Congrats Marcus!

 All Hail the King of Carr Longevity League!!!

Jesse Day 25

5/6 on day full of gimmies to end the season. I am currently fifth in B, my best finish ever, but just outside of promotion. 

1. What two-word term, now a standard academic phrase in literature, was coined by literary critic Wayne C. Booth in his influential 1961 book The Rhetoric of Fiction, and has since been used to describe such misleading storytellers as Holden Caulfield, Humbert Humbert, Patrick Bateman, Pi Patel, and numerous Edgar Allan Poe characters (especially the protagonist of "The Tell-Tale Heart")?
Correct Answer: UNRELIABLE NARRATOR
Your Answer: Unreliable Narrator
Points Assigned: 2

Gimmie?

2. Sergei Belov, Oscar Schmidt, Dražen Petrović, Charles H. Taylor, and Dick Bavetta are all individuals who are inductees into the hall of fame of what sport?
Correct Answer: BASKETBALL
Your Answer: Basketball
Points Assigned: 2

I could have gotten this with any of the clues other than Sergei Belov. 

3. The violin was likely invented sometime in the 16th century, making a famous and inflammatory saying regarding what individual in 64 CE purely a myth?
Correct Answer: NERO
Your Answer: Nero
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie?

4. Three groups are widely regarded as the founding cornerstones of a legendary hip-hop collective formed in New York during the late 1980s known as the Native Tongues. One was the Jungle Brothers; name either of the other two, whose full-length debuts 3 Feet High and Rising and People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively.
Correct Answer: DE LA SOUL, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
Your Answer: Sugar Hill Gang
Points Assigned: 3

Very gettable, but this isn't my music genre. 

5. "Crisp cookies with caramel, coconut, and chocolaty stripes"—to some members of the GSUSA, this describes a Caramel deLite, but to others, it's known as what?
Correct Answer: SAMOA
Your Answer: Samoa
Points Assigned: 0

Gimme for an American whose favorite cookie is the Samoa. 

6. The tusk or "horn" of what animal is actually an elongated tooth, usually the left canine, which erupts through the upper lip and grows in a spiral up to ten feet long, making it plausible for collection and sale in medieval Europe as a unicorn horn?
Correct Answer: NARWHAL
Your Answer: Narwhal
Points Assigned: 1

Gimme?

Brian Day 25

 5/6   Good luck to the Daves. 

 Have an easy fast, from food and from trivia; see you October 9

1) Unreliable narrator  0/2  gimme

2) basketball 2/2  no clue until I noticed Chuck Taylor

3) Nero 1/1  inflammatory LOL

4) KRS One 3/3  no chance, everyone I could think of was early.  Was surprised to have heard of both

5) Samoa 2/0  My favorite

6) Narwhal 1/1 Narwhals, narwhals, swimming in the ocean. Narwhals, narwhals, causing a commotion. 

David S Day 25

4/6 when I was confident I had 5. Like Dave M, I’m right on the cusp of relegation, though this is despite this season being tied for my best ever in qpct. 

1. Unreliable narrator :), D12. I assume this will play easy if this was easy for me. 
2. Basketball :), D30. I met Petrovic very shortly before he died in a car crash. 
3. Nero :), D11. Gimmeish. 
4. Boys 2 Men :(, D23. No chance here. 
5. Samosa :(, D01. Ugh, I’d love to say this was a typo, but it wasn’t. I guess I was just craving Indian food. I was all but sure I was right. I do see a small chance this will pay, but it doesn’t deserve to. 
6. Nahrwal :), D22. Gimme, spelling issues aside.

Have a great offseason everyone!

Marcus LL110 Match Day 25 -- Confirmation

4/6 vs Dave M, not confident 

Player: BrowningM

1. What two-word term, now a standard academic phrase in literature, was coined by literary critic Wayne C. Booth in his influential 1961 book The Rhetoric of Fiction, and has since been used to describe such misleading storytellers as Holden Caulfield, Humbert Humbert, Patrick Bateman, Pi Patel, and numerous Edgar Allan Poe characters (especially the protagonist of "The Tell-Tale Heart")?
Correct Answer: UNRELIABLE NARRATOR
Your Answer: unreliable narrator
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

