Re: Debbie Day 25

In good company with my 3 to end the season. Was on the cusp of promotion but don't think a 3 will get me there. Which is ok. Happy off-season! And cool that we have an A-lister in our midst!

1 : ) Orange County. Knew this - esp when it wasn't Beverly Hills or NY

2 : ) Preposition. Oh yeah - fun that he threw in the clue in the question

3 : ( Ephesus. But was happy I even pulled this out (ancient ruins in Turkey feels close enough for me)

4 : ( Pop Idol (Simon Cowell predecessor to American Idol I think? But my timing could be off.  This one should have been mine but not sure if I would have come up with it. Global juggernaut feels a LITTLE strong for Spice Girls but ok. 

5 : ) Gibson.  My husband will be very impressed with me.  I don't really know this but in LA do hear a fair amount about Kirk Gibson in '88 so glad I got it.

6 : ( meter.  Figured the formatting had something to do with the answer but know approximately zero about poetry (which is the way I like it).

Brian Day 25

 4/6  to finish off LL100. Was one of my best seasons, and nice to see success from the three of us in Avalon B; Ben moves up to A and might win the rundle, and Dave is a near lock for defense.  I'm looking forward to exciting one-days for the next month, though I will definitely not be participating in the Gen Z Pop Culture mini-league.  

1) Orange County 0/1  I second Brad's sentiment.  The bane of my existence.  And with NY, NY and BH ruled out, I think this runs easy even for non-watchers

2) Dangling participle 2/2   nope

3) Troy 2/0  Knew Troy was in western Turkey, and near a beach (from the Iliad), and I had no other ideas

4) Spice Girls 1/2 was at first thinking of a show like Blue Man Group, then got to thinking of the manufactured girl or boy bands, and UK in 1994 gave me the answer

5) Gibson 1/1 I second Jesse's sentiment.  Either player is a gimme for baseball fans given those stats.  For me especially since Kirk Gibson's Dodgers had just upset the Mets in the '88 NLCS.  F-ing Dodgers.

6) Triamb 3/3

Ben Day 25

Promotion to A... Never thought I'd see the day. Pleased, and reasonably amused that many more deserving folks here who reliably get more correct than me every season haven't made it yet.

Better lucky than good!!!!

1 :( Atlanta. I don't know why I thought this, but I did. OC crossed my mind, but given I'd already clinched I didn't agonoize over this.

2 :) Preposition. I didn't know this, but am glass to hear it.

3 :) Troy. I don't know any other abandoned cities in Turkey

4 :) Spice Girls. Please with this. I had been thinking along the lines of Idol, but the other reality TV question steered me to think about other options and then British pop groups leapt out at me, after briefly considering the Full Monty.

5 :( Boggs. No idea. Guess a Simpsons softball player.

6 :( Foot. I don't think I've heard of dactyl in this context. I thought that I was wrong, but also thought I'd have more recognition of the correct answer.

David S Day 25

3/6 to close the season.

1. Las Vegas :(, D12. No idea. 

2. Preposition :), D00. Cute, but I’m guessing this plays easy. 

3. Troy :), D21. Couldn’t see it being anything else. 

4. Spice Girls :), D22. Hell yeah! Always so satisfying to get a pop music q. 

5. Carter :(, D11. Had a bunch of ideas, but none was right. 

6. Pentameter :(, D33. Knew this was wrong, but I had no idea. 

Jesse day 25

4/6 Have a great off-season!

1. In addition to its various international editions, Bravo's Real Housewives franchise has had 12 American installments, famously including New York, New Jersey, and Beverly Hills, but starting where in 2006?
Correct Answer: ORANGE COUNTY
Your Answer: Orange County
Points Assigned: 1

I have never seen an episode, but I was able to recall this. 

2. According to a formal declaration by dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster in February 2024, what is it permissible to end a sentence with?
Correct Answer: PREPOSITION
Your Answer: Hashtag
Points Assigned: 2

Ah, I was hung up on it being a character. 

3. The ninth and final version (layer IX) of what ancient city, located on the Anatolian Plateau near the mouth of the Dardanelles, was ruined by earthquakes in approximately 500 CE, marking the ultimate end of around 4000 years of occupation?
Correct Answer: TROY/ILIUM
Your Answer: Troy
Points Assigned: 0

I have been there. My opponent today is a teacher who has traveled through my company often. I decided it wasn't ethical to look up whether she had been on our Turkey trip already. 

