Dave M day 8

Will 4/6 today be enough to finally get me a win? Struggled to defend against these today.

 

1 :) 1296 on the basis of 3 feet yards. Assume this is a US gimme? D0

2 :) I always like when I can work these ones out. D1

3 :( I went with Trapezoids. D2

4 :) Was a toss up between Rome, Constantinople and Jerusalem for me. Risky D3

5 :) My opponent works in Greenwich so assume he knows this. D1

6 :( I went with James Baker. D2

Brad day 8

4/6 my best day yet but facing top seed in my rundle

1) 1296 d1
Pretty simple multiplication

2) pop goes the weasel d3
Dug deep back to middle school choir for this one

3) midback d2
Nope

4) jerusalem d1
Actually had written answer as a guess but couldnt think of anything going on there in mid 1700s so changed it.

5) the invisible hand d0
Gimme, but likely for opponent as well with good biz %

6) marshall d2
Didnt think he was sec def, but the noble peace prize eliminated anyone else i could think of

Gideon Day 7

4/6 today.

1 :) D0
2 :) D2 - I don't think I've ever seen a donut that looked quite like that.
3 :) D1
4 :( D2 Cycling
5 :) D1 Ming
6 :( D3 Birth of a Nation - I know that D.W. Griffith directed it, but went with it anyway. I've heard of Nanook of the North, but it didn't occur to me at all.

Steiny Day 7

A win yesterday after they gave me stoichiometry as a correct answer!

1. :( Wish I had thought of this, but I wrote Dr. Who

2. :( That is NOT an old fashioned donut.  It has a glaze which means it is a glazed donut.  This is bullshit.

3. :) Jewish day school my whole life and work at one now...this is a gimme

4. :) i Know volleyball well and I just advised a senior who is a recruited libero 

5. :) Educated guess

6. :( NOPE

Brad day 7

2/6

1) prince william d1
Dont watch show, figured that was around when he got married and was maybe given as country house

2) negroni d2
Nope

3) he is not a spy d2
Makes sense that the phrase is in french

4) volleyball d1
Which i follow for about a week every 4 years

5) ming d0
Pretty straightforward

6) pocahontas d3
Not a disney movie?!

Jesse Day 7

2/6. Ugh.

1. Highclere Castle, a Jacobethan-style estate built between 1838 and 1878 as the scenical country seat of the Earl of Carnarvon in the English county of Hampshire, may be more widely known today for an association it's had with another entity since 2010. By what name is this other entity known?
Correct Answer: DOWNTON ABBEY
Your Answer: Downton Abbey
Points Assigned: 0

2010 seemed about right. Only thing I could think of. 

2. What name do these two items share? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/39508cynw8603.jpg
Correct Answer: OLD FASHIONED
Your Answer: Cronut
Points Assigned: 1

I am not a drinker and that donut looked a bit like a Cronut. 

3. What was the phrase which headlined the famous open letter written in 1898 by novelist Émile Zola to Félix Faure, the president of the French Republic, in defense of falsely accused Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus?
Correct Answer: J'ACCUSE
Your Answer: Freedom!
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

4. A defensive player known as a libero, who is subject to special substitution rules and wears a different color shirt from other team members, was introduced in international competition in 1998 in what sport?
Correct Answer: VOLLEYBALL
Your Answer: Rugby
Points Assigned: 2

Shoot, now I remember that during the Olympics they did have someone in different clothes. 

5. Among the historical markers of what imperial dynasty of China, which ruled from 1368 to 1644, are legal reform and the fine quality of the porcelain produced during its period?
Correct Answer: MING
Your Answer: Ming
Points Assigned: 1

Seems like a gimmie as everyone knows about Ming vases.

6. The term "documentary" may have been first used in a cinematic context in a 1926 New York Sun review of Robert J. Flaherty's Moana. Despite that, Flaherty is better remembered today for what earlier film, which, like Moana, is more accurately described as a work of "docufiction."
Correct Answer: NANOOK OF THE NORTH
Your Answer: Triangle 
Points Assigned: 3

Argh, I was a film major and definitely knew of Nanook of the North even though I never saw it. 

Dave M day 7

A better than expected 3/6 today but probably not enough for the win, bottom of the table starting to beckon.

 

1 :( Obvious in hindsight, I went with Church of Scientology as IIRC they bought a castle in the south of England  recently. D2

2 :) Never heard of the dough-based one but the cocktail looked so obviously like one I decided to go with it. D1

3 :) I didn’t know this but it suddenly made sense that this is where the phrase j’accuse comes from. D2

4 :( Guessed Polo. D1

5 :) Ming. A gimme? D0

6 :( No idea. D3