Brian Day 25

 4/6 to finish the season.  I'm head to head with #2 KatzA for the Levinson Longevity Crown... oh never mind, I clinched already.  Yay me!  

Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas everyone!

1) Bobby 0/1  I've never heard of this, but my opponents have good TV scores and I assume are at least a decade younger

2) PACT 2/2  Guess based on Warsaw Pact, I've never heard of COMECON

3) Bolero 3/3  Hoping to get paid in my worst category.  I love Ravel's arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and know of Bolero through that connection. 

4) Over the counter 1/0   I'm trading as I type this.

5) Mona Lisa 1/1 I knew none of this, but a work based on an Italian woman?

6) Modelo 2/2  This made the news along with Dylan what's-her-name. Interesting that Modelo came out on top given I've never seen an ad for it while Dos Equis' most interesting man is ubiquitous.

Jesse Day 24

1/6

1. A beloved Cartoon Network series that ran from 1999 to 2009 featured three preteen boys who lived on a suburban cul-de-sac and all had the same first name. Give any one of the three ways their names were indicated in the show's title.
Correct Answer: ED, EDD, N EDDY
Your Answer: Michael
Points Assigned: 1

I have never heard of this show.

2. What was the commonly used acronym for the council, founded by Joseph Stalin in 1949 and dominated by the USSR, for the purpose of mutual economic assistance among the Soviet Union and nearly a dozen other states in Europe and Asia, established to counteract the political and financial power of the West?
Correct Answer: COMECON
Your Answer: WPC
Points Assigned: 3

I was thinking Warsaw Pact, but have never heard of COMECON

3. What Spanish dance is the basis (and the name) of a repetitive and extremely popular orchestral work written by Maurice Ravel in 1928?
Correct Answer: BOLERO
Your Answer: Bolero
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie.

4. What term, also familiar at the local pharmacy, is used for trading in stocks other than through a stock exchange (as the companies are often too small to be listed)?
Correct Answer: OVER-THE-COUNTER (OTC)
Your Answer: Off label
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

5. A Florentine from the Gherardini family, who was the wife of a silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo, is widely believed to be the inspiration for a work most commonly known by what name?
Correct Answer: MONA LISA
Your Answer: Rome and Juliet
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

6. In 2023, what Mexican beer ended Bud Light's 22-year run as the best-selling beer in the US?
Correct Answer: MODELO (ESPECIAL)
Your Answer: Corona
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea

Dave M day 25

A standard 4/6 to see out the season and mid-table mediocrity in B, which given it's my first season, I'll be happy with.

 

See you next season!

 

1 : ( Smith. Never heard of the show. D22

2 : ) COMECON. Just old enough to remember it. D12

3 : ( Paso Doble. Feeling good about my D33

4 : ) Over the Counter. Gimme. D00

5 : ) Mona Lisa. I remember its French name is La Joconde with lined up nicely with Giacondo. D21

6 : ) Modelo. Simple current-ish events Q. D11

Marcus LL103 Match Day 25 -- Confirmation

Happy holidays everyone, 5//6 today 

Player: BrowningM

1. A beloved Cartoon Network series that ran from 1999 to 2009 featured three preteen boys who lived on a suburban cul-de-sac and all had the same first name. Give any one of the three ways their names were indicated in the show's title.
Correct Answer: ED, EDD, N EDDY
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 0

Not a clue 

2. What was the commonly used acronym for the council, founded by Joseph Stalin in 1949 and dominated by the USSR, for the purpose of mutual economic assistance among the Soviet Union and nearly a dozen other states in Europe and Asia, established to counteract the political and financial power of the West?
Correct Answer: COMECON
Your Answer: comecon
Points Assigned: 2

Easy if you know it..

3. What Spanish dance is the basis (and the name) of a repetitive and extremely popular orchestral work written by Maurice Ravel in 1928?
Correct Answer: BOLERO
Your Answer: bolero
Points Assigned: 3

Prob easier for Brits with Torvill and Dean 

4. What term, also familiar at the local pharmacy, is used for trading in stocks other than through a stock exchange (as the companies are often too small to be listed)?
Correct Answer: OVER-THE-COUNTER (OTC)
Your Answer: over the counter
Points Assigned: 1

Finance gimme

5. A Florentine from the Gherardini family, who was the wife of a silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo, is widely believed to be the inspiration for a work most commonly known by what name?
Correct Answer: MONA LISA
Your Answer: mona lisa
Points Assigned: 1

Very guessable 

6. In 2023, what Mexican beer ended Bud Light's 22-year run as the best-selling beer in the US?
Correct Answer: MODELO (ESPECIAL)
Your Answer: modelo especial
Points Assigned 2

I read this at the time and was very surprised 

David S Day 25

 3/6 to end the season. It really flew by. This has been my lowest Qpct in 6 seasons, but somehow despite that I’m very likely to be promoted to A for the first time ever in what will be my 32nd season. 

