As it turns out, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Alien are the only two questions I missed in a match I didn't win that did ***not*** cost me promotion.
The official Question That Kept Me Down for LL110 is the question about NASA logos.
The official Question That Kept Me Down for LL110 is the question about NASA logos.
November 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
As it turns out, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Alien are the only two questions I missed in a match I didn't win that did ***not*** cost me promotion.
The official Question That Kept Me Down for LL110 is the question about NASA logos.
The official Question That Kept Me Down for LL110 is the question about NASA logos.
I failed to win 14 matches in LL110, and 12 of those matches feature at least one of those 27 questions total.
I lost 4(4)-9(5) to the player that finished fourth, and of course there was the beer summit with @drquuxum.bsky.social . All of the other losses/draws are as outlined earlier.
I lost 4(4)-9(5) to the player that finished fourth, and of course there was the beer summit with @drquuxum.bsky.social . All of the other losses/draws are as outlined earlier.
November 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I failed to win 14 matches in LL110, and 12 of those matches feature at least one of those 27 questions total.
I lost 4(4)-9(5) to the player that finished fourth, and of course there was the beer summit with @drquuxum.bsky.social . All of the other losses/draws are as outlined earlier.
I lost 4(4)-9(5) to the player that finished fourth, and of course there was the beer summit with @drquuxum.bsky.social . All of the other losses/draws are as outlined earlier.
I'm very envious of how the LearnedLeague 111 rookie flags look so much nicer than the LL110 rookie flags.
October 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I'm very envious of how the LearnedLeague 111 rookie flags look so much nicer than the LL110 rookie flags.
1. Identify the current member of the U.S. Cabinet who appeared on MTV's The Real World: Boston in 1997, and later competed in Log Rolling and Speed Climbing at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games in the early 2000s.
IN A SANE WORLD, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
IN A SANE WORLD, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 23, 2026 at 2:00 AM
1. Identify the current member of the U.S. Cabinet who appeared on MTV's The Real World: Boston in 1997, and later competed in Log Rolling and Speed Climbing at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games in the early 2000s.
IN A SANE WORLD, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
IN A SANE WORLD, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
2. What was the three letter pen name under which Charles Dickens authored the "Sketches" from 1833 to 1836 that would eventually be collected and published as his first book?
BIC
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
BIC
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
2. What was the three letter pen name under which Charles Dickens authored the "Sketches" from 1833 to 1836 that would eventually be collected and published as his first book?
BIC
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
BIC
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
3. Commissioned by California governor Leland Stanford, English photographer Eadweard Muybridge used a set of trip-wire cameras in 1878 to settle a famous uncertainty about what animal, proving that artists had long depicted it incorrectly?
A BEAR SHITTING IN THE WOODS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
A BEAR SHITTING IN THE WOODS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 22, 2026 at 2:00 AM
3. Commissioned by California governor Leland Stanford, English photographer Eadweard Muybridge used a set of trip-wire cameras in 1878 to settle a famous uncertainty about what animal, proving that artists had long depicted it incorrectly?
A BEAR SHITTING IN THE WOODS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
A BEAR SHITTING IN THE WOODS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
4. The sport of rowing is divided into two disciplines: one in which each athlete holds one oar, and one in which each athlete holds two oars. Give the common name for either of these disciplines.
AND/OAR OR EITHER/OAR
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
AND/OAR OR EITHER/OAR
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
4. The sport of rowing is divided into two disciplines: one in which each athlete holds one oar, and one in which each athlete holds two oars. Give the common name for either of these disciplines.
AND/OAR OR EITHER/OAR
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
AND/OAR OR EITHER/OAR
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
5. While other medicines eventually surpassed it in sales, what is the brand name of the drug that was the first blockbuster SSRI after its approval in 1987, and remains today likely the best-known in the group due to its cultural impact in the 1990s?
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
5. While other medicines eventually surpassed it in sales, what is the brand name of the drug that was the first blockbuster SSRI after its approval in 1987, and remains today likely the best-known in the group due to its cultural impact in the 1990s?
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
6. Mothers who wish to attempt an option known as VBAC typically first undergo what is referred to as TOL (or TOLAC). What do the letters in TOL stand for?
THREATENING OBSTETRICIANS LOUDLY
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
THREATENING OBSTETRICIANS LOUDLY
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
6. Mothers who wish to attempt an option known as VBAC typically first undergo what is referred to as TOL (or TOLAC). What do the letters in TOL stand for?
THREATENING OBSTETRICIANS LOUDLY
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
THREATENING OBSTETRICIANS LOUDLY
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
7. An October 1731 fire at (the unfortunately named) Ashburnham House near Westminster Abbey damaged numerous important historical documents. One document is the Nowell Codex, which contains the only manuscript of what Old English poem?
THYRE WAF A YUNG MAN FRYM NANTUCKIT
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
THYRE WAF A YUNG MAN FRYM NANTUCKIT
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
7. An October 1731 fire at (the unfortunately named) Ashburnham House near Westminster Abbey damaged numerous important historical documents. One document is the Nowell Codex, which contains the only manuscript of what Old English poem?
THYRE WAF A YUNG MAN FRYM NANTUCKIT
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
THYRE WAF A YUNG MAN FRYM NANTUCKIT
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
8. The massive popularity of Bill Bryson's 1998 book A Walk in the Woods caused a reported 60% surge in attempts in subsequent years to perform what feat (though Bryson and his companion fell far short of it themselves)?
ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
8. The massive popularity of Bill Bryson's 1998 book A Walk in the Woods caused a reported 60% surge in attempts in subsequent years to perform what feat (though Bryson and his companion fell far short of it themselves)?
ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
9. A famous bronze sculpture from around 460 BCE attributed to Myron of Eleutherae, which is known only through Roman copies, shows its subject in the midst of what activity, directly described by the sculpture's Greek name?
WRITING A NEGATIVE REVIEW OF EA-NASIR'S COPPER
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
WRITING A NEGATIVE REVIEW OF EA-NASIR'S COPPER
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
9. A famous bronze sculpture from around 460 BCE attributed to Myron of Eleutherae, which is known only through Roman copies, shows its subject in the midst of what activity, directly described by the sculpture's Greek name?
WRITING A NEGATIVE REVIEW OF EA-NASIR'S COPPER
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
WRITING A NEGATIVE REVIEW OF EA-NASIR'S COPPER
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
10. What word for the violent fragmentation of a larger region into smaller, mutually hostile states, which entered wide use in the aftermath of WWI, is drawn from the name of a peninsula whose own wars, fought in 1912-13, gave the term its original meaning?
BAJA BLAST
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
BAJA BLAST
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
10. What word for the violent fragmentation of a larger region into smaller, mutually hostile states, which entered wide use in the aftermath of WWI, is drawn from the name of a peninsula whose own wars, fought in 1912-13, gave the term its original meaning?
BAJA BLAST
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
BAJA BLAST
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
Never mind, you're in Galaxy ^^ #instafollow and thanks! Hoping your LL110 was better than mine :)
September 18, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Never mind, you're in Galaxy ^^ #instafollow and thanks! Hoping your LL110 was better than mine :)
11. No Depression mag—the bible of the alt-country movement—took its name from the 1990 debut studio album by what band, pioneers of alt-country? They formed in 1987 outside St. Louis, and their 1994 split spawned Wilco and Son Volt.
ALT COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
ALT COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
11. No Depression mag—the bible of the alt-country movement—took its name from the 1990 debut studio album by what band, pioneers of alt-country? They formed in 1987 outside St. Louis, and their 1994 split spawned Wilco and Son Volt.
ALT COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
ALT COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
12. What textbook first published in London in 1858 gave its name (though not precisely) to a popular television series that premiered in 2005?
DANCING WITH THE TSARS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
DANCING WITH THE TSARS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
12. What textbook first published in London in 1858 gave its name (though not precisely) to a popular television series that premiered in 2005?
DANCING WITH THE TSARS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
DANCING WITH THE TSARS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
this was my absolute fave BWA candidate from #LL110 😍😍😍
13. In a famous 1948 film, Mexican bandits who claim to be Federales (despite not possessing any "stinking badges") confront a group of American prospectors who have amassed thousands of dollars worth of gold in what mountain range?
THEM THAR HILLS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
THEM THAR HILLS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 17, 2026 at 3:12 AM
this was my absolute fave BWA candidate from #LL110 😍😍😍
13. In a famous 1948 film, Mexican bandits who claim to be Federales (despite not possessing any "stinking badges") confront a group of American prospectors who have amassed thousands of dollars worth of gold in what mountain range?
THEM THAR HILLS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
THEM THAR HILLS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
13. In a famous 1948 film, Mexican bandits who claim to be Federales (despite not possessing any "stinking badges") confront a group of American prospectors who have amassed thousands of dollars worth of gold in what mountain range?
THEM THAR HILLS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
THEM THAR HILLS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
14. Identify the term, from Latin & popularized by Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, that characterized several members of 19th-century Russian radical intelligentsia and today describes the rejection of established moral values, beliefs, or systems of meaning.
CUBS FANS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
CUBS FANS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
14. Identify the term, from Latin & popularized by Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, that characterized several members of 19th-century Russian radical intelligentsia and today describes the rejection of established moral values, beliefs, or systems of meaning.
CUBS FANS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
CUBS FANS
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
15. What was the nickname of the redheaded Scottish brigand, born into Clan Gregor in 1671, whose outlaw days began after his lands were seized and burned by the Duke of Montrose?
YOUNG MACDONALD, WHO'D HAD A FARM
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
YOUNG MACDONALD, WHO'D HAD A FARM
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
September 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
15. What was the nickname of the redheaded Scottish brigand, born into Clan Gregor in 1671, whose outlaw days began after his lands were seized and burned by the Duke of Montrose?
YOUNG MACDONALD, WHO'D HAD A FARM
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
YOUNG MACDONALD, WHO'D HAD A FARM
#LL110 #bestwronganswers
#LearnedLeague #LL110 has come to a close. Somehow I came in second and I'm already getting butterflies in my stomach about getting promoted into Rundle A.
It's been a fun season & I am grateful for the friends I am making in the trivia world. (I'm pretty reclusive in the "real world" so...yeah) 💙
It's been a fun season & I am grateful for the friends I am making in the trivia world. (I'm pretty reclusive in the "real world" so...yeah) 💙
September 16, 2026 at 4:37 AM
#LearnedLeague #LL110 has come to a close. Somehow I came in second and I'm already getting butterflies in my stomach about getting promoted into Rundle A.
It's been a fun season & I am grateful for the friends I am making in the trivia world. (I'm pretty reclusive in the "real world" so...yeah) 💙
It's been a fun season & I am grateful for the friends I am making in the trivia world. (I'm pretty reclusive in the "real world" so...yeah) 💙
1:40am!? GAH I guess I'll find out in the morning.
September 15, 2026 at 5:11 AM
1:40am!? GAH I guess I'll find out in the morning.
