Friday, May 30, 2025

Marcus LL105 Match Day 14 -- Confirmation

5 again 

Player: BrowningM

1. What US city, roughly a three-hour drive from the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, has been dubbed "Air Capital of the World" because it's the birthplace of the aviation brands Beechcraft, Cessna, Learjet, and Stearman, and is reportedly the location where as much as one-fourth of all the aircraft in the United States have been built?
Correct Answer: WICHITA, KANSAS
Your Answer: witchita
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


My dad used to fly Cessnas 
2. Although his very name became the SI unit for power, British inventor James Watt coined what other unit for measuring power, which is equal to 746 watts?
Correct Answer: HORSEPOWER
Your Answer: horsepower
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


Gimme
3. François Truffaut's 1962 celebration of bohemian life features two artists, played by Oskar Werner and Henri Serre, whose peaceful friendship is catalyzed by the presence of Jeanne Moreau's wily and independent Catherine. What is either of the men's names, which together form the film's title?
Correct Answer: JULES ET JIM
Your Answer: Jules et Jim
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3


I watched this in my pretentious youth, hopefully plays very hard 

4. Nominally speaking, the states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia share a constitutional designation separate from the other 46 states, although this designation actually creates no legal distinction. By what word is this designation represented?
Correct Answer: COMMONWEALTH
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not a chance 
5. Although countless teams in England's Football Association are linked to the color red in some way, what team most famously has the simple nickname "The Reds", and has had it since its switch to an all-red kit in 1965?
Correct Answer: LIVERPOOL
Your Answer: Liverpool
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0


My team and surely a gimme
6. Elaine of Astolat (one of several Elaines in Arthurian legend), who falls in love with Sir Lancelot and dies of heartbreak, is remembered as the "Lady of" what? Her story inspired an 1830s poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson with that name as its title.
Correct Answer: LADY OF SHALOTT
Your Answer: Shallot
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nice painting too

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