Jesse day 17

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1. What was the name of the pious Bohemian "Good King"—actually a duke, and now the patron saint of the Czech Republic—who is noted for his charitable giving on St. Stephen's Day (December 26)?
Correct Answer: WENCESLAUS (VACLAV)
Your Answer: Wenseslaus
Points Assigned: 1

I lived in Prague for 9 months.

2. What unit of length in the U.S. Customary System, expressed as a two-word term, is equal to 6,076 feet (1,852 meters). Traditionally, it has also been expressed as one minute of arc on the Earth's surface (i.e., one minute of latitude).
Correct Answer: NAUTICAL MILE
Your Answer: Nautical Mile
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess, but seemed right.

3. One form of competitive rowing (crew), where each rower pulls one oar through the water with both hands, is called sweep. The other main form, where each rower has two oars (one in each hand), goes by what name, after a term for the oars themselves?
Correct Answer: SCULLING
Your Answer: Swain
Points Assigned: 2

Darn. This seems very gettable. 

4. A highly modified (and wildly unsafe) 1921 Oldsmobile Model 46 touring roadster appears prominently in the opening credits of what TV show?
Correct Answer: THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
Your Answer: Beverly Hillbillies
Points Assigned: 0

Wildly unsafe got me there. 

5. The musical instrument known as a harmonium is a "pump" or "reed" version of what other instrument (and in fact those quoted words often precede this other instrument as alternate terms for the harmonium)?
Correct Answer: ORGAN
Your Answer: piano
Points Assigned: 1

I had organ writtn down, then switched to piano last second. 

6. What musical artist and "Queen of Funk," born Yvette Marie Stevens in Chicago in 1953, took at a young age her African name which means "woman of fire"?
Correct Answer: CHAKA KHAN
Your Answer: Shade
Points Assigned: 3

Ahh, also very gettable.