Slightly dodgy spelling but I'm sure it's close enough.
3. Arab mathematician and astronomer Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi, who compiled early works on arithmetic and astronomical tables, introduced algebraic concepts to Western mathematics as a result of his work's translation into Latin. In fact, it is from the Latinization of his name that what common word in mathematics is derived?
Correct Answer: ALGORITHM
Your Answer: algorithm
Points Assigned: 2

I knew this but it's very guessable 
4. Name the multiparadigm programming language first released in 1995 and designed by Yukihiro Matsumoto, who named the language after a colleague's birthstone.
Correct Answer: RUBY
Your Answer: citrix
Points Assigned: 3

I thought this was a great answer from Citrine…never heard of Ruby (the language)
5. A red 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder plays a prominent role in the plot of what 1986 film?
Correct Answer: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
Your Answer: ferris buller's day off
Points Assigned: 1

Gimme for my vintage 
6. "Appeal", "associate", "brethren", "broker", "chamber", "client", "confession", "litigators", "partner", "racketeer", "rainmaker", "reckoning", "summons", "testament"—all of these words appear in titles of what novelist's works, which are perennial bestsellers?
Correct Answer: JOHN GRISHAM
Your Answer: grisham
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme 


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