Jesse day 25

4/6 against Ben in LLL. With a win in LL I move back up to C.  See you all in a few months.

1. What is the common term for the air currents that generally blow from east to west toward a low pressure zone at the equator, within a region between 30° north latitude and 30° south?
Correct Answer: TRADE WINDS
Your Answer: Gulf stream
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I was pretty sure I was wrong, but did not know the right answer. 

2. While the official term was "Governor-General", what term was used in common parlance for the representative of the British Crown (serving "in place of the king") during the British Raj in India?
Correct Answer: VICEROY
Your Answer: Viceroy
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I just knew this. 

3. The title of the classic 8th-century Japanese poetry anthology Man'yōshū is often translated into English as the Collection of 10,000 what? The word in question is used in another, unrelated poetry collection from the 19th century. which translates to Japanese as Kusa no ha (草の葉).
Correct Answer: LEAVES
Your Answer: Waves
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Nope!

4. Fire, Med, and P.D. complete the titles of currently running television series that all begin with what word?
Correct Answer: CHICAGO
Your Answer: Chicago
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I have never seen an episode of any of these, but have seen them advertised. 

5. "Bumble Bee", "Guitar", "Magic", "Memphis", and "Sunnyland" are all first words of nicknames for various blues artists. What word finishes each nickname? The same word is the nickname of country artists with the last names of Whitman, Dusty, and Wilson.
Correct Answer: SLIM
Your Answer: Slim
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew Memphis Slim. Slim Whitman sounded familiar. 

6. Until the US Constitution took effect in 1789, the body known as the Continental Congress was the political voice of the new nation via the authority bestowed in what document, in force as of March 1781 after ratification by all thirteen states?
Correct Answer: ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Your Answer: Articles of Confederation
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1  

This was the first thing that popped into my mind.