Jesse Day 22

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1. What is the name of the archipelago that is separated from the South American mainland by the Strait of Magellan?
Correct Answer: TIERRA DEL FUEGO
Your Answer: Tierra del Fuego
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to Patagonia and flew back home from Puerto Natales via Punta Arenas, which is a small city on straight itself. 

2. Identify the mythological figure, characterized as "memory personified", who was the mother of Calliope, Clio, and others.
Correct Answer: MNEMOSYNE
Your Answer: Codak
Points Assigned: 2

Never heard of her. I wanted to have a name that started with C and submitted Codak thinking perhaps George Eastman derived the name from a god for memory. 

3. By far, the most popular tourist attraction located in (and named after) the Chicago suburb of Brookfield is what type of facility?
Correct Answer: ZOO
Your Answer: Laboratory
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of the zoo. I have only been to Chicago once and wasn't there long. 

4. The two most successful films in the U.S. (by total gross) released in 1984, both comedies, each had at least one main castmember who had previously starred on what long-running television series?
Correct Answer: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Your Answer: Saturday Night Live
Points Assigned: 0

I thought it might be The Blues Brothers and Beverly Hills Cop. Looking online now I guess it was Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop. 

5. Tlapalizquixochtzin and Teotlaco were among the wives, and Chimalpopoca and Tlaltecatzin were among the children, of what tlatoani, who died in 1520?
Correct Answer: MONTEZUMA/MOCTEZUMA
Your Answer: Montezuma
Points Assigned: 1

Thank you Sid Mier. 

6. What republic, ruled at various times by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Spanish, and Turks, is the only country to peacefully transition to democracy following the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011?
Correct Answer: TUNISIA
Your Answer: Tunisia
Points Assigned: 1

I've been there and am familiar with its history. I got this with the modern history, but could have gotten there with just it's rulers because of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians.