Marcus LL105 Match Day 13 -- Confirmation

Didn't get closure yday which is a travesty but won so I'll let it go…

5 today and missed the TV one which hopefully is easy enough for them not to give me 3 points …

Player: BrowningM

1. Although one initial concept was for it to be presented as a documentary being filmed by a Dutch foreign-exchange student, the creators of a certain sitcom never explained why its characters were being filmed within the show's storyline or were speaking to the camera. What is the name of this sitcom, a winner of multiple Outstanding Comedy Series Emmys in the 2010s?
Correct Answer: MODERN FAMILY
Your Answer: veep
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I did watch it occasionally but didn't have a clue 

2. What word denotes the pure, fine-grained, and translucent form of gypsum that is used for carving and sculpture? As an adjective, the word can describe something considered white and smooth.
Correct Answer: ALABASTER
Your Answer: alabaster
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I've been to Volterra in Tuscany many times and always picked up something in alabaster 

3. What is the abbreviated term for the ribbed steel rods that are embedded inside concrete structures during the construction of buildings, bridges, dams, etc. to add tensile strength to the structure?
Correct Answer: REBAR
Your Answer: rebar
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

4. Salva Kiir Mayardit, who in 2011 would become the first president of South Sudan (a position he still holds today), was gifted what item by George W. Bush while visiting the White House in 2006? He has been seen with it (or a similar item) in most of his public appearances over the course of the nearly two decades since.
Correct Answer: (STETSON/COWBOY) HAT
Your Answer: cowboy hat
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

I'm not sure it's such a good look …

5. What was the last name of France's minister of war who served in the role intermittently from 1929 to 1932 and is remembered today via a string of ouvrages, casemates, blockhouses, and the like?
Correct Answer: MAGINOT
Your Answer: maginot
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

George Formby's song about it is a banger!

6. In a jump-blues song from the 1940s by Louis Jordan, when Farmer Brown asks, "Who's there?", what word completes the following response (which also includes the song's title)? "There ain't nobody here but us [BLANK]."
Correct Answer: CHICKENS
Your Answer: chickens
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I've heard the phrase many times, nice to find out where it comes from

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