Jesse Day 25

4/6 Have a great offseason!

1. A detailed analysis of newspaper front pages during the 1930s by Alfred Mosher Butts reportedly informed an integral element of what board game, which was trademarked under this current name in 1948?
Correct Answer: SCRABBLE
Your Answer: Risk
Points Assigned: 2

Shoot, I have heard this bit of trivia before. 

2. The "Brent/WTI spread" is a term used for the price difference between two major benchmarks for what global commodity?
Correct Answer: (CRUDE) OIL
Your Answer: Crude Oil
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

3. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, and From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout are often cited as prototypical examples of a literary subgenre combining magical or supernatural settings with a central love story. Popularized through discussions on BookTok and Goodreads in the late 2010s and early 2020s, this subgenre is best known by what portmanteau name?
Correct Answer: ROMANTASY
Your Answer: Romantasy
Points Assigned: 1

Considered Romfan, but Romantasy sounded better. 

4. The 15th-century arrival of chili peppers in North Africa led to the creation of what condiment, often compared to sriracha though typically thicker and less sweet, and made from rehydrated dried chilies blended with garlic, caraway, coriander, and olive oil? Popular across the region and its diaspora communities, it is widely considered the national condiment of Tunisia.
Correct Answer: HARISSA
Your Answer: Harisa
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to Tunisia! I do not like Harissa. 

5. In an example of the occasional inscrutability of grammatical gender in the German language, what definite article is used for the singular noun Mädchen in the nominative case?
Correct Answer: DAS
Your Answer: Mutter
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

6. The cover of the 1941 debut issue of a comic created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon famously depicts Adolf Hitler getting massively punched by whom?
Correct Answer: CAPTAIN AMERICA
Your Answer: Captain America
Points Assigned: 1

It was that or Superman. 

Brian Day 25 vs Kim (CLL)

 4/6 to close out another fun season.  Diane, it was a pleasure having you join our little community.  I'll be dropping back down into Avalon B with Ben, I'll try to guilt him into posting at least on our head to head day.   Good luck on the TSA lines everyone!

1) Scrabble 1/0  I assumed they were counting letter frequency

2) oil 0/1  gimme for me, prob gimme for all given the last month

3) romantasy 1/1  I bought Fourth Wing for my teenager trying to lure her away from Colleen Hoover and back into fantasy.  Hoping it's her beach read next week.

4) 3/2   I left it blank, no idea.  And I've had harissa, just had no idea what I was eating or what it's origin was

5) Die 2/3  nope

6) Captain America 2/2   Huge gimme. The publishers hesitated to make this the cover as we hadn't entered the war yet.

Dave M day 25

See you next season everyone! I've been traveling last couple of days but a quick post to round out this season and mid-table mediocrity in C as is usual.

 

A middling 3/6 to end the season.

 

1 : ( Game of Life. I have no idea what in the 1930s could have inspired part of scrabble. D12

2 : ) Crude Oil. Business gimme. D00

3 : ) Romantasy. I've heard of this. D21

4 : ( Hanout. Oh of course it's Harissa. OK this is a bit easier than I made it. D21

5 : ( Der. Was going to be one of three. D32

6 : ) Captain America. Timing and content fit nicely. D13

Diane Day 25: 3/6, headed to Rundle C or D

Yesterday was a defensive WIN! For the first time (for me) my opponent answered more questions correctly, but lost on points:) I'm now 4th in the Rundle and can't move up, since the only person I could possibly catch up to mathematically is going to win today (his opponent has only ever forfeited). 

My opponent today is your daughter, David :) I hope she's had fun this season!

1. ❌ I was 100% sure the answer was Monopoly!!!!! I assigned this 1 point, because I thought it was a gimme for anyone who had played the game. Oops.

2. ✅ Oil! Total guess, actually. Tom, my husband, checks oil prices every morning (and has done since we met 16 years ago, not just now that shit is hitting the fan), so it was the first one I thought of. I assigned it 3 points, which is a risk given that David is her dad, but I thought it would be trickier than the others.

3. ✅ Romantasy:) Guessable gimme.

4. ❌ Berbere. I assigned this 1 point because Food is one of Ella's strongest categories.

5. ❌ Die. It was 50/50 between this and Das, and my coin flipped the wrong way. 2 points.

6. ✅ Captain America:) 2 points, because I feel like this is an old-person question 🤣. 

Also:I only last night realized that "Best Wrong Answer" is an actual thing. Brian, you were absolutely robbed: "Scatechism" absolutely deserved that title. Is there an appeals process? 🤣 

Thanks for a fun Rookie season, and thanks to David for inviting me!

David S Day 25

 5/6 to end the season. Very surprised to do this well, as I was only sure on 1, and 4 of 5 guesses worked out. Perhaps my good result today was mercy from the LL gods, as I’m likely to avoid relegation as a result. 

1. Scrabble :), D33. Didn’t think this was right because I assumed this was older. Just couldn’t come up with another guess. Regretting the D33. 
2. Oil :), D10. Only gimme of the day. 
3. Romantasy :), D02. Never heard of this term, but I think this is the obvious guess. So maybe a decent get rate. 
4. Harissa :), D11. Wasn’t sure, but seemed to work. 
5. Das :), D21. Don’t know German. But I do know the film Das Boot. Only other thing I think is an article is die, but I wasn’t sure, so das was only thing I knew qualified as a possible answer. 
6. Uncle Sam :(, D22. Ah, makes sense. 

Have a great offseason, everyone!

