Thursday, May 22, 2025

Marcus LL105 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

5 again

Player: BrowningM

1. "Motorrad" (which translates to "motorcycle" in English, derived from "motor" and "rad" for wheel) is a brand and division of what automaker?
Correct Answer: BMW
Your Answer: BMW
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme
2. A love triangle of sorts, among the Cowgirl, Head Wrangler, and Rancher's Daughter, provides the storyline for the first section of what 1942 ballet?
Correct Answer: RODEO
Your Answer: Rodeo
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I think Copland is great
3. Of the myriad curses that have existed in sports history, one of the more famous lasted from December 1919 until October 2004 and is best known by what name (a phrase not actually popularized until 1990, in a namesake book by Dan Shaughnessy)?
Correct Answer: CURSE OF THE BAMBINO
Your Answer: red sox
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0


Hard for a Brit but my opppnent v good at sport 
4. A knee kicker, seam iron, tack strips, and special utility knife are all tools often used for the installation of what?
Correct Answer: CARPET
Your Answer: Carpets
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


Seemed a good guess
5. The two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea by land area, by a large margin, are Sicily and Sardinia. Name any one of the next three largest, which are similar in size to one another and which all begin with the same letter.
Correct Answer: CYPRUS, CORSICA, CRETE
Your Answer: Cyprus
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I've been to them all
6. Sculptures like the Parthenon Marbles and Trajan's Column, where figures are only slightly raised from the background, are examples of "low raised" sculpture known by what name? This name is typically hyphenated but is sometimes expressed as two words without the hyphen.
Correct Answer: BAS-RELIEF
Your Answer: bas relief
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 

Not one you can guess 

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