brad day25

2/6 vs ben

1) naacp d3/2

lucky guess

2) french open d0/0

gimmeish?

3) blank d1/3

no idea

4) dove d1/1

nope

5) bichon frise d2/1

no idea

6) freestyle d2/2

close but no cigar

David S Day 25

 2/6 due to another careless mistake. My goal for next season is to avoid these. There were far too many for me this season. 

1. NAACP :), D22. Timing seemed right, but I was not confident at all
2. Clay :(, D11. Oops. This is how you miss a gimme. Can’t even blame this one on my kids. 
3. Degrassi :), D20. No idea. 
4. Ivory :(, D02. Around the clock. I get it now. But I was never going to come up with it. 
5. Dalmatian :), D11. Only one (other than clay…) that I was sure about. 
6. Freestyle :(, D33. No idea. I assume this wild guess won’t pay, but for all I know maybe this is close enough. If I do get credit for this it was just a lucky guess. 

A great offseason to all!

Marcus final day

A disappointing 3/6 as I struggled with the US biased questions 

Player: BrowningM

1. The Spingarn Medal, which is awarded annually for outstanding achievement, was first given to cell biologist Ernest E. Just in 1915, and is presented by what American organization that was formed a few years prior?
Correct Answer: NAACP
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I was never getting this 

2. Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is considered to have the slowest surface, with its courts rated at a 1 ("slow", on a scale from 1 to 5) by the International Tennis Federation?
Correct Answer: FRENCH OPEN
Your Answer: french open
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme 

3. Bughead, Barchie, Varchie, and Jeronica were some of the "ships" named by the fandom of what CW series, which wrapped up its seventh and final season in August 2023?
Correct Answer: RIVERDALE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

My kids would have thought this was a gimme 

4. Old advertisements for what soap, widely cited as the first antibacterial soap (and today still the top brand of antibacterial bar soap, at least per its own marketing), promised to stop odor before it starts, keeping you fresh round the clock?
Correct Answer: DIAL
Your Answer: lifebuoy
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Nice clue but I've never heard of it 

5. What dog breed takes its name from a strip of territory bordering the Adriatic Sea in Southwest Croatia, largely barren and mountainous and formerly a part of the Greek province of Illyria?
Correct Answer: DALMATIAN
Your Answer: dalmation
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

6. The title of an Ornette Coleman recording from 1960 subtitled A Collective Improvisation is a source for the name of what jazz style, which is mostly undefinable but is characterized by a lack of rules (or a breaking of rules) and a rejection of conventions (like chord progressions, harmony, and melody)?
Correct Answer: FREE JAZZ
Your Answer: free jazz
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nearly went for freestyle but pleased to get it right 

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Re: Debbie Day 24

As expected, have dropped out of top 4 (maybe psyched myself out as I feel like I belong in D?). Anyhoo, hoping this ends up a 3...

1. Frank Lloyd Wright :( which I thought had a chance of being right? Never heard of this person

2. South West African ? A lucky guess - do we think it will count? 

3. Universal, clock :(, D22. picked a time related word

4. Rossignol :( picked a company I thought was Austrian.  Had no idea Red Bull was Austrian (my maiden name of Bender is as well) 

5: Dijon :), yum

6. Singin' in the Rain :), glad I pulled this out. Originally thought "I'm in the Mood for Love"

Brian Day 24 vs Ben (LLL)

4/6  on the next to last day of the season.  I'll be disappointed if we don't get a Rich Men North of Richmond question on Monday

1) Buckminster Fuller  2/1 Felt pretty good about this because of the house, dynamic maximum tension seemed appropriate for a geodesic dome

2) South West Africa 2/1  While most of you thought this was a gimme, I was trying to puzzle this out, initially forcing Swahili Workers Association into the answer. But then I felt so clever when I realized that the 'neighbor' South Africa was pointedly omitted from the question, and realized what SWA must mean.

3) universal, constant  1,2  no idea

4) Rolex 3/3  no idea and too many of you knew this

5) Dijon 0/0  gimme

6) Singing in the Rain 1/2  Seemed the right timeframe.

Laura Days 22-24

Day 22 - 3/6

1 - Sous vide :) Gimme. D0

2 - And miles to go before I sleep :) This popped into my head immediately from my high school days... pretty sure I used to put it up as an away message, ha! D1

3 - Water :( Darn it, I almost put forest! D2

4 - Earthquake :( Had no clue. D2

5 - Swatch :( Ooh I knew this one! D3

6 - Warsaw :) Was guessing between that and Versailles. D2

Day 23 -  1/6 today, not my best

1 - Ovals and ?? :( Oof, I knew this once I saw the answer. D0

2 - Knock out :( D1

3 - Camus :( D2

4 - ?? :( D3

5 - Natural :) I needed this gimme! D1

6 - ?? :( Hadn't heard of this even when I saw the right answer. D2

Day 24 - 3/6

1 - ?? :( D2

2 - Southwest Africa :) Hadn't heard of this but the acronym made sense. D2

3 - Universal clock :( D1

4 - ?? Had no idea they were Austrian! D1

5 - Dijon :) Gimme for me. D0

6 - Singin' in the Rain :) Another gimme from my theater days. D3

Jesse Day 24

5/6

1. The Dymaxion house (designed in the late 1920s), Dymaxion car (1933), and Dymaxion bathroom unit (1936)—pretty much anything "Dymaxion", which is a portmanteau of "dynamic", "maximum", and "tension"—are inventions of what American designer and architect?
Correct Answer: R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Your Answer: Fuller
Points Assigned: 2

I was 90% sure this was Fuller. 

2. In 1971, the International Court of Justice at The Hague ruled that the continued occupation of Namibia by its neighbor was illegal, and that same year the United Nations recognized a nationalist group and "People's Organization" known as SWAPO as the legitimate representative of the people of Namibia. What do the first three letters in "SWAPO" stand for?
Correct Answer: SOUTH WEST AFRICA
Your Answer: South West Africa
Points Assigned: 2

Considered South Western Arica. I briefly went to Namibia when I was on a river safari on Botswana's side of the Linyanti river. We parked our boat on the Namibian side of the river and got a beer in a little hut. 

3. The time standard by which clocks are regulated globally, a replacement for and essentially an equivalent of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), is officially abbreviated "UTC" (a compromise used in all languages). In English, the T stands for Time, and the C and U stand for what other two words?
Correct Answer: COORDINATED UNIVERSAL
Your Answer: Convention Universal
Points Assigned: 3

I had a feeling I was wrong.  I should know this. 

4. What Austria-based company owns the reigning Formula One World Constructor Champion racing team, with drivers Max Verstappen (the 2022 World Drivers' Champion) and Sergio Pérez (the third-place finisher in the World Drivers' Championship in 2022)?
Correct Answer: RED BULL
Your Answer: Red Bull
Points Assigned: 1

I watched the first season of the Netflix show, so knew there was a Red Bull Team and I know Red Bull is Austrian. 

5. What city in the heart of France's Burgundy region is regarded as the mustard capital of the world, with a namesake recipe that dates to the 14th century?
Correct Answer: DIJON
Your Answer: Dijon
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like a gimmie. 

6. "I'm laughin' at clouds so dark up above / the sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love." These lines, which first appeared in The Hollywood Revue of 1929 and were further popularized 23 years later, are from what song?
Correct Answer: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Your Answer: Singing In The Rain
Points Assigned: 1

I knew the song.