Monday, August 26, 2024

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 

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