Jesse Day 4

4/6

1. A 1982 book written by Myra Williams (formerly Myra Lewis, second-cousin and former 13-year-old wife of Jerry Lee Lewis) and a 1987 Jerry Lee Lewis biopic starring Dennis Quaid both had what four-word title, which was first popularized as a phrase by Jerry Lee himself in 1958?
Correct Answer: GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
Your Answer: Great Balls of Fire
Points Assigned: 1

Just about the only thing I know about him.

2. Balkhash, Athabasca, Ladoga, Eyre, Kivu, and Poopó are all names, most prominently, of what?
Correct Answer: LAKES
Your Answer: Lakes
Points Assigned: 2

I have heard of Lake Balkhash because I visited Almaty and noticed the very large lake nearby. This should play hard. 

3. The men who won the Pulitzer Prizes in Music in 2003 (for On the Transmigration of Souls) and in 2014 (for Become Ocean) are American composers who share what first and last name? Their middle names are Coolidge and Luther, not to be confused with a third similarly named composer with the middle name of Clement.
Correct Answer: JOHN ADAMS
Your Answer: Phillip Glass
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

4. What is the essential Greek equivalent of the Turkish döner kebab, the Middle Eastern shawarma, and the Mexican al pastor?
Correct Answer: GYRO
Your Answer: Gyro
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like a gimmie

5. In August 2020, an estimated 300,000 people were left homeless and over 200 lost their lives after an explosion of a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate in what city?
Correct Answer: BEIRUT
Your Answer: Beirut
Points Assigned: 1

I remember the news story. 

6. What colorless, flammable hydrocarbon is the fifth member of the alkane series?
Correct Answer: PENTANE
Your Answer: Methane
Points Assigned: 2

Have never heard of Pentane, but I guess the fifth clue was supposed to get us Pent.