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Ceetar Apr 01 2015 07:42 PM

basically a 'fantasy trivia league' i'm in. [url]http://learnedleague.com/ Basically you get six questions a day for 25 days, matched up against an opponent. you weigh each question and whoever gets more points wins the day. It's fun. and hard. sample questions: http://learnedleague.com/samples.php Next season doesn't start until 5/18. It's invite only and I've got one to use if someone's interested. (First dibs to the forum's Jeopardy veteran?) Sample questions from two days ago: Q1. CURR EVENTS - The initiative that aims to establish a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy in the United States, and is underwritten by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association, is best known by what term? Q2. ART - In November 2013, casino empire cofounder Elaine Wynn purchased an oil-on-canvas triptych for over $142 million, setting the world record for art sold at an auction. Identify either the 20th c. Irish-born British artist who painted this triptych or his friend and rival, the 20th c. German-born British artist who is the subject of this work. Q3. LITERATURE - As referenced in its title, a bestselling allegorical business book by Dr. Spencer Johnson, published in 1998, specifically addresses the moving of what? Q4. FOOD/DRINK - What notoriously fickle but high-quality red wine grape variety, one of the three traditional champagne grape varieties (together with Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier), is the cultivar most associated with France's Burgundy region, which is its viticultural home? Q5. WORLD HIST - The Roman Empire's Julio-Claudian dynasty lasted for 95 years, comprising roughly the first half of Pax Romana, from the ascension of Augustus in 27 BC until the suicide of Nero in 68 AD. Name any two of the other three emperors who ruled during the dynasty. Q6. GEOGRAPHY - As measured by land area, what is currently the largest country in Europe that was not a part of the USSR?

seawolf17 Apr 01 2015 08:18 PM Re: Trivia League

Got four out of the six. (No idea on the art, only knew Claudius.) I'm in.

Ceetar Apr 01 2015 08:29 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: Got four out of the six. (No idea on the art, only knew Claudius.) I'm in. you're already better than me. I got 3/6, but in a poor play on defense ended up losing to my opponent who got 2. send me an email to send invite to. (invitation won't actually be sent for a couple of weeks during 'offseason') In order to refer new players to LL, you must comply with the following terms. Tick each box to confirm that you comply with each term. I have informed my referrals of what LearnedLeague is, and that an Official Invitation can be expected via email. I vouch that my referrals are of the highest honor, and that they will never cheat. I have explained to my referrals the importance of not forfeiting as per Section 19 of the Official Rules. And I understand that their failure to follow LL rules will affect my eligibility to refer new players in future seasons. So yeah, don't forfeit. In for a penny, in for a pound, etc.

Ceetar Apr 10 2015 01:21 PM Re: Trivia League

I actually have another invite if someone else is interested?

cooby classic Apr 10 2015 07:09 PM Re: Trivia League

Are there multiple choices like Trivia Crack?

Ceetar Apr 10 2015 07:26 PM Re: Trivia League

nope. blank spaces. It's tough.

TheOldMole Apr 10 2015 09:58 PM Re: Trivia League

I'd take a shot.

Ceetar Apr 11 2015 03:58 PM Re: Trivia League

TheOldMole wrote: I'd take a shot. drop me your email via here/PM/twitter/email/fax/carrier pigeon or smoke signal and read the don't forfeit/cheat bits I posted above and I'll submit the referral. invites go out the 24th probably.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 12 2015 01:49 AM Re: Trivia League

Sounds like fun! Count me in if it's not too late.

Ceetar Apr 13 2015 12:31 AM Re: Trivia League

Mole called it next. I get 2 referrals per season though, so we can always revisit next season/July. Especially if we get you enticed by posting/talking about the trivia here. ;-)

Ceetar Apr 17 2015 04:57 PM Re: Trivia League

whee. So, generally rookies are placed in the same rookie rundle, which means Seawolf and Mole will be competing against each other and should at one point play each other.

Ceetar Apr 24 2015 03:29 PM Re: Trivia League

inbetween seasons, there are various mini-leagues and one-day contests. This offseason features a Comic Book one that I'm woefully bad at because i clearly didn't read enough of the write-ups here in the contests.. anyway, take a gander: Q1. - Batman first appeared in Detective Comics in 1939, and Iron Man first appeared in Tales of Suspense in 1963. What is the title of the comic book in which the pictured character first appeared, in 1941? Q2. - What is the name of the boy pictured here wearing a Spider-Man costume? This image is taken from the graphic novelization of what play? Q4. - The cosplayer pictured here is made up as what comic book character? Q5. - What comic book writer/artist included a self-portrait in this slide from the writer/artist's TED Talk in February of 2005? Q6. - What is the name of the actor pictured here in "costume" as a superhero?

seawolf17 Apr 24 2015 05:17 PM Re: Trivia League

Yeah, 0 for 6 there, unless the last one is Hugh Jackman.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 24 2015 06:37 PM Re: Trivia League

1. All-Star Comics? 2. Miles Morales (post-Parker Ultimate Spidey) 3. King Lear, IIRC 4. Death 5. Alan Moore? (Top left) 6. Hugh Jackman? Or Ryan Reynolds, maybe?

Vic Sage Apr 24 2015 08:21 PM Re: Trivia League

1. All-star #8 2. ? 3. "where is thy luster now?" - Lear 4. Sandman's big sister, Death 5. that does look like Alan Moore, but is he in superhero costume? That's also Scott McCloud in the bottom left panel of the "formalist" group, in normal clothes. I don't think Moore ever did a TedTalk, but i think McCloud did. 6. I assume that's wolverine (because of the Japanese tattoo), so it must be Jackman, no? or that could be John Constantine, i suppose.

dgwphotography Apr 24 2015 08:46 PM Re: Trivia League

The only one I know for sure is the last one, and that's Stephen Amel as Arrow.

