Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Marcus LL104 Match Day 16 -- Confirmation

4/6 vs Dave M LLL.  Not sure on my defence 

Player: BrowningM

1. What television series has been produced by United Plankton Pictures Inc. since the company's founding in 1998 by former marine science educator Stephen Hillenburg?
Correct Answer: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
Your Answer: sponge bob square pants
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I've seen a lot of SpongeBob with the kids 
2. If a molecule is repelled by water, it is termed hydrophobic. What is the corresponding opposite term for a molecule attracted to water?
Correct Answer: HYDROPHILIC
Your Answer: hydrophilic
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


Simples 
3. On the weekend of the first Saturday every May, revelers in Louisville, Kentucky, ritualistically consume over 1,000 pounds of fresh foliage from what perennial?
Correct Answer: MINT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


Was guessable but was nowhere near
4. The following classic songs all include what word in their titles? A 1934 standard by Rodgers and Hart, recorded by The Marcels and by Elvis Presley; a 1940 standard by Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton, performed by Les Paul & Mary Ford and by Ella Fitzgerald; a 1954 standard by Bart Howard, sung by Frank Sinatra and by Tony Bennett; and a 1961 standard by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, sung by Audrey Hepburn and by Andy Williams.
Correct Answer: MOON
Your Answer: moon
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Thanks to breakfast at Tiffany's 
5. The US-based website VOTE411.org, which provides candidate and election information based on a user's location, is run by what nonpartisan and nonprofit political organization founded in 1920 (a year which, in a technical sense, one might argue is the earliest this nationwide organization could theoretically have existed)?
Correct Answer: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Your Answer: US suffragettes
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


I was barking up the right tree but I had no idea of the correct name 
6. What seven-letter mnemonic acronym related to coordinating conjunctions is also, unrelatedly, the title of a 2009 movie about a group of Star Wars enthusiasts (and a word that describes them)?
Correct Answer: FANBOYS
Your Answer: fanboys
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

My eldest son Luke (no coincidence) are fanboys. I'll have to google the mnemonic 

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