Jesse Day 25

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1. After a series of high-profile incidents, in 2001 a table replaced a horse for future competitions in what Olympic event, per the broader sport's international rules federation?
Correct Answer: VAULT
Your Answer: Vault
Points Assigned: 1

I watch enough Olympics to get this. 

2. A pivotal offensive launched in 1968 during the Vietnam War, often attributed to General Võ Nguyên Giáp and shifting combat from the countryside into South Vietnam's urban centers, was timed to coincide with what holiday?
Correct Answer: TET (NGUYEN DAN)/LUNAR NEW YEAR
Your Answer: Tet
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

3. Country artist Zach Top's 2025 summer anthem celebrates "Good Times and" what other warm-weather staple, less appreciated by dermatologists?
Correct Answer: TAN LINES
Your Answer: sunshine
Points Assigned: 3

Oh, that makes sense. 

4. preponderatingly because / unless statistics lie he was / more brave than me:more blond than you. \ \ So goes the final stanza from "i sing of Olaf glad and big", by what poet?
Correct Answer: E.E. CUMMINGS
Your Answer: Beowulf
Points Assigned: 1

Nope!

5. What is the rather concise full name (first and last) shared by Jon Voight's would-be gigolo in Midnight Cowboy and the television play-by-play announcer for most MLB World Series games from 1996 to 2021?
Correct Answer: JOE BUCK
Your Answer: Joe Buck
Points Assigned: 2

I got it through the announcer. 

6. What metal, known (and transacted) from ancient times, is named after the large Mediterranean island that served as its principal source during the Roman era?
Correct Answer: COPPER
Your Answer: Tin
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.