Brian Day 5

 3/6  Let's go for 5 losses to start the season.  

1) Apollo Theater  1/0    Had to be Showtime at the Apollo

2) Theta 2/3  Theta only looks like a skull if we're talking about Terrance and Philip on South Park, so lucily I know Thanatos was the avatar of death in a series of Piers Anthony novels.

3) Rivel 3/1  no chance, but i got the right century

4) Kofi  1/2  Hoped this was Kofi Annan.  Never heard of Arap, wish I had defended higher.

5) online, offline 2/2  no idea

6) Hickory 0/1  Old Hickory.  

Jesse Day 5

4/6 on what I felt was a hard day.

1. Jazmine Sullivan, H.E.R., and Ne-Yo are among the many artists whose earliest television appearances were as "amateurs" on a series recorded at, and named after, what Uptown Manhattan venue?
Correct Answer: APOLLO THEATER
Your Answer: The Apollo
Points Assigned: 0

I remember Showtime at the Apollo when I was in high school.

2. Which letter of the Greek alphabet was used in antiquity as a symbol for death, presumably because it was the first letter of the Greek word for "death" and also perhaps because it roughly resembles a human skull. Some engravings would avoid the letter's use by showing the letters delta and epsilon in its place.
Correct Answer: THETA
Your Answer: Theta
Points Assigned: 2

My fraternity neighbor with Theta Chi, so I saw those letters every day. 

3. Neoclassicism in music is closely associated with some of the works of what composer, in particular works composed during the period from Pulcinella (1920) to The Rake's Progress (1951)?
Correct Answer: IGOR STRAVINSKY
Your Answer: Stravinsky
Points Assigned: 2

It was a guess based on "Wasn't Stravinsky a 20th-century composer?" coming into my head. I was 5% sure it was right. 

4. What four-letter word means "son of" in the Kalenjin language, such as in the name of the man who served from 1978 to 2002 as president of Kenya?
Correct Answer: ARAP
Your Answer: Obam
Points Assigned: 3

Nope! This has got to play really hard. 

5. Cryptocurrency (technically, the private keys that provide access to cryptocurrencies) is stored in wallets. What antonyms are most commonly used to distinguish wallets that are connected to the internet and those that are not? (Two answers required.)
Correct Answer: HOT, COLD
Your Answer: Unchained and Chained
Points Assigned: 1

I have avoided Crypto.

6. What tree links US President Andrew Jackson, the 1951–52 Indiana high school boys basketball champs in a 1986 film, and the largest city in Catawba County, North Carolina?
Correct Answer: HICKORY
Your Answer: Hickory
Points Assigned: 1

Old Hickory and Hickory High School. I could have gotten his one either way. 

Dave M day 5

I've been lucky with my opponents so far this season, and am 4-0 despite a mediocre run, which continues with 2/6 today, and surely my first loss.

 

1 : ( Lizard Lounge. Don't know any uptown venues. At least my LL opponent is Californian. D33

2 : ( Omega. Like David S I thought this was shaped just right. D11

3 : ( Vivaldi. No clue on most classical music stuff really. D20

4 : ) Arap. This feels like a very difficult question. There's no real shortcuts, you just have to know the full name of the second president of Kenya. D22

5 : ) Hot Storage, Cold Storage. Though I'm not a fan I have had repeated interactions with the crypto world in the last few years. D02

6 : ( Ash. Didn't pick up on any of the clues and guessed the NC town might be Asheville. D11

Brad day5

2/6 vs friedlandmj common d

1) Harlem tavern d0

Knew I've heard of this before and also knew I wasn't going to come up with it

2) vega d2

Nope

3) verdi d1

No idea

4) beni d2

No idea

5) cold, hot d3

Knew cold storage, and went with the obvious opposite, but didn't think would be right

6) hickory d1

Got this through hoosiers

David S Day 5

 I’m shocked to only get 2/6. I thought I had as many as 5. One of those days. 

1. Apollo :), D21. NYC gimme. 
2. Omega :(, D11. Really thought this was right, and it also fit the question. 
3. Puccini :(, D33. No idea. 
4. Jomo :(, D22. Fell right into the trap. This was the first name of the (more famous) preceding president, Jomo Kenyatta. I was sure this was right.
5. Hardware, software :(, D12. Seriously? Aren’t there lots of answers that work here? I still think this should count. Googling ex-post makes me think this should count even more so. One of my least favorite questions ever. 
6. Hickory :), D00. Old Hickory for Jackson. That was my only in, but it was enough. 

