Brian Day 25

 4/6 and happy to be right in the middle of B rundle.  Seif, be sure to register for the America at 250 Mini League. Have a great summer everyone!

1) Soyuz  1/1.  The only capsule I know

2) Tripoli  1/1. Great question, literally means three cities, I never knew

3) Alexander 2/2  I chose… poorly

4) teen vogue 3/3 

5) Cinderella 0/0 enduring stories are usually fairy tales

6) etymology 2/2   Didn’t think it would be right, but I guess I was thinking of the Latin roots for truth and word which didn’t match.  Good point Marcus, it is the etymology of etymology, what a great question. 

Jesse Day 25

4/6. I am firmly in the middle of B, so will not be moving rundles next season.  Have a great off season!

1. What Russian word for "union" was used as the name of the Soviet space capsule that flew on several missions beginning in 1967, including #19, which docked with the Apollo spacecraft in orbit in 1975?
Correct Answer: SOYUZ
Your Answer: Soyuz
Points Assigned: 1

Only word I could think of. I was not confident. 

2. The ancient North African cities of Leptis Magna, Oea, and Sabratha all lie near or within what current world capital and, indirectly, give that capital its Greek-derived name?
Correct Answer: TRIPOLI
Your Answer: Tripoli
Points Assigned: 1

I knew those cities were in Libya so this was easy for me. Nice bit of trivia with the triple cities. I did not know that. 

3. A simple letter-shift code that is a staple of puzzle hunts and escape rooms (perhaps to the point of cliché) is a "cipher" named after what figure of antiquity, who reportedly used it in military correspondence with his preference being a shift of 3 (where A becomes D, for example)?
Correct Answer: JULIUS CAESAR
Your Answer: Julius Caeser
Points Assigned: 0

It was that or Alexander. 

4. Molly Baz, Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, and Sohla El-Waylly are all popular YouTube creators who first found fame appearing on the channel of what magazine?
Correct Answer: BON APPÉTIT
Your Answer: Bon Apetite
Points Assigned: 2

I watched a lot of Claire Saffitz during the pandemic. 

5. Some academics argue, probably dubiously, that an enduring 1697 story featuring what title character may have mistakenly substituted verre (glass) for the homophonous vair (a type of fur)?
Correct Answer: CINDERELLA
Your Answer: Barber
Points Assigned: 3

Well I feel like an idiot. 

6. What English word derives from Greek roots meaning "true sense" or "true meaning" and "word"?
Correct Answer: ETYMOLOGY
Your Answer: Lexicon
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

Day 25 jessica

3/6 mostly guesses

1. Wrong - Put Sputnik even though I knew it was wrong. Never heard of Soyuz.

2. Correct - tripoli = tri + polis 3 cities

3. Correct- guessed Julius Caesar and figured I’d be wrong . Not sure how ciph and Caesar are related…

4. Wrong - guessed vice magazine randomly 

5. Correct - was thinking about the only fairy tale where glass features…was it supposed to be a fur slipper??? That sounds odd

6. Wrong - put logo, from the Greek word logos meaning word, understanding, logic, meaning. I feel like it’s arguable! 

Have a great summer everyone!

--

Jessica Fragola, VMD
www.pawsatpeace.com

"Love is the seed of all hope." 

Dave M day 25 v Marcus CLL

Also get a 4/6 to finish the season. Good enough to beat Marcus? No - it’s a 6/6 tie. My confidence that Cinderella was simple answer was offset by his confidence it was really tough. See you next season!

1 : ) Soyuz. Space gimme. D12

2 : ) Tripoli. I learnt Leptis Magna was in Libya in high school classics. D21

3 : ) Caesar. Caesar Cipher. D22

4 : ( Mad. I was way off. D33

5 : ) Cinderella. I figured the glass/fur dubious factoid was widely known. D00

6 : ( Dictionary. I guess that kind of counts as the right concept but a big miss regardless. D11 

Marcus 25 addendum

I also liked that question 6 was the etymology of etymology, very meta. Already miss you guys have a great summer.

Marcus LL109 Match Day 25 -- Confirmation

4/6 vs Dave M and I suspect i’m in a spot of bother …

Player: BrowningM

1. What Russian word for "union" was used as the name of the Soviet space capsule that flew on several missions beginning in 1967, including #19, which docked with the Apollo spacecraft in orbit in 1975?
Correct Answer: SOYUZ
Your Answer: Soyuz
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme

2. The ancient North African cities of Leptis Magna, Oea, and Sabratha all lie near or within what current world capital and, indirectly, give that capital its Greek-derived name?
Correct Answer: TRIPOLI
Your Answer: Tripoli
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

went thro all the north african capitals and this was the only Greek sounding one 

3. A simple letter-shift code that is a staple of puzzle hunts and escape rooms (perhaps to the point of cliché) is a "cipher" named after what figure of antiquity, who reportedly used it in military correspondence with his preference being a shift of 3 (where A becomes D, for example)?
Correct Answer: JULIUS CAESAR
Your Answer: Julius Caeaser
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

gimme and who all would you guess ? maybe Alexander i suppose 

4. Molly Baz, Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, and Sohla El-Waylly are all popular YouTube creators who first found fame appearing on the channel of what magazine?
Correct Answer: BON APPÉTIT
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Er Nah but i think Dave may know this 

5. Some academics argue, probably dubiously, that an enduring 1697 story featuring what title character may have mistakenly substituted verre (glass) for the homophonous vair (a type of fur)?
Correct Answer: CINDERELLA
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

DOH! it’s really easy when you see the answer 

6. What English word derives from Greek roots meaning "true sense" or "true meaning" and "word"?
Correct Answer: ETYMOLOGY
Your Answer: etymology
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

gimme 

David S Day 25

 Solid 5/6 to end the season with one wild guess in there that worked out. 

