Gideon Day 12

4/6 today

1 :( D1 American Gladiators!
2 :) D2 Choux - Thanks Paul Hollywood!
3 :( D2 Comets
4 :) D1 Tuscany
5 :) D0 Pointilism
6 :) D3 Congruent

brad day12

2/6

1) houston comets d2

ugh, realized i missed a similar question on the 1d as well

2) pipette d1

nope

3) gas giant d2

nope

4) tuscany d0

have been there and i drink a lot of wine

5) fingerpainting d3

or not ...

6) congruent d1

hated geometry enough that this stuck with me

Ben Day 12

5/6. Seemed like a reasonably guessable day.

1 :) Harlem Globetrotters. Once I thought of it, it just seemed logical

2 :) choux pastry. mmmm profiteroles.

3 :) asteroid. ceres made it easy.

4 :) tuscany. I didn't think this was right, but had no other guess.

5 :( No chance here. Guessed cubism.

6 :) congruent. unlike some HS math terms in the past, I didn't mess this one up. I wonder if Thorsten will accept 'equivalent'. I thought about utting it down because I wasn't sure congruent was the word for circles too.

Jesse day 12

4/6

1. In 1985, former University of Kansas star Lynette Woodard became the first woman to join what team as an official member?
Correct Answer: HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS
Your Answer: Harlem Globetrotters
Points Assigned: 1

I couldn't think of another answer so was pretty sure I was right.

2. Melting butter in hot water, adding flour, cooking that mixture until smooth, beating in eggs one by one, and piping through a forcing bag—this is a method for preparing what type of pastry, used for making éclairs, beignets, churros, and French crullers?
Correct Answer: CHOUX
Your Answer: Puff
Points Assigned: 3

Darn. Paul Hollywood would be ashamed of me. 

3. Vesta is the brightest (from the Earth's perspective) and Ceres—at least until its formal reclassification in 2006—was the largest of the celestial bodies that are known as what?
Correct Answer: ASTEROIDS
Your Answer: Asteroids
Points Assigned: 2

I think the reclassification in 2006 was about Pluto, planetoids and asteroids. I almost put down planetoids but decided asteroids was a better answer. 

4. Pisa, Lucca, Arezzo, Livorno, and Siena are among the provinces in what Italian region, which also includes the city of Florence?
Correct Answer: TUSCANY
Your Answer: Tuscany
Points Assigned: 0

Been there. 

5. What is the name of the painting technique, similar (and related) to divisionism, which is closely associated with the French post-impressionist Georges Seurat, and perhaps most closely associated with his A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?
Correct Answer: POINTILLISM
Your Answer: Pointtilism
Points Assigned: 1

The closest thing to an art gimmie. 

6. The symbol pictured here is used in the field of geometry specifically to denote that two items—such as line segments, circles, triangles, or angles—are what? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/35089cty49t5.jpg
Correct Answer: CONGRUENT
Your Answer: Almost equal
Points Assigned: 2

I am bad at math. 

Gideon Day 11

4/6 today
1 :) D1 We Are DEVO!
2 :) D2 Boycott - Some friends of mine are in a kickass all-girl band named Boycott Brass Band!
3 :) D0 Roosevelt - Who else could it be?
4 :( D3 Skin care - Technically correct, but not specific enough.
5 :( D1 Pulp Fiction
6 :) D2 Prado

Ben Day 11

1/6 against Jesse's 5! A thrashing.

1 :( No idea. I guessed "Certainly"

2 :( I guessed embargo

3 :) Roosevelt gimme

4 :( I guessed motor oil because the Helio thing made me think of Shell Helix.

5 :( Guessed Fargo. I didn't realize Shawshank was a box office flop given I saw it in at the movies. Maybe it was more popular in Australia?

6 :( I guessed Bilbao.

Jesse Day 11

My battle with Ben. 5/6

1. What answer fills in the blank in the title of a Brian Eno-produced new wave album from the late 1970s? Q: Are We Not Men? A: _______!
Correct Answer: WE ARE DEVO
Your Answer: We are Devo
Points Assigned: 3

I sort of remembered the title and new Eno was involved with Devo. Was hoping I got the wording right.

2. An activist campaign by the Irish National Land League in 1880 forbade the Irish from supplying provisions to an unpopular local British land agent in County Mayo. From this event originated what word used to describe the tactic, after the name of this ostracized land agent?
Correct Answer: BOYCOTT
Your Answer: Boycot
Points Assigned: 2

First thought was Embargo, followed by Kibosh, followed by Boycott. Boycott seemed right as it was a protest. 

3. A 1909 expedition to Africa sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, which resulted in thousands of specimens (including dozens of big game animals) collected for American natural history museums, was led by what man, who arranged the expedition in part to give room to new U.S. President W.H. Taft?
Correct Answer: THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Your Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Points Assigned: 1

TR loved to hunt.

4. Mexoryl SX, AvoTriplex, and Helioplex are tradenames of chemical formulations developed for use in what type of consumer product?
Correct Answer: SUNSCREENS
Your Answer: Glue
Points Assigned: 1

Almost got the 6/6. I had no idea but now I see it was gettable.

5. What critically acclaimed 1994 film was a box-office bomb on its initial release but has gone on to extreme popularity (and a #1 all-time ranking on imdb.com), thanks in part to frequent airings on the TNT cable network in the late 1990s and subsequent widespread accolades?
Correct Answer: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Your Answer: The Shawshank Redemption
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie!

6. Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez; Saturn Devouring His Son and The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya; The Knight with His Hand on His Breast by El Greco; Jacob's Dream by José de Ribera; Children on the Beach by Joaquín Sorolla; and Still Life with Game, Vegetables and Fruit by Juan Sanchez Cotan are works housed in what art museum?
Correct Answer: MUSEO DEL PRADO
Your Answer: Prado
Points Assigned: 2

I have been there. I didn't know this art was located there, but they have so many of these Spanish masters there it was the only place that made sense.