Jesse day 25

2/6. Have a great offseason! 

1. The first battle of the Mexican-American War was fought in May 1846 among the "tall timber" (or in the "high stick" area) near present-day Brownsville, Texas—not near what northern California city the battle's name might evoke?
Correct Answer: PALO ALTO
Your Answer: Monterey
Points Assigned: 1

I knew there was a battle of Monterrey and just ran with that. 

2. Woody Paige, Tim Cowlishaw, Bill Plaschke, Kevin Blackistone, and Jackie MacMullan are frequent panelists on what ESPN daytime show, hosted by Tony Reali since 2004?
Correct Answer: AROUND THE HORN
Your Answer: Around the Horn
Points Assigned: 0

I think they are canceling this show. 

3. The most recent iteration of what fictional character, first created in 1921 by the company known today as General Mills, is a composite based on 75 real women of various demographics?
Correct Answer: BETTY CROCKER
Your Answer: Aunt Jemima
Points Assigned: 1

I thought about Betty Crocker, but dismissed it because I thought she was a real person. I knew there was controversy about Aunt Jemima, so figured they may have tried to get around it by making a composite of 75 real women of various demographics. 

4. The statesman Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a central figure in the founding of what modern-day nation?
Correct Answer: PAKISTAN
Your Answer: United Arab Emirates
Points Assigned: 3

I should know this. 

5. If 1,000 millivanilli equal one vanilli, and 1,000 vanilli equal one kilovanilli, then one trillion (10^12</sup>) vanilli equal one what?
Correct Answer: TERAVANILLI
Your Answer: trillivanilli
Points Assigned: 2

Fun question. Too bad I am terrible at math. 

6. One word is the name of an American automaker founded in the early 1900s. Another describes a playing card discarded from the top of a deck. Together, and separated by "and", they form the name of a classic darkroom technique, now used in digital photo editing, to brighten or darken parts of an image. What is this phrase?
Correct Answer: DODGE AND BURN
Your Answer: Dodge and burn
Points Assigned: 2

I was a film major and worked as a photographer for a bit.