Thursday, December 19, 2024

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 

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