David S Day 9

 4/6 and so close to 5. 

1. EPA :), D11. Seemed like the only possible choice given the timing. I did know a bit about the book, but I don’t think even that was necessary. 
2. Tampa Bay Rays :), D21. Gimme. 
3. Midnight :(, D22. No clue here. 
4. Maritte :(, D33. Ugh. So close here. I couldn’t quite remember the pronunciation and left out a critical G in the name. 
5. Malawi :), D00. Gimme for me. Both of my opponents are also great at geography. 
6. South Korea :), D12. Sort of have to know this. Even if you remember that he’s in We Didn’t Start the Fire, that doesn’t really tell you the country. 

Marcus LL104 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

5/6 which is a good score today, no easy questions and hard to defend 

Player: BrowningM

1. Rachel Carson's groundbreaking 1962 work Silent Spring is widely credited as a contributing factor to the establishment of what U.S. federal regulatory body in 1970?
Correct Answer: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Your Answer: EPA
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I watched dark waters recently or I wouldn't have got it

2. What Major League Baseball franchise modified its team name in 2008? The change may not have been due to criticism from Christian groups, but it was immediately followed by a dramatic change in the team's results. Note, location and team name (current or former) required.
Correct Answer: TAMPA BAY (DEVIL) RAYS
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I thought they were likely devils but I had no clue where they were from 

3. What word appears in the titles of a 2025 film based on a bestselling graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, a 2021 Western drama directed by Jane Campion, and a 1975 crime drama classic directed by Sidney Lumet?
Correct Answer: DOG
Your Answer: Dog
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I've not watched any of them 

4. The bowler-hatted gentleman in 1964's The Son of Man is a self-portrait of what Walloon?
Correct Answer: RENÉ MAGRITTE
Your Answer: Magritte
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

My opponent is v good at art hence the zero

5. What landlocked country located at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley shares its name with the lake that forms much of its eastern border?
Correct Answer: MALAWI
Your Answer: Malawi
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I like lake trivia 

6. The individual of greatest international historical significance with the first name Syngman served from 1948 to 1960 as the president of what country?
Correct Answer: SOUTH KOREA/REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Your Answer: south korea
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Maybe we should be studying the Korean War again …

Brian Day 8 vs David S (LLL)

2/6 thought this was a very difficult day and i had no idea how to defend

1) Desdemona 2/3  Forgot Desdemona was already a wife, not a bride-to-be, not that it would've mattered.  I don't even know the math angle, so I'm treating this as a literature question for defense

2) Armstrong 1/0  Shepard is the one recognizable name but that was enough

3) Thailand 3/2 no clue

4) plane 0/1  Took a shot at low defense for Dave as I thought he'd guess plane as well and it would be correct.  oh well.  This should clinch the victory for him

5) honey badger 2/2  Honey badger don't care.  Great videos on youtube if you didn't watch them ten years ago

6) harrod's 1/1  Bad miss,  couldn't place the language.  This will definitely give Dave the win.

Gave Dave a 3 on math and 1 on pop music, that is usually not a recipe for victory, but his defense was worse 4(2)-3(2)

Jesse Day 8

4/6

1. 1) The priestess of Greek legend who was the lover of Leander. 2) The Alexandrian mathematician who devised the formula for expressing the area of a triangle using its sides (one name for him, at least). 3) A falsely accused Shakespearean bride-to-be. These three all share what name?
Correct Answer: HERO
Your Answer: Ophelia
Points Assigned: 1

I read the greek legend within the past two years, I just have a terrible memory. The other two I had no idea. 

2. Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt are ten members of an exclusive group of twelve. Name either of the two missing members.
Correct Answer: NEIL ARMSTRONG, EDWIN/BUZZ ALDRIN
Your Answer: Armstrong
Points Assigned: 0

Alan Shepard was enough for me to get it. 

3. Mkhedruli is the name of a writing script used primarily for a language which belongs to the Kartvelian family of languages, which are primarily spoken in what country?
Correct Answer: GEORGIA
Your Answer: Georgia
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to Georgia and Kartvelian sounds Georgian to me. 

