Re: Marcus LL101 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

Just re read the Greek question and probably I won't get the points in spite of knowing the answer which is bloody annoying 

On 31 May 2024, at 18:44, Marcus Browning <marcusjbrowning@me.com> wrote:



3/6 which I was very pleased with given the hugely American questions 

Player: BrowningM

1. The kingdom of Ayutthaya existed for roughly 400 years, until the mid-18th century, in what is now what country?
Correct Answer: THAILAND
Your Answer: Thailand
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Hopefully this may be hard 

2. For the week ending May 4, 2024, the top 14 slots on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart were songs by Taylor Swift (as well as 15 of the top 20 and 21 of the top 30). The top two non-Swift spots were held by solo artists who are, respectively, a Washington State–born TikTok phenom and American Idol dropout, and an Irish musician who burst onto the music scene in 2013. Their songs are "Beautiful Things" and "Too Sweet"—name either artist.
Correct Answer: BENSON BOONE, HOZIER
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not my area or era…

3. Name the McDonald's menu item first introduced in select locations in 1970, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, and traditionally offered during the months of February and March.
Correct Answer: SHAMROCK SHAKE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Impossible for a Brit 

4. Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides constitute a trilogy of plays by Aeschylus known by what name? This name for the trilogy is a term derived from (though is not identical to) the name of the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who appears in these and many other Greek dramas.
Correct Answer: ORESTEIA
Your Answer: Orestes
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Presumably this plays and hopefully gets me 3 points 

5. A total of 21 primary logos of teams in the National Basketball Association (out of 30 total) have designs that include, at least in part, the image of a basketball. Of those, precisely one shows that ball going through a hoop (which it does while on fire). What team uses this logo? Both location and team name are required.
Correct Answer: MIAMI HEAT
Your Answer: miami heat
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Happy to get this

6. In 1982, Neal Gabler and Jeffrey Lyons were hired as the new co-hosts of a PBS series that had been, for a time, the highest-rated entertainment series on American public television. Name either of the men this duo replaced—Chicagoans and icons who had originated the series in 1975.
Correct Answer: GENE SISKEL, ROGER EBERT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not a prayer 

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Marcus LL101 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

3/6 which I was very pleased with given the hugely American questions 

Player: BrowningM

1. The kingdom of Ayutthaya existed for roughly 400 years, until the mid-18th century, in what is now what country?
Correct Answer: THAILAND
Your Answer: Thailand
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Hopefully this may be hard 

2. For the week ending May 4, 2024, the top 14 slots on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart were songs by Taylor Swift (as well as 15 of the top 20 and 21 of the top 30). The top two non-Swift spots were held by solo artists who are, respectively, a Washington State–born TikTok phenom and American Idol dropout, and an Irish musician who burst onto the music scene in 2013. Their songs are "Beautiful Things" and "Too Sweet"—name either artist.
Correct Answer: BENSON BOONE, HOZIER
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not my area or era…

3. Name the McDonald's menu item first introduced in select locations in 1970, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, and traditionally offered during the months of February and March.
Correct Answer: SHAMROCK SHAKE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Impossible for a Brit 

4. Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides constitute a trilogy of plays by Aeschylus known by what name? This name for the trilogy is a term derived from (though is not identical to) the name of the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who appears in these and many other Greek dramas.
Correct Answer: ORESTEIA
Your Answer: Orestes
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Presumably this plays and hopefully gets me 3 points 

5. A total of 21 primary logos of teams in the National Basketball Association (out of 30 total) have designs that include, at least in part, the image of a basketball. Of those, precisely one shows that ball going through a hoop (which it does while on fire). What team uses this logo? Both location and team name are required.
Correct Answer: MIAMI HEAT
Your Answer: miami heat
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Happy to get this

6. In 1982, Neal Gabler and Jeffrey Lyons were hired as the new co-hosts of a PBS series that had been, for a time, the highest-rated entertainment series on American public television. Name either of the men this duo replaced—Chicagoans and icons who had originated the series in 1975.
Correct Answer: GENE SISKEL, ROGER EBERT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not a prayer 

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Jesse days 8 and 9

3/6 with a horrible miss.

1. The kingdom of Ayutthaya existed for roughly 400 years, until the mid-18th century, in what is now what country?
Correct Answer: THAILAND
Your Answer: Thailand
Points Assigned: 1

I have been there.