4. A 1994 advert in the UK theatre newspaper The Stage asked, "R.U. 18-23 with the ability to sing/dance? R.U. streetwise, outgoing, ambitious, and dedicated?" This ad was the genesis of what global juggernaut?
Correct Answer: SPICE GIRLS
Your Answer: Spice Girls
Points Assigned: 1

I first thought it might be a boy band, but I could not think of a British boyband, other than Westlife (my wife is a big fan and saw them in concert in NYC on Saturday night), and I don't think many people have heard of Westlife. Then I remembered the Spice Girls. 

5. The MLB pitcher who finished the 1968 season with a 22â€"9 record and 1.12 ERA and the outfielder who finished the 1988 World Series 1 for 1 with one home run and two RBIs share what last name?
Correct Answer: GIBSON
Your Answer: Gibson
Points Assigned: 2

I would have been able to get it with only half the clue either way. 

6. What is the \ poetry \ item un- \ listed but \ core in a \ certain col- \ lection that \ also has \ iamb and \ trochee and \ spondee and \ anapest?
Correct Answer: DACTYL
Your Answer: Pantameter
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

brad day25

2/6 vs seif

congrats to ben on making a, and ill see some of you in d next season

1) orange county d1

ive seen too much of this garbage with my wife

2) adverb d2/1

3) babylon d3/0

4) britains got talent d1/2 - bad miss

5) gibson d1/3 - right in my wheelhouse

6) haiku d2/2

Dave M day 25 v Kim

A middling 3/6 on final day with mid-table C my final destination like usual. Congratulations to our dearest leader on his well-deserved promotion to A following a win on Day 24.

 

1 : ( Bel Air. I thought the first one was Beverly Hills so it stumped me when I saw that in the list. D20

2 : ) Preposition. Nice clue in the question gave it away. D11

3 : ) Troy. I remember wondering why there was no Troy in modern times and looking it up. D22

4 : ) Spice Girls. Interesting an ad containing text speak preceded text by a few years. D11

5 : ( DiMaggio. Baseball continues to be an Achilles heel. D02

6 : ( Triamb. Based on there being three syllables in each line. D33. A great question to end a season that had a good share of vintage ones in my opnion.

 

See you all in LL101!

Re: Debbie Day 23

Agree - fun qs (though wish had gotten more of them right :))

1. Figaro :) Hope this counts - and always assumed it was an Italian paper.  Did also consider Charlie Hebdo (again, because I thought Figaro was Italian) 

2. dance marathon :( which I thought would have been a fun and maybe correct answer. I don't want no antisemites anyways!

3. Robinson :)  Very fun q, takes me to Disney memories. But I WISH there was a question about the berenstain bears!

4. Butte, Crested Butte :(  Close. Maybe if I'd thought more could have rememebed Mesa

5. Adolescents :( Also close... considered children  

6. McDonalds :( Also considered Apple...

David S Day 24

3/6. Close on two others. I agree the questions today were great  

1. Le Figaro :), D10. Gimme for me. 

2. Lindbergh :(, D33. I wasn’t going to get any closer than this. 

3. Smith :(, D02. No chance here. 

4. Butte Mesa :), D22. Love this question. 

5. Children :), D11. Wow. I don’t know where I pulled this from. 

6. Gateway :(, D21. D’oh!

Brian Day 24

 3/6 no chance for more

1) Charlie Hebdo 1/0 no idea

2) Lindy Hop 1/2  Terrific question. I happened to know Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field, which made it that much easier

3) Robinson 0/1  As soon as I saw Bern I thought look for Switzerland or Swiss in the answer

4) Butte, Mesa 2/2  Another great question.  Luckily Mesa (actually, the pitcher Jose Mesa) immediately came to mind

5) primates 2/3  no idea

6) Benetton 3/1  Even seeing the answer, i have no recollection of either

Ben Day 24

Agonizingly close to clinching. A tie either day of the last 2 days will be enough, and my MD25 is against the weakest player in the rundle. Exactly the type of match I usually give up...

