Jesse day 14

4/6

1. What mathematical term, which may have an astrological homophone depending on one's accent, refers to a surface formed by revolving a circle around an axis in its plane?
Correct Answer: TORUS
Your Answer: Torus
Points Assigned: 3

I was pretty sure Torus was a thing. 

2. A certain marmot named Phil is linked to a tradition that may or may not involve three fortnights. In what US state does this soothsayer reside?
Correct Answer: PENNSYLVANIA
Your Answer: Pennsylvania
Points Assigned: 0

One of my favorite films and live in PA. 

3. The historical game jeu de paume, which originated in France and evolved over centuries, is today known as the "court", "royal", or "real" version of what sport?
Correct Answer: TENNIS
Your Answer: Tennis
Points Assigned: 1

Seemed like the most reasonable guess. 

4. What is the name of the Monegasque district on the Mediterranean coast founded in 1856 by and named after Charles Grimaldi (Prince Charles III)?
Correct Answer: MONTE CARLO
Your Answer: Monaco
Points Assigned: 2

Shoot. Oh well. Very gettable.

5. Mary Norton's Borrowers and Alice near the beginning of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—after imbibing from the "Drink Me" bottle—share a notable characteristic with what Hans Christian Andersen heroine, who marries the flower-fairy prince?
Correct Answer: THUMBELINA
Your Answer: They are giant
Points Assigned: 1

I misread the question. I was getting this wrong either way. 

6. In internal combustion engine vehicles, metals like platinum, palladium, and rhodium are most commonly found in what component?
Correct Answer: CATALYTIC CONVERTER
Your Answer: Catalytic Converter
Points Assigned: 2

It took me a while to get the words into my head. 

Brian I chiming in

 Agree with Seif, soundalike rule is in effect, Taurus pays.  And maybe it's my Long Island accent, but I've always pronounced torus and Taurus the same.   Unfortunately I don't pronounce Monte Carlo and Monaco the same.

Reminder if you have a yearning for more Learned League this weekend, the mid-season classic posts tomorrow, due Monday. 

David S Addendum

 I got paid (when I don’t think I should have) for “Maritte” vs “Magritte.” I think “Taurus” will pay today, and I think it should given the sounds-like rule. I don’t see any reason that shouldn’t apply here. We’ll see. 

Torus vs Taurus


Marcus here and I had an offline conversation with David S and I agree with Dave M and given a homophone by definition has a different spelling that Taurus shouldn't play.

Brian Day 14 vs Marcus (LLL)

 4/6 with a bad mistake on a gimme that will cost me, though Marcus likely ran the table anyway

1) Torus 1/1   Was picturing a sphere until the zodiac clue

2) Pennsylvania 1/3 Hoping Marcus skipped the movie and the U.S. question trips him up, I have no hope otherwise

3) Croquet 3/2  no idea

4) Monaco 0/0  brain fart. The question asked for district, not the state.

5) Thumbelina 2/1  Watched it with my kids when they were young

6) catalytic converter 2/2  Platinum was the giveaway

Dave M day 14

3-4 out of 6 today heading into the weekend. Brian excellent defense yesterday keeping us to a draw.

 

My LLL opponent today is fresh this season and has a total % correct rate of .866. Lowest category is .737. Suspicious.

 

1 : | Taurus. I had no idea so guessed a zodiac sign that sounded mathematical. Unlike David S I'm not sure if this plays or not. D21

2 : ) Pennsylvania. Lots of ways to get at this gimme I think, D00

3 : ) Tennis. I listened to a podcast on the French Revolution recently and certain key early events took place in a tennis court in Versailles – which prompted a short digression into royal tennis. D22

4 : ( Monaco. Right district, wrong name. D11

5 : ( Intoxication. Was way off here. D33

6 : ) Catalytic Converter. Pretty simple Q, D12

David S Day 14

 4/6. 

1. Taurus :), D12. Didn’t realize I was supposed to put down the shape instead of the sign, but doesn’t matter. In what accent would these sound different?
2. Pennsylvania :), D21. Thanks to the movie Groundhog Day. 
3. Volleyball :(, D01. Got caught up on the literal translation, “game of palms.”
4. Monte Carlo :), D10. Surprised this was named so recently, but no doubt here. 
5. The Little Mermaid :(, D32. It all makes sense now that I see the answer. But I had no chance since I didn’t know Thumbelina was from Hans Christian Andersen. 
6. Catalytic converter :), D23. Gimme. 

