Jesse Day 6

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1. What term, now common in the field of art (and specifically the presentation and display of art), was originally an architectural term for a long and narrow passageway covered by a roof?
Correct Answer: GALLERY
Your Answer: Gallery
Points Assigned: 2

I considered frame and exhibition, but they did not make sense. Next thought was gallery, which was clearly the answer. 

2. What Hollywood star and best-selling children's book author is the current Lady Haden-Guest, wife of the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex?
Correct Answer: JAMIE LEE CURTIS
Your Answer: Helen Mirren
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

3. "The Trimates" was a name given to the scientists and primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas. Dr. Galdikas studied orangutans; what primates did Drs. Goodall and Fossey study, respectively? (Note, two answers, must be in correct order.)
Correct Answer: CHIMPANZEES, GORILLAS
Your Answer: Chimpanzees, Gorillas
Points Assigned: 1

I just knew them both. Gorillas in the Mist...

4. During a race in the early 1980s for development of a single, broadcast-quality recording unit containing both a camera and a videocassette recorder, Panasonic produced the Recam, Bosch the QuarterCam, and RCA the Hawkeye. All of them were costly losers to the eventual standard, Betacam, produced by what other company?
Correct Answer: SONY
Your Answer: SONY
Points Assigned: 0

Easy for someone of my age. 

5. "Battle of the Boulevard" refers to the basketball rivalry between Belmont University and Lipscomb University, which are situated about three miles apart on Belmont Avenue in what southern US city?
Correct Answer: NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Your Answer: New Orleans
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

6. Pyramids, hanging gardens, mausoleum, temple, colossus, statue—what type of item is missing from this otherwise complete list?
Correct Answer: LIGHTHOUSE (PHAROS)
Your Answer: Lighthouse
Points Assigned: 1

Sid Mier strikes again. For all you Civ fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwUM33VJRbY