This is not an exit…

2. Sergei Belov, Oscar Schmidt, Dražen Petrović, Charles H. Taylor, and Dick Bavetta are all individuals who are inductees into the hall of fame of what sport?
Correct Answer: BASKETBALL
Your Answer: basketball
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

if i know it then its easy

3. The violin was likely invented sometime in the 16th century, making a famous and inflammatory saying regarding what individual in 64 CE purely a myth?
Correct Answer: NERO
Your Answer: Nero
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

he wasn’t in the city at all apparently 

4. Three groups are widely regarded as the founding cornerstones of a legendary hip-hop collective formed in New York during the late 1980s known as the Native Tongues. One was the Jungle Brothers; name either of the other two, whose full-length debuts 3 Feet High and Rising and People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively.
Correct Answer: DE LA SOUL, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
Your Answer: sugerhill gang
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

thought this was right 

5. "Crisp cookies with caramel, coconut, and chocolaty stripes"—to some members of the GSUSA, this describes a Caramel deLite, but to others, it's known as what?
Correct Answer: SAMOA
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

no chance 

6. The tusk or "horn" of what animal is actually an elongated tooth, usually the left canine, which erupts through the upper lip and grows in a spiral up to ten feet long, making it plausible for collection and sale in medieval Europe as a unicorn horn?
Correct Answer: NARWHAL
Your Answer: narwahl
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


gimme ?

Dave M day 25 v Marcus LLL

4/6 to round off the season. On a knife edge for relegation, should be OK if I win, probably relegated if I lose.

1 : ) Unreliable Narrator. Nothing else seemed to fit. D11

2 : ( Ice Hockey. Had no idea - the Eastern European names looked hockey-ish to me. D22

3 : ) Nero. Seems a bit of a gimme for most. D00

4 : ( DMX. This was a long shot. D33

5 : ) Samoas. I bought some this year. D21

6 : ) Narwhal. Couldn’t be anything else. D12

Shana tova and see you next season!

Jesse Day 24

3/6

1. What are the scientific names, in order, of the tissue in plants (mostly dead at maturity) that transports water and dissolved minerals, and the tissue (containing living conducting cells) that transports sugars and other compounds?
Correct Answer: XYLEM, PHLOEM
Your Answer: Branches and stems
Points Assigned: 3

I was thinking of Xylem, but could not think of Phloem. Went with an even worse answer. 

2. In 1842, British mathematician Augustus De Morgan criticized the notation for what mathematical operation, calling it "among the worst of barbarisms" and complaining that it gave mathematical pages "the appearance of expressing surprise and admiration"?
Correct Answer: FACTORIAL
Your Answer: Something to do with an exclamation mark
Points Assigned: 2

I am terrible at math, but I knew an exclamation mark was used for something. 

3. What hairstyle was created by Chicago hairstylist Margaret Vinci Heldt after Modern Beauty Shop magazine had asked her to devise a hairstyle representing the new decade? Heldt reportedly used a fez-like hat she owned as inspiration for the silhouette of the hairstyle, which is also known as the B-52 style (as it resembles the nose cone of a B-52 bomber), and which in turn inspired the name of the band The B-52's.
Correct Answer: BEEHIVE
Your Answer: Beehive
Points Assigned: 1

Just knew it. 

4. Standard Oil, one of the earliest and most famous holding companies, used the structure to control dozens of petroleum businesses before its 1911 breakup. What present-day holding company, headquartered in the Cornhusker State with subsidiaries spanning insurance, railroads, candy, energy, and furniture, is a well-known example today?
Correct Answer: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
Your Answer: Berkshire Hathaway
Points Assigned: 2

The Oracle of Omaha.

5. In American-style pool, the 1 ball and the stripe on the 9 ball share what color? The single ball of this same color in snooker is worth two points.
Correct Answer: YELLOW
Your Answer: Yellow
Points Assigned: 0

I played a lot of pool in my youth.

6. Which U.S. president was actually born with the first name of Hiram, but, due to an administrative error, took his middle name as his first name and a totally different letter (not H) as his middle initial when he enrolled at West Point as a 17-year-old?
Correct Answer: ULYSSES S. GRANT
Your Answer: Eisenhower
Points Assigned: 1

I answered too quickly. 

Brian Day 24

 5/6 today.   5 was not good enough yesterday as I lost to a six pack and I saw that Dave M's 5 lost to Ben's six pack as well.    L'shanah tovah!!!!

1) xylem, capillaries 3/3  phloem is long gone from my memory

2) Factorial 2/2   !