Marcus LL102 Match Day 5 -- Confirmation

3/6 I prob should have got the crypto one but I'm getting dispirited about all the very American questions 

Player: BrowningM

1. Jazmine Sullivan, H.E.R., and Ne-Yo are among the many artists whose earliest television appearances were as "amateurs" on a series recorded at, and named after, what Uptown Manhattan venue?
Correct Answer: APOLLO THEATER
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not a clue

2. Which letter of the Greek alphabet was used in antiquity as a symbol for death, presumably because it was the first letter of the Greek word for "death" and also perhaps because it roughly resembles a human skull. Some engravings would avoid the letter's use by showing the letters delta and epsilon in its place.
Correct Answer: THETA
Your Answer: theta
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Hope this plays a bit hard

3. Neoclassicism in music is closely associated with some of the works of what composer, in particular works composed during the period from Pulcinella (1920) to The Rake's Progress (1951)?
Correct Answer: IGOR STRAVINSKY
Your Answer: Igor Stravinsky
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Firebird is my fave

4. What four-letter word means "son of" in the Kikuyu language, such as in the name of the man who served from 1978 to 2002 as president of Kenya?
Correct Answer: ARAP
Your Answer: Arap
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I think this is difficult, nearly fell into the Jomo trap before I thought about the dates 

5. Cryptocurrency (technically, the private keys that provide access to cryptocurrencies) is stored in wallets. What antonyms are most commonly used to distinguish wallets that are connected to the internet and those that are not? (Two answers required.)
Correct Answer: HOT, COLD
Your Answer: paper hardware
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Bad miss

6. What tree links US President Andrew Jackson, the 1951–52 Indiana high school boys basketball champs in a 1986 film, and the largest city in Catawba County, North Carolina?
Correct Answer: HICKORY
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I'm sure this is easy in America 

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Brad day4

3/6 vs CurranK

1) wuthering heights d3/3

2) voyager d2/1

3) fawn d1/2

4) sandler d0/0

5) reading railroad d2/2

6) morocco d1/1

Brian Day 4

 0-3 to start the season.  4/6 today.

1) War and Peace  2/1   Never read it but seems obvious from the details

2) Voyager  1/2  Gimme for a science nerd, not sure how it plays

3) Buckskin  2/2  Thought I had it.  Forgot about nubuck.

4) Sandler 0/0  Had it from Robbie, confirmed with Bobby, and I think Zohan makes it too obvious.

5) Short Line 1/1 Good question, if you can name the four railroads this is the obvious answer

6) Algeria 3/3  And with all my humblebragging about the obvious answers today, I could not go with the obvious westernmost of the Muslim nations, and was instead too clever for my own good.   

Jesse Day 4

4/6

1. Society hostess Anna Pavlovna Scherer, at a party she is hosting in July 1805, during the era of Napoleonic conflicts, is the first among the nearly 600 named characters to be introduced in what novel?
Correct Answer: WAR AND PEACE
Your Answer: War and Peace
Points Assigned: 1

Lots of charecters+ Russian name + Napoleanic war time period = War and Peace (Which I have not read)

2. The first human-made object to exit the heliosphere and enter interstellar space, doing so in August 2012, was one of the two probes launched by NASA as a part of what program? The program's other probe entered interstellar space in November 2018.
Correct Answer: VOYAGER
Your Answer: Voyager
Points Assigned: 2

I heard a podcast about some glitches they fixed a few months back. 

3. What durable, soft, suede-like leather, a gently brushed and buffed full-grain leather, was once produced from the hides of young deer (hence its name)?
Correct Answer: NUBUCK
Your Answer: Buckskin
Points Assigned: 1

I forgot about Nubuck. 

4. Schecky Moskowitz, Robbie Hart, Bobby Boucher Jr., Sonny Koufax, Paul Crewe, Zohan Dvir, Lenny Feder, and Howard Ratner are all characters portrayed in film by what actor?
Correct Answer: ADAM SANDLER
Your Answer: Sandler
Points Assigned: 0

Bobby Boucher Jr and Zohan Dvir got it for me. 

5. Which of the four railroads on the standard Monopoly game board was inspired by an interurban that ran from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to nearby communities (as opposed to the others, which were named after longer, interstate operators)?
Correct Answer: SHORT LINE
Your Answer: Atlantic
Points Assigned: 3

I have not played Monopoly in a very long time. I forgot about the short line. 

