Jesse Day 19

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1. What word appears both in the name of the comic book series that introduced Superman in 1938, and in the name of a style of painting represented by works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell?
Correct Answer: ACTION
Your Answer: Modern
Points Assigned: 2

Action Comics, right? Oh well. 

2. A US college town founded in 1818 and named by settlers inspired by the area's "haven of blooms" has since 1820 been home to what university?
Correct Answer: INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Your Answer: Indiana University
Points Assigned: 1

Bloomington was the first thing to come to mind. 

3. In comedian Cole Escola's hit Broadway play Oh, Mary!, Escola plays a very fictionalized version of a real-life historical figure. What is the last name of that titular individual (maiden or married name is acceptable)?
Correct Answer: (MARY) TODD LINCOLN
Your Answer: Magdalene
Points Assigned: 1

Oh, that makes sense. 

4. What word was coined in the 1940s to refer to the general region of southern Mexico and Central America, particularly in relation to features of historical and cultural importance within the region and the pre-Columbian societies that lived there?
Correct Answer: MESOAMERICA
Your Answer: Mezo America
Points Assigned: 0

I think I will get credit.

5. Melpomene, Clio, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Urania, and Thalia make up a certain set of nine, with what member missing? This ninth, the eldest and most revered of the group, has a name now used for a particular (and peculiar) musical instrument.
Correct Answer: CALLIOPE
Your Answer: Euphonia
Points Assigned: 2

I knew they were muses, but I blanked on Calliope. 

6. A Japanese term for a tea made from edible kelp is likely the misapplied source of the name of a popular fermented tea drink that originated in China. Give the name of either of these two otherwise unrelated drinks.
Correct Answer: KONBU-CHA/KOMBUCHA
Your Answer: Komboucha
Points Assigned: 3

It was the only fermented drink I could think of.