Jesse day 7

4/6

1. What was the name of the moderate "minority" faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party of the early 20th century, which (unlike their "majority" counterparts) favored a slower and more progressive transformation of society (which, in fact, is not what turned out to occur)?
Correct Answer: MENSHEVIKS
Your Answer: Menshevik
Points Assigned: 0

First thing to pop in my head. 

2. Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe, Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Fury are all boxers who have what in common, most notably? They share this commonality with the golfers Luke Donald and Paul Lawrie and basketball player OG Anunoby.
Correct Answer: BRITISH
Your Answer: British
Points Assigned: 2

I knew OG was British. Only British basketball player I know of. 

3. Carson McCullers's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" are quintessential examples of what two-word literary subgenre, whose name reflects the stories' geography and their aesthetic of horror, eccentricity, ruin and decay, and the supernatural?
Correct Answer: SOUTHERN GOTHIC
Your Answer: Magic Ruralism
Points Assigned: 2

Shoot, I have heard of this. I went with the joke answer. 

4. In macroeconomics, Okun's law (named after American economist Art Okun) asserts a negative relationship between output (GDP) and a certain rate, whereas the Phillips curve (after New Zealander Bill Phillips) summarizes a negative relation between inflation and a certain rate. In both instances, this certain rate is the same—what is the name of this rate?
Correct Answer: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Your Answer: Unemployement
Points Assigned: 1

I have heard the Phillips curve mentioned on many podcasts. 

5. The following could be used to indicate the title of what Cold War–era Netflix series? \ \ 1.d4 d5 \ 2.c4
Correct Answer: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Your Answer: The Queen's Gambit
Points Assigned: 1

It was the only show that made sense even though I don't play chess so could not be sure those were chess moves.

6. The Spanish word llanos translates to "plains", and the name "Los Llanos" refers to a specific region of savanna and grasslands. Identify either of the two countries that are home to Los Llanos or the primary river that shapes the ecology of the region.
Correct Answer: COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA, ORINOCO
Your Answer: Argentina
Points Assigned: 3

I knew the plain in Argentina were the Pampas, but I had never head of Los Llanos even though I have been to Colombia.