1. John :(, D12. No idea. 
2. Comecon :), D21. Kind of just have to know it. 
3. Tango :(, D22. I’m familiar with the piece but had no idea it was the name of a dance. 
4. Over the counter :), D10. Gimme. 
5. Taming of the Shrew :(, D33. Huge whiff. I totally missed this and screwed up my D as a result. 
6. Modelo :), D01. More of a current events question than food and drink. I remember this and the whole Bud Light “controversy” well. 

Happy new year to all!

Brian Day 24

 3/6  

1) Catherine the Great  Even if I didn't know of the show, the answer is right there

2) Bombay 2/1  Really thought this was it; I've never heard of the Star of Africa. I think it was in some fiction book with evidently a fictional diamond being stolen

3) Daniel Jones 3/3  A recent NY Giant whose name could possibly fit the first two, I  had no other guess

4) Fresco California 1/1 I tried a different gordita flavor, but Baja is my favorite

5) LFGM 2/2  I actually had LEET in my head, but couldn't get there

6) Inertia 0/2  Kepler threw me off, but the first law defines inertia

Jesse Day 24

3/6

1. The fictionalized and anachronistic Hulu comedy-drama series The Great is based on the rise of what long-reigning 18th-century monarch?
Correct Answer: CATHERINE (THE GREAT)/CATHERINE II
Your Answer: Catherine the Great
Points Assigned: 0

I watched the first two seasons and have been meaning to watch the third. 

2. The Cullinan Diamond, the largest diamond ever discovered at more than 3,100 carats, is the source of one of the largest cut diamonds in the world—the 530-carat Star of what (referring to the location of the Cullinan's discovery)?
Correct Answer: AFRICA
Your Answer: Africa
Points Assigned: 1

I must have heard of it or seen it, because that was the first thing to come to my mind. 

3. A British linguist renowned for his work in phonetics and the development of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a Welsh composer and contemporary of Dylan Thomas who composed thirteen symphonies, and a North Carolina native and recent New York Giant all share what first and last name?
Correct Answer: DANIEL JONES
Your Answer: John Smith
Points Assigned: 2

I had absolutely no idea even with all of these clues. 

4. The 18th-century Spanish province of Las Californias was split in 1804 into two new Californias—Baja California, which is coterminous with the modern Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur, and what other "opposite" California, which included all of the present-day US states of California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado?
Correct Answer: ALTA (CALIFORNIA)
Your Answer: Gran California
Points Assigned: 2

I thought of Gran Colombia and was hoping there might be a Gran California. 

5. "Energy and Atmosphere", "Water Efficiency", and "Materials and Resources" are among the categories assessed in a framework for the certification of sustainable and environmentally responsible buildings, which is recognized internationally and managed by the US Green Building Council. This certification is commonly known by what four letters?
Correct Answer: LEED
Your Answer: LEAD
Points Assigned: 1

Darn... Stupid, stupid, stupid

6. What Latin word was first used in a physics context by Johannes Kepler in 1617 and defined in principle by Isaac Newton in his first law of motion toward the end of that century?
Correct Answer: INERTIA
Your Answer: Inertia
Points Assigned: 3

 The Physics 100 class I took pays off again!

Dave M day 24 v Brad LLL

4/6 for me today, should have been 5.

 

1 : ) Catherine the Great. Watched the first series of this and enjoyed it. D22

2 : ( Kimberley. Had written down Africa, then changed my mind to be more specific. D22

3 : ( Richard Lloyd. Made random guess of a Welsh last name. D31

4 : ) Alta California. Alta is the opposite of Baja. D11

5 : ) LEED. Simple commercial real estate question. D00

6 : ) Inertia. Was 50/50 between this and momentum, went the right way. D13

Marcus LL103 Match Day 24 -- Confirmation

4/6 and 4 yesterday as well

Player: BrowningM

1. The fictionalized and anachronistic Hulu comedy-drama series The Great is based on the rise of what long-reigning 18th-century monarch?
Correct Answer: CATHERINE (THE GREAT)/CATHERINE II
Your Answer: Catherine the great
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme 

2. The Cullinan Diamond, the largest diamond ever discovered at more than 3,100 carats, is the source of one of the largest cut diamonds in the world—the 530-carat Star of what (referring to the location of the Cullinan's discovery)?
Correct Answer: AFRICA
Your Answer: Africa
Points Assigned: 1

Gimme

3. A British linguist renowned for his work in phonetics and the development of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a Welsh composer and contemporary of Dylan Thomas who composed thirteen symphonies, and a North Carolina native and recent New York Giant all share what first and last name?
Correct Answer: DANIEL JONES
Your Answer: Daniel Jones
Points Assigned: 2

I got it from the Welsh composer ! 

