Marcus LL107 Match Day 6 -- Confirmation

5 vs Dave M which obviously is decent but I wasn't sure how to defend.

Player: BrowningM

1. Give either of the last names, both still familiar in business today, of the men who started a carrier service between Buffalo and the West in the mid-1840s. They later launched an express service from New York to San Francisco during the 1849 gold rush, which merged with others in 1850 to form American Express.
Correct Answer: WELLS, FARGO
Your Answer: Wells (Fargo)
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

A gimme for finance folk

2. Hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, and triclinic are among the seven systems used to classify the ways atoms can be arranged in three-dimensional space. What are the solids that form in these systems collectively called?
Correct Answer: CRYSTALS
Your Answer: crystals
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Keep the chemistry coming

3. What reality television series, which debuted on Bravo in July 2013, was described by longtime star Captain Lee Rosbach as "Downton Abbey on the water"?
Correct Answer: BELOW DECK
Your Answer: dry-tanic
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Nah

4. 6.75 meters is the international standard for what sporting distance, used in the Olympics and other international competitions, NCAA men's and women's play, and most professional leagues (with one notable American exception)?
Correct Answer: BASKETBALL THREE POINT LINE
Your Answer: 3 point line in basketball
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Toyed with the free throw line so happy to get

5. The first Europeans to encounter the islands of New Zealand (Aotearoa) in 1642 were led by what Dutch navigator, after whom the (relatively) nearby island of Lutruwita is now also named (as well as the sea that separates them)?
Correct Answer: ABEL TASMAN
Your Answer: Tasman
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Very nearly misread and went for Van Dieman

6. The 2025 song "Wasted Love", recorded and co-written by Austrian singer JJ, is (and will likely always be) most closely associated with what cultural phenomenon?
Correct Answer: EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Your Answer: Eurovision song contest
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I made money betting on it, it's a very inefficient but surprisingly liquid in play market !