Jesse Day 8

3/6

1. The body part in humans (and some other animals) that in ancient Rome would have been referred to as pollex would today, in modern Rome, be called il pollice, and in English would most commonly be called what?
Correct Answer: THUMB
Your Answer: Thumb
Points Assigned: 2

The only thing I could think of is a body part that is mostly unique to humans is the thumb. 

2. With all twenty-two of its US-released singles reaching the Billboard Top 40 and five consecutive albums reaching #1 (with a sixth reaching #2), what band was one of the most successful rock acts of the 1970s (but not the most successful of its leader's career)?
Correct Answer: (PAUL MCCARTNEY AND) WINGS
Your Answer: Jackson 5
Points Assigned: 2

I feel terrible about this miss. I thought the Jackson 5 were more pop than rock, but I just did not put enough time into this. 

3. The largest accession of territory by the United States was the roughly 827,000-square-mile Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Second-largest, sixty-four years later, was over 586,000 square miles of territory formally known by what name?
Correct Answer: ALASKA (RUSSIAN AMERICA)
Your Answer: Alaska
Points Assigned: 0

I just put together a classroom presentation for my non-profit's new teacher trip to Alaska. 

4. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-mandated bar of steel tubing that is installed on the rear underside of tractor-trailers to prevent "underride" collisions is known as an underride guard, ICC bar, or DOT bumper. However, it's perhaps best known by a name referencing what Hollywood star because of a tragic event in June 1967?
Correct Answer: JAYNE MANSFIELD
Your Answer: Dean
Points Assigned: 1

I knew I was wrong, but went with Dean anyway. I wasn't going to pull Mansfield. 

5. Per the sitcom's sixth episode in 1974, a TV character—whose real name was Warren Weber—received, from his mom, his nickname that referenced that he liked to make things with clay. What was that nickname?
Correct Answer: POTSIE
Your Answer: Potsy
Points Assigned: 1

This was a satisfying get. 

6. What obsolete medical term completes the title of Ben Jonson's Every Man in His ______, a comedy in which each of the four main characters is stereotyped with one ruling temperament (sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, and melancholic)?
Correct Answer: HUMOUR
Your Answer: Genus
Points Assigned: 3

Ohh. Makes sense. 

Seif Day 8 vs. Mirkin (LLL)

2/6.  Tough day for me with 3 pop culture questions, none of which I had any chance at getting.

1. Appendix :(, D31.  Very gettable.  I think appendix was also a reasonable guess.  The "some other animals" part of the question is what led me to it and could just as easily lead someone to the correct answer.

2. U2 :(, D13.  No chance.  My first thought was that this referred to a former Beatle, but I didn't know the name of any of the former Beatles' later groups, so that didn't get me anywhere.

3. Alaska Purchase :), D21.  A bit of a confusing wording made it unclear to me if Thorsten wanted the name of the purchase or of the territory, but I don't think that will matter.  The date was key, or I probably would have gone with Mexican Cession, which was over 20 years earlier.

4. Kelly :(, D22.  I had no idea and no chance.  I was going for Grace Kelly with my answer, but I realized I was off by about 15 years.

5. Gumby :(, D02.  No idea.

6. Humor :), D10.  To me this was more of a history of science question, and that's how I got it.  Given that Thorsten paid on my "Stronganoff" answer yesterday (though I still lost), I assume he'll forgive the American spelling.

Gideon, stopping by to say hi.

 I was tempted to put Chad as a joke answer for q2 today. L’chad and B’chad both sound right with a Hebrew pronunciation. 

Brian Day 7 vs WinnR

 Coming off a frustrating 6(5)-6(3) tie, I'm happy that I pulled 4/6 today, easily could have been 2.  Defense was very difficult

1) Piper 2/1 Like the pied piper leading the rats away. I think this will be easy for most, but I had no choice with defense given the other questions. 

2) Uganda 1/2  Last week I made a list of Asian countries, today it was Africa. I eliminated any country that sounded anglicized, and ultimately this was the best fit.

3) Bristol  0/0 Absolutely no clue. But I thought this was worth a deep dive into my opponents' question history and they both nailed almost every soccer question.

4) Beef Stroganoff  3/1 Not as long as my list of African nations, but I wrote down very Russian name I could think of, eventually Romanoff reminded me of the answer.

5) Ptolemy 2/3  Gimme for me, don't think it will be in general. (Reading the blog, I guess I'm wrong about that.)

6) Moor 2/2 My favorite Shakespeare.  Hated this defense, but no choice.  Love the Moop reference, Seif.

Re: Debbie Day 7

1/6 but I wasn't going to get any of these other ones...

1 :( Earnest.  Have definitely heard a lot about him but just couldn't think of it

2 :( Ethiopia.  Tried for one that started with a vowel but never woudl have gotten this.

3 :( Wimbledon. Couldn't come up with London neighborhoods and never heard of this.

4 :( Tartare. Thought it could be right given the briefly cooked reference.  Guess I could have thought of stroganoff with more focus?

5 :( Copernicus.  Figured this was wrong but wouldn't have gotten Ptolemy. Also considered Archimedes.

6 :) Moors.  And yes - tempting to Moop instead!  Also haven't read the play but I did know it had a black man in it / thought Othello was black so seemed like a good guess.

Dave M day 7

Sorry to skip yesterday, a mediocre 3/6 against my opponent’s 4, but her weak D gave me the win anyway.

 

5/6 today which I’m really happy with, missed the one you all seem to be getting right.

1 : ) Goodman. Took me a few seconds to remember. D32

2 : ) Uganda. I’ve heard of Buganda, but not of Luganda. D23

3 : ) Charlton. The rare sport get for me given London history. Millwall, Charlton and (in the 19^th Century) Arsenal are/were the premier teams in SE London. Crystal Palace too at a pinch.

4 : ) Stroganoff. Gimme I suspect. D00

5 : ( Archimedes. Not sure why I didn’t know this earlier, especially seeing as you all do. At least I D11’ed it.

6 : ) Moors. We had to study 1 Shakespeare play per year in high school English. Othello was one of them. D11

 

Ben Day 6 & 7

Day 7: 5/6

1 :) Goodman. D02. I can never tell how hard this plays. On reading the question I immediately thought "I'll never remember his name" but then I immediately did, helped by Thorsten's cluing.

2 :) Uganda. D21. I've heard of Buganda, and there weren't that many country names that could have fit.

3 :( Everton. D33. Thought I might have had this, though I had a feeling they are still in the Premier League. Did not have this.

4 :) Stroganoff. D11 I cooked this in the last 2 weeks. Had to sub the cream for coconut cream for kashrut reasons and did not love the result.

5 :) Ptolemy. D22 Pop history of science literature in my youth embedded this one in my brain.

6 :) Moor. D10 Just knew this.

Day 6 v LLL Seif 3/6

1 :) 3 mile island. got it from context clues, despite having thought that 3 mile island was in NY!

2 :( sand. pretty bad guess actually. I went for the alliteration.

3 :( Price is RIght. I never know how US tv questions will play, but probably should have 3ed Seif here.

4 :) Arabic. Frankly I wasn't sure if this was a letter system or a number system, but figured I should be good with Arabic as a guess either way.

5 :( Liquidity. I never studied econ.

6 :) Baghdad. Educated guess