4. The 18th-century Spanish province of Las Californias was split in 1804 into two new Californias—Baja California, which is coterminous with the modern Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur, and what other "opposite" California, which included all of the present-day US states of California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado?
Correct Answer: ALTA (CALIFORNIA)
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1

My Spanish isn't up to it

5. "Energy and Atmosphere", "Water Efficiency", and "Materials and Resources" are among the categories assessed in a framework for the certification of sustainable and environmentally responsible buildings, which is recognized internationally and managed by the US Green Building Council. This certification is commonly known by what four letters?
Correct Answer: LEED
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2

Impossible, I've not been to the states for a while

6. What Latin word was first used in a physics context by Johannes Kepler in 1617 and defined in principle by Isaac Newton in his first law of motion toward the end of that century?
Correct Answer: INERTIA
Your Answer: inertia
Points Assigned: 3

Hard for non scientists 

David S Day 24

5/6, and I blew a 6 pack on a geography/American history question, setting me up for a 9(5) score. 

1. Catherine :), D12. I’ve seen ads for this on Hulu, and it’s also a pretty logical guess given the time period. 
2. Africa :), D21. Probably guessable, but I’ve heard of it. 
3. Daniel Jones :), D12. Great question. Can’t say I was sure, but “recent … Giant” led me to the recently-cut quarterback with the super generic name. No idea on the other parts. 
4. Del Norte :(, D03. Can’t believe I missed this. Actually, I really didn’t know it. Even if I hadn’t immediately thought of this wrong answer, I’m not at all confident I could have come up with this despite it being right in my wheelhouse. 
5. Leed :), D21. Signs for this are all over NYC buildings.
6. Inertia :), D30. Only possibility given the clues and reference to Newton’s First Law. 

Brian Day 23

 A surprising 4/6.  I knew 2, thought I might have a shot at another 2, hit them both

1) Cairo 2/2   No idea except that Mahfouz sounded Egyptian, surprised it was correct

2) Snooker 2/2  This was even more of a surprise.  I only know of snooker from the old Andy Capp comic strip. And since I had no idea, I thought it was worth a shot. 

3) Calamity 0/1  Gimme from history, and even more so from Deadwood

4) I'm not even going to bother to try 3/3  

5) Hall 1/1  Coming to America gimme

6) madras 1/0  Surely a gimme for the rest of you, but i had no idea and picked the first word to come to mind. 

Jesse Day 23

3/6

1. Naghib Mahfouz, widely regarded as the father of the Arabic novel, produced a body of work that primarily reflects life in what city, where he was born in 1911?
Correct Answer: CAIRO
Your Answer: Cairo
Points Assigned: 3

I put together book lists for our trips and Midaq Alley is one of our suggested readings: https://geeo.org/egypt-books-and-films/

2. Englishmen Ronnie O'Sullivan, Kyren Wilson, Judd Trump, and Mark Selby are currently among the most successful and popular players on the professional circuit in what cue sport?
Correct Answer: SNOOKER
Your Answer: Billiards
Points Assigned: 2

Ugh.

3. The famous American frontierswoman Martha Jane Burke, known for her horseback riding and shooting skills, is said to have warned that any man who attempted to woo her would be met with what type of disastrous event (hence her nickname)?
Correct Answer: CALAMITY
Your Answer: Tornado
Points Assigned: 1

Oh. Calamity Jane. 

4. In 2024, YouTubers Logan Paul, KSI, and MrBeast introduced what prepackaged lunch kit, competing in the same market segment as Oscar Meyer's Lunchables, with products from the influencers' existing brands?
Correct Answer: LUNCHLY
Your Answer: Beastables
Points Assigned: 0

I think beastables must be his chocolate bars. 

5. A Zamundan royal aide named Semmi, a barber named Morris, and an energetic preacher named Reverend Brown are among the film characters portrayed by what actor and comedian?
Correct Answer: ARSENIO HALL
Your Answer: Arsenio Hall
Points Assigned: 2

I wonder how many people will put down Eddie Murphy. 

6. What is the Hindi word for "province" or "state", as in the names beginning with Uttar ("Northern") and Madhya ("Central")?
Correct Answer: PRADESH
Your Answer: Pradesh
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie?

David S Day 23

 4/6. I was moving my finger to submit and then realized last second that TWO of my ultimately correct answers were wrong. 

1. Cairo :), D10. Complete wild guess, but when the answer is simply the biggest Arab city, a correct wild guess isn’t that big of a surprise. 
2. Billiards :(, D22. Figured it was either this or snooker and picked the wrong one. 
3. Calamity :), D21. Got mixed up with Annie Oakley and was about to submit the wrong answer here. 
4. Tubables :(, D13. No idea. 
5. Hall :), D32. Initially wrote down Eddie Murphy. I would have never forgiven myself if I’d gotten this wrong. 
6. Pradesh :), D01. The clues in the question made it clear, along with a bit of Indian geography knowledge. 

Dave M day 22 v David S LLL

My 3/6 is pretty meh on what should have been a decent day, but a quick look at S's scoring suggests it may be close. Let's see.

 

1 : ( Mise en Scene. Nope. Happy with my D33 here

2 : ) Cross, Crescent. Yes I do remember the Magen David Adom controversy. D12

3 : ( Harlem Shake. Random guess of a viral dance. D12

4 : ( Treasure. Figured this plays easy with Americans so D01, of course it's Rocky Road which is a chocolate bar in NZ/UK not Ice Cream.

