Steiny End of Season

A tie yesterday pushed me to 16th and secured my spot in C next season.  Just made it...phew.  Looking forward to welcoming Jesse and Will back to C and perhaps CarrBen12 who just missed promotion but might get sweeped up depending on numbers...

Gideon Day 25 LL73

3/6 today, against fellow Carrbenite SilvermanA.

1 :( D2 Mortdecai - Nope
2 :) D1 Munich
3 :) D0 Financial Times
4 :) D3 Uttar Pradesh
5 :( D2 Sand Wedge
6 :( D1 The Mentalist

See you next season!

brad day25

still in e but a 4/6 to end the season (my best day this season) puts me 6 tca above last one ... another jump like this and im in the hunt for promotion

1) la la land d1

watched parts of all of above with wifey

2) munich d1

jewish gimme?

3) finacial times d2

an auto d0 for me if you know this, if not will get some good points based on my profile

4) punjab d3

nope

5) pitching wedge d2

wasnt sure how to d this, yekioyd

6) ncis d0

figured quantico wasnt right

Steiny Day 25

Last day and I need a win to avoid relegation, luckily I ma playing one of the weakest in the rundle...

1. :) Easy since I knew gangster squad cast

2. :) gimme

3. :( Wrote new york observer which also used to be pink...argh

4. :( New delhi

5. :( I do not golf, I wrote big driver

6. :) Seen so many ads for it during football but never actually seen show

will3/6 be enough for a win???? who knows

Jesse day 25

5/6 Ben and I both are very close to being promoted back to C. Hopefully we can come through.

1. Two co-stars of the 2011 film Crazy, Stupid Love and the 2013 film Gangster Squad appeared together for a third time in what 2016 film?

Correct Answer: LA LA LAND

Your Answer: La La Land

Points Assigned: 0

I had a similar question at pub trivia a few weeks back. 

2. The most infamous and widely publicized attack committed by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September took place in what city?

Correct Answer: MUNICH

Your Answer: Munich

Points Assigned: 2

I saw the film and probably would have known this anyway.

3. In January 1893, to differentiate itself from a similarly named local competitor, what publication began printing on salmon pink paper, a tradition it continues to this day?

Correct Answer: FINANCIAL TIMES

Your Answer: The Guardian

Points Assigned: 3

Nope. I had no idea. Figured it was British.

4. What state in northern India, renamed in 1950 from the post-independence United Provinces, has a population of about 200 million, more than all but five countries of the world?

Correct Answer: UTTAR PRADESH

Your Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Points Assigned: 2

I knew UT had a ton of people and it is two words. I've been there twice.

5. The golf club sometimes designated as the "10-iron" is most often known by what two-word name?

Correct Answer: PITCHING WEDGE

Your Answer: Pitching wedge

Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess, but it seemed right.

6. The real-life Behavioral Analysis Unit, a department within the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime based in Quantico, Virginia, is the primary setting for what fictional crime drama series, which has run on the CBS network since its debut in September 2005?

Correct Answer: CRIMINAL MINDS

Your Answer: Criminal Minds

Points Assigned: 1

My wife watches it. 

Dave M day 25

Well I’m definitely getting the wooden spoon in C and look forward to a season in D next time around. Look forward to seeing you all again then. A 4/6 to end this season.

 

1 :) I normally wouldn’t know this but read something right this weekend that mentioned Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were in Crazy Stupid Love. D1

2 :) Simple world history question but that’s my opponent’s worst category. D2

3 :) I subscribe to the pink paper, so gimme. D3

4 :) I know Uttar Pradesh is the most populous Indian state. D1

5 :( Thought I would get this with Sand Wedge. D1

6 :( I had no idea. There are far too many crime dramas to keep track of. D0

Gideon Day 24

Almost done!
3/6 today?

1 :( D1 Mayor - I recognized some names, but not well enough.
2 :( D0 The Wizard of Oz - Correct year on the film, but it only grossed 1/76th of Gone with the Wind.
3 :) D1 Zoot Suit
4 :| D2 Tiaga - Close enough?
5 :| D2 Mr Tickles
6 :( D3 Anderson - Marian Anderson died in 1993, at the age of 97.