Jesse day 25

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1. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent." This quote has often been reused and parodied, but it (or variations of it) was used first, and most famously, on what police procedural drama series?
Correct Answer: DRAGNET
Your Answer: Law and Order
Points Assigned: 1

Nope. Seems very gettable.

2. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest and largest of the six pyramids in the Giza complex, is generally believed to have been commissioned by Khufu, a ruler during the Fourth Dynasty in the 26th century BCE. Khufu was known to the Greeks, and is still widely referred to in the west, by what other name?
Correct Answer: CHEOPS
Your Answer: Rhamses
Points Assigned: 3

Nope, Seem very gettable. 

3. Vermilion, Iroquois, Kankakee, Clark, and Wabash are among the counties that run along the eastern boundary of what U.S. state?
Correct Answer: ILLINOIS
Your Answer: New York
Points Assigned: 2

When I think of the Iroquois, I think of New York, but I was very confident in my answer. 

4. The majority of the thousands of living species in the phylum known as the Annelids are commonly referred to as what?
Correct Answer: WORMS
Your Answer: Spiders
Points Assigned: 2

Oh, yeah. Once again, very gettable. 

5. The bakeware pictured here has what name, which was trademarked by the Nordic Ware company of Minnesota in 1950? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/4876jg985jf784jg.png
Correct Answer: BUNDT PAN
Your Answer: Bundt
Points Assigned: 0

I think he will allow just Bundt. 

6. The graph of the function y = x^2</sup> forms what type of curve, first defined by ancient Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga?
Correct Answer: PARABOLA
Your Answer: Parabola
Points Assigned: 1

I got a math question right! A total guess. If my opponent looks at my math percentage this should be worth 3 points.