2. For the week ending May 4, 2024, the top 14 slots on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart were songs by Taylor Swift (as well as 15 of the top 20 and 21 of the top 30). The top two non-Swift spots were held by solo artists who are, respectively, a Washington State–born TikTok phenom and American Idol dropout, and an Irish musician who burst onto the music scene in 2013. Their songs are "Beautiful Things" and "Too Sweet"—name either artist.
Correct Answer: BENSON BOONE, HOZIER
Your Answer: Olivia Rodrigo
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

3. Name the McDonald's menu item first introduced in select locations in 1970, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, and traditionally offered during the months of February and March.
Correct Answer: SHAMROCK SHAKE
Your Answer: Shamrock Shake
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie for an American, but I have never had one. I haven't had McDonalds in a long time. 

4. Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides constitute a trilogy of plays by Aeschylus known by what name? This name for the trilogy is a term derived from (though is not identical to) the name of the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who appears in these and many other Greek dramas.
Correct Answer: ORESTEIA
Your Answer: Theseus
Points Assigned: 2

I have been reading a lot of Greek Mythology lately, but this did not stick in my head. 

5. A total of 21 primary logos of teams in the National Basketball Association (out of 30 total) have designs that include, at least in part, the image of a basketball. Of those, precisely one shows that ball going through a hoop (which it does while on fire). What team uses this logo? Both location and team name are required.
Correct Answer: MIAMI HEAT
Your Answer: Miami Heat
Points Assigned: 2

Easy for a basketball fan. 

6. In 1982, Neal Gabler and Jeffrey Lyons were hired as the new co-hosts of a PBS series that had been, for a time, the highest-rated entertainment series on American public television. Name either of the men this duo replaced—Chicagoans and icons who had originated the series in 1975.
Correct Answer: GENE SISKEL, ROGER EBERT
Your Answer: At the Movies
Points Assigned: 3

Damnit. I jumped ahead and did not read the question. That said, my answer was still wrong, as the show referred to was called Sneak Previews. Siskel and Ebert started At the Movies after they left.

I forgot to post yesterday, but went 4/6

1. A 2024 Broadway musical directed and choreographed by Justin Peck has music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens and was inspired by Stevens's 2005 concept album, which, in turn, chronicles people and places in what political entity (after which the album and musical are both named)?
Correct Answer: ILLINOIS
Your Answer: Illinois
Points Assigned: 2

I have this album, but haven't listened to it much and did not know the date or musical.

2. The medical condition urticaria, generally caused by the body's release of histamine, is better known by what word, which is descriptive of the condition's appearance?
Correct Answer: HIVES
Your Answer: Hives
Points Assigned: 1

First answer that came to mind. 

3. The loveable and cheerful mushroom-headed, vest-wearing, Princess Peach–serving character in Nintendo's Mario universe has what animal name?
Correct Answer: TOAD
Your Answer: Toad
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie

4. Belinda (1948), Eager (1941), Guitar (1954), and Handsome (1989) are all half-titles of major Hollywood films. What name is missing from them all?
Correct Answer: JOHNNY
Your Answer: Jackson
Points Assigned: 2

I have heard of Johnny Handsome, but forgot about it. 

5. A certain type of men's dress shoe identifiable by its closed lacing—the shoe's "quarter" (middle to back of the upper) is stitched under the "vamp" (front to middle of the upper)—is sometimes called a Balmoral, after Scotland's Balmoral Castle, but is more commonly known by a name which is that of what English city?
Correct Answer: OXFORD
Your Answer: Oxford
Points Assigned: 1

Feels like a gimmie.

6. A dialect of English creole known as Crucian is spoken predominantly on what Caribbean island?
Correct Answer: SAINT CROIX
Your Answer: Barbados
Points Assigned: 3

Damn. Very gettable. 

David S Day 9

3/6, but I’ll be hard to defend. 

1. Thailand :), D22. I actually thought this was a synonym with Siam, which clearly it is not. But it was enough to get the question right. 

2. Hozier :), D11. Boom! That will be 3 points! You actually could have named both. My car’s “today’s hits” station seems to get me a pop music question each season, and today was the day. 

3. McRibs :(, D01. No chance here. 

4. Parisian :(, D33. Nope! 

5. Miami Heat :), D20. Gimme. But have fun, non-Americans. 

6. Smith :(, D12. I didn’t know about the PBS connection, so I never could have gotten this. 

Re: Debbie Day 6 and 7 and 8

Today 2. Am on a roll of 2s. 

