Jesse day 2

3/6

1. Identify the object that is a pivotal item in one of the stories from Arabian Nights, central to the occupation of Jack in Mary Poppins Returns, and was a love interest of Brick in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Correct Answer: LAMP
Your Answer: Lamp
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Anchorman is one of my favorite comedies and Arabian Nights confirmed it with the Genie in the lamp. 

2. What 1937 novella begins and ends at a clearing by the Salinas River in California (peaceful at the beginning, tragic at the end)?
Correct Answer: OF MICE AND MEN
Your Answer: Of Mice and Men
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I read the book and saw the movie. It was the first time I saw Malkovich in a film and I thought he was a brilliant intellectually disabled actor. 

3. H. Ross Perot, during his candidacy for U.S. President in 1996, and Jesse Ventura, during his campaign for and election as governor of Minnesota, were members of what political party?
Correct Answer: REFORM
Your Answer: Independence Party
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I could not pull it. I was pretty sure they weren't Libertarian. 

4. The special chili associated with the city of Cincinnati, when served "three-way", typically involves the chili served on spaghetti and topped with grated cheese. "Five-way" includes the addition of kidney beans and what other topping?
Correct Answer: DICED ONIONS
Your Answer: Egg
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

There is an episode of the Omnibus podcast on Cinicinatti Chilli sitting in my podcast queue that I was planning on listening to soon. Not soon enough. 

5. What is the common name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, a movement that is all but extinct today but whose prominent legacy in furniture and handcraft design endures?
Correct Answer: SHAKERS
Your Answer: Shaker
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I am familiar with Shaker furniture

6. What weasel species, also known as a short-tailed weasel in North America and stoat in Europe, has white winter fur that is highly prized for garments (including, with pearls, by a certain lady/tramp)?
Correct Answer: ERMINE
Your Answer: Mink
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I was sure I was right. Never heard of Ermine.