Brian Day 24

 3/6 three gimmes, three I have no idea what the question was even asking

1) students 2/0  

2) Lithium 1/1

3) Pele 0/1 

4) Plato 3/2  Platonic solids

5) Hurting 2/2

6) Bottle 1/3 I've seen all the episodes mentioned

Jesse Day 24

3/6

1. An influential journal founded in Paris in 1951 which helped develop a critical theory known as politique des auteurs has the title Cahiers du [BLANK]. Cahiers means "Notebooks" in English; what word fills in the blank in the title—and also names the journal's subject matter?
Correct Answer: CINÉMA (CINEMA)
Your Answer: Cinema
Points Assigned: 2

Auteur made me immediately think of film. I was a film major and took courses on French cinema, but did not recall the publication, so my answer was a guess. 

2. More than half of the world's known reserves of what element are found in a "Triangle" of high-altitude salt flats spanning Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, though Australia is currently the world's largest producer for a global market projected to grow up to forty-fold by 2040 (if EV adoption targets are met)?
Correct Answer: LITHIUM
Your Answer: Lithium
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

3. One of the fastest urbanization processes in recorded history occurred in Brazil after 1950, resulting in enormous growth of informal, self-built, and largely unregulated urban settlements known by what Brazilian Portuguese name?
Correct Answer: FAVELA
Your Answer: Favelas
Points Assigned: 1

I have been to a favela in Rio. 

4. Euler's formula V − E + F = 2 helps show that there are exactly five regular convex polyhedra: the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. These solids are commonly named after what author of Timaeus, in which they were described?
Correct Answer: PLATO
Your Answer: Euclid
Points Assigned: 1

Nope. 

5. One of the greatest-selling novels in Japanese literary history is Osamu Dazai's harrowing 1948 first-person account of alienation and postwar despair, published shortly after Dazai's death in a double suicide by drowning at the age of 38. Its title Ningen Shikkaku is commonly translated to English as No Longer what?
Correct Answer: HUMAN
Your Answer: suffering
Points Assigned: 3

Nope.

6. Seinfeld's "The Chinese Restaurant" (where Jerry, Elaine, and George wait for a table), Breaking Bad's "Fly" (where Walt and Jesse spend the episode in the lab with a pesky fly), and Community's "Cooperative Calligraphy" (where the gang is stuck in a study room arguing over a pen) are examples of a type of episode usually made to save money by using minimal locations, few sets, and only the regular cast. What is the term for this type of episode, a term that the often-meta Community actually uses within the episode itself?
Correct Answer: BOTTLE EPISODE
Your Answer: Clips
Points Assigned: 2

I just started rewatching Community for the first time since it aired. Have sadly not gotten to this episode yet. 

Diane Day 24: 4/6

Yesterday's match bumped me from 3 to 5 in my rundle:( I feel like I did well today, but my opponent is #1 in the Rundle by a fair margin, so 🤷‍♀️

1. ❌ Charges. Didn't think it was correct, but had no other guess. 2 points.

2. ✅ Lithium. Wouldn't have gotten this without the EV clue. 1 point.

3. ✅ Favelas. 1 point.

4. ✅ Plato! I am so happy about this one because I saw the math and figured I wouldn't know it. Fun fact: Timaeus, though rarely read today, was the single most-read Platonic work in antiquity (through ~200 CE).

5. ✅ Human. Total guess, actually. It just sounded good:) 3 points, because my opponent's worst category is literature.

6. ❌ Cheapos. No clue. Assigned 0 points because my opponent does well on TV questions.

Marcus LL108 Match Day 24 -- Confirmation

4 v David S , could be close 

Player: BrowningM

1. An influential journal founded in Paris in 1951 which helped develop a critical theory known as politique des auteurs has the title Cahiers du [BLANK]. Cahiers means "Notebooks" in English; what word fills in the blank in the title—and also names the journal's subject matter?
Correct Answer: CINÉMA (CINEMA)
Your Answer: theatre
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

i was very confident but wrong !

2. More than half of the world's known reserves of what element are found in a "Triangle" of high-altitude salt flats spanning Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, though Australia is currently the world's largest producer for a global market projected to grow up to forty-fold by 2040 (if EV adoption targets are met)?
Correct Answer: LITHIUM
Your Answer: lithium
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Plenty of clues 

3. One of the fastest urbanization processes in recorded history occurred in Brazil after 1950, resulting in enormous growth of informal, self-built, and largely unregulated urban settlements known by what Brazilian Portuguese name?
Correct Answer: FAVELA
Your Answer: favella
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme

4. Euler's formula V − E + F = 2 helps show that there are exactly five regular convex polyhedra: the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. These solids are commonly named after what author of Timaeus, in which they were described?
Correct Answer: PLATO
Your Answer: plato
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Seif knows this im sure 

5. One of the greatest-selling novels in Japanese literary history is Osamu Dazai's harrowing 1948 first-person account of alienation and postwar despair, published shortly after Dazai's death in a double suicide by drowning at the age of 38. Its title Ningen Shikkaku is commonly translated to English as No Longer what?
Correct Answer: HUMAN
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

nope, didn't have a clue 

6. Seinfeld's "The Chinese Restaurant" (where Jerry, Elaine, and George wait for a table), Breaking Bad's "Fly" (where Walt and Jesse spend the episode in the lab with a pesky fly), and Community's "Cooperative Calligraphy" (where the gang is stuck in a study room arguing over a pen) are examples of a type of episode usually made to save money by using minimal locations, few sets, and only the regular cast. What is the term for this type of episode, a term that the often-meta Community actually uses within the episode itself?
Correct Answer: BOTTLE EPISODE
Your Answer: bottle
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

my kids are always banging on about bottle episodes 

David S Day 24 vs. Marcus (CLL)

 3/6. Found these hard, and I’m lucky to have gotten this many. 

1. Literature :(, D12. Kind of got close. But no idea. 
2. Lithium :), D21. Gimme. So many ways to get this. 
3. Favela :), D01. No question here. These are well-known to anyone who knows about Brazil. 
4. Plato :), D30. Happy to get this. I went back and forth and finally settled on the right answer. Wasn’t confident at all. 
5. A soldier :(, D22. No idea. 
6. Table episode :(, D13. Never heard of this episode. The Chinese Restaurant is one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes, whereas I found Fly almost unwatchable. 

Google Translate does *not* do cockney rhyming slang.

But ChatGPT does!

Jesse Day 23

3/6

1. Two classic Cole Porter songs begin with the words "I've Got." One was popularized by Fred Astaire in 1940; the other became a signature song for Frank Sinatra and a top ten hit for the Four Seasons. Name a body part that appears in the title of either song.
Correct Answer: EYES, SKIN
Your Answer: Heart
Points Assigned: 2

I just took a random guess. I've got you under my skin should have come to me.

2. "Pie and mash" shops are traditional English eateries that proliferated in 19th-century East London, serving working-class customers minced beef pies, mashed potatoes with a green parsley sauce called "liquor", and often what fish?
Correct Answer: EELS
Your Answer: Cod
Points Assigned: 2

Shoot, I have heard of this. 

3. What art term refers to the depiction of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary, sometimes with angels, apostles, or holy women, such as in Michelangelo's so-named marble sculpture in St. Peter's Basilica?
Correct Answer: PIETÀ
Your Answer: Pieta
Points Assigned: 1

I know this from Michelangelo's Pieta. 

4. The two candidates in Ukraine's bitterly contested 2004 election, which triggered the Orange Revolution, shared what first name, which is also the name of the man who has served as Prime Minister of a neighboring country since 2010 (and also from 1998 to 2002)?
Correct Answer: VIKTOR
Your Answer: Yanukohvich
Points Assigned: 3

I did not read the question properly! I really should not do these right when i wake up. 

5. What Southeast Asian empire had its capital at Angkor from the 9th century CE (and is sometimes known as the Angkorian Empire) until it fell to the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century?
Correct Answer: KHMER EMPIRE
Your Answer: Khmer
Points Assigned: 1

I have been to Cambodia before and am heading back in September. 

6. What 1995 board game is widely credited with sparking the modern board game movement by introducing international audiences to European-style games with features like non-elimination gameplay and a 'robber' mechanic? For its 20th anniversary, the game was rebranded to simply the original title's final word, which is also the game's fictional setting.
Correct Answer: (THE SETTLERS OF) CATAN
Your Answer: The Settler's of Catan
Points Assigned: 0

Probably a gimmie for most. I am very much into German board games. 

cockney addendum

would you adam and eve it me old china? the tom thumb septics have never heard of jellied eels!

Brian Day 23

 4/6  In the relegation zone for the home stretch. 

1) eyes 1/1 was between feet for Astaire's dancing and eyes for Sinatra's blues, and decided old blue eyes was the safer guess.  

2) sardines 3/3   I can safely say I've never heard of this

3) Pieta 1/1  An art term I'm familiar with 

4) Viktor 2/2   Got lucky, guessed Orban was the prime minister it was referring too.

5) Cambodia 2/2   Oh, should've come up with this

6) Settler of Cataan 0/0  Thank you Ben for introducing me.  Diane, spelling doesn't count, as long as it can be sounded out correctly.   Interesting that we both thought there was an extra 'a'. 

Diane Day 23: 3/6

1. ✅ Skin:) Assigned 2 points. 

2. ❌ Cod :( HOW IS "EELS" THE ANSWER? Eels?? 1 point.

3. ✅ Pieta :) Gimme, I think? 0

4. ❌ Dimitri :( 2 pts

5. ❌ Cambodian. I'm secretly hoping I get credit for this one, but I'm guessing this will just be the MCW. Assigned 3 points. My opponent doesn't have many weak spots, but world history and geography are two of his weakest.

6. ✅ Cataan. I hope they don't take off for spelling! Assigned 1 point.

marcus LL108 Match Day 23 -- Confirmation

got them all today

Player: BrowningM

1. Two classic Cole Porter songs begin with the words "I've Got." One was popularized by Fred Astaire in 1940; the other became a signature song for Frank Sinatra and a top ten hit for the Four Seasons. Name a body part that appears in the title of either song.
Correct Answer: EYES, SKIN
Your Answer: skin
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

frank going round my head all morning 

2. "Pie and mash" shops are traditional English eateries that proliferated in 19th-century East London, serving working-class customers minced beef pies, mashed potatoes with a green parsley sauce called "liquor", and often what fish?
Correct Answer: EELS
Your Answer: eel
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

easy for a brit maybe harder in america 

3. What art term refers to the depiction of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary, sometimes with angels, apostles, or holy women, such as in Michelangelo's so-named marble sculpture in St. Peter's Basilica?
Correct Answer: PIETÀ
Your Answer: pieta
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

art gimme 

4. The two candidates in Ukraine's bitterly contested 2004 election, which triggered the Orange Revolution, shared what first name, which is also the name of the man who has served as Prime Minister of a neighboring country since 2010 (and also from 1998 to 2002)?
Correct Answer: VIKTOR
Your Answer: viktor
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

maybe under scored this one 

5. What Southeast Asian empire had its capital at Angkor from the 9th century CE (and is sometimes known as the Angkorian Empire) until it fell to the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century?
Correct Answer: KHMER EMPIRE
Your Answer: khmer
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

angkor watt is on the bucket list

6. What 1995 board game is widely credited with sparking the modern board game movement by introducing international audiences to European-style games with features like non-elimination gameplay and a 'robber' mechanic? For its 20th anniversary, the game was rebranded to simply the original title's final word, which is also the game's fictional setting.
Correct Answer: (THE SETTLERS OF) CATAN
Your Answer: catan
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme ?