3) beehive 2/2  The fez-like hat was enough

4) Berkshire Hathaway 1/0  gimme for this crowd

5) yellow 1/1  1 ball did it

6)  Grant 0/1  too many clues

marcusLL110 Match Day 24 -- Confirmation

got em all today , i had the Grant one in another quiz once or i’d have struggled 

Player: BrowningM

1. What are the scientific names, in order, of the tissue in plants (mostly dead at maturity) that transports water and dissolved minerals, and the tissue (containing living conducting cells) that transports sugars and other compounds?
Correct Answer: XYLEM, PHLOEM
Your Answer: xylem and phloem
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

remember from school 

2. In 1842, British mathematician Augustus De Morgan criticized the notation for what mathematical operation, calling it "among the worst of barbarisms" and complaining that it gave mathematical pages "the appearance of expressing surprise and admiration"?
Correct Answer: FACTORIAL
Your Answer: factorial
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

maths gimme 

3. What hairstyle was created by Chicago hairstylist Margaret Vinci Heldt after Modern Beauty Shop magazine had asked her to devise a hairstyle representing the new decade? Heldt reportedly used a fez-like hat she owned as inspiration for the silhouette of the hairstyle, which is also known as the B-52 style (as it resembles the nose cone of a B-52 bomber), and which in turn inspired the name of the band The B-52's.
Correct Answer: BEEHIVE
Your Answer: beehive
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

the B52 thing is interesting 

4. Standard Oil, one of the earliest and most famous holding companies, used the structure to control dozens of petroleum businesses before its 1911 breakup. What present-day holding company, headquartered in the Cornhusker State with subsidiaries spanning insurance, railroads, candy, energy, and furniture, is a well-known example today?
Correct Answer: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
Your Answer: berkshire hathaway
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i don’t really think Berkshire Hathaway is much like standard oil but it was clealry the answer 

5. In American-style pool, the 1 ball and the stripe on the 9 ball share what color? The single ball of this same color in snooker is worth two points.
Correct Answer: YELLOW
Your Answer: yellow
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme 

6. Which U.S. president was actually born with the first name of Hiram, but, due to an administrative error, took his middle name as his first name and a totally different letter (not H) as his middle initial when he enrolled at West Point as a 17-year-old?
Correct Answer: ULYSSES S. GRANT
Your Answer: ulyseses s grant
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

had before 

Dave M day 24 v Carr LLL

2^nd consecutive day of matchups v Carr. Yesterday he defeated me with a six-pack, maybe today my 4/6 will fare better.

1 : ( Phloem Phylum. I got one of them, but in the wrong place, which is better than I was expecting. D22

2 : ) Factorials. Couldn’t really be anything else. D21

3 : ) Beehive. Couldn’t really be anything else. D12

4 : ) Berkshire Hathaway. Bit of a gimme. D00

5 : ) Yellow. I knew it wasn’t red (Snooker has many reds) so 50/50 between yellow and blue. D11

6 : ( Eisenhower. Picked a random military president. D33

David S Day 24

 Unexpected 6/6. 

1. Xylem, phloem :), D02. I knew both with certainty but had no idea which was which and desperately wanted to avoid another sine cosine disaster. I have always heard them referred to in this order, though, so I hoped for the best. 
2. Factorial :), D23. Lol. Gimme. 
3. Beehive :), D22. Really didn’t expect to get this. I couldn’t think of any other hairstyle that could possibly fit the description (though admittedly I’m not sure I could think of any other hairstyle at all). 
4. Berkshire Hathaway :), D10. Gimme. 
5. Yellow :), D11. Was really unsure here. Happy to get it. 
6. Grant :), D31. I actually thought Hiram was his first name, but in any event I knew it had to be him. 

Jesse Day 23

2/6

1. What author claims to begin writing every single new book strictly on January 8th as a superstition and tribute to the exact date she started her letter to her grandfather that became the best-selling 1982 novel La casa de los espíritus?
Correct Answer: ISABEL ALLENDE
Your Answer: Diaz
Points Assigned: 2

I had know idea. I have heard of Allende.

2. The documentary film When We Were Kings, which was finally released to the public in 1996, chronicles a "rumble" that took place in 1974 in what country?
Correct Answer: ZAIRE (DR CONGO)
Your Answer: Uganda
Points Assigned: 2

I was unconfident for a good reason. 

3. In 1950, a company called Aladdin Industries used the image of cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy on an everyday item to create a sales craze that is generally credited with launching what major American children's product category in the mid-20th century (likely to the joy of the American steel industry)?
Correct Answer: LUNCH BOXES
Your Answer: Toy guns
Points Assigned: 1

Oh! I never think of lunch boxes as being steel. 

4. In the 1960s, Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones coined what now-common football term that became an official individual statistic in 1982, equating its feeling with that of plundering a city?
Correct Answer: SACK
Your Answer: Sack
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie?