4. Songs from 2024 by Lainey Wilson and from 2025 by Travis Scott both include what vehicle type/mathematical expression in their titles?
Correct Answer: 4X4
Your Answer: F-150
Points Assigned: 3

Type! Shoot. I was on the right track I guess.

5. A mammal native to Africa and South Asia, distinctive for its coloration—dark brown to black with a pale yellowish-grey stripe extending from the top of its head along its back—as well as for its fearlessness, is known as a ratel but is better known as what?
Correct Answer: HONEY BADGER
Your Answer: Honey Badger
Points Assigned: 1

Ew, what's that in its mouth?

6. November 2021 saw the grand opening of a store in the Metro Manila city of Pasay that encompasses 65,000 square meters (700,000 sq ft), making it the company's largest. It surpassed a 55,000-square-meter facility that first opened in 1965 in a shopping area called Kungens Kurva, which translates to "The King's Bend" in English. What is the company?
Correct Answer: IKEA
Your Answer: Ikea
Points Assigned: 2

Kungens Karva sounded Scandanavain. 

Dave M day 8

4/6 today.

 

1 : ) Hero. I got this from Leander and then remembered Much ado about Nothing. I thought the triangle guy was Pythagoras. D13

2 : ) Neil Armstrong. Shepard got me there. D01

3 : ( India. Of course Georgia in restrospect, Mkhedruli looks like it could be a Georgian's last name.

4 : ) 4x4. Happy guess. I just went through car types until I got one that looked like math. I did briefly consider Infiniti. D32

5 : ( Lemur. No idea. D21

6 : ) Ikea. The Swedish/1965 gave it away. I'm surprised none of the stores opened in 55 years were bigger than one of the early ones. D10

Fwd: LL104 Match Day 8 -- Confirmation

4 again

Player: BrowningM

1. 1) The priestess of Greek legend who was the lover of Leander. 2) The Alexandrian mathematician who devised the formula for expressing the area of a triangle using its sides (one name for him, at least). 3) A falsely accused Shakespearean bride-to-be. These three all share what name?
Correct Answer: HERO
Your Answer: Hero
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Much ado about drowning polygons 

2. Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt are ten members of an exclusive group of twelve. Name either of the two missing members.
Correct Answer: NEIL ARMSTRONG, EDWIN/BUZZ ALDRIN
Your Answer: Neil Armstrong
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I'd have struggled without Shepard, it's remarkable how un-famous the rest are.

3. Mkhedruli is the name of a writing script used primarily for a language which belongs to the Kartvelian family of languages, which are primarily spoken in what country?
Correct Answer: GEORGIA
Your Answer: Albania
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Nah

4. Songs from 2024 by Lainey Wilson and from 2025 by Travis Scott both include what vehicle type/mathematical expression in their titles?
Correct Answer: 4X4
Your Answer: 4x4
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme ish?

5. A mammal native to Africa and South Asia, distinctive for its coloration—dark brown to black with a pale yellowish-grey stripe extending from the top of its head along its back—as well as for its fearlessness, is known as a ratel but is better known as what?
Correct Answer: HONEY BADGER
Your Answer: mongoose
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Very confident and very wrong 

6. November 2021 saw the grand opening of a store in the Metro Manila city of Pasay that encompasses 65,000 square meters (700,000 sq ft), making it the company's largest. It surpassed a 55,000-square-meter facility that first opened in 1965 in a shopping area called Kungens Kurva, which translates to "The King's Bend" in English. What is the company?
Correct Answer: IKEA
Your Answer: ikea
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Manila nearly put me off

David S Day 8 vs. Brian (LLL)

 A second straight 2/6, and against Brian to boot. Thought I might have had 4. Yuck. 

1. Hero :), D30. I only knew it from the triangle, and I suspect Brian will also get it that way. 
2. Armstrong :), D11. Almost got tripped up here and thought this was the Mercury astronauts (and put Glenn), but fortunately I caught myself. 
3. Armenia :(, D22. I was 50/50 between this and Georgia, and I picked the wrong one. 
4. Matrix :(, D02. I actually got kind of close here from a math perspective, but I had no clue at all. It was just a wild guess. 
5. Bonobo :(, D23. No idea. 
6. Walmart :(, D11. Really thought this would be right, but IKEA makes so much sense.