Gideon Day 25 LL72

4/6 Today. See you next season!

1 :) D2 Minions - I didn't see either of those movies, but I spent an afternoon with a 2.5 year old who watched and re-watched many parts of Minions in random order. I think he likes playing with the scroll bar and buttons more than actually watching the movie sequentially. The upshot is that I saw the opening title about five or so times.
2 :( D0 Completion
3 :) D1 Antipodal
4 :) D1 Calipers - I use vernier calipers nearly every day.
5 :( D3 Milan - I think I've heard of The Duchess of Malfi.
6 :) D2 Melba - Peachy!

Ben Day 25

4/6 today. Likkely too little, too late. The real pain came on Day 22 when I knew Christopher Robin and stupidly wrote down Peter Robin, and had Tehran from the nytimes crossword a few weeks earlier and didn't remember it in time for submission. Cost me a W to T. Also leaving a T out of Duterte also cost me a match point. Not to mention my <.600 defense. I do deserve relegation.

Questions were easier. Competition was stiffer.

1 :( penguins

2 :) safety

3 :) Antipodes

4 :) caliper

5 :( San Marino

6 :) Melba.

Jesse day 25

3, maybe 4 right. 

1. What characters are the official mascot of the animation film production company Illumination Entertainment, which released the hit 2016 films Sing and The Secret Life of Pets?
Correct Answer: MINIONS
Your Answer: The California Raisens
Points Assigned: 1

I had idea.

2. In American football, the referee presses his or her palms together above the head, pointed straight up, to signal what play?
Correct Answer: SAFETY
Your Answer: Safety
Points Assigned: 2

I watch enough football that I knew this one.

3. What is the geographical term for two places on the surface of the globe which are diametrically opposite to each other? Example pairs include the North and South Pole; Madrid, Spain and Weber, New Zealand; and the French commune of Gatteville-le-Phare and an uninhabited subantarctic island group that has this term as its name.
Correct Answer: ANTIPODES
Your Answer: Antipodes
Points Assigned: 1

Earth sandwich.

4. A particular device used to measure the diameter or thickness of an object has a name which is also used for the part of a disc brake assembly that presses the brake pad against the disc. What is that term?
Correct Answer: CALIPER
Your Answer: Caliper
Points Assigned: 0

My first though was caliper and I remembered them being a car part.

5. A work by John Webster, an English dramatist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, deals affectingly and tragically with a disastrous marriage between the titular noblewoman and a commoner. This play, per its title, is set in the court of what duchy on the Italian peninsula?
Correct Answer: MALFI (AMALFI)
Your Answer: Verona
Points Assigned: 3

I have been to Amalfi, but never heard of that book.

6. A dish created by Auguste Escoffier in 1892, that today can consist of poached peach halves placed on a bed of vanilla ice cream and coated with raspberry purée, was named after what Australian soprano?
Correct Answer: DAME NELLIE MELBA
Your Answer: Peach Melba
Points Assigned: 2

Fudge, didn't read the question thoroughly. Not sure if I get credit for this. 

brad day25

2/6 ... got 2 more than last season, at this rate will be in the top group in 20 years ...

1) dogs d1

my 3 yr old probably knew this

2) safety d2

gimme football question

3) digging a hole to china d3

or not ...

4) ruler d2

nope

5) amalfi d1

very lucky guess, visited there 7 years ago

6) georges d0

actually had one of these a few weeks ago and couldnt remember name.  food opponents best category

Dave M day 25

A surprise win on Friday and 3/6 today makes it touch and go whether I’ll be relegated to D next season. Was it just me or was this season much tougher than previous ones?

 

1.      :) I’m saddened I know this and assume most others do too. D0

2.      :( I made a guess of Field Goal but Safety was going to be my second guess. D2

3.      :) A common name for Aussies and NZers in the UK is ‘Antipodeans’. D2

4.      :) Caliper came to mind pretty quickly. D1

5.      :( Total guess of Umbria. D1

6.      :( Of course this is Melba. I couldn’t think of the name so went with Matilda. D3

See you next season!

brad day24

2/6

1) bangers d2

thought these were sausages but has no better guess

2) this is us d1

my wife watches

3) stencil d1

ah, have heard of this before, couldnt think of it at time

4) mr  d3

no idea

5) pelopenesian d0

a guessx but have heard of pelopenesian war before, assume i dont get dinger for spelling

6) sweeney d2

picked up on the clue, but never saw movie/show 

Jesse day 24

5/6

1. In the United States, "bacon" is made from pork belly while "Canadian bacon" is made from the loin of the pig. In Great Britain, the belly bacon is known as "streaky" bacon, while cuts that include both belly and loin can be referred to as "back bacon" but most often appear on British breakfast menus as slices known as what?
Correct Answer: RASHERS
Your Answer: Rashers
Points Assigned: 2

I spent enough to time in the UK where I know the term. 

2. Pictured here is the cast for what television series? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/40958uct.jpg
Correct Answer: THIS IS US
Your Answer: This is Us
Points Assigned: 1

My wife watched it so I recognized some of the actors.

3. Although in common usage the word is now often associated with children, what term is used in fine arts for a preparatory sketch or design for a picture to be transferred to a fresco or tapestry?
Correct Answer: CARTOON
Your Answer: Cartoon
Points Assigned: 1

I initially had Doodle, but adults doodle too. Cartoon came to me right before submitting.

4. Pferd and Ross are German words that both translate to English as what?
Correct Answer: HORSE
Your Answer: Road
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

5. The city-state of Sparta was the hegemon of a geographically based alliance that included Tegea, Elis, Corinth, and others, and is known historically as what "league"? The league would emerge victorious in a war against the Athens-led Delian League toward the end of the 5th century BCE.
Correct Answer: PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE
Your Answer: Pelopenisian
Points Assigned: 3

I knew it wasn't Pan-Hellenic because that would be all of Greece. I knew of the Peloponnesian war, so gave it a try. 

6. What London thoroughfare, named for the stream (now subterranean) that used to flow nearby, is synonymous today with English journalism and the newspaper business (and, to a separate degree, demon barbers)?
Correct Answer: FLEET STREET
Your Answer: Fleet Street
Points Assigned: 0

Got it from the Sweeney Todd reference. I saw the movie.