Fwd: LL105 Match Day 16 -- Confirmation

Tripped up by American sports as usual

Player: BrowningM

1. Hydrophobia has historically been used as an alternative name for what acute viral infection (whose symptoms include extreme hydrophobia)?
Correct Answer: RABIES
Your Answer: rabies
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I used to be terrified of rabies when I was a kid they had endless  scary public information films and posters 

2. The Bentayga, Flying Spur, Continental GT, and Mulsanne are current or recent car models manufactured by what British automaker, today a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group?
Correct Answer: BENTLEY
Your Answer: bentley
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme ?

3. What three-word phrase provided the text—and was the title—of a famous antidrug mural created in Harlem by pop artist and activist Keith Haring in 1986? Whitney Houston repeated the phrase when discussing her addiction struggle in a controversial 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer, after which the phrase unfortunately became somewhat associated with the singer.
Correct Answer: CRACK IS WACK
Your Answer: crack is whack
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Hopefully plays hard..poor old Whitney, and Haring

4. The Colonels, Squires, and Spirits were team names of franchises that folded after their league's 1975–76 season. Give the team name of any one of the other four franchises that survived and still exist to this day.
Correct Answer: NETS, NUGGETS, PACERS, SPURS
Your Answer: McDonalds, Burger King....KFC?
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Hmm

5. What phrase for a judiciary proceeding that ignores principles of justice likely originated in Britain or the United States, despite sounding like it might come from another country that the term strongly evokes?
Correct Answer: KANGAROO COURT
Your Answer: Kangaroo court
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Easy but struggled with defence as usual 

6. The small ball of vinegared rice topped with a piece of fresh raw fish, seafood, or another ingredient is often generally referred to as sushi, but is actually a specific type of sushi known by what name?
Correct Answer: NIGIRI (NIGIRIZUSHI)
Your Answer: Nigiri
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Easy if you know..

David S Day 16

 3/6 with a bad miss. 

1. Rabies :), D13. This made sense given the symptoms, but I wasn’t sure. 
2. Rolls Royce :(, D21. What was I thinking here?!
3. Just say no :(, D12. I figured this couldn’t be right, but I couldn’t think of it. 
4. Capitols :(, D31. Didn’t even get the sport right. 
5. Kangaroo court :), D22. Funny. It took me hours to get this, and then it finally came to me. 
6. Nigiri :), D00. Gimme. 

Dave M day 15

Also 3/6 for me today.

1 : ) Denmark. Simple geography Q. D20

2 : ) Wicked. I have watched the musical but not the movie (yet). D01

3 : ( Faith Hill. I thought I had a shot with this one. D12

4 : ( Light and Dark. Ah that duality makes much more sense. D23

5 : ) Elle. Oui c'est vraiment un nom femenin. D11

6 : ( Juvenal. Not really up to speed with my Roman historians. D32

Jesse Day 15

3/6

1. Of the nine European countries that share a land border with Germany, only one shares a land border in Europe with only Germany. What is that country?
Correct Answer: DENMARK
Your Answer: Denmark
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

2. What hit musical—and subsequent two-part film adaptation—is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel, itself based on a beloved book from 1900?
Correct Answer: WICKED
Your Answer: Wicked
Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess. 1995 is pretty recent. I don't follow musicals, but I had heard of Wicked and knew it was a revisionist Wizard of Oz. The only thing I was concerned with was the two-part adaptation. I only thought there was one wicked film, which I have not seen. 

3. Name the country music superstar whose career breakthrough was her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", and who was one of the two singers (along with LeAnn Rimes) to release a hit version of "How Do I Live" in May 1997.
Correct Answer: TRISHA YEARWOOD
Your Answer: McQuaid
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. Made up a country name. 

4. George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Michael Moriarty, and Richard Brooks were the original quartet that represented the duality of what television series?
Correct Answer: LAW & ORDER
Your Answer: Law and Order
Points Assigned: 2

Got it based on duality. The only actor I knew by name was Chris Noth, and I figured they weren't looking for the duality of Sex and the City. 

5. What magazine, a global fashion and lifestyle publication that generally targets women readers (perhaps obviously given its nom féminin), was founded in Paris in 1945 and owned for many years by the Lagardère Group?
Correct Answer: ELLE
Your Answer: Marie Claire
Points Assigned: 1

Nope.

6. What Roman historian, author of Annals (Annales) and Histories (Historiae), and one of the most preeminent historians of antiquity, is responsible for much of our knowledge of the Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties, as well as of the Germanic peoples of the era?
Correct Answer: TACITUS
Your Answer: Plutarch
Points Assigned: 3

Nope.

Brian Day 15

 4/6 for the 7th match in  a row.  As with Dave S,  by far my best start to a season to date.  If you're reading this, hurry and submit the midseason classic too!

1) Denmark  0/2  Didn't realize it was surrounded by Germany on 3 sides, but it knowing it had only a sea border to the north made it a gimme.  

2) Wicked  2/1  Easy enough, though a bit misleading given part 2 isn't out yet

3) Hill  3/1  I knew Celine and LeAnn had versions, no idea on on the third. 

4) Law and Order  1/2  I was watching it then.  I think the duality clue will increase the get rate substantially

5) Elle  2/0  I had it in my mind that Mademoiselle was also a magazine, but luckily j'ai choisi correctement.

6) Herodotus  1/3   If it wasn't Herodotus I had no chance

Marcus LL105 Match Day 15 -- Confirmation

5 again. 

Player: BrowningM

1. Of the nine European countries that share a land border with Germany, only one shares a land border in Europe with only Germany. What is that country?
Correct Answer: DENMARK
Your Answer: denmark
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

If you  can picture the map it's easy 

2. What hit musical—and subsequent two-part film adaptation—is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel, itself based on a beloved book from 1900?
Correct Answer: WICKED
Your Answer: wicked
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

My daughter's fave 

3. Name the country music superstar whose career breakthrough was her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", and who was one of the two singers (along with LeAnn Rimes) to release a hit version of "How Do I Live" in May 1997.
Correct Answer: TRISHA YEARWOOD
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Who?

4. George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Michael Moriarty, and Richard Brooks were the original quartet that represented the duality of what television series?
Correct Answer: LAW & ORDER
Your Answer: law and order
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Used to watch 

5. What magazine, a global fashion and lifestyle publication that generally targets women readers (perhaps obviously given its nom féminin), was founded in Paris in 1945 and owned for many years by the Lagardère Group?
Correct Answer: ELLE
Your Answer: elle
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Huge clue 

6. What Roman historian, author of Annals (Annales) and Histories (Historiae), and one of the most preeminent historians of antiquity, is responsible for much of our knowledge of the Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties, as well as of the Germanic peoples of the era?
Correct Answer: TACITUS
Your Answer: tacitus
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I'm pretty good on this stuff 

David S Day 15

 4/6.

1. Denmark :), D21. Gimme. 
2. Wicked :), D00. Many ways to get this, but if I hadn’t recognized Gregory Maguire’s name, I don’t think I would have gotten this. 
3. Twain :(, D23. Never heard of Yearwood. 
4. Law & Order :), D12. I watched this a lot when it was on. I recognized the names immediately. 
5. Elle :), D11. Happy to get this. Elle means she in French, so nom feminin was a big clue. 
6. Pliny the Elder :(, D32. Too bad here. I was deciding between this and Tacitus and chose wrong.