OT: General knowledge test #318A

[wire chief]

Pretty quiet at th BY. This will always liven things up.

Kindly do no research nor reprinting questions.

1..Bangladesh' main source of income?

2..Old radio show: The Romance of Helen _____.

3..In '48 he hits a 1, 2, 3, & 4-bagger in one game.

4..One description cultural anthropologists use for indigenous peoples is a state
of "being". Then the term employed for a society like the USA is state of..?

5..I found ____ __ _ ___-___ ______ and lost it on a lonely highway. Who?

6..In ______ did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure dome decree.

7..It's __g__'s graduation march.

8..Only 2 Div 1 gridiron teams have gone wire to wire ranked #1. The '99..? & '04..?.

9.."Now there's a way, and I know I have to go away."

10..In 1859 Col. Edwin Drake is behind the 1st successful..? in Titusville, Pa.

11..In 1976 M. I. T. creates the first artificial..?

12..This small western city(?) holds 15000 people of Basque descent.

13..A valedictorian gives one hell of a speech. Explain.

 

[SoCalCanine]

1. Tea?
3. Ted Williams?
5. love on a one way street
6. Xanadu
7. Elgar
9. "Father and Son" Cat Stevens
10. Oil well?

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Textiles
3. Ted Williams
3. Jackie Robinson
5. I found love on a two way street and lost it on a lonely highway - The Moments, later Ray, Goodman & Brown, written, I believe by Sylvia Robinson of Mickey & Sylvia fame who then went on to found Sugar Hill Records.

 

[VAUConnFan]

to continue
6. Mongolia
8. Florida and Alabama

 

[wire chief]

1. Textiles
3. Ted Williams
3. Jackie Robinson
5. I found love on a two way street and lost it on a lonely highway - The Moments, later Ray, Goodman & Brown, written, I believe by Sylvia Robinson of Mickey & Sylvia fame who then went on to found Sugar Hill Records.

Ah, Sylvia! Exuded sex appeal in Alan Freed's R&R shows at the Brooklyn Fox & Paramount in days long gone by.

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. Really cheap clothes
5. " . . . on a one way street"

 

[k9fanatic]

1. Rice?
5. on a two-way street

 

[rbny1]

12. Boise, Idaho.

 

[frankenclyde8]

1. Textiles
8. Florida State in 1999, University of Southern California in 2004
12. Boise
13. A young lady valedictorian in Prague, Oklahoma now can't graduate for saying the word 'hell' in her speech.

 

[DriveLH]

11. element

 

[Bestiarius]

1. Agriculture
2. Trent
5. Love on a 2 way street and lost it. But to answer the question, "I"
7. Elgar
11. Heart

 

[wire chief]

4..A prople with a long oral history who internalize the righteousness of maintaining tradition, uniting the self
with community; change is unthinkable. Now, it is elementary that we Americans find no contentment in "being", but in..?

11..Let's see...it could be linked to a Tierney, though she was natural.

 

[rbny1]

3. I would guess that several players hit for the cycle in '48. I think the correct question is: In 1948, who hit three home runs in a game and hit for the cycle in another game, all in the same week. The answer: Joe DiMaggio. I came across this information today while reading an article in the NYTimes about Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers. The article says Beltre is the first person to accomplish this feat since DiMaggio in '48.

 

[geordi]

2. Trent
3. There have been a bunch of hitting for cycles throughout the years. I trust you are talking about Pete Suder who is the only one who did it consecutively, i.e. a single in the first at bat, a double in the second etc. Wierd thing was he was a real journeyman
6. Xanadu - Coleridge
7. Elgar
10 probably an oil rig

 

[Zorro]

2. Trent
6. Xanadu



10..Oil well.

1

 

[meyers7]

1. prostitution?
3. I'm guessing Joltin' Joe
6. It's "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a pleasuredom erect.

8. Ranked by whom? AP, Coaches, USAToday, BCS??? idk, maybe USC, Miami??
13. Some girl swears (Hell I guess, never did hear what she said) during her Val speech and school won't let her graduate. Pretty silly if you ask me.

 

[wire chief]

1..VAUC, vtc & frank hit on clothes.

2..Zorro, geordi & best with Trent.

3..So, rbny reads of DiMag & geordi of Suder, while I & VAUC read that Jackie Robinson did it. So, everybody wins.

4.."Becoming"

5..Love on a 2-way street, with VAUC mentioning that the 70s hit was by the Moments.

6..SoCAl among 4 with Xanadu.

7..SoCal, best & geordi hit on Elgar.

8..Frank has both--Florida State, Southern Cal.

9..SoCal is alone with Cat Steven's Father & Son.

10..Geordi SoCal & zorro with oil well.

11..Created 1st artificial gene.

12..Frank & rbny with Boise.

13..A straight "A" girl uses "hell" in her speech, and the principal demands an apology or no diploma.
Meyers & frank are close enough. It's beyond silly, Meyers.

Just like part B, you score 11 of 13.