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Podcast Script Welcome back to the LL Study Guide podcast, your quick, friendly review after a day of LearnedLeague matches. I’m here to walk you through Match Day 11. We’ll hit all six questions, talk about the answers, and pull out a few patterns you can bank for future trivia. Think of this as the audio companion to your post‑match learning routine. If you ever want to go deeper, with full study notes, links, and extra examples, you can always check the study notes on our website at llstudyguide.com. I’ll mention the site a few times, but I won’t read any URLs out loud, so just remember: llstudyguide.com for all the details. ...

Podcast Script Welcome back to the LearnedLeague Study Guide podcast, your quick post-match review to turn those brain cramps into future gets. I’m your host, and in this episode we’re walking through Match Day 10 from Season 107. As always, the idea here isn’t just to relive the pain or the glory of today’s questions, but to lock in some patterns that you can reuse later. If you want all the extra detail, links, and deep dives, you’ll find them in the study notes on our website at llstudyguide.com. I’ll mention a few side topics as we go, and you can just remember to check the show notes on the site instead of trying to write anything down. ...

This match day mixed betting terms, modern art, classical and popular music, European historical geography, 18th-century literature, and space-age tech history—exactly the kind of spread that can feel random at first glance but is perfect for building broad cultural fluency. Several questions relied less on deep niche knowledge and more on catching subtle clues (like a misleading number in a gambling term or a portmanteau hinting at telecommunications and stars). ...

Podcast Script Welcome back to the LearnedLeague Study Guide podcast, your quick post-match companion to turning close misses into solid future gets. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode, we’re walking through Match Day 9 from season 107. As always, we’ll keep things tight and focused so you can listen on a commute, a walk, or while you’re making dinner. If you want to go deeper on anything we mention, all the detailed study notes, links, and extra resources are waiting for you at llstudyguide.com. Just look for the notes for this match day in the show notes on the website. ...

Match Day 8 Overview This match day spans astronomy, 1970s singer‑songwriter pop, basic math vocabulary, whisky geography and etymology, early colonial myths, and classic TV history. You were asked to recognize the Moon’s dark ‘seas’ (lunar maria), identify John Denver from biographical and lyrical clues, recall that a multiplicative inverse is usually called a reciprocal, spot the Gaelic word glen in Scotch whisky names, connect a Muisca gold ritual to the El Dorado legend, and place Edna Garrett in the spinoff The Facts of Life. ...

Podcast Script Welcome back to the LearnedLeague Study Guide podcast, your quick, friendly review session after match day. I’m here to walk you through today’s six questions so you can lock in the facts, the patterns, and a few extra connections for next time. If you want to go deeper on anything we talk about, remember: the full study notes with links and resources are up at llstudyguide.com. You don’t need to write anything down right now; just listen, and you can always check the study notes on the website later. ...

This match day pulls you through a wide sweep of topics: a Latin legal‑financial term (pro rata), a contemporary blockbuster video game franchise (Monster Hunter), 19th‑century imperial Brazil’s early adoption of the telephone, cinema sound branding (THX’s Deep Note), classic Heian‑period Japanese literature (The Pillow Book), and comparative military institutions (West Point, Sandhurst, Saint‑Cyr). Pro rata is a Latin phrase meaning “in proportion,” widely used in law and finance to describe distributions such as dividends according to each holder’s share of the whole.1 The Monster Hunter series is Capcom’s long‑running action role‑playing franchise, with Monster Hunter Wilds (2025) becoming the fastest‑selling title in company history, outperforming earlier hits Monster Hunter: World (2018) and Monster Hunter Rise (2021). ...

Podcast Script Welcome back to the LearnedLeague Study Guide podcast. This is your quick, post‑match companion to help you turn each match day into a little learning session. I’ll walk you through all six questions from today’s match, talk about the answers, and give you just enough extra context so they really stick. If you want deeper dives, links, and sources, all of that is waiting for you in the study notes on our website at llstudyguide.com. ...

This match day strings together a surprisingly coherent story about movement and connection: 19th‑century express companies racing cash and parcels across a growing United States; atoms arranged in repeating 3‑D patterns; superyachts and basketball arcs; voyages across the Tasman Sea; and a pan‑European song contest watched by hundreds of millions.1 On the history and geography side, Q1 and Q5 both reward knowing how proper names get reused in business and place‑names: Wells and Fargo move from express routes to a global bank and credit‑card brand, while Abel Tasman’s name anchors an island, a sea, and a national park, alongside the revived Indigenous name Lutruwita for Tasmania.2 Science and sport questions (crystal systems, the 6.75 m three‑point line) hinge on recognizing classification schemes and standard measurements that show up across disciplines.3 Pop‑culture items (Below Deck and Eurovision’s “Wasted Love”) illustrate how a single vivid phrase or cultural institution can define a work’s lasting association.4 ...

Podcast Script Welcome back to the LL Study Guide podcast, your quick post-match companion for LearnedLeague. I’m here to walk you through today’s six questions, talk about what was going on in each clue, and give you a few hooks so you remember this stuff next time it pops up. If you want full study notes, extra examples, and links to go deeper, everything we talk about here is written up on the website at llstudyguide.com. You don’t need to take notes while you listen; just check the study notes on the website later. ...