1 :) Figaro. I assume le is not necessary. I don't know what Picayune means and might have guessed that without the opera hint.

2 :( Charleston. First Atlantic flight -> Charles Lindberg -> Charleston. Doh.

3 :) Robinson. I think I got this from the Swiss Family Robinson attraction at a theme park.

4 :) Butte, Mesa. Always pleased to get a US Geography question that I would not have known when I arrived in the USA.

5 :| Infants. I wonder if this will pay. Suspect not.

6 :) Apple. Happy to figure this out. Went through all sorts fo companies. When I got to apple I was focused on trying to work a smiley face into apple logo, but then I remembered my dad's apple mac and the smiley face mac icon. Dogcow was meaningless to me. For the last 5 years I don't think I've put in the time required to work out some of these types of questions, but given this is my one chance to make it to A in my 12 year LL career, I'm all in at the moment. Still below the rundle average TCA!

Jesse day 24

5/6

1. What French daily newspaper—the country's oldest national newspaper—is named after a sly and subversive character from two works by author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (and from their subsequent operatic adaptations)?
Correct Answer: LE FIGARO
Your Answer: Figaro
Points Assigned: 1

I don't think I will be penalized for leaving off Le. 

2. A 1927 event that began on Long Island's Roosevelt Field and concluded the following evening at Le Bourget in Paris is the alleged source of the name for what dance craze, popular during the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s?
Correct Answer: LINDY HOP
Your Answer: Lindy Hop
Points Assigned: 2

I initially put down the Lindberg, but knew that wasn't right and remembered the Lindy hop. 

3. Bern-born author Johann David Wyss's most famous work is an 1812 novel that describes the adventures of a family often mistaken to have what name (as it's their name in many of the book's adaptations, and is in the book's title)?
Correct Answer: ROBINSON
Your Answer: Bernstein Bears
Points Assigned: 0

I feel like such an idiot. Thorsten put in Bern-born with this hope in mind for an MCW. I should have stopped and looked at the year. 

4. The names of two cities—one in Montana, the other in Arizona—also denote two different geographical features that are distinguished only by their size. What are the names of these two cities?
Correct Answer: BUTTE, MESA
Your Answer: Butte and Mesa
Points Assigned: 1

I got Butte first, as I can only name a few cities in Montana, and Mesa came quickly afterward.

5. Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget is remembered for his work and theories pertaining to what cohort, as referenced specifically by the missing last word in the title of his seminal work, The Origin of Intelligence in [BLANK]?
Correct Answer: CHILDREN
Your Answer: Children
Points Assigned: 2

It was children or apes and I guessed right. 

6. Groundbreaking artist and graphic designer Susan Kare first achieved fame in the 1980s in her work at what company, where she was responsible for many design elements and artifacts that remain popular today—including a dogcow named Clarus and a smiley-face graphic of the company's signature product (at the time)?
Correct Answer: APPLE COMPUTER
Your Answer: Apple
Points Assigned: 3

I knew about the dogcow and the smiley face start-up screen confirmed it. 

brad day24

locked up an undeserved promotion to d yesterday on some pretty crazy matchup luck

3/6 vs amdurs common d

1) le monde d2

didnt seem right, but only french newspaper i could name

2) bunny hop d3

didnt know this was a dance

3) robinson d1

read this

4) mesa, butte d0

good q

5) neanderthals d2

no idea

6) apple d1

lucky guess

Marcus LL100 Match Day 24 -- Confirmation

Player: BrowningM

1. What French daily newspaper—the country's oldest national newspaper—is named after a sly and subversive character from two works by author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (and from their subsequent operatic adaptations)?
Correct Answer: LE FIGARO
Your Answer: le figaro
Points Assigned: 1

European gimme 

2. A 1927 event that began on Long Island's Roosevelt Field and concluded the following evening at Le Bourget in Paris is the alleged source of the name for what dance craze, popular during the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s?
Correct Answer: LINDY HOP
Your Answer: lindy hop
Points Assigned: 2

Knew this and about the flight 

3. Bern-born author Johann David Wyss's most famous work is an 1812 novel that describes the adventures of a family often mistaken to have what name (as it's their name in many of the book's adaptations, and is in the book's title)?
Correct Answer: ROBINSON
Your Answer: swiss famil robinson
Points Assigned: 0

