Dave M day 9

4/6 today which I was happy with given the questions, though I think I got the 4 others are also most likely to get.

1 : ( Volcano. I thought airport then stupidly ruled it out for some reason. D02

2 : ) Manga. Pretty gimmeish. D10

3 : ( Chaudron. This seems extremely difficult to me, interested how everyone else fares. There must be a link I’m not seeing. D33

4 : ) Cincinnati. With Chili as a clue it needed to be south or south adjacent, but German influence would point to Midwest. So it was a 50/50 between Cincinnati and St Louis and I went the right way. D22

5 : ) Witch Hazel. The sorcery clue was a bit of a giveaway. D11

6 : ) Queen Victoria. While I didn’t know when exactly she got married, the timing was right when I’d expected. D21

Jesse Day 8

3/6

1. What is the name for the race of subterranean dwarf-like beings in Germanic legend whose member Alberich forges and curses a famous ring that, in Richard Wagner's recounting, eventually passes to the giant Fafner before being seized by Siegfried?
Correct Answer: NIBELUNGEN
Your Answer: Duegar
Points Assigned: 3

I thought my DnD knowledge had gotten me a tough one. I have never heard of Nibelungen.

2. The Chocolate Cake Shot, Nutty Irishman, and Hazelnut Martini are among the cocktails that include what liqueur, an Italian hazelnut liqueur that comes in a bottle shaped like a monk wearing a rope belt?
Correct Answer: FRANGELICO
Your Answer: Frangelico
Points Assigned: 1

I don't think I have ever had it, but I knew the answer.

3. Nicknamed "The Coathanger" for the graceful curve of its steel arch, the world's tallest steel arch bridge spans the harbor of what city?
Correct Answer: SYDNEY
Your Answer: Sydney
Points Assigned: 2

I lived in Sydney for over a year and knew that was a nickname for the bridge. 

4. What genre of electronic dance music, marked by synthesized basslines, a tempo of 115–130 BPM, and a steady four-on-the-floor beat, is named for the Chicago nightclub where DJ Frankie Knuckles pioneered the style?
Correct Answer: HOUSE
Your Answer: Trance
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

5. With the Indiana Hoosiers' recent ascent to the upper echelon of college football, what state's flagship university now sits alone with the longest period since its last Big Ten football championship, a drought that is approaching six decades?
Correct Answer: MINNESOTA
Your Answer: Kansas
Points Assigned: 1

I do not follow college football.

6. In his nationally televised address introducing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson famously invoked what three-word phrase, echoing an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement? By that time, the song and phrase's original "will" had been replaced by "shall."
Correct Answer: WE SHALL OVERCOME
Your Answer: We Shall Overcome
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie? 

Brian Day 8

 sure enough I tied with a 6 yesterday.  Still looking for my second win of the season. 3 today probably won't help. 

1) Nibelung  1/1  I assume this pays.   Wagner's Ring cycle gimme.

2) Frangelico 2/2  My mom's favorite after dinner drink with coffee

3) Melbourne  1/1  Could this be Sydney?  Nah, that's the opera house.  Guess another Australian city.

4) techno 3/3  Really, that's where it came from?

5) Iowa 2/2 no clue

6) We shall overcome 0/0  American gimme

David S Day 8

 3/6 for me on a tough day. 

1. Rumplestilskins :(, D12. Had nothing here. 
2. Amaretto :(, D31. Thought this might have had a shot. 
3. Sydney :), D22. Have been there twice in the past year (which this crowd should find decidedly unimpressive). 
4. Windy :(, D13. No clue. 
5. Minnesota :), D21. Happy to get this. I felt moderately confident but wouldn’t have been surprised to be wrong. 
6. We shall overcome :), D00. Easiest of the day by far, I think. 

Dave M day 8 v Marcus CLL

4/6 today and Marcus defended well and gets his win; indeed no hope for me unless I knew my Wagner. Came off a 5/6 loss to a six-pack yesterday too.

