OT: General knowledge test #574A

[wire chief]

Refrain from politics, hitting "reply" and research please.

1..The nation which executed Che Guevara?

2..Polish union banned in 1982?

3..Within 5 years, the overthrow of the last Chinese dynasty?

4..In 1492 Cristoforo lands in present day..?.

5..Within 3 years when did our natives get the voting right?

6..What Div. 1 football team has gone 379 games without being shut out (TCU in 2nd place with 329)?

7..Canada follows Uruguay. Explain.

8..The 2nd anti-trust act(?) expands on the 1st(?) of 1890.

9..Vichy head P.L. executed in 1945.

10..Brit Andy Green does what in Nevada in 1997?

11..Ram Dass' former name?

12..What's a caryatid?

13..Grace Bedell, age 11, writes to Abe about what?

 

[meyers7]

2. Lech's Solidarity?
6. Was gonna guess Alabama, but that's probably too obvious.
7. Legalized recreational Mary Juana.
13. About his beard. or lack thereof. Encouraged him to grow one. And.....the rest is history.

 

[k9fanatic]

1. Bolivia
2. Solidarity -- founded by Lech Walesa
4. Bermuda?
7. Makes recreational pot legal
10. Broke the land speed record

 

[Bama fan]

1. Bolivia
2. Solidarity, in English
4. Bahamas
8. Clayton act which tried to clarify Sherman act
9. Pierre Laval
12. statue like column of female figure
13. wrote a letter suggesting he grow a beard

 

[ed4ourgirls]

3. 1912

 

[SVCBeercats]

1. Bolivia
2. Niezależny Samorza̡d Związków Zawodowych “Solidarność” – Solidarity OK! I did look up its Polish name
4. Bahamas
8. The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1890
9. Pierre Laval
10. Andy Green broke the land speed record while exceeding the speed of sound
12. Support column in the form of a female body – got to love the Science channel!
13. She told Abee Babee he would improve his looks by growing a beard.

Oct. 15 – what a day in history!

 

[Topsail]

1- Bolivia
2- solidarity
3- 1912-knew this from watching ww2 show past weekend
4- bahamas
6-Florida
7- marijuana as just saw this on news other note that they legalized it
8- 1890 Sherman act
9- Petain? He was the head of the Vichy govt but his initials do not match
10-

 

[Topsail]

Pretty sure Florida as they asked this question onset football

 

[Topsail]

6- on Saturday football
7-night not note

 

[Bigboote]

1..Bolivia (you're on a Bolivia kick!)

2..Solidarity

3..1912

4..Haiti

8..Sherman, not sure what preceded it

12..They're like Katydids, but they're all named Carrie and they have telekenetic powers. I try to steer clear of them and I NEVER tease them.

(I started out so well, then nada. It's like those days on Jeopardy when they start out with a couple of good categories then go into shows on Netflix or something.)

 

[Bama fan]

6- on Saturday football
7-night not note

Must be rough seas there topsail, what with all those typos! Batten down the hatches.

 

[Topsail]

Dam IPad and not checking before sending, oh well.....trying to multitask

 

[Gamecockfan77]

2. Solidarity
3. Some argument for 1945, yes?
6. Florida

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Bolivia
2. Solidarity (Lech Walenska?)
3. 1909
4. Dominican Republic
5. 1899
8. Taft-Hartley expanded on ???
12. It's an insect that starts as something else like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly
13.

 

[wire chief]

1..Let's go with the auspicious onset of the Topsail to lead the septet.

2..Another big bunch of you with Solidarity. Hmm, let's see with the remaining question, whether I made life too easy for you.

3..Ed4 has a 4some, all around 1912.

4..Bama, SVC, & Topsail explain where he got his tan and learned to water ski.

5..1924

6..Topsail & Game hit on Florida.

7..Meyers, K9 & Topsail give that nation the Munchies.

8..Bama names both and gets the sequence right.

9..SVC & Bama cite the traitorous Frenchman.

10..K9 has him breaking the land speed record, and SVC adds that in so doing he exceeded the speed of sound.

11..First known as Richard Alpert, a clinical psychologist and translator of Eastern mysticism.

12..See SVC or Bama; ignore the comedians.

13..Dear Abe, you are too craggy. Cover up and win.

Score is 11/13.