General knowledge test #434A

[wire chief]

Please do not reprint questions nor research.

1..What is snooker?

2..Why has the figure 1.1 trillion been in the news lately?

3..In what nation are the Dari & Pashto languages spoken?

4..For 13 of the last 14 months what state leads in foreclosures?

5..The most all-time Div 1 mcbb wins are Kentucky, North Carolina and ..?.

6..The Pharoah who got the 10 plagues?

7..Bo, the Obama family dog, is what breed?

8..Del. is the 1st state. The 2nd?

9..It's called a sea, but it's really a salty lake(?), and the world's biggest.

10..What did Adrian Peterson do that got him suspended?

11..Which pop group has 3 males and 2 "sisters' of the moon"?

12..The nation with the most rhinos?

13..Why is reporter James Risen in the news?

 

[DriveLH]

1.a pocket billiard game consisting of a rack of red balls, and a number of other colored balls. You must make a red ball to shoot at a colored ball.
2. That's the value of the spending bill before congress.
9. Caspian

 

[pinotbear]

4. I'd guess California
5. Good question: Kansas? Princeton?
7. Portuguese water spaniel
10. Physically disciplined/abused his son with a switch

 

[meyers7]

1. a billiard/pool game
5. Kansas?
6. Ramses?
8. Prolly a trick question. I would say Pennsylvania, but it's a Commonwealth, so I'll go with New York?
10. He didn't spoil the child. Disciplined his son, supposedly the same way he was brought up, with a switch.
11. Fleetwood Mac has 3/2. Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham, Jon McVey, Christine McVey, and Stevie Nicks. I know Nicks is kind of a "moon child"/ witch, never really heard Christy described that way, but it wouldn't surprise me. Anyway that's my guess.
12. USA, and we oughta vote them out of office.

 

[rbny1]

13. He's a New York Times reporter who has been subpoenaed to testify in a legal case about articles he wrote based on leaks of CIA information. It's unclear how this will play out. The U.S. attorney general has said the government won't force reporters to reveal confidential sources of information, but a court has ordered Risen to testify anyway. Whether he will be asked by the court to reveal his sources is unknown. Stay tuned.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

2. Spending package just passed by Congress.
5. Kansas.
8. Pennsylvania.
9. Caspian Sea.
10. "Spanked" his kid.
13. NYT reporter protecting his source.

 

[OneTrickPony]

1. Pool for the sneaky...
2. Cromnivores on the prowl...
3. Afghanistan and probably Pakistan and Iran as well...
6. Ramses II...
9. Caspian Sea...
10. Had his young'un cut a switch and spanked him with it Texas style.,..

 

[geordi]

1. It s a form of pool without pockets. Uses 3 balls I think, a cue and red balls
3. Pakistan
4. Ramses
7 Labradoodle
9. Dead Sea
10 child abuse. He disciplined his 4 year old with a switch.

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. It's a billiard type game very popular in England. Andy Capp's game of choice. That and darts.
2. The new spending bill.
3. Afghanistan
4. Nevada
5. Duke
7. Afghan
8. Massachusetts(a guess, the only thing I know for sure is that NY is 11).
9. The Caspian Sea
9. the Dead Sea
10. He hit his son with a switch
12. Botswana

 

[Hope]

2. Insane U.S. budget for next year.
4. Nevada
7. Kenyan
12. Do you mean republicans in name only ?
10. He wore a UConn t-shirt to practice.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

7. Portuguese Water Dog I thought the breed was called. But it is a spaniel, so mayhap Pinot has it.

 

[reno tony]

1. A pool game played on a larger table with smaller balls.
2. Proposed U.S. budget
3. Afghanistan
4. Florida
5. Kansas
6. Ramses II
7. Water dog
8. Penn
9. Dead Sea
10. Hit his son with a switch
11. No idea
12. Kenya
13. Where else would a reporter be?

 

[wire chief]

1..Larger table with 2 sets of balls, red & multicolor, with 6 pockets like regular pool. Drive & reno capture it best, since both wasted their lives betting on their skill.

2..Drive again, leading 5 in the new national budget. Funny, it's the same as my teenage allowance.

3..The VAUC quartet indicate that they are the 2 official languages among Afghans. Dari is a variation of Iran's tongue.

4..Reno is alone in losing his Florida residence to vicious bankers.

5..Reg heads up a 4some indicating Dorothy & Toto's homeland.

6..While there is uncertainty here, generally it is a Ramses who is considered the reigning guy who is in place during
Exodus. Pony is among 4 who get credit. Geordi is included despite his eccentric numbering system, but what can you
expect from a fellow who grew up thinking Pig-Latin was America's official tongue?

7..Portuguese water dog or spaniel are both OK. A water labradoodle is not. Knights & Pinot share credit.

8..We don't insist on the state/commonwealth distinction here, so don't let Meyers trickery muddle your cognition.
The other guys are reg & reno with Pa.

9..Drive plus 3 get Caspian right. Others are just Dead wrong.

10..Six of you study child rearing behavior.

11..Meyers does successful deduction, though ignorant of a crucial fact. "Sisters of the Moon" was a Fleetwood Mac release.

12..South Africa--I am alone in getting credit.

13..See rbny, for his usual fine detail.