Marcus LL108 Match Day 17 -- Confirmation

Player: BrowningM

1. Sankore Madrasah was a flourishing university (depending on one's definition of a university) by the 14th century in what West African city, famed as a medieval center of Islamic learning and for its role in trans-Saharan trade?
Correct Answer: TIMBUKTU
Your Answer: Timbuktu
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i know a bit about the Mali Empire and the date fitted 

2. Logos for American Airlines, Lufthansa, Panasonic, Target, Crate & Barrel, and 3M have all used what typeface, developed in 1957 by Swiss designers Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann and long used as the standard for New York City transit signage?
Correct Answer: HELVETICA
Your Answer: Helvetica
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

switzerland the gimme

3. The amount of electromagnetic energy radiated per second from a celestial object, measured in joules per second, watts, or magnitudes, is known by what term? The word is also more generally a synonym for "brightness" or "effulgence".
Correct Answer: LUMINOSITY
Your Answer: Luminosity
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

prob plays quite hard 

4. What is the most common name for the cut of steak that includes two muscles, the longissimus dorsi and the spinalis dorsi, with the latter widely considered by chefs and butchers the most flavorful muscle on the cow? The longissimus dorsi alone, when instead cut from the short loin, is commonly known as a New York Strip.
Correct Answer: RIBEYE
Your Answer: Rib-eye
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

i do like a rib eye 

5. Ippon and waza-ari are the two types of scores in what sport, which made its Olympic debut for men in 1964 (appropriately)?
Correct Answer: JUDO
Your Answer: Judo
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

i knew this anyway but tokyo held the games in 64 which is another way in

6. British author A.A. Milne achieved widespread fame in 1924 with his book of verse When We Were Very Young, written for his son. What was his son's name? (Note, his last name of Milne is not required or sufficient.)
Correct Answer: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
Your Answer: Christopher Robin
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

gimme