TD 220: Italia

[ihavejeoprosy]

GRRR. The worst part of this question is that i've been to (A) but just didn't recognize it. Dammit !!!

[econgator]

UNUSED ANSWERS
A. Montreal (Notre Dame Basilica)

Don't I feel stupid. I thought, "the only one I know for certain is Notre Dame" and didn't bother to take a second look at it. If I had looked at the shot for 5 or 10 more seconds, I would have realized it was the Montreal version, which I took several pictures of barely a year ago. I pretty much took that exact shot myself.

[tjconn728]

Standings after Question 5

The top four hold steady for the third straight question, while the rest of the field remains volatile.

1. clprez 10 (-)
2. ihavejeoprosy 13 (-)
3. Magna 15 (-1)
4. geolawyerman 16 (-)
5. jgamer 18 (+2)
5. Blue Lion 18 (+2)
7. BoK 19 (-2)
7. countyguy 19 (+4)
7. Leander 19 (+6)
10. Lampy 20 (-3)
11. Woof 21 (+3)
11. bleezy 21 (+4)
13. Ivoirians 22 (+2)
14. Tpmorrison 23 (+3)
15. jkbrat 24 (-10)
15. goforthetie 24 (+2)
15. ElendilPickle 24 (+4)
18. StevenH 25 (-11)
18. MarkBarrett 25 (+3)
18. Caboom 25 (+3)
21. Creed Bratton 26 (-10)
21. sillymonkey 26 (+3)
23. TheyCallMeMrKid 27 (-4)
24. Ryno 28 (+3)
25. Tigershark 29 (+5)
26. BobF 30 (+4)
27. RandyG 31 (+5)
27. gamawire 31 (+6)
29. HeathenBenny 32 (-8)
30. Vanya 33 (-6)
30. Bamaman 33 (+4)
32. psgola 34 (-6)
32. CheezeWhiz 34 (+4)
32. econgator 34 (+6)
32. Peachbox 34 (+6)
36. immaf 35 (-9)
36. barandall800 35 (-9)
38. ThreeIfByAir 39 (-4)
39. dnbguy 40 (-3)
39. debramc 40 (+2)
41. dott888 41 (+1)
42. Peggles 43 (-2)

[tjconn728]

3. The university of Bologna, founded in 1088, is recognized as the world's oldest continuously operating university. While we don't have anything quite as old here in North America, we do have a total of 13 currently operating institutions of higher learning that were founded before the American Revolution, nine American, three Mexican, and one Canadian. Name one of these 13 colleges or universities.

...

In fact, of the six Ivy League schools on the list (sorry Cornell and Dartmouth), five scored three points or less.

Dartmouth was founded in 1769.

So it was. I even have it on my list of correct answers. Just no one used it. I'll go back and edit the post. Thanks for the correction.

[ihavejeoprosy]

UNUSED ANSWERS
A. Montreal (Notre Dame Basilica)

Don't I feel stupid. I thought, "the only one I know for certain is Notre Dame" and didn't bother to take a second look at it. If I had looked at the shot for 5 or 10 more seconds, I would have realized it was the Montreal version, which I took several pictures of barely a year ago. I pretty much took that exact shot myself.

Its strange how one can be impressed by architecture when at the site, but then take it for granted in a picture.

[Woppy T]

3. The university of Bologna, founded in 1088, is recognized as the world's oldest continuously operating university. While we don't have anything quite as old here in North America, we do have a total of 13 currently operating institutions of higher learning that were founded before the American Revolution, nine American, three Mexican, and one Canadian. Name one of these 13 colleges or universities.

...

In fact, of the six Ivy League schools on the list (sorry Cornell and Dartmouth), five scored three points or less.

Dartmouth was founded in 1769.

So it was. I even have it on my list of correct answers. Just no one used it. I'll go back and edit the post. Thanks for the correction.

I wish I had remembered to play!!!!

[StevenH]

When I submitted my answers I forgot that the drop option was there and ended up giving an answer for every question, even the ones where I couldn't even come up with a sheepish answer. Oopsies.

[clprez]

I can't believe my change in luck with the last few TDs. I've been doing much better. I wasn't going to say anything because I used a drop for question one, since I was clueless on that, but I'm still in the lead. When I was younger I had a backpack and a Eurail train pass and spent lots of time in the backroads of Italy, which so far has helped me out.

[Magna]

UNUSED ANSWERS
...
C. Venice (St. Mark's Basilica)

I thought this, or Barcelona, would be the sheep. They're so distinctive looking and shown so often.

[Tigershark]

UNUSED ANSWERS
...
C. Venice (St. Mark's Basilica)

I thought this, or Barcelona, would be the sheep. They're so distinctive looking and shown so often.

I agree. I wanted to go with St. Mark's because it was my favorite of all the churches in Italy, but I knew it was recognizable. I instantly recognized Siena, but only because I've been there. I figured that one would not score high because the only people who would know it are people who have been there.

