Jesse Day 9

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1. What Mandinka word, which translates to "sultan" or "king", was used during the Mali Empire of the 13th to 17th centuries as a title for leaders of the Keita Dynasty such as Musa I, who ruled for a quarter-century in the 1300s?
Correct Answer: MANSA
Your Answer: Mansa
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Thanks Sid. 

2. Mizell, Simmons, and McDaniels were the last names of the members of what hip hop trio, whose self-titled debut was the first rap album to be certified gold by the RIAA?
Correct Answer: RUN D.M.C.
Your Answer: Sugar Hill Gang
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Shoot, very gettable. 

3. Who is, surely, classic literature's best-known short, pot-bellied, rustic, witty, commonsensical, spirituality-free, donkey-riding squire?
Correct Answer: SANCHO PANZA
Your Answer: Sancho Panza
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Seems easy. 

4. An audio-visual cable and accessories manufacturing company received a bit of bad news on February 11, 2020, due to an official announcement made that day by World Health Organization chief Tedros Ghebreyesus regarding disease terminology. What is the name of that company?
Correct Answer: COVID
Your Answer: Covid
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I follow this virus very closely for work as it could tank 90% of my revenue for the year. 

5. In a game during the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament between schools from the Missouri Valley Conference and Big East Conference respectively, the abbreviations of the teams on the on-screen score bug spelled out the name of what actor? (First and last name required.)
Correct Answer: BRAD PITT
Your Answer: Nick Cage
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I don't follow college sports closely enough to know the conferences. 

6. The building where Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam is located is named after what pope? Note, the number is not required (it was IV), but correct English spelling of the pope's name is required.
Correct Answer: SIXTUS
Your Answer: Sistine
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I didn't think Sistine was the name of a Pope. Did not make the leap to Sixtus.