Jesse day 16

3/6

1. 1984's W.O.W. was the debut solo album for what provocative artist, who had previously played chainsaw and machine gun and sang lead vocals for The Plasmatics?
Correct Answer: WENDY O. WILLIAMS
Your Answer: Tina Turner
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. Never heard of her. 

2. In 1905, the critic Louis Vauxcelles coined (inadvertently) the term for what artistic movement, in a derogatory remark regarding the work of Andre Derain and Henri Matisse at the Salon d'Automne in Paris?
Correct Answer: FAUVISM
Your Answer: Dada
Points Assigned: 3

I was somewhat confident of my answer. I have never heard of Fauvism. 

3. A popular television series from the early 1960s featured the adventures of two young travelers crossing the country on what highway, which provided the series its title?
Correct Answer: ROUTE 66
Your Answer: Highway 61
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. But that was gettable. 

4. The Indian-administered territory of Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract are among those located within a geographical region best-known by what name?
Correct Answer: KASHMIR
Your Answer: Kashmir
Points Assigned: 1

I just knew this one. 

5. Ficelle, which means "string" in French, is also the name for a certain perishable item. What other item, very similar to a ficelle but thicker (and occasionally longer), means "stick", "baton", or "rod"?
Correct Answer: BAGUETTE
Your Answer: Bagette
Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess based on the clues that I was pretty confident in. 

6. In 1966, Harvard University clinical psychologist Timothy Leary organized a spiritual organization that had what three-letter abbreviation—surely by purposeful design and not coincidence, as it was the same as the organization's "sacrament"?
Correct Answer: LSD
Your Answer: LSD
Points Assigned: 0

I initially put down ACD, but then slapped my head and said LSD.