Ben L day 5

3/6 today. Somehow even with 1/6 yesterday I eked out a win. (Did my opponent default?)

1. What term from philosophy is today an emphasis on the special position of persons in the greater scheme, their value and agency, and—per a third Manifesto in 2003—that "knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis"? It has been applied to schools of thought in contrast to "theism" and to an Ancient Greek doctrine (represented by Protagoras's decree that "man is the measure of all things") in contrast to "absolutism." 
Correct Answer: HUMANISM
Your Answer: Humanism
Points Assigned: 2

Seemed too non-arcane a term, but it also fit the best compared to theism and absolutism.

2. Negotiations in 1988 led by U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar brought about an armistice in a prolonged border war that began in 1980 between what two foes?
Correct Answer: IRAN, IRAQ
Your Answer: Iran and Iraq
Points Assigned: 0

Wasn't sure of the exact years but I knew it roughly spanned the 80's.

3. An August 2009 fundraiser "Pickin' for the Record" sought the worl! d record for most guitar players gathered at one time to play, with an official count of 1,868 players—1,865 more than the reported population of the central Texas community where the event was held. What is the name of that town, which is the subject of the 1977 Waylon Jennings song the group played?
Correct Answer: LUCKENBACH
Your Answer: Bluegrass
Points Assigned: 3

Just wasn't gonna happen

4. First proposed in the 1860s and controversial at the time, the scientific laws known as the law of segregation, the law of independent assortment, and the law of dominance are known collectively as a set of laws named after what Augustinian friar?
Correct Answer: GREGOR MENDEL
Your Answer: Gregor Mendel
Points Assigned: 1

Seemed a gimme, but I guess that the fact that "gene" is not mentioned may trip people up.

5. The first novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, the story of a cynical failed wizard named Rincewind, is The Colour of what?
Correct Answer: MAGIC
Your Answer: Envy
Points Assigned: 2

"Magic" seemed to be the Joe Bloggs answer. Oh well.

6. I! n addition to his appearances on Cheers and Frasier, Kelsey Grammer earned an Emmy nomination for portraying Frasier Crane on what other NBC comedy, for an episode in which Frasier and his wife Lilith fly to Nantucket to conduct a self-esteem workshop?
Correct Answer: WINGS
Your Answer: Will and Grace
Points Assigned: 1

Wings! Should've thought of that one.