Jesse day 12

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1. The world's oldest active sports-car endurance-racing event, first held in 1923 and organized by Automobile Club de l'Ouest, is run annually in what city?
Correct Answer: LE MANS
Your Answer: Le Mans
Points Assigned: 2

I wasn't sure if Le Mans was an actual city, but it was the first thing that came to mind. 

2. The Behavior of Organisms and Verbal Behavior, along with his namesake "Box" for facilitating experimental observations, are works of what psychologist and proponent of operant conditioning?
Correct Answer: B. F. SKINNER
Your Answer: Shrodinger
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

3. The Tagus, Ebro, and Douro Rivers are the three longest rivers on what peninsula?
Correct Answer: IBERIAN PENINSULA
Your Answer: Iberian
Points Assigned: 1

I just knew this one. 

4. Different types of affixes in English include the prefix (e.g., "dis" in "dislike"), suffix (e.g., "able" in "fixable"), and a third type that is exemplified by the third "s" of "passersby". What is the name for this latter type of affix?
Correct Answer: INFIX
Your Answer: Midfix
Points Assigned: 3

I did not remember this from school. 

5. Dried leaves of the holly shrub Ilex paraguariensis, native to Paraguay and Brazil, are roasted, powdered, and infused with water to make a greenish tea-like beverage. What is the name shared by this shrub and the resulting beverage?
Correct Answer: (YERBA) MATE
Your Answer: Yerba Mate
Points Assigned: 1

I had Mate when I was in Argentina. 

6. Many home-mortgage borrowers have an account in which the mortgage lender retains money for property taxes and homeowners insurance, allowing these payments to be split over 12 months. This type of account, sometimes known as an impound account, is most commonly known by what other term, which can be used generally for any funds or assets held by a third party as part of a transaction?
Correct Answer: ESCROW
Your Answer: Escrow
Points Assigned: 0

As a homeowner, I am familiar with Escrow.