Jesse Day 18

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1. Here's the Story: Surviving [REDACTED] and Finding My True Voice is a 2008 book by Maureen McCormick that recounts her life during and after her time playing what memorable television character, whose name has been redacted from the title? (First and last name required.)
Correct Answer: MARCIA BRADY
Your Answer: Jan Brady
Points Assigned: 3

Jan was the one everyone dunked on, so I figured she would be the one to write the book. 

2. The famous heptad that includes the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pharos of Alexandria, and the Great Pyramid of Giza, also includes a statue by Phidias of whom?
Correct Answer: ZEUS
Your Answer: Zeus
Points Assigned: 2

Considered Collosus but fortunately chose Zeus. 

3. What distinctively odorous substance, invented in the 1930s to clean coal residue from wallpaper, has been manufactured since 1991 by Hasbro, who trademarked its scent in 2016?
Correct Answer: PLAY-DOH
Your Answer: Play-doh
Points Assigned: 0

The clues fit. 

4. A viral four-word phrase that originated in August 2024 in a satirical video by TikTok content creator Jools Lebron has "very" as its first and third words. What are both of the other two words in this phrase?
Correct Answer: DEMURE, MINDFUL
Your Answer: good, clean
Points Assigned: 1

I had no idea.

5. Give the modern name of either of the straits that lie at opposite ends of the sea known in classical antiquity as Propontis.
Correct Answer: BOSPORUS, DARDANELLES
Your Answer: Bosphorus
Points Assigned: 1

I recalled this being the sea of Marmara.  

6. George Burns (as Mr. Kite), Frankie Howerd (Mean Mr. Mustard), Peter Frampton (Billy Shears), and Sandy Farina (Strawberry Fields) appeared in what poorly received 1978 musical pastiche film?
Correct Answer: SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Your Answer: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Points Assigned: 2

Just a guess. Billy Shears is what clinched it for me.