Didn't really read the question but presumably this will be ok

4. The names of two cities—one in Montana, the other in Arizona—also denote two different geographical features that are distinguished only by their size. What are the names of these two cities?
Correct Answer: BUTTE, MESA
Your Answer: mountain hill
Points Assigned: 1

Not close 

5. Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget is remembered for his work and theories pertaining to what cohort, as referenced specifically by the missing last word in the title of his seminal work, The Origin of Intelligence in [BLANK]?
Correct Answer: CHILDREN
Your Answer: children
Points Assigned: 2

Have this somewhere 

6. Groundbreaking artist and graphic designer Susan Kare first achieved fame in the 1980s in her work at what company, where she was responsible for many design elements and artifacts that remain popular today—including a dogcow named Clarus and a smiley-face graphic of the company's signature product (at the time)?
Correct Answer: APPLE COMPUTER
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3

My dogcow was barking up the wrong tree here

Dave M day 24

Some great questions today and I'm relatively happy with 4/6.

 

1 : ) Le Figaro. Le Monde and Le Figaro are the two I'm familiar with and Monde means world. D22

2 : ( Lindbergh Swing. I got closer than I thought I would. D33

3 : ) Robinson. I remember visiting a Swiss Family Robinson treehouse at I think Disneyland when I was a kid. D00

4 : ) Butte, Mesa. I love these sorts of questions. D11

5 : ( Adolescents. Also closer than I thought I would get. D22

6 : ) Apple. It was a guess but 1980s and graphic design seemed a good pointer. D11

Marcus LL100 Match Day 23 -- Confirmation

5/6 and should have got them all 

Player: BrowningM

1. In 1958, a triad of European countries known as the Low Countries formed an economic union whose name was a combination of the countries' names. What was that union's name?
Correct Answer: BENELUX
Your Answer: benelux
Points Assigned: 2

I was born in Holland 

2. A nameless young Black man in the 20th-century United States and a scientist named Griffin are literary characters, from 1952 and 1897, respectively, that fit what description, per the titles of the novels in which they appear?
Correct Answer: INVISIBLE MEN
Your Answer: invisible man
Points Assigned: 2

The invisible man scared me when I as a kid 

3. In 1986, Cleveland Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama, namesake of the Cleveland Avenue bus line, was renamed in honor of what individual?
Correct Answer: ROSA PARKS
Your Answer: rosa parks
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme

4. Pythagorean mathematicians of ancient Greece defined three numeric means that are today called "Pythagorean means". They are the arithmetic mean (AM), the geometric mean (GM), and what third, which is abbreviated "HM" and is defined by WolframAlpha as "the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers"?
Correct Answer: HARMONIC MEAN
Your Answer: harmonic mean
Points Assigned: 3

Easy for maths folk but my opponent is quite weak on it 

5. A common layout of a blackjack table contains text along the lines of the following: "Black Jack pays 3 to 2 / Dealer must stand on 17 and must draw to 16 / [BLANK] pays 2 to 1". What word typically appears in the blank?
Correct Answer: INSURANCE
Your Answer: insurance
Points Assigned: 1

I'm a degenerate gambler altho I much prefer poker

6. Texas-based private company Intuitive Machines developed a commercial robot named Odysseus that, as of late February 2024, is located where?
Correct Answer: THE MOON
Your Answer: mars
Points Assigned: 1

I wrote down the moon and then  stupidly changed my mind 

brad day23

3/6 vs brian (congrats on the back to back beer!)

1) norweland d3/2

oof ... in a former job i literally sat right next to former head of answer sales

2) shipwrecked d1/3

nope

3) parks d0/0

gimme

4) harmonic mean d2/1

a long time ago in a galaxy far far away i used to be able to calculate this

5) insurance d1/1

i spent much longer trying to figure this out than i should have ... need to take wife to mohegan/foxwoods!

6) las vegas d2/2

very gettable, i saw the story, and also read an article recently about ai robots in vegas, and mixed up the companies

Brian Day 23 vs Brad (LLL)

Second six-pack in a row.    I moved into second place in LLL after yesterday, so I checked to see if I had a shot at first, but Pelcovitz is 10(!) points ahead and locked up the championship earlier this week.  Congrats!