Ceetar Apr 25 2015 11:45 AM Re: Trivia League

yay 1 ALL-STAR COMICS 2 MILES MORALES 3 KING LEAR 4 DEATH 5 SCOTT MCCLOUD 6 STEPHEN AMELL

Ceetar Apr 27 2015 02:45 PM Re: Trivia League

Did you guys get your referrals? should've gone out on Friday. Q1. - What is the name of the comic book writer whose last name has been obscured in this image? Q2. - What is the superhero name of this Golden Age character? Q3. - Whose blood is splattered all over the pictured apartment? Q4. - What is the name of the company with exclusive distribution contracts with Dark Horse, DC, Image and Marvel, resulting in near total control of the direct-market distribution of comic books in North America. Q5. - The debut of what comic book personality included this fight scene? Q6. - Batman appears in this edited image of a DC/Comico crossover book. What is the name of the other character on the cover?

Vic Sage Apr 27 2015 05:11 PM Re: Trivia League

1. Grant Morrison (Brit writer who was surrealist, satiric, and self-referential) 2. The Whizzer (golden age speedster powered by mongoose blood! 3. That looks like HELLBLAZER, with Constantine in the doorway? I have no idea whose blood it is. 4. Diamond Distribution 5. That's DD #158, Frank Miller's first issue on that title 6. Matt Wagner's Grendel

seawolf17 May 18 2015 03:55 PM Re: Trivia League

Went three for six on my first day. Interesting array of questions.

Ceetar May 18 2015 04:18 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: Went three for six on my first day. Interesting array of questions. your opponent was 1/6. (secondary referral of mine) so it looks like you start on a high note. I got 2, which i'll avoid mentioning since this forum is technically public and reachable, though it seems unlikely someone would stumble upon it randomly.

seawolf17 May 18 2015 06:28 PM Re: Trivia League

Ceetar wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Went three for six on my first day. Interesting array of questions. your opponent was 1/6. (secondary referral of mine) so it looks like you start on a high note. I got 2, which i'll avoid mentioning since this forum is technically public and reachable, though it seems unlikely someone would stumble upon it randomly. How did you see that? I only see my answers, no scores or wins/losses yet.

Ceetar May 18 2015 06:40 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Went three for six on my first day. Interesting array of questions. your opponent was 1/6. (secondary referral of mine) so it looks like you start on a high note. I got 2, which i'll avoid mentioning since this forum is technically public and reachable, though it seems unlikely someone would stumble upon it randomly. How did you see that? I only see my answers, no scores or wins/losses yet. he told me he got one right. ;-) Scoring doesn't officially happen until like 2am, but it wouldtake some pretty lucky defense for him to beat you.

Ceetar May 19 2015 01:39 PM Re: Trivia League

see? I'm playing a Stonybrook grad today. Female, GoldbergExtraordinaire. Gonna post yesterday's questions to try to entice more signups for next season. Q1. Due to a unique distinction that lasted until his retirement in 1997, long-time NHL center Craig MacTavish is today most closely associated with what ice hockey accoutrement? Q2. - What is the first name shared by the three female characters in this montage? Q3.- Popular native dishes, such as a ubiquitous preparation in the tradition of Japanese musubi, as well as local varieties manufactured exclusively for the state, help make Hawaiians by far the greatest per capita consumers of what food item? Q4. AMER HIST - Toussaint Charbonneau, Sergeant Charles Floyd, Alexander Hamilton Willard, John Ordway, and York are individuals among a group most closely associated in the historical record with what other two men? 5. A restaurant located at Reisterstown Road and Rogers Avenue near the Pimlico Race Course in northwest Baltimore provided the title, and the basis, for what 1982 film? Q6. This city was a royal residence of Charlemagne in the 8th c., the coronation location of Holy Roman Emperors from the 16th c. until the empire's dissolution in 1806, the seat of the diet of the German Confederation in the 19th c., and today the main world financial center of continental Europe. Name the city.

metsmarathon May 19 2015 02:17 PM Re: Trivia League

i got 2, 4, and 6, and should've gotten 3.

seawolf17 May 19 2015 02:36 PM Re: Trivia League

5 out of 6 today! Much easier questions, although two of the five were educated guesses.

Ceetar May 19 2015 03:11 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: 5 out of 6 today! Much easier questions, although two of the five were educated guesses. Got 1, will likely lose.

Ceetar May 21 2015 01:35 PM Re: Trivia League

the answers to day 1 were: Helmet, Trixie, Spam, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Diner, Frankfurt So far Seawolf is pacing the Rookie division, 3-0 and the only undefeated player. I'm 1-1-1 and in 9th in Rundle E. day 2: Q1. Seymour, Audrey, Mushnik, and—most distinctively—Audrey II are main characters in what stage musical? Q2. What Renaissance literary figure, often called the "Father of Humanism", is also widely considered the first modern poet, due to his mastery of the sonnet form, as evidenced (for example) by works in Il Canzoniere? Q3. The period of British history that began in 1660—a period which started with Charles II's reclamation of the crown of England and ended with the ascension of William and Mary during the Glorious Revolution—is best known by what one-word term? Q4. Freedom Williams, Martha Wash, and Zelma Davis were among the vocalists hired by dance-pop producers David Cole and Robert Clivillés to be featured on the producers' early 1990s singles, in a project that went by what name? Q5. What, precisely, is the mass of the platinum-iridium cylinder currently held under strict supervision at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures in the Parc de Saint-Cloud, at Sèvres, France? Q6. What U.S. Senator was the primary legislative sponsor of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, as well as the namesake for one of the law's best known and most enduring creations?

seawolf17 May 21 2015 02:16 PM Re: Trivia League

Ceetar wrote: So far Seawolf is pacing the Rookie division, 3-0 and the only undefeated player. And I won that last one 2-0 (one question correct) on an extremely lucky guess. Three gimmes today, including one with Mets content!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 21 2015 10:59 PM Re: Trivia League

1) Little Shop of Horrors 2) Petrarch 3) Restoration 4) C & C Music Factory 5) 1 kg 6) Dunno. Lugar?

