Jesse day 19

4/6

1. What controversial psychological thriller released in 2019 surpassed Deadpool 2 to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time (measured by worldwide box office)?
Correct Answer: JOKER
Your Answer: Joker
Points Assigned: 1

I never saw it, but I knew it was popular and controversial.

2. The top two magazines in the United States ranked by circulation size are, by a huge margin, magazines published and distributed by an organization that goes by what four initials?
Correct Answer: AARP
Your Answer: AARP
Points Assigned: 0

When they said org with 4 initials I immediately thought of the AARP. 

3. What was the name of the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome, modeled on the Greek hippodrome, which was located a few blocks from the Colosseum between the Aventine and Palatine hills?
Correct Answer: CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Your Answer: Cirrcus Maximus
Points Assigned: 2

I had an apartment a block from Circo Massimo. Great place to live. 

4. The imaging technique abbreviated PET operates via the emission of what antiparticle, after which the procedure is named?
Correct Answer: POSITRON
Your Answer: Electron
Points Assigned: 1

The E sent me in the wrong direction. 

5. Future Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was among the ten "Whiz Kids"—Army Air Force veterans and management scientists that worked as a successful unit during WWII—who were hired as a group after the war to form the planning department of what major American corporation?
Correct Answer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Your Answer: GM
Points Assigned: 2

I figured it was an automobile company, just went the wrong way. 

6. The Republic of Maryland was a short-lived country that existed beginning in 1834 until it was merged into what present-day African nation in 1857?
Correct Answer: LIBERIA
Your Answer: Liberia
Points Assigned: 3

I believe former slaves started Liberia. This was just a guess based on that.