1. Soyuz :), D11. Gimme since I knew about the Soyuz-Apollo docking. Don’t think I could have figured it out from the rest of the clues. 
2. Tripoli :), D11. Felt pretty confident here since I didn’t think any other North African capital’s name had a Greek origin. 
3. Julius Caesar :), D22. Didn’t expect to get this. Just a lucky guess. Not that many famous military leaders in antiquity from places that had commonly used alphabets, so not a huge pool to choose from.
4. Gamer :(, D33. No idea. 
5. Cinderella :), D00. I hope this is as obvious as I thought it was. Seemed like a clear D00 irrespective of my opponents’ strengths. 
6. Etymology :), D22. Did this on advance access yesterday and spent hours on this. Finally this popped into my head, and I figured it was likely right. 

Have a great offseason, everyone!

David S Addendum

Jessica and Diane, I totally got Jutes from Mrs. Evans too. All the way back in 1996! I’m not sure I learned any English in that class, but at least I got a LL question. Also, Ooooooooooooorlick.

Diane, I’m going to guess “scratch” gets marked correct, so congrats (probably) on the 6!

Brian Day 24

a very satisfying 5/6, thought I had 2 or 3, at most 4.  I've gone 5 straight without a win, this gives me a chance.

Congrats to SaferMR on winning the CLL...  Who is SaferMR?

I encourage you all to try out some One Days over the summer, they're free!

1) Pinochle 1/2   wild guess, biggest surprise hit today

2) retinol 0/1   probably the gimme of the day for most

3) scratching 2/2  was hopeful there wasn't another name for it

4) Cockneys 2/3   Two what?   Two Jutes?  

5) Atlanta  1/0   unfortunately a gimme given my wife's tv watching habits

6) Mononoke 3/1  Very happy to get this.  I thought the answer was going to be from Spirited Away, which I have not seen, but I was hopeful that the Princess was indicating Princess Mononoke, which I have seen, and which I loved, but was in too altered a state at the time to remember the details of  30 years later

Jesse Day 24

2 or 3/6

1. Identify the card game, derived from Bézique, in which two packs of 24 cards are used (with all cards from 2 through 8 removed), with the objective of winning tricks and scoring points based on the cards won.
Correct Answer: PINOCHLE
Your Answer: Euchre
Points Assigned: 2

I have never played pinochle. 

2. Vitamin A derivatives are among the most scientifically proven anti-aging skincare ingredients. What is the name for the alcohol form of vitamin A—a name which reflects the vitamin's role in vision, first illuminated through research into night blindness—which is an over-the-counter form now widely used in anti-aging creams and serums?
Correct Answer: RETINOL
Your Answer: Retinol A
Points Assigned: 2

My wife is pretty focused on staying young-looking.

3. Grand Wizzard Theodore (born Theodore Livingston), a hip-hop DJ from the Bronx, is widely credited with inventing what DJ technique, by accident, which helped transform the turntable into a performance instrument? He was featured in a 2001 documentary named after the technique.
Correct Answer: SCRATCHING
Your Answer: Scratching
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

4. The 5th-century post-Roman Germanic invasions of Britain were undertaken primarily by three groups, two of which (the Angles and the Saxons) gave their names to the resulting cultural and linguistic group. What was the third group, whose original homeland was the Danish peninsula and who settled mostly in Kent and the Isle of Wight?
Correct Answer: JUTES
Your Answer: Vikings
Points Assigned: 1

I originally put down Jutelanders (I used to live in Denmark), but I thought that I was overthinking it and would feel stupid if the answer was Vikings. 

5. Propelled by the large (and sometimes controversial) personalities of breakout stars such as NeNe Leakes, Kandi Burruss, and Kim Zolciak, what was the titular setting of the installment of Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchise that was for many years its highest-rated?
Correct Answer: ATLANTA
Your Answer: Miami
Points Assigned: 1

I have never seen this series, but figured it was Miami or Atlanta. 

6. A landmark 1997 film achieved a major milestone for anime cinema by becoming the highest-grossing movie ever released in Japan at the time, dethroning E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In that film, the character San is dubbed the Princess of spirits known by what word?
Correct Answer: MONONOKE
Your Answer: Monoke
Points Assigned: 3

I have this film downloaded on Plex to watch with my daughter, but haven't watched it yet. I couldn't quite remember the word. Maybe I'll get credit?

marcus LL109 Match Day 24 -- Confirmation

well done on the 6 pack diane !

