Jesse day 11

3/6

1. The name of what sausage, typically U-shaped, often made of ground pork and beef, well seasoned, and sometimes garlic forward, comes directly from the Polish for "sausage" (and is, in fact, frequently used as a synonym for "Polish sausage")?
Correct Answer: KIELBASA
Your Answer: Kilbasa
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like a gimmie. 

2. Frontal, maxillary, ethmoid, and sphenoid are the four spaces in the human body collectively known as what?
Correct Answer: SINUSES
Your Answer: Cortex
Points Assigned: 2

I have never had any sinus issues so have not heard of any of those terms. 

3. Two councils of the Christian Church, in 325 and 787—the first of which issued a statement of orthodoxy against the belief that Jesus Christ was merely an exceptional human and not divine, the second of which was called to end the ban on veneration of icons—took place in (and are named after) what city, now the town of Ä°znik in northwestern Turkey?
Correct Answer: NICAEA
Your Answer: Nicea
Points Assigned: 1

It was the first thing that popped into my head. 

4. A highly rated Columbo-esque detective series that debuted in January 2023 and a low-rated thriller film written by, directed by, and starring Russell Crowe that was released in November 2022 both have what name?
Correct Answer: POKER FACE
Your Answer: Crowelumbo!
Points Assigned: 2

Damnit. I watched the first two episodes and then forgot about it. 

5. The word hryvnia is most closely associated with—and has formal official importance in—what country, particularly since September 1996?
Correct Answer: UKRAINE
Your Answer: Bosnia Herzongivina
Points Assigned: 3

I did not know that. 

6. What is the name of the narrator in the 1971 Little Golden Book titled The Monster at the End of This Book (who is also—spoiler alert—the monster at the end of the book)?
Correct Answer: GROVER
Your Answer: Grover
Points Assigned: 1

I had this booking growing up and read it to my daughter many times.