Jesse LL 98 Day 1

5/6 It is good to be back! 

1. The mountain once known as Mount Godwin-Austen, and locally (perhaps) as Chogori or Qogir, is best known by the name K2, so named as it was the second peak to be measured in what mountain range?
Correct Answer: KARAKORAM
Your Answer: Karokorum
Points Assigned: 3

My first thought was Hindu Kush, but I didn't think this Kush would be ok for the needed K. Karokurm popped into my head.  Hopefully my creative spelling will be accepted. 

2. The Greek dish moussaka is typically prepared with tomatoes, minced lamb, grated cheese, and slices of what vegetable (which, like the tomato, is a culinary vegetable but botanically a fruit)?
Correct Answer: EGGPLANT/AUBERGINE
Your Answer: Eggplant
Points Assigned: 1

I know my way around a mousaka. 

3. "Johnnie, get your gun" and "the Yanks are coming" are famous lines from what George M. Cohan song, one of the most memorable American tunes to come out of World War I?
Correct Answer: OVER THERE
Your Answer: Over there
Points Assigned: 2

I was able to remember "the yanks are coming" repeated a bunch of time followed by "over there" repeated a few times. I was hoping that was the title as otherwise I would have no answer. 

4. What is the unit of volume used in the petroleum industry that is defined as 42 US gallons or 35 imperial gallons (under standardized temperature and pressure conditions)?
Correct Answer: BARREL
Your Answer: Barrel
Points Assigned: 0

Gimmie?

5. "The weight of a liquid displaced by a floating body is equal to the weight of the body" is a principle most closely associated with whom, and is connected to his discoveries?
Correct Answer: ARCHIMEDES
Your Answer: Newton
Points Assigned: 2

Oh, Archimedes bathtub. I could not recall this. 

6. British slang for a tool used in theatrical productions to adjust stage lighting evolved (in one possible etymology) into what word, now used for the title of the chief electrician in a television or film production crew?
Correct Answer: GAFFER
Your Answer: Gaffer
Points Assigned: 1

I have a degree in film and worked on a few films.