brad day2

1/6 vs buckfireN

1) godzilla d0/0

gimme?

2) quarter d2/2

nope

3) sudan d3/3

no chance here

4) aria d1/1

never heard of this

5) man urinating in a fountain d2/1

vbwa attempt

6) greys d1/2

no idea  and figured the show name came from somewhere

David S Day 2 vs. Brian (LLL)

2/6.  Somehow I got the movie and the art question and missed the ones I should be good at.  This strikes me as a pretty tough day, and not just for me.

1. Godzilla :), D00.  Wasn't certain, but it seemed like the obvious guess.  Pushed a bit all in on this being right by giving the D00.

2. Quarter boot :(, D11.  No idea.  If I'd known it was so hard, I would have given higher D.

3. Togo :(, D23.  Right next door, but clearly wrong.  Frustrating...

4. Gazuntite :(, D32.  The answer looks like a random collection of letters.  I certainly had no chance.

5. Mobile :), D12.  I spent 5 years working in an office filled with Calder works.  So this was a gimme for me, though it's a total fluke.

6. Mega :(, D21.  I was 50/50 here and picked the wrong one.

Brian Day 1 vs Dave M

 Welcome back everyone! It's nice to take a break from Wordle to do some trivia.   4/6 to begin the season.

1) Klondike   1/1   The only other word I associate with that region.  And I just, as I'm typing this, remembered why it's historically famous ( gold rush, I assume, not the ice cream whose jingle has been in my head all morning.)

2) Lizard 2/1  No chance, went for alliteration, though upon seeing the answer it rings a bell. 

3) Clippy 1/2  Just reading the question annoyed me.  I hated that damn paper clip.  

4) Minogue 3/3   No clue. Thought I had a shot but I guess the band being Australian was meaningless.  

5) Suez Canal  0/0  First thought was Statue of Liberty, but no way it took that long to build.  It clicked right away once I thought about bigger international projects, and I think will be a gimme for the better history students amongst us.

6) War and Peace 2/2 Not that surprised that my guess was correct, but I was sort of hoping it was wrong, I'm worried it will be the default guess or a gimme for most and I overdefended.

Mirkin crushes me 8(5)- 4(4), but great minds think alike of lizards. 

Jesse Day 1, LL 92

4/6 to start things off

1. In the town of Dawson City, in Canada's Yukon Territory, the Yukon River is met by what other river, which gives the broader geographic region its historically famous name?
Correct Answer: KLONDIKE RIVER
Your Answer: Klondike
Points Assigned: 2

I read Call of the Wild and White Fang not too long ago. 

2. There are various plausible etymologies for why two regions of the globe—at about 30 degrees north and south of the equator, where winds are generally calm and the weather is sunny, hot, and dry—are known as "latitudes" named after what animal?
Correct Answer: HORSE
Your Answer: Lizard
Points Assigned: 3

I spent a while trying to figure this one out. I have never heard of this term. 

3. While others were available—including Scribble, Mother Nature, Hoverbot, and Rocky—the default and most common Office Assistant introduced in Microsoft Office 97 was an anthropomorphic character with what name?
Correct Answer: CLIPPY (CLIPPIT)
Your Answer: Clippy
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie for people my age.

4. In August 2021, the account for the Australian musical trio Pnau tweeted, "We've just written a song with the biggest pop star of yesterday and the biggest pop star of today." The song's title is "Cold Heart"—name either of the pop stars subtweeted.
Correct Answer: ELTON JOHN, DUA LIPA
Your Answer: Mcartney
Points Assigned: 1

Nope.

5. The French diplomat Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, is remembered today in large part for his role in the successful 1859–69 construction of what?
Correct Answer: SUEZ CANAL
Your Answer: Suez Canal
Points Assigned: 1

I wrote a paper on the Suez Canal in middle school. I remembered the name Lesseps. 

6. The Bezukhovs, Bolkonskys, Rostovs, Kuragins, and Drubetskoys are central characters in what work of literature published in 1869?
Correct Answer: WAR AND PEACE
Your Answer: War and Peace
Points Assigned: 2

It was a guess as I have never read it.

Dave M day 1 v Brian

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Happy to start with a 5/6, same as Qs as Seif.

 

1 : ) Klondike. I find this particular gold rush a very interesting piece of history. Such a remote and hard-to-live location compared with the other major ones. So I’ve read a bit about it. D22

2 : ( Lizard. Horse was on my shortlist but hey. D33 and feel good about that.

3 : ) Clippy. It looks like you want to write a letter. Can I help? D10

4 : ) Dua Lipa. Somewhat surprised to get this. I don’t think I’ve heard the song but read somewhere Dua Lipa had a big song that sounded something like Cold Heart. Did not know Elton John or Pnau were involved. D02

5 : ) Suez Canal. Timing aligned with only one big construction project. D21

6 : ) War and Peace. The only 19^th C Russian literature that came to mind. D11

brad day1

2/6 vs buckfirek and steiny

1) iditarod d2/1

nope

2) camel d1/3

no idea

3) paperclip d2/1

had no idea this had a name

4) elton john d3/0

imo this is an easy current pop q question, but in my ll opponents worst category by far

5) statue of liberty d0/2

nope

6) war and peace d1/2

didnt have a better guess

David S Day 1

Welcome back, everyone!  Solid 5/6 to start off this season.

1. Klondike :), D22.  Phew.  Did not feel good about this guess, but I didn't know what else it could be.  I've struggled on some Canadian geography questions, so maybe this is a tough area for me within a category in which I normally do well.

2. Turtle :(, D23.  No idea at all.

3. Clippy :), D00.  Gimmeish for people in our age range, I think.

4. John :), D31.  While I'm still terrible at pop music, my kids' insistence that we stream it whenever we're driving has definitely helped me.  Never would have gotten this one otherwise.

5. Suez Canal :), D12.  The dates made it pretty clear, but I'm pretty sure I could have gotten it with just the names.

6. War and Peace :), D11.  I wasn't sure, but this seems like the best default guess for a long Russian book from the mid/late 19th century.