5 for me, came close to my first forfeit as i was at an uncle’s funeral

Player: BrowningM

1. Identify the card game, derived from Bézique, in which two packs of 24 cards are used (with all cards from 2 through 8 removed), with the objective of winning tricks and scoring points based on the cards won.
Correct Answer: PINOCHLE
Your Answer: pinochle
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i thought canasta but then realised its an american quiz and came up with the gangster movie guess 

2. Vitamin A derivatives are among the most scientifically proven anti-aging skincare ingredients. What is the name for the alcohol form of vitamin A—a name which reflects the vitamin's role in vision, first illuminated through research into night blindness—which is an over-the-counter form now widely used in anti-aging creams and serums?
Correct Answer: RETINOL
Your Answer: retionol
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

chemsitry at uni

3. Grand Wizzard Theodore (born Theodore Livingston), a hip-hop DJ from the Bronx, is widely credited with inventing what DJ technique, by accident, which helped transform the turntable into a performance instrument? He was featured in a 2001 documentary named after the technique.
Correct Answer: SCRATCHING
Your Answer: scratching
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

an obvious guess

4. The 5th-century post-Roman Germanic invasions of Britain were undertaken primarily by three groups, two of which (the Angles and the Saxons) gave their names to the resulting cultural and linguistic group. What was the third group, whose original homeland was the Danish peninsula and who settled mostly in Kent and the Isle of Wight?
Correct Answer: JUTES
Your Answer: jutes
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

school history from the age of 9

5. Propelled by the large (and sometimes controversial) personalities of breakout stars such as NeNe Leakes, Kandi Burruss, and Kim Zolciak, what was the titular setting of the installment of Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchise that was for many years its highest-rated?
Correct Answer: ATLANTA
Your Answer: atlanta
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

they had orange county last season or 2 so i was confident 

6. A landmark 1997 film achieved a major milestone for anime cinema by becoming the highest-grossing movie ever released in Japan at the time, dethroning E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In that film, the character San is dubbed the Princess of spirits known by what word?
Correct Answer: MONONOKE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

nor a clue , is it good ?

Diane Day 24--6/6?????

1. ✅ Pinochle:) Some of my earliest memories are my parents and grandparents playing pinochle in the evening, and me trying and failing to play regular card games with their pinochle decks.I still have never played myself:( I moved to the midwest and now it's all Euchre, all the time. I thought this one might be tricky, so D23.
2. ✅ Retinol. Facebook has been trying to sell this shit to me for five years now 😂 My rundle opponent is a guy and not in science; my CLL opponent seems never to get a science question wrong. So D20.
3. ✅ Scratch. ****IF**** they accept "scratch" for "scratching".... D12
4. ✅ Jutes! OMG Jessica and David, were you in Mrs. Evans' 9th grade English class with me? I remember her shrieking about this. ANGLES, SAXONS, and JUTES!!!! D32
5. ✅ Atlanta :) Yeah, I used to watch this one:) D11
6. ✅ Mononoke D01 Horribly, Jess, I've never actually seen this! But you and Emily talked about it a ton:)

day 24 jessica

4/6 today

1. Answer: pinochle. I put craps. Random guess of a card game I don't know how to play. 

2. Answer: retinol. CORRECT. I think most women would know this answer. 

3. Answer: scratching. I put record spinning. I guess it's called scratching? 

4. Answer: Jutes. CORRECT. I think I have Mrs Evans in 9th grade to thank for talking about the angels, saxons, and jutes a bunch. 

5. Answer: Atlanta. CORRECT. It was NeNe that tipped me off. That's not a manhattan housewife name.  

6. Answer: Mononoke. CORRECT. Good movie :) 

David S Day 24

3/6 today, but given how far from my strengths today was, I probably should have done worse, and I’ll be tough to defend. 

1. Euchre :(, D31. Never heard of this. 
2. Retinol :), D00. Sounds like retina, so was a logical guess. Wouldn’t have been shocked to have this be wrong. 
3. Scratching :), D23. Broke my streak of eight-straight incorrect pop music questions! Hope I get 3 points here. Wasn’t this a question many years ago? More than that, is there any other method/action/etc. type of “DJ method” one can think of other than scratching the record?
4. Jutes :), D11. Gimme for me, but probably pretty hard. Denmark’s peninsula is known as Jutland, but I think if you don’t know the answer to this question, it will be hard to get it from Jutland. 
5. New Jersey :(, D22. Nope! Felt like this had a shot. 
6. Takaichi :(, D12. Now that I see the answer, it actually does ring a bell. But I had no idea when I saw the question and would never have gotten it. 

Diane Day 22 and 23: 3/6 and 4/6

Day 22 was good for me, though I said "Rondelle" instead of Rondo and was hoping to get credit (I did not). But I knew the Missouri Compromise states, the UAE current events question, and guessed correctly on Nova Scotia.

Day 23 was better, AND both my Rundle opponent and my CLL opponent are from my alma maters--one from Indiana University, and the other from Haverford. Very cool coincidence.

