Jesse day 3

3/6

1. Following the outbreak of the "Troubles" in the late 1960s, the Irish Republican Army split into two wings: the "Official" IRA, and what other, which staged numerous assassinations and bombings in Britain and Northern Ireland over the subsequent three decades?
Correct Answer: PROVISIONAL
Your Answer: "Roth" IRA
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. 

2. The American Book Award-winning The Testing of Luther Albright was the debut novel from 2005 of an author who, according to Bloomberg, is the 23rd-wealthiest individual in the world in 2021. What is her name?
Correct Answer: MACKENZIE SCOTT
Your Answer: Bezos
Points Assigned: 2

I could not pull her name. 

3. Reindeer is a familiar term in North America—thanks in no small part to a certain red-nosed fellow—but the species (Rangifer tarandus) is more often referred to in Canada and the US by what other common name?
Correct Answer: CARIBOU
Your Answer: Caribou
Points Assigned: 0

First had Elk, but changed to Caribou before submitting. 

4. In 2020, Rolling Stone magazine named a 1998 song by what artist as the greatest debut single of all time—a song which, it could easily be argued, is also the most successful single of all time whose title begins with an ellipsis? Note, name the artist.
Correct Answer: BRITNEY SPEARS
Your Answer: Beyonce
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. I thought Brittany was earlier. 

5. Among the many notable elements in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is its internal rhyme, which starts in its first line. The 16-syllable line fittingly begins "Once upon" and rhymes what two words?
Correct Answer: DREARY, WEARY
Your Answer: Dreary, Weary
Points Assigned: 1

Was worried it was Dreary and Eerie. 

6. To have more points than your opponent(s) once numbers 15 through 20 and the bullseye have been "closed out" is the object of a darts game known by many names, but probably most commonly by one it shares with what orthopteran?
Correct Answer: CRICKET
Your Answer: Cricket
Points Assigned: 1

I played a lot of Cricket in college.