OT: General knowledge test #230

[wire chief]

3..Also in '63 Mary Ann _______ gave birth to the 1st surviving quints. Hint: JESUS TOLD SIMON HE'D MAKE HIM A
______ OF MEN.


7..Freud's superego has 2 parts. What? THE ID AND EGO ARE, WITH THE SUPEREGO, THE 3 PARTS OF PERSONALITY.
YOU WANT C_________ AND E__ I____.


11..Hepzibah is a major character in The HOUSE of _____ ______,



14.."Though the WHEATFIELDS and the CLOTHESlines and the _________ and the ________ come between us..."



16..The Latin phrase for joining events past the beginning? IN _____ ___.


18.."Chapter Two" by (?) includes, "Sing a Song of Sad Young Men". I KNOW YOU WILL GIVE ME FLACK OVER THIS ONE. ALBUM IS ABOUT 1972.

19..In 1954 this lady(?) gave Connecticut fits. WELL, LESS OF A LADY THAN A WINDBAG.

 

[Kibitzer]

3. Dionne

8. Detroit may be one.

13. Strategy is big and lengthy and proactive. Tactics is local and brief and reactive. (My own definition. Hope it works.) Put another way, strategy is Bill Belicheck. tactics is Tom Brady.

 

[vtcwbuff]

3. The Dionne quints were the 1st. They were born in the 30's
5. Foxworthy
6. Piggly Wiggly
9. Steed - Peel
12. Contagion
13. Strategy - figuring out how to kick ass. Tactics - kicking ass
15. The Kenos
17. T-Mobile - Thank you Justice Dept.
24. John Denver?

 

[k9fanatic]

2. Henry Hudson
5. Jeff Foxworthy
6. Piggly Wiggly
9. John Steed and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg -- don't remember who played Steed)
17. T-Mobil
20 Jack the Ripper victim

 

[geordi]

1. Dr. No
5. Jeff Foxworthy
6. Piggly Wiggly
8. tigers and Brewers
9. John Steed and Emma Peel - played by Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg
12. Captain America???
13 stragety is long term/ tactics is short term. tactics are steps to achieve strategy
15. Keno
22. Hopalong Cassidy

 

[SoCalCanine]

1.Dr. Who
21. They both love women?
23. Santo

 

[wire chief]

1.Dr. Who
21. They both love women?
23. Santo

 

[wire chief]

3. The Dionne quints were the 1st. They were born in the 30's
5. Foxworthy
6. Piggly Wiggly
9. Steed - Peel
12. Contagion
13. Strategy - figuring out how to kick ass. Tactics - kicking ass
15. The Kenos
17. T-Mobile - Thank you Justice Dept.
24. John Denver?

7..Sorry, gang, many know of the Dionne quints, who are Canadian; this question was to have had the phrase, "IN THE U.S.".

 

[NCorBust]

1.. Doctor Who
4.. Hard Headed Woman; Yusuf Islam under the pseudonym Cat Stevens
5.. Jeff Foxworthy
7.. Id and Ego
8.. Detroit and Milwaukee
9.. The Avengers TV show
10.. Dr. Joyce Brothers comes to mind although I did not know she was
discredited.
13..Tactics are the actual ways in which the strategies are executed. Strategy
involves the "big picture" - the overall plan, and how those plans will achieve
goals and objectives. "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." Sun Tzu or was it Larry Ellison?
15.. Keno
17.. T-Mobile
21.. Dual citizenship
22.. Hopalong Cassidy
24.. Buddy Holly; b-side ?
25.. Willie Lanier

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. The Outer Limits
2. Captain Delaware
3. Dionne
5. James Foxworthy
7. Id, Ego
9. Patrick McNee and Dianna Rigg
10. Joyce Brothers (if so, I was unaware)
12. The Help
13. Strategy is the overall plan, tactics is the means of implementing the strategy.
21. Arnold was married to Maria Shriver, Pam Shriver was Martina's doubles partner
22. Wagon Train
24-25. Recused

 

[crownfox2]

18. Neil Simon

 

[codger]

24 Ritchie Valens A side: "Donna", B side: "La Bamba"

 

[Gregory Koch]

With tennis and weeding done, I embrace a 3rd hobby.

No research and answers only please.

1..Sci-Fi show started in '63, resumed in '06 and has had 11 male leads. What?

2..The European who "discovered" Delaware Bay?

3..Also in '63 Mary Ann _______ gave birth to the 1st surviving quints.

4.."They move so smooth but have no answers, when you ask, 'Why'd you come here for?'."

5..You-might-be-a-redneck guy?

6..In 1916 Clarence Saunders opens the first self-service supermarket, ______ ______.

7..Freud's superego has 2 parts. What? id and ego

8..These 2 central division teams have good leads in MLB. Brewers and Tigers

9..An avenging British twosome?

