Jesse day 13

4/6

1. In 2000, who became the first (and remains today the only) non-citizen of the United States to win the Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year?
Correct Answer: SHANIA TWAIN
Your Answer: Twain
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew she was Canadian. Was the only person I could come up with. 

2. In computing, a control total of the correct digits in a particular set of data, which can be used in future comparisons to detect errors, is usually referred to by what compound word?
Correct Answer: CHECKSUM
Your Answer: Reference set
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea.

3. Bob Falfa, Colonel Lucas, John Book, Capt. Alexei Vostrikov, Linus Larrabee, and President James Marshall are among the film characters (but certainly not the most famous film characters) portrayed by what Hollywood acting legend?
Correct Answer: HARRISON FORD
Your Answer: Ford
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Got it from Sabrina. Considered Bogart, but was pretty sure he never played a russian and I thought ford was in a submarine movie at some point. I figured Bob Alfa was his bit role in American Graffiti and Colonel Lucas was his bit role in Apocalypse Now. Marshall must be from Airforce One. 

4. What group, initially formed by a committee that included Roger Baldwin, Helen Keller, and Jane Addams to assist U.S. citizens prosecuted for opposing World War I, has argued more cases before the U.S. Supreme Court than any other private organization?
Correct Answer: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU)
Your Answer: ACLU
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

First thing that came to mind. 

5. Walla Walla, Washington; southern California's Imperial Valley; Lake Mattamuskeet in North Carolina; and the Hawaiian island of Maui: These locations share a link, culinarily and agriculturally, that is also shared most prominently by what Georgia city?
Correct Answer: VIDALIA
Your Answer: Savannah
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Ohhh, right. I didn't know Vidalia was in Georgia, or was a city. 

6. The Signature Challenge, Technical Challenge, and Showstopper Challenge are the three individual competitions within each episode of what reality television series? (Note, either the series' original title or the title under which it has aired in the United States is acceptable).
Correct Answer: THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF/THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW
Your Answer: The Great British Baking Show
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I watch with my wife.