day two of theme paranoia

todays theme = concrete

1. his family is in the construction biz, which uses concrete

2. romans invented concrete

3. romans (in italy) invented concrete. venice is in italy

4. the papal archives is kinda like a library, vatican is surrounded by rome. romans made concrete

5. tennis courts can be clay. clay is a dirt. rocks are in dirt. concrete is a pourable rock

6. CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF

7. gaga was born in NYC, concrete jungle

8. concrete cures but some think it dires like clay. clay (see link in q5) dries. clay dries by sun. proxima centauri is a star. suns are stars

9. thats kinda tan? concrete is also?

10. if einstein someone pouring concrete at an odd hour from 100 feet away, im sure he'd say the same again

Oof, that was tough. One of my lower scores but I’m sitting at 56th percentile. My last bad score was better than this and I was 12th percentile!

10 is fair (assuming he said that, which I’m sure he did). But that must be a very unknown quote of his, relative to a lot of others. And also a pretty generic one, in terms of content. I suppose general knowledge doesn’t have to be easy, not quite sure that was general enough tho

Slipped up on the Einstein one. Got it mixed up with his famous quote that "God does not play dice".

Drat, fell at the last hurdle, although I can at least take comfort in the fact that I voted with the majority 😅 "Spooky action at a distince" did ring a bell too, but the decoy answer just seemed more likely.

9/10 ain't bad though.

Had 7/7 and then it fell apart on the last 3 💔

"Which of these islands is longer in a north/south direction than it is east/west?" is phrased horribly.

Easy through Q8, educated guess on Q9, had no idea on Q10 took the silliest answer...go figure

I swear I thought about "God does not play dice" for the last one. How was sense of humor not right?

9/10 - 3. What city's carnival celebration is famous for the distinctive masks that people wear?

Mexico has Day of the dead right?

I have no idea what is celebrated in Venice.

Ouch 7/10, a rough start to the day. I expect to not know the names of any tennis players, but to miss a question on Einstein? Sigh...

i only know about Dewey decimal because of Hank Greens strong appreciation for it

I distinctly remember having Flesh colored Crayons in the '80s... I can't imagine that they were 20 years old when we bought them.

9/10

Rolled the dice and a bunch of them; crapped out on #10