Jesse Day 14

Easy day, I am expecting a lot of 6/6. I could not pull the first one so 5/6. It was a struggle to hide the points.

1. In Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll first used what term to describe words that are composed of parts of two or more words? Examples are found throughout "Jabberwocky" and include mimsy (flimsy and miserable), galumphing (gallop and triumphant), and chortled (chuckle and snort).
Correct Answer: PORTMANTEAU
Your Answer: Conjunction
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I knew that I knew it, but couldn't think of the word. 

2. What was the name of the top-grossing summer caravan musical tour in 1997, the first to achieve this distinction with a lineup of all female-led acts?
Correct Answer: LILITH FAIR
Your Answer: Lilith Fair
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

It depends on your age, but I was the right age for this to be easy. 

3. The Bronze Age civilization that developed on the island of Crete roughly 5000 years ago and lasted for nearly two millennia is named after a legendary king. What is that name (either the king's or the civilization's)?
Correct Answer: MINOS/MINOAN
Your Answer: Minoan
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I've been to Crete and marveled at how terribly Knossos was reconstructed. 

4. What is the name of the nonprofit organization that was the appellant in the landmark 2010 case before the U.S. Supreme Court where the majority held that, under the First Amendment, corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited? The organization's name has become shorthand for the case itself.
Correct Answer: CITIZENS UNITED
Your Answer: Citizens United
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Again, easy if you care about campaign finance reform, difficult if you ignore politics. 

5. What is the name for the scientific study of how matter behaves at very low temperatures, including approaching absolute zero?
Correct Answer: CRYOGENICS/CRYOPHYSICS
Your Answer: Cryogenics
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

My first thought was sub-thermodynamics. Then cryogenics popped in my head. 

6. What country has the greatest ratio of "height" (north/south distance) to "width" (east/west distance) in its contiguous land territory, with 2,653 miles between its northernmost and southernmost points but only 221 miles at its widest?
Correct Answer: CHILE
Your Answer: Chile
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Briefly debated Norway v Chile. Considered Malawi. Was 95% sure it was Chile, where I will be going this January to hike the W trek.