Marcus LL106 Match Day 1 -- Confirmation

6/6 all in my wheelhouse 

Player: BrowningM

1. The ominous line "What is this that stands before me?" opens the riff-heavy first track on a seminal debut album released on Friday the 13th in February 1970. The song, album, and band all share the same name. What is that name?
Correct Answer: BLACK SABBATH
Your Answer: black sabbath
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I think I'd have got it even if Ozzy hadn't just died 

2. In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b^2</sup>-4ac) is known as what "D" term?
Correct Answer: DISCRIMINANT
Your Answer: discrimnant
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Plays v hard if you don't know it

3. What TV character, a famous misanthrope, was originally presented as orange, and in fact is still orange, technically, with his current hue attributed to being covered in mud and slime?
Correct Answer: OSCAR (THE GROUCH)
Your Answer: osacr the grouch
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Was big in the U.K. in the 70s

4. Which Best Picture Oscar nominee, released widely in the U.S. in October 2024 (and in Italy that December), foreshadowed real-world events that occurred seven months later?
Correct Answer: CONCLAVE
Your Answer: concalve
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I like all Robert Harris's stuff

5. In naval history, the Battles of the Nile (1798) and Copenhagen (1801) are often linked with a third battle, fought in 1805 off the coast of what Spanish cape that gives the battle its name?
Correct Answer: TRAFALGAR
Your Answer: trafalagar
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

British history gimme 

6. The USDA recognizes three official grades for ketchup, with the lowest being "Standard" and the middle "Extra Standard." What word, which outside the ketchup-sphere suggests something ornamental or extravagant, is used for the highest grade, having the thickest texture and most tomato solids?
Correct Answer: FANCY
Your Answer: fancy
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Have some in the fridge