Jesse day 16

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1. The cooking of corn kernels and lima beans separately, and then mixing them with butter, is one recipe for an American dish with what name (which to some may be more associated with a cartoon cat)?
Correct Answer: SUCCOTASH
Your Answer: Succotash
Points Assigned: 0

My first thought was Heathcliff or garfield, but neither of those make sense. Then I thought of the disc and I was pretty sure it was an Indian word that started with S. It took me about 5 minutes to come up with the answer and then I connected it to Sylvester. 

2. What historically significant sea vessel was named after the ancient Roman province located in modern-day Portugal and western Spain?
Correct Answer: LUSITANIA
Your Answer: Ever Given
Points Assigned: 2

I wrote down a whole bunch of ships, but Lusitania wasn't one of them. 

3. Alec Baldwin (17), Steve Martin (15), John Goodman (13), and Tom Hanks (10). The numbers associated with the names in this list relate to their superlative accomplishments on what television show?
Correct Answer: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Your Answer: Saturday Night Live
Points Assigned: 1

I have probably watched 30% of the episodes over the years. 

4. What two-word term, evoking a chivalrous rescue, is used in business for a purchaser of a company who saves it from undesired takeover by another buyer (or from insolvency)? An example is JPMorgan Chase's acquisition of a collapsing Bear Stearns during the 2008 financial crisis.
Correct Answer: WHITE KNIGHT
Your Answer: White Knight
Points Assigned: 2

Only thing I could come up with. 

5. Yukio Mishima's self-reflective 1949 novel was of a Mask, William Styron's 1967 Pulitzer winner was of Nat Turner, and Thomas DeQuincey's 1821 essay was of an English Opium-Eater. What word connects these works, and is also associated with autobiographies by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Saint Augustine?
Correct Answer: CONFESSIONS
Your Answer: Confessions
Points Assigned: 1

Seemed to fit, even though I don't know any of the titles. 

6. What German currently serves as the President of the European Commission (the head of the executive branch of the EU)? She was the first woman elected to the position, replacing Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg in December 2019.
Correct Answer: URSULA VON DER LEYEN
Your Answer: Merkel
Points Assigned: 3

Nope. I had no idea.