6. Al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyyah ("Kingdom of the West") is the official name of what country?
Correct Answer: MOROCCO
Your Answer: Morocco
Points Assigned: 2

Westernmost Muslim country. I knew the Maghreb was Northern Africa. 

Dave M day 4

Yesterday's 2/6 was saved by an opponent's F. Happier with today's 4/6 though was hoping for more.

1 : ) War and Peace. Timing lined up nicely. Assume this is an easy playing literature Q. D10

2 : ) Voyager. Guessing also widely known. D01

3 : ( Buckskin. Was confident this was correct, similar take to Marcus. D21

4 : ) Adam Sandler. Zohan was the giveaway for me. D33 – these questions play strong to both my opponents so struggled where to put the D3s.

5 : ( Atlantic Railroad. I don't know US monopoly locations. D12

6 : ) Morocco. Aligned nicely with the Western part of the Arab world and "Maghreb" appearing in there, though also considered the further-west Mauritania. D22

David S Day 4

 4/6 with several guesses that worked out. 

1. War and Peace :), D02. Right time period and Russian sounding name. Seemed like the clear guess. I admit I haven’t read it. 
2. Voyager :), D13. Only one I was sure of today. 
3. Calf :(, D22. No idea. Have never heard of this.
4. Marx :(, D11. An embarrassingly terrible guess. But I had no shot. 
5. Short Line :), D30. Better guess than Pennsylvania, Reading, and B&O. 
6. Morocco :), D21. Just guessed the westernmost Arab country. 

Marcus LL102 Match Day 4 -- Confirmation

4/6 caught out by the American questions again 

Player: BrowningM

1. Society hostess Anna Pavlovna Scherer, at a party she is hosting in July 1805, during the era of Napoleonic conflicts, is the first among the nearly 600 named characters to be introduced in what novel?
Correct Answer: WAR AND PEACE
Your Answer: war and peace
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I've even read it 

2. The first human-made object to exit the heliosphere and enter interstellar space, doing so in August 2012, was one of the two probes launched by NASA as a part of what program? The program's other probe entered interstellar space in November 2018.
Correct Answer: VOYAGER
Your Answer: voyager
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

3. What durable, soft, suede-like leather, a gently brushed and buffed full-grain leather, was once produced from the hides of young deer (hence its name)?
Correct Answer: NUBUCK
Your Answer: buckskin
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I thought I was right I think Nubuck is an American thing 

4. Schecky Moskowitz, Robbie Hart, Bobby Boucher Jr., Sonny Koufax, Paul Crewe, Zohan Dvir, Lenny Feder, and Howard Ratner are all characters portrayed in film by what actor?
Correct Answer: ADAM SANDLER
Your Answer: adam sandler
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Seen a few of the movies 

5. Which of the four railroads on the standard Monopoly game board was inspired by an interurban that ran from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to nearby communities (as opposed to the others, which were named after longer, interstate operators)?
Correct Answer: SHORT LINE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not a clue, if it was U.K. monopoly I could name every property in order 

6. Al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyyah ("Kingdom of the West") is the official name of what country?
Correct Answer: MOROCCO
Your Answer: morocco
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Hopefully plays hard 

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Brad day3

2/6 vs TaylorZ

Going to attempt to be better at posting this season

1) complex d1/2

2) wardrobe d1/0

Mixed up author with c.s. lewis

3) gems d2/2

For some reason I remembered her name as diamond

4) army d0/3

Used to watch army/navy game every year with my grandfather, and figured the service academies didn't have transfers in

5) lily pad d3/1

Nope

6) Shelton d2/1

Figured this had a shot

Brian Day 3

 Typically I start off hot and cool down at mid-season.  That is not the case here.  Another 2/6

1) Complex  3/3  gimme for me

2) Magazine  1/1  I hate answers that are only obvious once I see them

3) Birds 0/1  Big Lisa Turtle fan.  I had this at Lark Voorhees, and confirmed with Robin Wright and I assume Raven Simone.  

4) Florida State 1/2  thought it might be Florida schools.  Terrific question in retrospect.

5) pipe 2/0  I somehow never learned gare in six years of le francais.   Went with my only Magritte reference

6) Bryan 2/2  no idea

Dave M day 3

Happily enough my 2/6 yesterday was good enough for a win, here's hoping that holds true again today for another 2/6.

