brad day18

2/6 vs winnr

1) benoit d2/3

no idea

2) goodyear d1/0

detroit gimme

3) gone with the wind d0/1

nope

4) dingo d2/2

sounds familiar, my kids now past thay

5) alsace d1/2

interesting q

6) seder d3/1

jewish gimme and i think plays very tough outside the tribe

Brian Day 18

Over the previous four days I had a grand total of six correct answers, dropping me to my lowest get rate in 11 seasons.  And yet I suffered no losses on those four days, culminating with a resounding 1(1)-0(1) victory on Friday.  Sorry about that Dave M.  That luck was not going to continue, so it's a good thing I got a 5 today.

1) Chalet 1/3 no clue

2) Goodyear 1/1 I went to college with a Goodyear.  All he talked about was vulcanization.  

3) Citizen Kane 0/1  I've never seen it, but was pretty sure it fit the bill.  King Kong never crossed my mind

4) Bluey 3/2  A dad on the Ringer podcast I listen to mentions Bluey all the time, this sounded like it fit the bill

5) Transylvania 2/2 Hesitated for a moment because it's in Romania, but a literary, Eastern European location has only one answer

6) Seder 2/0  First they take over the entertainment and banking industries, and now trivia?  When will they stop?  

Dave M day 18 v Steiny

3-4/6 today. Friday I was busy but it was a 1/6 disaster just like Brian – and so I lost to him.

 

1 : ( Dormer. No idea and never heard of a Mansard style roof. D2

2 : ) Goodyear. I didn't know this fact but seems gimme-ish the way the question is written. D1

3 : ( Gone With the Wind. Should have thought about this one a bit more. D1

4 : ) Bluey. Kind of cheating, I have young nieces and nephews living in that part of the world. D3

5 : ) Transylvania. Was thinking maybe Hanseatic league but that didn't align with wald which is forest in German. Then I thought of Sylvan and it all made sense. D2

6 : | Passover. Did not read through the question clearly enough and just wrote down Passover rather than Seder. At least I'm certain Steiny will D0 me on this one the same way I D0ed him.

Jesse Day 18

5/6

1. The first major work of a certain 17th-century French architect, an innovator of a simplified Baroque style, was the north wing of the Château Royal de Blois, which featured the double-angled, high-pitched roof style named after him. What is that style?
Correct Answer: MANSARD
Your Answer: Mansard
Points Assigned: 2

I studied the history of architecture as a cluster in college. 

2. Scotsman John Boyd Dunlop, the founder of the Dunlop Rubber Company, invented the pneumatic tire in 1888. What other man, namesake of another prominent (and competing) company, discovered the process for the vulcanization of rubber around 50 years prior?
Correct Answer: CHARLES GOODYEAR
Your Answer: Goodyear
Points Assigned: 1

I was deciding between Firestone, Michelin, and Goodyear and guessed right. 

3. The first two releases by the Criterion Collection, which publishes "important classic and contemporary films from around the world", were LaserDisc releases in 1984 of legendary American films from 1941 and 1933. Name either of these films, both of which chronicle the downfall of their larger-than-life main characters.
Correct Answer: CITIZEN KANE, KING KONG
Your Answer: Citizen Kane
Points Assigned: 0

I knew Citizen Kane right away. Not sure if I would have gotten King Kong. 

4. Bandit, Chilli, and Bingo are the parents and younger sister of what colorful puppy, who is the title character of a popular Australian children's television series available in the United States on the Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney+?
Correct Answer: BLUEY
Your Answer: Bluey
Points Assigned: 2

I am aware of Bluey. 

5. While its contemporary German name is Siebenbürgen (for the "seven towns" that existed at its founding), in medieval times, a historical region in Eastern Europe was known in German as Überwald. Correspondingly, by what English (and for that matter, Latin) name is this famous geographic and literary region known?
Correct Answer: TRANSYLVANIA
Your Answer: Bohemia
Points Assigned: 3

My father is actually from Transylvania. I got thrown off as I wasn't expecting a place in Romania to have a contemporary German name. 

6. Bitter herbs; a roasted lamb or chicken bone; a roasted egg; a vegetable; and a honey, apple, almond, and wine paste are foods prescribed to be served at a meal known by what name?
Correct Answer: (PASSOVER) SEDER
Your Answer: Seder
Points Assigned: 1

This should play easy for our group. 

David S Day 18

 4/6, which was my best case scenario today. 

1. Bernard :(, D33. No idea. I’m guessing this will play hard. 
2. Goodyear :), D01. I knew he developed vulcanization, so this was straightforward. 
3. Citizen Kane :), D22. The year seemed right for Citizen Kane. I never would have guessed King Kong. 
4. Dingo :(, D22. No idea. 
5. Transylvania:), D11. Glad to get this. I also considered Bohemia, but Transylvania seemed like a better guess. 
6. Seder :), D10. I think I once read about this :). 

Brian Disaster of a Day 17 vs Mirkin (LL) and Brad (LLL)

 1/6 when I felt confident about 4.   Ouch

1) McDonald 1/1 I had no idea, but I think Dave and Brad might be part of Ben's board game enthusiast cabal.

2) Cadet 1/0  Then what's a cadet?

3) Seurat 2/3  This is definitely that painting on the island from Ferris Bueller... and no, I guess it's not.  Turns out that's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.   

4) Iron Curtain 0/1  Finally I got one.  

5) Sparks 3/2  Had to be Moriarty or Sparks, I guessed Sparks.   Who is Hoover?

6) Three Men and a Baby.  2/2  Easy peasy. Never saw it, but this is a no brainer.  Followed up by Three Men and a Little Lady, and... there was a third one?  And didn't Three Men and a Baby come out a few years before 1989?  Don't worry, it's definitely correct. 

Jesse Day 17

3/6

1. "Players start the game with a farming couple living in a simple two-roomed hut. During the course of the game, these families have abundant possibilities to improve their quality of life by building up their home, improving their fields and breeding their animals." So begins the official "Object of the Game" for what board game, whose name quite appropriately translates to English as "farmer"?
Correct Answer: AGRICOLA
Your Answer: Agricola
Points Assigned: 1

I haven't played in a while, but I own it. 

2. What is the term used in the US Navy for the rank of students attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, before promotion to the rank of Ensign or Second Lieutenant after graduation?
Correct Answer: MIDSHIPMAN
Your Answer: Cadet
Points Assigned: 1

Nope

3. American contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas's giant (10 x 24 foot) and bold painting Le déjeuner sur l'herbe: les trois femmes noires, which was commissioned by New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2010, is a take on an 1863 piece by what other artist?
Correct Answer: Ã‰DOUARD MANET
Your Answer: Gaugin
Points Assigned: 2

Nope

4. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an [REDACTED] has descended across the continent." What two-word term is redacted in this quote from a speech given at Missouri's Westminster College in 1946?
Correct Answer: IRON CURTAIN
Your Answer: Iron Curtain
Points Assigned: 0

Felt easy enough

5. It Ends with Us, published in 2016, is one of the many bestsellers by what American author, who at one point in 2022 held six of the top 10 spots on the New York Times paperback fiction bestseller list and is by far 2022's bestselling novelist in the United States?
Correct Answer: COLLEEN HOOVER
Your Answer: King
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. Never heard of her. 

6. While Amy Heckerling may be best known for her debut feature Fast Times at Ridgemont High, her many other credits include a film series (she directed the first two and coproduced the third) that began in 1989. What was the first film of that particular series, a film which featured the voice of Bruce Willis?
Correct Answer: LOOK WHO'S TALKING
Your Answer: Look Who's Talking
Points Assigned: 2

I am glad I somehow remembered this.