Ceetar May 22 2015 01:30 PM Re: Trivia League

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 1) Little Shop of Horrors 2) Petrarch 3) Restoration 4) C & C Music Factory 5) 1 kg 6) Dunno. Lugar? why must you all make me feel dumb? 6 was William Roth. seawolf17 wrote: Ceetar wrote: So far Seawolf is pacing the Rookie division, 3-0 and the only undefeated player. And I won that last one 2-0 (one question correct) on an extremely lucky guess. Three gimmes today, including one with Mets content! no no no no no. That's NOT a correct reference to that play. NO NO NO. *rages* Q1. BUS/ECON - General Growth Properties, Westfield Corporation, Mills Corporation, and Simon Property Group are (or were) all companies which focus primarily on what specific type of business? Q2. GAMES/SPORT - Plays by New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark in the 1982 NFC Championship, and New York Mets left fielder Endy Chávez in the 2006 NLCS, are each known today by what generic term? Q3. AMER HIST - What was the first Confederate state capital city to be lost to the Union during the U.S. Civil War, as a result of the fall of Fort Donelson to Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in February, 1862? Q4. ART - In its best-known form, chalk is (nearly) pure calcium carbonate. The special drawing chalk cut from a red ochre variety of hematite is most commonly called what, directly from the French for "blood-red"? Q5. CURR EVENTS - British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party won an absolute majority in the UK's 2015 general election, gaining him the right to govern without a coalition partner. In his first term, he governed in coalition with what centrist party, which won only eight of the 650 seats in the House of Commons in the recent election (down from a previous 56)? Q6. LIFESTYLE - What is the name of this doll? Click here

metsmarathon May 22 2015 01:57 PM Re: Trivia League

1. shopping malls 2. basket catch (was endy's a basket catch...?) 3. Memphis ? 4. i got nothing... 5. also nothing... 6. raggedy anne

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 23 2015 06:50 AM Re: Trivia League

1) Malls 2) "The Catch" 3) Nashville 4) Sanguine? 5) Liberal Democrats 6) Raggedy Ann

Ceetar May 23 2015 03:06 PM Re: Trivia League

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 1) Malls 2) "The Catch" 3) Nashville 4) Sanguine? 5) Liberal Democrats 6) Raggedy Ann Yup, that's them. a perfect 6(9)! Endy's catch was NOT THE catch, it's not even THE catch of Mets franchise history. Q1. FILM - Name the frenzied and fast-paced musical comedy film from 1964 whose loose plot involves four musicians preparing for a London television appearance while minding a mischievous grandfather. Q2. TELEVISION - The most watched television series in the U.S. for the 2013-14 season outside the four major networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC)—and #1 among all networks for adults 18-49—was what epic drama series, which airs original episodes Sundays at 9:00pm ET on AMC? Q3. SCIENCE - The decay of uranium, the most radioactive element in the earth's crust, gives rise to essentially all other radioactive elements in nature, before its final decay into what common, heavy, stable element? Q4. ART - Jacopo Tintoretto, Salvador Dalí, Peter Paul Rubens, Andrea del Castagno, and Lucas Cranach the Elder all painted works of a specific event that was depicted most famously by what other artist? Q5. AMER HIST - In the history of the city of New York, there have been four mayors who have served for three successive four-year terms (making them the city's longest-serving). The most recent was Michael Bloomberg; give the last names of any two of the other three. Q6. FOOD/DRINK - Kumis, leben, kefir, chal, and shubat are all regional culinary items made from what?

Vic Sage May 23 2015 05:54 PM Re: Trivia League

1 - Hard Day's Night 2- Game of Thrones 3- Lead 4- DaVinci's "last supper" 5- Koch, LaGuardia, Wagner 6- Yogurt?

Vic Sage May 28 2015 02:12 PM Re: Trivia League

wait, not GAME OF THRONES. that's on HBO. WALKING DEAD, i guess.

Ceetar May 28 2015 02:33 PM Re: Trivia League

Vic Sage wrote: wait, not GAME OF THRONES. that's on HBO. WALKING DEAD, i guess. Sorry yes, I got lazy/distracted. It's walking dead and your other answers are correct. well, 6 was technically Milk but yogurt was accepted.

Ceetar Jun 05 2015 01:40 PM Re: Trivia League

OMG Seawolf finally lost a match! 12-1 now. Still has a 4 point lead though. Meanwhile I'm 5-5-3 and Rundle E. 9th place, though 3 points out of promotion range.

seawolf17 Jun 05 2015 03:29 PM Re: Trivia League

That was a rough set of questions yesterday. And I over-thought one of today's (the Russian one) and I don't know if I'll get credit for it.

Ceetar Jun 16 2015 04:14 PM Re: Trivia League

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Sounds like fun! Count me in if it's not too late. Still interested? send me an email/text/PM/tweet/smoke signal with your email address. Rules: No forfeiting. 6 questions every business day for 25 days. Answer them. Don't cheat. Only paper and pen can be used to answer questions. (Excessive forfeiting can limit MY ability to refer new players in subsequent seasons. fyi, someone that forfeits excessively is called a Pavano) Invites for next season, which starts 8/17 go out 7/24.

Ceetar Jun 16 2015 04:15 PM Re: Trivia League

Q1. POP MUSIC - What is the common name for the modern jazz style, a blending of jazz and classical music, that emerged in the late 1940s/early 1950s as a softer and more reserved alternative to bebop? Associated with West Coast jazz, its "prince" was Chet Baker and its birth was captured on a Miles Davis album released in 1957. Q2. GEOGRAPHY - Sugarloaf Mountain is the English name of a prominent peak that contributes to the distinctive skyline of what harbor city? Q3. FILM - A dead horse on a piano, ants emerging from the palm of a man's hand, and —most famously— a razor slicing open an eyeball are all images from what work of surrealistic cinema? Q4. CURR EVENTS - Rafael Esquivel, Nicolas Leoz, Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Eugenio Figueredo and Jose Maria Marin are individuals most closely associated with what international organization? Q5. WORLD HIST - In October 1971, a lavish party was held in celebration of an imperial 2,500-year anniversary. The festivities, considered the most lavish banquet in modern history, lasted five days, required 10 years of planning, cost a reported $100 million, and were a factor in the host's eventual abdication. Who was the host of this celebration, which did leave an enduring legacy despite its gross excess? Q6. GAMES/SPORT - In the classic version of the board game Stratego, there are four pieces with exactly one available per player: the Marshal, the General, the Flag, and what other piece? A relatively weak piece, it can only defeat the Marshal (or capture the flag); if it attacks any other piece, or is attacked by any piece, it is defeated.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 16 2015 06:39 PM Re: Trivia League

1. Cool Jazz 2. Barranquilla? 3. Un Chien Andalou 4. FIFA 5. Shah of Iran? 6. Spy

seawolf17 Jun 16 2015 08:28 PM Re: Trivia League

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 1. Cool Jazz 2. Barranquilla? 3. Un Chien Andalou 4. FIFA 5. Shah of Iran? 6. Spy Five out of six! Well done. 2 is Rio. I only got cool, FIFA, and the Shah, but it was enough for a W.

