Jesse Day 3

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1. List the item(s)—and only the item(s)—missing from this list of standard ingredients that constitute a McDonald's Big Mac: cheese, lettuce, sesame seed bun, special sauce, two all-beef patties.
Correct Answer: ONIONS, PICKLES
Your Answer: pickles and onions
Points Assigned: 1

I still remember the song from the commercial

2. Through its roughly 3,000-mile course, the Mekong River runs along two national capitals. Name either of these two cities.
Correct Answer: VIENTIANE, PHNOM PENH
Your Answer: Vientiene and Phnom Penh
Points Assigned: 3

I went to both cities in 2012. 

3. The Mexican–American War of 1846 was precipitated, in part, by the United States' annexation of what independent republic the year prior?
Correct Answer: REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
Your Answer: Texas
Points Assigned: 0

Seems like a gimmie as long as you don't need to include Republic of

4. What is the term used in interior design for a type of decorative interior wall paneling that covers the lower portion of a wall and was first used to protect the bottom half of a plaster wall and to help to insulate a room? (Gerund and nongerund forms of the word are acceptable.)
Correct Answer: WAINSCOTING/WAINSCOT
Your Answer: Wainscoating
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess as I wasn't a hundred percent sure what Wainscoting was nor how to say or spell it. 

5. A process of reasoning and problem-solving based on ambiguous and imprecise data is known as what type of "logic", a term introduced by computer scientist and electrical engineer Lofti Zadeh in 1965?
Correct Answer: FUZZY LOGIC
Your Answer: random
Points Assigned: 1

Oh... That makes sense. 

6. Dance musicals based on the music of Billy Joel (Movin' Out), Bob Dylan (The Times They Are a-Changin'), and Frank Sinatra (Come Fly Away) are among the many works of what exalted choreographer of ballet and modern dance?
Correct Answer: TWYLA THARP
Your Answer: Hines
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.