Jesse Day 9

5/6

1. Scott Kelly's 2017 memoir Endurance documents his year (or so) spent where?
Correct Answer: SPACE/INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Your Answer: International Space station
Points Assigned: 1

I knew the Kelly brothers were astronauts.

2. The Love Bug, Field of Dreams, The Theory of Everything, Ghostbusters (2016), Flash Gordon, Oklahoma!, The Fugitive, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail are all films featuring performers with what last name?
Correct Answer: JONES
Your Answer: Jones
Points Assigned: 0

I got it through Field of Dreams, The Fugitive, and Montey Python. 

3. The island of Unguja, located just off the coast of East Africa (northwest of Madagascar and directly north of the city of Dar es Salaam) and home to the city of Stone Town, is known more familiarly by what other name?
Correct Answer: ZANZIBAR
Your Answer: Zanzibar
Points Assigned: 2

My company runs a trip there. 

4. "To overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." When it appeared in 1845, as written by columnist John Louis O'Sullivan, this quote was accompanied by the introduction of what phrase and political doctrine?
Correct Answer: MANIFEST DESTINY
Your Answer: Manifest Destiny
Points Assigned: 1

That quote sounded like Manifest Destiny. 

5. Members of thousands of species within the taxonomic family Apidae—the largest within the superfamily Apoidea which is itself within the order Hymenoptera—are all known by what term?
Correct Answer: BEES
Your Answer: Bees
Points Assigned: 3

Bee houses are Apiarys.

6. On February 4, while accepting the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Taylor Swift unexpectedly announced the release of her new album on April 19, with what title?
Correct Answer: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
Your Answer: Heartbroke Poet's Committee
Points Assigned: 2

I knew the contours of the title.