Jesse day 6

4/6

1. What is the most common Italian translation of the English word "clowns" (especially as they pertain to Ruggero Leoncavallo)?
Correct Answer: PAGLIACCI
Your Answer: Pagliacci
Points Assigned: 0

I first wrote down Pagliano before correcting myself. 

2. Among the many career highlights of Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, perhaps his most timeless is a chair, commissioned by the SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen, that had what shape, by which name the chair is still manufactured and sold today? It's not to be confused with the similar, and probably even more literal, name of a chair designed by fellow Dane Henrik Thor-Larsen.
Correct Answer: EGG
Your Answer: Egg
Points Assigned: 1

I knew that the egg chair was Danish.

3. The most enduring legacy of the American freighting company Russell, Majors, and Waddell was a subsidiary that remains famous today despite operating for just 18 months beginning in April 1860, before declaring bankruptcy. This subsidiary's service has always been best known by what name?
Correct Answer: PONY EXPRESS
Your Answer: Pony Express
Points Assigned: 1

I remembered that the Pony Express was very short-lived. 

4. One of television's most famous portrayals of the position of medical examiner was Jack Klugman's performance as what character, on that character's eponymous NBC series from 1976 to 1983?
Correct Answer: QUINCY
Your Answer: Colombo
Points Assigned: 3

I could not pull it. I have never seen this show, but have heard it referenced before. 

5. In the Best Musical category at the 2022 Tony Awards, the subject (sadly deceased since 2009) of one nominee shares a name (first and last) with the writer of the book, music, and lyrics of another nominee, the eventual winner. What are the first and last names that these two individuals share?
Correct Answer: MICHAEL JACKSON
Your Answer: Tony Kushner
Points Assigned: 2

My wife and I had our first date the day Micheal Jackson died. I had no idea as I do not follow the Tony awards or musical theatre. Somehow the name Tony Kushner came to mind even though he is apparently alive. 

6. What colorless, odorless, gaseous, nonmetallic element, which is totally inert and has no known compounds, has the lowest boiling point of all the elements (269° below zero on the Celsius scale)?
Correct Answer: HELIUM
Your Answer: Helium
Points Assigned: 2

Total guess, but it felt right.