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Just voted for the Best Wrong Answers in this season's LearnedLeague.

First, here are my runners-up:

Bundles of rods bound with straps or thongs, which were a sign of administrative or regal authority in and around ancient Rome, gave their name millennia later to what political ideology?
STICKTATORSHIP

Name the award-winning play whose story transpires over a few weeks during the summer at the home of Beverly and Violet Weston of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE PORCH

Over the twelve seasons of what drama TV series did the characters John Kelly, Bobby Simone, Danny Sorenson, and John Clark, Jr. each form, in turn, one half of the main duo?
CSI: HIGH TURNOVER UNIT

Abalone, Aggravation, Ker-Plunk, and Wahoo are all board games that customarily use what as game pieces?
FIGURINES OF THE 1972 DETROIT LIONS

Identify the book, in possession of Trinity College in Dublin since 1661, that is named after the abbey in County Meath where it was kept for centuries prior (and perhaps where it was created).
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S MEATH, COUNTY

There are six distinctly named phase changes of matter: freezing (liquid to solid), melting (solid to liquid), condensation (gas to liquid), vaporization (liquid to gas), deposition (gas to solid), and what sixth, which is solid to gas?
BURRITO SUPREME

What is the nine-letter word often used for the lowest classification of female singing voice in operatic and classical singing, with a range from F below middle C to the second F above middle C?
AALLTTOOO



Now, my top 3:

#3 A method for measuring wind force at sea, based on the effects of the wind on a canvas of a full-rigged frigate, was developed in 1805 by what French-descended, Ireland-born rear admiral of the Royal Navy?
PIERRE LICKYOURFINGERANDRAISEITABOVEYOURHEAD


#2 What is the name of the 36-mile-long river, flowing between Lakes Erie and Ontario, which forms part of the border between the state of New York and the province of Ontario?
DELICIOUS POUTINE


#1 "Ultamate Rewards" is a loyalty points program offered by a multi-billion-dollar retailer, with stores in all 50 states, that sells (per the company's name) what type of products/supplies?
WHITE-OUT AND OTHER TYPO CORRECTION ACCESSORIES

 

Date: Sep. 14th, 2021 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maju01.livejournal.com
I love Burrito Supreme. Could have also been Baked Beans.
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