Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Fwd: LL101 Match Day 21 -- Confirmation

5/6 with an impossible American one 



Player: BrowningM

1. Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, frontwoman of the punk rock band X-Ray Spex (and songwriter of the band's anthem "Oh Bondage Up Yours!"), when deciding on a stage name, consulted the Yellow Pages to find "a name of the time, something plastic" and settled on what material used for packing peanuts, disposable food containers, egg cartons, consumer-electronics packaging, and insulation panels?
Correct Answer: POLY STYRENE
Your Answer: Polystyrene
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


I knew this without the clue
2. Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic work of children's literature from 1911 involves the protagonist Mary's discovery and restoration of a Secret what?
Correct Answer: GARDEN
Your Answer: garden
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


Gimme
3. "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." The preceding is an excerpt from the Education Amendments passed by the US Congress in 1972. This legislation, which is often (but not exclusively) referenced with respect to intercollegiate athletics, is usually known by what name? The name, with a slight orthographic adjustment, has been borrowed by a retailer that sells "athletic wear and outdoor clothes for active women."
Correct Answer: TITLE IX
Your Answer: lulamon
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


Not a scooby
4. A "dirty" martini is distinguished from a standard one sometimes by a change of garnish and always by the former's addition of what salty, nonalcoholic, liquid ingredient?
Correct Answer: OLIVE BRINE
Your Answer: olive brine
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


Straight up with a twist for me
5. Of the seven members of the intergovernmental forum known as the Group of Seven (G7), six have governments led by men (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the US). What country is the seventh member and the only one led by a woman?
Correct Answer: ITALY
Your Answer: Italy
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0


Gimme and bothe opponents strong on business
6. The former Dutch passenger ferry Fredericia was converted into a pirate radio ship and started broadcasting off the eastern coast of England in 1964 under what new name, taken from that of an American girl who was six years old at the time?
Correct Answer: CAROLINE
Your Answer: Caroline
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3


British gimme but hopefully hard for Americans 

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