Jesse day 17

4/6

1. What is the primary ingredient in the chilled soup known as vichyssoise, which as such has thusly also been referred to as potage Parmentier (fittingly given M. Parmentier's culinary legacy)?
Correct Answer: POTATOES
Your Answer: Potatoe
Points Assigned: 1

Total guess!

2. A device invented in the early 17th century called Napier's bones and another device, invented later in that century, called a Pascaline were advancements on what other tool, commonplace at the time, which was known to the Egyptians by at least 500 BCE and perhaps invented by the Babylonians as early as 3000 BCE?
Correct Answer: ABACUS
Your Answer: Sextant
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

3. Name the man who supplanted Mao's designated successor, Hua Guofeng, to become China's paramount leader in 1978, serving in that role until handing over power (publicly at least) to Jiang Zemin in 1989.
Correct Answer: DENG XIAOPING
Your Answer: Xioping
Points Assigned: 3

I did not know how to spell it, but I knew Xiaoping was how the name sounded. 

4. A hit country album by Morgan Wallen (subtitled The Double Album) shares a name with a pop album released by Michael Jackson, as well as a comedy album released by Bill Hicks. What is that shared name?
Correct Answer: DANGEROUS
Your Answer: Off the Wall
Points Assigned: 0

Dangerous makes more sense than Off the Wall. 

5. What title character is featured in blockbuster films from 2002, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023?
Correct Answer: SPIDER-MAN
Your Answer: Spider Man
Points Assigned: 2

I thought about this one for about an hour. 

6. In addition to its 10 provinces, Canada also has three administrative divisions officially designated as territories. Of the three, which one is by far the smallest in area (at less than half the size of the second smallest)?
Correct Answer: YUKON
Your Answer: Yukon
Points Assigned: 1]

I just knew this.