Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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 

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