1. An Afrikaans name for a type of antelope was chosen for what shoe company at its founding in the UK in 1958, in the English municipality of Bolton? GNU BALANCE #LL109 #bestwronganswers

2. Name the society, founded in December 1776 at the College of William & Mary in Virginia & still existing today, that set the precedent for collegiate societies in America naming themselves after the initial letters of a secret Greek motto. NICE TRY, BUT I'LL NEVER TELL #LL109 #bestwronganswers

3. What imperial and U.S. customary unit is equal to 258.9988 hectares? 1 DATA CENTER #LL109 #bestwronganswers

4. Debates among people in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, & other nations center on whose version of what rice dish is best? Cooked in one pot with onions, peppers, & spices, it descends from Thieboudienne & named after a powerful historical West African state. UNCLE BENIN'S #LL109 #bestwronganswers

5. Whether the fourth tooth from the front on each side of the lower jaw is visible when the jaws are closed is a key differentiator between two otherwise very similar animals. Name either one. WILL FERRELL, CHAD SMITH #LL109 #bestwronganswers

6. In Ars Poetica, written around 19 BCE, Horace praises Homer for beginning his epics in the middle of the action rather than at the beginning. Horace used what 3-word Latin phrase, now a common literary term, for starting in the middle of things? ANYWAY, SO BASICALLY #LL109 #bestwronganswers

7. The terms "any%", "glitchless", "100%", and "blindfolded" are categories for the practice of completing a video game as fast as possible, commonly known by what name, also a TikTok trend where participants rush through Church of Scientology facilities? NOT TODAY, THETAN #LL109 #bestwronganswers

8. The British accent often regarded as the most socially prestigious, and sometimes associated with the "King's (or Queen's) English", is known to linguists by the abbreviation RP. What does RP stand for? RESEMBLES PADDINGTON #LL109 #bestwronganswers

9. The "hypermarket" retailing model, combining a supermarket and department store under one roof, was pioneered by what French retailer, which opened its 1st hypermarket outside Paris in 1963 and supermarket in 1960 at the crossroads of Ave. Parmelan and Ave. Theuriet in Annecy? LE COCHÓN WIGGLY

10. A teenager named Cassia lives in a rigidly controlled dystopia where Officials determine citizens' jobs, spouses & death dates. She's paired with one boy but develops feelings for another, threatening the system. This is what 2010 YA novel? 1984 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU #LL109 #bestwronganswers

11. Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer noticed that a chocolate bar had unexpectedly melted in his pocket in 1945 while at work, and this observation led directly to the development of what now-common apparatus? A SIGN THAT SAYS "NO FOOD BEYOND THIS POINT" #LL109 #bestwronganswers

12. Mammals are divided into 3 groups: placental mammals, whose young develop inside the mother's womb; marsupials, whose young are born at an early stage and develop in a pouch; and what 3rd group, whose young hatch from eggs outside the mother's body? EGG MCMAMMALS #LL109 #bestwronganswers

13. A teenager named Cassia lives in a rigidly controlled dystopia where Officials determine citizens' jobs, spouses, & death dates. She's paired with one boy but develops feelings for another, threatening the system. This is what 2010 YA novel? NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE-SOME #LL109 #bestwronganswers

14. Debates among people in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, & other nations center on whose version of what rice dish is best? Cooked in one pot with onions, peppers, & spices, it descends from Thieboudienne & named after a powerful historical W. African state. RATATIMBUKTOUILLE #LL109 #bestwronganswers

15. H. Harrison's 1966 scifi novel Make Room! Make Room!, in which unchecked population growth devastates society & an affluent class hoards resources, is basis for what 73 film (though the novel doesn't contain the film's cannibalistic twist)? A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING #LL109 #bestwronganswers

1. Soften with a few drops of baby oil, hydrogen peroxide, or carbramide peroxide. 2. Wait a few hours. 3. Rinse gently with warm (not hot!) water using a rubber bulb syringe: tilt head, gently squirt, reverse tilt. 4. Dry with a freshly laundered towel. No digging! 5. LL109 has arrived.

1. Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; [REDACTED]; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world What redaction from this Yeats 1919 poem is the most widely read book in modern African literature? 10 YARD PENALTY #LL108 #bestwronganswers

2. What Swedish warship sank on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor in 1628, was eventually salvaged in 1961, and has been housed since 1990 in a museum on the city's island of Djurgården? FJORD EXPLORER #LL108 #bestwronganswers

3. In February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly declined a U.S. government offer of evacuation from Kyiv by saying, "The fight is here; I need [BLANK], not a [BLANK]." What two words fill in the blanks in this quote? A PITCHER, BELLY-ITCHER

4. In February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly declined a U.S. government offer of evacuation from Kyiv by saying, "The fight is here; I need [BLANK], not a [BLANK]." What two words fill in the blanks in this quote? JETS, JET2HOLIDAY #LL108 #bestwronganswers

5. An innovative line of books called Indestructibles, made with synthetic material made from flashspun high-density Tyvek-like polyethylene fibers, was released in 2009 by Workman Publishing specifically for what market segment? READERS WHO ARE ON FIRE #LL108 #bestwronganswers

6. What chicken finger purveyor began in 1996 with a single location near the campus of Louisiana State University and, by the end of 2025, had grown to nearly 1,000 locations and more than $5 billion in annual sales? BON TEMPS POULET #LL108 #bestwronganswers

7. A spinning frame invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779, which helped fully mechanize the hand-spinning process, has what name, derived from the fact that it was a hybrid of two previous inventions (the spinning jenny and water frame)? 8 6 7 5 3 0 TWINE #LL108 #bestwronganswers

8. "The Stars and Stripes Forever", "El Capitan", and "The Liberty Bell" are among the first musical pieces to include what instrument, in no small part because they were composed by the man who originated its design? FRANCIS SCOTT KEYTAR #LL108 #bestwronganswers

9. The Yang-Mills existence, Navier-Stokes existence, Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, and Hodge conjecture are all associated collectively with what prize? FIFA MATHEMATICS PRIZE #LL108 #bestwronganswers

10. What term is most commonly used in English for the professional oral historians and storytellers of West Africa who preserve epics and traditions through memorized performance? Alternative regional names include jali, djeli, gewel, and others. BENINFLUENCERS #LL108 #bestwronganswers

11. What 2-word phrase, used by skydivers as a greeting wishing good weather for safe jumps, is also a cheerful 1926 Irving Berlin song later popularized by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, Ella Fitzgerald, and Willie Nelson? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #LL108 #bestwronganswers

12. A current list of seven members includes Philip Jefferson, Michelle Bowman, Christopher Waller, Lisa Cook, Michael Barr, and Stephen Miran, with what name missing? NICE TRY, RUMPELSTILTSKIN #LL108 #bestwronganswers

13. American children developed English accents & adopted phrases like "mummy", "on holiday", "telly", & "ready, steady, go" due to lockdown-era bingeing of what animated series, headlined by a good-hearted 4-year-old who loves jumping in muddy puddles? A CLOCKWORK ORANGE #LL108 #bestwronganswers

14. Most often caused by infection, what is the common name for the clinical condition known medically as pyrexia? ADDICTION TO GLASS BAKEWARE #LL108 #bestwronganswers

15. Und zum Schluß bringt noch einen Gruß / Uns'rer lieben Donau, dem herrlichen Fluß! So begins the final stanza from the lyrics to the less popular choral version of what orchestral work, first performed in 1867? ßABY GOT ßACK #LL108 #bestwronganswers

Welcome to LL108, LLamas!