5 : ) Fogg. I've read the book having devoured Michael Palin's 1988 "80 days" as a kid. D21

6 : ) Kiye. Simple geography question, this seems to be quickly gaining currency as the standard name for the country in English. D20

 

So David S gets 4 (4) and his D3'ing of Fogg gets me the draw with 4 (3).

Brian Day 22 vs Ben (LLL)

 5/6 Thought I had a chance at 6, but missed a different one than I thought

1) Blocking 2/3   Blocking a scene, don't know how I know this

2) Cross, crescent 2/2  All i could come up with, the color was the way in, though i thought I had no shot as I have no idea what the crystal is. I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks a lot, Red Cross, for not visiting the hostages or getting medecine to them. 

3) Dougie 3/1  I was so proud of myself for coming up with this despite having no clue. And I can somehow picture Ben discussing the Dougie and I gave him low defense.

4) Rocky Road 0/0  Hey you guuuyyyyssss!  Sloth loves Chunk! 

5) Fogg 1/2  I dredged up Phineas Fogg pretty quickly, but spent time trying to parse the hidden clue inside Thorsten's warning not to give an incorrect first name. I rarely give first names, just in case, but that's a well known rule so why belabor the point? Is the first name the same as the last, is that the clue, and I'm actually way off with my answer? Ultimately I went with my initial thought of Fogg, and i see now that most likely people giving a first name would, as I would I if asked for it, incorrectly say Phineas.

6) Kiye 1/1  EYKIOUD.  

Jesse Day 22

5/6 against a client I referred to LL. 

1. In theatre, the planning of actors' movements, positions, and interactions within a scene is known by what term, derived from what directors used to represent actors on a miniature stage model in an early theatrical practice?
Correct Answer: BLOCKING
Your Answer: Blocking
Points Assigned: 1

I went to film school, but I think this is common knowledge. 

2. In 2005, a shape referred to as a crystal joined two other symbols of the same color (adopted formally in 1864 and 1929, respectively) as emblems of certain international societies. Identify these other two symbols. (Two answers required.)
Correct Answer: (RED) CROSS, CRESCENT
Your Answer: Cross, Crescent
Points Assigned: 2

The dates lined up well with my initial thought.

3. The chart-topping 2007 hit song "Crank That" was recorded by what artist, whose name was also the song's parenthetical subtitle as well as its accompanying viral dance?
Correct Answer: SOULJA BOY
Your Answer: Dougy
Points Assigned: 3

Shoot. I don't think my opponent will get this.

4. What ice cream flavor is widely believed to have been invented in 1929 by William Dreyer, who chopped up marshmallows and walnuts and mixed them into chocolate ice cream, playfully naming the concoction in acknowledgment of the harsh challenges faced during the Great Depression?
Correct Answer: ROCKY ROAD
Your Answer: Rocky Road
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie for Americans.

5. What was the last name of the character who accompanied the Frenchman Passepartout on a famous literary circumnavigation in the autumn of 1872? \ \ (Please note, per the wording of this question, the first name is not required, but answers with incorrect first names will be marked incorrect in accordance with LL official rules.)
Correct Answer: (PHILEAS) FOGG
Your Answer: Fogg
Points Assigned: 2

I played a mobile "around the world game" about a decade ago. I probably should read that book at some point. 

6. The Turkish-language form of the name of the country of Turkey begins "Tür". Correctly spell the remaining letters in that Turkish-language name, as it was adopted for international use by the country in December 2021.
Correct Answer: KİYE (TÜRKİYE)
Your Answer: kiye
Points Assigned: 1

I run two to three trips a year to Turkey and have been considering changing the spelling on our website. I was concerned whether it would confuse clients.

David S Day 22 vs Dave M (LLL)

4/6. I suspect today will play hard overall and am really curious about how people here do on question 2. 

1. Choreography :(, D12. Ugh. Gettable. 
2. Cross, crescent :), D31. Gimme for me, but I assume this plays hard overall. This was the compromise resolution to the dispute about whether Israel should be allowed to join the international Red Cross using the Jewish Star. I wonder if people here remember this. 
3. Macarena :(, D12. Zero clue. 
4. Rocky Road :), D21. Seemed straightforward. Not sure if this translates internationally. 
5. Fogg :), D03. Rare moment where I got the literary reference, though I never read Around the World in 80 Days. 
6. Kiye :), D20. Gimme for me and I assume for Dave M, too. 

Brian Day 21

Dave S, nice 5(2)-4(4) defensive victory yesterday in LL

 4/6 for me today. Fun to see identical reasoning with some of you for John Paul, KPOP, and Private Ryan

1) Daffy rice 3/0  Daffy for daffodil. 

