Marcus LL108 Match Day 12 -- Confirmation

Another 5

Player: BrowningM

1. "Relief printing" involves carving away unwanted areas from a surface and inking what remains raised (like a rubber stamp). What Italian word refers to the opposite technique, in which the artist cuts into a plate, fills the grooves with ink, and wipes the surface clean before pressing paper onto it?
Correct Answer: INTAGLIO
Your Answer: intaglio
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Read about it at a William Blake exhibition or I would never have had a clue, would think it plays hard 

2. What three-letter Spanish word translates to English as "even", "including", or "also", but becomes a synonym of todavía meaning "still" or "yet" when its u gains an accent mark (ú)?
Correct Answer: AUN
Your Answer: muy
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I don't speak any Spanish as is apparent 

3. At 3.3 million square miles, the Sahara is the world's largest hot desert by far. What other desert, which at 900,000 square miles covers the majority of the peninsula with the same name, is second largest?
Correct Answer: ARABIAN
Your Answer: arabian
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I knew the Gobi was inland  but without the clues i thought that was the 2nd largest so it's nice to learn a new fact

4. With a media-rights deal beginning in 2023 worth more than ₹48,000 crore (over $6 billion USD), the Indian Premier League is one of the richest sports leagues in the world (certainly on a per-game basis), and definitely the richest in what sport?
Correct Answer: CRICKET
Your Answer: cricket
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Uber gimme for Brits 

5. What band, known for the hits "Heat of the Moment" and "Only Time Will Tell", has a name that fits with the band behind "The Final Countdown" and the title of Toto's #1 hit from their Grammy-winning album Toto IV?
Correct Answer: ASIA
Your Answer: asia
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I've now got Africa going round my head 

6. While diamonds are not geologically rare (they're more common than emeralds and rubies), they became artificially scarce due in large part to the actions of what company, which controlled 80-90% of the rough diamond distribution from 1888 to the early 2000s, and essentially created the tradition of diamond wedding engagement rings in America in the 1930s and 1940s?
Correct Answer: DE BEERS
Your Answer: de beers
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

Gimme