1 : ( European Union.  Weird question or wording at least

2 : ) Hives. I work in pharma (sort of)

3 : ( Yugio. My daughter guessed it when I asked her though

4 : ) Johnny. SOmehow I sort of remembered Johnny Handsome

5 : ( Birmingham. Just couldn't think of it

6 : ( Trinidad. Couldn't pull it

On Day 7 got Mensheviks, which I was very excited about, and employment (which was scored correctly)

On Day 6 got Bermuda (easy and fun) and frogs legs (didn't know but sounded right)

Brian Day 8

 3/6 and no chance for more

1) Chechnya 2/1   never heard of this

2) Hives 0/0  Had them a lot growing up, made the most sense

3) Joey 1/2   No idea

4) Dan 1/2  Went with Handsome Dan.  I can't believe there's a movie from 1989 I've never heard of

5) Oxford 2/1  Hard to believe there was a time when I wore dress shoes five days a week

6) Saint Croix 3/3  My favorite question of the day. Crucian leads to cross leads to Croix, great clue. 

David S Day 8 vs. Mirkin (LLL)

David S Day 8 vs. Mirkin (LLL)

3/6, which feels kind of weak vs. Mirkin. 

1. House of Commons :(, D33. Didn’t understand what political entity meant, and it made no difference. No chance here. 
2. Rosacea :(, D21. Ugh. Gettable. 
3. Toad :), D22. Seared into my memory as a young kid. 
4. Hero :(, D12. No idea. 
5. Oxford :), D11. Only English city that’s also a show that I knew. 
6. St. Croix :), D00. I didn’t feel certain here and think this is fairly hard, but D00 was probably right vs. my opponents. 

Dave M day 8 v Dave S LLL

Unlike Marcus and Seif I have a middling TCA but have not yet lost this season. 3/6 today hopefully continues that trend.

 

1 : ( Palestine. No idea, figured it might be topical though. Not that Illinois isn't topical of course. D22

2 : ) Hives. Wasn't sure but was an obvious physical manifestation that anti-histamines could work against. D12

3 : ( Wario. I'm not a Mario Brothers person. D11

4 : ( Devil. I didn't know where to start with this one. Interested if it plays hard or easy, I've nailed colors to the mast with a D33.

5 : ) Oxford. Gimme? D00

6 : ) St Croix. Crucian = Cross = Croix, nothing more complex than that. D21

Marchs LL101 Match Day 8 -- Confirmation

4/6 and no chance on the ones I missed 

Player: BrowningM

1. A 2024 Broadway musical directed and choreographed by Justin Peck has music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens and was inspired by Stevens's 2005 concept album, which, in turn, chronicles people and places in what political entity (after which the album and musical are both named)?
Correct Answer: ILLINOIS
Your Answer: soviet union
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Not a scooby 

2. The medical condition urticaria, generally caused by the body's release of histamine, is better known by what word, which is descriptive of the condition's appearance?
Correct Answer: HIVES
Your Answer: hives
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

3. The loveable and cheerful mushroom-headed, vest-wearing, Princess Peach–serving character in Nintendo's Mario universe has what animal name?
Correct Answer: TOAD
Your Answer: hippo
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Needed one of my kids on the team…

4. Belinda (1948), Eager (1941), Guitar (1954), and Handsome (1989) are all half-titles of major Hollywood films. What name is missing from them all?
Correct Answer: JOHNNY
Your Answer: Johnny
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Handsome was the key…

5. A certain type of men's dress shoe identifiable by its closed lacing—the shoe's "quarter" (middle to back of the upper) is stitched under the "vamp" (front to middle of the upper)—is sometimes called a Balmoral, after Scotland's Balmoral Castle, but is more commonly known by a name which is that of what English city?
Correct Answer: OXFORD
Your Answer: Oxford
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme 

6. A dialect of English creole known as Crucian is spoken predominantly on what Caribbean island?
Correct Answer: SAINT CROIX
Your Answer: St Croix
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not heard of it but it's a pretty major clue 

Brian Day 7 vs Ben from A Rundle (LLL)

 4/6 on a day that could easily been a 1.   

1) Decembrists 2/2  No idea never heard of them

2) British 2/2  All I had to go on was Lennox Lewis and someone named Nigel, but it was enough.

3) Western dystopia 3/3  no idea never heard of it

4) Unemployment 0/0  Haven't though of the Phillips curve in a long time so wasn't 100% sure, but unemployment fit the bill for both

5) The Queen's Gambit 1/1  Love this question!  Besides the gimmickry of using chess notation, the Cold War-era description could, while not a red herring,  throw people off and think of politics.