 

1 : ) Complex number. I was helping my husband with revision on this a while ago. D33

2 : ( Wardrobe. Huh. I was confident it was wardrobe. D10

3 : ( Begin wih L. Like Seif I only knew Saved by the Bell, unlike Seif I misremembered her name as Lisa not Lark. D22

4 : ( Georgia Tech. Neat question. D01

5 : ) Train. Like everyone else Gare was the giveaway here. D22

6 : ( Bebe Rexha. Like everyone else, no good with recent country music. D11

Jesse day 3

2/6

1. In mathematics, the sum of a real number and an imaginary number, expressed typically as x + iy or a + bi, is referred to most often as what kind of number?
Correct Answer: COMPLEX NUMBER
Your Answer: Imaginary Number
Points Assigned: 1

Nope. 

2. What word, defined as a large trunk or suitcase used for traveling, is perhaps better known in its newer, literary sense, as coined and utilized frequently by Lewis Carroll?
Correct Answer: PORTMANTEAU
Your Answer: Cheshire
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

3. Lisa Turtle on Saved by the Bell, The Cheetah Girls' Galleria Garibaldi, Buttercup in The Princess Bride, Det. Tony Costas in the straight-to-video Collision Course, and Margaret White in the 1976 film Carrie—all of these roles were portrayed by actors who have first names with what commonality?
Correct Answer: NAMES OF BIRDS
Your Answer: Bird names
Points Assigned: 2

I knew Robin Wright and guessed right. 

4. Four teams in college football's highest-level Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) took in zero players through the transfer portal in 2024. One of the four was Clemson. Name any one of the other three, all of which share a particular and unique distinction among FBS teams.
Correct Answer: ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE
Your Answer: Alabama
Points Assigned: 1

I know pretty much nothing about college football

5. What type of object appears in Claude Monet's The Gare Saint-Lazare (quite fittingly) as well as René Magritte's Time Transfixed (much less so)?
Correct Answer: TRAIN/LOCOMOTIVE
Your Answer: Train
Points Assigned: 0

I knew gare was station and guessed right. 

6. Traveller (2015), From a Room: Volume 1 (2017), and Starting Over (2021), all of which won the Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year, the Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year, and the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, are releases by what artist?
Correct Answer: CHRIS STAPLETON
Your Answer: Stevens
Points Assigned: 3

I know pretty much nothing about country music

 

David S. Day 3 vs. Marcus (LLL)

Solid 5/6. Although defense against me should be easy, I think I have a good chance against Marcus today with the great American college sports question. 

1. Complex :), D10. Gimme for me, and gimme for Marcus, too, I’m sure. Second time this word has appeared in an answer this season!
2. Portmanteau :), D21. This question may favor LL veterans more than any other I’ve seen. This word appears in Thorsten’s questions about once every two or three seasons. Without it being top of mind, I’m skeptical I would have gotten it. As it was, it popped into my head right away. 
3. Birds :), D12. Only one I knew was Saved by the Bell, but that was enough. 
4. Army :), D03. I spent some time thinking  what the trick was on this question. Eventually it popped into my head, and it was clear what all three of the others were. Hoping this completely stumps one Welshman. 
5. Train :), D31. Gare means train station in French. That was my only in. 
6. Brooks :(, D22. Haven’t even heard of the right answer. No chance at all. 

Marcus LL102 Match Day 3 -- Confirmation

3/6 vs Seif , had a nightmare. Didn't read one q properly and gave up immediately on the football and country music and suspect my defence is terrible too


Begin forwarded message:

From: notifications@learnedleague.com
Date: 28 August 2024 at 11:09:48 BST
To: marcusjbrowning@me.com
Subject: LL102 Match Day 3 -- Confirmation
Reply-To: ***DO_NOT_REPLY***_@learnedleague.com

Player: BrowningM

1. In mathematics, the sum of a real number and an imaginary number, expressed typically as x + iy or a + bi, is referred to most often as what kind of number?
Correct Answer: COMPLEX NUMBER
Your Answer: complex
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

2. What word, defined as a large trunk or suitcase used for traveling, is perhaps better known in its newer, literary sense, as coined and utilized frequently by Lewis Carroll?
Correct Answer: PORTMANTEAU
Your Answer: portmanteau
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nice question he chortled 

3. Lisa Turtle on Saved by the Bell, The Cheetah Girls' Galleria Garibaldi, Buttercup in The Princess Bride, Det. Tony Costas in the straight-to-video Collision Course, and Margaret White in the 1976 film Carrie—all of these roles were portrayed by actors who have first names with what commonality?
Correct Answer: NAMES OF BIRDS
Your Answer: robin
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Read the bloody question !