5. While Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland, one may not realize that if their understanding of the earth's land masses was based on the most famous work of what Flemish cartographer, introduced in 1569 and still common on classroom walls today?
Correct Answer: GERARDUS MERCATOR
Your Answer: Mercator
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

6. What agency's famous "meatball" logo dates back to 1959, though the logo was replaced in 1975 by a futuristic and iconic "worm" logo before the restoration of the "meatball" as the official logo in 1992?
Correct Answer: NASA
Your Answer: MCann Ericson
Points Assigned: 3

I just could not think of an agency that made sense. NASA never came to my mind when going through government agencies. 

Brian Day 23

 5/6  I know most of you enjoy a life of leisure between seasons, but if you're at all interested in the Mini-Leagues make sure you register soon.  I'm most excited for Gen X Movies which begins on 9/24. 

1) Hernandez  3/2  no idea

2) Zaire 2/3  Was having a tough time until I thought of my childhood globe from when this took place, and it popped out immediately. Dave, I agree, no DRC!!!!   

3) Lunchbox 2/2 Gimme.  I loved my metal Superfriends lunchbox.  Yes these were weapons, but switching to plastic lunchboxes was almost as great a travesty as allowing calculators in the classroom.  

4) Sack 0/0   Sorry about Drake May, Seif.

5) Mercator 1/1  Gimme even if I hadn't come across this West Wing clip yesterday

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DsG3hVRgU/?mibextid=wwXIfr

6) NASA 1/1  As Dave, Jessica and I learned at pub trivia last month, NASA was founded under Eisenhower, so it was my top candidate for a 1959 founding.  Once I deciphered what was meant by the "worm" logo I locked it in. 

Marcus LL110 Match Day 23 -- Confirmation

4 today , struggled on the american questions 

Player: BrowningM

1. What author claims to begin writing every single new book strictly on January 8th as a superstition and tribute to the exact date she started her letter to her grandfather that became the best-selling 1982 novel La casa de los espíritus?
Correct Answer: ISABEL ALLENDE
Your Answer: allende
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Read it 30 plus years ago 

2. The documentary film When We Were Kings, which was finally released to the public in 1996, chronicles a "rumble" that took place in 1974 in what country?
Correct Answer: ZAIRE (DR CONGO)
Your Answer: zaire / DRC
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

agree with Dave S only Zaire should play

3. In 1950, a company called Aladdin Industries used the image of cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy on an everyday item to create a sales craze that is generally credited with launching what major American children's product category in the mid-20th century (likely to the joy of the American steel industry)?
Correct Answer: LUNCH BOXES
Your Answer: toy guns
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

now i see the answer i remeber i had a flask when i was young but never getting it 

4. In the 1960s, Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones coined what now-common football term that became an official individual statistic in 1982, equating its feeling with that of plundering a city?
Correct Answer: SACK
Your Answer: sack
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

took me ages 

5. While Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland, one may not realize that if their understanding of the earth's land masses was based on the most famous work of what Flemish cartographer, introduced in 1569 and still common on classroom walls today?
Correct Answer: GERARDUS MERCATOR
Your Answer: mercator
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

gimme for most here im sure 

6. What agency's famous "meatball" logo dates back to 1959, though the logo was replaced in 1975 by a futuristic and iconic "worm" logo before the restoration of the "meatball" as the official logo in 1992?
Correct Answer: NASA
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

nowhere on this 

Dave M day 23 v Carr LL

5/6 today - 1 impossible 5 simple. Selfishly hope its enough to beat Carr, yes it thwarts his promotion but prevents my relegation…

1 : ( Ferrara. The impossible one. Would never have guessed Allende. D33

2 : ) Zaire / DR Congo. Rumble in the Jungle, pretty straightforward. D11

3 : ) Lunch boxes. Once I thought of it, it seemed obvious. D22

4 : ) Sacking. Civilization-related question. D21

5 : ) Mercator. In the news recently. D12

6 : ) NASA. The most gimme-ish in a day of them. D00 

David S Day 23

 4/6. I started off the season 5-0-0 but have gone 3-11-3 since then and am in the relegation zone. Hoping I can get out!

1. Sanchez :(, D23. I had no idea. 
2. Zaire :), D21. Got it because of the word “rumble.” Separately, I can’t believe Thorsten is accepting DR Congo. Ridiculous!!!
3. Erector set :(, D32. I think I would have needed a lot of guesses to get this. 
4. Sack :), D10. Gimme. I knew that 1982 was the year this became an official statistic, costing Lawrence Taylor any credit for his rookie season. 
5. Mercator :), D01. Gimme. I suspect this will play easy. 
6. NASA :), D12. Probably would have gotten this anyway, but after getting the founding date of NASA wrong in pub trivia a few weeks ago, I was all but certain. But I had never heard of the logo referred to as a “meatball.”

