Thursday, September 18, 2025

Marcus LL106 Match Day 23 -- Confirmation

5 today and I should have given the football more thought cos it was gettable even for me
Player: BrowningM

1. What city, the capital of Gabon, was founded by the French in the 19th century as a settlement for freed enslaved people (thus its name)?
Correct Answer: LIBREVILLE
Your Answer: Libreville
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


Hard?
2. In Week 2 of the 2024 season, what franchise, despite playing its home games in the smallest major league professional sports market in North America, became the first in NFL history to win 800 games? (Location and team name required.)
Correct Answer: GREEN BAY PACKERS
Your Answer: Arizona Cardinals
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Grr
3. Name the influential virtuoso classical guitarist born in 1893 in the Andalusian city of Linares (and not the Castilian-Leonese city with which he shares his name).
Correct Answer: ANDRÉS SEGOVIA
Your Answer: Segovia
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3


The only classical guitarist I can name 
4. American author Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel about a Midwestern doctor and medical researcher shares a pronunciation with the name of a legendary rock band from Boston. Give either name.
Correct Answer: ARROWSMITH/AEROSMITH
Your Answer: Arrowsmith
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Wasn't sure on defence 
5. Anatomically and functionally, what is the crural equivalent of the brachial humerus?
Correct Answer: FEMUR
Your Answer: Femur
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


A vocabulary test not an anatomy question 
6. What prefix, from Greek for "straight" or "correct", appears in various mathematical terms including words that are synonyms for perpendicular and great circle?
Correct Answer: ORTHO
Your Answer: Ortho
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Greek gimme


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