2) Pope John Paul 2/1  I remember John Paul II taking office, and was pretty sure he took the name of the short-tenured Pope who preceded him

3) KPOP  1/3  Radio stations west of the Mississippi begin with a K, which really only left KPOP as an option, though I briefly considered KOOL

4) miniature  2/2  No chance, though I've heard of it

5) Saving Private Ryan 1/2  1998: Armageddon, no.  Shakespeare in Love which should not have won best picture, no.  Saving Private Ryan should have won best picture... oh, there it is.  

6) New Zealand  0/1  Made the most sense given two land masses and the Maori language.

Jesse Day 21

3/6

1. Developed to combat vitamin A deficiency, what is the name of genetically modified rice that produces beta-carotene by inserting genes (initially from daffodils, later from corn) and a bacterium into the rice genome?
Correct Answer: GOLDEN RICE
Your Answer: Yellow Rice
Points Assigned: 1

I do not do the shopping.  My assumption was vitamin A would make it yellow or orange. I was on the right track. 

2. The Italian cleric who was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church in the conclave that ended on August 26, 1978, took what papal name, becoming the first in over 1,000 years to adopt a name that had never previously been used? (Please note, though he used a regnal number, a number is not required, as he was the first.)
Correct Answer: JOHN PAUL (I)
Your Answer: John Paul 1
Points Assigned: 1

That was the pope I grew up with.

3. While the radio station serving the southeastern Oklahoma community of Hartshorne and environs at 94.3 on the FM dial is proudly called "McAlester's Christian Music Station", its call letters evoke by name what other, distinctly different genre?
Correct Answer: KPOP
Your Answer: Rock
Points Assigned: 3

Oh. 

4. In sculpture, what term, taken directly from the French, is used for a small-scale preliminary model or prototype used as a preparatory tool to visualize and plan the final full-scale piece?
Correct Answer: MAQUETTE
Your Answer: Miniature
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

5. The name of what 1998 film fills in the blank in this quote from the movie? "Someday we might look back on this and decide that [BLANK] was one decent thing we were able to pull out of this whole godawful shitty mess."
Correct Answer: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Your Answer: Saving Private Ryan
Points Assigned: 2

I was a film major in college in 1998, and Saving Private Ryan lost Best Picture to Shakespeare in Love that year.

6. The rise of sea levels around 7,000 years ago created what is now known as Cook Strait (Te Moana-o-Raukawa), separating two theretofore connected land masses of what country?
Correct Answer: NEW ZEALAND
Your Answer: New Zealand
Points Assigned: 0

Those are Maori words and that is a New Zealand strait.

Dave M day 21 v Carr LLL

5/6 today which should soundly beat Ben given the terrible season he's having.

 

1 : ) Golden Rice. Figure this is reasonably widely known. D11

2 : ) John Paul. Nice question, I remember a short-lived JP came immediately prior to the much more famous JP II. D22

3 : ) KPOP. I know radio stations west of the Mississippi start with K. So I played around with words until it came to me. Seems obvious once you see it. D32

4 : ( Allotype. No idea. D13

5 : ) Saving Private Ryan. Fit like a glove. D21

6 : ) New Zealand. Gimme of the week. D00

David S Day 21

 Got my second-ever Buckner win (winning despite getting 2 fewer questions right than my opponent) in LL yesterday. That puts me in second place in B rundle, dreading what may be my first foray into A next season. 3/6 today and no chance at the others. 

1. Basmati :(, D01. Never heard of this. 
2. John Paul :), D21. Gimmeish given the timing. 
3. Rock :(, D33. Super cute question, but this strikes me as potentially really, really hard. 
4. Protege :(, D22. No idea. 
5. Saving Private Ryan :), D12. Knew it right away. Should be easy for geriatric millennials like myself. 
6. New Zealand :), D10. Gimme. 

Brian Day 20

 Slipped into the relegation zone with Ben, hoping a 4/6 and a classical music get will hand me a victory.

1) The Ed Sullivan Show D1  I answer Ed Sullivan a few years ago for a similar question and was wrong, second try is a charm

2) Working  D1  I was pretty sure the St Bernard is a working class dog

3) Belgium D2 no idea

4) 5000 meter D0  400m per lap, I figured the standard 5K was an event

5) Dream D2 no idea

6) Zarathustra D3  Got it from Nietscze and Strauss, I have a sci-fi soundtrack compilation CD with 2001 A Space Odyssey on it.  Never made the Zoroaster connection before.

Dave M day 20

Tough day, just 2/6

 

1 : ( The Ed Morrison Show. Well, at least I got as far as Ed, but couldn't remember his last name. D23

2 : ( Large Dogs. No idea. D12

3 : ( Germany. I considered the Scandinavian countries based on the last name, but went for the largest country where I figured "Brun" would be common. D31

4 : ) 5000m. This one at least was relatively simple. D11

5 : ) Cloud. I though this would be a gimme, but looking here it isn't, so my D00 not a good idea.