Marcus LL104 Match Day 14 -- Confirmation

Finally got a 6 pack

Player: BrowningM

1. What mathematical term, which may have an astrological homophone depending on one's accent, refers to a surface formed by revolving a circle around an axis in its plane?
Correct Answer: TORUS
Your Answer: torus
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nice clue 

2. A certain marmot named Phil is linked to a tradition that may or may not involve three fortnights. In what US state does this soothsayer reside?
Correct Answer: PENNSYLVANIA
Your Answer: pennsylvania
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Thanks to Bill Murray

3. The historical game jeu de paume, which originated in France and evolved over centuries, is today known as the "court", "royal", or "real" version of what sport?
Correct Answer: TENNIS
Your Answer: tennis
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

4. What is the name of the Monegasque district on the Mediterranean coast founded in 1856 by and named after Charles Grimaldi (Prince Charles III)?
Correct Answer: MONTE CARLO
Your Answer: monte carlo
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Obviously Monaco vs Monte Carlo is the issue here but Charles being Carlo saved the day 

5. Mary Norton's Borrowers and Alice near the beginning of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—after imbibing from the "Drink Me" bottle—share a notable characteristic with what Hans Christian Andersen heroine, who marries the flower-fairy prince?
Correct Answer: THUMBELINA
Your Answer: thumbelina
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Perhaps the most disturbing fairy tail I ever read my kids.

6. In internal combustion engine vehicles, metals like platinum, palladium, and rhodium are most commonly found in what component?
Correct Answer: CATALYTIC CONVERTER
Your Answer: catalyic convertor
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Another gimme 

Jesse Day 13

3/6

1. The title of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) was held by what individual who oversaw the post-World War II occupation of Japan from 1945 until his dismissal by President Harry S. Truman in 1951?
Correct Answer: DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
Your Answer: McArthur
Points Assigned: 1

This was just mentioned in relation to Trump firing lots of generals. 

2. Laverie Automatique, located on Place du Marché Saint-Honoré in Paris's First Arrondissement near the Jardin des Tuileries, is one of many places that could reasonably be described using the name of what renowned restaurant in Napa Valley's wine country?
Correct Answer: FRENCH LAUNDRY
Your Answer: French Laundry
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like this will play easy. 

3. A 1969 Bob Fosse-choreographed number featuring Gwen Verdon, titled "Mexican Breakfast", clearly inspired the music video for what chart-topping, award-winning song from 2008, taken from the album I Am... Sasha Fierce?
Correct Answer: SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
Your Answer: Single Ladies
Points Assigned: 1

It is an iconic dance and I don't know many other Beyoncé songs. 

4. What word refers to the highest category of roads in the UK's "Strategic Road Network"? Roads in this category are designated with a prefix or suffix that matches this word's first letter.
Correct Answer: MOTORWAYS
Your Answer: Major
Points Assigned: 2

I got the M part. 

5. Derived from a word meaning "to stride over" (or perhaps "to leg over"), what term in poetry describes the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation or pause?
Correct Answer: ENJAMBMENT
Your Answer: Astride
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of it. 

6. What term refers to the sugary fluid, up to 90% sucrose in some species, that flows through the phloem of plants to store and transport carbohydrates produced during photosynthesis?
Correct Answer: SAP
Your Answer: Nectar
Points Assigned: 2

That makes more sense than my answer. 

Brian Day 13 Double the Mirkin, Double the Fun

 Somehow eked out a win with only 2 yesterday.   But I expect my 1/6 today will give Dave M wins in both LL and LLL.   

1) Eisenhower D2  Lost the coin flip.  

2) Laundromat D2  Had car wash for awhile, then Laundromat clicked as the restaurant's name.  Except it wasn't.

3) Single Ladies  D1  I think this is the last music video I've seen.  I hesitated to give Dave a D1 in pop music, but this song and video were everywhere in pop culture.

4) Premiere D1 no chance for me, prob easy for Dave.

5) Iambic D3 no clue

6) Nectar D0 oh for the love of G-d this day is not going well for me I didn't even think about sap

Wow.  A 2(1)-2(2) tie.   I fully expect to lose with a 5 tomorrow.

Dave M day 13 v Brian LL & LLL

The rare day when my opponent is common to both LL and LLL. A terrible 2/6 shouldn't trouble Brian too much.

 

1 : ( Patton. Silly mistake. I knew it was Macarthur should have been more patient before posting. D0

2 : ( Laundromat. Laverie got me there but I for some reason was then very confident that there was a restaurant called Laundromat. I'd have got French Laundry again if I'd waited a couple of minutes. D2

3 : ) Single Ladies. Hopefully a correct music question gets me some points. I was young and gay enough at the time to remember Sasha Fierce is Beyonce. D2

4 : ) Motorway. UK Gimme. D1

5 : ( Hurdle. No idea. D3

6 : ( Nectar. Third question of the day where slowing down would have helped.  D1

David S Day 13

 3/6. Was sure I had 2 and thought I might have had 4. 

