Jesse day 6

3/6

1. When both players have been dealt their six cards each, and the remainder put aside, both players select two of their six cards and discard them face down to the dealer's right. In this excerpt of rules from the traditional two-player version of a popular game, these four discards have a name, which in turn informs the name of the game. What is the name of this card game?
Correct Answer: CRIBBAGE
Your Answer: Rummy
Points Assigned: 2

I don't play cards.

2. A brutal death in a vehicle accident kicks off the events that conclude the story of The Great Gatsby. Give the first name of either the character who dies in the accident or the character who was driving the car at the time.
Correct Answer: MYRTLE, DAISY
Your Answer: Daisey
Points Assigned: 1

I saw the movie on cable not too long ago. 

3. While a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides is known in North America as a trapezoid, outside North America it is known as what? The term in question, to North Americans, describes a quadrilateral with no parallel sides (which, outside North America, is simply called a general irregular quadrilateral).
Correct Answer: TRAPEZIUM
Your Answer: Rohmbus
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

4. The only Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera to premiere officially in New York (or any city other than London) did so in 1879 and, in 1981, became the first with an extended, open-ended commercial Broadway run, with Kevin Kline, Rex Smith, and Linda Ronstadt in starring roles. Name that show.
Correct Answer: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Your Answer: Annie get your gun
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

5. Among the 25 ministerial departments in the government of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Treasury is responsible for public spending and development and execution of the government's economic policy. What is the common title of the government minister responsible for overseeing HM Treasury?
Correct Answer: CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
Your Answer: Chancelor of the excheqer
Points Assigned: 1

I didn't spell it right, but reading the Economist for a few years made me very familiar with the position. 

6. Two separate wars in the mid-19th century had their origins in China's efforts to block British traders from importing what product into China from India?
Correct Answer: OPIUM
Your Answer: Opium
Points Assigned: 0

I was pretty sure the opium wars were about opium, although part of me worried the answer might be tea.