Jesse day 14

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1. What two-word phrase is most commonly used for the special type of loan, limited to homeowners at least 62 years of age, that permits the homeowner to remove a portion of the home's equity and convert it to cash?
Correct Answer: REVERSE MORTGAGE
Your Answer: Retirement equity loan
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Oh, that might be easier than I thought it was. 

2. What is the name for the slightly sour and spongy flatbread, made from a mixture of teff flour and water, that is used both as a platter and an eating utensil in Ethiopian cuisine?
Correct Answer: INJERA
Your Answer: Ingera
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Wasn't sure if it is was a j or g. I used to eat Ethiopian food often when I lived in DC.

3. According to a popular folk song, there was a farmer had a dog who shared a name with what game? (Note, complete and correct spelling is required.)
Correct Answer: BINGO
Your Answer: Bingo
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

This may be the easiest question ever asked in LL. I read it several times thinking it was a trick question. 

4. An archaic word that the Oxford English Dictionary defines as "to move with force or impetus" is rarely used today, except, in adjective form, in the title of a classic 1840s novel. What is that word?
Correct Answer: WUTHER/WUTHERING
Your Answer: Moby
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea. The answer makes sense. 

5. Serbia is a country in Southeastern Europe, whereas the mostly ethnic Serb Republika Srpska is one of two political federations within what other country?
Correct Answer: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Your Answer: Bosnia and Herzogavina
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew this from putting together a classroom presentation for the Balkans trip my non-profit runs. 

6. The becquerel, which is the SI derived unit of radioactivity, replaced two non-SI units of radioactivity and radioactive decay in common usage for much of the 20th century. Identify either of these non-SI units, both of which were named after Nobel Prize winners.
Correct Answer: CURIE, RUTHERFORD
Your Answer: Curie
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2  

Total guess, but Curie is one of the biggest names in the study of radioactivity so I expect others will get this too.