Jesse day 12

2/6 My opponent lives in the town over from me. 

1. What term is used in mathematics to describe a number that divides exactly into the difference between two given numbers (relevant to mathematical congruence)? The term is also used for the multiplication factor that converts a logarithm of one base to a logarithm of another base, as well as being another name for absolute value.
Correct Answer: MODULUS
Your Answer: Real
Points Assigned: 1

Never heard of the term. 

2. What singer-songwriter's fourth studio album was titled Yes I Am, in an apparent and proudly bold response to questions from much of her earlier career involving her personal life?
Correct Answer: MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Your Answer: McGlaughlin
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

3. Separate from flaps and spoilers, the hinged surfaces on the back edge of airplane wings which are moved up and down to create uneven lift and thus control the plane's rolling and tilting movements are known as what? 
Correct Answer: AILERONS
Your Answer: Aileron
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess, but the only word I could think of. Was trying to decide between Airlerons and Ailerons and went the right way. 

4. Identify the term, first used by financial journalist and investor Alfred Winslow Jones in the mid-20th century and still not clearly defined, which is closely associated with Steve Cohen, Daniel Loeb, John Paulson, Bill Ackman, Ken Griffin, David Tepper, and George Soros, among others.
Correct Answer: HEDGE FUND
Your Answer: Hedge Fund
Points Assigned: 1

I initially had Activist Investor and then switched to hedge Fund. 

5. Mousseline, also known as sauce Chantilly, is a variation of hollandaise which includes the addition of what ingredient?
Correct Answer: (WHIPPED) CREAM
Your Answer: Mushroom
Points Assigned: 0

Nope.

6. The ebullient Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is the work of what 20th-century composer, arguably Britain's most celebrated since Sir Edward Elgar?
Correct Answer: BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Your Answer: Smith
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of him. 

Brad day 12

1) ordinal d1
Nope

2) lady gaga d2
Thought i had a chance with this one

3) tails d1
No idea

4) hedge fund d0
Im a trader

5) cream d2
Very lucky guess.  Knew french food uses a lot of cream and didnt think hollandaise had any.

6) andrew lloyd webber d3
Figured was wrong but didnt know who else would be the most celebrated british composer of the 20th century

Steiny Day 12

A banner day of 0/6 for my match against the lrundle leader...I probably had no chance even if i knew a few of them

1. :( Nope

2. :( Guessed KD Lang

3. :( Rudders

4. :( Tech Industrialists (this ws probably the most gettable)

5. :( Ketchup (probably second most gettable)

6. :( Stark

Gideon Day 11

2/6 today

1 :) D0
2 :( D3 Wine
3 :( D1 South Dakota - That's where Sitting Bull is from.
4 :) D1 Mahjong
5 :( D2 Kunduz
6 :( D2 Dagger - I was thinking of the movie/game Cloak and Dagger.

correction - Steiny Day 11

I accidentally put a :) on my answer to #2, but I actually meant to put a :(.  

Ben Day 11

1/6.

1 :( SHould have gotten this. I couldn't remember her name and ending up throwing in the towel and guessing Meyer.

2 :( winemaking.

3 :( Arkansas. No idea on this.

4 :) mah-jongg.

5 :( Kandahar. Mirkin's gues of Kunduz is amazing if you look at a map (especially comapred to the rest of our guesses).

6 :( Slingshot. I hadn't heard of the casino, the movie or the Atari game. Had I guessed a famous weapon, maybe this would have been it.

Dave M day 11

Disappointed to get 2/6 today, thought I’d do better with a set of questions on the topics covered.

 

1 :) The facebook logos gave it away. D1

2 :( Toss up between Art and Literature and I went the wrong way. D2

3 :( Was very confident about South Dakota given the Crazy Horse memorial near Mount Rushmore. D1

4 :) The only Chinese game I know of. D2

5 :( Tough question. I guessed Kunduz. D3 and hopefully my opponent burns his D0 here.

6 :( Went with Sabre. Never heard of the Excalibur casino. D0