Jesse Day 2

2/6 again for me. 

1. When a basketball referee has their right hand on the back of their head and their left hand pointing opposite the direction of play, they are indicating a specific type of foul known as what?
Correct Answer: CHARGE
Your Answer: Technical Foul
Points Assigned: 2

I follow basketball closely in terms of storylines but don't actually watch much basketball. 

2. What word provides the first word in the titles of hit songs by Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, and Steve Lacy, and is also used in the name of the rapper who recorded "Moscow Mule" and "Tití Me Preguntó"?
Correct Answer: BAD
Your Answer: Bad
Points Assigned: 1

The only Billie Eilish song I know is Bad Guy. That made this a fairly straightforward guess for me. I guessed the rapper was Bad Bunny, which turns out to be right. 

3. "Every even natural number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers" is a (still-unproven) Conjecture associated with and named after what 18th-century Prussian-born mathematician?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN GOLDBACH
Your Answer: Geist
Points Assigned: 3

Nope.

4. The title of what 2009 Pixar adventure comedy fits a pattern set by the titles of a 1998 Darren Aronofsky neo-noir thriller, a Stephen King adaptation from 2017, and a 2019 Jordan Peele horror film?
Correct Answer: UP
Your Answer: Up
Points Assigned: 0

I got Pi right away. I figured Stephen King was It. I thought the 2019 Peele would be Get Out, but that was probably wrong as a 2 letter answer made sense. Then I went through pixar films until I came up with a two-letter one. 

5. What East African city, broadly considered the diplomatic and political capital of Africa, is home to the headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa as well as the African Union, and has served as its nation's capital beginning shortly after the city's founding in 1887?
Correct Answer: ADDIS ABABA
Your Answer: Nairobi
Points Assigned: 1

I was so confident in my answer. 

6. Gaming company DraftKings, travel company Virgin Galactic, and real estate platform Opendoor Technologies are among companies that are listed publicly due to their merger with certain type of shell company—one formed solely to raise capital through an IPO for the purposes of the merger. This type of company, which is sometimes known as a "blank check company" and whose popularity has risen sharply in the last few years, is best known by what four letter acronym?
Correct Answer: SPAC
Your Answer: NOPE
Points Assigned: 2

I have heard of SPAC's on podcasts, but could not pull it.