1. ❌ No clue. Figured it would be hard to guess D33 
2. ✅ Venus De Milo--new information to me (I didn't think she had ever had arms!) but really guessable D12
3. ❌ Samba. D21
4. ✅ Very Large. A total but delightful guess. It seemed like a sciencey thing other people would know,  so I gave it low defense. D11
5. ✅ CoverGirl. Both of my opponents were guys, and I just didn't know if this was as inescapable for guys in the '90s-00's as it was for us ladyfolks:) D22
6. ✅ Hantavirus. A gimme. D00

I was disappointed there wasn't a Match today, but Happy Juneteenth, everyone!

Jesse Day 23

4/6

1. The fictional South Indian town of Malgudi appeared across 14 novels (beginning with Swami and Friends) and numerous short stories by what Indian novelist, a leading figure of early English-language Indian literature?
Correct Answer: R.K. NARAYAN
Your Answer: Singh
Points Assigned: 3

Malgudi Days is on the recommended reading list I wrote for my company's webpage, but I never read it, and there was no way I was going to remember the author's name. 

2. Art historians and archaeologists have theorized that her arms once held an apple or a shield, or were adjusting her clothing, though none of these theories is definitive, and she definitely hasn't been holding anything since 1820 at the latest. Who is the figure in question?
Correct Answer: VENUS (DE MILO)
Your Answer: Venus de Milo
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie? This should have a very high get rate. 

3. What five-letter Spanish word names the immediately familiar two-bar, five-stroke rhythmic pattern that has roots in African musical traditions and is central to Afro-Cuban music, heard in rumba, son, mambo, conga, salsa, and numerous other genres?
Correct Answer: CLAVE
Your Answer: Samba
Points Assigned: 2

I have heard of the term, but I had no chance.

4. A vast and elaborate Y-shaped "array" of telescopes located about 50 miles from Socorro, New Mexico, built in the 1970s and named since 2012 after radio astronomy pioneer Karl G. Jansky, is commonly known by its initials, VLA. What accurately descriptive phrase is represented by the "VL"?
Correct Answer: VERY LARGE
Your Answer: Very Large
Points Assigned: 2

I knew this one.

5. What brand, launched by Noxzema in 1961, helped pioneer mass-market cosmetics marketing aimed at young women, becoming famous for its "Easy, Breezy, Beautiful" slogan? Its name is typically written in camel case, like "YouTube" or "SoundCloud".
Correct Answer: COVERGIRL
Your Answer: Cover Girl
Points Assigned: 1

The slogan is very memorable. And I heard it a million times in my childhood. 

6. The Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, at least beginning in May 2026, is associated closely with what pathogen named after a Korean river?
Correct Answer: HANTAVIRUS
Your Answer: Hanta Virus
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea it was named after a Korean river. 

Marcys LL109 Match Day 23 -- Confirmation

5 vs Brian who defended me perfectly but i think my D3 on Narayan carried the day

Player: BrowningM

1. The fictional South Indian town of Malgudi appeared across 14 novels (beginning with Swami and Friends) and numerous short stories by what Indian novelist, a leading figure of early English-language Indian literature?
Correct Answer: R.K. NARAYAN
Your Answer: Narayan
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

easier for brits 

2. Art historians and archaeologists have theorized that her arms once held an apple or a shield, or were adjusting her clothing, though none of these theories is definitive, and she definitely hasn't been holding anything since 1820 at the latest. Who is the figure in question?
Correct Answer: VENUS (DE MILO)
Your Answer: Venus de Milo
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

nice q

3. What five-letter Spanish word names the immediately familiar two-bar, five-stroke rhythmic pattern that has roots in African musical traditions and is central to Afro-Cuban music, heard in rumba, son, mambo, conga, salsa, and numerous other genres?
Correct Answer: CLAVE
Your Answer: Clave
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I loved paul simon’s Graceland before anyone used to complain about cultural appropriation 

4. A vast and elaborate Y-shaped "array" of telescopes located about 50 miles from Socorro, New Mexico, built in the 1970s and named since 2012 after radio astronomy pioneer Karl G. Jansky, is commonly known by its initials, VLA. What accurately descriptive phrase is represented by the "VL"?
Correct Answer: VERY LARGE
Your Answer: Very Large
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

gimme for me

5. What brand, launched by Noxzema in 1961, helped pioneer mass-market cosmetics marketing aimed at young women, becoming famous for its "Easy, Breezy, Beautiful" slogan? Its name is typically written in camel case, like "YouTube" or "SoundCloud".
Correct Answer: COVERGIRL
Your Answer: Revlon
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

easy for americans ?

6. The Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, at least beginning in May 2026, is associated closely with what pathogen named after a Korean river?
Correct Answer: HANTAVIRUS
Your Answer: Hantavirus
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

it was the lead story on the news every day for about 10 days 

Brian Day 23 vs Marcus (CLL)

 4/6 which is usually not good enough to beat Marcus unless I get art points....

