Jesse Day 2

Another 5/6. 

1. The Japanese phrase 新幹線, which translates literally to "new main line" and colloquially to "bullet train", is often rendered in Latin characters as what single word, which first came into use in the mid-20th century?
Correct Answer: SHINKANSEN
Your Answer: Shikanzen
Points Assigned: 2

I have been on the Japanese bullet trains and run trips to Japan that include them. 

2. Ervin Harris and Donald Feaster, two friends of Darius Rucker in the jazz choir at the University of South Carolina in the 1980s, had nicknames that inspired the name of what platinum-selling rock band?
Correct Answer: HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH
Your Answer: Hootie and the Blowfish
Points Assigned: 1

I was in college during peak Hootie. 

3. What is the name of the building damaged by an arson fire in an event of historical significance on February 27, 1933?
Correct Answer: REICHSTAG
Your Answer: Reichstag
Points Assigned: 0

Seems like a gimmie. 

4. Identify the fruit, cultivated in Southeast Asia, that has a spiky, thick, green or yellow rind, is shaped like a rugby ball and—though pleasant tasting—has an offensive odor that causes it to be banned on trains and in other public spaces.
Correct Answer: DURIAN
Your Answer: Durian
Points Assigned: 2

I know this from traveling, but I think it has become well-known even to people who have not been to that part of asia. 

5. The 1931 oil painting Cow's [BLANK] with Calico Roses is a well-known and representative work by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. What word fills in the blank in the title?
Correct Answer: SKULL
Your Answer: Backside
Points Assigned: 3

Damn, I can picture it in my head. 

6. Identify the nine-ball arcade redemption game whose owner was, fittingly, headquartered for a time in Coney Island, and which is named indirectly for the small "jump" that is fundamental to its gameplay.
Correct Answer: SKEE-BALL
Your Answer: Skeeball
Points Assigned: 1

This also feels like a gimmie, but maybe I live in a Skeeball area.