Jesse Day 19

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1. Of all the countries that have won the FIFA Men's World Cup in its history (and still exist, so not including West Germany), a single one did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Identify that country.
Correct Answer: ITALY
Your Answer: Italy
Points Assigned: 2

This was a relatively big sports story a few weeks back. 

2. What well-known simile allegedly originated from an occupational nervous disease that affected milliners and certain haberdashers, caused by extended exposure to mercury used in the manufacture of felt?
Correct Answer: MAD AS A HATTER
Your Answer: Mad as a hatter
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

3. Identify the woman in this photograph, which appeared on the cover of the October 2017 edition of Vanity Fair magazine. LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/847ty9c35n645v3.jpg
Correct Answer: MEGHAN MARKLE
Your Answer: Godot
Points Assigned: 1

Darn, very, very gettable.

4. What was the name of the Netherlands-chartered organization that was established in 1621 and was responsible for the country's participation in the Atlantic slave trade, commercial operation in the New World, and settlement of New Netherland (now New York)?
Correct Answer: (DUTCH) WEST INDIA COMPANY
Your Answer: Dutch East India Company
Points Assigned: 2

Uh oh, wrong direction.

5. The television drama series Greenleaf, which airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network, tells the story of the titular Memphis-based family and its running of what type of organization?
Correct Answer: (MEGA)CHURCH
Your Answer: Recycling Plant
Points Assigned: 3

Nope!

6. America's largest quick-service seafood restaurant is named after a villainous and charismatic cook from what 1883 novel?
Correct Answer: TREASURE ISLAND
Your Answer: Treasure Island
Points Assigned: 1

I wonder how many people put down Long John Silvers instead of the book itself.