Jesse Day 16

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1. Ten plays by American playwright August Wilson, each set in a different decade in the 20th century, are collectively known as what Cycle, after the location where most of them are set (which is also where Wilson was born and raised).
Correct Answer: PITTSBURGH CYCLE
Your Answer: Savanah
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

2. Quite likely the most successful Australian television series exported to the United States and beyond, which debuted in 1998 in their homeland and 2002 in the U.S., stars what colourful ensemble for kids?
Correct Answer: THE WIGGLES
Your Answer: Tubba Tellys
Points Assigned: 1

I knew the timeline wasn't right, but I could not remember the Wiggles. 

3. Identify the religious movement, founded in South Korea in 1954, which teaches in the Divine Principle that a sinless man could redeem the world and establish God's kingdom on Earth. (Note, the question asks for the name of the church, not the popular term for its adherents.)
Correct Answer: UNIFICATION CHURCH
Your Answer: Moonies
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea what the church was called. I feel like Moonies is difficult enough that it should have been permitted. 

4. "Speaking aloud' is a translation of what word, which was used to describe the greater degree of openness in Soviet society and international relations promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev beginning in 1985?
Correct Answer: GLASNOST
Your Answer: Glasnost
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

5. In the U.S. customary system of measurement, what unit of length equals 40 rods or 660 feet?
Correct Answer: FURLONG
Your Answer: Furlong
Points Assigned: 2

I just watched a Taskmaster episode where they had to try to walk a furlong in as close to 10 minutes as possible. 

6. What woman, widely considered the greatest tennis player in Belarusian history, ended 2024 as the WTA world No. 1 after winning both the Australian Open and U.S. Open that year?
Correct Answer: ARYNA SABALENKA
Your Answer: Petrova
Points Assigned: 1

I do not follow tennis.