Jesse Day 17

Maybe 2 right?

1. Many historians now believe that it was White House servants, many of whom were enslaved, who saved the Lansdowne portrait (a painting by Gilbert Stuart of George Washington) during the burning of Washington in 1814, and not what woman, though she did order it to be saved?
Correct Answer: DOLLEY MADISON
Your Answer: Mary Lincoln
Points Assigned: 1

I had Dolly Madison in the back of mind, but I went with the wrong answer instead. 

2. A term in pottery for a piece that has been fired once in a kiln but has not been glazed, in preparation for final glazing and firing, is also used—unrelatedly—for a certain type of French soup. What is that term?
Correct Answer: BISQUE
Your Answer: Bisque
Points Assigned: 1

It was a guess, but it felt familiar. 

3. A certain cutting implement, which usually has handles on each end and is rocked back and forth to chop and mince items such as herbs, cheeses, and meats, gets its name from its crescent-like shape. What is that Italian name?
Correct Answer: MEZZALUNA
Your Answer: Luna
Points Assigned: 2

I am happy I got half of it. 

4. "Loveable egg" is one reported and suitable translation for the name of what toy and virtual pet that was released in Japan in 1996?
Correct Answer: TAMAGOTCHI
Your Answer: Tamaguchi
Points Assigned: 0

Not sure this will count. I was right in spirit. 

5. What term, a blended word coined in the 1950s combining a three-word phrase, is used for a substance such as a soap or other detergent that is added to water or another liquid to increase its wetting properties (by reducing its surface tension)?
Correct Answer: SURFACTANT
Your Answer: Nopenopenope
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of it. 

6. Name the award-winning play whose story transpires over a few weeks during the summer at the home of Beverly and Violet Weston of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Correct Answer: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Your Answer: Oklahoma?
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.