Marcus LL105 Match Day 19 -- Confirmation

3 or 4 today and you were correct Brian i didn't get the point for VP although think that is nonsense of the highest order. There is only ever 1 VP, then person in the job at that time !

Player: BrowningM

1. What word appears both in the name of the comic book series that introduced Superman in 1938, and in the name of a style of painting represented by works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell?
Correct Answer: ACTION
Your Answer: action
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Action painting from the abstract expressionists

2. A US college town founded in 1818 and named by settlers inspired by the area's "haven of blooms" has since 1820 been home to what university?
Correct Answer: INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Nah

3. In comedian Cole Escola's hit Broadway play Oh, Mary!, Escola plays a very fictionalized version of a real-life historical figure. What is the last name of that titular individual (maiden or married name is acceptable)?
Correct Answer: (MARY) TODD LINCOLN
Your Answer: lincoln
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Prob wont get this but it was a good effort !

4. What word was coined in the 1940s to refer to the general region of southern Mexico and Central America, particularly in relation to features of historical and cultural importance within the region and the pre-Columbian societies that lived there?
Correct Answer: MESOAMERICA
Your Answer: mayan
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew Mayan wasn't 1940s but this is hard for a Brit

5. Melpomene, Clio, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Urania, and Thalia make up a certain set of nine, with what member missing? This ninth, the eldest and most revered of the group, has a name now used for a particular (and peculiar) musical instrument.
Correct Answer: CALLIOPE
Your Answer: calliope
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Hopefully hard 

6. A Japanese term for a tea made from edible kelp is likely the misapplied source of the name of a popular fermented tea drink that originated in China. Give the name of either of these two otherwise unrelated drinks.
Correct Answer: KONBU-CHA/KOMBUCHA
Your Answer: kombucha
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Not many gimmes today but this comes close