Dave M day 7 v Carr LLL

3/6 today, going to be a close one against Ben. Let’s see what happens.

 

1 : ) Sine wave. D20, easy D0 against Ben of course.

2 : ( I guessed Shag pile like the rest of you. D11

3 : ) I knew Meyer only, just like the rest of you. In my case, from the overpriced dish washing liquid available at Whole Foods. D11

4 : ( Into the Hoods was my guess. D02

5 : ) Texas geography gimme. Laredo is the southern end of I-35, the main north-south highway through Dallas. I have idly wondered about a road trip all the way along I-35 from Laredo to Duluth, Minnesota. D22

6 : ( Never heard of it either. I guessed Nemesis. D33

 

So it’s a 2(3) - 1(2) victory with both of our defenses being perfect.

Jesse Day 7

2/6

1. An oscillator executing "simple harmonic motion" (SHM) generates a wave whose graph of y (vertical diameter) against x (time) is most commonly known by what term?
Correct Answer: SINE/SINUSOIDAL WAVE
Your Answer: consistent
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nope! 

2. Among the various types of rugs is one whose name comes from the French for "caterpillar" (which the fabric is meant to resemble). What is that name?
Correct Answer: CHENILLE
Your Answer: Shag
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nope! 

3. Eureka and Lisbon are the two most common varieties in the United States of what fruit crop, grown predominantly in California along with specialty varieties and hybrids such as Variegated Pink and Meyer?
Correct Answer: LEMON
Your Answer: Lemon
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I feel like meyer lemons are well known. 

4. What musical, which debuted at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in October 2008 with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, is the only Broadway musical with a cast composed entirely of teenagers—a cast that included Ariana Grande, who at the time was actually age fifteen?
Correct Answer: 13
Your Answer: Kids
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Never heard of it.

5. The name of a community in northern Spain is (or is included in) the names of the seat of Webb County, Texas, and the third-most populous city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, two cities that face each other across the Rio Grande. What is that name?
Correct Answer: LAREDO
Your Answer: Laredo
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew there were Laredo's on both sides of the border somehow. 

6. What fictional Wessex town provides the setting for the majority of the 1886 Thomas Hardy novel that begins with main character Michael Henchard's sale of his wife and daughter, details his business success and ascent in municipal politics, and ends with his ruin and death?
Correct Answer: CASTERBRIDGE
Your Answer: How to succeed in business by selling your family
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Never heard of it. 

brad day7

vs ben and friendland mj

2/6 common d

1) sine d0

math gimme

2) shag d1

nope

3) lemon d1

we had a meyer lemon bush 

4) high school musical d2

no idea

5) rioja d2

have heard of answer but wasnt going to happen

6) new amsterdam d3

no idea

Ben day 7 v Belsky and Mirkin

2/6. Should be tight with Brad but there are too many things that Mirkin might know thanks to his Texan/British residencies of late.

1 :) sinusoid. D01

2 :( shag pile. D12

3 :) lemon. Meyer lemon was all I recognized. D11

4 :( The heights. I guessed it would be a number from the clue but I'd never heard of 13. D23

5 :( San Miguel. No shot here though I have heard of it. D20

6 :( Wolverhampton. Never heard of this. D32

Seif Day 7 vs. Steiny (LLL)

4/6 today.

1. Sinusoidal :), D21.  I'm actually not a huge fan of this question.  I think there are other answers that one could argue satisfy the clue.  But this seemed like it was clearly the best answer.

2. Chenille :), D11.  I had no idea this was a type of rug, but I know the French word for caterpillar.

3. Lemon :), D00.  The whole question meant nothing to me until Meyer, but I've heard of Meyer lemons.  I'm questioning whether this will play as easy as I thought when I assigned D.

4. Kids :(, D32.  No clue here.

5. Laredo :), D22.  Back on the geography horse.  I don't think this would have given me much of a problem, but it was easy because just yesterday I was reading an article about "medical tourism," where Americans in Laredo were going to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico for surgery.

6. Middlemarch :(, D23.  Nope!  No clue here, either.

Kim Day 6

Vs. Jesse LLL. We had very similar answers today, but I lose on bad defense.

3/6

1 :) Lyme. D22. I defended based on confidence in my own answers and thought this one was so obvious that I would be wrong.

2 :( Cabaret. Really thought this would be right. D11

3 :( Family. I forgot Home Improvement wasn't actually called Tool Time - and I didn't think either of those words fit. D32

4 :) Kwanzaa D11

5 :) Tomato D00. I considered corn also for a moment.

6 :( Pythagoreous. D23 which might not have counted for awful spelling even if it was right.

Brian Day 6 vs FriendlandMJ

2/6

1) Lyme. Figures to be a gimme for anyone in the northeast.  0/0

2) Burlesque. Coin flip with vaudeville, figured burlesque fit 'bawdy' better. 1/1

3) Coast.  After seeing the answer, I only get Home and Away and still don't get the 90s or Adult Swim reference.  (Thank you Ben for saying Home Improvement). 2/3

4) Greenpeace.  This is very gettable and I'll regret my defense 3/2

5) eggplant.  I figured it was something in the nightshade family, but unfortunately, unlike most of you, I don't know what's in the nightshade family. 1/1

6) Euclid.  Not quite a gimme, but Euclidean geometry got me there.  2/2