brad day2

3/6 and congrats steiny!

1) coconut d2

figured was wrong, but maybe get a mcwa out of it (came close to winning last season)

2) black sea d2

nope

3) sony d1

wasnt sure how to d this as film opponents best and biz near their worst

4) inverse square d3

opponent bad at science and my stats lacking so hopefully get a high d for this

5) grape nuts d1

wasnt there a 1 day question about this recently?

6) polanski d0

no idea, but film opponents best category

Jesse Day 2

3/6 on what I thought was a hard day.

1. The leaves of what palm native to Madagascar are used to produce the ribbon pictured here? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/3498c5yn609t.jpg
Correct Answer: RAFFIA
Your Answer: Date Palm
Points Assigned: 2

Never heard of it. 

2. What is the name of the northern arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Sweden on the west and Finland on the east?
Correct Answer: GULF OF BOTHNIA
Your Answer: North Baltic Sea
Points Assigned: 3

I lived in Sweden and Finland and had no idea. Tough question.

3. One factor in the VCR "format war" that led to VHS dominance was its availability to be licensed to any manufacturer that was interested, whereas for years, the manufacture of Betamax was limited to one company. What was that company, which developed the Betamax format in 1975? 

Correct Answer: SONY
Your Answer: Sony
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie of the day? 

4. The effect of certain forces on an object varies by the ___________ of the distance between the object and the source of the force. What two words (sometimes joined by a hyphen) fill in the blank in this principle from physics? These two words also provide the name of the law defined by the statement.
Correct Answer: INVERSE SQUARE
Your Answer: Inverse square
Points Assigned: 1

I knew it was something square and was able to come up with inverse.

5. In 1897, breakfast cereal titan Charles W. Post erroneously believed that the maltose sugar in his newly invented granular wheat cereal was glucose. According to this account, he misnamed this cereal what, after an older name for glucose and after the cereal's flavor after toasting?
Correct Answer: GRAPE-NUTS
Your Answer: Grape Nuts
Points Assigned: 1

I knew Post invented Grape Nuts.

6. Name the French director who is perhaps as known today for his romances as for his film work, thanks in no small part to his tendency to cast his wives in sex-symbol roles, including Annette Stroyberg in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Brigitte Bardot in Et Dieu...créa la femme, and Jane Fonda in Barbarella.
Correct Answer: ROGER VADIM
Your Answer: Godard
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. 

Ben day 2

3/6 today. My defense held me to. 0(1)-0(1) draw yesterday. Also, congrats steiny on the folic news!

1 :( never heard that term. Guessed date palm.

2 :( this geography question will play hard. Never heard of it.

3 :) Sony. D0. 

4 :) inverse square. Wheelhouse.

5 :) grape nuts. I'm pleased with puzzling this one out, potentially helped by my limited search space given I didn't grow up surrounded by all the different post cereal brands. also my father in law's appreciation of fiber. 

6 :( who? I made up a French sounding name. Sounds like his extracurricular life was top notch.

Jesse LL73 Day 1

Hey all, I have been booted down to D. Hoping to make my way back up to C. 3/6 today. 

1. In music notation for stringed instruments that are played with a bow, an abbreviation for what Italian term is typically found above notes that are meant to be plucked with the fingers or thumb instead of bowed?
Correct Answer: PIZZICATO
Your Answer: Piccato
Points Assigned: 2

Ugh, I sort of knew it, but couldn't get the word into my head. 

2. While Trōia was its common Latin name, the ancient Asia Minor city of Troy was also known, especially in a poetic context, by what other Latin name?
Correct Answer: ILIUM
Your Answer: Ilium
Points Assigned: 1

I have been there which is the only reason I know it. I think this a hard one, but my opponent has really high world history and literature scores. 

3. Pictured here is a regulation ball used in what sport? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/98cty350.jpg
Correct Answer: HANDBALL
Your Answer: Handball
Points Assigned: 2

Having lived in Denmark helped me here. I saw the Danish flag and Danes love handball.

4. An ambitious and innovative 1941 nonfiction book with text by James Agee and photos by Walker Evans, documenting the daily lives of Depression-era tenant farmers, has an ironic title which calls to "Let Us Now Praise" whom?
Correct Answer: FAMOUS MEN
Your Answer: God
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

5. The water-soluble B-complex vitamin B9, often advised as a supplement for pregnant women to help prevent neural tube defects, is known by what name?
Correct Answer: FOLIC ACID/FOLATE
Your Answer: Folic Acid
Points Assigned: 0

My wife took this when she was pregnant.

6. On November 17, 1968, the telecast of an NFL game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders was cut short on the east coast, infamously, to broadcast the start of what television film?
Correct Answer: HEIDI
Your Answer: Annie
Points Assigned: 3

I have heard of this. I remembered it being a female character, but could not get Heidi so put Annie, knowing it was wrong. 

Steiny Day 1

Welcome back y'all.  My first two matches this season are against Finn and Pelc...a great kickoff to the season!

Finn is currently travelling in Europe with his family...here's to hoping for a forgetful forfeit!

1. :( I guessed stoccato, which might only be a piano term...I remembered it from my lessons at age Defense of 0 as classical music is one of Finn's best categories.

2. :( I figured it was something to do with the Iliad which Finn and I both read freshman year (albeit those freshman years were 10 years apart..) Love the Core curriculum.  I guessed Ilia.  Probably not close enough for Thorsten to grant points. D1

3. :) Had to be handball. D1

4. :( No idea, I wrote wall street D2

5. :) Anyone who has experienced pregnancy (or pregnancy of a wife) knows about folic acid.  Finn has never experienced either so hoping he doesn't know.  I, on the other hand, am currently experiencing the latter (breaking news!). D2

6. :( I guessed Lonesome Dove..Never heard of this, but looked it up, sounds like a totl netowrk fudge-up. D3

Certainly not my best day against Finn but on the other hand my defense was completly ascending so that was interesting. 

Brad day1

welcome back guys

2/6

1) staccato d3

no idea

2)

atlantis d2

latin and lit ... definately not my wheelhouse

3) handball d0

easy soccer!  no wait ... what is ihf?

4) fdr d1

nope

5) folic acid d2

having two little kids helps, and one with food allergies means im looking at a lot of food lables

6) wizard of oz d1

i had heard about this before as sports tv history, but couldnt remember the movie

Ben day 1

Good to be back. Rough start though! 1/6.

1 :( never heard of it. Guessed digit. 

2 :( I guessed carthagia. Maybe could have gotten this in a multiple choice.

3 :) handball. Only one I knew.

4 :( I guess Hoover. Never heard of this.

5 :( the one that got away. Too long since Lis was pregnant. I wrote formic acid. Something sounded a little wrong but I couldn't place it. Now I can. Goddamn ants. 

6 :( round this off with another answer I'd never heard of. Is this a sport or a movie question?