Jesse day 10

4/6

1. In golf, a term for three under par on a single hole is "double eagle", or what other bird?
Correct Answer: ALBATROSS
Your Answer: Albatross
Points Assigned: 0

I am a disc player and fan, and we use the same term. 

2. Silica gel is a type of substance known by a name derived from Latin for "to dry thoroughly". What is that name?
Correct Answer: DESICCANT
Your Answer: Desicant
Points Assigned: 2

I had to think about this for a while before coming up with the answer.

3. Stacee Jaxx, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, Mitch McDeere, Lt. Daniel Kaffee, and Cole Trickle are among the film characters played by what actor?
Correct Answer: TOM CRUISE
Your Answer: Tom Cruise
Points Assigned: 1

Got it from Kaffee.

4. During the 1400s, China's northern capital (modern-day Beijing) was constructed by the Ming dynasty as a series of walled enclosures: a large rectangular fortification, within it an imperial square, and at the center, a smaller compound that served as the emperor's residence. What is this innermost enclosure most commonly called today (in English)?
Correct Answer: FORBIDDEN CITY
Your Answer: Forbidden CIty
Points Assigned: 1

I have been there!

5. What literary term is applied to a work that blames the misfortunes of an era on its moral and social failings, taking its name from the Old Testament prophet known for such lamentations?
Correct Answer: JEREMIAD
Your Answer: Shibolith
Points Assigned: 3

Nope

6. A 2000 album by Madonna, the 1971 follow-up to Tapestry by Carole King, a 1993 release by 311, and a 2025 LP by Playboi Carti all share what plainly descriptive and literal title?
Correct Answer: MUSIC
Your Answer: Autobiography
Points Assigned: 2

Nope!