Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Jesse Day 11

3/6

1. In September 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration released a statement that warned against the adverse effects of a TikTok challenge involving a recipe for "Sleepy Chicken", which entailed marinating a chicken breast in what branded product before cooking?

Correct Answer: NYQUIL
Your Answer: Nyquil
Points Assigned: 0

Never heard of it, but it made sense. 

2. What literary name, which the Oxford English Dictionary has defined as a boiled brandy-and-ale drink from the late 17th century, is known in France as boule boule, in Denmark as Lille-Trille, and in parts of Germany as Rüntzelken-Püntzelken?
Correct Answer: HUMPTY-DUMPTY
Your Answer: Rumple Stilzkin
Points Assigned: 1

Ah, that makes sense. 

3. The 1842 Treaty of Nanjing, between China and Britain, ended the First Opium War, broke China's trade monopoly, opened various "Treaty ports" (such as Xiamen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai), and ceded Hong Kong to the British crown. It is the first of what would be dubbed (rather accurately, especially from China's perspective) the [BLANK] Treaties—what adjective fills in the blank?
Correct Answer: UNEQUAL
Your Answer: dishonorble
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.

4. In the 2023 revival, James Monroe Iglehart reprised the role originated by Tim Curry, Taran Killam reprised the role originated by Hank Azaria, and Leslie Kritzer reprised the role originated by Sara Ramirez in the original 2005 Broadway production of what musical?
Correct Answer: SPAMALOT
Your Answer: Spamalot
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess. Somehow knew this. 

5. Tempura, Squid Nigiri, Chopsticks, and Pudding are among the cards in the deck of what "pick and pass" game?
Correct Answer: SUSHI GO!/SUSHI GO PARTY!
Your Answer: Sushi Go
Points Assigned: 1

We have this game.

6. One of W.C. Fields's most beloved comedy shorts, The Fatal Glass of Beer, is famous for its oft-repeated line (and subsequent blast of snow to the face). What are the last four words of that line, which begins, "And it ain't a fit night out"?
Correct Answer: FOR MAN OR BEAST/FOR MAN NOR BEAST
Your Answer: a glass o' beer
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

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