1. MacArthur :), D11. Gimme. 
2. French Laundry :), D00. Cute question. I was certain here. 
3. I’m Yours :(, D33. Zero clue. 
4. Major :(, D23. Too bad. I knew it was an M. Didn’t know what it stood for. I assumed it was an adjective for no good reason. 
5. Slip rhyme :(, D22. No idea. 
6. Sap :), D11. I questioned whether this was right because it seemed too obvious. But I didn’t have any other guess. 

Marcus LL104 Match Day 13 -- Confirmation

3/6 today, worst of the season and I don't think my defence was much good either.

Player: BrowningM

1. The title of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) was held by what individual who oversaw the post-World War II occupation of Japan from 1945 until his dismissal by President Harry S. Truman in 1951?
Correct Answer: DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
Your Answer: McArthur
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Presumably we get a few Eisenhowers

2. Laverie Automatique, located on Place du Marché Saint-Honoré in Paris's First Arrondissement near the Jardin des Tuileries, is one of many places that could reasonably be described using the name of what renowned restaurant in Napa Valley's wine country?
Correct Answer: FRENCH LAUNDRY
Your Answer: Laundromat
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

My O level French could only get me so far without having heard of the restaurant 

3. A 1969 Bob Fosse-choreographed number featuring Gwen Verdon, titled "Mexican Breakfast", clearly inspired the music video for what chart-topping, award-winning song from 2008, taken from the album I Am... Sasha Fierce?
Correct Answer: SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not a clue 

4. What word refers to the highest category of roads in the UK's "Strategic Road Network"? Roads in this category are designated with a prefix or suffix that matches this word's first letter.
Correct Answer: MOTORWAYS
Your Answer: motorway
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme even for Americans ?

5. Derived from a word meaning "to stride over" (or perhaps "to leg over"), what term in poetry describes the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation or pause?
Correct Answer: ENJAMBMENT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I think this is very hard and I'm usually good on poetry 

6. What term refers to the sugary fluid, up to 90% sucrose in some species, that flows through the phloem of plants to store and transport carbohydrates produced during photosynthesis?
Correct Answer: SAP
Your Answer: sap
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I guess a lot of people will say nectar 

Dave M day 12

4/6 today including the sports question which hopefully results in a nice high score

 

1 : ) Louisiana. Pretty simple American History? D01

2 : ( Lithium. Got taken in by the "Lith" in Litharge. D22

3 : ( Hobbes. I could only think of one 17^th C Philosopher. D22

4 : ) Tropic. Seems pretty straight forward geography. D11

5 : ) Novo Nordisk. Business crowd will find this easy. D10

6 : ) Watt. I know of JJ Watt and lucky-guessed based on one of the brothers' names starting with J. D33

Fwd: LL104 Match Day 12 -- Confirmation

4/6 today with a horrid miss

Player: BrowningM

1. By way of 1800's Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, in exchange for territories in Tuscany, Napoleon Bonaparte (re-)acquired what North American territory, which he subsequently sold three years later?
Correct Answer: LOUISIANA
Your Answer: Louisiana
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme ish?

2. While minor sources include anglesite, cerussite, and litharge, the main ore of what metallic element is the sulfide galena?
Correct Answer: LEAD
Your Answer: Lead
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Being a chemist helpful again

3. Published in 1637, Discourse on the Method was the first major work of what "father of modern philosophy"?
Correct Answer: RENÉ DESCARTES
Your Answer: Hobbes
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Horrible miss, I know Levaithan was written about 1650 and was too anglocentric 

4. What word, derived etymologically from Latin and earlier Greek words relating to turning, refers to a terrestrial boundary where the sun appears to "turn back" after reaching its maximum distance from Earth's equator?
Correct Answer: TROPIC
Your Answer: Tropic
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Gave too many points for this 

5. What company, listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen, saw its market capitalization surpass Denmark's gross domestic product in August 2023?
Correct Answer: NOVO NORDISK
Your Answer: Novo Nordisk
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

6. Justin and Trent are the first names (though they don't go by those names) of brothers and multi-year NFL All-Pro defensive players whose last name is what?
Correct Answer: WATT
Your Answer: Alexander-Arnold
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


Didn't have a clue so went with Liverpool's right back who I hope doesn't go to Real Madrid 

David S Day 12

Solid 5/6. (I still can’t believe I missed churro yesterday. It’s the easiest question I’ve ever missed.)

1. Louisiana :), D01. Gimme. 
2. Tin :(, D21. Didn’t know it. Not sure if lead would have been my next guess or not, but it was high on my list. 
3. Descartes :), D22. Early 1600s could only be him. 
4. Tropic :), D10. Happy to get this. The tropics of Cancer and Capricorn refer to the farthest the direct sun gets from the equator, so it made sense. 
5. Novo Nordisk :), D12. Only possibility. 
6. Watt :), D33. Would never have gotten this without the clue in the parenthetical. I had no idea what their actual first names were, only the initials. 

