Brian Day 10 vs Brad (LLL)

 5/6

1) Yellowjackets  1/1  I asked a question about it as a trivia host last month

2) Amontillado  2/1   A staple of middle school reading assignments

3) Battery 1/2  science gimme

4) tikka masala   3/3  obviously no idea whatsover

5) Malaysia 0/2  Penang sounds like Danang in Vietnam, but I couldn't picture a peninsula in Vietnam.  And Selangor sounds like Bangalor, so I was confident it was another Southeast Asia question.  Malaysia made the most sense for having a region labeled with a capital P for "Peninsular"

6) LB  2/0  When singing the song, I kept singing We Didn't Start the Fire instead, but you can't miss LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Re: Debbie Day 9 and 10

Day 10 - 1st 5 of the season I think?

1 :) Yellowjackets.Was a big fan of season 1. Season 2, a little less

2 :) Amontillado. One of those names that stuck with me "The Cask of Amontillado" - maybe bc it's fun to say

3 :) Battery. Volta sure makes me think of a battery (I hope this gets credit?)

4 :( Apurna

5 :) Malaysia. almost changed to Indonesia but glad I didn't

6 :) LB - spent the morning tryng to remember any of the words... Finally "Leonard Bernstein" did it for me!

Day 9

Getting better with a 4 - I got Thailand and Shamrock Shake and Ebert

Jesse Day 10

1. A crash in the Canadian wilderness of a plane carrying players to a soccer tournament is the setup for what critically acclaimed series that debuted on Showtime in November 2021?
Correct Answer: YELLOWJACKETS
Your Answer: Yellowjackets
Points Assigned: 1

I have never seen it, but it is the only Showtime show from the past few years that I have heard of. 

2. In a famous short story from 1846, a European aristocrat named Montresor describes how he lured a foe named Fortunato into catacombs and entombed him there, under the pretense of sampling fine wine. Montresor claimed this wine was what type, a variety of sherry?
Correct Answer: AMONTILLADO
Your Answer: Port
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea that there were varieties of Sherry. 

3. In 1800, Italian scientist Alessandro Volta invented a pile that is widely credited today as the first-ever what?
Correct Answer: (ELECTRICAL) BATTERY
Your Answer: Electric Battery
Points Assigned: 1

I was worried the answer "battery" was not specific enough. 

4. Aparajito is the title of the second installment of filmmaker Satyajit Ray's classic Apu Trilogy, and Apur Sansar is the third. What is the first film's title, which translates from Bengali to English as "Song of the Little Road"?
Correct Answer: PATHER PANCHALI
Your Answer: Apu
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.  I was a film major, but never watched these. 

5. Johor, Kedah, Selangor, Malacca, and Penang are states located on the "Peninsular" portion of what country?
Correct Answer: MALAYSIA
Your Answer: Malaysia
Points Assigned: 0

I have been to Borneo, but only flew through KL in peninsular Malaysia. 

6. Michael Stipe, lead singer of the band R.E.M., alluded in an interview to a dream he once had in which he was attending a party where every guest (but him) had the same initials. Many of these people are famously mentioned by name in the lyrics to R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)". What were these two initials?
Correct Answer: LB
Your Answer: LB
Points Assigned: 2

Leonard Bernstein!

Dave M day 10

2/6 on tough questions today and I think my run of zero losses so far this season will come to an end.

 

1 : ( Alive. I've heard of Yellowjackets but not its context. This makes sense.  D22

2 : ( Fino. I don't know many Sherry varieties apart from Fino and Cream, Cream didn't sound right. D11

3 : ) Battery. Science history gimme. D00

4 : ( Apu Nahasapimapetalon. Maybe the Simpsons character was named after it? No, he wasn't. D33

5 : ) Malaysia. Simple Asian geography Q. D21

6 : ( MJ. I don't know the lyrics to this song, just the chorus. D12

Marcus LL101 Match Day 10 -- Confirmation

5/6 and I was never getting the other 

Player: BrowningM

1. A crash in the Canadian wilderness of a plane carrying players to a soccer tournament is the setup for what critically acclaimed series that debuted on Showtime in November 2021?
Correct Answer: YELLOWJACKETS
Your Answer: Yellow Jackets
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

It's on the list of things to binge watch

2. In a famous short story from 1846, a European aristocrat named Montresor describes how he lured a foe named Fortunato into catacombs and entombed him there, under the pretense of sampling fine wine. Montresor claimed this wine was what type, a variety of sherry?
Correct Answer: AMONTILLADO
Your Answer: amontillado
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Educated guess

3. In 1800, Italian scientist Alessandro Volta invented a pile that is widely credited today as the first-ever what?
Correct Answer: (ELECTRICAL) BATTERY
Your Answer: Battery
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

4. Aparajito is the title of the second installment of filmmaker Satyajit Ray's classic Apu Trilogy, and Apur Sansar is the third. What is the first film's title, which translates from Bengali to English as "Song of the Little Road"?
Correct Answer: PATHER PANCHALI
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Is this impossible or am I just very ignorant of Bengali films?

5. Johor, Kedah, Selangor, Malacca, and Penang are states located on the "Peninsular" portion of what country?
Correct Answer: MALAYSIA
Your Answer: Malaysia
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Gimme but both my opponents poor on geography

6. Michael Stipe, lead singer of the band R.E.M., alluded in an interview to a dream he once had in which he was attending a party where every guest (but him) had the same initials. Many of these people are famously mentioned by name in the lyrics to R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)". What were these two initials?
Correct Answer: LB
Your Answer: LB
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I love REM

David S Day 10

4/6 today, and I got two pop music questions in two days, which may be a record for me. 

1. Lost 2 :(, D21. No idea. 
2. Amontillado :), D21. Read this in 8th grade and I guess it stuck. 
3. Battery :), D00. So many ways to get this even if you didn’t know it. 
4. Apura :(, D32. No idea. 
5. Malaysia :), D13. Funny. I’m in Singapore right now. Johor is viewable. 
6. LB :), D12. I know this song a bit but never made the same initials connection. But I do remember the part where they yell out “Leonard Bernstein,” and that was enough to get this question. 

Brian Day 9

3/6

1) Cambodia  3/3   My thinking was there was a king in Thailand in the 1800s, I think, as seen in The King and I, so a kingdom there wouldn't have ended in the mid 18th century....  oh well, i really had no chance, and I'm happy i got the correct part of the world

2) Sheeran  2/2  Never heard of these people

3) Shamrock Shake  1/1   I've never had it, but it's in the news that time of year

4) Achilliad  2/2   No idea, but I enjoyed my answer

5) Miami Heat 0/1  gimme

6) Ebert 1/0  Gimme for me, but I thought a well-clued question if you had no idea