Marcus Match Day 1 -- Confirmation

Player: BrowningM

 6/6 A gentle start to ease us into the new season?

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: karakoram
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Very pleased to get the spelling right.

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: aubergine/egg plant
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Currently on holiday in Greece ..

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
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

There's a very annoying advert in the UK for Go Compare insurance which is why I knew this, possibly it plays harder in the US which would be ironic.

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
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

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: archimedes
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

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: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

My wife is a TV and Film director.