OT: General knowedge test #552A

[wire chief]

No politics, no research, no hitting "reply" please.

1..The monkey with the face and rump of dazzling colors?

2..The emperor who has the destroyed Hagia Sophia main dome rebuilt in 558AD"?

3..What is the Anzac Day Tribute?

4..Tarzan and Jane in the '30's?

5..Antoine L_________ the father of modern chemistry dies how?

6..A Funny..? Forum starred..?

7.."He takes me to a movie or a restaurant.
Slow dancing, anything I want."

8..Ruth Benedict on Japan?

9..The 1000 remaining wild camels are only found where?

10..In 1763 _______, chief of..?, leads an unsuccessful attack on Fort Detroit.

11..What tree? NIP.

12..In 100 movies, including The Godfather, I'll Cry Tomorrow & Oceans 11 (1960).

13..Where's the less famous Red River Valley?

 

[pinotbear]

1. baboon... Mandril Baboon?
3. Day of rememberance for the combined forces of Australia and New Zealand, during WW I
6...Thing Happened on the Way to the.., starring Zero Mostel
9. well, there are some in Australia
11. Norfolk Island Pine

 

[CajunHusky]

3..ANZAC - Austalia and New Zealand soldiers, sailors, airmen and medical personnel who served in the World Wars for the Commonwealth

4..Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan

6..A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum. Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton and a very young Michael Crawford

13..Missouri?

 

[Rocket009]

1..The baboon - always a big hit with the kids at the zoo

4..Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller (whose vacation mansion is less than a mile from my house) and Maureen O'Sullivan.

5..Lavoisier - I'll guess he had his head chopped off.

6..A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - starring Zero Mostel.

9..Australia

13..North Dakota

 

[ed4ourgirls]

2. Justinian ?

 

[SVCBeercats]

1.. Mandrills

4.. Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan

5.. Antoine Lavoisier was guillotined in 1794 during the Reign of Terror for being a tax collector.

6.. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starred Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Phil Silvers with Jack Gilford at least the 1960s movie version.

10.. In 1763 Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa Indians, leads an unsuccessful attack on Fort Detroit.

11.. Nipa Palm

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Mickey's Monkey
2. Charlemagne
4. Johnny Weismuller & Maureen O'Sullivan
6. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, starring Phil Silvers
9. Mongolia
10. Pontiac
12. Marlon Brando
13. Idaho

 

[Bigboote]

1..Mandrill

4..Johnny Weismuller, ?

5..Levoisier, guillotined

6..A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Zero Mostel

9..Mongolia?

 

[wire chief]

1..Mandrill, it is, but it is a separate species from baboon.

2..Ed4 is on target.

3..See Pinot & Cajun.

4..The VAUC Foursome observe the swinging vines.

5..SVC with extra detail.

6..Cajun plus 3.

7..

8..THE SWORD AND THE CHRYSANTHEUM, the definitive ethnography of Japan.

9..VAUC & Big have it, the Gobi desert in Mongolia and northern China.

10..SVC most complete.

11..Pinot provides it.

12..Richard Conte

13..Rocket is correct, more specifically the border with northern Minn.









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