Friday, September 20, 2019

Jesse Day 16

3/6

1. What band that formed in 1972 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 took its name from a thoroughfare in the Jersey Shore community of Belmar, the home of keyboardist David Sancious's mother?
Correct Answer: THE E STREET BAND
Your Answer: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I think this answer will be accepted. 

2. Portable electronic machines known as AEDs are used to analyze and treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. They are an automated and external type of a device known as what?
Correct Answer: DEFIBRILLATOR
Your Answer: Pacemaker
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I rushed this answer. 

3. While various binders could be used, traditionally the painting medium known as tempera consisted primarily of pigments ground in water and mixed with what emulsifier?
Correct Answer: EGG (YOLK)
Your Answer: Clay
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I had no idea. 

4. The act in soccer of kicking, rolling, or otherwise propelling the ball between a defender's legs shares its name with what spice?
Correct Answer: NUTMEG
Your Answer: Nutmeg
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I have heard the term used before.

5. The city of Porvoo, birthplace of Liverpool F.C. defender Sami Hyypiä and League of Legends pro jungler Lauri "Cyanide" Happonen, is perhaps best known for the 1809 Diet of Porvoo, which is regarded as marking the emergence of what country as a modern state?
Correct Answer: FINLAND
Your Answer: Finland
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Having lived and worked in Finland it easy to recognize Finnish words and names. 

6. Sergeant is the third and final word in the title of a 1958 British film that launched a series that ended with its 31st movie in 1992. What was the name of this franchise, and the first two words in that 1958 film (and every installment thereafter)?
Correct Answer: CARRY ON
Your Answer: Very good
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3  

Never heard of it and I have a film degree.

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