4. Four teams in college football's highest-level Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) took in zero players through the transfer portal in 2024. One of the four was Clemson. Name any one of the other three, all of which share a particular and unique distinction among FBS teams.
Correct Answer: ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE
Your Answer: notre dame
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Is this easy for Americans ? I didn't have a clue but looks like it could be 

5. What type of object appears in Claude Monet's The Gare Saint-Lazare (quite fittingly) as well as René Magritte's Time Transfixed (much less so)?
Correct Answer: TRAIN/LOCOMOTIVE
Your Answer: train
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

6. Traveller (2015), From a Room: Volume 1 (2017), and Starting Over (2021), all of which won the Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year, the Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year, and the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, are releases by what artist?
Correct Answer: CHRIS STAPLETON
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not my genre 

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Jesse Day 2

3/6

1. Peter Quince, Nick Bottom, Francis Flute, Tom Snout, Robin Starveling, and Snug are Shakespearean characters known collectively as what?
Correct Answer: (RUDE) MECHANICALS
Your Answer: Steely Dan
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. I have very little Shakespearean knowledge. 

2. The NHL player who won the league's Hart Memorial Trophy (for most valuable player) in 2017, 2021, and 2023 shares his first name with the NHL player who won the league's Calder Trophy (for rookie of the year) in 2024, and with the player who won the league's Vezina Trophy (for best goaltender) in 2020 and 2024. What is that first name?
Correct Answer: CONNOR
Your Answer: Connor
Points Assigned: 3

I knew Connor McDavid is one of the best players in the sport. That was the extent of my current hockey knowledge and it was enough to get the question right. 

3. Although today it commemorates all the servicemembers of Australia and New Zealand, what holiday was originally designated on April 25 in those countries to honor the members of the Army Corps who served in World War I's Gallipoli campaign?
Correct Answer: ANZAC DAY
Your Answer: ANZAC Day
Points Assigned: 2

I lived in Australia and my wife is a Kiwi, so I am glad I got this right. 

4. Some of the stories in a 1981 short story collection by Raymond Carver have influenced or have been adapted into film, including 2014's Birdman, whose plot centers on a Broadway production of one of the stories. That story, like the collection itself, is titled "What We Talk about When" what?
Correct Answer: WE TALK ABOUT LOVE
Your Answer: we are alone
Points Assigned: 1

Nope! Same wrong answer as Brian. I did see the movie, but did not remember it well enough. 

5. One word is often used to denote fatty acids with only single bonds between carbons in the hydrocarbon chain, whereas another, opposite word denotes fatty acids in which the hydrocarbon chain contains one or more double bonds. What are those two words?
Correct Answer: SATURATED, UNSATURATED
Your Answer: Mono, Poly
Points Assigned: 1

I debated saturated and unsaturated, but I thought mono and poly better fit the actual question's wording. 

6. Matty Tingles is one of several popular YouTubers who specialize in videos with auditory and visual stimuli that, to many of his fans, trigger a sensation commonly known by what four-letter initialism?
Correct Answer: ASMR
Your Answer: ASMR
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

Brian Day 2

 2/6   ouch

1) sprites 2/3  Thought might be A Midsummer Night's Dream, but otherwise no clue.  Mechanicals rings a bell now that I see it, but no chance

2) Connor 1/2   Paying attention to the Islanders finally paid off; figured McDavid had to be one of these, and i think Bedard is the rookie.

3) Infantry Day 2/2   The question screamed acronym at me, but having not heard of it I had no chance. 

4) When We're Alone 3/1  no idea, but I was inspired by the Tiffany song on the radio

5) monounsaturated, polyunsaturated  0/1  bad mistake, the question did say opposites

6) ASMR  1/0   I've tried watching but it doesn't work for me

Dave M day 2 v Marcus LLL

A poor 2/5 today, was expecting better. I did achieve perfect D against Marcus, correctly predicting the only question he wouldn't get is the Ice Hockey one. Didn't make a jot of difference!

