Jesse day 8

5/6! 
1. Ocean waves, electromagnetic waves, and stadium crowd waves are all most often referred to as what type of wave, so-named because the waves' periodic disturbances are at right angles to the direction of propagation?
Correct Answer: TRANSVERSE
Your Answer: Perpendicular waves
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I thought this had a chance at being right. I have never heard of transverse waves. 

2. A small bowl, classically circular and white with a fluted exterior, which is often used to serve condiments and garnishes alongside an entrée, soufflés, or single-serve portions of larger dishes, takes its name from a similarly spelled French dish baked and served in such a container. What is that name?
Correct Answer: RAMEKIN
Your Answer: Ramekin
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I bought a ramekin not so long ago. 

3. The country of Ecuador is named after its location straddling the equator. Through what other two South American countries does the equator pass?
Correct Answer: COLOMBIA, BRAZIL
Your Answer: Brazil, Colombia
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I've been to all three countries and went to the equator monument near Quito. The best part is they built this enormous monument before they had GPS so it is about a football field away from the actual equator, where a land owner smartly built a science museum dedicated to the equator on the actual equator. 

4. What U.S. President, born in West Branch, Iowa, to parents Jesse and Hulda in August 1874, was the first president born west of the Mississippi River?
Correct Answer: HERBERT HOOVER
Your Answer: Hoover
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

This was a total guess, but in terms of age, I figured they would have to be not long before FDR. 

5. The Winnipeg Jets' Rick Dudley, the Toronto Maple Leafs' Wilf Paiement, and Montreal Canadiens' Joe Lamb, Desse Roche, and Leo Bourgeault are among the very few players in the history of the National Hockey League to wear jersey number 99. Name one other.
Correct Answer: WAYNE GRETZKY
Your Answer: Gretsky
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I am ashamed of my spelling, but I knew he was 99. Wasn't sure how to score this as he is the most well known hockey player so it is very guessable. 

6. What Sirius XM Satellite Radio station, focused on 90s Alternative and Grunge, is named after a song by Nirvana (and not an element of the periodic table)?
Correct Answer: LITHIUM
Your Answer: Lithium
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew the song, not XM radio station.