Jesse Day 24

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1. In Robert McCloskey's beloved 1948 children's book, a girl named Sal is picking and eating fruit with her mother when they encounter a mother bear and her cub doing the same. What fruit are they picking?
Correct Answer: BLUEBERRIES
Your Answer: Strawberrys
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.  I figured it was a berry.

2. Beginning in 1778, Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko led the design and construction of fortifications at what site of critical importance during the American Revolution, which remains a key military location today?
Correct Answer: WEST POINT
Your Answer: West Point
Points Assigned: 1

It said it was still a key military location today and West Point was the first place that cam to mind. 

3. What Latin word meaning "hollow" appears in the names of the two main veins in the human body, which carry deoxygenated blood to the heart from the upper and lower body?
Correct Answer: CAVA
Your Answer: Fem
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

4. What is the name of the famous Hollywood stock sound effect first recorded for the 1951 film Distant Drums? Named after a character who was shot with an arrow in the 1953 film The Charge at Feather River, this "Scream" has been used in countless movies, including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Toy Story.
Correct Answer: WILHELM SCREAM
Your Answer: Foley
Points Assigned: 2

I was a film major and I do not remember this bit of trivia. 

5. Opening on Broadway on the unlucky date of March 5, 2020, before reopening in 2022, the jukebox musical Girl from the North Country features the music of what artist? This artist was certainly from an area that could be called the North Country, but was not a girl (the title comes from his 1963 ballad of the same name).
Correct Answer: BOB DYLAN
Your Answer: Bob Dylan
Points Assigned: 0

My favorite musician. 

6. What magazine, once the most widely read in the U.S. by some measures, was a nationwide Sunday newspaper supplement known for features like James Brady's celebrity interviews, Marilyn vos Savant's "Ask Marilyn" column, and its annual "High School All-American" teams? It published its final print edition in November 2022.
Correct Answer: PARADE
Your Answer: Parade
Points Assigned: 1

It was a good guess. We only got the NY Times, which did not come with Parade.