Ot: General Knowledge Test #247

[wire chief]

As we must still await the 1st exhibition game, try not to do research
or repeat questions...

1..Changes in..? have not been seen for 267 years, until now.

2..Emma Lazarus is the author of a famous invitation(?).

3..It(?) was just seeking to buy Dollar Rent-A-Car, but backed off.

4..A movie title about Gilbert & Sullivan, T____ _____.

5..A dramatic change in the British Monarchy?

6..Gertrude Stein & Oscar Wilde rest near each other in..?

7..J___lat___ T. ________.

8..Of what sort of Heart doth Poe write?

9..In Rome one may visit the ________ of Priscilla.

10..In 1944 Martha Graham & Aaron Copland collude on ___________ Spring.

11..In cooking, to what does "paillard" refer?

12..Only one continent (forget Antartica) has no crows. Which?

Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion.

 

[wire chief]

Be still, your heart...

13..In 1989 a Japanese company(?) makes a bid for 51% of the Rockefeller Group Inc.

14..Nowadays the silver screen is debunking Shakespeare in..?

15..Solar panels generate p____v______ power.

16..It(?) makes the inner ankle bone more prominent than the outer.

17..Scotland's longest river?

18..The 1787 essays(?) urging the adoption of our constitution.

19..North of Afghanistan lie 3 "stans"(?) that separate Pakistan from Iran.

20..What has caused 2 senior Church of England clerics to resign?

21..What is the Da Vinci Surgical System?

22..The year Michaelangelo finally finished his cursed ceiling?

23..What war novel(4 words) became a Gary Cooper film?

24..Where does Elon Univ. reside?

25..A combo of sugar & Betatine has long been a successful home remedy for..?

The baton is yours; see you at the finish line.

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. The Electoral College voting
12. Australia

 

[VAUConnFan]

19. Uzebekhistan, Turkishtan, Tajikstan
21. Lasers
22.1519
23. From Here To Eternity
24. Burlington, NC
25. Coughs due to colds

 

[crownfox2]

11. Thin slices of meat pounded into cutlet form
18. Federalist Papers

 

[terif831]

7. Jubilation T. Cornpone
8. Telltale

 

[pinotbear]

5. with regard to "inheriting" the crown, female offspring are now equal to male offspring.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

2. Inscription on the Statue of Liberty
6. Pere Lechaise (sp?) Cemetery in Paris
10. Appalachian
15. photovoltaic
23. A Farewell to Arms

 

[sarals24]

14. Anonymous

 

[rbny1]

7. Jubilation T. Cornpone

Great question/great answer. It's been years since I thought about Stubby Kaye singing that song. You've got me singing it in my head.

13. Mitsubishi
20. They resigned in a dispute over whether Occupy protestors should be allowed to continue to camp outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

 

[FairView]

1..I don't pay attention to foolish games with frustrated men and women ruining lawns, losing their tempers and throwing clubs around, so I wouldn't know.
2..Statue of Liberty inscription ..
5..Now it's simply the first born who becomes King or Queen, regardless of gender.
8..Telltale
9..Tomb?
12..Australia

Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion.[/quote]

 

[FairView]

13..Sony
15..Photolvoltaic (sp?)
16..Cartelidge (sp?)
18..Federalist Papers
19..Uzbekistan, Kurgezistan and Turkmanistan (forget the spellings!)
21..Robotic arm controlled by surgeon viewing video screen.
23..A Farewell to Arms

 

[geordi]

2. Give me your tired, your poor, etc. The Statue of Liberty
5. birth order of monarchs, if a first born is female, she becomes queen
6. Paris
8. A Telltale Heart
9. Catacombs of Priscilloa
14. Anonymous
17 The River Tay
23. A Farewell to Arms
24. It's in Elon...oh, yeah, in North Carolina
25. hiccups???

 

[NCorBust]

1. Rules of golf
2. Her poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty inviting countries to give their tired, poor, huddled masses, wretched refuse etc.
3. Hertz
5. First born daughter can become queen
8. The Tell Tale Heart
10. Appalachian Spring
11. Pounding meat typically chicken or veal until it is thin perhaps a ¼” and then cooking it quickly
12. South America
13. Mitsubishi
15. Photovoltaic
18. Federalist Papers
20. Inviting Occupy London demonstrators to camp on Saint Paul Cathedral grounds
23. Sergeant York: American Hero

 

[wire chief]

25..not coughs, not hiccups.

12..Australia IS logical...but no.

16..The opposite of urban vermin

 

[VAUConnFan]

25. Nasal congestion
12. Africa

 

[FairView]

12. Africa?

 

[wire chief]

Nay to Africa and nay to nasal congestion.

 

[FairView]

South America, just because

 

[meyers7]

8. Telltale
10. Appalachian
12. I'll guess Australia
14. Anonymous (just saw something about it the other day - either trailer or in the paper??)
15. you asking about real power vs apparent or reactive power?
18 Federalist Papers?

 

[VAUConnFan]

25. Hangover

 

[pap49cba]

12. Antarctica

25. Cuts

 

[wire chief]

The day at the bridge table is over, so I can attend to all you longing posters.

1..Fairview gives us an amusing diatribe that if you focus real hard, you can tell he's talking about GOLF. NCor too.

2..Ed4 leads a quartet with the Statue of Liberty inscription.

3..NCor types Hertz. NCor is right.

4..Topsy Turvy

5..Pinot is ahead of a pack of 4 celebrating the end of primogeniture.

6..Paris will suffice. Ed4 & geordi.

7..Rbny, I am not responsible for what your brain does with a song. That's my story and I'm sticking
to it. Oh yes, Terif answered the question with Jubilation T. Cornpone.

8..A Tell-Tale one, all right. Terif is 1st of 4.

9..Geordi knows Catacombs.

10..Appalachian...Meyers, NCor & Ed4.

11..Beating the bejesus out of a piece of meat--crown & NCor.

12..I award this to Fairview, just because it's South America.

13..Rbny & NCor want us to know it is Mitsubishi.

The site insists on brevity, so there will be a part 2 soon.

 

[wire chief]

Hi...you knew I'd be back, didn't you?

14..Anonymous is the title; geordi & meyers & sarals are our movie guides.

15..Photovotaic is the term, known by ed4 and 2 mates.

16..OK, the hint was "the opposite of urban vermin" You come up with "pigeon". How can pigeon be applied to the human body? Through the phrase "pigeon-toed" and its opposite is "pronated". We're done here.

17.."The Tay, the Tay..When will I see her there.." No, that's plumb wrong. Anyway geordi's a'swimmin' away.

18..Federalist Papers say 5, with meyers bringing up the rear.

19..VAUC (though his spelling gave me a headache) is most accurate with Tajik, Turkmen & Uzbek.

20..See rbny; NCor ok too.

21..Robotic surgery, rightly explains Fair.

22..VAUC takes a stab and gets real close--1512.

23..A Farewell to Arms--ed4, fair & geordi.

24..Geordi specifies North Carolina.

25..Pap49 is just under the wire (get it?) with "cuts" or wounds.

Only a pasta meal tonight will compensate for all you put me through.

 

[geordi]

OK, I'm curious! How have the rules of golf not changed in 267 years. In the 20s, the rules were changed to allow you to pick up and mark your ball on the green. Prior to that, if your ball was on the green in the way of your partner's ball, he had to chip over your ball while still on the green. It was called a stymie. In the 90s, the procedure by which you took a drop was changed from over your shoulder to arm straight out. Rules relating to equipment are changed all the time.