6 : ( Cyrus. I managed the link from Mazda to Zoroastrianism, but then went one step too far to someone historic and Persian/Iranian. D22

Jesse Day 20

2/6

1. The television series "Toast of the Town" debuted on CBS on the evening of Sunday, June 20, 1948, and remained in its time slot until its final episode on March 28, 1971, after being renamed in 1955 (after its long-time host) to what?
Correct Answer: THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
Your Answer: The Milton Berle Show
Points Assigned: 3

I considered Ed Sullivan, but went for Milton Berle instead. In retrospect, that feels really stupid. 

2. At dog shows sanctioned by the American Kennel Club and by the UK's Kennel Club, dogs are exhibited in seven different groups. While the group names and breeds within the groups do not match exactly, for both organizations, Boxers, Doberman Pinschers, Great Danes, Rottweilers, and Saint Bernards are all categorized within what group?
Correct Answer: WORKING GROUP
Your Answer: Large Dogs
Points Assigned: 2

I considered working dogs, but changed my answer to something much less likely to be right. 

3. A 19th-century man named Alexander Brun owned a villa he named "Louisiana" after his three wives, all of whom were named Louise. Many years later, this property was purchased and is now home to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, which is located in what country?
Correct Answer: DENMARK
Your Answer: Denmark
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to this museum! 

4. Which of the Olympic track and field events is the only one in which competitors run more than 10 but fewer than 20 laps around a standard-length outdoor track?
Correct Answer: 5000 METERS
Your Answer: 10,000 Meters
Points Assigned: 0

Ugh

5. A classic example of the use of simile is the first line (and title) of an 1804 poem by William Wordsworth, in which he writes, "I wandered lonely as a" what?
Correct Answer: CLOUD
Your Answer: Wolf
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

6. Works by Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Strauss were inspired by what prophet and worshipper of Ahura Mazda?
Correct Answer: ZARATHUSTRA (ZOROASTER)
Your Answer: Zoroaster
Points Assigned: 1

I am reading Sapiens and Zoraster was in a recent chapter, so it was fresh on my mind. 

David S Day 20

 2/6, and frankly lucky to get that. I found these hard. 

1. The Roy Rogers Show :(, D11. This was totally gettable, even for me. 
2. Mastiff :(, D20. I felt good about this one. I’m surprised to get it wrong. 
3. Germany :(, D12. I had no idea. 
4. 5000 meters :), D33. Had to be between 2.5 and 5 miles, so that left only this. 
5. Clam :(, D02. Ugh. I knew it was a CL word, but I couldn’t get there. I mixed up the happy as a clam idiom. 
6. Zoroaster :), D21. Definitely did not expect to get this. I did know that Mazda had something to do with Zoroastrianism, and that was the sole basis for this guess. Without this I’d have had two 1/6s in 3 days. 

Marcus LL103 Match Day 20 -- Confirmation

Player: BrowningM

1. The television series "Toast of the Town" debuted on CBS on the evening of Sunday, June 20, 1948, and remained in its time slot until its final episode on March 28, 1971, after being renamed in 1955 (after its long-time host) to what?
Correct Answer: THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
Your Answer: bob hope
Points Assigned: 1

Maybe should have got this bit hard for me 

2. At dog shows sanctioned by the American Kennel Club and by the UK's Kennel Club, dogs are exhibited in seven different groups. While the group names and breeds within the groups do not match exactly, for both organizations, Boxers, Doberman Pinschers, Great Danes, Rottweilers, and Saint Bernards are all categorized within what group?
Correct Answer: WORKING GROUP
Your Answer: working
Points Assigned: 2

Watch crufts occasionally 

3. A 19th-century man named Alexander Brun owned a villa he named "Louisiana" after his three wives, all of whom were named Louise. Many years later, this property was purchased and is now home to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, which is located in what country?
Correct Answer: DENMARK
Your Answer: france
Points Assigned: 3

How does anyone know this unless they have been there? 

4. Which of the Olympic track and field events is the only one in which competitors run more than 10 but fewer than 20 laps around a standard-length outdoor track?
Correct Answer: 5000 METERS
Your Answer: 5000m
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme

5. A classic example of the use of simile is the first line (and title) of an 1804 poem by William Wordsworth, in which he writes, "I wandered lonely as a" what?
Correct Answer: CLOUD
Your Answer: cloud
Points Assigned: 1

Hard to think of a more famous poem 

6. Works by Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Strauss were inspired by what prophet and worshipper of Ahura Mazda?
Correct Answer: ZARATHUSTRA (ZOROASTER)
Your Answer: Zoroaster
Points Assigned: 2

Don't know how hard this plays 

Brian Day 19

 3/6.  I have no wins in my last four matches with 4 and 5 correct; my last win was with 3 correct so maybe I'll get lucky despite terrible defense.

1) Teletubbies 2/1 Have never heard of them

2) Faroe Islands 0/2  Have never heard of this

3) Zenith 2/1  aahh, a nice old person question

4) Australian rules football 1/2  I might have guessed this without the three-word name, but that certainly narrowed it down

5) Fine bud dude  1/0  Shoot, i've heard of this.  I need to do more drugs

6) Tianmen  square 3/3 Huh, i never knew how to spell it.  I did not think this would be correct and it would be something I hadn't heard of, so this is prob terrible defense.  