David S Day 23

Same exact pattern as yesterday. 4/6 when I expected to get 3. 

1. Eyes :), D11. Vaguely (and perhaps wrongly) thought there was a song with a line “I’ve only got eyes for you” or something like that. Figured either way this was a reasonable guess. 
2. Herring :(, D12. Nope!
3. Halo :(, D30. Had nothing here. 
4. Viktor :), D21. Gimme even without the Orban reference. 
5. Khmer :), D23. Also a gimme. Hope this plays as hard as I expect. 
6. Catan :), D02. Gimme again, but I’m shocked to learn this game is only 31 years old. 

marcus Brian addendum

many apologies brian i didn't get the response back as the wifi was on the blink at work and i didn't realise i was up against you …so more fulsome below

1. "B-Band" and "Saliers and Ray" were early names for what musical act, a folk rock duo who had adopted their current and more colorful name before the release of their debut album Strange Fire in 1987?
Correct Answer: INDIGO GIRLS
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

not a scooby 

2. While Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen considered 1873's Kejser og Galilaer (Emperor and Galilean) his masterpiece, his international fame was secured by two social plays that followed, titled Et Dukkehjem (1879) and Gengangere (1881). The former is known in English as A Doll's House; give the common English translation of the latter.
Correct Answer: GHOSTS
Your Answer: ghosts
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

there has been a full season of Ibsen on BBC 4 this month and my wife has watched as homework , the fact that syphillis doesn't travel doe the male line was a debate we had and she said it was a dramatic device and i was a know it all

3. A 2012 event dubbed the "Miracle at Medinah" has nothing to do with Islam, but rather with a dramatic turn of events in late September of that year that occurred seven miles west of Chicago's O'Hare Airport in what game?
Correct Answer: GOLF (RYDER CUP)
Your Answer: golf
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

the postman delivered , i love the ryder cup even tho im rubbish at gold

4. In quantum mechanics, the fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties can be simultaneously known—or put another way, Δx · Δp ≥ ℏ/2—is attributed to what German physicist?
Correct Answer: WERNER HEISENBERG
Your Answer: Heiseneberg
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

delta E, delta T is another more exciting expression given virtual particles and maybe the whole universe from a thermodynamic angle. penrose cycles of time is the go to 

5. Despite having a population of only about 500,000, a U.S. territory was split into two then admitted to the union as two separate states in 1889, in a successful ploy by the Republican Party to gain four additional seats in the Senate. If the states had theoretically been re-joined for the 2020 census, the newly combined state would still just rank #40 in population among all U.S. states. What was the name of this territory?
Correct Answer: DAKOTA TERRITORY
Your Answer: Dakota
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

it had to be north and south and i know no one lives there 

6. What city and gastronomic capital, which sits at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers about 65 miles from the Swiss border, is France's third-most populous city and the hub of the country's second-most populous metropolitan area?
Correct Answer: LYON
Your Answer: Lyon
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i've ridden my bike up many a big mountain in the vicinity and i apologise for showing off but i've has a few glasses of cote du rhone ce soir!

Jesse Day 22

3/6

1. "B-Band" and "Saliers and Ray" were early names for what musical act, a folk rock duo who had adopted their current and more colorful name before the release of their debut album Strange Fire in 1987?
Correct Answer: INDIGO GIRLS
Your Answer: Green Day
Points Assigned: 1

None of this rang a bell. I knew it was wrong, but entered Green Day. 

2. While Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen considered 1873's Kejser og Galilaer (Emperor and Galilean) his masterpiece, his international fame was secured by two social plays that followed, titled Et Dukkehjem (1879) and Gengangere (1881). The former is known in English as A Doll's House; give the common English translation of the latter.
Correct Answer: GHOSTS
Your Answer: Glen Gary Glen Ross
Points Assigned: 2

Nope!

3. A 2012 event dubbed the "Miracle at Medinah" has nothing to do with Islam, but rather with a dramatic turn of events in late September of that year that occurred seven miles west of Chicago's O'Hare Airport in what game?
Correct Answer: GOLF
Your Answer: World Series
Points Assigned: 3

Nope!

4. In quantum mechanics, the fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties can be simultaneously known—or put another way, Δx · Δp ≥ ℏ/2—is attributed to what German physicist?
Correct Answer: WERNER HEISENBERG
Your Answer: Heisingberg
Points Assigned: 1

Uncertainty principle! 

5. Despite having a population of only about 500,000, a U.S. territory was split into two then admitted to the union as two separate states in 1889, in a successful ploy by the Republican Party to gain four additional seats in the Senate. If the states had theoretically been re-joined for the 2020 census, the newly combined state would still just rank #40 in population among all U.S. states. What was the name of this territory?
Correct Answer: DAKOTA TERRITORY
Your Answer: Dakota
Points Assigned: 0

And it continues to be an affront to representative democracy. 

6. What city and gastronomic capital, which sits at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers about 65 miles from the Swiss border, is France's third-most populous city and the hub of the country's second-most populous metropolitan area?
Correct Answer: LYON
Your Answer: Lyon
Points Assigned: 2

I just knew this one. 

Brian Day 22 vs Marcus (CLL)

 While today doesn't seem to be friendly to Marcus, I doubt my 3/6 will cut it... yep, Marcus doesn't even deign to give me the full rundown... I'm that far beneath him :) 

Congrats Diane on your six-pack!

1) Indigo Girls 3/2  'Colorful' made this a gimme even without Diane's reminder last week

2) The Seagull 2/1  The Seagull is Chekhov??? Why did I think it was Ibsen? Oy.

3) WNBA Championship  2/3  And I was so proud of myself for figuring this out.  

