Jesse Day 7

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1. What is the very appropriate name of the US Army veteran and acting Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the US Senate, who was awarded by that body in February 2021, by unanimous consent, the Congressional Gold Medal for his actions as an officer with the Capitol Police during the failed insurrection on January 6, 2021?
Correct Answer: EUGENE GOODMAN
Your Answer: Goodman
Points Assigned: 1

I still remembered this from a few weeks back. 

2. What African nation's name, when a "B" is added at the beginning, becomes the name of a region and the largest traditional kingdom within that country, and when an "L" is added at the beginning instead, becomes the name of a native language commonly spoken in the country?
Correct Answer: UGANDA
Your Answer: Angola
Points Assigned: 2

Very gettable. I was running through African countries in my head that began with vowels and Angola came to mind. I've never been to Uganda or Angola. 

3. What is the surname shared by soccer legends named Jack and Bobby, who played for two decades from the 1950s to the 1970s for Leeds United and Manchester United (respectively), and were among the starting eleven on England's World Cup-winning team in 1966? The name is also that of an area of southeast London that has been home to a Premier League club as recently as 2007 (currently in League One).
Correct Answer: CHARLTON
Your Answer: Reeves
Points Assigned: 3

I have never heard of these guys nor do I follow English football. 

4. What dish, named after a 19th-century Russian count, today typically consists of a beef tenderloin cubed or sliced thinly and cooked briefly in a mushroom, onion, and cream sauce, often served with crisp shoestring potatoes as a garnish?
Correct Answer: (BEEF) STROGANOFF
Your Answer: Beef Stroganoff
Points Assigned: 1

I don't recall eating it anytime lately, but it came to mind as what would be a good guess. 

5. The Earth is at the center of the universe and the Sun, Moon, and planets revolve around it at different levels in circular orbits, while the stars lie in fixed locations on a sphere that revolves beyond these orbits. Such was the astronomical system most associated with what second-century mathematician and author of the Almagest?
Correct Answer: PTOLEMY
Your Answer: Ptolmy
Points Assigned: 2

I am familiar with the Ptolemaic model of the universe. 

6. Shakespeare's Othello was a general in the service of Venice and, also per the play's subtitle, a member of what group of people?
Correct Answer: MOORS
Your Answer: Moor
Points Assigned: 0

I just knew this, but have never read or seen Othello.