Dave M day 19

4/6 for me today too, same correct answers as everyone else. I guessed Irish Women's Choir for #1 and glad nobody else knows it either, happy with my D3. On #3, guessed RCA like most of you.

Jesse Day 19

4/6?

1. Mairéad Carlin, Muirgen O'Mahony, Órla Fallon, Éabha McMahon, Méav Ni Mhaolchatha, and Hayley Westenra are all current or former members of what musical ensemble and public television staple founded in Dublin in 2004?
Correct Answer: CELTIC WOMAN
Your Answer: Riverdance
Points Assigned: 2

Never heard of them. Those are very Celtic names. 

2. A secure storage facility for the world's crop seeds known as the Global Seed Vault is located on the island of Spitsbergen, the largest island in an archipelago governed by Norway and located halfway between the country's mainland and the North Pole. What is the name of this island group?
Correct Answer: SVALBARD
Your Answer: Svalbard
Points Assigned: 1

I have considered offering trips there. 

3. The "Space Command" remote control was an innovation of what television manufacturer, whose slogan was "The quality goes in before the name goes on", and which was the last major company to produce TVs in the US when it ceased production in the 1990s?
Correct Answer: ZENITH
Your Answer: RCA
Points Assigned: 3

Darn. I had a Zenith TV when I was a kid. 

4. A scoreline such as 14.11 (95), indicating 14 goals, 11 behinds, and 95 points, is typical in what sport? (Note, please give the full three-word name by which the sport is widely known.)
Correct Answer: AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
Your Answer: Aussie Rules Football
Points Assigned: 2

I think my answer will be acceptable. 

5. The two most common strains of cannabis have Latin names—indica, meaning "from India", and what other, meaning "cultivated"?
Correct Answer: SATIVA
Your Answer: Sativa
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

6. In a historical sense, the man who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1982 to 1987, Hu Yaobang, is now closely associated—especially his death—with what iconic Chinese landmark built in the 17th century?
Correct Answer: TIANANMEN SQUARE
Your Answer: Tianimin Square
Points Assigned: 1

It was the only thing that historically made sense with the dates.

Marcus LL103 Match Day 19 -- Confirmation

Player: BrowningM

1. Mairéad Carlin, Muirgen O'Mahony, Órla Fallon, Éabha McMahon, Méav Ni Mhaolchatha, and Hayley Westenra are all current or former members of what musical ensemble and public television staple founded in Dublin in 2004?
Correct Answer: CELTIC WOMAN
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1

Never heard of them

2. A secure storage facility for the world's crop seeds known as the Global Seed Vault is located on the island of Spitsbergen, the largest island in an archipelago governed by Norway and located halfway between the country's mainland and the North Pole. What is the name of this island group?
Correct Answer: SVALBARD
Your Answer: Svalbard
Points Assigned: 3

Simple but my opponent is bad at geography 

3. The "Space Command" remote control was an innovation of what television manufacturer, whose slogan was "The quality goes in before the name goes on", and which was the last major company to produce TVs in the US when it ceased production in the 1990s?
Correct Answer: ZENITH
Your Answer: RCA
Points Assigned: 2

Tricky for a Brit

4. A scoreline such as 14.11 (95), indicating 14 goals, 11 behinds, and 95 points, is typical in what sport? (Note, please give the full three-word name by which the sport is widely known.)
Correct Answer: AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
Your Answer: Australian Rules football
Points Assigned: 2

Gimme

5. The two most common strains of cannabis have Latin names—indica, meaning "from India", and what other, meaning "cultivated"?
Correct Answer: SATIVA
Your Answer: Sativa
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme but I'd much rather have a couple of pints 

6. In a historical sense, the man who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1982 to 1987, Hu Yaobang, is now closely associated—especially his death—with what iconic Chinese landmark built in the 17th century?
Correct Answer: TIANANMEN SQUARE
Your Answer: Tiannmen square
Points Assigned: 1

Hard to come up with any other guess

David S Day 19

 4/6. Disappointed because I thought I might have had all 6. 

1. Riverdance :(, D13. Not really sure if this counts as a group, but it was certainly the best guess I could come up with. I definitely wasn’t confident. 
2. Svalbard :), D32. Gimme for me, but I suspect this plays hard. 
3. Sharp :(, D22. Of course! I felt really good about this answer, but of course it was Zenith. 
4. Australian Rules Football :), D01. Gimme.
5. Sativa :), D11. Offered without comment. 
6. Tiananmen Square :), D20. Happy to get this. I was debating it a lot, but the year seemed to make sense. Now that I’ve submitted, I Googled the history of this. 