Brian Day 11

 5/6

1) Andorra 2/2  Catalan leaves only one choice

2) Churro 0/0  gimme of the day?

3) Dreams 2/1   My favorite Van Hagar song paired with the Ocean Spray Cranberry Fleetwood Mac tik tok song.  Hmm, I wonder if that Cranberry juice/Cranberries connection was intentional?

4) house un-american activities committee 1/1   Surprised it lasted until 1975, thought it was killed after McCarthy, but it was the only thing I could think of

5) heroic 3/3  no idea

6) pike, tuck 1/2  I've watched enough Olympic diving

Dave M day 11

3/6 today as I found today's questions tough

 

1 : ) Andorra. But not the first one, geography gimme. D22

2 : ) Churro. Have enjoyed throughout the Spanish speaking world. D00

3 : ( Zombie. Only know two Cranberries songs. D13

4 : ) HUAC. I didn't know this but had a guess at a four letter combo. Start with House, end with Committee, and put unethical activities in the middle? Paid off. D21

5 : ( Romantic. No idea. D11

6 : ( Tuck, Curved. Got one out of two at least. D32

Jesse day 11

4/6

1. What microstate is notable for having Europe's highest capital city in elevation, for having no airport or railway station, and for being the only country in the world to have Catalan as its sole official language?
Correct Answer: ANDORRA
Your Answer: Andora
Points Assigned: 0

I am planning on visiting Andorra over Thanksgiving break this year. 

2. Sticks of dough that are fried, coated in sugar, and sometimes dipped in chocolate — this describes numerous desserts all over the world, but in Spain and Latin America, they're often known by what name, purportedly after a breed of Spanish sheep with ridged horns?
Correct Answer: CHURROS
Your Answer: Churos
Points Assigned: 1

I have mostly only had Churros in Mexico, so was concerned there was a different name for them elsewhere. 

3. In 1977, it was the second single released from Fleetwood Mac's Rumours LP; in 1986, the second single during Van Halen's Sammy Hagar era; and in 1992, the debut single by the Irish band The Cranberries. What is this one-word title?
Correct Answer: DREAMS
Your Answer: Dreams
Points Assigned: 2

I was pretty sure Fleetwood Mac never had a song named Zombie. Linger neither. And then Dreams came into my head for both artists. I don't know Van Halen all that well. 

4. What was the name of the committee of the US House of Representatives established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty and subversion among federal government employees, before finally being abolished in 1975? (Full name or common 4-letter abbreviation acceptable.)
Correct Answer: UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (HUAC)
Your Answer: NCUB
Points Assigned: 1

I gut Un-American as one word and Committee. My opponent is very good at American history. 

5. The period of Roman literature during which Virgil, Ovid, and Horace flourished, and an era of English literature with which Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and John Dryden are associated, are both known as what "Age"?
Correct Answer: AUGUSTAN
Your Answer: Romantic
Points Assigned: 2

Nope!

6. In competitive platform and springboard diving, there are diving positions based on four distinct shapes of the body, categorized by the letters A through D. A is "Straight" position and D is "Free" position—what positions do B and C represent? (Two answers required, in either order.)
Correct Answer: PIKE, TUCK
Your Answer: Tuck, Pike
Points Assigned: 3

Those were two words that came to mind. 

David S Day 11 vs Marcus (LLL)

A weak 2/6 against Marcus. I wish I’d played him yesterday when I got all 6! 

1. Andorra :), D00. Gimme and I’m confident also a gimme for Marcus. 
2. Ram :(, D31. Ugh. This was so gettable. Not sure what I was thinking. 
3. Zombies :(, D13. Proud of myself for at least knowing of one Cranberries song, but of course still wrong. 
4. House Un-American Activities Committee :), D12. Gimme, though I had to make sure I got the word order right. 
5. Enlightenment :(, D21. Nope!
6. Pike, roll :(, D22. Frustrating miss. Roll was a bad guess since it’s an action, not a position. That said, I’m not sure I could have come up with tuck. 