1) Patel 2/2  never heard of these books or this author

2) Venus de Milo 1/0   art's my worst category, but this seems like a gimme

3) Peart 3/2  No idea, but I'm very excited to see Rush next month

4) Very Large 2/1  gimme for me

5) Cover Girl 0/3  Noxzema causes images of Rebecca Gayheart to go running thru my head, and I was able to complete the slogan easily.  Hoping this is US-centric

6) hantavirus 1/1  my kids were worried this was the new covid

day 22 and 23 jessica

day 23 - 3/6 ok

1) WRONG left blank had no idea

2) WRONG picked the wrong armless statue and wrote winged victory. oh well. 

3) WRONG - wrote "no idea"

4) CORRECT - very large. i was between "very long" and "very large" and I guessed right!

5) CORRECT - cover girl. Do boys know the answer to this? 

6) CORRECT - hantavirus. i feel like everyone knows this. 

day 22
bad day all bad guesses 1/6!

1) WRONG put theme and variations

2) WRONG guessed mississippi and maine. Thought it was a good guess

3) WRONG I think I put cooper, random guess

4) CORRECT UAE - knew this one

5) WRONG - put pepper because i was thinking pequena not the diminutive

5) WRONG Guessed new brunswick for no particular reason

David S Day 23

4/6, which I’m happy with after having no idea whatsoever on two of the first three. I got the same 4 as Dave M, so perhaps this will be a pattern today.

1. Sharma :(, D23. Had no idea. 
2. Venus :), D21. Cute clue. Got it from “hasn’t been holding anything,” which is how I suspect most will get it. 
3. Samba :(, D02. Again had no idea. I’ve never heard of this. 
4. Very large :), D30. Gimme. Hopefully not obvious to my LL opponent, who is terrible at science. 
5. Cover girl :), D12. The jingle from those commercials in the 1990s is evidently permanently in my head. I knew it immediately as a result of “easy, breezy, beautiful.”
6. Hantavirus :), D11. Gimme. I’m sure we’ll get a few Ebola answers, though. 

Dave M day 23 v Brad CLL

4/6 today which I hope is good enough.

1 : ( Sen. Never heard of RK Narayan and I assume most haven’t. D33

2 : ) Venus de Milo. With archaeology involved it had to substantially predate 1820 and probably be a sculpture of some sort. I considered the Sphinx. D22

3 : ( Bossa. I figure this plays hard. D22

4 : ) Very large. This was at the beginning of Pluribus the new Vince Gilligan show. D11

5 : ) CoverGirl. The slogan triggered an instinct to complete the phrase in my brain. D11

6 : ) Hantavirus. Simple current events Q. D00

Jesse Day 22

3/6

1. What is the name for the musical structure in which refrains of an initial theme are separated by contrasting episodes, such as in the pattern A-B-A-C-A-B-A (though Genesis's Abacab does not, strictly speaking, fit the definition)? One of the most famous, both in form and in name, is Mozart's Turkish-inspired march published in 1784.
Correct Answer: RONDO
Your Answer: Rondo
Points Assigned: 0

I got this from the Dave Brubeck Quartet's Blue Rondo a la Turk. 

2. An agreement was struck in the U.S. in 1820 to simultaneously admit to the Union two new states, one with slavery and one without, in order to preserve a sectional balance in the Senate. What were these two states, which start with the same letter?
Correct Answer: MISSOURI, MAINE
Your Answer: Missouri and Maine
Points Assigned: 2

I knew right away that it was the Missouri Compromise. It was then a flip of the coin between Mississippi and Maine. 

3. What apparently arbitrary man's name was given by Del Close to the long-form improvisational-theater structure he helped develop in Chicago in the 1960s, still today a dominant long-form structure in improv, in which a single audience suggestion generates an extended performance with multiple interwoven narrative threads?
Correct Answer: HAROLD
Your Answer: Gary
Points Assigned: 1

I have never heard of this. 

4. Citing strategic, economic, and national interest reasons, what country announced in May 2026 that it would be leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), of which it had been a member since 1967, before the country was even formally founded in 1971?
Correct Answer: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
Your Answer: United Arab Emirates
Points Assigned: 2

I have been following the war very closely due to the nature of my work. 

5. What spice takes its name from the Spanish word for "little pod"—and aptly so, as it is derived from the small seed pods of an orchid native to Spanish-speaking regions in Mesoamerica?
Correct Answer: VANILLA
Your Answer: Saffron
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea. I was tried to think of words like pequeno, or have an -ito at the end. Shoot, very gettable. 

6. Once its own British colony, Cape Breton Island was annexed in 1820 and remains today a part of which Canadian province?
Correct Answer: NOVA SCOTIA
Your Answer: Newfoundland
Points Assigned: 3

I was in the right area of Canada.

Brian belated Day 21

 Just realized I never posted yesterday, 3/6

1) never heard of gesso

2) no idea, guessed kuala lumpur

3) again no idea, never thought of blarney

4) Who's That Girl   took awhile to come to me, but I did have a Desperately Seeking Susan-era poster of Madonna on my wall so it was only a matter of time

5) Splinter  I'm just familiar enough to know this character.  I thought he got his name based off of Stick, Daredevil's mentor (and maybe he did as well).

6) Billie Jean King   I knew her brother played baseball.   Would not have know his name if the question were reversed.  

