Fwd: LL99 Match Day 23 -- Confirmation

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From: Marcus Browning <marcusjbrowning@me.com>
Date: 18 December 2023 at 10:25:22 GMT
To: Marcus Browning <Marcus.Browning@brevanhoward.com>
Subject: Marcus 

LL99 Match Day 23 

Player: BrowningM

4/6 on a very American centric day

1. A 1964 silkscreen by Andy Warhol sold at auction for $195 million in 2022, a record (to date) for the artist. The title of the work is Shot Sage Blue [BLANK]—what first name fills in the blank?
Correct Answer: MARILYN
Your Answer: marilyn
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme 

2. Perhaps "Dorothy Tornado" would have been more fitting, but the L. Frank Baum heroine's last name denotes what other, lesser wind event, which according to the National Weather Service involves wind speeds from 39 to 54 mph?
Correct Answer: GALE
Your Answer: gale
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nice q but presumably very easy

3. The Sunjoy, a registered trademark of the fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A, is a concoction that is equal parts of what two other menu items?
Correct Answer: (SWEET) TEA, LEMONADE
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not a scooby 

4. Fourth Wing and Iron Flame are titles of the best-selling "romantasy" books released in 2023. Give either the name of the series of which these are the first two installments, or the name of the books' American author.
Correct Answer: THE EMPYREAN SERIES, REBECCA YARROS
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nah

5. Of the four core brands of the General Motors Corporation, the largest in terms of sales volume is Chevrolet. Which brand is a clear #2, with sales of 130,608 SUVs and trucks in the first quarter of 2023?
Correct Answer: GMC
Your Answer: gmc
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

In nearly went for Cadillac cos I wasn't sure if GMC was a brand or not but I've never seen a cadaillac truck

6. Groups of young militants supportive of Mao Zedong known as Red Guards were active in a deadly and disruptive era of sociopolitical turmoil in China, during which nearly every Chinese citizen read and possessed a copy of Mao's Little Red Book. By what two-word term is this era best known?
Correct Answer: CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Your Answer: culutural revolution
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

My opponent (in Avalon) lousy at world history hence 3 points 

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