Marcus LL104 Match Day 11 -- Confirmation



5/6 vs Seif LLL hopefully it will be enough and i had a miracle with the committee 

Player: BrowningM

1. What microstate is notable for having Europe's highest capital city in elevation, for having no airport or railway station, and for being the only country in the world to have Catalan as its sole official language?
Correct Answer: ANDORRA
Your Answer: Andora
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Seif is 100 pct on this one 

2. Sticks of dough that are fried, coated in sugar, and sometimes dipped in chocolate — this describes numerous desserts all over the world, but in Spain and Latin America, they're often known by what name, purportedly after a breed of Spanish sheep with ridged horns?
Correct Answer: CHURROS
Your Answer: churros
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Easy if you've ever been to Spain 

3. In 1977, it was the second single released from Fleetwood Mac's Rumours LP; in 1986, the second single during Van Halen's Sammy Hagar era; and in 1992, the debut single by the Irish band The Cranberries. What is this one-word title?
Correct Answer: DREAMS
Your Answer: dreams
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I like fleetwood mac 

4. What was the name of the committee of the US House of Representatives established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty and subversion among federal government employees, before finally being abolished in 1975? (Full name or common 4-letter abbreviation acceptable.)
Correct Answer: UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (HUAC)
Your Answer: un american activities committee
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew it was mcarthy and about being  Un American but I had no expectation of this being correct and it's a good job I wrote it out long hand given the abbreaviaton!

5. The period of Roman literature during which Virgil, Ovid, and Horace flourished, and an era of English literature with which Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and John Dryden are associated, are both known as what "Age"?
Correct Answer: AUGUSTAN
Your Answer: golden
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Everyone is gong to say golden aren't they? Augustan for English lit? I'll have to google it

6. In competitive platform and springboard diving, there are diving positions based on four distinct shapes of the body, categorized by the letters A through D. A is "Straight" position and D is "Free" position—what positions do B and C represent? (Two answers required, in either order.)
Correct Answer: PIKE, TUCK
Your Answer: pike tuck
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp:2

Olympics gimme 

Jesse Day 10

3 or 4/6

1. In 1916, Irish republicans launched an armed uprising intended to end British rule and establish an independent Irish Republic. This particular rebellion, which was suppressed by British forces after six days, was initiated immediately after what holiday?
Correct Answer: EASTER
Your Answer: Good Friday
Points Assigned: 2

I had easter down and then switched to Good Friday last minute. 

2. What is the common name given to the standard code that was developed in America in 1963 and used for information interchange by encoding the letters A-Z, digits 0-9, punctuation marks, and other characters in binary form? This code was later extended by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Correct Answer: ASCII
Your Answer: Hex
Points Assigned: 2

I knew Hex was for colors, but I could not pull ASCII out of my brain. 

3. A certain system and approach to acting is associated with the techniques originated by the Russian Konstantin Stanislavsky, and came into wider use in the mid-20th century thanks in large part to Lee Strasberg and others at New York's Actors Studio. What is the best-known term for this emotionally immersive approach to acting?
Correct Answer: METHOD ACTING
Your Answer: Method acting
Points Assigned: 1

Easy for a film major.

4. The year 622 CE marks the beginning of what lunar 12-month calendar? This calendar follows a cycle of each year having 354 or 355 days, with (in its tabular variation) leap years that include the additional day in 11 out of 30 years.
Correct Answer: ISLAMIC (HIJRI) CALENDAR
Your Answer: Arabic Calendar
Points Assigned: 1

I debated the Islamic or Arabic calendar and went the wrong way. I may get credit for this. 

5. Hungarian-born conductor George Szell received international acclaim during his time from 1946 until his death in 1970 as the musical director of the symphony orchestra in what US city? At the start of his tenure, the city was near its peak population of 915,000 (today, it's less than half of that).
Correct Answer: CLEVELAND
Your Answer: Cleveland
Points Assigned: 3

When I went through my classical phase I had a whole bunch of recordings with Szell. 

6. Oslo's National Museum of Norway is home to the most famous version of what 1893 painting, which is widely regarded as the most famous painting by a Norwegian?
Correct Answer: THE SCREAM
Your Answer: The Scream
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

Brian Day 10

 Congrats on the six-packs, Daves!  4/6 for me

1) Easter 1/1 not quite a gimme, but close

2) unicode 0/2  bad miss for me, I knew unicode was too recent but didn't think it through

3) method 3/0  seemed to fit

4) Islamic 1/3  Didn't know if this was the proper name for it, but the timing fit

5) Pittsburgh 2/2    I have no sense for city sizes, I'm too skewed by NYC. I was between Detroit and Pittsburgh, thought Detroit was too big to only have 1M people

6) The Scream 2/1  at first thought it was a rare art gimme for me, then I second-guessed myself with Klimt, but luckily stuck with my initial thought. 

Dave M day 10

The elusive 6-pack lands today with a handful of questions that I was pretty much sure about for all of them.

