Jesse Day 23

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1. In 1958, a triad of European countries known as the Low Countries formed an economic union whose name was a combination of the countries' names. What was that union's name?
Correct Answer: BENELUX
Your Answer: Beneluxe
Points Assigned: 1

I worked in the Netherlands and Belgium as a consultant, and that term came up for regional business. 

2. A nameless young Black man in the 20th-century United States and a scientist named Griffin are literary characters, from 1952 and 1897, respectively, that fit what description, per the titles of the novels in which they appear?
Correct Answer: INVISIBLE MEN
Your Answer: Time travellers
Points Assigned: 2

I was on the right track. 

3. In 1986, Cleveland Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama, namesake of the Cleveland Avenue bus line, was renamed in honor of what individual?
Correct Answer: ROSA PARKS
Your Answer: Rosa Parks
Points Assigned: 1

I figured this was the bus strike. 

4. Pythagorean mathematicians of ancient Greece defined three numeric means that are today called "Pythagorean means". They are the arithmetic mean (AM), the geometric mean (GM), and what third, which is abbreviated "HM" and is defined by WolframAlpha as "the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers"?
Correct Answer: HARMONIC MEAN
Your Answer: Half
Points Assigned: 3

Nope

5. A common layout of a blackjack table contains text along the lines of the following: "Black Jack pays 3 to 2 / Dealer must stand on 17 and must draw to 16 / [BLANK] pays 2 to 1". What word typically appears in the blank?
Correct Answer: INSURANCE
Your Answer: Split
Points Assigned: 2

I do not play Blackjack. 

6. Texas-based private company Intuitive Machines developed a commercial robot named Odysseus that, as of late February 2024, is located where?
Correct Answer: THE MOON
Your Answer: The Moon (Earth's Moon)
Points Assigned: 0

It was in the news this month.