Marcus LL109 Match Day 9 -- Confirmation

knew them all today but still fuming that i wasn’t given a point for microwave yesterday, did anyone else get caught out by this ludicrous pedantry?

Player: BrowningM

1. While he didn't invent the idea, the convention in algebra of using late alphabet letters (x,y,z) for unknowns and early letters (a,b,c) for known constants is largely credited to what Frenchman, and specifically his 1637 work La Géométrie?
Correct Answer: RENÉ DESCARTES
Your Answer: descartes
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

gimme

2. A traditional Polish "hunter's stew" consisting of sauerkraut, fresh cabbage, and assorted meats such as beef, pork, and kiełbasa, which is cooked slowly at a simmer for several hours and is widely considered the national dish of Poland, is known by what five-letter name?
Correct Answer: BIGOS
Your Answer: bigos
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

have a couple of polish friends who make a mean one 

3. Municipalities on Great Bermuda, in Ontario, Canada, and on New Zealand's North Island all share what name, though each is named after a different individual, none of whom was a U.S. Founding Father?
Correct Answer: HAMILTON
Your Answer: hamilton
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

surely it’s the only possible guess?

4. In the sentences "I wish I were in love again" and "The rule requires that he be present", the verbs were and be are examples of what grammatical mood?
Correct Answer: SUBJUNCTIVE
Your Answer: subjunctive
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

i find it easier to recognise than exemplify 

5. The university that resulted from the merger of the Armour Institute and the Lewis Institute in 1940 has long been a center for modern architecture in the United States, with many campus buildings designed by long-time head of the architecture school Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. This university is the Institute of Technology in what state?
Correct Answer: ILLINOIS
Your Answer: illinois
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

i recently re read the god particle about the higgs boson by Lederman who was an alumnus rather than the architecture 

6. Among the regional

broadcasters that gradually merged over the decades to form the British television network ITV were two London-based franchises. One was Thames (later replaced by Carlton), and the other LWT. What did the "W" in LWT stand for?
Correct Answer: WEEKEND
Your Answer: weekend
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

british gimme