Brian Day 22

 Shockingly my first 2 of the season    

1) variations on a theme 3/3 no idea

2) Missouri, Michigan 0/0   Realized it was the MO Compromise, but chose the wrong second state

3) Brad 2/2 no idea

4) UAE 1/1   Actually a lucky guess, I remember the headline but forgot who it was.

5) vanilla 2/1   orchids = vanilla, + illa as in quesadilla

6) New Brunswick 1/2  i had a one in 3 shot.  

Dave M day 22 vs Diane? CLL

3/6 again for me today, I think I’m up against Diane in CLL today?

 

1 : ( Adagio. Two tough (for me) music questions in 3 days. D33

2 : ) Missouri, Maine. My husband learnt about the Missouri Compromise in college a few years ago. D11

3 : ( Bob. Random guess. D22

4 : ) United Arab Emirates. Gimme-ish current affairs. D00

5 : ( Pepitas. I had until now assumed Vanilla was native to Madagascar, which is where I believe most of it is grown. D21

6 : ) Nova Scotia. I nearly took a job with the Port of Sydney (the other Sydney, on Cape Breton) once. D12

David S Day 22

 5/6 today. All in my wheelhouse except one. 

1. Rondo :), D23. A (very) rare classical music gimme for me. I like Rondo alla Turca a lot and played it on the piano when I was younger, so I knew this right away. 
2. Missouri Maine :), D12. American history gimme. 
3. William :(, D30. Absolutely nothing here. I’ve never heard of anything in this question and wasn’t even sure it was a “real” name we were looking for. 
4. United Arab Emirates :), D01. Followed this closely last month. 
5. Vanilla :), D22. I got thrown by the word spice, but I’d heard about this etymology before and thought it was unlikely there was anything else it could be. 
6. Nova Scotia :), D11. I was pretty sure, and even if not, the name “Breton” maps well into Nova Scotia, so I think it was the clear guess. 

Marcus LL109 Match Day 22 -- Confirmation

4 today , lost both rundles again with 5 yesterday which was a surprise 

Player: BrowningM

1. What is the name for the musical structure in which refrains of an initial theme are separated by contrasting episodes, such as in the pattern A-B-A-C-A-B-A (though Genesis's Abacab does not, strictly speaking, fit the definition)? One of the most famous, both in form and in name, is Mozart's Turkish-inspired march published in 1784.
Correct Answer: RONDO
Your Answer: rondo
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Reminds me of playing baby Mozart to my kids, feels like yesterday but my eldest boy will be 27 in a couple of weeks 

2. An agreement was struck in the U.S. in 1820 to simultaneously admit to the Union two new states, one with slavery and one without, in order to preserve a sectional balance in the Senate. What were these two states, which start with the same letter?
Correct Answer: MISSOURI, MAINE
Your Answer: maine mississipi
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

close but no cigar , presume this is fairly easy US history?

3. What apparently arbitrary man's name was given by Del Close to the long-form improvisational-theater structure he helped develop in Chicago in the 1960s, still today a dominant long-form structure in improv, in which a single audience suggestion generates an extended performance with multiple interwoven narrative threads?
Correct Answer: HAROLD
Your Answer: arthur
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I think i deserve 2 points for this cos George Harrison called his haircut Arthur in a hard day’s night and i think that was the origin 

4. Citing strategic, economic, and national interest reasons, what country announced in May 2026 that it would be leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), of which it had been a member since 1967, before the country was even formally founded in 1971?
Correct Answer: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
Your Answer: UAE
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

gimme given my job

5. What spice takes its name from the Spanish word for "little pod"—and aptly so, as it is derived from the small seed pods of an orchid native to Spanish-speaking regions in Mesoamerica?
Correct Answer: VANILLA
Your Answer: vanilla
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

guessed a pod 

6. Once its own British colony, Cape Breton Island was annexed in 1820 and remains today a part of which Canadian province?
Correct Answer: NOVA SCOTIA
Your Answer: nova scotia
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0


the closest bit …

Jesse Day 21

3/6

1. Liquitex, Golden, Pebeo, and Winsor & Newton are all art supply companies that produce popular lines of what primer used to prepare painting surfaces, whose name comes from an Italian word for "chalk" or "plaster"?
Correct Answer: GESSO
Your Answer: Stucco
Points Assigned: 1

I feel like this question has been asked before. 

2. Identify the city that was occupied by the Japanese from 1895 to 1945, became a government seat in 1949, grew rapidly from about 500,000 to over two million residents between 1950 and the mid-1970s, and is famous for its night markets and as a one-time home to the world's tallest skyscraper?
Correct Answer: TAIPEI
Your Answer: Seoul
Points Assigned: 2

I should have spent more time on this. I had just watched a video a few days ago about why Japan didn't keep Taiwan after WW2. 

3. Legend dating from the 16th century states that the lord of what Irish castle, through extreme loquacity, avoided acknowledging to a deputy of England's Queen Elizabeth that the castle's lands were held as a royal grant from the Queen, and not as a chieftainship?
Correct Answer: BLARNEY
Your Answer: Blarney Castle
Points Assigned: 0

Gift of gab. I haven't been to Blarney Castle. 