6) Colombia 1/1  Lucky/semi-educated guess.  Savanna and grasslands had me thinking of the Congo and hence the equator, and Colombia for some reason was my first thought for South American equatorial country. 

Jesse day 7

4/6

1. What was the name of the moderate "minority" faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party of the early 20th century, which (unlike their "majority" counterparts) favored a slower and more progressive transformation of society (which, in fact, is not what turned out to occur)?
Correct Answer: MENSHEVIKS
Your Answer: Menshevik
Points Assigned: 0

First thing to pop in my head. 

2. Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe, Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Fury are all boxers who have what in common, most notably? They share this commonality with the golfers Luke Donald and Paul Lawrie and basketball player OG Anunoby.
Correct Answer: BRITISH
Your Answer: British
Points Assigned: 2

I knew OG was British. Only British basketball player I know of. 

3. Carson McCullers's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" are quintessential examples of what two-word literary subgenre, whose name reflects the stories' geography and their aesthetic of horror, eccentricity, ruin and decay, and the supernatural?
Correct Answer: SOUTHERN GOTHIC
Your Answer: Magic Ruralism
Points Assigned: 2

Shoot, I have heard of this. I went with the joke answer. 

4. In macroeconomics, Okun's law (named after American economist Art Okun) asserts a negative relationship between output (GDP) and a certain rate, whereas the Phillips curve (after New Zealander Bill Phillips) summarizes a negative relation between inflation and a certain rate. In both instances, this certain rate is the same—what is the name of this rate?
Correct Answer: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Your Answer: Unemployement
Points Assigned: 1

I have heard the Phillips curve mentioned on many podcasts. 

5. The following could be used to indicate the title of what Cold War–era Netflix series? \ \ 1.d4 d5 \ 2.c4
Correct Answer: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Your Answer: The Queen's Gambit
Points Assigned: 1

It was the only show that made sense even though I don't play chess so could not be sure those were chess moves.

6. The Spanish word llanos translates to "plains", and the name "Los Llanos" refers to a specific region of savanna and grasslands. Identify either of the two countries that are home to Los Llanos or the primary river that shapes the ecology of the region.
Correct Answer: COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA, ORINOCO
Your Answer: Argentina
Points Assigned: 3

I knew the plain in Argentina were the Pampas, but I had never head of Los Llanos even though I have been to Colombia.

David S Day 7

5/6 today. Like Marcus my win/loss record isn’t great so far, but I’ve been doing well on questions themselves. 

1. Mensheviks :), D23. It wasn’t that many years ago that I learned this, so I think this will play hard. 

2. Born in the UK :), D11. Glad to get it. Only thing I could come up with. I don’t really love these types of questions. 

3. Dystopian fantasy :(, D12. Couldn’t have been more wrong. 

4. Unemployment :), D20. I think I may have once heard about this. 

5. Queen’s Gambit :), D01. Should play easy, but very cute question. 

6. Venezuela :), D32. Seems like a fairly hard geography question. 

Brad day7

2/6 vs Marcus

1) trotskyite d2/2

No idea

2) Canadian d3/3

Oof bad miss

3) haunted eclectic d2

No idea

4) unemployment d1/0

Econ gimme

5) queens gambit d0/1

Played a lot of chess when younger

6) argentina d1/1

Good q, and should have paid more attention to the recent news about this area

Dave M day 7

4/6 today with a bad miss I'm kicking myself about.

 

1 : ) Mensheviks. Bolsheviks vs Mensheviks. An obscure piece of world history I'm guessing is not widely known. D31

2 : ) British. Plays easily for Brits like me and I assume many people, but hard for my two opponents both weak in sport. D23

3 : ( Irish Noir. A random guess which got the right kind of setup at least. D10

4 : ( Interest Rate. I know this is unemployment rate and somehow translated this into interest rate in my answer. No idea why. D12

5 : ) Queens Gambit. Only TV show I remember which has a chess move as the title, didn't initially think of it as a cold war series but then remembered her final opponent was Soviet. D01

6 : ) Colombia. This feels a bit like a trick question for somewhere further south. D22

