Jesse day 10

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1. October 23 (in particular the period between 6:02 am and 6:02 pm) is an unofficial holiday for chemistry devotees in commemoration of the work of what Turinese scientist born in 1776?
Correct Answer: AMEDEO AVOGADRO
Your Answer: Kelvin
Points Assigned: 1

I thought a while about this and could not come up with a Northern Italian chemist. I have never heard of Avogadro, or his constant. 

2. Starcourt Mall, located in Indiana's fictional Roane County above a secret Soviet lab, is a key location for parts of what television series?
Correct Answer: STRANGER THINGS
Your Answer: Stranger Things
Points Assigned: 0

Seems like a gimmie given the popularity of the show. 

3. Identify the rock 'n' roll star of song and dance (and songs about dances), born Ernest Evans in South Carolina in 1941, who was noted at a young age for his ability to imitate other acts' styles, and also for his resemblance to a teenage Fats Domino.
Correct Answer: CHUBBY CHECKER
Your Answer: Chubby Checker
Points Assigned: 2

I immediately thought of the "The Twist" and remembered it was Chubby Checker. I did not know that is how he got his nickname. 

4. An international association of writing professionals—e.g., novelists, essayists, editors, playwrights, poets—was founded in London in 1921, and has the expressed goals of promoting cooperation among writers and fighting for freedom of expression and against censorship. By what three-letter name is this association customarily known?
Correct Answer: PEN
Your Answer: PFA
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

5. What word pair, now commonly used in English vernacular to refer to particular (and simplistic) opposite personality types, was introduced into the language in this usage by psychologist Carl Jung in the early 1900s?
Correct Answer: INTROVERT/EXTROVERT
Your Answer: Yin/Yang
Points Assigned: 2

That makes sense. 

6. The ancient civilizations of Kerma and Kush were located in a region along the Nile in Africa known by what name? It begins just south of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, where the Blue and White Nile merge, and was roughly separated from ancient Egypt at the First Cataract of the Nile just south of Aswan in modern-day Egypt.
Correct Answer: NUBIA
Your Answer: Nubia
Points Assigned: 1

This feels like it is pretty easy.