Brian Day 11 vs Pelco (LLL)

 5/6 but wasn't 100%  confident of any of them

1) Infrastructure 0/0  Was more familiar with Build Back Better, but it made sense this would be the answer

2) Language 3/2  I knew Farsi was a language, didn't know it meant Persian

3) Greenland 1/1  Godthab with the symbol above the a looked Norse, and I couldn't name any other islands besides the Faroe Islands, and the answer was a single island.

4) Kelvin 2/3 The only possible guess if you're familiar with absolute zero

5) Kennedy 1/1 Was pretty sure he was the US-->UK Ambassador, and was confident he had children.

6) Peppa Pig 2/2 I'm most pleased with myself with this guess.  Have heard of but never seen the show.   Started with Debbie Deer as an alliterative hooved animal, then thought farm animals were more likely, and Peppa fit the bill.

David S Addendum

Given my arctic geography comment this morning, I suppose it's only fair to point out that neither the Aleutians nor Nuuk is within the Arctic Circle.  I guess I should amend the comment to nearly-arctic.

Jesse day 11

5/6

1. H.R.3684, a $1 trillion bill that was passed by the 117th Congress after a bipartisan vote in the US House of Representatives on November 5, 2021, is officially known as the [REDACTED] Investment and Jobs Act. What word has been redacted?
Correct Answer: INFRASTRUCTURE
Your Answer: Infrastructure
Points Assigned: 2

It is infrastructure week!

2. One of 20th-century author Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh's first successful short stories—a genre in which he is regarded as a master—was titled "Farsi shakar ast", which translates to English as "_____ is Sugar" (fill in the blank).
Correct Answer: PERSIAN
Your Answer: Persian
Points Assigned: 2

Happy to get this. I knew Farsi was the word for the Persian language. 

3. The "city" of Nuuk (technically an illoqarfik and formerly known as Godthåb) is the most populous city on what island?
Correct Answer: GREENLAND
Your Answer: Greenland
Points Assigned: 0

Geography gimmie?

4. Belfast-born physicist and mathematician William Thomson, who is widely credited with clarifying the thermodynamic concept of absolute zero and determining its correct value, was elevated to the peerage in 1892, becoming 1st Baron what?
Correct Answer: KELVIN
Your Answer: Kelvin
Points Assigned: 1

I knew Kelvin was typically how absolute zero is measured. I sort of remembered there was a lord Kelvin, which was close enough to Baron for me. 

5. What was the last name of the patriarch and self-made millionaire who was the first chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, chair of the powerful US Maritime Commission in 1937, and the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1938?
Correct Answer: KENNEDY
Your Answer: Morgan
Points Assigned: 3

I figured JP Morgan was earlier but didn't have a better guess.

6. Rebecca Rabbit, Suzy Sheep, and Danny Dog are among the close friends of what cheeky animated British ungulate? (Full name required.)
Correct Answer: PEPPA PIG
Your Answer: Peppa Pig
Points Assigned: 1

I read my daughter Peppa Pig books when she was younger as well as saw the show. 

Dave M day 11

Turns out Celebrity Squares paid out on Friday, so I (and Ben) got 5/6, but I still lost to my LL opponent who also got 5.

A similar result will not occur today as it was my first 6/6 in a while.

1 : ) Infrastructure. Tried not to overthink it. D11
2 : ) Persia. Like David S I worked out Farsi was the word needing translation, but decided to take it at face value. D33
3 : ) Greenland. Geography gimme. D12
4 : ) Kelvin. Again trying not to overthink it and just go with the absolute zero angle. D01
5 : ) Kennedy. This was a bit of a guess but glad I got it. Patriarch presumably meant famous offspring. And I recall reading at the JFK museum in Dallas that his dad spent time in Europe - so made a guess. D22
6 : ) Peppa Pig. Unlike David S I'm not in the former category but alliterative names strongly suggested Peppa Pig. D20

brad day11

4/6 common d vs friedlandmj

1) infraatructure d1

assuming i get credit despite typo

2) persia d3

did not expect this to be right

3) easter d2

nope

4) kelvin d1

a guess but didnt see what else this could be

5) wallenberg d2

ugh ... would have got this one if i had thought about it a bit loger

6) peppa pig d0

i hate this show

David S Day 11

5/6 on another day of very friendly questions for me.  Perhaps this means some decidedly less friendly categories of questions are on the way.

1. Infrastructure :), D20.  Gimme.  Though I could easily see people falling into the trap of putting down green.

2. Language :(, D12.  I think this season has had some of the best questions I've ever seen, but this isn't one of them.  I figured out that that "Farsi" was the word that needed to be translated, but in the context of meaning "Persian," it's often left untranslated in English these days.  So, I assumed I needed to go with another definition, and I went with the more generic language.

3. Greenland :), D11.  Geography gimme.  Loving these arctic geography questions.

4. Kelvin :), D33.  Glad to get this.  Didn't actually expect to.  In all honesty, I didn't really understand the question, but the focus on absolute zero made me think of Kelvin as the answer.

5. Kennedy :), D02.  Great question.  Relatively obscure clues to arrive at an answer of such a famous family.

6. Peppa Pig :), D21.  Probably a gimme for anyone who's had kids in the past decade or so, and probably pretty hard otherwise.  I'm in the former category.

Brian Day 10

 5/6 which I sorely needed after losing every day this week.  Welcome back to posting, Ben

1) Surface tension  2/2  Gimme for me, unsure for non-science types. 

2) Root  3/2  no chance, never heard of it. Was trying to come up with roux, which would have been wrong anyway. 

3) Nymph  2/1  I know Dryads are tree/wood nymphs

4) Chicago Bears 0/0  Prob wouldn't have gotten Bengals if we needed all three, but Lambeau and Soldier Field are gimmes

5) Singapore 1/3  A guess based on the geography.  

6) Hollywood Squares 1/1 Considered The Match Game as well, but given "most centrally" as a major clue, it had to be the Squares.  I don't know Gobel, and don't remember Vincent Price on the show, but Rose Marie (from the Bounty commercials) and Paul Lynde were regulars.  How does this play for you young 'uns?  Did 'centrally' help you?