Brian Day 3

 I was surprised to not get credit for the game of life yesterday, until I checked my submission and saw I wrote the game of ilfe.  Hoping for a positive scoring review. 

 3/6 today, and lucky to get that many.

1) Tanzania 0/1  gimme

2) AMC (american motors corp) 2/2 the only name I could come up with but I was surprised it was correct

3) Seminole 1/1  Pretty sure I guessed this correctly in an earlier season

4) Rizz Prince 3/3  Isn't Phillip Banks the uncle in Fresh Prince?  

5) Cannes 1/0  I didn't care enough to pay attention to this but I'm sure it's well-known

6) James 2/2 no clue

Marcus LL106 Match Day 3 -- Confirmation

4 today

Player: BrowningM

1. Serengeti National Park and the adjoining Ngorongoro Conservation Area together cover nearly 9,000 square miles (roughly 23,000 km^2</sup> or 5.7 million acres, larger than the state of New Jersey), in what country?
Correct Answer: TANZANIA
Your Answer: tanzania
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Gimme but maybe harder for Americans

2. The 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson—the largest corporate merger in U.S. history at the time and an effort to compete with the "Big Three" car manufacturers—begat what new automaker, later a buyer of Kaiser Jeep in 1970 and itself acquired by Chrysler in 1987?
Correct Answer: AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION (AMC)
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I didn't know but I presume it's easy

3. Four of the "Five Civilized Tribes" (a historical term for certain Native American nations forcibly moved to Oklahoma in the 1800s) had names beginning with "C": Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee. What was the fifth tribe, a heterogeneous group formed in Spanish Florida from various other tribes a few decades earlier?
Correct Answer: SEMINOLE
Your Answer: seminole
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Another v US centric q

4. The affable-looking anthropomorphic dog created by American artist Phillip Banks, who wears a grey crew neck sweater, blue jeans, and red Converse sneakers, and who lowkey DGAF, has what two-word name?
Correct Answer: CHILL GUY
Your Answer: pooky
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not a scooby which in hindsight should have been my attempt for best wrong answer

5. In June 2025, activists unfurled a newsworthy 30-square-foot banner reading, "If you can rent [REDACTED] for your wedding, you can pay more tax." What city was named on the banner?
Correct Answer: VENICE
Your Answer: venice
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

6. The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade's End tetralogy (1924-28) are works from what British novelist, a founder and first editor of the English Review whose middle name was Madox and whose first and last names were the same?
Correct Answer: FORD MADOX FORD
Your Answer: ford madox ford
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3


Hopefully plays hard

Dave M day 3

4/6 and no chance at the other two.

 

1 : ) Tanzania. I feel this plays relatively easily for African geography with Serengeti? D11

2 : ) American Motors. I saw a youtube video on them recently. D21

3 : ) Seminole. I participate in some oil wells in Seminole Co, OK. D22

4 : ( Cat Dog. Never heard of Chill Guy. D12

5 : ) Venice. Simple current affairs Q. D00

6 : ( Lloyd. This seems very obscure. D33

David S Day 3

 4/6.  

1. Tanzania :), D30. Wasn’t sure whether this was Tanzania or Kenya. Phew!
2. American Motors :), D23. Really the only big competitor of the time to the big 3, I think. I know it because George Romney was its president. 
3. Seminole :), D11. Not so hard if you like college football. 
4. Brian Griffin :(, D11. No idea. Never heard of this. 
5. Venice :), D22. Current events gimme. 
6. Samuel :(, D02. No idea. 

Brian Day 2

5/6 Hopefully good enough after missing the math cost me a tie yesterday.

1) Burton 0/0  gimme

2) High arch 3/1  Tried variations on pedi and podi, but never heard of this

3) Draco 1/1  Glad it wasn't Dracon (I see I'm not alone)

4) The Game of Life 2/2   Only choice here.  What's The Checkered Game?   I assume this pays.  

5) Romania  1/3  Had Estonia as a wild guess.  Told myself I wasn't going to change it, go with your first instinct.  But Nicușor looked too much like a combo of Nicolai and Ceaușescu so I luckily made the last second change.

6) Bees 2/2  This I knew

Jesse Day 2

6/6 I think. Probably the easiest 6 pack I can remember. 

1. From 2005 to 2012, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp both appeared in five different films directed by whom?
Correct Answer: TIM BURTON
Your Answer: Tim Burton
Points Assigned: 0

Easy film question. I think I have seen them all. 

2. What eight-letter architectural term refers to the triangular section at the top front of a building (and not at the foot, despite the name)?
Correct Answer: PEDIMENT
Your Answer: Pediment
Points Assigned: 3

Probably the hardest question of the bunch. I took architecture history classes in college. 

3. Which Athenian lawgiver of the 7th century BCE gave his name to an adjective for any rigorous or cruel law?
Correct Answer: DRACO
Your Answer: Draco
Points Assigned: 2

Draconian was the first thing to come to mind.

4. Poverty, Disgrace, Fame, Idleness, Cupid, Ruin, and Politics were some of the spaces in the early version of what game, invented by board game pioneer Milton Bradley himself in 1860?
Correct Answer: (THE CHECKERED GAME OF) LIFE
Your Answer: The Game of Life
Points Assigned: 1

I think my answer will count. 

5. In May 2025, pro-EU candidate Nicușor Dan defeated nationalist George Simion to become president of what country, after the Constitutional Court annulled the first-round vote in December 2024 over suspected Russian interference.
Correct Answer: ROMANIA
Your Answer: Romania
Points Assigned: 2

I was in Romania last summer and have followed this election. One of the few places where right wing nationlism was somehow defeated. 

6. A celebrated example of communication in animals was investigated by 20th c. Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch, who discovered coded information conveyed via a "dance" performed by what animals?
Correct Answer: BEES
Your Answer: Bees
Points Assigned: 1

When I think of dancing animals, I think of bees.

Dave M day 2

5/6 for me again today, good start to the season.

 

1 : ) Burton. Simple 2000s-era movie question. D10

2 : ( Basement. I should know this, I did classical studies in high school. D33

3 : ) Draco. Like David S, I wondered whether to put an N on the end or not. D22

4 : ) Game of Life. Assume this version of the name pays. D11

5 : ) Romania. I followed this story from afar. D21

6 : ) Bees. Couldn't think of anything else. D02