Re: Debbie Day 1

3/6 - with a pleasant surprise

1 :(  Chief. Never heard of Mansa   D1

2 :) Run DMC - walk this way!!!    D2

3 :(  Don Quixote. Embarrassingly, I've never read many of the classics, including this one. Didn't think he was a squire, but had no better guess.  D1

4 :)  Covid. Good guess but figured everyone else would guess it too.  D0

5 :)  Brad Pitt. Psyched I got this!  Was just thinking it had to be a short name, and he is from Missouri. And, I mean, he's Brad Pitt. So why not?   D3

6 :( Didn't think Sistine was anyone's name. Guessed Stephen bc I thought there's a St. Stephen's basilica nearby? Maybe?    D2

Jesse Day 9

3/6

1. What Mandinka word, which translates to "sultan" or "king", was used during the Mali Empire of the 13th to 17th centuries as a title for leaders of the Keita Dynasty such as Musa I, who ruled for a quarter-century in the 1300s?
Correct Answer: MANSA
Your Answer: Mansa
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Thanks Sid. 

2. Mizell, Simmons, and McDaniels were the last names of the members of what hip hop trio, whose self-titled debut was the first rap album to be certified gold by the RIAA?
Correct Answer: RUN D.M.C.
Your Answer: Sugar Hill Gang
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Shoot, very gettable. 

3. Who is, surely, classic literature's best-known short, pot-bellied, rustic, witty, commonsensical, spirituality-free, donkey-riding squire?
Correct Answer: SANCHO PANZA
Your Answer: Sancho Panza
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Seems easy. 

4. An audio-visual cable and accessories manufacturing company received a bit of bad news on February 11, 2020, due to an official announcement made that day by World Health Organization chief Tedros Ghebreyesus regarding disease terminology. What is the name of that company?
Correct Answer: COVID
Your Answer: Covid
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I follow this virus very closely for work as it could tank 90% of my revenue for the year. 

5. In a game during the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament between schools from the Missouri Valley Conference and Big East Conference respectively, the abbreviations of the teams on the on-screen score bug spelled out the name of what actor? (First and last name required.)
Correct Answer: BRAD PITT
Your Answer: Nick Cage
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I don't follow college sports closely enough to know the conferences. 

6. The building where Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam is located is named after what pope? Note, the number is not required (it was IV), but correct English spelling of the pope's name is required.
Correct Answer: SIXTUS
Your Answer: Sistine
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I didn't think Sistine was the name of a Pope. Did not make the leap to Sixtus. 

Dave M day 9 vs Steiny (LL) and Jesse (LLL)

3/6 today should be close against both my opponents.

 

1 : ) Always brightens my morning to get a question that can be answered through Civ. Had forgotten it has appeared before though, so a risky D33

2 : ) Gold meant it must be very early hip hop, so 1980s, the names aren’t Jewish so not the Beastie Boys, must be Run DMC. D22

3 : ( Guessed Don Quixote. D22

4 : ) Covid seems like a gimme – though I’ve never heard of the company. D00

5 : ( I wonder which college is Brad. I went from colleges to actors which in hindsight was the wrong way around, as I became fixed on Duke being one of the names. D11

6 : ( I guessed Sistertius. D11

Brian Day 9 vs. Brad

4/6

1) Mansa.  This was a question in my first season (LL74), I had no clue what it was talking about then, but I never forgot it. 2/2

2) Run DMC.  Didn't see who else it could be, even though I didn't know any of their real names. 1/1

3) Don Quixote's squire.  Because I knew exactly who the question was referring to, but somehow never knew his name.  2/3

4) Covid.  This has been in the news just a little bit.  0/0

5) Brad Pitt.  Pitt was the first Big East team to jump into my head.  1/1

6) Pius. Don't ask.  3/2

Seif Day 9 vs. Kim (LLL)

Frustrating 2/6 filled with dumb errors.

1. Mansa :), D13.  Wasn't this a question a few seasons ago, or something similar?  I remember just barely missing it then.  Not this time.  (It was all downhill from here...)

2. Boyz 2 Men :(, D31.  Obviously I had no clue.

3. Pancho :(, D22. Not a typo, just a mistake.  I was "sure" I was right but had transposed the first letter from the last name onto the first name.

4. Covid :), D00.  Didn't know it, but what else could it be?  I assume most people who get this will guess it in the same way.

5. Ray Liotta :(, D21.  Very frustrating here.  I spent a long time on this, but I thought the name included the numbers of the score, with 1s being I or L and zeroes being O, etc.  I think I might have been able to pull this off if I'd realized it was just the abbreviations of the schools' names.

6. Sistine :(, D12.  I fell right into the trap here.  But I don't think I could have pulled it off even if I'd realized it was similar to but not equal to "Sistine."

Ben day 9

5/6

1 :) Mansa. Thank you civ. 

2 :) Run DMC. What a guess! I knew they had some milestones and I thought there were 3 of them and I knew those weren't Beastie Boy surnames.

3 :) Sancho Panza. I haven't read it but it seemed pretty obvious.

4 :) Covid. D00

5 :) Brad Pitt. I was looking for a famous actor with equal length short first and second names. I figured it would be a big name actor or it would not have been remarkable. Pitt also conceivably was Pittsburgh so I liked it. Must have churned through >50 famous actors.

6 :( Sista. I thought through a number of variations but none of them were Sixtus.