1 : ( Gremlin. I figured it sounded Germanic so maybe had a shot. D31

2 : ) Frangelico. Fond memories. D22

3 : ) Sydney. Bit of a geography gimme. D10

4 : ) House. The only EDM variant that plausibly sounds like a nightclub. D22

5 : ( Arkansas. I did not know Minnesota was in the Big 10. D13

6 : ) We Shall Overcome. Pretty simple question for most I feel. D01

Marcus LL110 Match Day 8 -- Confirmation

5 vs Dave M which could be interesting if he gets the Wagner

Player: BrowningM

1. What is the name for the race of subterranean dwarf-like beings in Germanic legend whose member Alberich forges and curses a famous ring that, in Richard Wagner's recounting, eventually passes to the giant Fafner before being seized by Siegfried?
Correct Answer: NIBELUNGEN
Your Answer: Nibelungen
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I saw Jessye Norman in Die Walkure at the Met in 1993, i’ve not been to many operas in my life but that was a good one to choose .

2. The Chocolate Cake Shot, Nutty Irishman, and Hazelnut Martini are among the cocktails that include what liqueur, an Italian hazelnut liqueur that comes in a bottle shaped like a monk wearing a rope belt?
Correct Answer: FRANGELICO
Your Answer: frangelico
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

got a crusty old bottle at the back of the cupboard 

3. Nicknamed "The Coathanger" for the graceful curve of its steel arch, the world's tallest steel arch bridge spans the harbor of what city?
Correct Answer: SYDNEY
Your Answer: Sydney
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

gimme

4. What genre of electronic dance music, marked by synthesized basslines, a tempo of 115–130 BPM, and a steady four-on-the-floor beat, is named for the Chicago nightclub where DJ Frankie Knuckles pioneered the style?
Correct Answer: HOUSE
Your Answer: House
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

my era 

5. With the Indiana Hoosiers' recent ascent to the upper echelon of college football, what state's flagship university now sits alone with the longest period since its last Big Ten football championship, a drought that is approaching six decades?
Correct Answer: MINNESOTA
Your Answer: Iowa
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

not easy to guess and an obvious 3 on defence 

6. In his nationally televised address introducing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson famously invoked what three-word phrase, echoing an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement? By that time, the song and phrase's original "will" had been replaced by "shall."
Correct Answer: WE SHALL OVERCOME
Your Answer: we shall overcome
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

gimme 

Jesse Day 7

5/6

1. In December 1993, just six years after its prime-time launch, Fox stunned the television industry by outbidding CBS for a package of broadcast rights to what, a move that helped establish Fox as a major network? It fills the blank in [BLANK] on Fox, branding the network has used since the beginning.
Correct Answer: NFL
Your Answer: NFL
Points Assigned: 1

It was the only thing that came to mind. I remember making fun of the stupid robots playing football. 

2. What author, reportedly the best-selling novelist of all time with estimated sales of over 2 billion copies, famously disappeared for 11 days in 1926, prompting a nationwide search before turning up in Harrogate, Yorkshire, under the false name Mrs Teresa Neele?
Correct Answer: AGATHA CHRISTIE
Your Answer: Agatha Christie
Points Assigned: 2

I didn't realize she was the best-selling novelist of all time, but it was the only female author I could think of from that time period. 

3. The 150-mile-long and 84-mile-wide arm of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Skagerrak and the adjoining, similarly sized waterway called the Kattegat link what two seas?
Correct Answer: NORTH SEA, BALTIC SEA
Your Answer: Baltic and North
Points Assigned: 3

I wasn't positive, but again, best guess. 

4. The medieval miniatures game Chainmail, co-designed by Gary Gygax in 1971, was a precursor to what seminal game, published three years later, that contributed significantly to an increase in the purchase of icosahedrons?
Correct Answer: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
Your Answer: Dungeons and Dragons
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie for me as I know who Gygax is. 

5. What element, the heaviest found naturally on Earth in significant quantities, is closely associated with French physicist Henri Becquerel and is named after an unrelated object discovered by William Herschel in 1781, eight years prior to the element's own discovery?
Correct Answer: URANIUM
Your Answer: Plutonium
Points Assigned: 2

Ugh, stupid miss. Pluto wasn't discovered until the 20th century. 

6. What ancient city in present-day southwest Jordan was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom until its annexation by Rome in the early 2nd century CE?
Correct Answer: PETRA
Your Answer: Petra
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie? I was just there in September.