Marcus LL101 Match Day 7 -- Confirmation

5/6 I've been scoring well but doing badly in league 

Player: BrowningM

1. What was the name of the moderate "minority" faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party of the early 20th century, which (unlike their "majority" counterparts) favored a slower and more progressive transformation of society (which, in fact, is not what turned out to occur)?
Correct Answer: MENSHEVIKS
Your Answer: mensheviks
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Happy with my spelling 

2. Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe, Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Fury are all boxers who have what in common, most notably? They share this commonality with the golfers Luke Donald and Paul Lawrie and basketball player OG Anunoby.
Correct Answer: BRITISH
Your Answer: all british
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme for a Brit

3. Carson McCullers's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" are quintessential examples of what two-word literary subgenre, whose name reflects the stories' geography and their aesthetic of horror, eccentricity, ruin and decay, and the supernatural?
Correct Answer: SOUTHERN GOTHIC
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Couldn't get anywhere near this 

4. In macroeconomics, Okun's law (named after American economist Art Okun) asserts a negative relationship between output (GDP) and a certain rate, whereas the Phillips curve (after New Zealander Bill Phillips) summarizes a negative relation between inflation and a certain rate. In both instances, this certain rate is the same—what is the name of this rate?
Correct Answer: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Your Answer: unemployment
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Agonised briefly between employment and unemployment, drew a quick graph..

5. The following could be used to indicate the title of what Cold War–era Netflix series? \ \ 1.d4 d5 \ 2.c4
Correct Answer: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Your Answer: the queens gambit
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Surely a gimme

6. The Spanish word llanos translates to "plains", and the name "Los Llanos" refers to a specific region of savanna and grasslands. Identify either of the two countries that are home to Los Llanos or the primary river that shapes the ecology of the region.
Correct Answer: COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA, ORINOCO
Your Answer: orinocco
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I guessed South America and the Amazon prob too easy, plus they had Orinoco last season  or season before too on a similar type of q 

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Brad day6

2/6 vs amdurs

1) bermuda d0/0

Gimme?

2) frogs legs d1/1

Remembered some high school french

3) clams d3/2

Clams howdah ... Thought it could be a Simpsons reference

4)  tuskeegee d1/2

5) presley d2/2

6) rocket d2/3

Jesse Day 6

2/6

1. Miami and Puerto Rico are two points of a certain geographical polygon of urban legend. What is the third?
Correct Answer: BERMUDA
Your Answer: Bermuda
Points Assigned: 0

This feels like a gimmie. 

2. Cuisses de grenouille is the name of a French culinary delicacy known in English as what?
Correct Answer: FROG LEGS
Your Answer: Cincinnati-style Chili
Points Assigned: 2

I could not translate any of those words using my rusty beginner-level Spanish. 

3. Although it is derived from an Arabic term referring to camels, howdah is the name of an object that is probably more often associated with what other animal?
Correct Answer: ELEPHANT
Your Answer: Horse
Points Assigned: 1

I have been on Howdahs before the travel industry acknowledged that Elephants should not be a part of tourism.  I did not know that is what they were called. 

4. On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen killed four students and wounded nine others during an antiwar rally on the campus of Kent State University. Later that same month, law enforcement officers fired dozens of rounds at a dormitory on the campus of what southern HBCU, killing two and injuring twelve?
Correct Answer: JACKSON STATE
Your Answer: Tuskeegee Institute
Points Assigned: 2

I could not pull it. 

5. A certain 1955 song played with a five-accent hambone rhythm (dun--dun--dun---dun-dun---) was recorded by Buddy Holly. This song's writer, who originally recorded the song, had the same name as the song, as well as the beat itself (which became his signature). What is the name shared by that song, beat, and rock and roll pioneer?
Correct Answer: BO DIDDLEY
Your Answer: Peggy Sue
Points Assigned: 1

I did not know Buddy Holly had a song called Bo Diddly. 

6. Though it can apply to elements in various machines, the term "escapement" is most often used for a necessary mechanism in what type of device (a standard mechanical version of the device, at least)?
Correct Answer: CLOCK/WATCH
Your Answer: Watch
Points Assigned: 3

Luck guess. "Mechanical version" was how I got there. 

Brian Day 6 vs Dave M (LLL)

 2/6   with not much of a chance for more  Dave takes it down with his superior knowledge of American history

1) Bermuda 0/0  the only gimme today

2) pate 1/1   not a terrible miss, but that's gettable even though i don't remember frogs from high school French

3) Horse 2/1   

4) Bowling Green 1/2  My first thought is that it's sad Kent State is well known and I've never heard of the Jackson State incident

5) Big Bopper 2/3  Even if I had thought of Bo Diddley I don't think  I would have used him

6) watch  3/2  First thing I thought of with digital and mechanical versions 

David S Day 6

 3/6. 

