Jesse Day 20

4/6

1. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946), and Fort Apache (1948): Combining the first name of a star of all of these films with the last name of the director of these films results in the name of what industrialist? (First and last name required.)
Correct Answer: HENRY FORD
Your Answer: Henry Ford
Points Assigned: 1

Good question!

2. According to a UK Parliament act from July 1993, only a tweed that is "handwoven by the islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides" can have what name, taken from an island in (unsurprisingly) the Outer Hebrides?
Correct Answer: HARRIS TWEED
Your Answer: Twee String
Points Assigned: 3

This should pay easier than a three. I drew a blank, but should have been able to come up with Harris Tweed.

3. The total pool of prize money during the first season of what TV show, which premiered in September 2021, ultimately amounted to ₩45.6 billion?
Correct Answer: SQUID GAME
Your Answer: Squid Game
Points Assigned: 1

Gimmie?

4. In the world of professional sports, Doug Harvey, Bill Klem, Joe West, Jim Joyce, Bruce Froemming, Don Denkinger, and Ángel Hernández all held what occupation?
Correct Answer: (BASEBALL) UMPIRE
Your Answer: Umpire
Points Assigned: 2

Angel Hernandez is the worst. 

5. A term for a severe weather condition associated with blizzards is a homophone of a certain brand of error-corrector. What is that term?
Correct Answer: WHITEOUT/WITE-OUT
Your Answer: Whiteout
Points Assigned: 0

The error corrector came to me right away. 

6. What piano-like instrument, in which metal plates or bars are struck with felt hammers when its keys are pressed, traditionally produces the twinkling sounds that represent the fairy in Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"?
Correct Answer: CELESTA
Your Answer: Clavichord
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.