Jesse Day 7

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1. The decade of chaos and political upheaval in China that began in 1966, grounded in a factional conflict over the future of Chinese socialism, and ended with Mao's death in 1976, is best known in the west as what "Revolution"?
Correct Answer: CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Your Answer: Soft
Points Assigned: 2

Ugh, how did I miss this? I knew soft wasn't right, but Cultural never came to my mind. 

2. Name any one of the four solo albums released by the members of the rock band Kiss in 1978. Note, each title has two words, and a full title is required.
Correct Answer: ACE FREHLEY, PAUL STANLEY, PETER CRISS, GENE SIMMONS
Your Answer: Gene Simmons
Points Assigned: 1

Glad to get this right. I had no idea that any of them ever made solo albums, but to me it made sense that if all four made albums and all of them were two words titles, their actual names might be the answer. 

3. Nico, Mary Woronov, Brigid Berlin, Ingrid Superstar, and International Velvet are among the "Girls" in a 1966 film by Andy Warhol set in what historic New York City Hotel?
Correct Answer: HOTEL CHELSEA
Your Answer: Astor
Points Assigned: 3

Nope. I've heard of it, but am not enough into Warhol or in NYC to get this. 

4. What operatic cliché, almost totally ungrounded in historical fact and virtually non-existent in modern professional productions, is widely credited to (or blamed on) Carl Emil Doepler, the costume designer for Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at Bayreuth in 1876?
Correct Answer: HORNED VIKING HELMET
Your Answer: Viking helmet
Points Assigned: 0

Guessing viking helmet pays. 

5. What is the prefix used in scientific terminology for "one billionth" (e.g., one billionth of a second, one billionth of a meter)?
Correct Answer: NANO
Your Answer: Billi-
Points Assigned: 2

Oh, ok. Learned something. 

6. "A half-pound of fresh beef, American cheese, six pieces of crispy Applewood smoked bacon, ketchup, and mayo." This is the description used by Wendy's restaurant for a 920-calorie menu item with what trademarked name?
Correct Answer: BACONATOR
Your Answer: Baconator
Points Assigned: 1

It's been a few years, but that was my usual order if I found myself in a Wendy's.