Jesse Day 11

3/6

1. What Ford Motor Company brand, created originally to offer a premium vehicle to Ford's customers, was in existence for over 70 years before ending production early in the first quarter of 2011?

Correct Answer: MERCURY
Your Answer: Mercury
Points Assigned: 2

I know from my childhood they were Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealers. I was pretty sure Lincoln is still making cars and I have bot heard of a Mercury in a long time. 

2. The "Authorized Version" of the Bible, which was published in 1611, was an English translation of the Bible produced by a panel of the era's leading scholars and commissioned by whom?
Correct Answer: KING JAMES (VI AND I)
Your Answer: Cromwell
Points Assigned: 1

I feel like an idiot. Dumbest miss of the season for me. 

3. The Jeff Corwin Experience; Weird, True & Freaky; Untamed & Uncut; and Crikey! It's the Irwins are all television series that have been broadcast on what network?
Correct Answer: ANIMAL PLANET
Your Answer: Animal Planet
Points Assigned: 0

Feel like a gimmie

4. What is the name, from the Hindi for "to lick", for the array of popular savory street-food snacks sold at roadside stalls and food carts across the Indian subcontinent?
Correct Answer: CHAAT
Your Answer: Pappadam
Points Assigned: 2

I could not pull the word. 

5. A famous commentary by Julius Caesar begins with the statement, "[REDACTED] est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae." What region's name is redacted in the quote? (English or the original Latin is acceptable.)
Correct Answer: GAUL/GALLIA
Your Answer: Gaul
Points Assigned: 1

It was the only region that made sense to me. 

6. Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Billy Ficca, and Richard Hell were founding members in 1973 of what cult-favorite punk rock band and CBGB regular that was named after a technology invented a few decades prior?
Correct Answer: TELEVISION
Your Answer: The Clash
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of them