Jesse day 17

3/6

1. What was the last name of the Scottish botanist who introduced the popular Pseudotsuga menziesii into cultivation in 1827, and thus after whom the tree is commonly named (or mis-named, as it is actually a conifer in the pine family)?
Correct Answer: DOUGLAS
Your Answer: Spruce
Points Assigned: 2

Robert the Spruce.

2. The House of Hashim (a.k.a. Hashemites) is the ruling royal family of what country (as reflected in the country's full official name)?
Correct Answer: JORDAN
Your Answer: Jordan
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like the easiest of the bunch.

3. Name the country artist who released the 1987 album Always and Forever, which spent 40 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country album chart and saw four of its songs (including "Forever and Ever, Amen") reach #1 on the Country Singles chart.
Correct Answer: RANDY TRAVIS
Your Answer: Brooks
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

4. American businesswoman Marissa Mayer, who was an executive at Google for many years (where she was employee #20), served as president and CEO of what other company from July 2012 until its acquisition by Verizon in 2017?
Correct Answer: YAHOO!
Your Answer: Yahoo
Points Assigned: 1

I remembered this in the back of my mind, but it took a while for me to get there. 

5. What was the name of the building, made of prefabricated glass and iron, that was constructed in Hyde Park, London, to accommodate the Great Exhibition of 1851? It was the birthplace (after its move to South London) and namesake of a still-extant English Premiership side.
Correct Answer: CRYSTAL PALACE
Your Answer: Crystal Palace
Points Assigned: 1

I knew this without the football clue, but that was a good confirmation. 

6. A best-selling series of young adult mysteries by British author Holly Jackson begins with the 2019 novel (and is collectively known as) A Good Girl's Guide to what?
Correct Answer: MURDER
Your Answer: Mischeif
Points Assigned: 2

I have heard of these but went a bit too benign. 

brad day17

3/6 vs brian

1) douglas d3/1

pleasantly suprised this is right, had no other guess

2) jordan d2/0

imagine this plays easy in our group, less so otherwise

3) parton d2/2

nope

4) yahoo d0/1

biz gimme?

5) chelsea d1/2

british buildings and soccer both weak topics for me

6) sleuthing d1/3

no idea

David S Day 17

3/6 today.

1. Magnolia :(, D32.  Now that I see the answer, I feel like I should have gotten this.  This may not play all that hard, but I think my D was appropriate given my opponents.

2. Jordan :), D11.  I think this probably plays more easily among this crowd than overall.

3. Brooks :(, D13.  No chance here.

4. Yahoo! :), D02.  Gimme.  Although highly unlikely, I hope people who omit the exclamation point don't get credit!

5. Crystal Palace :), D02.  I'm not sure I would have gotten this, but I recently read a book that featured it prominently in a couple of scenes.

6. School :(, D21.  No idea.

Jesse Day 16

4/6

1. Of Athenian dramatist Sophocles's 123 plays, only seven remain intact, including three relating to Oedipus and his children: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and what third, named after and centered on Oedipus and Jocasta's daughter?
Correct Answer: ANTIGONE
Your Answer: Oedipus Rex
Points Assigned: 1

I was really confident this would be right even though I haven't read any Sophocles since high school. 

2. 1950's "Rollin' Stone" was the first single on the Chicago-based Chess record label by what artist, who was born McKinley Morganfield in (or around) 1915 and raised near Clarksdale, MS?
Correct Answer: MUDDY WATERS
Your Answer: Muddy Waters
Points Assigned: 3

I have a three-disc Muddy Waters box set I bought in college. 

3. According to on-screen text that opens the film, what 1999 movie is based on found footage shot five years prior by three student documentary filmmakers?
Correct Answer: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Your Answer: The Blair Witch Project
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie

4. The policy with respect to Latin America during the early Franklin D. Roosevelt administration had what popular name, which today may be more associated with State Farm Insurance, but in the 1930s reflected America's intended hands-off approach and military withdrawal from the region?
Correct Answer: GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY
Your Answer: Good Neighbor Policy
Points Assigned: 2

Good clue. I would not have gotten it without State Farm.

5. A border crisis and humanitarian crisis erupted in the summer of 2021 as tens of thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East and Africa, attempted to enter the European Union from what country, in an orchestrated act by that country in retaliation for the EU's economic sanctions against it?
Correct Answer: BELARUS
Your Answer: Belarus
Points Assigned: 1

I followed this in the news. 

6. Leland McKenzie, Douglas Brackman, Ann Kelsey, Arnie Becker, and Stuart Markowitz were among the large cast of characters on what acclaimed ensemble drama, which aired Thursday nights at 10:00 pm (ET) on NBC from 1986 to 1994?
Correct Answer: L.A. LAW
Your Answer: Hill Street Blues
Points Assigned: 2

I am just a bit too young to have had any interest in LA Law

Brian Addendum

 Sure enough, I can't remember anything my wife tells me needs to be done around the house, but I can remember old trivia questions:

Sep. 12, 2018: LL78 Match Day 17

The title of a Muddy Waters tune from 1950, itself a cover of an old Delta blues song called "Catfish Blues" recorded by Robert Petway in 1941, inspired the name of what rock and roll band?

Brian Day 16 vs Dave M

 A lucky 6/6 today which I sorely needed, as these are all strong categories for my LL opponent, and another loss yesterday with 4 correct knocked me into the relegation zone.

1) Antigone  2/2  I don't have a good literature get rate, but I remember these ancient plays and epics from high school. (No David S, I was not in high school when they were written.)

2) Muddy Waters 1/3  Semi-lucky guess. I think a version of this was asked a few years ago as to what musical group named themselves after a Muddy Waters song. 

3) The Blair Witch Project 0/1 Never saw this, but hard to avoid knowing all about it

4) Good Neighbor 2/1  Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.  No chance without that clue

5) Belarus 3/0  A guess between Belarus, Turkey and Syria, complicated by not knowing if Turkey was in the EU. I figured Belarus had been in the news more recently for unrest than the other two.

6) L.A. Law 1/2  I knew this after the first name.  This was must see tv in my house. (And I was in high school for this, Dave.  Well, at least the first few years of its run.)

Dave M day 16 v Brian LLL

Tough questions for me today, was lucky to get a 3/6 really

 

1 : ( Oedipus and Daughter. No idea and never heard of Antigone. If this is common high school fare in the US then my D13 will probably sink the game against Brian.

2 : ( Louis Armstrong. Again no idea. D32

3 : ) The Blair Witch Project. Also never saw it but remember the hype. D21

4 : ( Rollback. Couldn’t think of this one with either clue. D12

5 : ) Belarus. Current world affairs gimme. D01

6 : ) LA Law. Amazed to get this. Put it down as I assumed ensemble would be hospital or law drama, couldn’t think of any (not-long-running) hospital dramas from the time and remember my dad (a lawyer) watching LA Law at night when I was young, but wasn’t sure the timing aligned. D20