Fwd: LL104 Match Day 12 -- Confirmation

4/6 today with a horrid miss

Player: BrowningM

1. By way of 1800's Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, in exchange for territories in Tuscany, Napoleon Bonaparte (re-)acquired what North American territory, which he subsequently sold three years later?
Correct Answer: LOUISIANA
Your Answer: Louisiana
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme ish?

2. While minor sources include anglesite, cerussite, and litharge, the main ore of what metallic element is the sulfide galena?
Correct Answer: LEAD
Your Answer: Lead
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Being a chemist helpful again

3. Published in 1637, Discourse on the Method was the first major work of what "father of modern philosophy"?
Correct Answer: RENÉ DESCARTES
Your Answer: Hobbes
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Horrible miss, I know Levaithan was written about 1650 and was too anglocentric 

4. What word, derived etymologically from Latin and earlier Greek words relating to turning, refers to a terrestrial boundary where the sun appears to "turn back" after reaching its maximum distance from Earth's equator?
Correct Answer: TROPIC
Your Answer: Tropic
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Gave too many points for this 

5. What company, listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen, saw its market capitalization surpass Denmark's gross domestic product in August 2023?
Correct Answer: NOVO NORDISK
Your Answer: Novo Nordisk
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

6. Justin and Trent are the first names (though they don't go by those names) of brothers and multi-year NFL All-Pro defensive players whose last name is what?
Correct Answer: WATT
Your Answer: Alexander-Arnold
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1


Didn't have a clue so went with Liverpool's right back who I hope doesn't go to Real Madrid