Jesse day 17

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1. The word "prone" is used to describe the position of a person lying face down (from the Latin word pronus, "bent forward"). What is the opposite term, which indicates the position of a person lying face up (from the Latin for "bent backwards") and can also be used to describe someone as passive, inactive, or indolent?
Correct Answer: SUPINE
Your Answer: Supine
Points Assigned: 1

I just knew it, but it did not come to me right away. 

2. Identify any one of the three altepetls that constituted the powerful Nahuan Triple Alliance of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Correct Answer: TENOCHTITLAN, TEXCOCO, TLACOPAN
Your Answer: Aztec
Points Assigned: 2

I was at least was able to figure out what part of the world Nahuan sounded most like. 

3. A line of attractions along the Rue de Rivoli on the Right Bank of the Seine begins in the west with the Place de la Concorde, continues toward the east into in Paris's 1st arrondissement with the Jardin des Tuileries and then the Place du Carrousel, and ends with what tourist mecca, near the scenic Pont des Arts?
Correct Answer: THE LOUVRE
Your Answer: The Louvre
Points Assigned: 2

I used to live in Paris.

4. On January 20, 1990, activist Ron Kovic was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay, 22 years to the day after suffering an injury that left him paralyzed from the chest down. What is the name of the film, based on his 1976 memoir of the same name, for which he won the award?
Correct Answer: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Your Answer: Born on the Fourth of July
Points Assigned: 0

The timing was for the injury to take place during Vietnam and Cruise's character in Born on the Fourth of July ends up in a wheelchair. 

5. What Olympic sport is played on a 40m x 20m (131.25ft x 65.62ft) indoor court between two teams of seven players each, and the rules of which allow players to take up to three steps without bouncing the ball and to hold it for up to three seconds?
Correct Answer: HANDBALL
Your Answer: Handball
Points Assigned: 1

I lived in Scandandanavia off and on in my twenties, so am familiar with the sport.

6. A form of carbon made by the destructive distillation of coal has a name that is also used for a certain unrelated beverage. What is that name?
Correct Answer: COKE
Your Answer: Tea
Points Assigned: 3

I did not think about this one long enough.