4) Heisenberg 1/0  I am the one who knocks

5) Dakota 0/2  Had to be.  U.S.-centric but I think Marcus will get and put a fork in me here

6) Nice 1/1 no clue, but sure to be a gimme for everyone else

Diane Day 22-- 3/3

They did count my (counter!)point yesterday, so I *did* get my first 6/6 🥳 AND it was enough to bump me back up to third-in-rundle:) Hopefully today doesn't bump me down again. 

Also, Brian, there has to be some kind of award for "scatechism" 🤣

1. ✅ Love the Indigo Girls:) And I probably would have gotten it from "Saliers and Ray" but JUST last week I went back to listen to their demo album (the one with "House at Pooh Corner" on it) and noticed the name on the recording was "B-Band". 1 point.  

2. ❌ No clue:( I guessed "The Door". Assigned 2 points. 

3. ❌ I knew it wasn't baseball or football, so I said "NBA Finals." Yup, I am *that* bad at sports.3 points.

4. ✅ Heisenberg. 1 point

5. ✅ Dakotas. 0 points

6. ❌ Provence. Which is not a city. But it *is* known for food and bordered by the Rhone, so I don't feel too bad! 2 points.

Dave M day 22

4/6 today to hopefully make some amends for yesterday.

 

1 : ( Red Wedding. Never heard of Indigo Girls, so just put in something colored. D22

2 : ( The Gangway. Now I see the answer, I have heard of Ibsen's Ghosts before. D33

3 : ) Golf. I only got this because I have been invited to play golf after a business meeting in Medinah before. I didn't go but remembered the name. Lucky. D12

4 : ) Heisenberg. Came to me pretty quickly. D01

5 : ) Dakota. Worried this was a trick question possibly involving Wyoming, glad it wasn't. D10

6 : ) Lyon. I enjoyed a city break vacation when I was younger. Be careful Lyonnais Andouille sausage is very different to US style… D21

marcus day 22

Well done Diane on the 6 pack assuming they gave you the (counter) point for that one.

5 for me today didn't have a clue on the indigo girls and was lucky on the Ibsen as there is a season on programmes about him on the BBC at the mom.

David S Day 22

Surprising (in a good way) 4/6. Thought I had only 3. 

1. Indigo Girls :), D20. Only group I could think of from the time with a color in the name. Definitely didn’t expect this to be right. Likely will get me 3 points. 
2. Generations :(, D22. Had nothing here. 
3. MLS Soccer Championship :(, D31. Didn’t even consider golf. I had nothing given the location *west* of O’Hare and month. Also thought this required the specific event, not just the sport. 
4. Heisenberg :), D03. No question here. 
5. Dakota :), D11. I knew the year for the Dakotas. 
6. Lyon :), D12. The description of the location made this clear. 

Jesse Day 21

5 or 6/6

1. In medieval musical notation, notes were often written as dots. This gave rise to what musical term, for the practice of combining two or more independent melodic lines "against" each other so that they sound harmonious together?
Correct Answer: COUNTERPOINT
Your Answer: Counterpoint
Points Assigned: 2

I was happy to figure this out! I thought of other words for a dot, and that got me there. 

2. While 1969's Easy Rider famously used only pre-existing songs in place of an original score, what film two years earlier had already pioneered that novel approach in a non-musical, with over half its soundtrack drawn from the era's most popular musical duo?
Correct Answer: THE GRADUATE
Your Answer: The Graduate
Points Assigned: 2

I knew the answer right away. 

3. What legendary football coach, who was actually born over in Brooklyn, belongs on a geographical list that includes Thomas Edison, Molly Pitcher, James Fenimore Cooper, Joyce Kilmer, and Richard Stockton?
Correct Answer: VINCE LOMBARDI
Your Answer: Lombardi
Points Assigned: 0

I am from NJ, so knew these were all exits and knew there was a Lombardi one. Unfortunately, this is very guessable as Lombardi was the first coach I thought of.

4. What Netflix series, based on a 1989 novel and a 1990 British series of the same name, follows a manipulative congressman and his equally strategic wife as they scheme their way to the top of American politics? It was Netflix's first major original production and the first streaming show to win a major Emmy.
Correct Answer: HOUSE OF CARDS
Your Answer: House of Cards
Points Assigned: 1

I watched the first two seasons.

5. The name of what extremely contagious vaccine-preventable disease comes from an obsolete word for "grimace", as it causes swelling of salivary glands on the sides of the face and painful swallowing that affect the victim's facial expressions?
Correct Answer: MUMPS
Your Answer: Mumps
Points Assigned: 1

Swollen face made me think of Mumps right away. 

6. What word refers to the Christian doctrine regarding the "last things", i.e., the final consummation of God's creation and final destiny of humanity? It's not to be confused with the scientific study of feces.
Correct Answer: ESCHATOLOGY
Your Answer: Escatotogic
Points Assigned: 3

Started with scat as the root word, and was on the right path, but got distracted by work when typing in my answer. Either way, this was a guess based on a word I was somewhat familiar with. Don't think this will be accepted. 

Brian Day 21

 5/6

1) Counterpoint 2/2  A rare classical music get for me

2) The Graduate 1/1 Gimme halfway through the question

3) Lombardi 3/3   NJ Turnpike rest stop gimme.  This is very difficult if you're not from the Northeast, right?

4) House of Cards 0/1  Didn't realize the source material went that far back, but another easy one.  The first few seasons were excellent 

5) Mumps 1/0  I know my kids vax records, it's the only disease I'm not completely familiar with

6) Scatechism  2/2   Maybe I can get Best Wrong Answer Consideration?

simon and garfunkel

nice little thread with the new jersey turnpike and the graduate , thanks for the explanation dave

Diane: Day 21 redemption (5/6 or 6/6) after Day 20 2/6

Last Friday (Day 21) was... not my best. And then I chaperoned a field trip and had no time to come here and vent (the kids keep me away from my laptop fairly well on the weekends, usually).