On this quiz, I was determined to use as few drops as possible, even one where I'm fairly certain I gave the Sheep answer.

[gamawire]

So far, I'm loving the quick reveal, but I'm not overly thrilled with my answers. At least I haven't gotten anything wrong yet!

[ThreeIfByAir]

Darn. I took one look at B and said 'duh, of course that's Liverpool'. It wasn't, although Liverpool is indeed a very similar design. (And I have (at least) one more incorrect coming, to go with my many sheep or near-sheep. Something tells me I'm not winning this TD.)

[Blue Lion]

I saw this story about a rogue sheep in the local paper, and immediately thought of Think Different:

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/ind ... cart_river

[tjconn728]

6. Michelangelo was born near Florence, Italy in 1475 and during his 88 years became one of the leading artists of the Renaissance, and today remains one of the most prolific artistic minds of all time, contributing masterpieces to the fields of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Name a painting, sculpture, or work of architecture created or designed by Michelangelo.

The arts is definitely not one of my strengths (as evidenced by my LL scores), but in a TD about Italy, it is a category that had to be included. (I also originally had an opera question, but decided to scrap it due to perceived lack of popular demand.) The list I was working from had 68 works attributed to Michelangelo, so there were plenty to choose from, but more than half of you chose one of the top three answers, which are probably his three most well known. If you were able to get one of his other works, you did well here.

CO-SHEEP - David (8 points)

bleezy
Caboom
gamawire
Bamaman
psgola
immaf
barandall800
dnbguy

CO-SHEEP - Sistine Chapel ceiling (8 points)
A few of you specified particular parts of the ceiling, but from what I can gather, the ceiling is generally classified as one work, so I've grouped your answers together here

countyguy
Tpmorrison
StevenH
TheyCallMeMrKid
BobF
CheezeWhiz
ThreeIfByAir
debramc

Pietà (7 points)

clprez
Ivoirians
ElendilPickle
MarkBarrett
sillymonkey
Vanya
Peachbox

The Last Judgment (3 points)

geolawyerman
jkbrat
Peggles

Moses (3 points)

Leander
Lampy
RandyG

The Crucifixion of St. Peter - SINGLETON!

jgamer

Dome of St. Peter's Basilica - SINGLETON!

Bok

Dying Slave - SINGLETON!

Magna
Tigershark (+1 for "The Prisoners")

DROP (3 points)
ihavejeoprosy
Blue Lion
goforthetie
Ryno
econgator

DROP (2 points)
Creed Bratton

INCORRECT ANSWERS (13 points)
HeathenBenny - Vitruvian Man (Leonardo da Vinci)
Woof - Trevi Fountain (designed by Nicola Salvi and completed by Pietro Bracci)
Tigershark - The Prisoners (Thinking of the Slaves?)
dott888 - The Last Supper (Da Vinci again)

UNUSED ANSWERS
Many. Full list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wo ... chelangelo

[tjconn728]

Standings after Question 6

clprez hits a near sheep to drop to third, while Magna gets a singleton to climb into a tie for the lead. Things remain tight, with 9 players within 7 points of the lead.

1. Magna 16 (+2)
1. ihavejeoprosy 16 (+1)
3. clprez 17 (-2)
4. geolawyerman 19 (-)
4. jgamer 19 (+1)
6. BoK 20 (+1)
7. Blue Lion 21 (-2)
8. Leander 22 (-1)
9. Lampy 23 (+1)
10. countyguy 27 (-3)
10. jkbrat 27 (+5)
10. goforthetie 27 (+5)
13. Creed Bratton 28 (+8)
14. Ivoirians 29 (-1)
14. bleezy 29 (-3)
16. Tigershark 31 (+9)
16. Tpmorrison 31 (-2)
16. Ryno 31 (+8)
16. ElendilPickle 31 (-1)
20. MarkBarrett 32 (-2)
21. sillymonkey 33 (-)
21. StevenH 33 (-3)
21. Caboom 33 (-3)
24. RandyG 34 (+3)
24. Woof 34 (-13)
26. TheyCallMeMrKid 35 (-3)
27. econgator 37 (+5)
28. BobF 38 (-2)
29. gamawire 39 (-2)
30. Vanya 40 (-)
31. Peachbox 41 (+1)
31. Bamaman 41 (-1)
33. CheezeWhiz 42 (-1)
33. psgola 42 (-1)
35. barandall800 43 (+1)
35. immaf 43 (+1)
37. HeathenBenny 45 (-8)
38. Peggles 46 (+4)
39. ThreeIfByAir 47 (-1)
40. debramc 48 (-1)
40. dnbguy 48 (-1)
42. dott888 54 (-1)

[ihavejeoprosy]

Nice to be on top, but I will say that I have a wrong answer coming up soon.

[Tigershark]

The Accademia website lists the work as the Prisoners or Slaves. I did a tour with an art historian and she referred to it as the Prisoners.

