Marcus final day

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From: Marcus Browning <marcusjbrowning@me.com>
Date: 20 December 2023 at 11:25:42 GMT
To: Marcus Browning <Marcus.Browning@brevanhoward.com>
Subject: Fwd: LL99 Match Day 25 -- Confirmation

a pleasing 5/6 to round it off if mission impossible gets credit 

Player: BrowningM

1. A certain municipal sobriquet has been used (or considered for use) over the years for various professional sports teams, including the 1883–84 seasons of what is now the San Francisco Giants, a candidate in 1963 for what had been the Titans and became the Jets, and—probably most notably—the current champions of the National Women's Soccer League. What is that name?
Correct Answer: GOTHAM
Your Answer: gotham
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I have half a chance with football questions even about American women's teams

2. Identify either of the two massive-budget Hollywood films released between May and July 2023 that feature a main character driving a car at a high rate of speed down Rome's Spanish Steps.
Correct Answer: FAST X, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -- DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Your Answer: mission impossible
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

A guess

3. What sweet stone fruit is popular in dessert dishes and sorbets, is often added to curries, is used for jams and other preserves, and is made into a wide variety of chutneys in India—where it is the national fruit and where over 40% of the world's crop is grown?
Correct Answer: MANGO
Your Answer: mango
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

When you've had a many curries as me …

4. The name of Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, when spoken aloud, sounds similar to the English phrase "managed Thursday" translated into what language?
Correct Answer: FRENCH
Your Answer: french
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

5. Joaquín Guzmán, born in Sinaloa, Mexico, in April 1957, is best known by what nickname?
Correct Answer: EL CHAPO
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I should have got this but drew a blank

6. When demonstrating the telegraph to the US Congress in 1844, what biblical phrase did Samuel Morse transmit (today, the phrase would be rendered .-- .... .- - / .... .- - .... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... -)?
Correct Answer: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT
Your Answer: what hath god wrought
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3


This came up in another quiz as a result of an argument about the arrest of Crippen and morse code to the ship he tried to flee on