Monday, November 13, 2023

Jesse LL 99, Day 1

4/6 Hello all!

1. The name of what strongman completes a list that also includes Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael?

Correct Answer: TITO
Your Answer: Tito
Points Assigned: 1

Funny clue. 

2. The ideal of humanity found in Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, when translated into English, is the title of an unrelated movie from 1978. What is that word, which also appears in the titles of numerous other works in film and other media?
Correct Answer: SUPERMAN/ÜBERMENSCH
Your Answer: Superman
Points Assigned: 1

I haven't read Nietzsche in a long while, but knew Superman. 

3. Audio, The Complex, and THREE are music albums by what ultramarine performance art ensemble, which has been resident off-Broadway in New York since 1991?
Correct Answer: BLUE MAN GROUP
Your Answer: The Blue Man Group
Points Assigned: 2

I assumed this had to be the right answer.

4. Now commonly used to mean waste or something old, discarded, or of poor quality, what word also once referred to a type of Chinese sailing ship that—belying the current definition—included the most sophisticated and seaworthy ships in the world in the 15th century?
Correct Answer: JUNK
Your Answer: Junk
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie.

5. What is the name (or abbreviation) of the unit for measuring heat in which the temperature of one pound of water is raised by one degree Fahrenheit?
Correct Answer: BRITISH THERMAL UNIT (BTU)
Your Answer: KiloCalorie
Points Assigned: 3

Nope!

6. Today, the Big Three automakers in the United States are Ford, General Motors, and what other company, the result of a 2021 merger between the PSA Group (aka Peugeot) and the Fiat Chrysler conglomerate?
Correct Answer: STELLANTIS
Your Answer: Daimler
Points Assigned: 2

I did not follow the strikes closely enough to know the name of Stellantis. Terrible name.

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