Jesse Day 10

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1. In 5W-30 motor oil, the W stands for "winter", as the 5 indicates a certain characteristic of the oil in winter performance, while the 30 indicates this characteristic at high temperatures. This characteristic—the oil's thickness and resistance to flow—is most commonly known by what word?
Correct Answer: VISCOSITY
Your Answer: Viscosity
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like a gimmie.

2. "We have met the enemy, and they are ours." This famous quote was written by U.S. Navy Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry in a dispatch reporting victory in a battle on what body of water, which has not seen significant military action in its waters in the 200+ years since?
Correct Answer: LAKE ERIE
Your Answer: Gulf of Mexico
Points Assigned: 1

Japan is the first place that comes to mind with Perry, but the Sea of Japan was certainly in play in WW2. My next best guess was the Gulf of Mexico. 

3. My Man [BLANK], The Inimitable [BLANK], Very Good, [BLANK], Thank You, [BLANK], Right Ho, [BLANK], Carry On, [BLANK], and Much Obliged, [BLANK]: The name of what highly competent, unflappable, and resourceful fictional Englishman fills in all the blanks in these titles?
Correct Answer: JEEVES
Your Answer: Mr Smith
Points Assigned: 3

Nope. The answer makes sense. 

4. The Lion of Belfort in Belfort, France, the Vercingétorix Monument in Claremont-Ferrand, and two eponymous fountains in Washington, DC, and Lyon, France, are well known works by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, but his best known work by far is known by what name?
Correct Answer: STATUE OF LIBERTY/LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD
Your Answer: The Thinker
Points Assigned: 2

Oh, shoot. 

5. American author Annie Proulx, a Pulitzer-winner in 1994 for The Shipping News, published the 1999 collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories which contained a short story that—like The Shipping News—was adapted to film. What is the title of that short story and subsequent film?
Correct Answer: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Your Answer: Brokeback Mountain
Points Assigned: 2

This was a guess. 

6. Give the four words that complete this statement, as uttered on television by Tyra Banks on hundreds of occasions from 2003 to 2018: "You're still in the running towards becoming [REDACTED]."
Correct Answer: AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
Your Answer: America's Next Top Model
Points Assigned: 1

I have never watched an episode, but I am aware of it.