[tjconn728]

7. William Shakespeare set a number of his plays in what is today Italy, despite there being no evidence that he ever actually visited the country. Two of these works are The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo Juliet. Name one of the 18 characters from either one of these plays that has more than 100 lines, according to shakespeareswords.com.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the characters from one of these two plays was answered more than the other. I was originally going to use The Merchant of Venice as the second play, but then I couldn't have made a movie reference to my favorite teen comedy of the 90's. There was also an interesting dichotomy between Romeo and Juliet's title characters; one was answered more than twice as often as the other, whose portrayer was never identified despite being one of Hollywood's biggest stars.

SHEEP - Mercutio (11 points) - Harrold Perrineau

Leander
jkbrat (-1)
goforthetie (-1)
ElendilPickle
TheyCallMeMrKid
econgator
BobF
Bamaman
HeathenBenny
dnbguy
clprez

Juliet (8 points) - Claire Daines

Creed Bratton
Tpmorrison (-1)
Ryno (-1)
MarkBarrett (-1)
Caboom
Vanya
psgola (-1)
ThreeIfByAir (-1)

Petruchio (5 points) - Heath Ledger

jgamer (-1)
Lampy (-1)
Woof
Peachbox
Tigershark (-1)

Benvolio (4 points) - Dash Mihok

countyguy
bleezy
StevenH
Peggles

Romeo (3 points) - Leonardo DiCaprio

Ivoirians
gamawire
debramc

Katherina (3 points) - Julia Stiles

RandyG (-1)
CheezeWhiz (-1)
barandall800 (-1)

Nurse - SINGLETON! - Miriam Margolyes

BoK (No bonus, but I appreciate your guess of Louise Fletcher. I see what you did there.)

Lady Capulet - SINGLETON! - Diane Venora

dott888

Father Lawrence - SINGLETON! - Pete Postlehwaite

geolawyerman

DROP (2 points)
sillymonkey

INCORRECT ANSWERS (16 points)
Despite having recognizable actors in the role, neither was prominent enough to make the cutoff.
Magna - Tybalt (John Leguizamo)
immaf - Tybalt

ihavejeoprosy - Paris (Paul Rudd)


UNUSED ANSWERS
Capulet (Paul Sorvino)

Tranio (David Krumholtz)

Hortensio (Andrew Keegan)

Lucentio (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

Baptista (Larry Miller)

Grumio (does not exist)
Gremio (Andrew Keegan)
Lord (does not exist)
Biondello (does not exist)

[TheyCallMeMrKid]

SHEEP - Mercutio (11 points) - Harrold Perrineau

Leander
jkbrat (-1)
goforthetie (-1)
ElendilPickle
TheyCallMeMrKid
econgator
BobF
Bamaman
HeathenBenny
dnbguy

INCORRECT ANSWERS (16 points)
Despite having recognizable actors in the role, neither was prominent enough to make the cutoff.
Magna - Tybalt (John Leguizamo)
immaf - Tybalt

Ha...didn't know the line count, but was kicking myself for putting Mercutio - John Leguizamo, saying I should've put Tybalt - John Leguizamo. Turns off I was better with the first one! (Although Romeo- Leo DiCaprio would've been even better ?!)

[tjconn728]

Standings after Question 7

Two wrong answers from our leaders have shaken up the the leaderboard, but things are still extremely close at the top.

1. geolawyerman 20 (+3)
2. BoK 21 (+4)
3. jgamer 23 (+1)
4. Blue Lion 26 (+3)
5. Lampy 27 (+4)
6. clprez 28 (-3)
7. countyguy 31 (+3)
8. Magna 32 (-7)
8. ihavejeoprosy 32 (-7)
8. Ivoirians 32 (+6)
11. Leander 33 (-3)
11. bleezy 33 (+3)
13. Tigershark 35 (+3)
13. sillymonkey 35 (+8)
15. Creed Bratton 36 (-2)
15. RandyG 36 (+9)
17. jkbrat 37 (-7)
17. goforthetie 37 (-7)
17. StevenH 37 (+4)
20. Tpmorrison 38 (-4)
20. Ryno 38 (-4)
22. MarkBarrett 39 (-2)
22. Woof 39 (+2)
24. Caboom 41 (-3)
25. ElendilPickle 42 (-9)
25. gamawire 42 (+4)
27. CheezeWhiz 44 (+6)
28. barandall800 45 (+7)
29. TheyCallMeMrKid 46 (-3)
29. Peachbox 46 (+2)
31. econgator 48 (-4)
31. Vanya 48 (-1)
33. BobF 49 (-5)
33. psgola 49 (-)
35. Peggles 50 (+3)
36. debramc 51 (+4)
37. Bamaman 52 (-6)
38. ThreeIfByAir 54 (+1)
39. dott888 55 (+3)
40. HeathenBenny 56 (-3)
41. immaf 59 (-6)
41. dnbguy 59 (-1)