What Ring camera feature is supposed to help people find lost pets?

What musical group performed the 1986 song "Take My Breath Away" ?

What 1991 musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg was inspired by Madama Butterfly ?

What was the code name of the operation during which Seal Team Six killed Osama bin Laden?

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16h
 

Sometimes the correct answer is the more obvious one, and sometimes it isn't, and even knowing the non-obvious answer doesn't help you decide which one to pick.  Sometimes you just need to read the question more carefully.

What is the common name of very thin stripes, often used in men's clothing?

What is the more famous name of the Misión San Antonio de Valero ?

What fruit popular in America has the Latin name Prunus persica and was cultivated in China during the Neolithic period?

What do the three previous answers have in common?

What is the name of the black cuboid building at the center of Islam's holiest mosque?

What does IBU measure in the context of beer?

Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera has the shortest land border in the world between Spain and what country?


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pinstripes, ?, nectarine, ?, Kaaba, bitterness, Morocco
 

I cockily cheered at the final category "Flags of the World" before actually seeing the question, but did succeed in dunking on it.  

What actress shared hosting Jeopardy until Ken Jennings took over full-time?

What undrafted African-American quarterback was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006?

What name is shared by the currency of Panama, a fictional county in Veronica Mars, and #7 on AFI's list of movie heroes?

What country's flag is identical to neighboring Romania's except for a superimposed coat of arms?

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Mayim Bialik, ??? Balboa and Chad.
The flag of Chad is surprisingly similar to Romania’s but they’re not very nearby neighbors.
That would be Moldova.



for the QB i would guess Warren Moon
 

I guessed the third one based on a memory of a Peanuts comic, but I can't find it online.  Has anyone seen it?

What American author set most of his novels in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County?

What English poet wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?

What Austrian composer, known as the "Father of the Symphony" wrote 104 of them?

What last name is shared by a winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize for Medicine and a British author whose estate sponsors a prize for thriller novels ? 

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I'm guessing Faulkner, Coleridge, and Mozart. No idea on the last. Fleming?
Mozart is incorrect, but Fleming is correct.
Who was the composer frequently mentioned in Peanuts?

Hint: Lucy thought his first name was Lawrence.
Schroeder’s hero is Beethoven, but that’s not the correct answer to “Father of the Symphony” question. I can imagine this guy in _Snoopy’s_ thought bubble for some reason.
I knew 3 off the top of my head because of your hint, I couldn't remember 2 until I read it out loud, and then it popped up, and I didn't know the winner of the 1945 Nobel prize for medicine specifically, but after I read it all the way through, I was pleasantly surprised by that connection.

For 1, I thought, "some guy with a mustache who wears linen suits and smokes hand-rolled cigarettes or a pipe."
No one has yet taken me up on the $50 bounty for translating Faulkner's "Barn Burning" into Klingon. I say it's because the themes of honor and vengeance are aligned with Klingon culture, but it was also inspired by how much Yoknapatawpha already sounds like Klingon to my ear: https://osric.com/university/klingon.html

It's such an under-valued language.
 

Knowing and yet forgetting is the worst part of playing at trivia.  I did succeed in getting one of these right for the team.  Another was half-right, and a third was written down correctly but scratched out because I thought of a logical reason why it would be wrong.  

What ethical theory prescribes actions that  maximize happiness in total for the people affected?

What kind of animal is Major General Sir Nils Olav III, the mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard?

What highly-viscous fluid is used in the "world's longest continuously running laboratory experiment", having released only 9 "drops" in over 90 years?

What movie earned Clark Gable's only Oscar, which he gave away to demonstrate that the trophy wasn't important?

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utilitarianism?; narwhal?; pitch; no idea
I talked myself out of the correct Nils Olav because he’s not native to Norway, at least not its northern hemisphere territory.
damn it, penguin was my first guess
 

Who was the most recent person to win NFL MVP as a defensive player?

What island was part of the Ryūkyū Kingdom before annexation by Japan in 1879 and a WWII battle in 1945?

What state gave its name to the Great Compromise of 1787 assigning proportional representation to only one house of the U.S. legislature?

A multiple choice question is never a good choice for the final game-changing question, but this one was particularly bad:  Abscission is the name for A) plants losing their leaves, B) deer dropping their antlers, C) snakes shedding their skin, or D) crabs molting their exoskeletons?


 

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JJ Watt?; Okinawa?; Delaware?; B?
 

What is the name of the fictional language in the novel 1984 by George Orwell?

What Belgian artist painted The Son of Man in 1964?  [Not pictured:  nerdsholmferret with his face obscured by an Apple]

What is the name of the chemical reaction between amino acids and sugars that gives seared steaks and toasted marshmallows a distinct flavor?

What Norwegian explorer led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911?

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Newspeak; Magritte; Maillard; Amundsen
Three out of four but I needed your clue
 

In what country do people rollerskate through the streets of Caracas on their way to Christmas Mass?

What substance with atomic number 82 was used to manufacture tinsel until its use was discontinued in the 1970s due to health hazards?

The version of "Pennies From Heaven" featured in the movie Elf  is by what singer also known for voicing King Louie in The Jungle Book (1967)?

What ancient Lycian port city (located in modern Turkey) was the birthplace of Saint Nicholas?

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12/19 '25 3 Comments
Love me some Louis Prima.
ever have a "oh i know this but i can't dredge up the fact i'm positive i know this fine i'll look it up oh i didn't actually know this" moment? just happened to me with jolly old St. Nick's birthplace
I was astonished that someone at the Legion did know this, and was not 1750 years old.
 

The winning team had 9 players in flagrant violation of the rules, but we're not going to file a formal protest over a free appetizer, right?

What 2014 film directed by Damien Chazelle tells the story of Andrew Neiman, who attends the fictional Shaffer Conservatory?

What vocal group was formed by the 1961 merger of two friendly rival groups, Otis Williams & The Distants, and The Primes?

What Confederate city was captured after the decisive battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip?

What are the two non-Ivy "Colonial colleges"?  [10 other schools have historical roots predating the American Revolution and are excluded from the list on bogus technicalities​​​​​​​ because they were not formally chartered as colleges with degree-granting powers, but we're not going to complain about that, either.]

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12/12 '25 5 Comments
Whiplash is the first, don't know the rest
William and Mary! William and Mary!

Ask me how I knew that one.
that would have been in my guess but i couldn't come up with the second one
Is Rutgers the other? I know I was surprised when I first discovered how long ago it was founded.
Yep - the Dutch Reformed Church needed a college that wasn't Princeton.
 

What poem by T. S. Eliot includes the line "Do I dare to eat a peach?"

What country, formerly known as French Sudan, once controlled an empire led by Mansa Musa?

What Shakespearean comedy includes the "All the world's a stage" monologue by Jaques?

What month lends its name to the 1825 revolt in St. Petersburg​​​​​​​?

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11/21 '25 2 Comments
TLSoJAP. I attended a lecture once on the difficulty of teaching that poem, including the many, many interpretations of that line.



There's a statue with the "All the world's a stage" quote in front of the Free Library in Philly, but I don't remember which play it is from.
“Yes, you can definitely eat a peach! It's a delicious and refreshing fruit, especially in the summertime.” [Auto-generated from sources. May be inaccurate.]