Thursday, December 12, 2024

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 

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