Jesse Day 4

4/6

1. Society hostess Anna Pavlovna Scherer, at a party she is hosting in July 1805, during the era of Napoleonic conflicts, is the first among the nearly 600 named characters to be introduced in what novel?
Correct Answer: WAR AND PEACE
Your Answer: War and Peace
Points Assigned: 1

Lots of charecters+ Russian name + Napoleanic war time period = War and Peace (Which I have not read)

2. The first human-made object to exit the heliosphere and enter interstellar space, doing so in August 2012, was one of the two probes launched by NASA as a part of what program? The program's other probe entered interstellar space in November 2018.
Correct Answer: VOYAGER
Your Answer: Voyager
Points Assigned: 2

I heard a podcast about some glitches they fixed a few months back. 

3. What durable, soft, suede-like leather, a gently brushed and buffed full-grain leather, was once produced from the hides of young deer (hence its name)?
Correct Answer: NUBUCK
Your Answer: Buckskin
Points Assigned: 1

I forgot about Nubuck. 

4. Schecky Moskowitz, Robbie Hart, Bobby Boucher Jr., Sonny Koufax, Paul Crewe, Zohan Dvir, Lenny Feder, and Howard Ratner are all characters portrayed in film by what actor?
Correct Answer: ADAM SANDLER
Your Answer: Sandler
Points Assigned: 0

Bobby Boucher Jr and Zohan Dvir got it for me. 

5. Which of the four railroads on the standard Monopoly game board was inspired by an interurban that ran from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to nearby communities (as opposed to the others, which were named after longer, interstate operators)?
Correct Answer: SHORT LINE
Your Answer: Atlantic
Points Assigned: 3

I have not played Monopoly in a very long time. I forgot about the short line. 

6. Al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyyah ("Kingdom of the West") is the official name of what country?
Correct Answer: MOROCCO
Your Answer: Morocco
Points Assigned: 2

Westernmost Muslim country. I knew the Maghreb was Northern Africa.