Marcus LL107 Match Day 20 -- Confirmation

5 today which I think will be enough to beat Seif

Player: BrowningM

1. What is the acronymic-portmanteau name for the coating developed by Surrey NanoSystems in 2014 that created what was dubbed the "world's darkest color"? This substance is composed of vertically aligned nanotube arrays that absorb up to 99.965% of visible light.
Correct Answer: VANTABLACK
Your Answer: vanta black
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Was big in the news here at the time

2. In this branding timeline, what single name is redacted? \ \ [REDACTED] Go (2010-2020) -> [REDACTED] Now (2015-2020) -> [REDACTED] Max (2020-2023) -> Max (2023-2025)-> [REDACTED] Max (2025-present).
Correct Answer: HBO
Your Answer: pokemon
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Impossible for me 

3. The 2005 novel Twilight is the first novel in the four-novel vampire romance series written by American author Stephenie Meyer, and gives the series its name. Give the name of any one of the other three books in this series, released one per year beginning in 2006?
Correct Answer: NEW MOON, ECLIPSE, BREAKING DAWN
Your Answer: new moon
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Seif didn't have a teenage daughter  so I'll be surprised if he knows this

4. What auction house, founded in London as a book auctioneer in 1744, became the first major international firm of its kind to be American-owned when purchased by shopping mall magnate A. Alfred Taubman in 1983?
Correct Answer: SOTHEBY'S
Your Answer: sotherby's
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme

5. What familiar name for a spice common in Middle Eastern and Jamaican cuisine (which is also known as pimento, myrtle pepper, or Jamaica pepper, and which is not actually a blend) refers to its flavor, resembling cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg combined?
Correct Answer: ALLSPICE
Your Answer: allspice
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

My wife has Jamaican heritage 

6. "I [BLANK] I Dwelt in Marble Halls" and "I [BLANK] We Spoke Again". What word, whose ending is unique in the English language (or very nearly so), is redacted from these song titles?
Correct Answer: DREAMT
Your Answer: dreamt
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Annoying enya warble