Jesse Day 8

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1. What "king of chefs and chef of kings" created the kitchen brigade system and is widely credited with modernizing French haute cuisine?
Correct Answer: AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER
Your Answer: Ritz
Points Assigned: 3

I knew he cooked at hotels owned by Ritz, but did not recall his name. 

2. What television series aired its "Day One" episode at 10:00pm ET on Thursday, September 22, 1994, and remained in that time slot on NBC until its final episode, "And in the End...", on April 2, 2009?
Correct Answer: ER
Your Answer: ER
Points Assigned: 1

I am curious to see how hard this plays.  Gimmie for me as it started when I was in high school. 

3. Vietnam's Bến Hải River, which flows generally from west to east for approximately 100 km in the center of the country, is closest to what consequential circle of latitude?
Correct Answer: 17TH PARALLEL (NORTH)
Your Answer: 24th parallel
Points Assigned: 2

I could not remember which parallel it was, despite passing over it on an overnight train in 1998.

4. What poet, who died at age 30 in 1963, was awarded the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The Collected Poems, becoming the first to receive this prize after death?
Correct Answer: SYLVIA PLATH
Your Answer: Sylvia Plath
Points Assigned: 0

I don't know much about poetry, but I do know Plath died of suicide at a young age.

5. Since early 2022, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has served as the chairman of what center-right political party, which was led by Angela Merkel for 18 years beginning in 2000?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (CDU)
Your Answer: Christian Democrats
Points Assigned: 1

I think my answer will be accepted. 

6. What Agatha Christie play broke the record for the longest-running show in the history of British theatre in April 1958, and maintains the record today (probably worldwide) as it approaches its 30,000th performance in 2025?
Correct Answer: THE MOUSETRAP
Your Answer: Murder on the Orient Express
Points Assigned: 2

Nope