In particular, I got question 1 wrong--despite knowing Greek and despite "diaspora" being a term I a) teach in my classes; b) quiz my students on; and c) use about 20x a day professionally and politically. I was pretty mad at myself. I only managed Bolsonaro and Futon.

But today was a much better (maybe my best-ever?!) showing:

1. ?✅? I said "Contrapoint" rather than "counterpoint", and I hope that counts. If it does, it will be my first 6/6! Assigned 1.

2. ✅ My thought process: "1967. So Simon and Garfunkel. But who would ever make a movie with them as their soundtrack?" And then, instantly, I could hear "Mrs. Robinson" in my head 😅🤣 That one felt pretty good because on first read I thought I wouldn't get it. Assigned 2

3. ✅ David, this is the first question I just **had** to read to Tom 🤣 We drove the Turnpike nearly every week for years, so this felt like home. Assigned 1 point because my opponent lives in Philly:)

4. ✅ House of Cards. Never watched it, actually, but I remember what a big deal it was. Zero points.

5. ✅ Mumps. My kids' pediatrician has a poster 😬  Assigned 2 points.

6. ✅ This one felt like redemption:) Ironically.  Like diaspora, eschatology is *also* a Greek word I teach in my classes. Assigned 3 points, because this is one my students usually haven't heard before.

Dave M day 21 v Marcus CLL

Marcus I'm not going to remotely trouble you today with this set of questions on which I failed pretty throughly – just 1/6.

 

1 : ( Dot Harmony. Could have worked this one out, I guess. D22

2 : ( Sonny and Cher. Huh David S same thought pattern. D01

3 : ( Manhattan. Thought maybe stadium names? Thanks David for unlocking the mystery. D23

4 : ) House of Cards. One simple question in here. D10

5 : ( Lupus. Oh of course it was mumps. D11

6 : ( Coprophasia. No luck here either. D32

Marcus LL108 Match Day 21 -- Confirmation

5 vs Dave M and i'm prob easy to defend so let's see

Player: BrowningM

1. In medieval musical notation, notes were often written as dots. This gave rise to what musical term, for the practice of combining two or more independent melodic lines "against" each other so that they sound harmonious together?
Correct Answer: COUNTERPOINT
Your Answer: counterpoint
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I love a bit of Bach and Dave hasn't scored well in classical music 

2. While 1969's Easy Rider famously used only pre-existing songs in place of an original score, what film two years earlier had already pioneered that novel approach in a non-musical, with over half its soundtrack drawn from the era's most popular musical duo?
Correct Answer: THE GRADUATE
Your Answer: the graduate
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

love the film 

3. What legendary football coach, who was actually born over in Brooklyn, belongs on a geographical list that includes Thomas Edison, Molly Pitcher, James Fenimore Cooper, Joyce Kilmer, and Richard Stockton?
Correct Answer: VINCE LOMBARDI
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

i've heard of him but i didn't understand the clue

4. What Netflix series, based on a 1989 novel and a 1990 British series of the same name, follows a manipulative congressman and his equally strategic wife as they scheme their way to the top of American politics? It was Netflix's first major original production and the first streaming show to win a major Emmy.
Correct Answer: HOUSE OF CARDS
Your Answer: house of cards
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

surely a gimme 

5. The name of what extremely contagious vaccine-preventable disease comes from an obsolete word for "grimace", as it causes swelling of salivary glands on the sides of the face and painful swallowing that affect the victim's facial expressions?
Correct Answer: MUMPS
Your Answer: mumps
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

everyone got mumps when i was a kid 

6. What word refers to the Christian doctrine regarding the "last things", i.e., the final consummation of God's creation and final destiny of humanity? It's not to be confused with the scientific study of feces.
Correct Answer: ESCHATOLOGY
Your Answer: eschatology
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

good clue and i'm quite good on religion for an atheist 

David S Day 21

 4/6 today. 

1. Counterpoint :), D11. Gettable from the clue. 
2. Sonny and Cher :(, D33. Actually should have guessed this. I knew about the song Mrs. Robinson. But I also knew Sonny and Cher made a movie (didn’t know the title), so I went with that and hoped it was named after them. Never consisted Simon and Garfunkel. 
3. Lombardi :), D22. For those wondering, these are rest stops on the New Jersey Turnpike. I don’t think many people who haven’t driven this many times will have any clue. But I do think Lombardi is a good generic guess for those who don’t know, so maybe a decent get rate. 
4. House of Cards :), D00. Loved the first few seasons, less so the rest. 
5. Mumps :), D11. I was aware this had something to do with the face. Enough for a non-confident guess. 
6. Fecology :(, D22. Lol. No idea. 

Brian Day 20

 4/6

1) Diaspora 3/2  Easy for the Jew crew, does anyone else know it?

2) Djansk  2/3 Never heard of this

3) Bolsonaro 1/2  First name to pop into my head, glad it was for the right reason

4) Baker  2/0  Kicking myself, went straight to Tammy Faye Baker and didn't register it wasn't Jim in the question.  I definitely would've guessed Tammy Wynette.  Bad miss.

5) Smartphone 0/1  Originally pencilled in flipphone, but they were older than 1997.  I just realized younger players might not even know that Ericsson was a big phone manufacturer. 

6) Futon 1/1 knew this was Japanese

Jesse Day 20

4/6. Diane- I am glad you read Graeme's stuff! I love how he mixes his humor into the most serious of subjects. The only time we lived in the same city was back in DC in 2006-2009ish. Whenever Graeme would suggest a place for dinner I would know he found some kind of crazy coupon. We had lots of terrible all-you-can-eat sushi. We still chat about once every other month. 