Ceetar Jun 16 2015 08:32 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 1. Cool Jazz 2. Barranquilla? 3. Un Chien Andalou 4. FIFA 5. Shah of Iran? 6. Spy Five out of six! Well done. 2 is Rio. I only got cool, FIFA, and the Shah, but it was enough for a W. Did Shah count without the guy's name who I forget already? I got 3 on this one, Spy, FIFA and Rio. solid win but still wallowing in mediocrity in the weakest rundle.

seawolf17 Jun 17 2015 01:47 PM Re: Trivia League

Got 5/6 today. I'm still in first place -- 17-3-1, plus a probable W today -- but the woman who's in second place beat me and has been mostly better, with a big lead in the "total correct answers" column. It's been defense for me; I'm second in the league in all three defensive stats. No guarantees yet, though. Four teams looking at the three top spots: me at 35 points, two people at 33, and one at 32. Gotta keep the pressure on.

Ceetar Jun 17 2015 01:55 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: Got 5/6 today. I'm still in first place -- 17-3-1, plus a probable W today -- but the woman who's in second place beat me and has been mostly better, with a big lead in the "total correct answers" column. It's been defense for me; I'm second in the league in all three defensive stats. No guarantees yet, though. Four teams looking at the three top spots: me at 35 points, two people at 33, and one at 32. Gotta keep the pressure on. big MPD lead as well. But you're 4-0 against your opponents, she's 2-1-1. (and one win by forfeit)

seawolf17 Aug 25 2015 02:53 PM Re: Trivia League

So I got bumped up to Serie B for this round, and either the competition is harder or the questions are harder, because I'm getting my ASS kicked this season. I'm 3-2-1 because I'm leading the league in defense (by a lot), but I don't know how sustainable that is.

Ceetar Aug 25 2015 05:02 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: So I got bumped up to Serie B for this round, and either the competition is harder or the questions are harder, because I'm getting my ASS kicked this season. I'm 3-2-1 because I'm leading the league in defense (by a lot), but I don't know how sustainable that is. defense is a littler easier in B than R I'd think, cause at least guys have history to look at. B is A LOT harder than R, where you've presumably got an even mix. (MGIM is dominating) I'm muddling around in D as usual.

Ceetar Sep 16 2015 02:00 PM Re: Trivia League

I continue to mostly suck, but I AM one of the top 10 on the site in Most Common Wrong answers with 18, even if that's not actually a measure of anything useful.

seawolf17 Sep 16 2015 03:31 PM Re: Trivia League

I've been bouncing in and out of the top five in B all season. Yesterday's questions kicked my ass, but I got five out of six today. Still pacing the league defensively, with 1.15 CAA.

Ceetar Sep 16 2015 03:35 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: I've been bouncing in and out of the top five in B all season. Yesterday's questions kicked my ass, but I got five out of six today. Still pacing the league defensively, with 1.15 CAA. If you don't get promoted, it looks like MGiM might join you in Rundle B.

cooby classic Sep 16 2015 04:38 PM Re: Trivia League

I am glad this thread surfaced... KC, I sent you a trivia crack challenge the other day...it might be expired by now though

Ceetar Sep 25 2015 09:14 PM Re: Trivia League

Final results of season 66 have Seawolf moving up to the big boy table in Rundle A and MGiM getting assigned to Rundle B. Me still wallowing down in Rundle E. If anyone would like an invite for next season starting 11/10...

Mets Guy in Michigan Sep 25 2015 09:38 PM Re: Trivia League

Ceetar wrote: Final results of season 66 have Seawolf moving up to the big boy table in Rundle A and MGiM getting assigned to Rundle B. Me still wallowing down in Rundle E. If anyone would like an invite for next season starting 11/10... That was fun. Not sure how I finished second -- I seemed to miss two or three questions every day. I was surprised how many things I had stuck in the back of my head somewhere! Thank you for inviting me!

d'Kong76 Sep 25 2015 09:45 PM Re: Trivia League

cooby wrote: KC, I sent you a trivia crack challenge the other day...it might be expired by now though Sorry, I haven't been following this.

Ceetar Sep 26 2015 01:32 AM Re: Trivia League

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Ceetar wrote: Final results of season 66 have Seawolf moving up to the big boy table in Rundle A and MGiM getting assigned to Rundle B. Me still wallowing down in Rundle E. If anyone would like an invite for next season starting 11/10... That was fun. Not sure how I finished second -- I seemed to miss two or three questions every day. I was surprised how many things I had stuck in the back of my head somewhere! Thank you for inviting me! Well, I average like 1.6 questions a day, cause I suck. (and I suck at recall and names too) Rookie is a variety of people, you'll find B a lot tougher.

seawolf17 Sep 26 2015 12:31 PM Re: Trivia League

I surprised myself this season... bounced in and out of the top 5 the whole time, and just happened to be there when the music stopped.

cooby classic Sep 26 2015 03:04 PM Re: Trivia League

d'Kong76 wrote: KC, I sent you a trivia crack challenge the other day...it might be expired by now though Sorry, I haven't been following this. It's okay :) My husband and I had about eight games going, and he always beats me! I wish they sent notifications when someone asks you

d'Kong76 Sep 26 2015 03:44 PM Re: Trivia League

I used to be good at Trivia Pursuit, I'll check it out when I can.

