3/6, not bad. ANd for the first time ever I accidentally asked for a copy of my answers - who knew?
1. Name the man who was elected in April 2020 to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as head of the United Kingdom's Labour Party.
Correct Answer: KEIR STARMER
Your Answer: thomas jones
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
No idea
2. The two players who won the NBA's Most Valuable Player awards in 1979, 1982, 1983, 1997, and 1999 share what last name? The players are also the only two players on the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (announced in 1996) to share a last name.
Correct Answer: MALONE
Your Answer: johnson
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I think Malone briefly crossed my mind but I didn't really know there were two of them who were that good
3. Jane, Mary, Catherine (Kitty), and Lydia are the names of four of the five Bennet sisters from a classic 1813 novel. What is the name of the fifth?
Correct Answer: ELIZABETH
Your Answer: elizabeth
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
Correct Answer: KEIR STARMER
Your Answer: thomas jones
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
No idea
2. The two players who won the NBA's Most Valuable Player awards in 1979, 1982, 1983, 1997, and 1999 share what last name? The players are also the only two players on the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (announced in 1996) to share a last name.
Correct Answer: MALONE
Your Answer: johnson
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I think Malone briefly crossed my mind but I didn't really know there were two of them who were that good
3. Jane, Mary, Catherine (Kitty), and Lydia are the names of four of the five Bennet sisters from a classic 1813 novel. What is the name of the fifth?
Correct Answer: ELIZABETH
Your Answer: elizabeth
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
Remembered this
4. While Morocco occupies 80% of its land, no other UN member state has officially recognized that country's sovereignty over what territory, which is the most populous and largest in area (by far) among those on the UN's list of Non-Self-Governing Territories?
Correct Answer: WESTERN SAHARA
Your Answer: algeria
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
Never heard this was a place
5. Name the Greek town, in actuality about 18 miles from the city of Athens, that is located in eastern Attica and was etched in history in 490 BCE (thanks in part to a Greek hemerodrome named Pheidippides).
Correct Answer: MARATHON
Your Answer: marathon
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Phedippides helped
6. Tobacco, potato, eggplant, and tomato are among the agricultural crops that belong to the family Solanaceae, which is most commonly known in English by what name?
Correct Answer: NIGHTSHADES
Your Answer: nightshade
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
4. While Morocco occupies 80% of its land, no other UN member state has officially recognized that country's sovereignty over what territory, which is the most populous and largest in area (by far) among those on the UN's list of Non-Self-Governing Territories?
Correct Answer: WESTERN SAHARA
Your Answer: algeria
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
Never heard this was a place
5. Name the Greek town, in actuality about 18 miles from the city of Athens, that is located in eastern Attica and was etched in history in 490 BCE (thanks in part to a Greek hemerodrome named Pheidippides).
Correct Answer: MARATHON
Your Answer: marathon
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Phedippides helped
6. Tobacco, potato, eggplant, and tomato are among the agricultural crops that belong to the family Solanaceae, which is most commonly known in English by what name?
Correct Answer: NIGHTSHADES
Your Answer: nightshade
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Wasn't sure this was right, but glad it was :)