Marcus LL107 Match Day 15 -- Confirmation

4 today vs Ben LLL , I am easy to defend so let's see.

Player: BrowningM

1. The appropriately named common wheat accounts for about 95% of global wheat production. In second place is what hard variety, milled to make semolina flour and the source for nearly all commercially produced pasta?
Correct Answer: DURUM
Your Answer: Durum
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
 Gimme 
2. What was the name used for the form of international trusteeship devised by the League of Nations to administer former German and Ottoman colonies after World War I? By the end of WWII, some territories had achieved independence, with notable exceptions including Namibia and Palestine.
Correct Answer: MANDATE
Your Answer: Mandate system
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I'm not sure how well known this is but I am decent at history 

3. The name of the highest peak in suburban Atlanta is notable in its relation to the name of Major League Baseball's controversial first Commissioner. What is that peak's name?
Correct Answer: KENNESAW MOUNTAIN
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Not a clue 

4. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", "For Esmé—With Love and Squalor", and "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" are three tales that, along with six others, make up a 1953 J.D. Salinger collection published with what two-word name?
Correct Answer: NINE STORIES
Your Answer: Nine Stories
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Read em

5. What state produced musical acts including Devo, The O'Jays, Nine Inch Nails, and Guided By Voices, as well as (perhaps in a more readily apparent sense) the bubblegum band who released "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Chewy Chewy" in 1968, and the funk band that had hits in the 1970s with "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster"?
Correct Answer: OHIO
Your Answer: michigan
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Oh well

6. In physics, it's the flow of a substance through a surface; in metallurgy, an additive that promotes the flow of molten metal and removes impurities; and in a certain film series, something or other to do with time travel, apparently. What four-letter word is this?
Correct Answer: FLUX
Your Answer: flux
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Fun question