Jesse Day 12

4/6 Facing Ben in the public match where he also went 4/6.

1. In November 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau traveled to an island within the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, in violation of Indian law, where he was killed by members of an indigenous Andamanese hunter-gatherer tribe known by what name?
Correct Answer: SENTINELESE
Your Answer: Sentinalese
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

It is in the news and I had read about the island before this incident happened. Both Ben and I score 1. 

2. In the card game Hearts, the strategy by which a player attempts to take all the hearts and the queen of spades in one deal, thereby gaining no points while every other player gains 26 (or else having one's score reduced by 26), is best known by what term? 
Correct Answer: SHOOT THE MOON
Your Answer: Shoot the moon
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I've played Hearts while traveling. Ben is up 2 to 1. 

3. Gateshead Hall, Lowood Institution, Moor House, and Thornfield Hall, all fictional locations in the north of England, are settings for what 1847 novel?
Correct Answer: JANE EYRE
Your Answer: Pride and Prejudice
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I had no idea. Ben smartly puts the 3 here. Still 2 to 1.

4. During the period of their French mandate between the two world wars, Syria and Lebanon were commonly referred to as what "States"? The term in question has been used to refer in general to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, from western Greece to Egypt.
Correct Answer: LEVANT (STATES)
Your Answer: Levant
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Levant was the first thing that came to mind. Ben is up 4 to 3.

5. A shallow strait called simply "The Narrows" divides the two islands of what tiny independent Caribbean state, the western hemisphere's smallest (in both area and population), which was sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1493?
Correct Answer: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Your Answer: St Kitts and Nevis
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I took a wild guess and got this. Unfortunately Ben did too, capturing the 3 pointer. Ben is up 7 to 4.

6. The programmable device designed by computing pioneer Charles Babbage in the 1830s, which was never actually built but introduced many of the concepts of computer science, was known as what "Engine"?
Correct Answer: ANALYTICAL (ENGINE)
Your Answer: Algebraic
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2  

I was pretty sure he built a difference or differential engine. Wasn't sure what would be the next step. I wasted my 0 pointer here. Ben wins 7 to 4. Congratulations Ben.