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Learned League question. I finished in the top 3 in LL106 (last summer) and I've heard nothing about the real-time finals. Does anyone know when those happen?
March 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Learned League question. I finished in the top 3 in LL106 (last summer) and I've heard nothing about the real-time finals. Does anyone know when those happen?
Not markedly. Correct answer percentage in LL106 was 49.5, down from 51 and 51.5 in the previous two seasons. It's almost always been between 48 and 52 with occasional outliers.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Not markedly. Correct answer percentage in LL106 was 49.5, down from 51 and 51.5 in the previous two seasons. It's almost always been between 48 and 52 with occasional outliers.
Was it just me or were LL106’s average question sets markedly more difficult than usual? Today’s set felt like a return to normalcy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Was it just me or were LL106’s average question sets markedly more difficult than usual? Today’s set felt like a return to normalcy.
1. What is the term for the cooking technique, a method of butterflying, in which a bird (usually a chicken) is split and flattened, with the backbone removed (and also sometimes the sternum)?
FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1. What is the term for the cooking technique, a method of butterflying, in which a bird (usually a chicken) is split and flattened, with the backbone removed (and also sometimes the sternum)?
FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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2. Identify the religious movement, founded in South Korea in 1954, which teaches in the Divine Principle that a sinless man could redeem the world and establish God's kingdom on Earth.
BI BIM BAPTISTS
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BI BIM BAPTISTS
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September 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
2. Identify the religious movement, founded in South Korea in 1954, which teaches in the Divine Principle that a sinless man could redeem the world and establish God's kingdom on Earth.
BI BIM BAPTISTS
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BI BIM BAPTISTS
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3. Laurel, Mississippi, provides the primary setting (and indirectly, the title) for what HGTV renovation series starring local husband-and-wife team Ben and Erin Napier?
AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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September 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
3. Laurel, Mississippi, provides the primary setting (and indirectly, the title) for what HGTV renovation series starring local husband-and-wife team Ben and Erin Napier?
AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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this makes me CACKLE every time i read it. my no. 1 vote, easily! #LL106
4. What refrigerator brand, founded in the 1910s and so popular in mid-20th-century America that its name was often used generically for any refrigerator, has a name that sounds like what one should expect to find inside a refrigerator?
DE BEERS
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DE BEERS
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September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
this makes me CACKLE every time i read it. my no. 1 vote, easily! #LL106
4. What refrigerator brand, founded in the 1910s and so popular in mid-20th-century America that its name was often used generically for any refrigerator, has a name that sounds like what one should expect to find inside a refrigerator?
DE BEERS
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DE BEERS
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September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
4. What refrigerator brand, founded in the 1910s and so popular in mid-20th-century America that its name was often used generically for any refrigerator, has a name that sounds like what one should expect to find inside a refrigerator?
DE BEERS
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DE BEERS
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5. Poverty, Disgrace, Fame, Idleness, Cupid, Ruin, and Politics were some of the spaces in the early version of what game, invented by board game pioneer Milton Bradley himself in 1860?
SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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September 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
5. Poverty, Disgrace, Fame, Idleness, Cupid, Ruin, and Politics were some of the spaces in the early version of what game, invented by board game pioneer Milton Bradley himself in 1860?
SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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6. In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b² - 4ac) is known as what "D" term?
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
6. In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b² - 4ac) is known as what "D" term?
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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7. The USDA recognizes three grades for ketchup, the lowest being Standard and the middle Extra Standard. What word, which outside the ketchup-sphere suggests something ornamental or extravagant, is the highest grade, with the thickest texture & most tomato solids?
THICC
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THICC
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September 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
7. The USDA recognizes three grades for ketchup, the lowest being Standard and the middle Extra Standard. What word, which outside the ketchup-sphere suggests something ornamental or extravagant, is the highest grade, with the thickest texture & most tomato solids?
THICC
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THICC
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8. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
8. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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9. American author Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel about a Midwestern doctor and medical researcher shares a pronunciation with the name of a legendary rock band from Boston. Give either name.
ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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September 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
9. American author Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel about a Midwestern doctor and medical researcher shares a pronunciation with the name of a legendary rock band from Boston. Give either name.
ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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10. What is the word—uncommon in the 1850s but common today—that Walt Whitman used in the first line (and thus title) of his nine-section poem from Leaves of Grass in which he "sings" a celebration of physicality and the human "body"?
BADONKADONK
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BADONKADONK
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September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
10. What is the word—uncommon in the 1850s but common today—that Walt Whitman used in the first line (and thus title) of his nine-section poem from Leaves of Grass in which he "sings" a celebration of physicality and the human "body"?
BADONKADONK
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BADONKADONK
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11. The word "Sparrow" often appears in the names of social clubs organized around what game, as its name roughly translates to sparrow in English and the sounds of the game are said to evoke the birds' sounds?
COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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September 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
11. The word "Sparrow" often appears in the names of social clubs organized around what game, as its name roughly translates to sparrow in English and the sounds of the game are said to evoke the birds' sounds?
COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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12. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
12. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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13. In the geographical mnemonic HOMES, what does the "H" stand for?
FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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September 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
13. In the geographical mnemonic HOMES, what does the "H" stand for?
FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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14. What energetic small dog breed, named for the English clergyman who developed it in the 19th century from the fox terrier, was bred to drive foxes from their dens?
AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC DOG WHO LOWKEY DGAF
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AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC DOG WHO LOWKEY DGAF
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September 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
14. What energetic small dog breed, named for the English clergyman who developed it in the 19th century from the fox terrier, was bred to drive foxes from their dens?
AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC DOG WHO LOWKEY DGAF
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AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC DOG WHO LOWKEY DGAF
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15. Flour, salt, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, & chopped nuts are ingredients in Nestle toll house chocolate chip cookies with what ingredient missing?
THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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September 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
15. Flour, salt, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, & chopped nuts are ingredients in Nestle toll house chocolate chip cookies with what ingredient missing?
THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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September 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Well, that season went badly for me. It was unfortunate that I got such a poor TCA score in one of my rare trips to B rundle and in a season where more than 2/3 of players in my rundle scored a QvH over 100. I only picked up 6 wins all season (and two of those were forfeits).
#LearnedLeague #LL106
#LearnedLeague #LL106
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Well, that season went badly for me. It was unfortunate that I got such a poor TCA score in one of my rare trips to B rundle and in a season where more than 2/3 of players in my rundle scored a QvH over 100. I only picked up 6 wins all season (and two of those were forfeits).
#LearnedLeague #LL106
#LearnedLeague #LL106
And just like that, @learnedleague.com #LL106 is finished. After this sleep I'll find out if I've finally won an A Rundle title!
September 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
And just like that, @learnedleague.com #LL106 is finished. After this sleep I'll find out if I've finally won an A Rundle title!
#LearnedLeague #LL106 MD25 thread. Celebrating another narrow escape from the clutches of relegation where I do not need a win against a former Arch Nemesis... I factfuel with All! Nine! COOKIES!!! to close out the season...
September 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
#LearnedLeague #LL106 MD25 thread. Celebrating another narrow escape from the clutches of relegation where I do not need a win against a former Arch Nemesis... I factfuel with All! Nine! COOKIES!!! to close out the season...