David S Day 2

3/6 again. Questions have not really been up my alley so far.

1. Mechanicals :), D31. I read this in high school and have seen it at least once or twice, but still had to think about this for a while. Happy I recalled it.

2. Cooper :(, D11. Ugh. I know next to nothing about ice hockey, but I vaguely remembered this. Just not quite well enough to prevent me from mixing up the name with something similar.

3. Anzac Day :), D12. Seemed like there was no other choice.

4. We Sleep :(, D22. No idea.

5. Saturated, unsaturated :), D00. Easiest of the day, I think.

6. Spac :(, D23. No idea at all, though my 11-year-old daughter informs me that this question was "so easy."

Fwd: LL102 Match Day 2 -- Confirmation

Begin forwarded message:

From: Marcus Browning <marcusjbrowning@me.com>
Date: 27 August 2024 at 09:15:31 BST
To: Marcus Browning <Marcus.Browning@brevanhoward.com>
Subjec Marcus  LL102 Match Day 2 -- Confirmation

Marcus day 2 vs Dave M.

 A pleasing 5 but I'm easy to defend

Player: BrowningM

1. Peter Quince, Nick Bottom, Francis Flute, Tom Snout, Robin Starveling, and Snug are Shakespearean characters known collectively as what?
Correct Answer: (RUDE) MECHANICALS
Your Answer: mechanicals
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Hopefully hard but I'm not bad at Shakespeare 

2. The NHL player who won the league's Hart Memorial Trophy (for most valuable player) in 2017, 2021, and 2023 shares his first name with the NHL player who won the league's Calder Trophy (for rookie of the year) in 2024, and with the player who won the league's Vezina Trophy (for best goaltender) in 2020 and 2024. What is that first name?
Correct Answer: CONNOR
Your Answer: Peter
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not a clue 

3. Although today it commemorates all the servicemembers of Australia and New Zealand, what holiday was originally designated on April 25 in those countries to honor the members of the Army Corps who served in World War I's Gallipoli campaign?
Correct Answer: ANZAC DAY
Your Answer: Anzac day
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

4. Some of the stories in a 1981 short story collection by Raymond Carver have influenced or have been adapted into film, including 2014's Birdman, whose plot centers on a Broadway production of one of the stories. That story, like the collection itself, is titled "What We Talk about When" what?
Correct Answer: WE TALK ABOUT LOVE
Your Answer: we talk about love
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Read it many years ago

5. One word is often used to denote fatty acids with only single bonds between carbons in the hydrocarbon chain, whereas another, opposite word denotes fatty acids in which the hydrocarbon chain contains one or more double bonds. What are those two words?
Correct Answer: SATURATED, UNSATURATED
Your Answer: saturated unsaturated
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Gimme for a Chemist

6. Matty Tingles is one of several popular YouTubers who specialize in videos with auditory and visual stimuli that, to many of his fans, trigger a sensation commonly known by what four-letter initialism?
Correct Answer: ASMR
Your Answer: ASMR
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Prob plays quite easy

Jesse Day 1

6/6 start! 

1. The southernmost state of India is, per its name, the land of what people, whose name also refers to the Dravidian language spoken there?
Correct Answer: TAMIL
Your Answer: Tamil
Points Assigned: 3

I haven't been to Southern India, but I have been to Sri Lanka and know the Tamils in the North are related to Southern Indians.

2. Though its founding brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and its long-time (44 years and counting) lead vocalist is from Northern England, near Newcastle, what band was formed in Sydney in 1973 and is (by many measures) the internationally greatest-selling musical act from Australia?
Correct Answer: AC/DC
Your Answer: AC/DC
Points Assigned: 2

I thought AC/DC was Australian and they had bagpipes in some of their songs. 

3. Joppiesaus, Comeback Sauce, Louis dressing, remoulades, Marie Rose sauce, and Samouraï sauce are all made with what emulsive base?
Correct Answer: MAYONNAISE
Your Answer: Mayonaise
Points Assigned: 1

Guess based on remoulades. 

4. The astronomical phenomenon in which distant stars traveling away from the observer are redshifted, while those approaching are blueshifted, is an example of an effect named after what Austrian mathematician and physicist?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN DOPPLER
Your Answer: Dopler
Points Assigned: 0

Didn't he ask us this question in a recent season?