Dave M day 22 v Brian

Just back from Australia and too tired to post long (final flight got diverted thanks to Air Force 1 which was a new one for me). Managed 5/6 today which thanks to Brian’s 2/6 meant I had a substantial win and a chance and sticking round in B next season. Just the 19^th century concert giver that I missed.

marcus LL110 Match Day 22 -- Confirmation

4  today

Player: BrowningM

1. What woman, whose 61-year concert career began as a child prodigy and ended with her final performance in 1891, began composing her Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7, at age 13, and premiered it as soloist three years later under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn?
Correct Answer: CLARA (WIECK) SCHUMANN
Your Answer: clara schuman
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

not many famous female composers which is a sad indictment 

2. What name, which was chosen for the local trees, modeled on a famous American film locale, and also evokes an unrelated Cub Scouts racing event, was used at its founding in 1936 for the famous film studios about 20 miles west of central London whose facilities have been used for countless films over the years, including Superman, the modern Star Wars films, and most James Bond films?
Correct Answer: PINEWOOD (STUDIOS)
Your Answer: pinewood
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

my wife has been filming there all summer 

3. The edict issued in 1598 by King Henry IV of France, which helped end the French Wars of Religion and brought a substantial measure of religious toleration to the country after decades of conflict between Catholics and French Protestants (Huguenots), was signed in what French city?
Correct Answer: NANTES
Your Answer: Nantes
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

easier for brits

4. What five-letter word, the quantum-computing analog of a classical bit, denotes the unit that can exist in a superposition of states until measured (unlike the classical bit, which is either 0 or 1)?
Correct Answer: QUBIT
Your Answer: qubit
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

wasn’t sure about the u

5. Also known as "sustainable investing", the strategy known as ESG investing aims to evaluate companies on their commitment to the elements represented by the letters E, S, and G. The E and S stand for "Environmental" and "Social"; what does the G stand for?
Correct Answer: GOVERNANCE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

oh come on now terrible miss 

6. With a population of around 25,000, what city is the southernmost in the 48 contiguous United States?
Correct Answer: KEY WEST
Your Answer: el paso
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

didn’t realise it was a city but a bad miss 

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Jesse Day 22

2/6

1. What woman, whose 61-year concert career began as a child prodigy and ended with her final performance in 1891, began composing her Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7, at age 13, and premiered it as soloist three years later under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn?
Correct Answer: CLARA (WIECK) SCHUMANN
Your Answer: Smith
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

2. What name, which was chosen for the local trees, modeled on a famous American film locale, and also evokes an unrelated Cub Scouts racing event, was used at its founding in 1936 for the famous film studios about 20 miles west of central London whose facilities have been used for countless films over the years, including Superman, the modern Star Wars films, and most James Bond films?
Correct Answer: PINEWOOD (STUDIOS)
Your Answer: Pinewood
Points Assigned: 0

I could have gotten this one from either clue.

3. The edict issued in 1598 by King Henry IV of France, which helped end the French Wars of Religion and brought a substantial measure of religious toleration to the country after decades of conflict between Catholics and French Protestants (Huguenots), was signed in what French city?
Correct Answer: NANTES
Your Answer: Marseille
Points Assigned: 2

I should know this. 

4. What five-letter word, the quantum-computing analog of a classical bit, denotes the unit that can exist in a superposition of states until measured (unlike the classical bit, which is either 0 or 1)?
Correct Answer: QUBIT
Your Answer: QByte
Points Assigned: 3

I was considered a qubit as a guess. 

5. Also known as "sustainable investing", the strategy known as ESG investing aims to evaluate companies on their commitment to the elements represented by the letters E, S, and G. The E and S stand for "Environmental" and "Social"; what does the G stand for?
Correct Answer: GOVERNANCE
Your Answer: Governance
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie?

6. With a population of around 25,000, what city is the southernmost in the 48 contiguous United States?
Correct Answer: KEY WEST
Your Answer: Key Largo
Points Assigned: 1

Terrible miss. I was rushing through and blame the beach boys. 

Brian Day 22 vs. MirkinDave (Avalon B)

 3/6  I'm smack dab in the middle of the rundle, no real risk of promotion of relegation, very relaxing.  Dave has a shot to climb out of the relegation zone with a victory over me today, I think he has a good shot.    Meanwhile CarrBen12 sits just out of promotion by a tiebreaker.   Almost as exciting as last night's/this morning's US Open men's match!!!

1) Lind  2/2   I thought this was a Greatest Showman gimme, but I've never heard of this woman.  Thinking about it, I must be off by decades.

2) Pinewood 3/0  Got it from Star Wars.  What does he mean "the modern" Star Wars films?   Are there antique Star Wars films?

