Friday, February 27, 2026

Marcus LL108 Match Day 5 -- Confirmation

Broke the run with 5 today including a nice guess 
Player: BrowningM

1. Every prime number greater than 5, when written in base 10, must end in one of four digits. A four-digit number using each of these digits exactly once gives the year that marked the end of Year I (1) in the French Revolutionary Calendar. What is that year/four-digit number?
Correct Answer: 1793
Your Answer: 1793
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nice q
2. What two-word phrase, used by skydivers as a greeting wishing good weather for safe jumps, is also the title of a cheerful 1926 Irving Berlin song, later popularized by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye (1954), Ella Fitzgerald (1958), and Willie Nelson (1978)?
Correct Answer: BLUE SKIES
Your Answer: blue skies
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

A guess but it was vaguely ringing bells somewhere 
3. Don Corleone, G. Gordon Liddy, Dr. Rosenrosen, Arnold Babar, and John Cocktoastin are among the aliases used by the titular investigative reporter in what 1985 comedy?
Correct Answer: FLETCH
Your Answer: fletch
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I haven't watched it since it came out 
4. Among the world's cities that currently share their name with the country in which they are located (such as the city of Luxembourg), which one served as the official port of Ethiopia beginning in 1897?
Correct Answer: DJIBOUTI
Your Answer: Djibouti
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Nailed the spelling !
5. In 2004, BP hired advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather to popularize what two-word term for the measure of an individual's personal contribution to climate change? Coined in 1999 but relatively obscure until this campaign, the phrase is now common—though critics argue BP's intent was to shift public focus away from fossil fuel companies and onto consumers.
Correct Answer: CARBON FOOTPRINT
Your Answer: carbon footprint
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I didn't know they invented it but seemed to fit well
6. What chicken finger purveyor began in 1996 with a single location near the campus of Louisiana State University and, by the end of 2025, had grown to nearly 1,000 locations and more than $5 billion in annual sales?
Correct Answer: RAISING CANE'S
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Not a clue 

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