Jesse Day 13

6/6! First one of the season for me. 

1. A wild goat found in Europe and Asia that lives in high altitudes, often above the snowline, and a long-legged bird with a down-curved bill of the family Threskiornithidae found in environments largely the opposite of the wild goat's (such as the campus of the University of Miami), both have names that begin with what two letters?
Correct Answer: IB
Your Answer: Ib
Points Assigned: 3

I got it through the Ibex. 

2. A novel by Katherine Neville titled The Eight, Vladimir Nabokov's The Defense, The Lüneburg Variation by Paolo Maurensig, and The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig are all books of fiction that center on what game?
Correct Answer: CHESS
Your Answer: Chess
Points Assigned: 1

I have never read any of those books, but the titles all pointed towards chess. 

3. A certain chocolate sponge cake (flavored with whipped cream and cherry filling) and a certain smoked ham (strongly seasoned with garlic, coriander, pepper, and other spices) are both named after what sylvan region?
Correct Answer: BLACK FOREST
Your Answer: Black Forest
Points Assigned: 2

Go it through the cake.

4. Imelda Staunton is scheduled to play the role begun by Claire Foy and continued by Olivia Colman on what drama series?
Correct Answer: THE CROWN
Your Answer: The Crown
Points Assigned: 0

My wife and I watch this series.

5. What ancient term was considered, in its time, to represent the son of Osiris ruling on Earth, acting as an intermediary between gods and men?
Correct Answer: PHARAOH
Your Answer: Pharoh
Points Assigned: 2

Seemed like the only obvious answer. 

6. One of the most iconic characters created by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan was the very model of a modern Major-General, with information vegetable, animal, and what?
Correct Answer: MINERAL
Your Answer: mineral
Points Assigned: 1

I have never heard the song, but I know that mineral goes after vegetable and animal.