Brian Day 18

 5/6 because I decided to be too cute.  But I'm glad to break out of my 4/6 run to the upside. 

1) Milwaukee  2/0  gimme

2) Arthur Conan Doyle 2/2  gimme but I love the construction of the question, and so glad he didn't ask for the book

3) San Marino  1/1   No clue and guessed the peninsula was all of Italy, decided to be clever and say San Marino, costing me a six pack.  Bonehead play.

4) Methane 0/1  Explosive swamp gas, like in my pants

5) sitting U.S. Vice-President 1/2  Great question. Surprised there weren't more.    Jesse and Marcus, sorry to say, your answers are incorrect.  The question specifically rules out the more general 'past VPs'  by saying the winners of  1924 and 1968 were not included.  

6) Pass line 3/3  I love craps (see question 4)

Jesse Day 18

5/6, I think

1. Sitcom characters Richie Cunningham, Arthur Fonzarelli, Warren "Potsie" Weber, and Ralph Malph were all residents of what city?
Correct Answer: MILWAUKEE
Your Answer: Milwaukee
Points Assigned: 3

This all depends on how old my opponent is. I am betting they are too young to have watched. 

2. A physician returns home after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80 and connects with an eccentric thirtysomething to share a flat near London's Regent's Park. So begins an 1887 novel by whom?
Correct Answer: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Your Answer: Doyle
Points Assigned: 1

Fortunately, I watched the BBC series. 

3. Identify any one of the three countries that occupy land on Europe's Istrian Peninsula.
Correct Answer: CROATIA, ITALY, SLOVENIA
Your Answer: Italy
Points Assigned: 2

It turns out I have been to the Istrian peninsula, but I wasn't postive what it was when answering. I figured it could be another name for the Italian peninsula, so Holy See and San Marino would make three, or The Slovenia/Croatia combo. Either way, Italy would get me a right answer. 

4. Marsh gas, also known as swamp gas, which is formed by rotting vegetation in wetlands, consists primarily of what organic compound?
Correct Answer: METHANE
Your Answer: Methane
Points Assigned: 1

If I get a chemistry question, it is a gimme. 

5. What specific distinction do the losing major-party nominees in the U.S. presidential elections of 1960, 1968, 2000, and 2024 most notably have in common with one another and the winning candidate in 1988, but unambiguously with no other major-party nominees of the last century (including, among others, the winners of the 1924 and 1968 elections)?
Correct Answer: SITTING/INCUMBENT VICE-PRESIDENT
Your Answer: They served as Vice President
Points Assigned: 0

I think the way I phrased it will be OK. 

6. In craps, what two-word term (or three-word term, if "Bet" is included) names the game's most common and fundamental bet, which often has one of the lowest house edges of any bet in a casino, and also refers to the labeled area where the bet is placed on the table?
Correct Answer: PASS LINE
Your Answer: too high
Points Assigned: 2

I have never played craps. Not a gambler. 

Dave M day 18

Nearly landed the 6 pack but couldn't dredge up enough Craps memories for the last Q.

1 : ) Milwaukee. I knew this from somewhere but not sure where as I've never seen the show. D10

2 : ) Arthur Conan Doyle. In the modern BBC adaptation they made Watson a veteran of the more recent Afghan war. D21

3 : ) Italy. I was adjacent to David S's statement here. I was reasonably confident that Illyria was the peninsula as described, but not 100%, and Italy has covers far more peninsula-esque geography than the others if it was in fact somewhere else. D22

4 : ) Methane. I know my gas. D03

5 : ) Sitting Vice President. The 1968 exclusion was what got me there. D12

6 : ( All in. I've played Craps a few times but have always been a few drinks down when starting, it's all a bit of a blur. D31

David S Day 18

 4/6. 

1. Chicago :(, D12. So close. I recognized Happy Days and knew that it was in the Midwest and on the water, but I didn’t know the actual city.
2. Joyce :(, D23. Nope!
3. Croatia :), D20. Gimme. I’m realizing people might put Italy thinking it’s the Italian peninsula (along with San Marino and Vatican City) and get this right. 
4. Methane :), D11. No real way to get this except to know it. Though the fact that marsh gas can explode may help. 
5. Sitting vice president :), D02. Was able to figure this out in a few seconds. 
6. Pass line :), D31. I’ve played my share of craps. 

