Jesse Day 1 LL 85

6/6! This is most confident I have ever been about all 6 of my answers. 

1. Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, the Houses of Parliament, and Paddington Station are all located within what London borough?
Correct Answer: (CITY OF) WESTMINSTER
Your Answer: Westminster
Points Assigned: 2

I was pretty sure it was Westminster, and with Westminster Abbey not being included in that list, it made me more sure of my answer as it is right next to the Houses of Parliament and would seem an odd place to not include in that list. 

2. While he wrote numerous hit songs during the 1960s, including Patsy Cline's "Crazy", what icon—an outlaw country musician both in work and in life, given his issues with the IRS and affection for marijuana pre-legalization—did not find significant commercial success as a solo artist until the release of his 1975 LP Red Headed Stranger?
Correct Answer: WILLIE NELSON
Your Answer: Willie Nelson
Points Assigned: 0

I knew it from the first clue of Crazy. The other clues were a bit of an overkill. 

3. The term for what scientific object comes from the Greek for "indivisible", although physicist Ernest Rutherford is among those who have proven that to be a misnomer?
Correct Answer: ATOM
Your Answer: Atom
Points Assigned: 1

I knew this from my college Astro-physics classes, but I think this is very guessable. 

4. In 2009, members of the U.S. Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices met to develop a set of college and career readiness educational standards in language arts and mathematics. By what two-word phrase are these standards best known?
Correct Answer: COMMON CORE
Your Answer: Common Core
Points Assigned: 1

I work in education.

5. Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe are currently the only two players in National Hockey League history with over 800 career goals (894 and 801, respectively). Give the last name of any one of the other six players who have scored over 700 goals in their careers (none of whom are Messier, Yzerman, or Lemieux, who all retired just short of that mark).
Correct Answer: JAGR, HULL, DIONNE, ESPOSITO, GARTNER, OVECHKIN
Your Answer: Jagr
Points Assigned: 3

Jagr played forever and was amazing at his peak. Ovechkin would have been my second guess. 

6. British author Anna Leonowens, who was born in India in 1834, and who published two books in the 1870s, is likely best remembered for her service in the employ of the monarch of what country?
Correct Answer: SIAM (THAILAND)
Your Answer: Thailand
Points Assigned: 2

At first I had no idea but I read the question a few times and the King and I popped into my head.