3) Westphalia 0/3  Obviously no idea.   And I've never heard of the answer

4) Qubit 2/1   gimme, for me at least

5) Good 1/1  Should've been a gimme for me but ESG always annoyed me so I never bothered to learn it

6) Key West 1/2  Was either Key West or a city in Texas, and since i can't name a city further south than Galveston, Key West it is.

  

David S Day 22

 4/6 today. 

1. Smith :(, D10. Zero chance for me here. 
2. Cypress :(, D03. Never heard of this. 
3. Nantes :), D31. Gimme. 
4. Qubit :), D22. Only quantum computing word I know. I was confident.  
5. Governance :), D12. Finance gimme. 
6. Key West :), D21. Shocked to learn how few people live in Key West, but I was certain. 

Jesse Day 21

4/6

1. In the West, what word from Sanskrit, often symbolically interpreted as a balancing of opposites and combining "sun" and "moon", is typically used as a broad umbrella term for physical, posture-based yoga, encompassing styles such as Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Iyengar?
Correct Answer: HATHA
Your Answer: Shirivasa
Points Assigned: 2

I am not a yoga person. I just made up a word. 

2. The apparition of these faces in the crowd: \ Petals on a wet, black bough. \ This is the entirety of In a Station of the Metro by what modernist poet, who spent much of World War II in Italy broadcasting antisemitic and pro-Mussolini propaganda on Italian radio, and later spent more than a decade confined to St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C.?
Correct Answer: EZRA POUND
Your Answer: Neruda
Points Assigned: 3

I knew it wasn't Neruda, but I had no answer otherwise. 

3. The song "2120 South Michigan Avenue" (the Chicago address of Chess Records' studio) was recorded by what band, which is fitting as the band itself was named after a song recorded by Muddy Waters for Chess Records in 1950?
Correct Answer: ROLLING STONES
Your Answer: The Rolling Stones
Points Assigned: 0

I could have gotten it from both clues. 

4. In 2024, Anna Sawai became the first actress of Asian descent to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Toda Mariko in what FX drama?
Correct Answer: SHŌGUN
Your Answer: Shogun
Points Assigned: 1

Great series.

5. While the immediate catalyst for its creation was West Germany's admission to NATO in 1955, the two most famous large-scale military interventions associated with the Warsaw Pact were not directed against NATO nations but against its own members, in 1956 and 1968. Identify both of those countries.
Correct Answer: HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Your Answer: Hungary and Czechislovakia
Points Assigned: 2

I initially had Poland instead of Hungary, but swapped it out.

6. A famous bronze sculpture from around 460–450 BCE attributed to the Classical Greek sculptor Myron of Eleutherae, which is lost and known today only through Roman marble and bronze copies, shows its subject in the midst of what activity, directly described by the sculpture's Greek name?
Correct Answer: THROWING A DISCUS
Your Answer: Discus
Points Assigned: 1

I have that sculpture on the back of my 1990-1991 Columbia High School Ultimate frisbee t-shirt. I play both ultimate and disc golf, so a miss here would have been painful. 

Brian Day 21 vs Dave M (CLL)

 3/6 on a tough day.  Good warm up as Dave and I face each other again tomorrow in the main rundle

1) fengshui 1/1  no idea.  I thought it would be something I should've known, but nope I've never heard the term

2) Father Guido Sarducci 2/3   Heard of Pound but no idea what he's known for

3) The Rolling Stones 2/2  I think this has been asked before

4) Shogun 0/1  The only real gimme today, I think.   My favorite show that year.  I highly recommend it.

5) Hungary, Poland 3/0  I knew one, guessed on the other.  Mirkin is strong on history

6) Throwing a discus  1/2  I continue my dominance of my weakest category with the first statue to pop into my head....   Art has now jumped ahead of classical music in my lifetime stats.  

Marcus LL110 Match Day 21 -- Confirmation

5 on a hard day as all my guesses were correct 

Player: BrowningM

1. In the West, what word from Sanskrit, often symbolically interpreted as a balancing of opposites and combining "sun" and "moon", is typically used as a broad umbrella term for physical, posture-based yoga, encompassing styles such as Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Iyengar?
Correct Answer: HATHA
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

seems very tricky 

2. The apparition of these faces in the crowd: \ Petals on a wet, black bough. \ This is the entirety of In a Station of the Metro by what modernist poet, who spent much of World War II in Italy broadcasting antisemitic and pro-Mussolini propaganda on Italian radio, and later spent more than a decade confined to St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C.?
Correct Answer: EZRA POUND
Your Answer: ezra pound
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

a very interesting character with some interesting views 

3. The song "2120 South Michigan Avenue" (the Chicago address of Chess Records' studio) was recorded by what band, which is fitting as the band itself was named after a song recorded by Muddy Waters for Chess Records in 1950?
Correct Answer: ROLLING STONES
Your Answer: rolling stones
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Muddy waters = Stones. was the logic 

