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- Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:38 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 95
- Replies: 173
- Views: 11136
Re: LL Season 95
A 9(6)-9(6) tie yesterday dropped me down to fourth place. Me and the third place person are tied in points but he's got me in MPD. Looks like today could be important. :( I loved the Domino's question yesterday. From 1980 to 1987, I lived in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where Tom Monaghan opened the first...
- Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:00 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 93
- Replies: 268
- Views: 22034
Re: LL Season 93
Almost went for what I thought might be MCA of Pontiac because of the Phoenix and Bonneville, but with the wording "are also models of vehicles manufactured by what automaker", and thinking route 10 wouldn't be required for the drive, it seemed like TA was looking for current vehicles. To...
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 92
- Replies: 202
- Views: 33466
Re: LL Season 92
I did the same thing, and hoped that Thorsten would accept it. Nope.
- Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:37 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 92
- Replies: 202
- Views: 33466
Re: LL Season 92
This season epitomizes life in A Rundle. I'm 6-4, with all four losses coming at the hands of opponents who drank the beer.
- Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:01 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 91
- Replies: 258
- Views: 51689
Re: LL Season 91
Does LL have an award for egregiously bad defense in a match? Yesterday, in the Italy mini-league, I lost 4(4)-5(2). That performance is worthy of former Lions' coach Matt Patricia.
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:24 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: 2022 Current Events Study Guide
- Replies: 202
- Views: 36539
Re: 2022 Current Events Study Guide
Microsoft announced plans to acquire game company Activision Blizzard in an all-cash deal valued at $67.8 billion: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-133637845.html. Activision has been in the news on account of a harassment scandal that has resulted in doze...
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:55 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 91
- Replies: 258
- Views: 51689
Re: LL Season 91
back to B Taiga - my rightful and true place. It's probably just me, but I have significantly less fun in A. I have no desire to be the top of that rundle, or even stay in there. Nah, same. As a (possible?) fellow AAAA leaguer, it's nice to be called up, but after a few seasons facing Kershaw, Hend...
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:59 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Stories From Bar Trivia Night
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4278
Re: Stories From Bar Trivia Night
Our trivia team, the "Deep Eddys", plays at a local establishment every Monday night. Last Monday, we lost by 1 point to "Vandelay Industries", a group of visitors to Hilton Head, thanks to a ruling by the host on this question: "What two mammals lay eggs?" I answered &...
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:46 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 91
- Replies: 258
- Views: 51689
Re: LL Season 91
I went with South Africa because "Mount Lion" is English. I overthought the question (always a bad idea in trivia) and wrote in Morocco because the Atlas Lion lives there. You'd think that someone with the screen name "Blue Lion" would be all over a Sierra Leone question, but no.
- Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:37 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
Re: LL Season 90
Jimmie Walker is now doing commercials for the "Medicare Helpline". I cringe every time one of them comes on.
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:19 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
Re: LL Season 90
I was part of the 19% that said "spine" instead of "spinal cord" Couldn't think of anything related to colour and monks besides chartreuse, even though I was sure they are a french order of monks. I even though to myself that it couldn't be related to Capuchins as they share a n...
- Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:50 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
Re: LL Season 90
Pretty sure the 96th %ile is my highest ever in the MSC. I knew my failure to keep up with the latest dance crazes would catch up to me someday, but it's too bad "deux" couldn't pass for "dix". I had no clue on the dance question, so I went for BWA and wrote "St. Vitus"...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:26 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
Re: LL Season 90
Had no idea on the music question and ran through every African country. Went with Euqibmazom just for fun. Lucky guess on NYPD Blue, just picked a long-running crime procedural at random. I figured the answer had to be something short so I went with Ogot. I had most of the right letters, going wit...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:34 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
Re: LL Season 90
Well, MD9 was a rough one. I only got two right (Connect Four and Queen Victoria). Same here. I had the wrong side of a coin flip on the first woman PM question (I put down Bangladesh), but even a correct answer there wouldn't have changed the outcome. On the soil question, I answered "sand&qu...
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:25 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:14 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
Re: LL Season 90
Q1 was one of those times when growing up in Ohio and being an Ohio State fan definitely paid off. My LL flag is one of the old pre-made default options, but I chose the color scheme for Ohio State. I did grad school there for 2 years. I would've hung my head in shame had I missed it. A little surp...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:24 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: LL Season 90
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45883
Re: LL Season 90
Cyprus not only came up in LL, but it was the final question in bar trivia last night. The question was, "What two island nations are located in the Mediterranean Sea?" (The other is Malta.)
- Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Learned League 89 - May/Jun '21
- Replies: 360
- Views: 51205
Re: Learned League 89 - May/Jun '21
Did we get two questions on Marco Polo this season? And two on Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks? Not repeats per se, but in both cases, I had to stop and wonder if I was on the right track Actually, one question was on "Marco" and the other was on "Polo". The kids at the pool confir...
- Fri Jun 04, 2021 12:39 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Learned League 89 - May/Jun '21
- Replies: 360
- Views: 51205
Re: Learned League 89 - May/Jun '21
I am surprised at the leaguewide get rates on some of yesterday's questions. I would have expected Galapagos to play easy and Rhinoceros to play a little tough, but not to the levels that they did. The Pirsig book also did not ring a bell for me at all, but apparently that was something that I shou...
- Thu May 27, 2021 9:59 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Learned League 89 - May/Jun '21
- Replies: 360
- Views: 51205
Re: Learned League 89 - May/Jun '21
I went through lots of countries mentally for that question yesterday. I figured it was most likely somewhere in East Asia. Ended up putting down Malaysia. Ended up with a 6(5)-6(5) tie. I went with Indonesia, which became independent around 1948 and had some kind of a coup in the 1960s. The proble...