1) Benelux 1/1  Always reminded me of the vacuum brand Electrolux

2) Invisible Man, The Invisible Man  2/3  Wasn't 100% sure from the wording if I should list both, so I covered all the bases

3) Parks 0/1  Should be the gimme of the day

4) Harmonic Mean 3/2  Right up my alley, but should be the toughest one today

5) insurance 2/2  Insurance is for suckers.   

6) moon 1/0  Again with a very current event.  Glad I paid more attention to this than a dead owl.

Jesse Day 23

3/6

1. In 1958, a triad of European countries known as the Low Countries formed an economic union whose name was a combination of the countries' names. What was that union's name?
Correct Answer: BENELUX
Your Answer: Beneluxe
Points Assigned: 1

I worked in the Netherlands and Belgium as a consultant, and that term came up for regional business. 

2. A nameless young Black man in the 20th-century United States and a scientist named Griffin are literary characters, from 1952 and 1897, respectively, that fit what description, per the titles of the novels in which they appear?
Correct Answer: INVISIBLE MEN
Your Answer: Time travellers
Points Assigned: 2

I was on the right track. 

3. In 1986, Cleveland Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama, namesake of the Cleveland Avenue bus line, was renamed in honor of what individual?
Correct Answer: ROSA PARKS
Your Answer: Rosa Parks
Points Assigned: 1

I figured this was the bus strike. 

4. Pythagorean mathematicians of ancient Greece defined three numeric means that are today called "Pythagorean means". They are the arithmetic mean (AM), the geometric mean (GM), and what third, which is abbreviated "HM" and is defined by WolframAlpha as "the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers"?
Correct Answer: HARMONIC MEAN
Your Answer: Half
Points Assigned: 3

Nope

5. A common layout of a blackjack table contains text along the lines of the following: "Black Jack pays 3 to 2 / Dealer must stand on 17 and must draw to 16 / [BLANK] pays 2 to 1". What word typically appears in the blank?
Correct Answer: INSURANCE
Your Answer: Split
Points Assigned: 2

I do not play Blackjack. 

6. Texas-based private company Intuitive Machines developed a commercial robot named Odysseus that, as of late February 2024, is located where?
Correct Answer: THE MOON
Your Answer: The Moon (Earth's Moon)
Points Assigned: 0

It was in the news this month.

David S Day 23

5/6. 

1. Benelux :), D12. Gimme. 

2. Thin :(, D23. I considered invisible. Oh well. 

3. Parks :); D00. Easiest of the day, I think, unless someone puts down MLK. 

4. Harmonic :), D32. Math gimme. 

5. Insurance :), D21. I’ve played plenty of blackjack. 

6. The moon :), D11. The late February aspect threw me, but I knew it. 

Re: Debbie Day 22

Kicking myself bc I told a few of my colleagues who are now playing that Nvidia would be an answer this season, and of course I was right and of course I considered it but decided against it!  So a 4 instead of a 5

1. google :( blurgh, see above. This seemed like too much money for a company I hadn't heard of til like 2 weeks ago? 
2. navel gazing :( obviously wrong but I've never read any of these so had no idea what it was alluding to 
3. Guam :) good guess which I think I've maybe heard or something?
4. Bon appetit :) easy guess
5. Gamma :) thank you frat row
6. Tarantella :) just know this (though do not know how to dance it, of course)

Jesse Day 22

3/6. I am buried in work today so rushed it.

1. In February 2024, what tech giant reported an annual revenue increase of 265%, thanks to booming sales of its generative-AI chips for servers, which sent its stock soaring toward a market capitalization of nearly $2 trillion?
Correct Answer: NVIDIA
Your Answer: Nvidea
Points Assigned: 0

I mangled the spelling.

2. What three-word phrase used by William James in his 1890 Principles of Psychology has since been applied to the extensive Chapter 42 of Portrait of a Lady (by Henry James, William's brother), sections of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, and much of James Joyce's Ulysses?
Correct Answer: STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Your Answer: Post Traumatic Stress
Points Assigned: 3

I don't think I would have gotten this even if I took my time. I think PTSD is a modern term anyway.