4. In 2024, Anna Sawai became the first actress of Asian descent to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Toda Mariko in what FX drama?
Correct Answer: SHŌGUN
Your Answer: shogun
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

i thought shogun was older than this but inhad nothing better 

5. While the immediate catalyst for its creation was West Germany's admission to NATO in 1955, the two most famous large-scale military interventions associated with the Warsaw Pact were not directed against NATO nations but against its own members, in 1956 and 1968. Identify both of those countries.
Correct Answer: HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Your Answer: hungary czekoslovakia
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

gimme for a cold war kid 

6. A famous bronze sculpture from around 460–450 BCE attributed to the Classical Greek sculptor Myron of Eleutherae, which is lost and known today only through Roman marble and bronze copies, shows its subject in the midst of what activity, directly described by the sculpture's Greek name?
Correct Answer: THROWING A DISCUS
Your Answer: throwing the discus
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


only thing i could think of

David S Day 21

 Just 2 today. 

1. Bikram :(, D21. I thought this had a shot. 
2. Rossini :(, D13. Absolutely no idea. 
3. The Monkees :(, D11. Still no pop music gets for me this season. 
4. Three body problem :(, D00. Ugh. I thought Shogun was more recent. 
5. Hungary, Czechoslovakia :), D32. Wrote Czech Republic and then caught myself last minute. That would have killed me. Gimme other than that. 
6. Discus throwing :), D22. Happy to get this. I know the statue but didn’t know if it was the one being referred to in the question. 

Day 20

4/6, again

1. Identify the current member of the U.S. Cabinet who appeared on MTV's The Real World: Boston in 1997, and later competed in Log Rolling and Speed Climbing at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games in the early 2000s.
Correct Answer: SEAN DUFFY
Your Answer: Duffy
Points Assigned: 2

That fucking idiot.

2. What word completes the title of Dario Fo's 1970 play Accidental Death of an [BLANK] (Morte accidentale di un [VUOTO])? In the play, the missing word refers to Giuseppe Pinelli, but it could also be used to describe Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Mikhail Bakunin, Emma Goldman, or maybe Johnny Rotten.
Correct Answer: ANARCHIST (ANARCHICO)
Your Answer: Anarchist
Points Assigned: 2

I got it through Johnny Rotten, Anarchy in the UK.

3. What textbook first published in London in 1858 gave its name (though not precisely) to a popular television series that premiered in 2005?
Correct Answer: GRAY'S ANATOMY
Your Answer: Gray's Anatomy
Points Assigned: 1

It took a while to get this as I did not watch this show.

4. A cave at the foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, associated in legend with the she-wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus there, gave its name to what ancient Roman festival of purification and fertility? The name of the month during which this festival was held (February) comes from the purification objects (februa) used in this festival.
Correct Answer: LUPERCALIA
Your Answer: Stalactite
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

5. What laboratory technique, which is used to separate a mixture into its individual components and has a name that refers to "color writing," was pioneered in the early 1900s by a Russian botanist with the last name of Tsvet ("color"), while separating colored plant pigments?
Correct Answer: CHROMATOGRAPHY
Your Answer: Mass spectrometry
Points Assigned: 1

Nope. I figured I was wrong, but have never heard the word Chromatography. 

6. Of the seven countries that make up Central America, which is the only one without a Pacific coast?
Correct Answer: BELIZE
Your Answer: Belize
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie? I've been!

Brian Day 20 vs SeifD (CLL)

 5/6 on a day with several gimmes for David...  Took him down 7(5)-5(4)

1) Duffy 2/1   Two weeks ago I had never heard of him. Then my friends sent to me and ridiculed Duffy's op/ed worrying about his daughter applying to Harvard and potentially having her conservative and Christian values twisted.   I took Duffy's side.  Boola Boola.  I assume this is a gimme for David. 

2) Anarchist 3/3   I had absolutely no chance until Johnny Rotten gave me an obvious guess with it having to start with a vowel.  Risky 3 here with a bunch of political names Dave might know 

3) Greys Anatomy 1/2  Ran through school subjects then got it pretty quickly

4) Saturnalia 2/2 Never heard of it, now I know where little red riding hood's lupine foe got his latin name

5) Chromotography 0/1  gimme 

6) Belize 1/0   Several years ago there was a similar question (i think name the two CA countries which do not touch both oceans) and my wild guesses were correct.  Didn't have to guess this time.   