Fwd: LL105 Match Day 18 -- Confirmation

Finally got the 6 pack after a run of 5s

Player: BrowningM

1. Sitcom characters Richie Cunningham, Arthur Fonzarelli, Warren "Potsie" Weber, and Ralph Malph were all residents of what city?
Correct Answer: MILWAUKEE
Your Answer: Milwauke
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme for a child of my vintage 

2. A physician returns home after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80 and connects with an eccentric thirtysomething to share a flat near London's Regent's Park. So begins an 1887 novel by whom?
Correct Answer: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Your Answer: Conan-Doyle
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

My office is in Baker St

3. Identify any one of the three countries that occupy land on Europe's Istrian Peninsula.
Correct Answer: CROATIA, ITALY, SLOVENIA
Your Answer: Croatia
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Been there several times 

4. Marsh gas, also known as swamp gas, which is formed by rotting vegetation in wetlands, consists primarily of what organic compound?
Correct Answer: METHANE
Your Answer: Methane
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Chemistry gimme

5. What specific distinction do the losing major-party nominees in the U.S. presidential elections of 1960, 1968, 2000, and 2024 most notably have in common with one another and the winning candidate in 1988, but unambiguously with no other major-party nominees of the last century (including, among others, the winners of the 1924 and 1968 elections)?
Correct Answer: SITTING/INCUMBENT VICE-PRESIDENT
Your Answer: Vice Presidents
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I wrote a few of them down and then the light bulb went on 

6. In craps, what two-word term (or three-word term, if "Bet" is included) names the game's most common and fundamental bet, which often has one of the lowest house edges of any bet in a casino, and also refers to the labeled area where the bet is placed on the table?
Correct Answer: PASS LINE
Your Answer: Pass line
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Easy if you have played but not one you can guess

Brian Day 17

  My 9th 4/6 in a row, as my QPct slowly and asymptotically approaches .666 from the upside.

1) Hungry Like the Wolf   1/2   80s gimme for me, I like the cute hint with 'like the song itself.'  

2) Judgement at Nuremberg  2/1 The question this season I'm most proud of myself for figuring out,   Two German-sounding names, post-war, could it be a Nazi hunting movie?   It eventually came to me.    I've never seen the movie and could not name an actor from it, but it was a well-constructed question with enough clues to jog the memory.

3) Jane Christie 3/3  no idea

4) Isotope 0/1  gimme

5) Panama 2/0  Thought this referred to Noriega getting removed in 1990; i had no idea Pinoche was around until the same year (just looked this up, Noriega was in charge from 1983-89)

6) Cedar 1/2  So many conifers to consider, I ultimately had a lucky guess of cedar because "incense" reminded me of cedar chips and cedar shoe trees having a scent.

Jesse Day 17

1 or 2 of 6

1. The video for what Billboard Top Ten hit, a staple in heavy MTV rotation in 1982–83, featured a jungle setting inspired in part by Little Red Riding Hood (like the song itself)?
Correct Answer: HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
Your Answer: Hungry Like a Wolf
Points Assigned: 0

I don't think I will get credit for this. This was the first song that came to mind, but I always had it in my head as Hungry Like a Wolf. 

2. What somber 1961 Stanley Kramer drama set in postwar Bavaria featured a star-studded cast including Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Marlene Dietrich, Werner Klemperer, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, and William Shatner?
Correct Answer: JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Your Answer: Judgement at Nurenberg
Points Assigned: 1

I spelled both words wrong, but my guess was right. I have never seen this film, but I knew Kramer had directed it. 

3. The pen name of the woman who wrote Middlemarch and Silas Marner combines (coincidentally) the first name of the author of Lincoln in the Bardo and the last name of the author of Murder in the Cathedral. What is that full pen name (first and last names)?
Correct Answer: GEORGE ELIOT
Your Answer: Leroy Jenkins
Points Assigned: 3

I read Middlemarch, but could not remember the name of the author. 

4. What term denotes atoms of the same element that have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons?
Correct Answer: ISOTOPE
Your Answer: Negative
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

5. In what country did Eduardo Frei Montalva serve as president from 1964 to 1970 and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, his son, serve as president from 1994 to 2000? The interim years included a seventeen-year military dictatorship beginning with a US-backed coup d'état in September 1973.
Correct Answer: CHILE
Your Answer: Nicaragua
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

6. Although pencils can be made from a myriad of woods and wood-like materials, since the mid-twentieth century, most wooden pencils have traditionally been made from the "incense" variety of what coniferous tree native to western North America?
Correct Answer: CEDAR
Your Answer: Pine
Points Assigned: 1

And nope.