Jesse day 15

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1. What film series saw releases in 1979, 1981, 1985, 2015, and 2024, with the first film made on a budget of approximately $350,000 and the most recent costing $168 million?
Correct Answer: MAD MAX
Your Answer: Mad Max
Points Assigned: 2

It took me a bit of time to come up with this.

2. Often compared to Ellis Island in the U.S., the historic site Pier 21 is located in what Canadian city and provincial capital, known for having one of the world's largest and deepest natural harbors?
Correct Answer: HALIFAX
Your Answer: Vancouver
Points Assigned: 0

My first thought was Halifax, but then I thought it was too small.

3. In music, the masculine form of this Italian word denotes a fast or lively tempo. In medicine, the feminine form is a popular brand name for fexofenadine. Give either form of this word in question.
Correct Answer: ALLEGRO, ALLEGRA
Your Answer: Allegra
Points Assigned: 1

I knew the word in Italian and the drug commercials confirmed I was right. 

4. In London theatre, "off-West End" is a rough equivalent to New York's "off-Broadway", but there's no true "off-off-West End" to match "off-off-Broadway". Instead, what word is often used for this category, its use originating in the late 1940s via an offshoot of the annual Edinburgh International Festival?
Correct Answer: FRINGE
Your Answer: Royal Mile
Points Assigned: 3

Of course, I don't know how I did not remember this. 

5. Stephanie Abrams, Mike Bettes, Jen Carfagno, Dr. Greg Forbes, and Jim Cantore are all known for their work on what television network?
Correct Answer: THE WEATHER CHANNEL
Your Answer: Weather channel
Points Assigned: 2

I only know who Jim Cantore is. 

6. The historic city of Petra, settled by the Nabataeans in the 4th century BCE and later conquered by Rome in the 2nd century CE, is located in what present-day country?
Correct Answer: JORDAN
Your Answer: Jordan
Points Assigned: 1

I went there in 1997 and will be going back again this September for a work trip.