Andy again!
I’d like to say that LearnedLeague is going well; I’m quickly learning that miracles can happen, as I’m 5-3-0 in my Rookie Rundle at the moment. Match Day 8 was quite a surprise, considering I handed my Rundle’s leader his first loss ever!
Now onto playing catch-up from some of last week’s games. I was waiting for official word from DadOfTwins on some of the answers, because from my recollection, Week 4 Day 2 contains my first-ever perfecto! Hooray!
(Once again, thanks to DadOfTwins for all of the work he puts in!)
Week 4, Day 2:
RHYME PRIME
2: In 1946, this chain of convenience stores changed its name to reflect its newly-expanded hours of operation.
4: This band which shares its name with a famous airplane formed when Paul Hewson and David Evans met in Larry Mullen’s Dublin kitchen.
6: LTE Advanced is one set of telecommunications standards proposed to upgrade this rhyming cell phone technology.
8: The original recipe for this Coca-Cola product contains grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, and tangerine juices.
10: This rhyming phrase might be heard while playing Bingo or Battleship.
OLYMPIC SPORTS
3: “Exclusion fouls” in this sport include intentionally splashing water in an opponent’s face and “committing an act of brutality.”
6: In this shooting competition, two clay targets are launched simultaneously.
9: Swedish Olympian Jan Boklov developed the V-Technique for this winter sport in 1985.
12: When racing in these, touching a gate results in a two-second penalty, while missing one altogether adds fifty seconds to the racer’s time.
15: In the 2014 Olympics, a 3-sled team relay event combining men’s and women’s singles with a doubles crew will be added to this discipline.
Scores:
Andy Saunders 75
Robert Mcielwain 67
Joon Pahk 58
Vito Cortese 51
Alison Stone Roberg 49
David Menchaca 45
Ryan Chaffee 40
Jeanie Kenkel 28
Kathy Wright 28
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari 26
Stefan Goodreau 23
Megan Barnes 21
Week 4, Day 3:
A MORGAN FREEMAN FILMOGRAPHY
2: Freeman was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Hoke Colburn in this 1989 movie in which Jessica Tandy played the title character.
4: Freeman spent six seasons on this PBS kids’ series playing such characters as Easy Reader, Dracula, and The Cop.
6: Freeman narrated this 1994 movie based on a Stephen King story set in a prison.
8: Freeman’s character “Scrap-iron” Dupris narrates this 2004 Best Picture for which Freeman won his only Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
10: Powerful characters Freeman has played include God in Bruce Almighty and this African world leader in Invictus.
LITERARY CROSSOVERS
3: Trot and Cap’n Bill from The Sea Fairies appear in this author’s novel “The Scarecrow of Oz.”
6: This author’s best-known character visits his Pellucidar series of novels in “Tarzan at the Earth’s Core.”
9: Based on science-fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, this Vonnegut character appears in “Breakfast of Champions” and “Slaughterhouse Five.”
12: A character in this author’s Foundation series makes reference to Nemesis, another novel written by the same writer.
15: In his novel The “Number of the Beast,” characters visit several of his fictional universes including that of “Stranger in a Strange Land.”
Scores:
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari 75
Megan Barnes 75
Alison Stone Roberg 71
Ryan Chaffee 69
Joon Pahk 69
Kathy Wright 67
Vito Cortese 63
Robert Mcielwain 54
Stefan Goodreau 48
David Menchaca 44
Jeanie Kenkel 39
Andy Saunders 36
So, one day of glory and one day back to earth!
Jeanie’ll be back for a few days! I’ll be back next week!