David S Day 19

Well, I’m totally shocked that order mattered on the math question yesterday. Really should have made clear that order mattered, but upwards and onwards. 

5/6 today. In contrast to two days ago, I did much better than I expected. 

1. Barcelona :), D21. I knew this from a short documentary I’d watched about the expansion of Barcelona in the late 1800s.
2. Soothsayer :(, D33. No chance here. Feeling good about my D after seeing the answer. 
3. Crawford :), D12. Have I gotten 3 out of the last 4 pop music questions? A lot of luck here. I thought this might refer to models, and Cindy Crawford seemed like a good guess given the date. Surprised to get this. 
4. Fever :), D22. Was pretty confident here, but would not have been surprised to be wrong. 
5. BBC :), D01. Was pretty sure NHK was news. 
6. Onassis :), D10. I was certain on this one. 

Brian Day 18

 5/6  Thought I had the 6

1) Powell  3/3  What should've been a gimme took me all day.  And I didn't realize how close I came to having to punt the question.  Apologies for making a short story long:  I could not recognize a name, except the first names sounded like they were not young.  So I should know this. Is it a band and the name is the lead singer?  Doubtful, there's a Beatles question. A tv show I'm unfamiliar with?  Reality tv?  Power Rangers?  None of those work.  I got stuck on pop culture as the likely answer.  As an aside, my daughter's school let out early at 2pm and I was annoyed I had to pick her up and wouldn't be home in time to trade the FOMC announcement. Didn't realize how lucky that was at the time.  Just now (6pm) I finally said enough with pop culture, is this a group of authors?  Maybe something in finance?   And finally Lisa Cook's name popped out at me. If I had been home for the Fed announcement, I probably would have been watching CNBC or reading articles which mentioned every one of those names and had to forfeit the question.  So thank you Sophie for being too lazy to walk home. 

2) F1  0/1  Didn't realize it was Bruckheimer, but was the only racing movie this year I knew of

3) Revolver  1/2  Cute question

4) Cosine, sine 2/0  Gimme, even had I not just taught it to Sophie.  Should play tough, I'm guessing if non-mathies come close they won't know the correct order.... Now that I've read all your comments, I think he makes it clear with "respectively" that order does matter.  When I double-checked my answers, I had to switch my order since sine then cosine is so reflexive.  Good luck, he might be benevolent.

5) Argentina 2/2  Really?  Damn.  I realized I only knew Eichmann was Argentina, but there was not point in guessing another random South American country

6) red herring 1/1 never knew the origin, but this seems like a gimme

Jesse Day 18

5/6

1. A current list of seven members includes Philip Jefferson, Michelle Bowman, Christopher Waller, Lisa Cook, Michael Barr, and Stephen Miran, with what name missing?
Correct Answer: JEROME POWELL
Your Answer: Jerome Powell
Points Assigned: 2

The names were familiar, but then Lisa Cook brought it home for me. 

2. What 2025 film was the 13th collaboration between producer Jerry Bruckheimer and composer Hans Zimmer, a movie thematically similar to their first collaboration, 1990's Days of Thunder?
Correct Answer: F1: THE MOVIE
Your Answer: F1
Points Assigned: 0

I think F1 will be accepted. I have not watched it yet. 

3. What word belongs on a certain list that also includes lead pipe and rope, and also belongs on a certain list that includes A Hard Day's Night and Help!?
Correct Answer: REVOLVER
Your Answer: Revolver
Points Assigned: 2

Good question! 

4. On a unit circle — a circle with a radius of 1 centered at the origin — the x and y coordinates of a point represent, respectively, what two functions of θ?
Correct Answer: COSINE, SINE
Your Answer: 0, 1
Points Assigned: 1

Nope.

5. Numerous (perhaps hundreds) of Nazi war criminals, including Josef Mengele, were given refuge in what country, during (and thanks to) the 35-year rule of dictator Alfredo Stroessner?
Correct Answer: PARAGUAY
Your Answer: Paraguay
Points Assigned: 3

I got this because years ago my friend Graeme wrote an article about Nazi's in Paraguay: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/07/a-paradise-haunted-land/21496/

6. A possibly apocryphal 1807 story by English journalist William Cobbett about using a pungent fish to divert hunting hounds is widely credited (and widely questioned) as the source for the name of what literary device?
Correct Answer: RED HERRING
Your Answer: Red Herring
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie?

David S Addendum

I’ll be shocked if order matters on this. The question would have made very clear that order matters if it did. 

Diane Cos vs Sin order addendum

Hey Diane was just chatting with David S about how incredibly impressed we were that you noticed that the order was specified.

neither of us gave it a moment's thought i just remembered the formula from school

Diane Day 18: 3/6 or 4/6

I loved the "Clue"-heavy questions today.

1. ✅ Jerome Powell, and I only know this because Trump tried to go after Lisa Cook, whose name was the only one on that list I recognized. I assigned this 2 points, both because my opponent is 50/50 on business questions but also because I thought this would be hard 🤣 I'm sure not every league has this many finance folks!

2. ❌ Had to pass--and reflect that the only movie I actually saw in theaters in 2025 was Wicked. I need to get out more. Assigned 1 point.

3. ✅ Revolver :) We just watched the movie with my son (who LOVED it) and have consequently been playing the game (which is more fun than I remembered). Revolver was the only weapon that matched a Beatles album. Assigned 1 point.

4. ?✅? I don't know if this one will count for me, and I suppose I should be grateful to have gotten close at all, given that this answer was a stab in the dark for me. But I wrote Sine and Cosine, and now I see that the answer is Cosine and Sine, and that the question asked "respectively" for the x and y coordinates... Assigned 3 points because my opponent is 0-2 for math questions.

5. ❌ Argentina :( I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't think of anything else. Assigned 2.

6. ✅ Red Herring :) Assigned 0.

Dave M day 18 v Brad CLL

Surprised to get 5/6 today, assumed a couple of my answers were wrong.

 

1 : ) Jerome Powell. Like Kim, Lisa Cook was the give away. D00

2 : ) F1. Haven't watched but saw it referenced in the Oscars monologue. D21

3 : ) Revolver. Happy to get this. It was just a random guess of Clue murder weapons as I couldn't think of any beatles songs that shared a name with them. D23

4 : ( Horizontal, Vertical. No chance here. D31

5 : ) Paraguay. Considered Argentina but the 35 year dictatorship ruled it out along with all other potential Latam countries except Paraguay. D12

6 : ) Red Herring. Simple once it came to mind. D12