Marcus LL101 Match Day 5 -- Confirmation

5 with a stupid miss

Player: BrowningM

1. In the 1960s, General Foods called what product "the drink of the astronauts" while using space travel iconography in its marketing?
Correct Answer: TANG
Your Answer: tang
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

A good get for a Brit but I thought may be easy for yanks?

2. 89.9% ±1.0 of the nitroamine RDX, 8.9% ±1.0 of a polyisobutylene binder, and 1.2% ±0.25 of the detection taggant DMDNB are specifications, according to the United States military, for what substance with an alphanumeric name?
Correct Answer: C-4
Your Answer: c4
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I did chemistry so I knew it was an explosive 

3. According to legend, what word earned its association with the game of poker when a player, optimistic about his hand's chances but out of cash, dropped his cards on the table to fetch his horse as collateral? (On his return, he realized that his foes had taken a look at his cards, and in response, he proposed a now common gameplay variation.)
Correct Answer: STUD
Your Answer: texas hold em
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Didn't read the question properly 

4. The title of an annually elected position in the late Roman Republic, whose role was to defend the property and lives of ordinary citizens, is used today (in English) in the names of various newspapers. What is this title?
Correct Answer: TRIBUNE
Your Answer: tribune
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Robert Harris's Cicero trilogy is a fave of mine 

5. The number six is the smallest of what type of number, which is defined as a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper divisors?
Correct Answer: PERFECT
Your Answer: perfect
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme

6. The characters of Ari Gold, the high-powered and high-tempered agent played by Jeremy Piven on Entourage, and Eli Gold, the political operative and campaign manager played by Alan Cumming on The Good Wife, are said to be based on real-life brothers who have filled similar roles in their respective careers. What last name do these brothers share?
Correct Answer: EMANUEL
Your Answer: emanuel
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

One of my wife's fave programmes