Thursday, February 27, 2025

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 

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