Jesse Day 13

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1. The title of a popular song by David Bowie that appeared on the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars contains a word (among its two words) that relates, indirectly, to the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution (though the lyrics don't relate to it, even remotely). What is that word?
Correct Answer: SUFFRAGETTE
Your Answer: Suffragette
Points Assigned: 2

I have that album and suffragette came to mind right away. 

2. Violinists David Harrington and John Sherba, violist Hank Dutt, and cellist Joan Jeanrenaud were the long-time foursome comprising a string quartet founded in 1973 and named after what mythical god?
Correct Answer: KRONOS
Your Answer: Dionysus
Points Assigned: 2

Ugh, I knew I heard it before, but could not pull it. 

3. Author and Time magazine correspondent Simon Shuster's 2024 biography, The Showman, profiles what world leader and former actor?
Correct Answer: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY
Your Answer: Zelensky
Points Assigned: 1

I wonder how many people will put Reagan.  That was my initial impulse. 

4. Many sources cite what German port city as the leading European city in number of bridges, with nearly 2,500, many of which span the Alster, Bille, or Elbe Rivers?
Correct Answer: HAMBURG
Your Answer: Hamburg
Points Assigned: 3

I have been there and walked over several of these bridges. 

5. Smarcle Flyer, Happy Bee, Fly Birdie, Fall Out Bird, Tiny Flying Drizzy, Ninja Flop, and Splashy Fish were among the many dozens of knockoffs of what mobile game, developed by video-game artist Dong Nguyen in 2013?
Correct Answer: FLAPPY BIRD
Your Answer: Flappy Bird
Points Assigned: 0

I played it a few times. 

6. The great expansion of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th to 18th centuries is attributed in part to elite fighting forces that consisted largely of soldiers first taken from Christian families and enslaved as boys. These forces are known by what name, from the Turkish for "new" and "soldier"?
Correct Answer: JANISSARIES
Your Answer: Janisseries
Points Assigned: 1

Bad spelling, but I knew it. 

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