Jesse Day 18

3/6

1. What genre of Jamaican music, named for the type of venue in which it originated, emerged in the 1970s with DJs "toasting" over prerecorded tracks? A precursor to American rap and hip hop, it borrowed back from those styles in the 80s in its transformation into the modern, digital "ragga" style.
Correct Answer: DANCEHALL
Your Answer: Ska
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. I had no idea. 

2. The existence of a separate political system in the Western Hemisphere; U.S. resistance to further European colonization in the region; U.S. neutrality with existing European colonies and in European affairs: these items are included in a doctrine written by John Quincy Adams but attributed to (and proclaimed by) whom?
Correct Answer: JAMES MONROE
Your Answer: Monroe
Points Assigned: 0

Relatively easy American history question I think. 

3. The "Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination," which is administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and qualifies candidates to become investment advisers, is commonly known as the Series 65 exam. Another FINRA exam, formally the "General Securities Representative Exam (GS)," provides the qualifications necessary to trade general securities (i.e., be a stockbroker) and is likewise best known by what numerical name?
Correct Answer: SERIES 7 EXAM
Your Answer: 66
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

4. Two of the three words in the title of a popular, moralistic 1812 novel could also apply to the group that created the novel—pastor Johann David Wyss and his sons, Johann Rudolf Wyss and Johann Emmanuel Wyss. What are either of those two words?
Correct Answer: SWISS FAMILY
Your Answer: White
Points Assigned: 2

Ah, maybe gave this one too many points.

5. A philosophical tract by Friedrich Nietzsche provides the loose basis for a tone poem composed in 1896 by Richard Strauss. What title do they share?
Correct Answer: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA)
Your Answer: Thus spoke Zarathustra
Points Assigned: 1

My brother had this on his bookshelf I think. Or I had it. Either way I have never read it, but one of the few Nietzsche titles that stuck in my head. 

6. Pasta and other Italian dishes which are described as al forno, such as lasagna, have what distinction?
Correct Answer: (OVEN) BAKED
Your Answer: Baked
Points Assigned: 1

I lived in Italy long enough to at least have taken that in.