Jesse Day 25

4/6. I am firmly in the middle of B, so will not be moving rundles next season.  Have a great off season!

1. What Russian word for "union" was used as the name of the Soviet space capsule that flew on several missions beginning in 1967, including #19, which docked with the Apollo spacecraft in orbit in 1975?
Correct Answer: SOYUZ
Your Answer: Soyuz
Points Assigned: 1

Only word I could think of. I was not confident. 

2. The ancient North African cities of Leptis Magna, Oea, and Sabratha all lie near or within what current world capital and, indirectly, give that capital its Greek-derived name?
Correct Answer: TRIPOLI
Your Answer: Tripoli
Points Assigned: 1

I knew those cities were in Libya so this was easy for me. Nice bit of trivia with the triple cities. I did not know that. 

3. A simple letter-shift code that is a staple of puzzle hunts and escape rooms (perhaps to the point of cliché) is a "cipher" named after what figure of antiquity, who reportedly used it in military correspondence with his preference being a shift of 3 (where A becomes D, for example)?
Correct Answer: JULIUS CAESAR
Your Answer: Julius Caeser
Points Assigned: 0

It was that or Alexander. 

4. Molly Baz, Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, and Sohla El-Waylly are all popular YouTube creators who first found fame appearing on the channel of what magazine?
Correct Answer: BON APPÉTIT
Your Answer: Bon Apetite
Points Assigned: 2

I watched a lot of Claire Saffitz during the pandemic. 

5. Some academics argue, probably dubiously, that an enduring 1697 story featuring what title character may have mistakenly substituted verre (glass) for the homophonous vair (a type of fur)?
Correct Answer: CINDERELLA
Your Answer: Barber
Points Assigned: 3

Well I feel like an idiot. 

6. What English word derives from Greek roots meaning "true sense" or "true meaning" and "word"?
Correct Answer: ETYMOLOGY
Your Answer: Lexicon
Points Assigned: 2

Nope.