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Gideon Day 15

5/6 today

1 :) D1 Intolerable - Looked at this question last night, came up with Intolerable this morning in the shower. 
2 :) D3 Coach - It took a little while to come up with it; “beloved” was the keyword that got me there. 
3 :) D0 The Scream - I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
4 :( D2 - I’m embarrassed by my wrong answer. I really should learn this for the next time we get this question. 
5 :) D1 The Usual Suspects - I remembered Fenster the best. 
6 :) D2 Chinook - I went past Apache, Blackhawk and Sikorsky on my way to Chinook. 

Yesterday: I always think of Wole when I see this label:

Ben day 15

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Brian Day 15 vs Steiny

3/6.  I think Steiny and I will give each other 0 and 1 for tv and film, will come down to the other questions.

1) Cruel. I watched John Adams earlier this year, but still no idea.  Feel like this could be a gimme for everyone else. 1/1

2) Coach. Sam: Coach, I'm having blackouts!  Coach: Kinda nice break in the day, isn't it, Sam?  1/0

3) Funneling a beer.  I was feeling saucy today.  I should have thought harder on this.  While I don't know Munch's nationality, I do now remember The Scream being stolen.  I should have gone through famous paintings, I might have guessed this.  Regretting my defense 2/3

4) Crouching tiger, hidden dragon.   Jesse and I have the same wrong answers way too often.  3/2

5) The Usual Suspects.  Even without any names I would have guessed this, and Fenster made it a gimme.  0/1

6) Chinook.  No chance without the helicopter aspect.  First thought was Apache, but they're attack copters.  Chinooks are big bellied beasts. Thank you Tom Clancy novels.  2/2

Yep, art defense costs me.  A 6(3)-3(3) loss.  Thought I had you after you gave me 2 for Cheers.  

Steiny Day 15 LLL v. IngramB

1. :( Close...I guessed Insidious Acts 2/2

2. :( No idea who it was, know of course I recognize, but did not know his real name 3/2

3. :)  Oslo did it for me 1/1

4. :( No chance 2/3

5. :) Gimme 1/1

6. :) I believe this came up on the blog earlier in the week or last week 0/0

3/6

Jesse Day 15

3/6. Played one of my friends I referred in public and Ben in private.

1. The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act were laws passed in 1774 by the British parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party protest the previous year. These laws were referred to in Britain as the Coercive Acts, but the colonists (combining them with the contemporary Quebec Act) referred to them most often by what other adjective?
Correct Answer: INTOLERABLE
Your Answer: Tyranical
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Shoot, this was very gettable. I just could not pull it.

2. Prior to taking the job he occupied on the television series in which he appeared for three seasons, beloved sitcom character Ernie Pantusso held what other occupation?
Correct Answer: (BASEBALL) COACH
Your Answer: Handyman
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Oh, Cheers, damnit. I could not recall any Ernie characters from TV other than Ernie of of Ernie and Bert. 

3. In 1994, a 100-year-old painting was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo. In this painting, recovered a few months later, the subject is captured in the midst of a what (per the work's title)?
Correct Answer: SCREAM
Your Answer: Scream
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I went to that museum in 2006. 

4. Chinese literary scholarship has generally designated a particular set of works as the "Four Classic Novels," which are considered the most widely read, studied and acclaimed works of pre-modern Chinese fiction. Give the most common English name for any one of these four novels, which are attributed to Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an, Wu Cheng'en, and Cao Xueqin, respectively. 
Correct Answer: ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, WATER MARGIN, JOURNEY TO THE WEST, DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER
Your Answer: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea. I imagined those books must have been made into films, so took a shot at it. 

5. Small-time criminals Dean Keaton, Michael McManus, Fred Fenster, and Todd Hockney are four of the five title characters in what 1995 film?
Correct Answer: THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Your Answer: The Usual Suspects
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Fenster was the tip off for me. 

6. A group of native peoples of the U.S. Pacific Northwest gives its name to different winds in the area and on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, as well as to various geography, flora and fauna in the region, and also to a long-serving military transport helicopter. What is that name? 
Correct Answer: CHINOOK
Your Answer: Chinook
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I am familiar with the helicopters and the wind.

Seif Day 15

Very happy with a 4/6 today. I found these tricky. 

1. Intolerable :), D11. American history gimme. This was the only gimme of the day for me. 

2. Bartender :(, D13. No clue at all. 

3. Scream :), D20. I knew this was stolen, though I thought it was much more recently. Still, it seemed to fit the question just right. 

4. Raise the Red Lantern :(, D22. No clue again.  I knew this was the title of a Chinese movie some years ago, so that was my guess. 

5. The Usual Suspects :), D02. I didn't know this and, I have to admit, have never seen it. But I remember that movie poster with five people there, and the year seemed right. This will likely be easy for most everyone else. 

6. Chinook :), D31. Before I got to the helicopter part, I was thinking Metis. Then I jumped to Apache before realizing that Apache helicopters are not transports. That made me think about it and eventually come up with the right answer. I'm guessing a lot of people get caught up in the Apache trap.