 

1 : ( Chorus. I remembered Midsummer Night's Dream but not how these characters fitted in. D31

2 : ( Marcel. My hockey-loving colleague saw my open screen with my draft answer Marcel typed in and said "actually it's Connor". But I didn't want to traduce the don't cheat traditions of LL. D03

3 : ) Anzac day. Nice to get the occasional NZ-focussed question. D21

4 : ) We talk about love. I enjoyed watching Birdman but have never read the book. D22

5 : ( Monounsaturated, polyunsaturated. Close but no cigar. D10

6 : ( Stim. Never heard of ASMR. Doesn't play easy at all for me, this one. D12

David S Day 2

3/6 again. Questions have not really been up my alley so far.

1. Mechanicals :), D31. I read this in high school and have seen it at least once or twice, but still had to think about this for a while. Happy I recalled it.

2. Cooper :(, D11. Ugh. I know next to nothing about ice hockey, but I vaguely remembered this. Just not quite well enough to prevent me from mixing up the name with something similar.

3. Anzac Day :), D12. Seemed like there was no other choice.

4. We Sleep :(, D22. No idea.

5. Saturated, unsaturated :), D00. Easiest of the day, I think.

6. Spac :(, D23. No idea at all, though my 11-year-old daughter informs me that this question was "so easy."

Fwd: LL102 Match Day 2 -- Confirmation

Begin forwarded message:

From: Marcus Browning <marcusjbrowning@me.com>
Date: 27 August 2024 at 09:15:31 BST
To: Marcus Browning <Marcus.Browning@brevanhoward.com>
Subjec Marcus  LL102 Match Day 2 -- Confirmation

Marcus day 2 vs Dave M.

 A pleasing 5 but I'm easy to defend

Player: BrowningM

1. Peter Quince, Nick Bottom, Francis Flute, Tom Snout, Robin Starveling, and Snug are Shakespearean characters known collectively as what?
Correct Answer: (RUDE) MECHANICALS
Your Answer: mechanicals
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Hopefully hard but I'm not bad at Shakespeare 

2. The NHL player who won the league's Hart Memorial Trophy (for most valuable player) in 2017, 2021, and 2023 shares his first name with the NHL player who won the league's Calder Trophy (for rookie of the year) in 2024, and with the player who won the league's Vezina Trophy (for best goaltender) in 2020 and 2024. What is that first name?
Correct Answer: CONNOR
Your Answer: Peter
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not a clue 

3. Although today it commemorates all the servicemembers of Australia and New Zealand, what holiday was originally designated on April 25 in those countries to honor the members of the Army Corps who served in World War I's Gallipoli campaign?
Correct Answer: ANZAC DAY
Your Answer: Anzac day
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

4. Some of the stories in a 1981 short story collection by Raymond Carver have influenced or have been adapted into film, including 2014's Birdman, whose plot centers on a Broadway production of one of the stories. That story, like the collection itself, is titled "What We Talk about When" what?
Correct Answer: WE TALK ABOUT LOVE
Your Answer: we talk about love
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Read it many years ago

5. One word is often used to denote fatty acids with only single bonds between carbons in the hydrocarbon chain, whereas another, opposite word denotes fatty acids in which the hydrocarbon chain contains one or more double bonds. What are those two words?
Correct Answer: SATURATED, UNSATURATED
Your Answer: saturated unsaturated
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Gimme for a Chemist

6. Matty Tingles is one of several popular YouTubers who specialize in videos with auditory and visual stimuli that, to many of his fans, trigger a sensation commonly known by what four-letter initialism?
Correct Answer: ASMR
Your Answer: ASMR
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Prob plays quite easy

Jesse Day 1

6/6 start! 

1. The southernmost state of India is, per its name, the land of what people, whose name also refers to the Dravidian language spoken there?
Correct Answer: TAMIL
Your Answer: Tamil
Points Assigned: 3

I haven't been to Southern India, but I have been to Sri Lanka and know the Tamils in the North are related to Southern Indians.

2. Though its founding brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and its long-time (44 years and counting) lead vocalist is from Northern England, near Newcastle, what band was formed in Sydney in 1973 and is (by many measures) the internationally greatest-selling musical act from Australia?
Correct Answer: AC/DC
Your Answer: AC/DC
Points Assigned: 2

I thought AC/DC was Australian and they had bagpipes in some of their songs. 

3. Joppiesaus, Comeback Sauce, Louis dressing, remoulades, Marie Rose sauce, and Samouraï sauce are all made with what emulsive base?
Correct Answer: MAYONNAISE
Your Answer: Mayonaise
Points Assigned: 1

Guess based on remoulades. 