Marcus LL110 Match Day 20 -- Confirmation

4 again 

Player: BrowningM

1. Identify the current member of the U.S. Cabinet who appeared on MTV's The Real World: Boston in 1997, and later competed in Log Rolling and Speed Climbing at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games in the early 2000s.
Correct Answer: SEAN DUFFY
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

impossible for a brit 

2. What word completes the title of Dario Fo's 1970 play Accidental Death of an [BLANK] (Morte accidentale di un [VUOTO])? In the play, the missing word refers to Giuseppe Pinelli, but it could also be used to describe Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Mikhail Bakunin, Emma Goldman, or maybe Johnny Rotten.
Correct Answer: ANARCHIST (ANARCHICO)
Your Answer: anarchist
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

humming the sex pistols 

3. What textbook first published in London in 1858 gave its name (though not precisely) to a popular television series that premiered in 2005?
Correct Answer: GRAY'S ANATOMY
Your Answer: gray's anatomy
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme

4. A cave at the foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, associated in legend with the she-wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus there, gave its name to what ancient Roman festival of purification and fertility? The name of the month during which this festival was held (February) comes from the purification objects (februa) used in this festival.
Correct Answer: LUPERCALIA
Your Answer: saturnalia
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

i thought this was a good guess, is this the hardest q of the season ?

5. What laboratory technique, which is used to separate a mixture into its individual components and has a name that refers to "color writing," was pioneered in the early 1900s by a Russian botanist with the last name of Tsvet ("color"), while separating colored plant pigments?
Correct Answer: CHROMATOGRAPHY
Your Answer: chromotography
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

easy for a chemist 

6. Of the seven countries that make up Central America, which is the only one without a Pacific coast?
Correct Answer: BELIZE
Your Answer: belize
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

got there in the end 

David S Day 20 vs. Brian (CLL)

Much better than expected 4/6 against Brian. I was worried I’d have only 1 or 2. 

1. Duffy :), D13. I thought I’d heard this about him, but I was definitely not sure. I expect this will play hard. 
2. Anarchist :), D11. Felt pretty confident (but not certain) given Emma Goldman was one and it had to start with a vowel. 
3. Weeds :(, D20. Oh… super gettable. I was never anywhere close. I think D0 was good for Brian here. 
4. Bacchanal :(, D22. Wow. Super hard I think. I had no idea. 
5. Chromatography :), D32. Surprised this is right. I just thought of words starting in “chrome” and hoped for the best. 
6. Belize :), D01. Only gimme of the day. 

I’m traveling next week, so my posts may not be as regular. 

Jesse Day 19

4/6

1. The Ravinia Festival has served as the official summer home and residency of what major orchestra since 1936?
Correct Answer: CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Your Answer: New York Philharmonic
Points Assigned: 2

I have never heard of that festival or location.

2. The Nigerian visual artist Bolaji Badejo, who stood a slender 6'10", has a single acting credit, as the title character in what 1979 film (in which Badejo's face was never seen)?
Correct Answer: ALIEN
Your Answer: The Thin Man
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

3. In ten-pin bowling, the ideal impact point between the one and three pins for right-handers (one and two pins for lefties) is most commonly referred to by what word? The term has other uses in sports such as American football, billiards, and curling.
Correct Answer: POCKET
Your Answer: Pocket
Points Assigned: 1

Pocket felt right. 

4. What word for the violent fragmentation of a larger region into smaller, mutually hostile states, which entered wide use in the aftermath of World War I, is drawn from the name of a peninsula whose own wars, fought in 1912-13, gave the term its original meaning?
Correct Answer: BALKANIZATION
Your Answer: Balkanization
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

5. Identify the Dutch painter and Neoplasticist who deliberately limited many of his mature paintings to the three primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) and three "non-colors" (black, gray, and white), believing this limited palette expressed universal visual harmony. His Composition with Blue, Yellow, Red, Black and Grey from 1922 is a famous and prime example.
Correct Answer: PIET MONDRIAN
Your Answer: Modrian
Points Assigned: 3

I just knew this one. We used to have playing cards with different artists as the card back art.

6. The influencer, online streamer, and global phenomenon born Darren Watkins Jr. in Cincinnati in 2005 is better known by what handle (or its five-letter shortened form)?
Correct Answer: ISHOWSPEED/SPEED
Your Answer: Speed
Points Assigned: 2

Suprised my guess worked. I don't watch streamers generaly, but I do like Marques Brownlee because he is an ultimate player and does great tech reviews. He has been on some Mr. Beast things, Speed was there, and seemed prominent.