1. The name of the highest peak in suburban Atlanta is notable in its relation to the name of Major League Baseball's controversial first Commissioner. What is that peak's name? NO, WHAT'S THE GUY ON SECOND #LL107 #bestwronganswers

2. Iowa is the sophomore studio album, and also birthplace, of what large heavy metal band, famous for its chaotic live shows & distinctive image, where members wear matching jumpsuits & individual masks & are identified by number? BRING IN DES MOINES, BRING IN DES FUNK #LL107 #bestwronganswers

3. Robert Graves's 1934 historical novel explores the drama of political scheming and the workings of imperial power in 1st-century Rome during the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula, as told by whom? ROBERT GRAVES, PRESUMABLY #LL107 #bestwronganswers

4. In horse racing, an exacta is a bet on two horses to finish first and second in that exact order. What less common wager also involves two horses, paying if the horses finish 1st and 2nd in either order, despite its name seeming to suggest the number five? $5 FURLONG #LL107 #bestwronganswers

5. What state produced Devo, The O'Jays, Nine Inch Nails, & Guided By Voices, as well as (in a more readily apparent sense) the band who released "Yummy Yummy Yummy" & "Chewy Chewy" in 1968, and the funk band that had hits with "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster"? INEBRIATION #LL107 #bestwronganswers

6. Notorious nobleman and writer Donatien Alphonse François, whose body of work includes a depraved story he himself described as "the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began", is best known as whom? DONALD TRUMP'S BIOGRAPHER #LL107 #bestwronganswers

7. A heist that took all of seven minutes and made international news on October 19, 2025 occurred at what historic site? DODGER STADIUM, LOS ANGELES #LL107 #bestwronganswers

8. What reality television series, which debuted on Bravo in July 2013, was described by longtime star Captain Lee Rosbach as "Downton Abbey on the water"? KEEPING UP WITH THE CRUSTACEANS #LL107 #bestwronganswers

9. Imbrium, Serenitatis, Nectaris, Nubium, Tranquillitatis, and Humorum are all names of what? MODERATE-TO-SEVERE PLAQUE PSORIASIS MEDICATIONS #LL107 #bestwronganswers

10. What term for a formal assembly of representatives, derived from Medieval Latin and used for a 1521 gathering in an imperial free city on the Upper Rhine, is (per its literal definition) a meeting lasting only one day? MEETING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TOWN CRIER MESSAGE #LL107 #bestwronganswers

11. "To ornament (metal or other surface) by inlaying or encrusting it with stones or gems" is one of the many definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary for what word, which had a Guinness-record 430 separate definitions in the OED's 1989 version? VAJAZZLE #LL107 #bestwronganswers

12. Imbrium, Serenitatis, Nectaris, Nubium, Tranquillitatis, and Humorum are all names of what? JUICY DOUBLE IMPERIAL HAZY DRY HOPPED IPAS #LL107 #bestwronganswers

13. The MLS team New York Red Bulls is often abbreviated RBNY, probably most likely because the team's formal name is Red Bull New York, and also perhaps because NYRB has been in use since 1963 as the initialism for what literary periodical? NICE, YOU'RE READING BOOKS! #LL107 #bestwronganswers

14. Tego Calderón, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, & Ivy Queen are pioneers of what music style, built around the "dembow" & emerging in Puerto Rico fusing Jamaican dancehall, hip hop, Panama reggae en español, & other Latin Caribbean sounds? SYNCOPATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION #LL107 #bestwronganswers

15. What carmaker, whose eponymous founder was born under the zodiac sign Taurus, has named many of its models after famous fighting bulls, including Murciélago, Aventador, Diablo, and Huracán? CHEVR-OLÉ! #LL107 #bestwronganswers

Happy LL107 Opening Day, LLamas! It's a day of rejoicing, merriment, grilled cheese with tomato soup, the works.

Welcome new LLamas! It's LL107 New Player Invitation Day! Grab an open seat and get settled. Deb will be coming around with nametags and a selection of muffins.

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 #LL106 #bestwronganswers