Jesse Day 1

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1. What two long-time friends and acting legends (and recipients of the Order of the British Empire) starred together in the first X-Men film in 2000 and later reunited on stage in Waiting for Godot productions in both the West End and on Broadway?
Correct Answer: IAN MCKELLEN, PATRICK STEWART
Your Answer: Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellan
Points Assigned: 1

I nearly put down Christopher Lee instead of Mckellan due to LOTRO confusion. 

2. The 1836 Battle of San Jacinto was the decisive battle in the revolution that resulted in the creation of what republic?
Correct Answer: REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
Your Answer: Texas
Points Assigned: 0

Feels like a gimmie.

3. The 1980s TV characters Sam from Cheers and Tony from Who's the Boss had very different occupations, but shared what former occupation, which was also the former occupation of the actor who played George on Mr. Belvedere?
Correct Answer: BASEBALL PLAYER
Your Answer: Baseball Player
Points Assigned: 1

I knew it from Sam and Bob Uecker. 

4. Cup, flange, accordion, beehive, and tiered are different types of what tool that is commonly found in many households?
Correct Answer: PLUNGER
Your Answer: Wrench
Points Assigned: 2

I feel like an idiot. 

5. NASA's Dragonfly mission, set to launch in 2028, will land a rotorcraft in 2034 on what moon—Saturn's largest and the only world besides Earth known to have standing liquid on its surface?
Correct Answer: TITAN
Your Answer: Io
Points Assigned: 3

Nope

6. The title of a hugely popular book series by Jeff Kinney confers what epithet upon its protagonist, Greg Heffley?
Correct Answer: WIMPY KID
Your Answer: Reacher
Points Assigned: 2

Nope, my daughter never got into these.