1. Bermuda :), D01. Gimme. Easiest of the day I think. 
2. Frog legs :), D10. I recognized the French word for frog and otherwise would have had no chance. Low D only because my opponents are good at food/drink. I suspect this plays fairly hard. 
3. Horse :(, D22. Seemed like horse would be too obvious. 
4. Jackson State :), D11. Not sure how well known this is, but both my opponents are good at American history. 
5. Belafonte :(, D33. No idea. 
6. Internal combustion engine :(, D22. Nope!

Fwd: LL101 Match Day 6 -- Confirmation

Got them all today…very happy

Player: BrowningM

1. Miami and Puerto Rico are two points of a certain geographical polygon of urban legend. What is the third?
Correct Answer: BERMUDA
Your Answer: bermuda
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

2. Cuisses de grenouille is the name of a French culinary delicacy known in English as what?
Correct Answer: FROG LEGS
Your Answer: frogs legs
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

3. Although it is derived from an Arabic term referring to camels, howdah is the name of an object that is probably more often associated with what other animal?
Correct Answer: ELEPHANT
Your Answer: elephant
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I've ridden a couple of elephants on holidays 

4. On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen killed four students and wounded nine others during an antiwar rally on the campus of Kent State University. Later that same month, law enforcement officers fired dozens of rounds at a dormitory on the campus of what southern HBCU, killing two and injuring twelve?
Correct Answer: JACKSON STATE
Your Answer: jackson state
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I'm an avid watcher of history documentaries 

5. A certain 1955 song played with a five-accent hambone rhythm (dun--dun--dun---dun-dun---) was recorded by Buddy Holly. This song's writer, who originally recorded the song, had the same name as the song, as well as the beat itself (which became his signature). What is the name shared by that song, beat, and rock and roll pioneer?
Correct Answer: BO DIDDLEY
Your Answer: bo didley
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Spent half an hour mentally listing Buddy Holly songs and this was the only one I knew named after another artist

6. Though it can apply to elements in various machines, the term "escapement" is most often used for a necessary mechanism in what type of device (a standard mechanical version of the device, at least)?
Correct Answer: CLOCK/WATCH
Your Answer: clock/watch
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Dava Sobel's  Longitude is a brilliant read and where all of my limited clock knowledge comes from 

Dave M day 6 v Brian LLL

3/6 on Friday was good enough for the win. 3/6 today should lead to a loss including against Brian I suspect.

 

1 : ) Bermuda. Simple geography Q for millennials and older, I assume this is no longer a thing. D10

2 : ) Frog legs. Grenouille I still remember from high school French. D21

3 : ( Donkey. I figured it would be a beast of burden, just not one quite that large. D21

4 : ) Jackson State. I don't know the names of a lot of HBCUs in the South but this one I do know as they football stadium lies directly above the apex of Jackson Dome, the largest geological store of naturally occurring CO2 in the USA. Surprised it was the right answer. D12

5 : ( Halliday. Never heard of Bo Diddley. D33

6 : ( Generator. I wasn't even in the right ballpark. D02

Brian Day 5

 I lost yesterday with a 5, and given how easy all you had it today, especially the question I D3ed, I'm probably going to lose with 5 again

1) Tang 2/0  I remember astronaut themed Tang commercials

2) C4 0/1 Military indicated a weapon

3) Stud 1/1  The last thing I thought of.  I thought the game he invented was hold 'em, so maybe draw was the answer.  Then I went through poker games one final time before submitting and luckily thought of it

4) Tribune 1/1  Herald and tribune fit the ancient Roman bill, I knew herald didn't fit so i hoped for the best

5) Perfect 2/3  I think it's been asked before

6) Silver 3/2  Absolutely no idea and I don't understand why it was a gimme for everyone else.  I've never heard of the agent, and Rahm didn't cross my mind.

Re: Debbie Day 5

4. Happy long weekend!

1. Tang :) fun q

2. C4 :) if it's science and I can get it, can't be that hard

3. cowboy :(  doh. Heard (and forgot) the term and never knew what it meant. I also know holdem better

4. Advocate :) thought this was right (was the name of my hometown paper growing up

5. Perfect. :) same as 2. But really more a lucky guess for me, picked a math term I've heard

6. Emanuel :) another fun q