Marcus LL105 Match Day 12 -- Confirmation

Honourable draw with Ben yesterday where i was punished again for dreadful defence.

I think I should have 6 today and I may argue if I don't get the first one.

Player: BrowningM

1. What term, sourced from a French word for fence, refers to a parliamentary procedure used to end debate and bring a legislative issue to a vote?
Correct Answer: CLOTURE
Your Answer: closure motion
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Closure and Cloture have the same French route and it is usually called a closure motion altho I just googled and Cloture Closure is the formal term. It's a lousy question given the similarities of Cloture and Closure 

2. Identify the candidate whose unsuccessful 1995 run for the presidency of Peru demonstrated the limits of having previously served as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991.
Correct Answer: JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR
Your Answer: peres de cuella
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Not the best spelling but i remeber the geezer..

3. In southern-US cuisine, what word is both a verb for a method by which a large amount of shellfish, corn, potatoes, and seasoning is prepared, and a noun for a gathering at which such a feast is served?
Correct Answer: BOIL
Your Answer: seafood boil
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Presumably this plays, was on a British cooking prog

4. What is the chemical formula for the extremely common compound known in its mineral form as halite?
Correct Answer: NaCl
Your Answer: NaCl
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme 

5. The Six Nations Championship is an annual rugby union tournament featuring teams representing England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and what sixth European nation (which is the tournament's latest addition)?
Correct Answer: ITALY
Your Answer: Italy
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Gimme for Brits 

6. Among the approximately three dozen feature films directed by Steven Spielberg, nine have one-word titles. Which one of those nine films is named after a city, one of the many cities in which that particular film's action is set?
Correct Answer: MUNICH
Your Answer: Munich
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Beware the Philadelphia trap…