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What is the major elimination product obtained from the following reaction?

What is the equation for the rate of formation of tert-butyl alcohol from the reaction of tert-butyl bromide (t-BuBr) with water.

Rank the following ions in order of increasing nucleophilicity in polar protic solvents, starting with the least nucleophilic ion.  

What is (are) the elimination product(s) of the following reaction?  

What is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?  

Which of the following represents the transition state of the rate-determining step in the SN1 reaction between tert-butyl chloride and water?

Which of the following represents the transition state of the rate-determining step in the reaction between 2-bromopropane and sodium methoxide leading to elimination?

Bonus question What is the correct IUPAC name of the following structure? (You need to provide complete naming; configuration, numbering, etc. No partial credit)  

Consider the bond dissociation energies listed below in kcal/mol.CH3-Br                      70CH3CH2-Br             68(CH3)2CH-Br          68(CH3)3C-Br              65These data show that the carbon-bromine bond is weakest when bromine is bound to a ________.

Which of the following cannot be a nucleophile?