3. In addition to Cuban independence, the 1898 Treaty of Paris resulted in the cession by Spain to the United States of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and what Pacific island?
Correct Answer: GUAM
Your Answer: Guam
Points Assigned: 1

First thing that came to my mind. 

4. Beginning with her debut in February 1963, Julia Child concluded every episode of The French Chef with what phrase, which was coincidentally the name of an American magazine that itself debuted around six years prior?
Correct Answer: BON APPÉTIT!
Your Answer: Bon Apetite
Points Assigned: 1

Again, mangled the spelling. 

5. Imagine the outline of a square. When the lines that form the right side and the bottom side of the square are removed, the two lines that remain (the top and left sides) most closely resemble the uppercase form of what letter of the Greek alphabet?
Correct Answer: GAMMA
Your Answer: Rho
Points Assigned: 2

 I used to know this when I was in Greek life. 

6. What lively folk dance from Southern Italy is actually named after a town in the Italian Peninsula's bootheel, not after a particular arthropod (though legend claims that the dance cures, or is perhaps caused by, this arthropod's bite)? Note: correct spelling of the answer is required.
Correct Answer: TARANTELLA
Your Answer: Tarantula
Points Assigned: 2

I was pretty sure of the arthropod but had no idea how to spell the dance.

David S Day 22

 5/6, but super frustrating because I should have had all 6. 

1. Nvidia :), D00. Gimme. 
2. Rite of passage :(, D22. I just can’t believe I missed this. I use this term all the time and knew it applies to Ulysses. 
3. Guam :), D12. Gimme for me, but I assume this plays hard, though perhaps not so much with this crowd. 
4. Bon appetite :), D31. Really just a lucky guess, though it made sense. 
5. Gamma :), D11. Easy for people who have been to college and/or done a good amount of math. 
6. Tarantella :), D23. I know I say this several times each season, but this may be my favorite question of the season. I thought of Taranto, and that led to this. I was worried I’d spell it wrong, but this requirement was a big clue given the similarity of the name to a tarantula and of Taranto to Toronto. 

Brian Day 22

First six-pack of the season.

1) Nvidia  1/1   I've traded this stock every day for years

2) Stream of consciousness 2/2  I hated Ulysses, my AP English class rebelled against the teacher and wouldn't read it

3) Guam 0/1  The only US Pacific territory I was sure was a singular island

4) Bon appetit 1/0   Once I thought of French terms I got it right away

5) Gamma  2/2   The gamma function immediately popped into my head

6) Tarantella 3/3  Stuck with me from high school band

Marcus LL100 Match Day 22 -- Confirmation

6/6 again but a couple of incredibly lucky guesses 



Player: BrowningM

1. In February 2024, what tech giant reported an annual revenue increase of 265%, thanks to booming sales of its generative-AI chips for servers, which sent its stock soaring toward a market capitalization of nearly $2 trillion?
Correct Answer: NVIDIA
Your Answer: nvidia
Points Assigned: 1

Gimme for those who work in finance 

2. What three-word phrase used by William James in his 1890 Principles of Psychology has since been applied to the extensive Chapter 42 of Portrait of a Lady (by Henry James, William's brother), sections of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, and much of James Joyce's Ulysses?
Correct Answer: STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Your Answer: stream of conciousness
Points Assigned: 3

I like my questions with a fine tang of faintly scented urine…

3. In addition to Cuban independence, the 1898 Treaty of Paris resulted in the cession by Spain to the United States of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and what Pacific island?
Correct Answer: GUAM
Your Answer: guam
Points Assigned: 2

It said island not islands so I dismissed Hawaii and the Galapagos and I couldn't think of anything else

4. Beginning with her debut in February 1963, Julia Child concluded every episode of The French Chef with what phrase, which was coincidentally the name of an American magazine that itself debuted around six years prior?
Correct Answer: BON APPÉTIT!
Your Answer: bon appeitit
Points Assigned: 2

A total guess

5. Imagine the outline of a square. When the lines that form the right side and the bottom side of the square are removed, the two lines that remain (the top and left sides) most closely resemble the uppercase form of what letter of the Greek alphabet?
Correct Answer: GAMMA
Your Answer: gamma
Points Assigned: 0

A nice question for an options trader 

6. What lively folk dance from Southern Italy is actually named after a town in the Italian Peninsula's bootheel, not after a particular arthropod (though legend claims that the dance cures, or is perhaps caused by, this arthropod's bite)? Note: correct spelling of the answer is required.
Correct Answer: TARANTELLA
Your Answer: tarantella
Points Assigned: 1

Happy i spelled it right 

brad day22

3/6 vs kim common d

1) nvidia d0/0

biz gimme?