4. In the 1980s, Madonna appeared in five wide-release feature films, including Vision Quest, Desperately Seeking Susan, Shanghai Surprise, and Bloodhounds of Broadway. What 1987 film, for which she also recorded the title track, is the fifth?
Correct Answer: WHO'S THAT GIRL
Your Answer: Dick Tracy
Points Assigned: 3

I was so sure I was right! It looks like Dick Tracy was from 1990. 

5. What is the English translation of the nickname of Renaissance artist Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, which was used as the name of the mutant rat who was the master of Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo (a.k.a. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)?
Correct Answer: SPLINTER
Your Answer: Splinter
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie for someone of my age. 

6. Baseball pitcher Randy Moffitt, who had a successful MLB career in the 1970s and early '80s for the Giants, Astros, and Blue Jays, was nevertheless perhaps better known as the younger brother of what other professional athlete and social justice pioneer? (First name required.)
Correct Answer: BILLIE JEAN (MOFFITT) KING
Your Answer: Billy Jean King
Points Assigned: 2

I could not think of anyone with the last name Moffit, so I went with the only non-black social justice pioneer I could think of from that time period. 

David S Addendum

 I think you’ll get credit, Dave M. So it will be a tie and we’ll settle this next time :)

Dave M day 21 v David S CLL

2-3 out of 6 today (Uncanny Alley did not play correct yesterday). If I get 3, I reckon I will, then it’s a pleasing-looking 3(3)-3(3) tie with David S

 

1 : ( Impasto. OK, at least I’ve never heard of Gesso. D21

2 : ) Taipei. Asia geography/history gimme. D00

3 : ) Blarney Castle. Could be the only answer here. Should have D1ed this in hindsight. D22

4 : ( Nancy. I seem to recall a Madonna movie with the name of the character as the title. Nope. D33

5 : ( Shredder. Don’t know how I mixed up the sensei and the villain. D11

6 : | Billie Jean Moffitt. I knew she was a Moffitt (loved the Battle of the Sexes movie) but probably should have put down the King surname. One of my work colleagues’ mothers was a cheerleader at the real Battle of the Sexes in Houston. D12

Jessica day 21

3/6

1. Answer: gesso - wrong- had no idea...i know nothing about art

2. Answer: taipei - WRONG - also had no idea but id been to dalian recently and it had a lot of big skyscrapers so put that

3. Answer: blarney - CORRECT - only irish castle i can name anyway

4. Answer: Who's that girl - CORRECT - i remember seeing that movie on tv at some point,...

5. Answer: Splinter. I actually just watched a clip of the ninja turtles movie last night where the turtles dance to the song "Tequila" because ym assistant had been talking about it. 

6. Answer: Billie Jean King. Wrote Jackie Robinson because was thinking baseball and civil rights but never would have gotten this i a million years

Marcus LL109 Match Day 21 -- Confirmation

Back to 5 today after losing in both rundles yesterday 

Player: BrowningM

1. Liquitex, Golden, Pebeo, and Winsor & Newton are all art supply companies that produce popular lines of what primer used to prepare painting surfaces, whose name comes from an Italian word for "chalk" or "plaster"?
Correct Answer: GESSO
Your Answer: gesso
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

this is hard i think but i like my art 

2. Identify the city that was occupied by the Japanese from 1895 to 1945, became a government seat in 1949, grew rapidly from about 500,000 to over two million residents between 1950 and the mid-1970s, and is famous for its night markets and as a one-time home to the world's tallest skyscraper?
Correct Answer: TAIPEI
Your Answer: taipei
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Tapei 101..

3. Legend dating from the 16th century states that the lord of what Irish castle, through extreme loquacity, avoided acknowledging to a deputy of England's Queen Elizabeth that the castle's lands were held as a royal grant from the Queen, and not as a chieftainship?
Correct Answer: BLARNEY
Your Answer: blarney
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

maybe easier for brits 

4. In the 1980s, Madonna appeared in five wide-release feature films, including Vision Quest, Desperately Seeking Susan, Shanghai Surprise, and Bloodhounds of Broadway. What 1987 film, for which she also recorded the title track, is the fifth?
Correct Answer: WHO'S THAT GIRL
Your Answer: who's that girl
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

my era and i am a fan 

5. What is the English translation of the nickname of Renaissance artist Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, which was used as the name of the mutant rat who was the master of Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo (a.k.a. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)?
Correct Answer: SPLINTER
Your Answer: splinter
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

my kids era

6. Baseball pitcher Randy Moffitt, who had a successful MLB career in the 1970s and early '80s for the Giants, Astros, and Blue Jays, was nevertheless perhaps better known as the younger brother of what other professional athlete and social justice pioneer? (First name required.)
Correct Answer: BILLIE JEAN (MOFFITT) KING
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

My eyes glazed over when it mentioned baseball but i could have got this , i knew she was Billy Jean Moffit 

David S Day 21 vs Dave M (CLL)

 3/6. Hard day, I thought.