1. What noun, derived from the Greek verb for "to scatter" or "spread about", first appeared in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew bible), and first appeared in English in the 16th century to denote "a scattering abrode of the Iewes" before the expansion of the concept in the mid-20th century?
Correct Answer: DIASPORA
Your Answer: Diaspora
Points Assigned: 0

It was the first thing to come to my mind. 

2. What Swedish warship sank on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor in 1628, was eventually salvaged in 1961, and has been housed since 1990 in a museum on the city's island of Djurgården?
Correct Answer: VASA
Your Answer: Vala
Points Assigned: 3

I went to this museum in 2004 and it almost stuck in my mind. I think the word Valhalla influenced my memory of Vasa. 

3. What former President, along with several allies, was convicted by a panel of Supreme Court justices in Brazil on charges including attempting to unlawfully overturn the election result, following his defeat in 2022?
Correct Answer: JAIR BOLSONARO
Your Answer: Bolsonaro
Points Assigned: 2

Gimmie, but my opponent doesn't do great in Current events. 

4. The biographical miniseries George & Tammy premiered on Showtime in December 2022. Give the last name of either of the two title characters.
Correct Answer: JONES, WYNETTE
Your Answer: Faye Baker
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

5. Though the term was first introduced into the popular consciousness by Swedish company Ericsson with a 1997 prototype, the IBM Simon released in 1994 is retrospectively considered the first device known by what now-common compound word?
Correct Answer: SMARTPHONE
Your Answer: Smartphone
Points Assigned: 1

Very guessable. I thought they would name the Newton and Palm Pilot too. 

6. A Japanese word for a traditional bedding setup consisting of a cotton-filled mattress and quilt stored during the day and laid on the floor at night for sleeping has taken on a related meaning in the West for a piece of furniture that is sometimes (but not always) used for sleeping. What is that word?
Correct Answer: FUTON
Your Answer: Futon
Points Assigned: 1

Initially thought tatami, but that word generaly isn't used in the west.

David S Addendum

Question one is all about this scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arMXzgiZsJQ

marcus Tammy addendum

is it my age or is it cos she was bigger in the UK than the US ? I literally cannot hear the name Tanmy without thinking Wynette

Dave M day 20

Also 4/6 for me.

 

1 : ( Pentecost. Yes David S, realizing Iewes = Jews would have made the difference. D33 – and I'm OK with this as neither competitor is Jewish far as I can tell.

2 : ) Vasa. I have been to the museum (awesome, even better than the Abba museum next door) and separately have watched a great documentary about it on Youtube. D22

3 : ) Bolsonaro. Simple recent events Q. D01

4 : ( Harrison. Nope, no idea. D11

5 : ) Smartphone. Considered Flip-phone but then realized my dad had a flip-phone before 1997. D10

6 : ) Futon. I figure this plays easy but I think other questions are easier so D22.

David S Day 20

4/6 today.  

1. Diaspora :), D21. Becomes a lot easier if you realize Iewes means Jews. 
2. Malmo :(, D33. Two world history misses in a row for me. But on this one I had no idea and knew I wouldn’t get it. 
3. Bolsonaro :), D22. Gimme. 
4. Smith :(, D02. No idea. 
5. Smartphone :), D10. Timing could only be this. 
6. Futon :), D11. Pretty clear. 

marcus LL108 Match Day 20 -- Confirmation

5 gimmes and an impossible 

Player: BrowningM

1. What noun, derived from the Greek verb for "to scatter" or "spread about", first appeared in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew bible), and first appeared in English in the 16th century to denote "a scattering abrode of the Iewes" before the expansion of the concept in the mid-20th century?
Correct Answer: DIASPORA
Your Answer: diaspora
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

gimme 

2. What Swedish warship sank on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor in 1628, was eventually salvaged in 1961, and has been housed since 1990 in a museum on the city's island of Djurgården?
Correct Answer: VASA
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

impossible 

3. What former President, along with several allies, was convicted by a panel of Supreme Court justices in Brazil on charges including attempting to unlawfully overturn the election result, following his defeat in 2022?
Correct Answer: JAIR BOLSONARO
Your Answer: bolsanaro
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i spend a lot of energy on Brazil politics at work 

4. The biographical miniseries George & Tammy premiered on Showtime in December 2022. Give the last name of either of the two title characters.
Correct Answer: JONES, WYNETTE
Your Answer: wynette
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

can anyone name another Tammy?

5. Though the term was first introduced into the popular consciousness by Swedish company Ericsson with a 1997 prototype, the IBM Simon released in 1994 is retrospectively considered the first device known by what now-common compound word?
Correct Answer: SMARTPHONE
Your Answer: smartphone
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

easy guess

6. A Japanese word for a traditional bedding setup consisting of a cotton-filled mattress and quilt stored during the day and laid on the floor at night for sleeping has taken on a related meaning in the West for a piece of furniture that is sometimes (but not always) used for sleeping. What is that word?
Correct Answer: FUTON
Your Answer: futon
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

i used to have one 

Jesse Day 19

2/6 

1. Octagonal city blocks with chamfered (cut) corners, designed by Ildefons Cerdà in the mid-19th century to improve visibility, airflow, sunlight, and public spaces, are an iconic feature of the Eixample district in what city?
Correct Answer: BARCELONA
Your Answer: Barcelona
Points Assigned: 1

I have been to Barcelona a handful of times, including this past November. The cut corners are a mixed blessing. I find they are kind of annoying as a pedestrian. 

