Marcus LL109 Match Day 11 -- Confirmation

5 vs David S which may be enough but i’m really not sure , I think Ricky Nelson will prob save me if Soylent green doesn’t 

Player: BrowningM

1. French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse is famous for writing and directing the classic 1956 short film Le Ballon rouge, and for creating what game a year later, which he originally titled La Conquête du monde?
Correct Answer: RISK
Your Answer: Risk
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

a lot of French today 

2. What city, now a U.S. state capital, was founded in 1610, a decade before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock?
Correct Answer: SANTA FE
Your Answer: Boston
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

D 0 for seif , i had no clue 

3. The "hypermarket" retailing model, combining a supermarket and department store under one roof, was pioneered and popularized by what French retailer, which opened its first hypermarket in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois outside Paris in 1963 and had opened its first supermarket in 1960 at the crossroads of Avenue Parmelan and Avenue André Theuriet in the Alpine city of Annecy?
Correct Answer: CARREFOUR
Your Answer: Carrefour
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i love a frenzy hypermarche altho I prefer Leclerc 

4. "Poor Little Fool", the first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 overall when the chart debuted in August 1958, was a hit for what teenage star, who had scored pre-Hot 100 hits including a cover of "I'm Walkin'" and had debuted on his family's radio (and later TV) series in 1949?
Correct Answer: RICKY NELSON
Your Answer: Ricky Nelson
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Rio Bravo helped , they used to have back to back John Wayne films on tv when i was a kid 

5. Eggs, Pecorino Romano, cured pork such as guanciale or pancetta, and black pepper are typical ingredients of what dish, believed to have originated in Italy's Lazio region (though there was never really much coal mining in Lazio, which debunks one of the dish's popular etymologies)?
Correct Answer: CARBONARA
Your Answer: Carbonara
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

i make a mean one, my daughter’s fave 

6. Harry Harrison's 1966 science fiction novel Make Room! Make Room!, in which unchecked population growth has devastated society and a small affluent class hoards the remaining resources, is the basis for what 1973 film (though the novel does not contain the film's cannibalistic twist and other plot elements)?
Correct Answer: SOYLENT GREEN
Your Answer: Soylent Green
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2


Soylent Green is people!

WHEW! Diane, Day 10

Sorry for being MIA--- I had to travel for a conference and the home chaos on either end was wild (what the PTA people call "Maycember"--when ALLTHETHINGS happen for sports and school ALLATONCE).

Anyway, I managed to hold my own for a while and was in the middle of the pack in both the C Rundle and the private one (I think? Still not totally sure how that works) until Friday when I ***forgot*** to submit my answers. Now I have a forfeit under my belt👎👎👎👎👎👎. Adding insult to injury, I'd actually gotten most of them right: Descartes, Hamilton, Subjunctive, Illinois, and Weekend were all things I knew 😭😭😭

Anyway... hopefully I can claw back some of my dignity.

Day 10:

1. ✅ Bikini!

2. ❌ SO close! I said "Highly Successful People"

3. ✅ Germ -- Gimme

4. ❌  pass, lol.

5. ❌  I said Saudi Arabia :(

6. ✅ A good guess. I'd always thought Yakko, Wakko, and Dot were apocryphal. But also, Singing in the Rain is one of my favorite movies, and they make fun of the Warner Brothers losing their shirts over the Jazz Singer:)

Happy Monday yall!

Dave M day 10 v Friedland LL and Carr CLL

The rare double match-up between mostly former-posters here. 5/6 with the same frustrating miss on Highly Effective (/Successful) People as David S. Unlike everyone else my terrible taste in music gets me a win on Max Martin for the Britney Spears question which I reckon will be good enough to win against both today.

Jesse Day 10

5/6

1. What article of clothing got its island-inspired name from its creator Louis Réard's hope in 1946 that it would generate an "explosive" reaction (and it was undoubtedly controversial)?
Correct Answer: BIKINI
Your Answer: Bikini
Points Assigned: 1

Bikini atoll testing grounds. Probably a gimme. 

