5/6. Have a good off season everyone
1. What radio and television soap opera, which ran from 1937 to 2009, got its name via original main character Rev. Dr. John Ruthledge, and the "friendship lamp" he kept in a window of his church to welcome congregants seeking counsel?
Correct Answer: GUIDING LIGHT
Your Answer: Guiding Light
Points Assigned: 2
1. What radio and television soap opera, which ran from 1937 to 2009, got its name via original main character Rev. Dr. John Ruthledge, and the "friendship lamp" he kept in a window of his church to welcome congregants seeking counsel?
Correct Answer: GUIDING LIGHT
Your Answer: Guiding Light
Points Assigned: 2
Intial thought was As the World Turns, but then Guiding Light came to mind. Never seen either.
2. The man who currently serves as United States Secretary of Labor previously served, from 2014 until joining President Biden's cabinet in 2021, as Mayor of what city?
Correct Answer: BOSTON
Your Answer: El Paso
Points Assigned: 3
2. The man who currently serves as United States Secretary of Labor previously served, from 2014 until joining President Biden's cabinet in 2021, as Mayor of what city?
Correct Answer: BOSTON
Your Answer: El Paso
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea. I thought it might be a Castro brother, but didn't one of them attack Biden at one of the debates?
3. What Italian term for a meat-based sauce, often associated with the cuisine of Bologna, is also—with a very slight diacritical change—the name of an American brand of mass-produced Italian sauces? (Note, neither diatritic is required in the answer.)
Correct Answer: RAGÙ/RAGÚ
Your Answer: Ragu
Points Assigned: 1
3. What Italian term for a meat-based sauce, often associated with the cuisine of Bologna, is also—with a very slight diacritical change—the name of an American brand of mass-produced Italian sauces? (Note, neither diatritic is required in the answer.)
Correct Answer: RAGÙ/RAGÚ
Your Answer: Ragu
Points Assigned: 1
Inital thought was Bolagnese, but then the brand clue made it clear. I am a Ragu chunky garden style fan myself.
4. The children's game "blind man's bluff", when transitioned from a terrestrial to aquatic milieu, becomes a variation most commonly named after whom?
Correct Answer: MARCO POLO
Your Answer: Marco Polo
Points Assigned: 0
4. The children's game "blind man's bluff", when transitioned from a terrestrial to aquatic milieu, becomes a variation most commonly named after whom?
Correct Answer: MARCO POLO
Your Answer: Marco Polo
Points Assigned: 0
Gimmie.
5. "Not Waving But Drowning", "Dreams", and "I Wish" are all different artistic works written by individuals (two women and one man, respectively) who use what first name professionally?
Correct Answer: STEVIE
Your Answer: Stevie
Points Assigned: 1
5. "Not Waving But Drowning", "Dreams", and "I Wish" are all different artistic works written by individuals (two women and one man, respectively) who use what first name professionally?
Correct Answer: STEVIE
Your Answer: Stevie
Points Assigned: 1
Total guess based off Stevie Wonder. I was guessing he could pair with Stevie Nicks.
6. An area known as the East Africa Protectorate, at the time it transitioned to a British Crown colony in 1920, was roughly coterminous with what modern-day republic, which declared independence from the UK in 1963?
Correct Answer: KENYA
Your Answer: Kenya
Points Assigned: 2
Given it was in Eastern Africa I thoughtit was either Kenya or Tanzania and guessed right.
6. An area known as the East Africa Protectorate, at the time it transitioned to a British Crown colony in 1920, was roughly coterminous with what modern-day republic, which declared independence from the UK in 1963?
Correct Answer: KENYA
Your Answer: Kenya
Points Assigned: 2
Given it was in Eastern Africa I thoughtit was either Kenya or Tanzania and guessed right.
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