Jesse Day 20

4/6. Diane- I am glad you read Graeme's stuff! I love how he mixes his humor into the most serious of subjects. The only time we lived in the same city was back in DC in 2006-2009ish. Whenever Graeme would suggest a place for dinner I would know he found some kind of crazy coupon. We had lots of terrible all-you-can-eat sushi. We still chat about once every other month. 

1. What noun, derived from the Greek verb for "to scatter" or "spread about", first appeared in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew bible), and first appeared in English in the 16th century to denote "a scattering abrode of the Iewes" before the expansion of the concept in the mid-20th century?
Correct Answer: DIASPORA
Your Answer: Diaspora
Points Assigned: 0

It was the first thing to come to my mind. 

2. What Swedish warship sank on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor in 1628, was eventually salvaged in 1961, and has been housed since 1990 in a museum on the city's island of Djurgården?
Correct Answer: VASA
Your Answer: Vala
Points Assigned: 3

I went to this museum in 2004 and it almost stuck in my mind. I think the word Valhalla influenced my memory of Vasa. 

3. What former President, along with several allies, was convicted by a panel of Supreme Court justices in Brazil on charges including attempting to unlawfully overturn the election result, following his defeat in 2022?
Correct Answer: JAIR BOLSONARO
Your Answer: Bolsonaro
Points Assigned: 2

Gimmie, but my opponent doesn't do great in Current events. 

4. The biographical miniseries George & Tammy premiered on Showtime in December 2022. Give the last name of either of the two title characters.
Correct Answer: JONES, WYNETTE
Your Answer: Faye Baker
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea.

5. Though the term was first introduced into the popular consciousness by Swedish company Ericsson with a 1997 prototype, the IBM Simon released in 1994 is retrospectively considered the first device known by what now-common compound word?
Correct Answer: SMARTPHONE
Your Answer: Smartphone
Points Assigned: 1

Very guessable. I thought they would name the Newton and Palm Pilot too. 

6. A Japanese word for a traditional bedding setup consisting of a cotton-filled mattress and quilt stored during the day and laid on the floor at night for sleeping has taken on a related meaning in the West for a piece of furniture that is sometimes (but not always) used for sleeping. What is that word?
Correct Answer: FUTON
Your Answer: Futon
Points Assigned: 1

Initially thought tatami, but that word generaly isn't used in the west.