1. Acrylic :(, D23. Had nothing here. 
2. Taipei :), D20. Was thinking Seoul as I read the question, but the former tallest building made it clear and a gimme. No doubt it will be the same for Dave M. 
3. Blarney :), D11. Didn’t know the story, so I fell back on the generic Irish castle answer, and that strategy served me well. 
4. A league of their own :(, D02. I thought I was a few years too late here but had nothing else. 
5. Splinter :), D11. Gimme given the Turltles clue. Did Dave M grow up watching this in NZ like I did in the US?!
6. John Moffit :(, D32. Oh, wow. I never got even remotely onto the right track here. 

Brian Day 20

 4/6

1) Turkey 3/3    Associated Eureka with Greece, thought Turkey would make more sense, didn't think of more likely mining regions

2) Mortal Kombat 1/2   After my game-playing days, but still a ripping heads off and hearts out gimme.

3) Uncanny Valley 0/0  Has come up a lot as digital movie effects improved, Leia and Tarkin in Rogue One really sparked a lot of discussion how realistic yet incredible creepy they were for being just a little off

4) Tabs 1/1  I get sucked into Facebook Reels of these

5) The Old Man and the Sea 2/1  First thing to pop into my head

6) pod 2/2  Just couldn't pull it.  And The Very Hungry Caterpillar lied to me.  

jessica day 20

4/6

1. Correct answer Australia. WRONG. Guessed south africa because mines

2. Correct answer Mortal Combat. CORRECT. Was prime video game age when this was popular

3. Correct answer: uncanny valley. WRONG - put deja vu. Thought i'd get it right actually assigned this one 0 points

4. Correct answer: tabs - CORRECT

5. Correct answer: Old man and the sea - CORRECT - just reread this while i was in key west a few months back. better book as an adult than as a teenager

6. Correct answer: chrysalis - CORRECT 

Diane Day 20 VS DAVID!!!

This is awesome:)  I'm also 4/6, David, and if my math is right, we BOTH got 4(4). So...? This is my first-ever tie!!

1. ❌ I said Greece, even though Ballarat didn't seem particularly Greek. But Eureka is a Greek word, and I literally had no other guess. I thought others would be stumped by it, but not David:) D32
2. ✅ (If they accept Combat for Kombat). D11
3. ❌ Pass. Literally no clue, and I thought it might be slightly outside David's scope. D22
4. ✅ Tabs. D23. I thought David might not get this because tabs are the lazy person's way (my way!) to read music, and David doesn't do anything half-assed:)
5. ✅ Old Man and The Sea. D10
6. ✅ Chrysalis D01.

Dave M day 20

3-4/6 today

 

1 : ) Australia. One branch of ancestors moved to Ballarat in 1856 from Scotland, en-route to New Zealand (not that they knew that at the time). D22

2 : ) Mortal Kombat. An early 90s pop culture gimme. D00

3 : | Uncanny Alley. Close – will it be good enough to get points? D11

4 : ( Plangram. No idea here. D22

5 : ( On the Road. Didn’t even think of Hemigway. My D33 looks like a bad idea.

6 : ) Chrysalis. Straightforward, I think. D11

Marcus LL109 Match Day 20 -- Confirmation

4 today 

Player: BrowningM

1. The Eureka Rebellion, a short-lived 1854 revolt by gold miners over licensing fees in a town called Ballarat, led to expanded suffrage and is considered an early foundational democratic event in the history of what modern-day nation?
Correct Answer: AUSTRALIA
Your Answer: australia
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

sounded  aussie 

2. The 1993 U.S. Senate hearings on video game violence, which directly resulted in the creation of the ESRB the next year, were triggered primarily by the home console releases of two games in that year. Name either game—one a Midway game that introduced the concept of "Fatality" finishing moves, the other a full-motion game for the Sega CD platform in which the player monitored security cameras at a slumber party to protect guests from vampire-like attackers called Augers.
Correct Answer: MORTAL KOMBAT, NIGHT TRAP
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

i know very little about video games 

3. Sigmund Freud's 1919 essay Das Unheimliche introduced the idea that something can be simultaneously familiar and deeply strange, producing a sense of unease. This concept has been linked to Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori's 1970 essay proposing that as robots become more human-like, people's emotional response to them grows more positive, up to a point after which it drops sharply. By what two-word term, used in the common English translation of Mori's essay, is this phenomenon known?
Correct Answer: UNCANNY VALLEY
Your Answer: uncanny valley
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

not sure how hard this is 

4. What name is used for a system of musical notation tailored to a particular instrument (or group of instruments) that indicates the keys, frets, etc. to be used, rather than the pitch to be sounded? It is used today for guitar and ukulele to provide a diagrammatic indication of where to place one's fingers.
Correct Answer: TABLATURE/TAB
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

nope

5. Though not mentioned in its title (not directly, at least), a giant marlin is a highly metaphorical and compelling antagonist in what literary work published in 1952?
Correct Answer: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Your Answer: the old man and the sea
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

read most of hemmingway 

6. The pupa stage of an insect, during which the larval form is reorganized to produce the definitive adult form, is commonly a sessile stage during which the insect is enclosed in a silk cocoon, or (as in the case of butterflies) in a hard shell known by what word?
Correct Answer: CHRYSALIS
Your Answer: chrysillis
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme