OT: General knowledge test #241

[wire chief]

There you go again, counting on death, taxes and Boneyard tests...

Kindly avoid repeating questions and no research.

1..Many fans of this far west BCS school(?) come to games by boat.

2..The Cabrio car is made by..?

3..In what flic do a couple of nuns speak urban jive?

4..In the 60's a Catholic Church led Operation Pedro Pan did what?

5..In 1947 an air force pilot breaks the sound barrier.

6.."He came from somewhere back in her long ago."

7..Nationality of actor Udo Kier?

8..For what did 18 month-old Jessica McClure of Texas gain fame in '87?

9..What theme park just opened to the public this weekend?

10..What just happened to Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City?

11..Lo siento muchissimo.

12..From what title is "The Domicile of the Writhing Nun" a take-off?

13..The plan is for Johnny Depp to play a member of another race
in a remake of ___ ____ ______ to be released in 18 months.

14..Recently deceased Mildred Savage's most famous novel, made into a movie?

15..A velvet ant is not really an ant, but a..?

16..In 1943 Mayor Edward Kelly dedicates Chicago's what?

17..International Living Magazine rates the best foreign countries in which
to retire. First place?

18..Just set the record with 5 ACLS homers?

19.."I may know the word, but not ___ __."

20..In 1916 Margaret Sanger opens the first..?

21..With yesterday's win at the Shanghai Masters, he(?) passes Roger for #3.

22..Who "Married Joan"?

23..Joseph Medill and family vitalized what newspaper?

24..Word play: Given the shape of King Arthur's table, there had to be a Sir..?

25..William F. Buckley's long-running TV show?

Now, take your time, and don't be sloppy.

 

[geordi]

1. the Huskies - University of Washington
2. VW
3. Sister Act
5. Chuck Yeager
8. Fell into a well
10 Indicted for cover up of priest's abuse of minors
11. I'm very, very sorry
13. The Lone Ranger - he's playing Tonto
18. Cruz
22. Jim Backus
25. The Firing Line

 

[FairView]

2..VW
3..Airplane
4.Sneaking kids from Cuba to the US
5..Chuck Yeager
6.."What a Fool Believes... Doobie Brothers."
8..Fell in a well
10..Charged with not reporting child molestation
11..I am very sorry.
13..The Lone Ranger
15..Bee
17.Ecuador
22..I
24..Sir Cull
25..Firing Line

 

[pap49cba]

1. I'm guessing Cal... believe there are ferries direct to AT&T Park.

9. Legoland Florida

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. Hawaii?
2. VW Cabriolet???
3. Sister Act
5. Yeager
8. Stuck in a well
10. Busted for protecting rapist priests
20. Planned parenthood clinic?
24. Cumference
25. Firing Line

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. University of Hawaii
2. Volkswagen
3. Sister Act
5. Chuck Yeager
8. Being rescued from a well. An incredible operation.
15. Termite
17. Costa Rica
20. Planned parenthood clinic
24. Sir Eatalot
24. Sir Spamalot
24. Sir Eatalotaspam
25. Firing Line

 

[k9fanatic]

2. VW
3. Airplane
6. What A Fool Believes
8. Falling in a well
11. I'm very sorry
20. Planned Parenthood

 

[NCorBust]

2. Fiat
4. Aided Cuban children escaping communist Cuba
5. Chuck Yeager
6. What a fool believes; Doobie Brothers
8. Falling into and being rescued from a well
15. Wasp
18. Nelson Cruz
19. Say it
24. Sir Rotund … Sir Eatsalot …
25. Firing Line

 

[meyers7]

1. I don't know about a western school, but I saw a program where Tennessee does that.
2. VW
3. Airplane
5. Chuck Yeager?
8. Fell in a well. And was rescued. I guess most of the fame was from the rescue. Saw a program about the rescuers and how they fought about who got credit for movies and such. I think one guy committed suicide over it, iirc
12. Never heard of this. WAG..... House of the Rising Sun
13. tell me they're not gonna do a remake of "Soul Man"
24. Cumference.

 

[geordi]

OK, Here's another WAG/ 16. the EL???

