Jesse day 18

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1. English guitar virtuoso Mick Ronson, who died in 1993 at age 46, first achieved fame as a member of what backing band of extraterrestrial arachnids?
Correct Answer: THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
Your Answer: Spiders from Mars
Points Assigned: 0

I am a big Bowie fan. 

2. What is the standard electrical term for the dangerous situation in which an energized current flows directly to the earth outside the established wiring of a system, through any equipment or people that are part of that unintended alternate pathway? It's the "GF" in GFCI, a circuit interrupter designed to cut power in such a scenario.
Correct Answer: GROUND FAULT
Your Answer: Ground Flow
Points Assigned: 1

Ohhh, very gettable. 

3. Dogs known as "tollers" are one of the six retriever breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club in the Sporting Group (with Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, and others). They are a breed with a full, formal AKC name that references what location, where the breed originated in the early 19th century to retrieve ducks from its icy waters?
Correct Answer: NOVA SCOTIA
Your Answer: Newfoundland
Points Assigned: 2

Sort of close! I did not know there was a Nova Scotia dog. 

4. In the history of the US Navy, the incident that resulted in the greatest loss of life at sea from a single ship occurred July 30, 1945, when an Imperial Japanese submarine torpedoed and sank a cruiser named for what midwestern capital?
Correct Answer: INDIANAPOLIS
Your Answer: Springfield
Points Assigned: 3

I had narrowed it down to two and picked wrong. 

5. What dish of Indonesian origin, derived from the Indian kebab (and possibly originating etymologically from the Tamil for "flesh"), consists of marinated cubes of poultry, meat, or seafood threaded on skewers and grilled, and is often served with a hot peanut sauce?
Correct Answer: SATAY
Your Answer: Satay
Points Assigned: 1

I order this often. 

6. A Netflix series released in July 2020, based on a series of over 100 novels published between 1986 and 2000, follows a group of young businesswomen who have formed an enterprise providing, per the show's title, what valuable service?
Correct Answer: BABY-SITTING
Your Answer: Babysitting
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess that turned out to be right.