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Time again to vote on Best Wrong Answers in LearnedLeague.  Here are the nominees I'm considering, out of 90 offered up to us:

10

While its name comes from a word for "barley", orgeat syrup is characterized by the dominant flavor of what ingredient, which puts it in a category with frangipane, mandelbrot, marzipan, and biscotti?

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

18

The Indian city of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan state, has been known since 1876 as the "[BLANK] City" because Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II had buildings of the city painted this color—at the time deemed the "color of hospitality"—in preparation for a visit by Albert, the Prince of Wales. (Fill in the blank.)

#E3256B

34

Former Oakland/Los Angeles Raider star Ray Guy, who passed away in November 2022, is the only inductee in the Pro Football Hall of Fame who primarily played what position?

DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

52

The Taylor Swift albums Fearless, Red, and Speak Now have been re-recorded by the artist and released in 2021, 2021, and 2023, respectively, with a re-recorded 1989 planned later this year. These new releases retain the originals' titles, with what parenthetical phrase appended?

PRODUCED IN THE SAME FACILITY AS PEANUTS

63

What is the name of the only arena currently serving as the primary home of an NBA franchise that is not named after a corporate sponsor?

RECLAIM THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION SPORTS DOME

66

Wagons with cloth covers stretched over hoops, used by emigrants venturing west in 19th-century North America, were sometimes called prairie schooners, and also by a term that referred to a river in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, where some of the wagons were manufactured. What is that term?

THE MAGIC SCHUYLKILL BUS

67

Rotation of the forearm so that one's palm faces upward, with the radius and ulna parallel, is supination. What is the opposite term, for rotation of the forearm so that the palm faces downward and the radius and ulna are crossed?

A CAST AND 8 WEEKS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

I've gotta throw a vote to #63, for solidarity.  Trying to remember which ones made me lol.  I think #34 & #10.  Those are strong candidates, to me.


Here are 3 also-rans, but fun to see how some folks played with it:

40

Name the musical artist, one of the most successful of all time in the genre of urban contemporary gospel with 19 Grammy awards and over 40 Dove and Stellar awards (gospel and Christian music awards), who over the years has recorded with the ensembles God's Property, The Family, and One Nation Crew.

LIL JON THE BAPTIST

41

Name the musical artist, one of the most successful of all time in the genre of urban contemporary gospel with 19 Grammy awards and over 40 Dove and Stellar awards (gospel and Christian music awards), who over the years has recorded with the ensembles God's Property, The Family, and One Nation Crew.

50 SAINT

42

Name the musical artist, one of the most successful of all time in the genre of urban contemporary gospel with 19 Grammy awards and over 40 Dove and Stellar awards (gospel and Christian music awards), who over the years has recorded with the ensembles God's Property, The Family, and One Nation Crew.

BOYZ II AMEN