Ceetar Sep 29 2015 05:54 PM Re: Trivia League

reposting this for interest. basically a 'fantasy trivia league' i'm in. [url]http://learnedleague.com/ Basically you get six questions a day for 25 days, matched up against an opponent. you weigh each question and whoever gets more points wins the day. It's fun. and hard. sample questions: http://learnedleague.com/samples.php Next season doesn't start until 5/18. It's invite only and I've got one to use if someone's interested. (First dibs to the forum's Jeopardy veteran?) Sample questions from two days ago: Q1. CURR EVENTS - The initiative that aims to establish a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy in the United States, and is underwritten by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association, is best known by what term? Q2. ART - In November 2013, casino empire cofounder Elaine Wynn purchased an oil-on-canvas triptych for over $142 million, setting the world record for art sold at an auction. Identify either the 20th c. Irish-born British artist who painted this triptych or his friend and rival, the 20th c. German-born British artist who is the subject of this work. Q3. LITERATURE - As referenced in its title, a bestselling allegorical business book by Dr. Spencer Johnson, published in 1998, specifically addresses the moving of what? Q4. FOOD/DRINK - What notoriously fickle but high-quality red wine grape variety, one of the three traditional champagne grape varieties (together with Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier), is the cultivar most associated with France's Burgundy region, which is its viticultural home? Q5. WORLD HIST - The Roman Empire's Julio-Claudian dynasty lasted for 95 years, comprising roughly the first half of Pax Romana, from the ascension of Augustus in 27 BC until the suicide of Nero in 68 AD. Name any two of the other three emperors who ruled during the dynasty. Q6. GEOGRAPHY - As measured by land area, what is currently the largest country in Europe that was not a part of the USSR?

metsmarathon Sep 30 2015 04:02 AM Re: Trivia League

Fuckit, I'll play.

metsmarathon Sep 30 2015 04:04 AM Re: Trivia League

Also... Do any of y'all play trivia crack and wanna send me a challenge? Otherwise I'm liable to just delete it

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 30 2015 05:50 AM Re: Trivia League

I'll bite, too.

seawolf17 Sep 30 2015 09:29 AM Re: Trivia League

i just sent out an invite to a friend but I think I'm only limited to one.

Ceetar Sep 30 2015 02:05 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: i just sent out an invite to a friend but I think I'm only limited to one. I think so, yes. if MGiM is continuing on, he may have an invite though. I have one left, LGWS was first I believe (via Facebook unless I'm mixing up names/aliases which is something I'm prone to), so send me your email via here/PM/twitter/email (ceetar at gmail )/carrier pigeon/whatever. Rules are basically show up and answer the questions every day or it looks bad for your referrer. Don't cheat, pen and paper only. etc. Next season starts 11/10.

cooby classic Sep 30 2015 02:08 PM Re: Trivia League

metsmarathon wrote: Also... Do any of y'all play trivia crack and wanna send me a challenge? Otherwise I'm liable to just delete it Metsmarathon, I do. But I don't know if we're facebook friends because I forget your real name, lol. That's what I challenged KC in. Do you have to be facebook friends?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 04 2015 02:45 PM Re: Trivia League

Holy hell, did this one kick my ass yesterday. (I still won, but only because my opponent was turrrrrible, whereas I was just bad, but still. Yeesh.) Q1. SCIENCE - The equation that considers the electron in terms of waves of probability, and specifies how these waves are affected by external forces—the basis for wave mechanics—is named after what Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the equation in 1925? Q2. GEOGRAPHY - When it was admitted to the union in 1907, what US state's capital city was Guthrie, before relocating 32 miles south to its present location in 1910? (Note: name the state.) Q3. FILM - Pictured here is a screenshot from what 2015 movie megaflop? Q4. POP MUSIC - 1914's "Keep the Home Fires Burning," popular in the UK during WWI, is the most famous song from what Welsh composer and actor? His legacy also endures through his namesake awards for composing and songwriting, presented annually by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors? Q5. ART - A certain style of three-quarter length portrait painting, instanced in the work pictured here, is known by what name, based on an early 18th-century English organization of aristocratic Whigs? Members' portraits in this style, painted by fellow member Sir Godfrey Kneller, were hung in the group's meeting place, and are now in the collection of London's National Portrait Gallery. Q6. GAMES/SPORT - Howard Cosell's famous exclamation "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" occurred less than two minutes into a fight that took place in January 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, and was billed as "The Sunshine Showdown." Who was Joe Frazier's opponent in that fight?

Frayed Knot Dec 04 2015 02:53 PM Re: Trivia League

I get #2 (would have nailed that one by either the year OR the city) and also #6, but am stumped on the rest.

seawolf17 Dec 04 2015 02:57 PM Re: Trivia League

I'm getting fuckin' DESTROYED in the top tier. I'm 2-7-6 (0-6-4 in the last ten, and will lose today), "allowing" more points than anyone in the league, and in serious danger of relegation after this season, which honestly, is for the best.

Ceetar Dec 04 2015 03:03 PM Re: Trivia League

I only got one. I'm embarrassingly bad at this. At least half of it's that i just can't pull facts out of my brain that I know so it's even more frustrating to go 'duh' afterwards. Picked the wrong person for #1. Picked the 'too easy' answer for #6. Enjoyed the reasoning to figure out the state, got it wrong, but I was close.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 04 2015 04:20 PM Re: Trivia League

Knew #6. Went wrong guy on #1, guessed right on #3, guessed wrong on #2, and had no idea on #4 and #5. I'm doing, like, WAY too well on the season, helped by great/lucky "defense", which only means I'm likely getting the bends next season when I rise too high, too fast.

seawolf17 Dec 04 2015 04:45 PM Re: Trivia League

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm doing, like, WAY too well on the season, helped by great/lucky "defense", which only means I'm likely getting the bends next season when I rise too high, too fast. That's precisely what happened to me this season. I snuck into tier A on my defense, and the problem in Tier A is that nobody ever gets any questions wrong, so you can't really play defense.

Ceetar Dec 04 2015 04:48 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm doing, like, WAY too well on the season, helped by great/lucky "defense", which only means I'm likely getting the bends next season when I rise too high, too fast. That's precisely what happened to me this season. I snuck into tier A on my defense, and the problem in Tier A is that nobody ever gets any questions wrong, so you can't really play defense. We also moved leagues (From Midland to Continental) this season which seemingly mixed in some stiffer competition (As far as I can tell anyway)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 04 2015 05:06 PM Re: Trivia League

I like being Continental. It makes me feel fancy, like I should be swirling my coffee in a snifter while I answer every morning.