 

[wire chief]

This is not a case where you have caught me in error. I did not mean the VW Cabriolet.

 

[Zorro]

There you go again, counting on death, taxes and Boneyard tests...

Kindly avoid repeating questions and no research.

1. The Huskies

3.. Airplane, blood!

8..For getting stuck in a sewer pipe?

11. And you should be, for some of the questions you ask!

15 Termite?

17 Guatemala?
19. The tune?

20..Family planning clinic?

22. "I"

24.. Sir Kull?

25..Firing line.

Now, take your time, and don't be sloppy.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

16. Soldier Field
23. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (or am I thinking of Pulitzer?)

 

[wire chief]

Some interim interruption...

7..Er ist ein..?

14..Troy Donahue

23..Well, not real far from St. Louis.

21..His English could have a burr.

Must be something wrong. You got 21 first go-round.

 

[pap49cba]

7. Okay, after much thought I'll guess Deutschland

 

[NCorBust]

24. Sir Cumference

 

[NCorBust]

300+ miles is not real far????? If it takes more than 2 hours it is far.

 

[VAUConnFan]

24. Sir Cumference

 

[VAUConnFan]

7. German

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Peyton Place?

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. Chevrolet

 

[wire chief]

NCor, try to institute a little relativity.. The phrase, "Not real far", doesn't convey "right around the corner". In comparison to the size of These United States, 300 miles is not real far. And I get that that is your ...um, subtle way of raising your hand.

No, not Peyton Place, but close. PP was Grace Metalius.

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
14. Splendor In the Grass
14. A Summer Place

 

[NCorBust]

NCor, try to institute a little relativity.. The phrase, "Not real far", doesn't convey "right around the corner". In comparison to the size of These United States, 300 miles is not real far. And I get that that is your ...um, subtle way of raising your hand.quote]

No raising of the hand. I lived 15 miles NW of Saint Louis in Saint Charles, MO. Since you said not real far from Saint Louis, it baffled me why I could not think of the answer, so I researched it. Ergo, no raising of the hand.

P.S. I no longer need to "bold" everything. I got a new PC with a HUGE monitor allowing me to view print at 180% of normal size and still keep everything on the screen.

 

[wire chief]

A rainy morning, a good time to award credit.

1..The NY Times in a recent sports section had a feature on boat-tailgating before games at the U of Washington.
Perhaps geordi & zorro read it.

2..NCor identifies Fiat.

3..Fairview begins 4 of you with the laugh riot called AIRPLANE.

4..Bringing folks who didn't want to live under Castro, Fairview & NCor.

5..Several of you with Chuck Yeager, a man's man, I'd guess.

6..The Doobie Bros, WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES---Fair, K9 & UPink.

7..To complete the line in the hint properly, it should be "Deutscher", but I'll assign credit to pap & VAUC anyway.

8..Many remember the rescue-from-a-well event.

9..Legoland, among all the other parks in central Fl. We await pap49's review.

10..A trio with being arrested for protecting abusive priests.

11.."I am deeply sorry." Zorro manages to castigate me and indirectly answer the question. Three others too...well. without the castigation.

12..Meyers at his most imaginative--House of the Rising Sun.

13..He's to play Tonto in THE LONE RANGER, and Fair got a sneak preview.

14..VAUC has many worthy suggestions. Sadly, none is for Parrish.

15..A female wasp, from that guy who just got a huge monitor. Though what he wants with a lizard,
I simply do not know.

16..Another way out snare from Meyers. the subway system.

17..Typing in happy retirement in Equador is Fairview.

18..Now if you go by geordi, it could be Pamela Cruz. NCor tells us it's Nelson.

19..UPink shoots and scores with "say it", form the Tiger Lily CD by Natalie Merchant.

20..Birth contol clinic (or planned parenthood) say a quartet of you.

21..Andy Murray moves past Roger Federer as #3 in the world.

22..I'm not overly impressed with an answer of "I", when we have geordi honing in on Jim Backus.

23..Chicago Tribune

24..My highest award goes to those who typed "Cumference".

25..A half-dozen on The Firing Line.

A stupendous percntage, you fine Bonies. Perhaps I should retire...to Equador, of course.