Marcus LL104 Match Day 11 -- Confirmation



5/6 vs Seif LLL hopefully it will be enough and i had a miracle with the committee 

Player: BrowningM

1. What microstate is notable for having Europe's highest capital city in elevation, for having no airport or railway station, and for being the only country in the world to have Catalan as its sole official language?
Correct Answer: ANDORRA
Your Answer: Andora
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Seif is 100 pct on this one 

2. Sticks of dough that are fried, coated in sugar, and sometimes dipped in chocolate — this describes numerous desserts all over the world, but in Spain and Latin America, they're often known by what name, purportedly after a breed of Spanish sheep with ridged horns?
Correct Answer: CHURROS
Your Answer: churros
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Easy if you've ever been to Spain 

3. In 1977, it was the second single released from Fleetwood Mac's Rumours LP; in 1986, the second single during Van Halen's Sammy Hagar era; and in 1992, the debut single by the Irish band The Cranberries. What is this one-word title?
Correct Answer: DREAMS
Your Answer: dreams
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I like fleetwood mac 

4. What was the name of the committee of the US House of Representatives established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty and subversion among federal government employees, before finally being abolished in 1975? (Full name or common 4-letter abbreviation acceptable.)
Correct Answer: UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (HUAC)
Your Answer: un american activities committee
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew it was mcarthy and about being  Un American but I had no expectation of this being correct and it's a good job I wrote it out long hand given the abbreaviaton!

5. The period of Roman literature during which Virgil, Ovid, and Horace flourished, and an era of English literature with which Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and John Dryden are associated, are both known as what "Age"?
Correct Answer: AUGUSTAN
Your Answer: golden
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Everyone is gong to say golden aren't they? Augustan for English lit? I'll have to google it

6. In competitive platform and springboard diving, there are diving positions based on four distinct shapes of the body, categorized by the letters A through D. A is "Straight" position and D is "Free" position—what positions do B and C represent? (Two answers required, in either order.)
Correct Answer: PIKE, TUCK
Your Answer: pike tuck
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp:2

Olympics gimme