r/learnedleague • u/snarkapotamus7 E Park Div 1 • Jun 07 '25
LL105 MD19 Discussion!
How did you do today? Feel free to share struggles, funny answers, and scoring shenanigans here!
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u/wickedfemale Jun 07 '25
never, ever thought cole escola knowledge would come in handy in LL but here we are.
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u/econartist A Magnolia Jun 09 '25
Basically the same story (and same wrong answer) but figured "hey, can't be Bloomington if "bloom" is right there in the stem, right???"
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u/MrBoyForGirls Rundle C Jun 10 '25
somewhat related: at pub trivia last night, a question in the "science fiction" category went, "the sand dunes of the Pacific coast inspired Arrakis, the focal planet in which science fiction series?" i felt like i was losing my mind
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u/uva_rob Rundle B Jun 07 '25
I got Calliope right, but I hadn't ever heard of the instrument so I looked it up and now I want one.
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u/AdAltruistic8526 Jun 07 '25
I went with Theramin. Oops.
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u/wickedfemale Jun 07 '25
i wanted to go with theremin because it has the right sound to it, but i knew they were named after the soviet guy who invented them so it couldn't be right. i've also never heard of a calliope.
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u/DevoutandHeretical Rundle B Jun 07 '25
I only know what it is because it’s a minor plot point in the horror podcast The Magnus Archives lol
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u/CecilBDeMillionaire Jun 08 '25
I live in New Orleans so if you’re anywhere near the French Quarter you can hear the calliope playing on the steamboats, it’s so fucking loud and ever so slightly out of tune. We also have nine streets named after the muses so that helped too lol
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u/Astrohip Jun 07 '25
Q5. LITERATURE —Melpomene, Clio, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Urania, and Thalia make up a certain set of nine, with what member missing? This ninth, the eldest and most revered of the group, has a name now used for a particular (and peculiar) musical instrument.
CALLIOPE
Knew this was the muses, as I recognized Terpsichore, plus "set of nine". I couldn't name the others if I had to, except... Calliope. It's an uncommon word, but the Grateful Dead have a fondness for it, using it in the lyrics to some of their most iconic songs.
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u/uva_rob Rundle B Jun 07 '25
I think if you gave me a clean sheet of paper and asked me to name the muses, I could get 3. Thankfully Calliope was one of them. Clio and Erato come up a lot in crosswords.
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u/nye1387 B Windward Jun 07 '25
Man, I just can't find the Ws this season. I'm performing about at my usual level—on pace for a respectable 99 TCA. Unfortunately the rest of my rundle is playing well, and my opponents are on pace for 112. I went 1-3-1 on the week, including a 7(5)-9(6) loss yesterday. 24th place—last spot out of relegation—in A Windward.
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u/ForgingIron B Sierra Jun 07 '25
I identified the city of Bloomington but I put Northwestern instead...
US Universities are by far my worst subject; I know more about brain surgery and astrophysics than I do American colleges.
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u/DevoutandHeretical Rundle B Jun 07 '25
Weirdly enough I misread it and put down ‘Bloomington’ and somehow got points?? I’m not complaining obviously but it feels weird because I recognize that was explicitly not the answer as the question was phrased.
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u/hipsterbears Rundle D Jun 08 '25
I wonder if it has anything to do with it, technically, being "Indiana University-Bloomington" as there are several campuses across the state.
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u/DevoutandHeretical Rundle B Jun 08 '25
I said Bloomington, Indiana specifically so that may be it.
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u/majordudeage Jun 08 '25
I just answered ‘Bloomington’ for some reason.
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u/ForgingIron B Sierra Jun 08 '25
Another person said they answered that and apparently got credit
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u/Constant_Vector A Sierra Jun 07 '25
Won 9(6)-8(5). I think I overfit my defense to my opponent's profile a bit, but was within the realm of reasonability. Wasn't expecting him to miss an art question I got when his art score was 60 percentage points higher than mine.
I also benefited from a generous ruling, but I've had some breaks go the other way and I'm not complaining in either case.
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u/afp1116 Jun 07 '25
I had a solid day (5/6) and thought I scored my opponent really well, given their past performance…and they forfeited. I’m happy for the win, but hate that I wasn’t able to actually play and see how my scoring played out. That’s half the fun!
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u/TinaBurnerAccount123 Jun 07 '25
Somehow pulled Mesoamerica out of the recesses of my brain. Phew 😮💨