Marcus LL108 Match Day 1 -- Confirmation

Nice to be back after the very long break. 5 to start 

Player: BrowningM

1. Spain's Conchita Martínez won the Ladies' Singles title at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships. In every other year from 1982 to 1996, the title was won by one of just two other women. Name both of them.
Correct Answer: MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, STEFFI GRAF
Your Answer: Navratilova, Graf
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I can't name many of the current players 

2. In 1790, Thomas Jefferson became the first person to lead what U.S. government department, the oldest cabinet department, established by an early act of Congress in July 1789?
Correct Answer: STATE
Your Answer: State
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I knew Hamilton was the treasury 

3. The 1970s saw several successful American TV series adapted from British shows, including All in the Family (from Till Death Us Do Part), Sanford and Son (from Steptoe and Son), and what other sitcom, based on the British series Man About the House starring Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, and Sally Thomsett?
Correct Answer: THREE'S COMPANY
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

I may have got it if they asked the other way round ..

4. Helen ("Nell") Huntingdon, Bertha Mason, and Catherine Earnshaw are names of literary characters created by novelists who share what last name?
Correct Answer: BRONTË
Your Answer: Bronte
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Gimme but by opponents not good at lit 

5. A writing system created in the 15th century is notable for being "phonographic", meaning its letters represent the sounds of the language. Its basic consonants ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅅ, and ㅇ were designed to mimic how the tongue, lips, and throat shape those sounds. Name this script, or the language spoken by roughly 80 million people that uses it.
Correct Answer: HANGUL/KOREAN
Your Answer: Korean
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

Very guessable 

6. Give the common name of the whale species Balaenoptera musculus, believed to be the largest animal ever known, though its gentle nature makes it a less likely choice for dramatic fiction than the whales featured in Moby Dick, Star Trek IV, and Free Willy.
Correct Answer: BLUE WHALE
Your Answer: Blue whale
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

Gimme of the season already like the Louvre last time ?

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