MarcusLL106 Match Day 2 -- Confirmation

5 today

Player: BrowningM

1. From 2005 to 2012, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp both appeared in five different films directed by whom?
Correct Answer: TIM BURTON
Your Answer: tim burton
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I remember a story about Burton and B-C having a house each with a tunnel between when they were married 

2. What eight-letter architectural term refers to the triangular section at the top front of a building (and not at the foot, despite the name)?
Correct Answer: PEDIMENT
Your Answer: Un-podium
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Well I learned something 

3. Which Athenian lawgiver of the 7th century BCE gave his name to an adjective for any rigorous or cruel law?
Correct Answer: DRACO
Your Answer: Draco
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Easier for Harry Potter fans I guess 

4. Poverty, Disgrace, Fame, Idleness, Cupid, Ruin, and Politics were some of the spaces in the early version of what game, invented by board game pioneer Milton Bradley himself in 1860?
Correct Answer: (THE CHECKERED GAME OF) LIFE
Your Answer: Game of Life
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Conway's game of life is more interesting and worth a google 

5. In May 2025, pro-EU candidate Nicușor Dan defeated nationalist George Simion to become president of what country, after the Constitutional Court annulled the first-round vote in December 2024 over suspected Russian interference.
Correct Answer: ROMANIA
Your Answer: Romania
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

In the news a lot here 

6. A celebrated example of communication in animals was investigated by 20th c. Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch, who discovered coded information conveyed via a "dance" performed by what animals?
Correct Answer: BEES
Your Answer: Bees
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0


Gimme