 

1 : ) Easter. Simple UK history Q. D22

2 : ) ASCII. Computer Science 101. D11

3 : ) Method Acting. Seems like a more general gimme. D00

4 : ) Islamic. Date was the giveaway. D33

5 : ) Cleveland. I know Cleveland has a great symphony and the rust belt population figures tracked. Detroit was both bigger than Cleveland at peak and was smaller at trough. D22

6 : ) Scream. I think most with even a passing knowledge of Norway will get this. D11

David S Day 10

 6/6. Boom! I was confident of 4 but feel lucky to have gotten all 6. 

1. Easter :), D20. World history gimme. 
2. ASCII :), D22. Didn’t think this was going to be right. I had so many possibilities in my mind. That said, I wonder whether this is one of the easier questions of the day. 
3. Method :), D13. I always thought Lee Strasberg was great in the Godfather II and spent some time learning about him when I was in college. 
4. Islamic :), D01. Right time period and a calendar that does not average to 365ish days. Could only be this. 
5. Cleveland :), D12. Very tricky. All I had to go on here was the population history. I put down Detroit originally (which I strongly suspect will be the MCW) but then realized that it peaked at well over 1mm people. Cleveland then seemed like the best guess, though I also considered Milwaukee. 
6. The Scream :), D31. I knew this was in Norway, so I thought this would be right. 

Marcus LL104 Match Day 10 -- Confirmation

5/6 on what I think is a very easy day

Player: BrowningM

1. In 1916, Irish republicans launched an armed uprising intended to end British rule and establish an independent Irish Republic. This particular rebellion, which was suppressed by British forces after six days, was initiated immediately after what holiday?
Correct Answer: EASTER
Your Answer: easter
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme (for a Brit anyway )

2. What is the common name given to the standard code that was developed in America in 1963 and used for information interchange by encoding the letters A-Z, digits 0-9, punctuation marks, and other characters in binary form? This code was later extended by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Correct Answer: ASCII
Your Answer: ASCII
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Gimme

3. A certain system and approach to acting is associated with the techniques originated by the Russian Konstantin Stanislavsky, and came into wider use in the mid-20th century thanks in large part to Lee Strasberg and others at New York's Actors Studio. What is the best-known term for this emotionally immersive approach to acting?
Correct Answer: METHOD ACTING
Your Answer: the method
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Gimme

4. The year 622 CE marks the beginning of what lunar 12-month calendar? This calendar follows a cycle of each year having 354 or 355 days, with (in its tabular variation) leap years that include the additional day in 11 out of 30 years.
Correct Answer: ISLAMIC (HIJRI) CALENDAR
Your Answer: Islamic
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I wondered if there was another name for it 

5. Hungarian-born conductor George Szell received international acclaim during his time from 1946 until his death in 1970 as the musical director of the symphony orchestra in what US city? At the start of his tenure, the city was near its peak population of 915,000 (today, it's less than half of that).
Correct Answer: CLEVELAND
Your Answer: Detroit
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

It was a reasonable guess based on depopulation 

6. Oslo's National Museum of Norway is home to the most famous version of what 1893 painting, which is widely regarded as the most famous painting by a Norwegian?
Correct Answer: THE SCREAM
Your Answer: the scream
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

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David S Addendum

“Maritte” did indeed pay, though I don’t think it should have. But both my opponents got six packs, and I took a double loss despite getting 5/6. 

Brian Day 9

3/6

1) environmental protection agency 0/0  gimme du jour

2) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2/1  I still refer to them as the D Rays

3) Condor 1/2 Dog Day Afternoon didn't come to mind, and I don't know if I would've made the connection to Dog Man if it did.  Unfortunately my kids never read these books    

4) Chagall 1/3  Knew the painting, knew the painter is French, that's as far as I got. 

5) Malawi 3/1  The only country I could name that fit

6) Pakistan 2/2  no idea

Jesse Day 9

3/6

1. Rachel Carson's groundbreaking 1962 work Silent Spring is widely credited as a contributing factor to the establishment of what U.S. federal regulatory body in 1970?
Correct Answer: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Your Answer: EPA
Points Assigned: 0

Easy for Americans.

2. What Major League Baseball franchise modified its team name in 2008? The change may not have been due to criticism from Christian groups, but it was immediately followed by a dramatic change in the team's results. Note, location and team name (current or former) required.
Correct Answer: TAMPA BAY (DEVIL) RAYS
Your Answer: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Points Assigned: 1

Easy for baseball fans.

3. What word appears in the titles of a 2025 film based on a bestselling graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, a 2021 Western drama directed by Jane Campion, and a 1975 crime drama classic directed by Sidney Lumet?
Correct Answer: DOG
Your Answer: Job
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

4. The bowler-hatted gentleman in 1964's The Son of Man is a self-portrait of what Walloon?
Correct Answer: RENÉ MAGRITTE
Your Answer: Apple
Points Assigned: 2

I knew the painting, but could not remember the name of the artist. 