4. The astronomical phenomenon in which distant stars traveling away from the observer are redshifted, while those approaching are blueshifted, is an example of an effect named after what Austrian mathematician and physicist?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN DOPPLER
Your Answer: Dopler
Points Assigned: 0

Didn't he ask us this question in a recent season?

5. What term fills in the blank in the following excerpt from a 1966 interview of Alfred Hitchcock by François Truffaut? "It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a [BLANK].'"
Correct Answer: MACGUFFIN
Your Answer: Maguffin
Points Assigned: 2

I was a film a major.

6. The danger of close links between defense contractors and the armed forces, and the damaging effects this unified entity can have on public policy, were outlined in President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, remembered today for its popularization of what three-part term?
Correct Answer: MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Your Answer: Military Industrial Complex
Points Assigned: 1

Feels like a gimmie to Americans. 

Brian Day 1 vs Kim (LLL)

 Welcome back!  A  nice start with 5/6, but we'll see if that's good enough for my first season in A.

1) Goa 2/3  I'm just happy I was able to name an Indian state. 

2) AC/DC  2/1  For those about to rundle, we salute you

3) Mayonnaise 1/0  Remoulade and Louis got me there, though I worried it could be egg or oil

4) Doppler 0/2  physics gimme

5) Mcguffin 3/2  I didn't know this was the origin of the term, but I'm very familiar with it

6) military industrial complex 1/1   Still strikes me as weird it was a Republican to point out this problem given the times I've lived through

Dave M day 1

Happy new season everyone! Nice 5/6 to start things off.

 

1 : ) Tamil. I was tempted by Kerala but I think their language is Mayalam or similar so the question wouldn't have made sense. Looking at a map Tamil Nadu is indeed more Southern by a little. D13

2 : ) AC/DC. Aussie legends. I believe Back in Black is the second largest selling album of all time. D21

3 : ) Mayonnaise. I knew a couple of these had mayonnaise in them. D10

4 : ) Doppler. Seems like a relatively straightforward science question. D22

5 : ( Triffid. Macguffin is obvious now I see it. D32

6 : ) Military Industrial Complex. Nice US history Q. D01

David S Day 1

Welcome back, everyone! It feels like it’s been a long time. 3/6 to start off the season. 

1. Tamil :), D30. Gimme for me. 
2. The Who :(, D13. I had no idea. Didn’t know AC/DC was Australian. 
3. Egg whites :(, D02. Thought this was right. Too bad. 
4. Doppler :), D21. Easiest one of the day, I think, especially for this crowd. 
5. Kilt :(, D11. No clue at all. 
6. Military industrial complex :), D22. Gimme. 

Marcus LL102 Match Day 1 -- Confirmation

6/6 to start the new season which is nice…all the questions were in my wheelhouse today 

Player: BrowningM

1. The southernmost state of India is, per its name, the land of what people, whose name also refers to the Dravidian language spoken there?
Correct Answer: TAMIL
Your Answer: Tamil Nadu
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Hoping it's harder for Americans 

2. Though its founding brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and its long-time (44 years and counting) lead vocalist is from Northern England, near Newcastle, what band was formed in Sydney in 1973 and is (by many measures) the internationally greatest-selling musical act from Australia?
Correct Answer: AC/DC
Your Answer: AC/DC
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I still miss Bonn Scott 

3. Joppiesaus, Comeback Sauce, Louis dressing, remoulades, Marie Rose sauce, and Samouraï sauce are all made with what emulsive base?
Correct Answer: MAYONNAISE
Your Answer: Mayonnasie
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

4. The astronomical phenomenon in which distant stars traveling away from the observer are redshifted, while those approaching are blueshifted, is an example of an effect named after what Austrian mathematician and physicist?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN DOPPLER
Your Answer: Doppler
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Science gimme

5. What term fills in the blank in the following excerpt from a 1966 interview of Alfred Hitchcock by François Truffaut? "It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a [BLANK].'"
Correct Answer: MACGUFFIN
Your Answer: McGuffin
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nice q, I didn't know the origin

6. The danger of close links between defense contractors and the armed forces, and the damaging effects this unified entity can have on public policy, were outlined in President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, remembered today for its popularization of what three-part term?
Correct Answer: MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Your Answer: Miltary Industrial Compex
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Much the best era of US history for me