Ceetar Jan 25 2016 06:56 PM Re: Trivia League

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'll bite, too. So I refer this guy and he goes out and WINS one of the offseason OneDay contests. I get bonus points for this or something right? Anyone else want a referral for next season?

seawolf17 Jan 25 2016 08:48 PM Re: Trivia League

I've got a referral to give, too.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 26 2016 06:47 AM Re: Trivia League Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 26 2016 07:24 PM

I had one friend who invited me to a performance of minimalist composer Steve Reich's 9/11 (ON 9/11... the NYC premiere, IIRC?) a couple of years ago, one which I had to beg out of demi-last-minute because of childcare stuff. (And, y'know... minimalist music.) I picked this one as one of my bonus questions, for extra points, since I surmised most others wouldn't get it. This imaginary phallic trophy is yours, too, Rob Johnson! The questions: TODAY'S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. When shopping in the United States, daintier shoppers may find standard size-0 tops in two non-petite sub-departments of the women's clothing section. Name both. 2. All roulette wheels have a 0 pocket, and some also have a pocket for 00. In either case, what is the sum of all the pocket numbers on either standard type of roulette wheel? 3. What statistical feat has been accomplished zero times in the history of collegiate or professional gameplay, but was achieved in a 1997 high school game by Tamika Catchings? David Robinson came close in 1994, only 8 steals shy. 4. Seven nations in Africa have territory at 0° latitude. Name four. 5. Name the pictured performer whose acting credits include "The Producers" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." 6. Name the composer whose piece "WTC 9/11" (which caused a stir with its cover art) features a string quartet and the voices of those caught up in the events at Ground Zero in 2001. The same album also includes the mallet quartet heard here. [Kronos Quartet] 7. Flight attendant Gaëtan Dugas (1953-1984) was infamously considered (and wrongly reviled as) an index case (or primary case) in a medical investigation. By what epidemiological term is an index case (Dugas in this case) better known? 8. The Mitsubishi A6M Zero aircraft was among the first to be given a "hillbilly" name for Allied Reporting purposes. On film a few years earlier this name was that of the Cowardly Lion's counterpart (as portrayed by Bert Lahr) in Kansas. What is this nickname? 9. This partially obscured excerpt from Jan Gullberg's "Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers" includes the words for "zero" in four languages. What are these four languages? 0 nul noll nul null 1 einn ett een eins 2 tveir tva twee zwei 3 prir tre drie drei 10. In the upper left of the attached image is a 0Ω link designed to be mechanically similar to the other compoments pictured, for the sake of its use in automated manufacturing processes. What type of electrical component are the others? 11. The attached is a screenshot from the music video for the song "Zero" by what R&B artist (famously told by his lawyer "I don't dance; you don't talk")? 12. Mathematicians have defined zero factorial (0!) to be equal to the multiplicative identity. What number is this? I'm guessing well, getting random hits of question-related-life-experience, and playing unsustainably good "D." I'm SO going to hit a wall soon, come the promotion to Group B.

metsmarathon Jan 26 2016 02:24 PM Re: Trivia League

ah, fuckit, i'll bite.

Ceetar Jan 26 2016 02:46 PM Re: Trivia League

metsmarathon wrote: ah, fuckit, i'll bite. Send me your email to use. basic recap of the rules: 6 question every weekday for 25 days during the season, starting 2/22. Answer them honestly without cheating, only paper and pencil allowed. Assign defense to each question for your opponent. Your opponent gets points equal to your defense for each correct answer. first season is free, they ask $25+ for a year after that. There are also a myriad of offseason contests, like the one on ZERO, but ranging on all sorts of things. It's broken into leagues and rundles. Me and all my referrals are all in the Continental league at various rundles. You start in R. I'm at the bottom in E cause I suck. seawolf's in A. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr will likely start in B.

metsmarathon Feb 23 2016 07:09 PM Re: Trivia League

wow. so far I'm sucking. I mean, I won my first match, with 2 questions correct. I felt good about today's draw, and then got only one question right, missing just a bit (but not close enough that I expect to get credit for it) on a second.

Ceetar Feb 23 2016 07:19 PM Re: Trivia League

metsmarathon wrote: wow. so far I'm sucking. I mean, I won my first match, with 2 questions correct. I felt good about today's draw, and then got only one question right, missing just a bit (but not close enough that I expect to get credit for it) on a second. we can't all be LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr. I'm a little annoyed with my answers today, managed 4 yesterday which is probably the high point for me. Rookie rundle is pretty wild, because you never know how good/bad your competition is and it's hard to play defense because no one has question history.

metsmarathon Mar 02 2016 09:13 PM Re: Trivia League

I'm doing fairly terrible so far. I have a meager 12 total points on the year so far. luckily, I have 4 wins, owing to a combination of poor opponentry and apparently good defense (0.778 DE, w00t!). I'm mostly pissed at myself for getting the damned STP question wrong. too much time with aeroballisticians had me thinking of standard atmospheric conditions, not basic fucking physics. ugh. well, at least I have my scrabble to keep me warm...

Ceetar Mar 02 2016 09:17 PM Re: Trivia League

metsmarathon wrote: I'm doing fairly terrible so far. I have a meager 12 total points on the year so far. luckily, I have 4 wins, owing to a combination of poor opponentry and apparently good defense (0.778 DE, w00t!). I'm mostly pissed at myself for getting the damned STP question wrong. too much time with aeroballisticians had me thinking of standard atmospheric conditions, not basic fucking physics. ugh. well, at least I have my scrabble to keep me warm... you're tied with me with 9 correct answers (out of 42). Seawolf has 29. LWFS has 37. I"m annoyed with myself with the STP too, I don't know where my brain went, because I thought 273(0C) and then moved on and guessed something stupid. And on the same day I mixed up Alice in Wonderland (Through the Looking Glass) with Wizard of Oz. literally thought "Wonderful sounds right but the book is Through the Looking Glass i'm positive. so..Looking?" I do that a lot. feel like I think about the right answer I don't put to at least 1 a day.

metsmarathon Mar 02 2016 09:38 PM Re: Trivia League

I had "wonderful" too, and somehow talked myself out of it. I'm an idiot. today, well, i guess i just don't buy enough canned tuna...

seawolf17 Mar 03 2016 02:36 PM Re: Trivia League

I made two exceptionally stupid mistakes today, caused by not reading the question completely. BLARGH.

metsmarathon Mar 03 2016 04:24 PM Re: Trivia League

cool, I got three questions right today (and the easy half of a fourth). if only I knew my geography and recent world leaders better...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 04 2016 02:18 AM Re: Trivia League

metsmarathon wrote: cool, I got three questions right today (and the easy half of a fourth). if only I knew my geography and recent world leaders better... I'm guessing... Pixar, doldrums, one of the Mexican prezes, and Kenya?

