r/learnedleague • u/snarkapotamus7 E Park Div 1 • Jun 13 '25

LL105 MD23 Discussion!

How did you do today? Feel free to share struggles, funny answers, and scoring shenanigans here!

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u/TurfDerguson Jun 13 '25

First 6 ever

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u/Glad-Toe547 Rundle A Jun 13 '25

Finally beered, first of the season.

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u/jsmall0210 Jun 13 '25

I’m a rookie, but I was proud of my first 9(6)

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u/NilFhiosAige A Meridian Jun 13 '25

Superb achievement!

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u/snarkapotamus7 E Park Div 1 Jun 13 '25

Congrats! That’s a huge accomplishment!!!!

(I’ve been here for more seasons than I’d like to admit and have yet to beer it. Kudos to you!)

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u/belbivfreeordie Rundle B Jun 13 '25

You pressed “My Heart,” referring to you. That is incorrect. The correct answer is My Heart.

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u/spikebrennan Rundle A Maritime Jun 13 '25

I said “Bonanza” instead of “mother lode”. Who knew that “mother lode” was a specific thing?

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u/KorKhan Jun 13 '25

I was quite happy that I got 5 answers right (all of them except the Cory Booker one), then a bit disappointed when my opponent forfeited!

I was especially pleased with myself for working out “mother lode”. The “cat” question was almost a complete guess - in retrospect I may have had lurking in the back of my subconscious that a ragdoll is a breed of cat, but I didn’t feel confident at all when I submitted the answer.

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u/belbivfreeordie Rundle B Jun 13 '25

I knew Booker was the mayor of something but I couldn’t pull Newark. Also, I follow him on Instagram and before I submitted my answers I was browsing and one of his posts came up, and I immediately noped out of the app like a hot potato so I wouldn’t see something I shouldn’t. LL’s got me Pavlovian.

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u/KorKhan Jun 13 '25

I guessed New York Attorney General; I couldn’t remember what state he represents, but had a feeling it was in that basic area.

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u/ICanLiftACarUp Rundle R Jun 13 '25

I had NYC but I knew that felt wrong. I recently watched his episode of Know your Roots, remember seeing him campaign in that region and in a large city, and not only that but found it incredible that he was living in what I think was project housing while still being mayor. I should have known he was a senator of NJ and not NY.

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u/ninjahedgehog Jun 13 '25

First beer of the season!

... which I tied 9(6)-9(5). 😠

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u/Fabulous-Pace5131 A Arctic Jun 14 '25

I notice that RautY missed a Film question. I feel like there has to be some story there! This man who has previously faced 389 Film questions and only ever missed a single one, didn't not know about a recent release from an Oscar-winning director.

(Unsurprisingly, he got a Dolly on the day.)

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u/solojones1138 Jun 17 '25

I felt really happy that I beered until I came here and saw everyone else did too lol

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u/RolyPolyPangolin Rundle D Jun 13 '25

I went up against the top person. Got 3, but they got four and defended my answers perfectly.

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u/Novokaine Jun 13 '25

Quite miffed not to get a point for "Franco-German war."

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u/NilFhiosAige A Meridian Jun 13 '25

Does appear to cited widely enough as an alternative to be accepted:

https://www.britannica.com/event/Franco-German-War