2. What term is most commonly used in English for the professional oral historians and storytellers of West Africa who preserve epics and traditions through memorized performance? Alternative regional names include jali, djeli, gewel, and others.
Correct Answer: GRIOT
Your Answer: Bard
Points Assigned: 3

I have never heard of this word. 

3. George Michael does not himself appear in the iconic David Fincher-directed video for his hit song Freedom '90, but five women popular at the time do appear. Give the last name of any one of these five women.
Correct Answer: CAMPBELL, CRAWFORD, EVANGELISTA, PATITZ, TURLINGTON
Your Answer: Crawford
Points Assigned: 0

I was pretty sure I remembered Crawford being in there. Glad I didn't go with my second guess, Schiffer. 

4. Most often caused by infection, what is the common name for the clinical condition known medically as pyrexia?
Correct Answer: FEVER
Your Answer: Tonsalitis
Points Assigned: 1

I need to watch more Pitt I guess?

5. What is essentially the UK's equivalent to Japan's NHK, Italy's RAI, Ireland's RTÉ, and Germany's ZDF (and perhaps ARD)?
Correct Answer: BBC
Your Answer: British Rail
Points Assigned: 2

Oof, bad miss.

6. At the most recent wedding of a former First Lady who remarried after leaving the White House, who was the bridegroom?
Correct Answer: ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
Your Answer: JFK Jr.
Points Assigned: 2

I don't want to talk about it. I was sleepy. 

Kim Day 19

Ok now it is a 2/6 party.

1 :( Prague.  D11
2  :( Elders.  No idea. D33
3  :) Crawford.  90s big five did it for me.  But you are right, Brian.  The google includes Patitz or Schiffer as the fifth. D22

4  :) Nope. D12

5  :( LHR.   I panicked playing Marcus.  I could have come up with this. D00

6  :) Onassis.  The clue says recent, but this is the only I could name. D21

Brian Day 19

 2/6  There was a high scoring party?  Why wasn't I invited?   Diane, you and I can have our own party

1) Brasilia 3/2  no idea

2) shaman 1/3  never heard of this

3) Campbell 2/1 Could've namedfour.  Who is Patitz?

4) Cellulitis 2/2  skin hot to the touch.  overthought it

5) Tory party 1/1  thought germany's ZDF was the right wing party

6) Onassis 0/0 the one gimme today

Diane Day 19: 2/6, breaking up the high-scoring party...

So cool that you know Graeme Wood, Jesse. I've been reading his work for a while. His article on ISIS was so helpful I assigned it to my students. And I laughed out loud at your story, Brian--- glad the universe conspired to prevent a forfeit!

I did not do very well today, none of my guesses panned out and I missed one I should absolutely have gotten.

1. ❌ Barcelona is on my bucket list, but I haven't been yet. I said Lisbon, because I knew they had completely redone so much of it after the earthquake (though I did think it hadn't taken 100 years to do it). Assigned 1 point.

2. ❌ Had no clue. I knew about the Serbian guslars, who of course are not West African, but I thought there might be enough of a connection to get me close. There was not. Assigned 2 points.

3. ❌ Moss. I'm mad about this one: I knew Campbell, Crawford, Evangelista, and Turlington, but I thought Kate Moss was the last one, and that was the one I named. I assigned it 2 points because my opponent has done very poorly on pop music questions.

4. ✅ Fever. Assigned 1 point.

5. ❌ I assumed these were political parties. 🤦😅 And assigned it 3 points.

6. ✅ Onassis. 0 points.

Dave M Day 19

Was pleased with 4/6 here but looks like a high scoring day so far in this crowd.

 

1 : ) Barcelona. One of the apexes of people-friendly urban planning. D11

2 : ( Shaman. No idea. Glad to D33 this one.

3 : ) Thurlington (sp). I love this song and video. I thought it was one of the sexiest things I'd ever seen when I first watched it, I guess it came out at when I was the right age for that. I just had to go and rewatch it on youtube. Still amazing. D22

4 : ( Hives. No idea. D22

5 : ) BBC. Simple media Q. D00

6 : ) Onassis. I think I'd have known about any more recent ex-wives remarrying. D11

Marcus LL108 Match Day 19 -- Confirmation

5/6

stop whinging Seif , they made it abundantly clear that the cos/sin order mattered we just didn't read the question carefully enough.

Player: BrowningM

1. Octagonal city blocks with chamfered (cut) corners, designed by Ildefons Cerdà in the mid-19th century to improve visibility, airflow, sunlight, and public spaces, are an iconic feature of the Eixample district in what city?
Correct Answer: BARCELONA
Your Answer: barcelona
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

been there many times 

2. What term is most commonly used in English for the professional oral historians and storytellers of West Africa who preserve epics and traditions through memorized performance? Alternative regional names include jali, djeli, gewel, and others.
Correct Answer: GRIOT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

not a clue, does anyone know this ?

3. George Michael does not himself appear in the iconic David Fincher-directed video for his hit song Freedom '90, but five women popular at the time do appear. Give the last name of any one of these five women.
Correct Answer: CAMPBELL, CRAWFORD, EVANGELISTA, PATITZ, TURLINGTON
Your Answer: crawford
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

i can see them now 

4. Most often caused by infection, what is the common name for the clinical condition known medically as pyrexia?
Correct Answer: FEVER
Your Answer: fever
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

fire so fever?? was a guess but thought prob correct 

5. What is essentially the UK's equivalent to Japan's NHK, Italy's RAI, Ireland's RTÉ, and Germany's ZDF (and perhaps ARD)?
Correct Answer: BBC
Your Answer: bbc
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

gimme 

6. At the most recent wedding of a former First Lady who remarried after leaving the White House, who was the bridegroom?
Correct Answer: ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
Your Answer: Onassis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

went thro them 1 b 1 til the lightbulb moment