Jesse Day 8

5/6

1. Given its primary title, one might expect a 2018 nonfiction book by Stephen Fried to be about a certain Canadian trio, or perhaps about a certain radio personality, but it is in fact about what physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence?
Correct Answer: BENJAMIN RUSH
Your Answer: Rush
Points Assigned: 0

Rush was the first talk show personality that came to mind and the band then confirmed it. 

2. What is the only country on the South American continent whose capital city is named after a British monarch?
Correct Answer: GUYANA
Your Answer: Guyana
Points Assigned: 2

I know my South American geography. 

3. Though it is sometimes confused with rotini—including by some pasta mass producers—rotelle (also known in Italy as ruote) is the name for a type of pasta whose shape most typically resembles what?
Correct Answer: (WAGON) WHEEL
Your Answer: Wheel
Points Assigned: 1

I initially put down tube, but I knew that could not be right. I thought of different pasta shapes and wheel seemed right. 

4. In 1935, St. Petersburg's Mariinski Ballet was renamed in honor of what revolutionary leader? The name was changed back in 1992, after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Correct Answer: S.M. KIROV
Your Answer: Stalin
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea. 

5. The short-lived and unmemorable CBS drama series Three for the Road, which starred Alex Rocco, Vincent Van Patten, and Leif Garrett as a dad and two sons traveling the USA via RV, was replaced in December 1975 in its time slot by what other program? This other program, which had been shifted from a different time that day, has remained in this slot ever since.
Correct Answer: 60 MINUTES
Your Answer: 60 Minutes
Points Assigned: 2

I know it has been on CBS since the 60s so it made sense. 

6. There are two consecutive elements on the periodic table that are named after the city and state, respectively, where these particular elements were first discovered. What is the name of that city?
Correct Answer: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Your Answer: Berkeley
Points Assigned: 3

I figured it would have to be a city with a university with a great physics department. Berkeley to my knowledge was the best. I considered Chicago because of Fermilab.