Thursday, November 11, 2021

Jesse Day 4

3/6. No wins so far this season. 

1. While he was an accomplished painter, what 17th-century Neapolitan is also widely regarded as the inventor of Baroque sculpture, with numerous monumental works in Rome and the Vatican that include the design of St. Peter's Square?
Correct Answer: GIOVANNI LORENZO BERNINI
Your Answer: Donatello
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

2. A popular puppet show from the early days of television starred singer and comedian Fran Allison interacting with various puppets, two of whom were most prominent. Give the name of either of these two characters.
Correct Answer: KUKLA, OLLIE
Your Answer: Lamb Chop
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of either puppet. 

3. George and William Penrose began a business in 1783 producing flint glass in what city on the southeastern coast of Ireland, starting an association of the city with fine glass and crystal which endures to this day?
Correct Answer: WATERFORD
Your Answer: Waterford
Points Assigned: 1

I knew Waterford was famous for crystal. 

4. Baku-born Russian maestro Mstislav Rostropovich is considered by many to be the 20th century's greatest virtuoso at what instrument?
Correct Answer: CELLO
Your Answer: Flute
Points Assigned: 2

I have been to Baku, but had no idea about this answer. 

5. A 1963 spy novel by John Le Carré (and its 1965 film adaptation starring Richard Burton) popularized a phrase describing a spy who seeks to abandon the tricks and dangers of the profession as one who wants to "come in from the" what?
Correct Answer: COLD
Your Answer: Cold
Points Assigned: 0

I think the phrase is well known and this will play easy. 

6. Sternutation is the medical term for a convulsive reflex closely associated, by name, with what secondary Disney character?
Correct Answer: SNEEZY
Your Answer: Sneezey
Points Assigned: 1

My initial thought was Stich, as in Lilo and Stich/ a cramp. But I didn't feel a cramp was all that reflexive or convulsive, so I thought more about what would be and cough and sneeze seemed like possible conditions. 

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