10..Discredited TV psychologist, _____ B_______.

11..Hepzibah is a major character in The _____ of _____ ______,

12..The movie revenue winner in the last month?

13..Distinguish "strategy" from "tactics". Strategy = the overal plans. tactics = the specific actions.

14.."Though the ___________ and the _______lines and the _________ and the ________ come between us..."

15..The surname of the Antiques Roadshow twins?

16..The Latin phrase for joining events past the beginning?

17..On 8/31 the Justice Dept. files suit to stop AT&T from acquiring..?

18.."Chapter Two" by (?) includes, "Sing a Song of Sad Young Men".

19..In 1954 this lady(?) gave Connecticut fits.

20..Identify Mary Ann Nichols.

21..State a link between Schwartznegger and Navratilova.

22..The first TV western?

23..With whom does Johnny walk in his sleep?

Offered by VAUConn
24..Crashed in a BE35, a V-tailed Bonanza, he had written a loving song(?) to
his high school sweetheart. And the flip side?

25..In'67 this future hall-of-famer, is the 1st black middle linebacker.

Shall I predict 20/25 before hints? Yes

 

[wire chief]

You have scored 18 of 25 so far.
3..Also in '63 Mary Ann _______ gave birth to the 1st surviving quints in the U.S.. Hint: JESUS TOLD SIMON HE'D MAKE HIM A
______ OF MEN.

7..Freud's superego has 2 parts. What? THE ID AND EGO ARE, WITH THE SUPEREGO, THE 3 PARTS OF PERSONALITY.
YOU WANT C_________ AND E__ I____.

11..Hepzibah is a major character in The HOUSE of _____ ______,

14.."Though the WHEATFIELDS and the CLOTHESlines and the _________ and the ________ come between us..."

16..The Latin phrase for joining events past the beginning? IN _____ ___.

18.."Chapter Two" by (?) includes, "Sing a Song of Sad Young Men". I KNOW YOU WILL GIVE ME FLACK OVER THIS ONE. ALBUM IS ABOUT 1972.

19..In 1954 this lady(?) gave Connecticut fits. WELL, LESS OF A LADY THAN A WINDBAG.[/quote]

Mr Koch, welcome to you, but in the future do not reproduce the questions.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Post hint answers -

3. The Fisher quints
14. Wichita Lineman - Glenn Campbell

 

[SoCalCanine]

14. Can't remember lyric, song is "Gentle on my Mind" - by John Hartford popularized by Glen Campbell
16. in medias res
18. I'm guessing Roberta Flack, knowing your sense of humor! Don't know the album or the song.

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Natural to Be Gone - John Hartford; pretty much the same song as Gentle On My Mind; Glen and John often sang it at the end of their summer replacement show way back when.
19. Must have been a hurricane.

 

[NCorBust]

3.. Fischer
7.. Conscience and Ego-Ideal
18.. Shirley Bassey

 

[wire chief]

Let's assume we have said all that is to be said here.

1..Dr. Who--SoCal & NCor

2.. Just you wait, 'Enry 'Udson, Just youwait...for K9 gave you away.

3..Fischer (with a "c"). VTC & NCor, post-hint.

4..Cat Stevens, being himself in the early '70's, no matter how NCor spins it.

5..Lots of you with Jeff Foxworthy.

6..VTC, K9 & geordi with the cutesy Piggly Wiggly.

7..Post-hint NCor offers "conscience" and "ego ideal".

8..Brewers & Tigers, a trio here.

9..JohnSteed & Emma Peel, the question wording wasn't calling for the actors, but the characters. 4 here.

10..Quite a few years ago the APA announced its disapproval of her facile advice/analysis. VAUC & NCor
both say the APA never told them.

11..The House of Seven Gables

12..The Help is attracting oodles of dough; credit to VAUC.

13..Well, several of you are in the right pew, though often sketchy. See NCor, his Eminent Wordiness.

14..junkyards, highways. John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind"

15..The Keno Bros, say a trio.

16..Post-hint to SoCal with In media res.

17..Three of you with T-Mobile; one of you expresses gratitude to the Justice Dept.

18..SoCal only thinks he's figured me out. OK, this time he has...Roberta Flack.

19..Have you forgotten Hurricane Carol? Then you may have made the same dumb mistakes when Irene came along.

20..K9 fingers her as a Jack-the-Ripper victim, actually the first known one.

21..VAUC realizes they both had long term partners named "Shriver".

22..Yes to Hopalong Cassidy. Both geordi & NCor wanted to grow up to be cowboys, despite what their mamas said.

23..SANTO, along with Johnny, recorded SLEEPWALK. Credit to geordi.

VAUConn questions
24..Codger doesn't like my queries, but comes alive for VAUC...Richie Valens' Donna and La Bamba.

25..NCor alone with Willie Lanier.

I shall now give greater attention to Florida State vs. Oklahoma.