Jesse day 21

Booyah. 6/6. My first of the season.

1. Otra Vez, A Toda Maquina, Eyes of Innocence, and Primitive Love were albums released in the 1980s by what musical group? Later in the decade, the group would become the backing band for its lead singer's solo career.
Correct Answer: MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
Your Answer: Miami Soundmachine
Points Assigned: 3

This was the only answer that I could come up with and I was pretty sure it was wrong. 

2. With 26 titles, including eight of the last 12, what soccer club is the most dominant in the history of the German Bundesliga, and is Germany's most successful club in European competition? (Please note that the name of a city alone is not a sufficient answer to this question).
Correct Answer: BAYERN MUNICH
Your Answer: Bayern Munich
Points Assigned: 2

One of the only German soccer team names I know. 

3. What type of nuts, from the state tree of Texas, are pictured here? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/78y45c98n0.jpg
Correct Answer: PECANS
Your Answer: Pecan
Points Assigned: 1

My father used to buy mixed nuts in their shells, so I am familiar with what a pecan looks like in its shell. 

4. The 2002 film Russian Ark (Russkiy kovcheg) is best known (perhaps only known) for the technical wonder of its single shot of approximately an hour and a half, wandering steadily through what building?
Correct Answer: HERMITAGE MUSEUM/WINTER PALACE
Your Answer: The Hermitage
Points Assigned: 2

I never saw it, but knew about it and that it was filmed at the hermitage. 

5. Glen Canyon, New Bullards Bar, New Croton, Oroville, Robert Moses-Robert H. Saunders, Three Gorges, Itaipu, and Shasta are all names of what?
Correct Answer: DAMS
Your Answer: Dams
Points Assigned: 0

Three Gorges was what made this easy for me. 

6. Produced in 1935 and first released in the marketplace in 1938, what thermoplastic was the first commercially successful, fully synthetic fiber?
Correct Answer: NYLON
Your Answer: Nylon
Points Assigned: 1

Seems pretty easy? I thought about lycra and spandex momentarily, but then figured Nylon would have been the oldest.