Jesse day 18

4/6 against my friend Sharon in public. We are on a pub trivia team together. We ended up tying because I thought she would miss question 3 for sure.

1. A 43-foot tall topiary sculpted by American artist Jeff Koons in 1992, as well as a series of five large and colorful balloon sculptures by the same artist (one of which sold for $58.4 million in 2013), are all of what type of animal?
Correct Answer: PUPPY/DOG
Your Answer: Dog
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I must have seen one of these in person because it was very clear to me that is was a dog. 

2. In botany, for leaves that are divided into many small leaflets arranged in rows along either side of a common mid-rib (like many ferns), an individual leaflet is known by what term? The term is also used for the external part of an ear in mammals.
Correct Answer: PINNA
Your Answer: Lobes
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I thought lobes was going to be right. Never heard the word Pinna. 

3. Name the trailblazing director and Academy Award nominee who, in 2010, created the independent film distribution and resource collective African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (known originally as AFFRM and now branded as ARRAY), after her debut full-length feature film I Will Follow was unable to acquire distribution for wide release via traditional means?
Correct Answer: AVA DUVERNAY
Your Answer: Oprah
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea.

4. What do the novels The Trial, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Last Tycoon, The Man with the Golden Gun, A Moveable Feast, and The Pale King have in common, most notably?
Correct Answer: PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY
Your Answer: Published after the author died
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I got it from A Confederacy of Dunces and The Pale King. Was just trying to determine if they all commited suicide. 

5. What 1994 song has appeared on a Billboard songs chart every year it's been eligible, including 2018, though it is not (yet) one of its artist's 18 number-one singles on the Hot 100 singles chart (the most by any solo artist in history)? Note: Name the song, not the artist.
Correct Answer: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
Your Answer: All I want for Christmas is you
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Figured it was a Christmas song and from there the answer was obvious.

6. Ships entering the Strait of Gibraltar from the Atlantic Ocean toward the Mediterranean Sea first pass, on their starboard side, what city, famous for its diversity, espionage activities, tourism, and citrus?
Correct Answer: TANGIER
Your Answer: Tangier
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I've been there!