Jesse Day 17

4/6

1. What name sometimes used in literary or poetic contexts to refer to Great Britain comes from the Latin word for "white", referring to the chalky Cliffs of Dover?
Correct Answer: ALBION
Your Answer: Blanc
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea. I have heard the word Albion but did not connect it to Great Britain. 

2. The Greasers and the Socs are the rival gangs in what Tony-winning Broadway musical, its 1983 predecessor movie, and the 1967 novel from which both were adapted?
Correct Answer: THE OUTSIDERS
Your Answer: The Outsiders
Points Assigned: 1

I read this years ago. 

3. The 2004 album Barrio Fino, considered one of the most influential and pivotal in the history of reggaeton music, was released by what Puerto Rican artist, whose real name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez?
Correct Answer: DADDY YANKEE
Your Answer: Bad Bunny
Points Assigned: 2

Nope. 

4. A decree issued in 196 BCE by the priests of Memphis in honor of Ptolemy V was discovered in Egypt in 1799, in the port city near the mouth of the Nile known as Rashid. By what other name is this city also known today?
Correct Answer: ROSETTA
Your Answer: Rosetta
Points Assigned: 2

I did know Rosetta was a city, but that was my best guess given the clue. 

5. Milwaukee's Shotz Brewery was the employer of the protagonists in what 1970s/80s television series (as well as the show's occasional setting)?
Correct Answer: LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
Your Answer: Laverne and Shirly
Points Assigned: 1

I am old enough that I can remember the opening title sequence. 

6. The 29 European countries that have abolished passport control and other forms of border control, allowing the free movement of goods, services, and people across their mutual borders, are known as what "Area", named after the town in Luxembourg where the defining agreement was signed in 1985?
Correct Answer: SCHENGEN AREA
Your Answer: Schengen
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?