Jesse day 13

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1. Louise and Ciccone are the middle and last names of what mononymous superstar?
Correct Answer: MADONNA
Your Answer: Madonna
Points Assigned: 1

Ciccone gave it away for me. 

2. West Germany and Argentina did it consecutively in 1974 and 1978, but since then only one country has won the FIFA Men's World Cup while also serving as the tournament's host. Name that country.
Correct Answer: FRANCE
Your Answer: France
Points Assigned: 2

I watched this world cup final in a youth hostel in Beijing in 2006. I remember the Zidane head butting incident in the final against Italy. 

3. What iconic fictional character debuted to the public in Kid Auto Races at Venice, appeared in numerous other films, including Mabel's Strange Predicament, The Kid, and City Lights, and was retired in Modern Times?
Correct Answer: THE TRAMP
Your Answer: The Tramp
Points Assigned: 1

My film major pays off. 

4. "Eppur si muove" ("And yet it [the earth] does move [around the sun]")—these words were allegedly uttered by what convicted heretic, after an appearance before the Inquisition in 1633?
Correct Answer: GALILEO GALILEI
Your Answer: Galileo
Points Assigned: 0

It was that or Copernicus. If I remember correctly Copernicus waited until his death to publish? 

5. The agreement signed in February 1992 by the twelve member nations of the European Community to create the European Union is named after the ancient city in which it was signed. What is that city?
Correct Answer: MAASTRICHT
Your Answer: Potsdam
Points Assigned: 3

Shoot, couldn't remember it even though I have heard it hundreds of times. 

6. What term, referencing price as well as quality, was most used for any of a number of popular and sensational serial literary works produced in the middle of Britain's Victorian era and primarily marketed toward young males of the working class?
Correct Answer: PENNY DREADFUL
Your Answer: Penny Dreadful
Points Assigned: 2

A bit of a guess. I first though Penny novels, but then the question mentioned quality and the tv show Penny Dreadfull came to mind even though I hadn't seen it and didn't know what the term meant.