Ceetar Mar 04 2016 02:28 PM Re: Trivia League

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: metsmarathon wrote: cool, I got three questions right today (and the easy half of a fourth). if only I knew my geography and recent world leaders better... I'm guessing... Pixar, doldrums, one of the Mexican prezes, and Kenya? I don't know how I didn't know doldrums. I nixed Pixar because it seemed too obvious and I decided to mix up Kilimanjaro and Everest. (can I blame Dickey?) Of course, I put the mountain on the wrong side of Nepal anyway. was a rough day for me.

metsmarathon Mar 04 2016 03:16 PM Re: Trivia League

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: metsmarathon wrote: cool, I got three questions right today (and the easy half of a fourth). if only I knew my geography and recent world leaders better... I'm guessing... Pixar, doldrums, one of the Mexican prezes, and Kenya? Minuteman. I Did not guess a correct Mexican name, and whiffed on Tanzania.

seawolf17 Mar 04 2016 03:24 PM Re: Trivia League

My screwups yesterday were using the last name of a president instead of the first, and only listing one country for Kilimanjaro, and lost because of it. DAMMIT.

seawolf17 Mar 25 2016 01:01 PM Re: Trivia League

I got feckin' TROUNCED this season. I'm going to end in last place, 4-17-4. Ugly.

Ceetar Mar 25 2016 01:19 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: I got feckin' TROUNCED this season. I'm going to end in last place, 4-17-4. Ugly. RELEGATED! I'm pathetic. going to set a career low for correct answers (barring getting 3 today which I won't) Part of that's because I made a lot of stupid mistakes on a handful I should've answered correctly, another another handful that I just couldn't get the neurons to connect the pathways to the right answer I knew was in the noggin somewhere. alas. I also lost my Dawkins trophy lead yesterday (most common wrong answers) I'm one off the lead for that now.

Ceetar Oct 17 2016 03:09 PM Re: Trivia League

I wrote a 1DS quiz for next Tuesday, Bubbles!, if that encourages anybody to actually play a quiz over not playing one. Additionally if anyone that's not in the league wants in, it's referral season.

Ceetar Oct 25 2016 03:48 PM Re: Trivia League

Ceetar wrote: I wrote a 1DS quiz for next Tuesday, Bubbles!, if that encourages anybody to actually play a quiz over not playing one. Additionally if anyone that's not in the league wants in, it's referral season. Bubbles 1DS today!

seawolf17 Oct 25 2016 07:19 PM Re: Trivia League

ON IT.

seawolf17 Oct 25 2016 07:24 PM Re: Trivia League

Good quiz. No idea how I remembered the Peanuts one.

Ceetar Oct 26 2016 07:26 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: Good quiz. No idea how I remembered the Peanuts one. you're one of about 12. Perhaps it was too hard. though both of my active CPF referrals got it somehow.

seawolf17 Oct 26 2016 07:42 PM Re: Trivia League

It's a funny name. I wasn't confident enough to make it one of my money questions, though. Too bad - would have put me in the top ten.

Ceetar Jan 05 2017 09:26 PM Re: Trivia League

anyone want to play next season? The two? of you still playing are missing out on Extracts 2 minileague. Hicks is a crazy person and his trivia is fun.

seawolf17 Jan 05 2017 09:46 PM Re: Trivia League

I signed up for two minileagues, but it looks like they don't start until next week.

Edgy MD Jan 05 2017 09:59 PM Re: Trivia League

Where do I go to sign up?

seawolf17 Jan 05 2017 11:16 PM Re: Trivia League

Just sent you a referral email.

Ceetar Jan 06 2017 12:07 AM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: I signed up for two minileagues, but it looks like they don't start until next week. yeah, but you didn't sign up for Extracts. [url]http://learnedleague.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=96001#p96001 I followed her down the sewer tunnel dripping with the refuse of the hopes and dreams of the forlorn urbanites dwelling above. Stooped and crippled, she hobbled slowly before me to our destination, pondering her weight onto her crooked wooden cane with each left-footed step. “Ick!” I said, manfully in response to something which splashed coldly on my shoulder. “Ick, ick, ick! “Oh, I don’t even want to know!” I added in reference to whatever had just squished beneath my foot.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 07 2017 12:15 AM Re: Trivia League

I missed out on registration, it seems.

Ceetar Oct 26 2017 05:24 PM Re: Trivia League

Today's 1 day quiz, Recipes, was smithed by me! Feel free to take and enjoy. (also if any of you others want to play and want a referral send me an email)

Chad Ochoseis Oct 27 2017 02:04 AM Re: Trivia League

Sent you a PM.

Chad Ochoseis Oct 31 2017 04:38 AM Re: Trivia League

I tried my first one day contest over the weekend (That's What She Said). I didn't show up in the standings; my guess is that the one-days don't show up until you're in a league competition. I hand-calculated my score - 5 out of 12 correct and a score of 225, which would have put me right at the 50th percentile.

Ceetar Oct 31 2017 02:41 PM Re: Trivia League

Chad Ochoseis wrote: I tried my first one day contest over the weekend (That's What She Said). I didn't show up in the standings; my guess is that the one-days don't show up until you're in a league competition. I hand-calculated my score - 5 out of 12 correct and a score of 225, which would have put me right at the 50th percentile. yeah, you're registered but not 'activated' until the season starts. But reading/taking the One Days is a fun way to get a hang of the format too. Once you have a schedule for LL75 you'll be able to do the 1DSs but that might not happen until after they're all done.