5. What term fills in the blank in the following excerpt from a 1966 interview of Alfred Hitchcock by François Truffaut? "It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a [BLANK].'"
Correct Answer: MACGUFFIN
Your Answer: Maguffin
Points Assigned: 2

I was a film a major.

6. The danger of close links between defense contractors and the armed forces, and the damaging effects this unified entity can have on public policy, were outlined in President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, remembered today for its popularization of what three-part term?
Correct Answer: MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Your Answer: Military Industrial Complex
Points Assigned: 1

Feels like a gimmie to Americans. 

Brian Day 1 vs Kim (LLL)

 Welcome back!  A  nice start with 5/6, but we'll see if that's good enough for my first season in A.

1) Goa 2/3  I'm just happy I was able to name an Indian state. 

2) AC/DC  2/1  For those about to rundle, we salute you

3) Mayonnaise 1/0  Remoulade and Louis got me there, though I worried it could be egg or oil

4) Doppler 0/2  physics gimme

5) Mcguffin 3/2  I didn't know this was the origin of the term, but I'm very familiar with it

6) military industrial complex 1/1   Still strikes me as weird it was a Republican to point out this problem given the times I've lived through

Dave M day 1

Happy new season everyone! Nice 5/6 to start things off.

 

1 : ) Tamil. I was tempted by Kerala but I think their language is Mayalam or similar so the question wouldn't have made sense. Looking at a map Tamil Nadu is indeed more Southern by a little. D13

2 : ) AC/DC. Aussie legends. I believe Back in Black is the second largest selling album of all time. D21

3 : ) Mayonnaise. I knew a couple of these had mayonnaise in them. D10

4 : ) Doppler. Seems like a relatively straightforward science question. D22

5 : ( Triffid. Macguffin is obvious now I see it. D32

6 : ) Military Industrial Complex. Nice US history Q. D01

David S Day 1

Welcome back, everyone! It feels like it’s been a long time. 3/6 to start off the season. 

1. Tamil :), D30. Gimme for me. 
2. The Who :(, D13. I had no idea. Didn’t know AC/DC was Australian. 
3. Egg whites :(, D02. Thought this was right. Too bad. 
4. Doppler :), D21. Easiest one of the day, I think, especially for this crowd. 
5. Kilt :(, D11. No clue at all. 
6. Military industrial complex :), D22. Gimme. 

Marcus LL102 Match Day 1 -- Confirmation

6/6 to start the new season which is nice…all the questions were in my wheelhouse today 

Player: BrowningM

1. The southernmost state of India is, per its name, the land of what people, whose name also refers to the Dravidian language spoken there?
Correct Answer: TAMIL
Your Answer: Tamil Nadu
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Hoping it's harder for Americans 

2. Though its founding brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and its long-time (44 years and counting) lead vocalist is from Northern England, near Newcastle, what band was formed in Sydney in 1973 and is (by many measures) the internationally greatest-selling musical act from Australia?
Correct Answer: AC/DC
Your Answer: AC/DC
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I still miss Bonn Scott 

3. Joppiesaus, Comeback Sauce, Louis dressing, remoulades, Marie Rose sauce, and Samouraï sauce are all made with what emulsive base?
Correct Answer: MAYONNAISE
Your Answer: Mayonnasie
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

4. The astronomical phenomenon in which distant stars traveling away from the observer are redshifted, while those approaching are blueshifted, is an example of an effect named after what Austrian mathematician and physicist?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN DOPPLER
Your Answer: Doppler
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Science gimme

5. What term fills in the blank in the following excerpt from a 1966 interview of Alfred Hitchcock by François Truffaut? "It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a [BLANK].'"
Correct Answer: MACGUFFIN
Your Answer: McGuffin
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nice q, I didn't know the origin

6. The danger of close links between defense contractors and the armed forces, and the damaging effects this unified entity can have on public policy, were outlined in President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, remembered today for its popularization of what three-part term?
Correct Answer: MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Your Answer: Miltary Industrial Compex
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Much the best era of US history for me