Learned League

I think there was a book or a documentary about them recently where I saw their name, but otherwise never knew who they were until pretty recently.

https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-pleasures-of-learnedleague-and-the-spirit-of-trivia

Lost to a 9(6) (welcome to B), but I'm proud that I scratched out three of the answers and even got 7 points for my trouble.

Also, don't go onto the message boards right now, someone apparently spoiled one of today's questions.

I try not to go to the message boards unless it's for one of our recaps.

Fair strategy, but I don't think I can resist in going into excruciating details about how I came upon the answers I entered! Anyway, the spoiling thread's been deleted.

I was so close to winning yesterday -- my first thought for Driving Miss Daisy was Atlanta and then switched to Savannah; when I was actually entering my answers, I'd nearly forgotten that I decided on Savannah. If only my short-term memory were worse!

that was against me, right? i had no idea beyond it being somewhere southeast. i guessed charleston but i probably should have thought about it more.

Is anyone paying for commissioner’s circle presently and want to finally set up an ilxor private rundle next season?

xp Yeah, that was our match. I do want to thank you for the 2 points for the Chinese question, though!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOayR5ri2xM

4 out of 6 for my first four games and a record of 0-3-1
bellyflopped yesterday with only the bill haley question right which ain't gonna help

ok somebody please explain what tf yesterday’s q6 had to do with pancakes

Some kind of Eastern European thing, eating pancakes for Shrovetide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslenitsa

Eastern European? Pancake Day is pretty common in the U.K., or at least was when I studied there in the late '90s.

As the final day before the austerity of the Lenten fast, Shrove Tuesday also has many customs pertaining to food. Pancakes are traditional in a number of European countries because eggs, sugar, and fat, commonly forbidden during the Lenten fast, are used up so they will not go to waste; the day is known as Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday in Ireland and in many Commonwealth countries.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shrove-Tuesday

ah, this jew did not know about strange pancake traditions

same. seemed like "indulgence" was a slam dunk to me.

yeah i answered indulgence knowing that it was likely wrong

Had no idea here, thought maybe there was some kind of Catholic doctrine of absolution called "syrupy"

Haven't checked yet, but I hope you all got RHINOCEROS, which has a tie-in with a recent ILX0r 1DS.

I'll bite: what's the tie-in? (I got it wrong.)

Zero Mostel was in the film of Rhinoceros- with Gene Wilder!

lol I had a feeling that I'd be walking into that one.

horn first.
9(5) yesterday, went with mimosa instead of bellini.
back down to earth today.

Midseason classic is upon us.

so MODES

yeah, i went "dominant"

Got credit for "diatonic"!

In a long discussion about that elsewhere.

My contention is that the question was insufficiently pinned.

if you have heard of "modes" and know what some of them are called you would always just write "modes" there idk

Indeed

if you have heard of "modes" and know what some of them are called you would always just write "modes" there idk

― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, June 11, 2021 1:01 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

ive heard of modes but didn't remember the word so i was like "lydian scale, mixolydian scale, they aren't chromatic so they must be diatonic" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

still lost

i know shit about music theory but happened to read a sci-fi-ish book that mentioned the mixolydian mode in april

highlight of my season is that out of nowhere i pulled 'kirov' out of my ass to correctly answer our (thus far) hardest question

Anyone else forget to submit?

No, I don’t think so

currently leading my league for the Sandra (defense) with five to go

probably my best shot at a 'trophy' however lame

(at least it's better than the most-common-wrong-answer one)

Happy Bloomsday!

Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfrpOhC6858

Happy Bloomsday! Which I'm celebrating from the bottom of B!

Hah, you and me both.

I gooseegged Tuesday for i think the first time?

the person leading the whole thing this season has gotten 128 right and 4 wrong

is it petty of me to be skeptical

I aced my first match in two seasons, and finally caught a break as my opponent yesterday is Irish (and missed an older NWSL question too) but got the others right. Still firmly ensconced in relegation though.

the person leading the whole thing this season has gotten 128 right and 4 wrong

is it petty of me to be skeptical

Downright dismissive? You have a minor risk of being wrong. Skeptical? I would say hell no that is not petty. I haven't checked who you're talking about, but that better be a major star in the game (or sensational new discovery).

B-b-but isn't TAI usually pretty good at rooting out problematic players?

Sigh etc; maybe let bullshit do what bullshit be or maybe vice versa or not I dunno; if you have a physical spring cleverly inserted in your step you may not know that the actual world high jump record is FAR below your online backyard 2:58 metres -- others may be aware of this though.

Found the player mentioned (or at least someone with same TCA), and it appears to be only his second season. A bit early for any rooting out, I suppose, even if warranted (which, again, we do not know for a fact).