Jesse day 4

2/6

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: 2

Figured they were involved in WW 1, but that is a lot of countries to choose from. 

2. What district is the home—and the colloquial namesake—of London's Royal Opera House?
Correct Answer: COVENT GARDEN
Your Answer: Chelsea
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

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: Peter
Points Assigned: 3

Nope again. I had no idea. 

4. Namib, Nafud, Rub' al-Khali, Dasht-e-Lut, Karakum, and Taklamakan are all names of what?
Correct Answer: DESERTS
Your Answer: Deserts
Points Assigned: 0

I knew Namib, Katakum and Taklamakan were deserts. 

5. What metric unit of area is roughly equal to 2.47 acres in the U.S. customary system?
Correct Answer: HECTARE
Your Answer: Hectacre
Points Assigned: 1

What else could it be. 

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: Pay for play
Points Assigned: 1

Never heard of it.