2) i am groot d3/3

no idea

3) guam d1/1

college buddy was stationed there

4) good housekeeping d2/2

oof ... should have just gone with my joke answer of sports illustrated

5) gamma d1/1

wasnt sure how to d this

6) spyder d2/2

no idea regardless of the spelling

Dave M day 22

I managed to lose my LL matchup yesterday despite getting 3 correct to my opponent's 1 – perfect defense up against perfectly wrong defense.

 

4/6 today.

 

1 : ) Nvidia. Business/current affairs gimme. D01

2 : ) Stream of Conciousness. Slight spelling mistake aside, this is one of the few things I know about Ulysses. D21

3 : ) Guam. Suspect this plays more difficult on the world history/geography continuum. D22

4 : ) Bon Appetit. Couldn't be anything else given the French food involved. D10

5 : ( Pi. This is completely obvious in retrospect. D12

6 : ( Scorpio. Enjoyable question. No idea such a town existed in the heel of Italy. D33

Ben day 21

4/6. I was at 5/6 all day then switched play wrong at the last minute. Dying

1 :) pachinko. I didn't know how this played for everyone else. D12

2 :( coda. I had equus in there all day, but didn't know there had been a movie, and thought there was a recent movie called coda. Is that even Latin? I dismissed names so didn't consider Amadeus. D33

3 :) Liechtenstein [sic]. I thought this was a very easy art question, so wasn't sure how to D given art is one of my opponents worst topics. His art score is better than mine so went with D10

4 :( Benetton. no shot here in the end, but was happy with my answer, especially because they were an F1 team for a time which I felt fit the racing theme. Shame it wasn't right. D22

5 :) Romania. I wasn't certain here, as I didn't know timing of Yugoslavia, but I felt like ceausescu was right. There was an LL question about him many years ago and my spelling of his name was so bad that I had to email Thorsten for credit. D21

6 :) Von Buren. I spent a long time tossing up between him and Tyler based on timing that I knew (Madison in 1812 and Buchanan at start of civil war in 61) and knowing the other guys in order, and that Harrison died early. D01

David S Day 21 vs. Brian (LLL)

Brian no doubt wants revenge against me for my win yesterday, and with a 2/6 for me, he’s likely to get it. I found these quite hard. 

1. Ping :(, D11. I had no idea. 

2. Inter Arma :(, D10. I’ve seen Amadeus but would never have gotten there from this clue.

3. Warhol :(, D33. Wild guess. 

4. Lacoste :(, D22. Also a wild guess. 

5. Romania :), D22. Got this one right away. 

6. Van Buren :), D01. The dates were enough for me to get this. 

Brian Day 21 vs Seif (LLL)

 So Dave, we meet again.  4/6

1) Pachinko  1/1  Didn't know how it got it's name, but I know what it looks like

2) Deus ex Machina 3/3  No idea, but Equus is gettable.  Didn't realize Amadeus is Latin

3) Lichtenstein 2/2  A comic book question, plus I had a print hanging in my apartment.  Slight gimme.

4) Tourneau 2/2  no idea

5) Romania 1/1  Was pretty sure this referred to Ceaucescu (however you spell it)

6) Van Buren 0/0  Knew he was OK, but did the math to get to 1837 just in case

Jesse day 21

3/6

1. What Japanese pinball game takes its name from the sound of the steel balls bouncing off the machine's little brass pins?
Correct Answer: PACHINKO
Your Answer: Pachinko
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like a gimmie.

2. Among English playwright Peter Shaffer's numerous theatrical successes are two plays, from 1973 and 1979, that were later adapted to film and that both, coincidentally, have titles in Latin. What is the title of either of these plays?
Correct Answer: EQUUS, AMADEUS
Your Answer: Dues Ex
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea. I did not think of Amadeus. 

