Thanks Brian and happy holidays to all

Brian Day 25 vs Marcus (LLL)

 3/6 to wrap things up.  Thank you everyone for entertaining me with your posts, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and a happy new year!   

1) Sounders 3/3  A New York team won this year?  I remember Rapinoe saying G-d didn't love her, but didn't know who they lost to.  Marcus, you're not supposed to know American sports, I don't care if it's football.

2) Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I  1/2  Didn't see it but this is the type of thing that would happen

3) Mango 1/1  Love mango chutney

4) French 2/1  Thursday is jeudi

5) The Most Interesting Man in the World  0/0  Have somehow missed all the El Chapo news

6) You shall write them on the door posts of your house   2/2   I'm sure this is an easy cryptogram for Ben with What as the first word, but I'm way out of practice and only got God. 

Marcus crushes me but I'll throw him a VBWA vote anyway

Marcus Best wrong answer

My one attempt (see below) made the short list so I am canvassing for votes.

Dave M day 25

3/6 to round out a middling season, here's hoping LL100 goes off with a bang. See you all then!

 

1 : ( Yorkers. I had the right city but didn't think of that (cool) name. D23

2 : ) Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning. I remember the very long car chase in Rome. D11

3 : ( Apricot. I had to fight the urge to write Mango because it can't be a stone fruit, right? Wrong. D21

4 : ) French. Language gimme? D12

5 : ) El Chapo. Simple enough current events question. D00

6 : ( And God was pleased. I figured out the approximate length of the words but that was it. D32

Jesse Day 25

2/6. I ended up somewhere in the middle of my B rundle. Not getting relegated is a great season for me. 

1. A certain municipal sobriquet has been used (or considered for use) over the years for various professional sports teams, including the 1883â€"84 seasons of what is now the San Francisco Giants, a candidate in 1963 for what had been the Titans and became the Jets, and—probably most notably—the current champions of the National Women's Soccer League. What is that name?
Correct Answer: GOTHAM
Your Answer: Big Apple
Points Assigned: 2

I figured it was NY through the Giants and Jets. Big Apple sounded like an odd name and now that I think about it, that nickname came later than 1883. I just did not think of Gotham, which I associate more with Batman than NYC. 

2. Identify either of the two massive-budget Hollywood films released between May and July 2023 that feature a main character driving a car at a high rate of speed down Rome's Spanish Steps.
Correct Answer: FAST X, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -- DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Your Answer: The Fast and the Furious
Points Assigned: 2

I figured it was those two franchises, but I had no idea what the names of the latest films were. 

3. What sweet stone fruit is popular in dessert dishes and sorbets, is often added to curries, is used for jams and other preserves, and is made into a wide variety of chutneys in India—where it is the national fruit and where over 40% of the world's crop is grown?
Correct Answer: MANGO
Your Answer: Mango
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie.

4. The name of Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, when spoken aloud, sounds similar to the English phrase "managed Thursday" translated into what language?
Correct Answer: FRENCH
Your Answer: Swedish
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

5. Joaquín Guzmán, born in Sinaloa, Mexico, in April 1957, is best known by what nickname?
Correct Answer: EL CHAPO
Your Answer: El Chapo
Points Assigned: 1

It was the only answer I could think of. 

6. When demonstrating the telegraph to the US Congress in 1844, what biblical phrase did Samuel Morse transmit (today, the phrase would be rendered .-- .... .- - / .... .- - .... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... -)?
Correct Answer: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT
Your Answer: Let there be light
Points Assigned: 3

Nope!

Marcus final day

Begin forwarded message:

From: Marcus Browning <marcusjbrowning@me.com>
Date: 20 December 2023 at 11:25:42 GMT
To: Marcus Browning <Marcus.Browning@brevanhoward.com>
Subject: Fwd: LL99 Match Day 25 -- Confirmation

a pleasing 5/6 to round it off if mission impossible gets credit 

Player: BrowningM

1. A certain municipal sobriquet has been used (or considered for use) over the years for various professional sports teams, including the 1883–84 seasons of what is now the San Francisco Giants, a candidate in 1963 for what had been the Titans and became the Jets, and—probably most notably—the current champions of the National Women's Soccer League. What is that name?
Correct Answer: GOTHAM
Your Answer: gotham
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I have half a chance with football questions even about American women's teams

2. Identify either of the two massive-budget Hollywood films released between May and July 2023 that feature a main character driving a car at a high rate of speed down Rome's Spanish Steps.
Correct Answer: FAST X, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -- DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Your Answer: mission impossible
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

A guess

3. What sweet stone fruit is popular in dessert dishes and sorbets, is often added to curries, is used for jams and other preserves, and is made into a wide variety of chutneys in India—where it is the national fruit and where over 40% of the world's crop is grown?
Correct Answer: MANGO
Your Answer: mango
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

When you've had a many curries as me …

4. The name of Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, when spoken aloud, sounds similar to the English phrase "managed Thursday" translated into what language?
Correct Answer: FRENCH
Your Answer: french
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

5. Joaquín Guzmán, born in Sinaloa, Mexico, in April 1957, is best known by what nickname?
Correct Answer: EL CHAPO
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I should have got this but drew a blank

6. When demonstrating the telegraph to the US Congress in 1844, what biblical phrase did Samuel Morse transmit (today, the phrase would be rendered .-- .... .- - / .... .- - .... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... -)?
Correct Answer: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT
Your Answer: what hath god wrought
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3


This came up in another quiz as a result of an argument about the arrest of Crippen and morse code to the ship he tried to flee on

brad day 25

got the same 2 as everyone else yesterday.

3/6 today vs friedlandW  happy new year!

1) newark d2/2

knew it was new york based, but didnt think of this

2) mission impossible dead reckoning d1/1

assuming this plays even without the part 1

3) acai d1/2

nope

4) french d0/1

i took in high school/college

5) el chapo d2/0

this was in the news plenty

6) on the first day d3/3

no idea