Laura Day 5

2/6 today.

1 - Playboy :( If only I had thought to change those last few letters! Haha. D3

2 - Spain :) I had never heard of this but to me Espana was obvious with the clue that Germany was D (Deutschland). D1

3 - Invincible :( D2

4 - Manic pixie :) Another gimme, though I didn't know the origins of the phrase. D2

5 - Luxor :( Monte Carlo seemed obvious in hindsight! D0

6 - Inert :( Oops! I didn't remember that these were also called Noble gases, though that makes the bookseller part make a LOT more sense. D1

Ben Day 5 v Brian

came here to post because of opponent 5/6

1 :) Playbill. Once I thought of it, there was no changin, unlike Brian. D32

2 :) Spain. Was just there D21

3 :) Berserk. I wasn't sure that was Norse, but it fit and sounded like "Bear shirt" D23

4 :( Magic Pixie. Just misremembered. One letter off of a 6 pack. Possibly this sneaks through Thorsten's. D32

5 :) Monte Carlo. I actually wasted a minute thinking of old Vegas casinos before this very obvious answer came to me. D11

6 :) Noble  D00

I'll take the 6(5)-5(4) win!

Brian Day 5 vs Ben

4/6

Dave, I did not ridicule you for your Full House knowledge as I know you're the right age to have grown up with it.  No shame in that. It's the Happy Days and Brady Bunch of your generation.

1) Vanity Fair 2/2   I have lost more coin flips this week than in the last two years. Had Playbill entered all day, then thought is that really a magazine?  And didn't Vanity Fair get its name from some book or show around this time?    Incredibly frustrating.

2) Spain 1/1  yo no habla espanol, but I know espanol starts with an E. As with everyone else, the D(eutsch) for Germany was the giveaway

3) Berzerker 2/2   I'm very aware of its origin. Also a great song on the Clerks soundtrack

4) approachably hot 3/3  I vaguely recognize this term but had no chance.

5) Monte Carlo 1/0  Surely a gimme for Ben.  Everyone, see Oppenheimer.

6) Noble 0/1  I almost went with the less famous, not so inert, Barnes gasses.

Fwd: LL98 Match Day 5 -- Confirmation

4/6 and I had no clue whatsoever on the ones I got wrong

Player: BrowningM

1. The 1884 Broadway production of David Belasco's May Blossom is regarded (including by the magazine itself, perhaps dubiously) as the origin of a magazine known today by what name?
Correct Answer: PLAYBILL
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

This may be easier in the US but it seemed impossible to me

2. "A" is the international vehicle registration code for Austria, "B" is the code for Belgium, "C" is the code for Cuba, "D" is the code for Germany, and "F" is the code for France. What country of roughly 47 million people has the international vehicle registration code "E"?
Correct Answer: SPAIN
Your Answer: spain
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Easyspania

3. A warrior from Norse legend and history who wore a "bear shirt" and fought with such frenzy and wild fury that he believed himself to be impervious to wounds is the source of what word?
Correct Answer: BERSERK/BERSERKER
Your Answer: berserk
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Very guessable if you didn't know 

4. Film critic Nathan Rabin coined a four-word term in a 2007 essay to describe the character played by Kirsten Dunst in the film Elizabethtown, and the term subsequently became a label for describing similar characters in previous and subsequent films. What are the first two words in the name of this "dream girl" trope?
Correct Answer: MANIC PIXIE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Hmm was never getting this 

5. The name of what casino, famous in its own right, took on another use starting with work by mathematicians and physicists Stanisław Ulam and John von Neumann in the 1940s at the Los Alamos National Laboratory?
Correct Answer: MONTE CARLO
Your Answer: monte carlo
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme for finance people 

6. A Massachusetts-born bookseller of the late 19th and 20th centuries has a last name that, by coincidence, is a word used to describe a certain set that includes neon and krypton. What is that last name?
Correct Answer: NOBLE
Your Answer: noble
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

brad day5

2/6 yesterday getting electron and dressage (and smh falling into the pan am trap despite travelling out of jfk)

4/6 today vs kim common d

1) playbill d0

gimme?

2) ecuador d2

gettable

3) berserker d1

i knew the origin, but also the answer is basically in the clue

4) just dont d2

no idea

5) monte carlo d3

didnt think this would be right based on d, but couldnt think of another older casino that fit math theme

6) noble d1

straighforward

David S Day 5 vs. Mirkin (LLL)

 Got the 4/6 I was expected (assuming Thorsten accepts a badly misspelled answer). Decent enough, but Mirkin gets the win. Dave, I was not able to get into Fuller House. I only watched episodes made in the 20th century.

1. Better Homes and Gardens :(, D33. Never went down the right path here. I’m a bit worried this is easier than I thought. 
2. Spain :), D00. The D for Germany was a big clue. 
3. Bezerk :), D12. Obviously my spelling could use some help, but I think this is close enough to pay. 
4. Trophy wife :(, D22. No idea. 
5. Monte Carlo :), D21. Did not know about the origin of this term for science, but that wasn’t necessary. Interesting to learn it. 
6. Noble :), D11. Cute question. Guessing it plays easy. 

Dave M day 5 v David S LLL

In the air most of yesterday so no posting, given the high scores posted here I'm happy my 4/6 earned a tie. Now in the UK for a week so a few early postings coming.

 

5/6 today, questions in my wheelhouse, I expect same for Seif so will be a close one.

 

Seif I do not judge enjoyment of Full House. The question is have you watched all of the subsequent Fuller House episodes?

 

1 : ( Variety. I figured it would be a theater-adjacent publication, just got the wrong one. D23

2 : ) Spain. D for Germany got my mind in the right place here. D11

3 : ) Berserk. Thought maybe Beowulf but the frenzy aspect tipped me to bersekers. D32

4 : ) Manic Pixie. The image generated by this trope is so strong it's stuck with me for years since I first heard it, very apt trope I reckon. D22

5 : ) Monte Carlo. I've worked with Monte Carlo simulations in the past so came to mind quite quickly. D10

6 : ) Noble. Those two are Noble gases, can't think of the bookseller though. D01

 

Happy long weekend everyone.