3. A panel from a June 1963 issue of a comic book titled Secret Hearts and illustrated by John Romita, Sr., was adapted later that year into a painting titled Crying Girl, one of the two works with that title by what American artist?
Correct Answer: ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Your Answer: Warhol
Points Assigned: 1

Shoot, very gettable. 

4. Identify the French fashion-goods company named after the racecourse in Paris that hosts the annual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe thoroughbred race.
Correct Answer: LONGCHAMP
Your Answer: Benneton
Points Assigned: 3

Nope!

5. The Soviet-dominated regimes of the Warsaw Pact were toppled during the Eastern Bloc revolutions of 1989—peacefully, except for one. What country, whose Marxist government was the last to fall and whose leader was violently overthrown and executed, was the exception?
Correct Answer: ROMANIA
Your Answer: Romania
Points Assigned: 2

My father is Romanian. I am glad I didn't misremember this. 

6. "Old Kinderhook" was the nickname of what US president, who took office during the financial panic of 1837 and (perhaps as a result) was defeated resoundingly in his reelection attempt?
Correct Answer: MARTIN VAN BUREN
Your Answer: Van Buren
Points Assigned: 2

I remembered the nickname. 

brad day21

2/6 vs winnr

1) pachinko d1/0

gimme?

2) passion of the christ d2/3

no idea

3) warhol d1/2

thought this had a chance

4) hermes d0/1

nope

5) yugoslavia d3/2

nope

6) van buren d2/2

a guess but thought timing was right

Dave M day 21

While I wasn't expecting the 6 that Marcus managed, I was hoping for a 4 off today's questions. Instead, a 3/6.

 

1 : ) Pachinko. Easy for anyone who's been to Japan. D11

2 : ( Ave Maria. I have heard of Equus but figured that would be more modern than the 1970s. D21

3 : ( Warhol. I was mistakenly very confident in the correctness of this. D00

4 : ) Longchamp. Champ = field, Paris has the Champs Elysees and Champ de mars, so thought through French luxury brands until I remembered one with champ in it. D22

5 : ) Romania. Nasty business. Risky D33 given both opponents very poor at world history.

6 : ( Adams. Random guess of early president. D12.

Fwd: LL100 Match Day 21 -- Confirmation

Finally a 6, lots of medium difficulty questions that suited me 

1. What Japanese pinball game takes its name from the sound of the steel balls bouncing off the machine's little brass pins?
Correct Answer: PACHINKO
Your Answer: pachinko
Points Assigned: 0

Is this today's gimme?

2. Among English playwright Peter Shaffer's numerous theatrical successes are two plays, from 1973 and 1979, that were later adapted to film and that both, coincidentally, have titles in Latin. What is the title of either of these plays?
Correct Answer: EQUUS, AMADEUS
Your Answer: equus
Points Assigned: 3

I saw one of my mum's friends half naked in this in an amateur production in about 1980 and I don't think I've ever quite recovered.

3. A panel from a June 1963 issue of a comic book titled Secret Hearts and illustrated by John Romita, Sr., was adapted later that year into a painting titled Crying Girl, one of the two works with that title by what American artist?
Correct Answer: ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Your Answer: roy lichenstein
Points Assigned: 2

Wham! 

4. Identify the French fashion-goods company named after the racecourse in Paris that hosts the annual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe thoroughbred race.
Correct Answer: LONGCHAMP
Your Answer: longchamps
Points Assigned: 1

Hopefully the rogue plural won't stand against me

5. The Soviet-dominated regimes of the Warsaw Pact were toppled during the Eastern Bloc revolutions of 1989—peacefully, except for one. What country, whose Marxist government was the last to fall and whose leader was violently overthrown and executed, was the exception?
Correct Answer: ROMANIA
Your Answer: romania
Points Assigned: 1

What a nasty man he was 

6. "Old Kinderhook" was the nickname of what US president, who took office during the financial panic of 1837 and (perhaps as a result) was defeated resoundingly in his reelection attempt?
Correct Answer: MARTIN VAN BUREN
Your Answer: van buren
Points Assigned: 2

He came up in a radio programme I listened to about Hamilton.s federalist papers as a big opponent