Jesse Day 25

5/6. Have a great offseason. 

1. The legendary New Orleans jazz pianist who recorded with his group the Red Hot Peppers in the 1920s and claimed (dubiously) to have invented jazz in 1902 was known by what sweet-seeming stage name? (Full name required.)
Correct Answer: JELLY ROLL MORTON
Your Answer: Jelly Roll Morton
Points Assigned: 3

I think this will play hard. I was into jazz and jazz history for a few years. 

2. What is famous for, among many other things, lasting from 1337 to 1453?
Correct Answer: HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
Your Answer: Hundred Years War
Points Assigned: 1

Seems like a reasonably easy history question.

3. The French départements of Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne constituted, until 2016, a former administrative région in southwest France that gave its name to a certain type of automobile (though the etymological link is long unknown). What is that vehicle?
Correct Answer: LIMOUSINE
Your Answer: Peugot
Points Assigned: 1

I misread the question, but even so, I had no chance at this one. 

4. The Scranton branch of the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company was managed for many years by Michael Scott. Who is his English equivalent, the long-time manager of the Slough branch of Wernham Hogg Paper Merchants? (First and last name required.)
Correct Answer: DAVID BRENT
Your Answer: David Brent
Points Assigned: 2

The original was terrific as was the American version for the most part. 

5. What is the term most used in common law in the US for the physical written document conveying ownership of real property? It is the legal document that transfers property ownership (or "title") from one party to another.
Correct Answer: DEED
Your Answer: Deed
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie????

6. There are three main forms of the sport of fencing, based on the weapon used. One is foil while another is sabre. What is the third?
Correct Answer: ÉPÉE
Your Answer: Epee
Points Assigned: 2

I guess I know this from the Olympics, or maybe my friend Zach, who was a fencer in high school.