Brian Day 18 vs Seif (LLL)

 4/6

1) Red Cross 3/2  Esperanto never crossed my mind.  I knew the italicized words were a clue but couldn't decipher it.  A lot easier than i thought

2) Capacitance 0/2  physics gimme, i think capacity will be the MCW

3) Merkel 2/1  If there weren't a Patriots question, I'd have given Dave a zero here

4) Rans 2/0  On first read, I thought this was asking for the team who defeated the Pats twice, and didn't know why he said the location was not required.  Once I had my coffee, it made sense

5) Utopia 1/1  Well that's unfortunate

6) De Niro, Pesci 1/3  Irishman = De Niro and Scorcese; 1990 & 1995 = Goodfellas and Casino.  I'm a little worried the Goodfellas question from pub trivia last night will still be on Dave's mind.  

Congrats Dave!!!  A crushing 8(5)-4(4) defeat for me.

Jesse Day 18

3/6

1. To promote international cooperation (kunlaboron) and world peace (mondpacon), what did Polish physician (pola kuracisto) L. L. Zamenhof invent in 1887?
Correct Answer: ESPERANTO
Your Answer: Esperanto
Points Assigned: 2

When my daughter was 7 she started learning Esperanto on Duolingo. She did not make it very far. That would have looked odd on a college application. 

2. In electrical engineering, what's the most common (and precise) term for the property of a conductor or circuit, measured in farads (F), that is defined as its ability to store and release electric charge?
Correct Answer: CAPACITANCE
Your Answer: Capacity
Points Assigned: 3

I am guessing my answer won't be acceptable. I have never heard of the word. 

3. Who is the most famous person today to have earned a doctorate in physics from the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in East Berlin in 1986, working for a time as a researcher before she decided to shift careers a few years later?
Correct Answer: ANGELA MERKEL
Your Answer: Merkel
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie?

4. In their six Super Bowl wins, the New England Patriots defeated five other franchises. Name the one franchise that the Patriots defeated twice. Note, only the team name (e.g., "Patriots") is needed—the team's location is not required.
Correct Answer: (ST. LOUIS/LOS ANGELES) RAMS
Your Answer: Rams
Points Assigned: 2

The clue pointed towards a team that moved. I could remember one of the Patriots v Rams wins, so that was enough for me to go with them. The only other team that moved is the Raiders. 

5. What idealized land of rural contentment, literally a mountainous district in the southern Greek Peloponnese, provides the title for Sir Philip Sidney's 1590 prose romance and Tom Stoppard's 1993 stage play?
Correct Answer: ARCADIA
Your Answer: Nafplio
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea. My company runs a tour of Greece, and on the Peloponnese we stay in the city of Nafplio. My opponent is amazing at Theatre and film, hence the low score for what I felt was the most difficult question. 

6. The 2019 movie The Irishman was the fourth cinematic appearance of what acting duo with that movie's director? They previously appeared together in his movies in 1980, 1990, and 1995. (Note: Name the acting duo.)
Correct Answer: ROBERT DE NIRO, JOE PESCI
Your Answer: Pacino/De Niro
Points Assigned: 0

I knew both De Niro and Pacino were in the Irishman. 

Marcus LL103 Match Day 18 -- Confirmation

5 and didn't have a clue on the other

Player: BrowningM

1. To promote international cooperation (kunlaboron) and world peace (mondpacon), what did Polish physician (pola kuracisto) L. L. Zamenhof invent in 1887?
Correct Answer: ESPERANTO
Your Answer: esperatanto
Points Assigned: 3

Got there in the end 

2. In electrical engineering, what's the most common (and precise) term for the property of a conductor or circuit, measured in farads (F), that is defined as its ability to store and release electric charge?
Correct Answer: CAPACITANCE
Your Answer: capacitance
Points Assigned:

Easy of you've done some science otherwise will be very hard

3. Who is the most famous person today to have earned a doctorate in physics from the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in East Berlin in 1986, working for a time as a researcher before she decided to shift careers a few years later?
Correct Answer: ANGELA MERKEL
Your Answer: angela merkel
Points Assigned: 1

I think it would be very hard to name the second most famous person

4. In their six Super Bowl wins, the New England Patriots defeated five other franchises. Name the one franchise that the Patriots defeated twice. Note, only the team name (e.g., "Patriots") is needed—the team's location is not required.
Correct Answer: (ST. LOUIS/LOS ANGELES) RAMS
Your Answer: bills
Points Assigned: 0

Didn't have a clue but presume it's easy

5. What idealized land of rural contentment, literally a mountainous district in the southern Greek Peloponnese, provides the title for Sir Philip Sidney's 1590 prose romance and Tom Stoppard's 1993 stage play?
Correct Answer: ARCADIA
Your Answer: arcadia
Points Assigned: 2

You do not suppose, my lady that if all of Archimedes had been hiding in the great library of Alexandria we would be at a loss for a corkscrew ?

Best play ever 

6. The 2019 movie The Irishman was the fourth cinematic appearance of what acting duo with that movie's director? They previously appeared together in his movies in 1980, 1990, and 1995. (Note: Name the acting duo.)
Correct Answer: ROBERT DE NIRO, JOE PESCI
Your Answer: de niro pesci
Points Assigned: 1

Easy but someone may say Pacino