Another tough day: 1/6.
1. The art movement known, in English, as Suprematism, which was established in 1913 and peaked later that decade before its swift decline, was founded in—and mostly represented by artists from—what country?
Correct Answer: RUSSIA
Your Answer: Germany
Points Assigned: 1
I figured something coming out of Germany would have crashed late in the decade
2. What district is the home—and the colloquial namesake—of London's Royal Opera House?
Correct Answer: COVENT GARDEN
Your Answer: Covent Garden
Points Assigned: 1
Hadn't heard of the district but have been to the opera house
3. Whittier is the last name of what cheerful and irrepressibly optimistic (and arguably naive and self-delusional) character created in 1913 by Eleanor H. Porter?
Correct Answer: POLLYANNA
Your Answer: Anne
Points Assigned: 2
I dunno, Anne of Green Gables?
4. Namib, Nafud, Rub' al-Khali, Dasht-e-Lut, Karakum, and Taklamakan are all names of what?
Correct Answer: DESERTS
Your Answer: Months
Points Assigned: 3
Kicking myself over this one
5. What metric unit of area is roughly equal to 2.47 acres in the U.S. customary system?
Correct Answer: HECTARE
Your Answer: Kilometer
Points Assigned: 0
Hectare was my first thought but I figured that it wasn't metric
6. The 1932 Norris-La Guardia Act made unenforceable, and the 1935 Wagner Act made illegal, what colorfully named employment contract, which stipulates that a worker's employment is conditional on not joining a trade union?
Correct Answer: YELLOW-DOG CONTRACT
Your Answer: Blackball
Points Assigned: 2
Never heard of it
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