5. What landlocked country located at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley shares its name with the lake that forms much of its eastern border?
Correct Answer: MALAWI
Your Answer: Malawi
Points Assigned: 2

Easy geography.

6. The individual of greatest international historical significance with the first name Syngman served from 1948 to 1960 as the president of what country?
Correct Answer: SOUTH KOREA/REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Your Answer: Indonesia
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. Datewise, Africa seemed unlikely. 

Dave M day 9

4/6 which I was happy with until I saw the two 5/6s below (David S I'm sure Maritte will pay).

 

1 : ) Environmental Protection Agency. 1970-2025? D10

2 : ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I wondered why the Devil was dropped in the several years between looking at the team lists, still not sure but I was primed for this question. D21

3 : ( Hill. No idea. I heard the Campion western is very good. D31

4 : ( Leopold. Would never have guessed Rene Magritte. D23

5 : ) Malawi. Simple geography Q. D02

6 : ) South Korea. At university we learnt the three presidents of pre-democracy SK – Rhee, Park, Chun, which I still have memorized for some reason. D12

David S Day 9

 4/6 and so close to 5. 

1. EPA :), D11. Seemed like the only possible choice given the timing. I did know a bit about the book, but I don’t think even that was necessary. 
2. Tampa Bay Rays :), D21. Gimme. 
3. Midnight :(, D22. No clue here. 
4. Maritte :(, D33. Ugh. So close here. I couldn’t quite remember the pronunciation and left out a critical G in the name. 
5. Malawi :), D00. Gimme for me. Both of my opponents are also great at geography. 
6. South Korea :), D12. Sort of have to know this. Even if you remember that he’s in We Didn’t Start the Fire, that doesn’t really tell you the country. 

Marcus LL104 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

5/6 which is a good score today, no easy questions and hard to defend 

Player: BrowningM

1. Rachel Carson's groundbreaking 1962 work Silent Spring is widely credited as a contributing factor to the establishment of what U.S. federal regulatory body in 1970?
Correct Answer: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Your Answer: EPA
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I watched dark waters recently or I wouldn't have got it

2. What Major League Baseball franchise modified its team name in 2008? The change may not have been due to criticism from Christian groups, but it was immediately followed by a dramatic change in the team's results. Note, location and team name (current or former) required.
Correct Answer: TAMPA BAY (DEVIL) RAYS
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I thought they were likely devils but I had no clue where they were from 

3. What word appears in the titles of a 2025 film based on a bestselling graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, a 2021 Western drama directed by Jane Campion, and a 1975 crime drama classic directed by Sidney Lumet?
Correct Answer: DOG
Your Answer: Dog
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I've not watched any of them 

4. The bowler-hatted gentleman in 1964's The Son of Man is a self-portrait of what Walloon?
Correct Answer: RENÉ MAGRITTE
Your Answer: Magritte
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

My opponent is v good at art hence the zero

5. What landlocked country located at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley shares its name with the lake that forms much of its eastern border?
Correct Answer: MALAWI
Your Answer: Malawi
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I like lake trivia 

6. The individual of greatest international historical significance with the first name Syngman served from 1948 to 1960 as the president of what country?
Correct Answer: SOUTH KOREA/REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Your Answer: south korea
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Maybe we should be studying the Korean War again …

Brian Day 8 vs David S (LLL)

2/6 thought this was a very difficult day and i had no idea how to defend

1) Desdemona 2/3  Forgot Desdemona was already a wife, not a bride-to-be, not that it would've mattered.  I don't even know the math angle, so I'm treating this as a literature question for defense

2) Armstrong 1/0  Shepard is the one recognizable name but that was enough

3) Thailand 3/2 no clue

4) plane 0/1  Took a shot at low defense for Dave as I thought he'd guess plane as well and it would be correct.  oh well.  This should clinch the victory for him

5) honey badger 2/2  Honey badger don't care.  Great videos on youtube if you didn't watch them ten years ago

6) harrod's 1/1  Bad miss,  couldn't place the language.  This will definitely give Dave the win.

Gave Dave a 3 on math and 1 on pop music, that is usually not a recipe for victory, but his defense was worse 4(2)-3(2)

Jesse Day 8

4/6

1. 1) The priestess of Greek legend who was the lover of Leander. 2) The Alexandrian mathematician who devised the formula for expressing the area of a triangle using its sides (one name for him, at least). 3) A falsely accused Shakespearean bride-to-be. These three all share what name?
Correct Answer: HERO
Your Answer: Ophelia
Points Assigned: 1

I read the greek legend within the past two years, I just have a terrible memory. The other two I had no idea. 

2. Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt are ten members of an exclusive group of twelve. Name either of the two missing members.
Correct Answer: NEIL ARMSTRONG, EDWIN/BUZZ ALDRIN
Your Answer: Armstrong
Points Assigned: 0

Alan Shepard was enough for me to get it. 

3. Mkhedruli is the name of a writing script used primarily for a language which belongs to the Kartvelian family of languages, which are primarily spoken in what country?
Correct Answer: GEORGIA
Your Answer: Georgia
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to Georgia and Kartvelian sounds Georgian to me. 

4. Songs from 2024 by Lainey Wilson and from 2025 by Travis Scott both include what vehicle type/mathematical expression in their titles?
Correct Answer: 4X4
Your Answer: F-150
Points Assigned: 3

Type! Shoot. I was on the right track I guess.

5. A mammal native to Africa and South Asia, distinctive for its coloration—dark brown to black with a pale yellowish-grey stripe extending from the top of its head along its back—as well as for its fearlessness, is known as a ratel but is better known as what?
Correct Answer: HONEY BADGER
Your Answer: Honey Badger
Points Assigned: 1

Ew, what's that in its mouth?

6. November 2021 saw the grand opening of a store in the Metro Manila city of Pasay that encompasses 65,000 square meters (700,000 sq ft), making it the company's largest. It surpassed a 55,000-square-meter facility that first opened in 1965 in a shopping area called Kungens Kurva, which translates to "The King's Bend" in English. What is the company?
Correct Answer: IKEA
Your Answer: Ikea
Points Assigned: 2

Kungens Karva sounded Scandanavain. 

Dave M day 8

4/6 today.

 

1 : ) Hero. I got this from Leander and then remembered Much ado about Nothing. I thought the triangle guy was Pythagoras. D13

2 : ) Neil Armstrong. Shepard got me there. D01

3 : ( India. Of course Georgia in restrospect, Mkhedruli looks like it could be a Georgian's last name.

4 : ) 4x4. Happy guess. I just went through car types until I got one that looked like math. I did briefly consider Infiniti. D32

5 : ( Lemur. No idea. D21

6 : ) Ikea. The Swedish/1965 gave it away. I'm surprised none of the stores opened in 55 years were bigger than one of the early ones. D10

Fwd: LL104 Match Day 8 -- Confirmation

4 again

Player: BrowningM

1. 1) The priestess of Greek legend who was the lover of Leander. 2) The Alexandrian mathematician who devised the formula for expressing the area of a triangle using its sides (one name for him, at least). 3) A falsely accused Shakespearean bride-to-be. These three all share what name?
Correct Answer: HERO
Your Answer: Hero
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Much ado about drowning polygons 

2. Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt are ten members of an exclusive group of twelve. Name either of the two missing members.
Correct Answer: NEIL ARMSTRONG, EDWIN/BUZZ ALDRIN
Your Answer: Neil Armstrong
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I'd have struggled without Shepard, it's remarkable how un-famous the rest are.

3. Mkhedruli is the name of a writing script used primarily for a language which belongs to the Kartvelian family of languages, which are primarily spoken in what country?
Correct Answer: GEORGIA
Your Answer: Albania
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Nah

4. Songs from 2024 by Lainey Wilson and from 2025 by Travis Scott both include what vehicle type/mathematical expression in their titles?
Correct Answer: 4X4
Your Answer: 4x4
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme ish?

5. A mammal native to Africa and South Asia, distinctive for its coloration—dark brown to black with a pale yellowish-grey stripe extending from the top of its head along its back—as well as for its fearlessness, is known as a ratel but is better known as what?
Correct Answer: HONEY BADGER
Your Answer: mongoose
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Very confident and very wrong 

6. November 2021 saw the grand opening of a store in the Metro Manila city of Pasay that encompasses 65,000 square meters (700,000 sq ft), making it the company's largest. It surpassed a 55,000-square-meter facility that first opened in 1965 in a shopping area called Kungens Kurva, which translates to "The King's Bend" in English. What is the company?
Correct Answer: IKEA
Your Answer: ikea
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Manila nearly put me off

David S Day 8 vs. Brian (LLL)

 A second straight 2/6, and against Brian to boot. Thought I might have had 4. Yuck. 

1. Hero :), D30. I only knew it from the triangle, and I suspect Brian will also get it that way. 
2. Armstrong :), D11. Almost got tripped up here and thought this was the Mercury astronauts (and put Glenn), but fortunately I caught myself. 
3. Armenia :(, D22. I was 50/50 between this and Georgia, and I picked the wrong one. 
4. Matrix :(, D02. I actually got kind of close here from a math perspective, but I had no clue at all. It was just a wild guess. 
5. Bonobo :(, D23. No idea. 
6. Walmart :(, D11. Really thought this would be right, but IKEA makes so much sense.