Chad Ochoseis Nov 18 2017 06:09 PM Re: Trivia League

I'm having a great time with this, even though I'm wallowing near the bottom of the rookie rundle (1-3-1, 17th out of 20). My wallowing is mostly due to poor defense - I've given up 24 points so far, five more than anyone else in the rundle. I'm OK with this. I'm in a 5-way tie for third most correct answers in the rundle, and I figure defense has a large amount of luck attached, particularly when we have virtually no info about our opponents. There should be some reversion to the mean as the season progresses. I may start taking defense more seriously, though. I haven't even looked at overall league data by category. That's weak information, but it's information just the same. Or I could just be attempting to rationalize away the fact that I kind of suck at trivia. I'm particularly bad at movie, literature, and TV questions so far. I scanned through the other rundles, and I see LWFS is an impressive #3 in rundle A.

Ceetar Nov 18 2017 07:33 PM Re: Trivia League

and seawolf first in Rundle C. yyeah, rookie defense is a crap shoot. it gets somewhat easier. but in terms of overall, it's not much different than other trivia. theater/arts are typically the hardest.

seawolf17 Nov 18 2017 08:13 PM Re: Trivia League

I have been really lucky so far. Won a game 1-0. But still, first is first.

seawolf17 Nov 18 2017 08:15 PM Re: Trivia League

Stupidly said "berries" instead of "fruit" on Friday or I'd be 5-0.

Chad Ochoseis Nov 18 2017 08:20 PM Re: Trivia League

They accepted "berries". Or, at least, that was my guess and it was accepted, and there was a thread on it in the discussions. Maybe there were different standards for the non-rookie divisions? I knew the first three bands of the five, and figured the pattern was berries.

seawolf17 Nov 19 2017 04:53 PM Re: Trivia League

Maybe I said "cherries" then. I don't remember. Marked me wrong.

Ceetar Nov 19 2017 10:58 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: Maybe I said "cherries" then. I don't remember. Marked me wrong. [url]https://learnedleague.com/thorsten/pastanswers.php

seawolf17 Nov 19 2017 11:47 PM Re: Trivia League

Hey, there you go. I did put "cherries."

seawolf17 Aug 01 2018 12:27 PM Re: Trivia League

Got invited to play in an LL private rundle of Jeopardy! veterans next season, called "Expats of Trebekistan." Among the 20 of us on the roster, there are one 6-time champ, two five-time champs, three three-time champs, one single winner, and two teen tournament semifinalists, plus a bunch of folks like myself who got our asses kicked. This should be fun.

Ceetar Aug 01 2018 01:41 PM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: Got invited to play in an LL private rundle of Jeopardy! veterans next season, called "Expats of Trebekistan." Among the 20 of us on the roster, there are one 6-time champ, two five-time champs, three three-time champs, one single winner, and two teen tournament semifinalists, plus a bunch of folks like myself who got our asses kicked. This should be fun. Oof. Hey, at least it doesn't include JenningsK or RutterB.

seawolf17 Aug 01 2018 02:02 PM Re: Trivia League

I was kind of hoping it would! That would have been cool.

seawolf17 Aug 16 2018 01:25 AM Re: Trivia League

Y'all gotta get on the HQ Trivia bandwagon, by the way. I'm nine wins in, almost $190 overall. (Counting the win when my wife, son, and I all made it to Q12 so we split it A/B/C so we were guaranteed a win and picked up over $160.) (If you download and play -- and you should, at 3pm and 9pm ET weekdays and 9pm ET on weekends -- please use my handle (cdorso) as your referral code, and shoot me a follow request on there too.)

Ceetar Aug 16 2018 03:04 AM Re: Trivia League

seawolf17 wrote: Y'all gotta get on the HQ Trivia bandwagon, by the way. I'm nine wins in, almost $190 overall. (Counting the win when my wife, son, and I all made it to Q12 so we split it A/B/C so we were guaranteed a win and picked up over $160.) (If you download and play -- and you should, at 3pm and 9pm ET weekdays and 9pm ET on weekends -- please use my handle (cdorso) as your referral code, and shoot me a follow request on there too.) i'm bad at it. for some reason the 10 seconds gets to me.

seawolf17 Aug 16 2018 12:19 PM Re: Trivia League

The speed is definitely a factor, because realistically, you only have six or seven seconds by the time you read the question.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 19 2018 04:25 AM Re: Trivia League

I've never won. Not once. I just won an A bracket in LL, and I've never won an HQ thing.

Fman99 Aug 20 2018 07:55 PM Re: Trivia League

Someone hit me with a PM so I can check this out. I got trivial skills eekin out of my bum.

Ceetar Aug 21 2018 02:46 PM Re: Trivia League

Fman99 wrote: Someone hit me with a PM so I can check this out. I got trivial skills eekin out of my bum. Season started yesterday. Next season starts 11/14. October is the invite period, I can hook you up then. Here's yesterday's questions, for a taste: Q1. 1852's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases is the best-known and most enduring work of what English physician and philologist? Q2. What percussion instrument of Central America, associated particularly with Guatemala and also used in Africa (where it originated), is similar in appearance to a xylophone and consists of wooden slabs with gourds or other resonators beneath them for amplification? Q3. What is the last name shared by the French-Italian astronomer who studied the division in Saturn's ring system that now bears his name, and the French-born American fashion designer largely responsible for what became known as the "Jackie Look"? Q4. Among the many cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea, which cultivar is the most common and popular one that is named after a European capital? Q5. A bridge that was once the longest twin-span suspension bridge in the world is one of dozens of stationary vehicular crossings of its namesake river, but it is the only such crossing between what two U.S. states? Q6. "Wonderboy," an inanimate object created as a result of a lightning strike, plays a central role in what 1984 film (and the 1952 novel on which it was based)?

seawolf17 Aug 23 2018 12:42 PM Re: Trivia League

Oh, it is *ON* today, LWFS.

Fman99 Aug 28 2018 01:10 AM Re: Trivia League

I played, and lost four questions in, cause I suck. Still fun though.