2. Stephen R. Covey's 1989 blockbuster self-help and personal development book detailed, per its title, the "Seven Habits" of what specific three-word group?
Correct Answer: HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
Your Answer: Highly effective people
Points Assigned: 2

I think I may have read this a while back.

3. The scientific concept that specific microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, are the direct cause of many diseases (as opposed to notions like "bad air") is known commonly as the "[BLANK] Theory of Disease", a name that arose in the second half of the 19th century alongside the work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. What word fills in the blank?
Correct Answer: GERM
Your Answer: Germ
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

4. Beginning with Britney Spears' "…Baby One More Time" in 1999, what Swedish producer and songwriter has written 29 #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100—more than anyone else in history except Paul McCartney (with 32)? He's also the most successful producer in Billboard history, with 27 No. 1 hits in that role.
Correct Answer: MAX MARTIN
Your Answer: Erikson
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

5. Iran lies on the northern coast of the Strait of Hormuz; the Musandam Peninsula of what other country lies on the southern coast?
Correct Answer: OMAN
Your Answer: Oman
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to Oman and this is very much in the news. 

6. Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack were the first names of the founders of what film studio, though Sam died the day before their landmark film The Jazz Singer premiered in 1927?
Correct Answer: WARNER BROS.
Your Answer: Warner Brothers
Points Assigned: 1

Jack Warner made this easy. 

Brian Day 10

 5/6

1) bikini 1/0   common trivia nugget

2) Highly Effective People 2/1   I've read it, learned a few of the habits, and am mildly effective

3) Germ 2/2 Took me awhile but it felt correct when I landed on it

4) Wallenberg 3/3  no idea.  Shout out to Raoul.

5) Oman 1/1  "Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we'll have to blow 'em up"

6) Warner Brothers 0/2   One of Thorsten's cleverly constructed questions where the answer is hidden in how it's written.  I love these. 

Marcus LL109 Match Day 10 -- Confirmation

A predictable 4

Player: BrowningM

1. What article of clothing got its island-inspired name from its creator Louis Réard's hope in 1946 that it would generate an "explosive" reaction (and it was undoubtedly controversial)?
Correct Answer: BIKINI
Your Answer: bikini
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme 

2. Stephen R. Covey's 1989 blockbuster self-help and personal development book detailed, per its title, the "Seven Habits" of what specific three-word group?
Correct Answer: HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
Your Answer: people who win
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

not a clue 

3. The scientific concept that specific microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, are the direct cause of many diseases (as opposed to notions like "bad air") is known commonly as the "[BLANK] Theory of Disease", a name that arose in the second half of the 19th century alongside the work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. What word fills in the blank?
Correct Answer: GERM
Your Answer: germ
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

gimme 

4. Beginning with Britney Spears' "…Baby One More Time" in 1999, what Swedish producer and songwriter has written 29 #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100—more than anyone else in history except Paul McCartney (with 32)? He's also the most successful producer in Billboard history, with 27 No. 1 hits in that role.
Correct Answer: MAX MARTIN
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

i feel i should have known but i didn’t have a clue

5. Iran lies on the northern coast of the Strait of Hormuz; the Musandam Peninsula of what other country lies on the southern coast?
Correct Answer: OMAN
Your Answer: oman
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

surely a gimme  with the news 

6. Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack were the first names of the founders of what film studio, though Sam died the day before their landmark film The Jazz Singer premiered in 1927?
Correct Answer: WARNER BROS.
Your Answer: warner brothers
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

another straightforward one 

David S Day 10

 4/6 with a super frustrating miss. 

1. Bikini :), D21. I got it from explosive. 
2. Highly successful people :(, D12. I’m too mad about this miss to write anything. 
3. Germ :), D02. Gimme. 
4. Marshmello :(, D23. I had nothing here. 
5. Oman :), D11. Would have been a gimme even without this in the news.
6. Warner Brothers :), D30. Seemed like a reasonable guess given the names could have been brothers and that all I had was this, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and MGM. I’m sure there were other potential answers I didn’t know.