Jesse day 15

5/6. Surprised that almost all my guesses hit.

1. Per the full title of the strip that cartoonist Dale Messick created in 1940 and drew until 1980, what was the occupation of the impossibly glamorous Brenda Starr?
Correct Answer: REPORTER
Your Answer: Movie Star
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I had no idea. I have never heard of this comic strip. 

2. Zulu, Xhosa, and Shona are among the languages in a family known by what name? The name became associated in South Africa with apartheid policies, including—by name—segregationist acts that established "homelands" reserved for self-government and eventual "independence" for Black Africans.
Correct Answer: BANTU
Your Answer: Bantu
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew Bantu was a large language group for Southern Africa. 

3. A forlorn dishwasher from small-town Texas and a petty thief and con man in New York are the main characters in what film, which was rated R for its reissue in 1971?
Correct Answer: MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Your Answer: Midnight Cowboy
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I haven't seen this movie in many years, so this was just a guess, but it was the only thing I could think of. 

4. Forty-five years after its independence, the majority of visitors and foreign aid to the South American country of Suriname still come from what nation?
Correct Answer: NETHERLANDS
Your Answer: The Netherlands
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Easy geography question. 

5. Among the world's very few cold-blooded mammal species is an animal that lives in the deserts of East Africa and is commonly known by a name that is triply inaccurate (as it does have some hair and is not a member of the Talpidae family, though it is a rodent). What is that name?
Correct Answer: NAKED MOLE-RAT
Your Answer: Naked Mole Rat
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I got it from the hair clue + three words.  

6. On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, what became the full name (city and team name) of the NFL franchise which, among the four teams currently in the AFC West, has gone the longest without winning a division title (having last done so in the 2002 season)?
Correct Answer: LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
Your Answer: Las Vegas Raiders
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Tricky question with the city change.