OT: General knowledge test #265A

[wire chief]

Exchanges over North Carolina haven't much materialized, so this won't be gumming up any works.
Meanwhile, no research and no reprinting questions please.

1..Why did Christian Dior Corp. get egg on its face last year?

2..The Tonton Macoute once spread terror in what country?

3..The B-2(visitor) visa is required of visitors from which one nation: Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Brunei, Slovakia, or Hungary?

4..She was a well known TV character and a gasoline term.

5..In 1983 the musical..? closed after 2377 performance.

6..The name of the war in which Joan of Arc participated?

7..Senators receive a "blue slipping" for what?

8..Botanists identify 75000, 200,000, 320,ooo, 500,000, 625,000 or 700,000
separate species?

9..The traditional folk tune, Shenandoah, mentions what river?

10..One by Charles Dickens, Little _____.

11..What do we call this religious day, El Dia de la Reyes?

12..The forint is the currency of..?

13..This ELO song could be the theme of OK Corral.

As always, stay tuned for the next 12.

 

[pinotbear]

13. Showdown.

 

[meyers7]

4. Ethel (I Love Lucy)
6. Hundred Years War (which I think lasted like 113 years?)
8. I'll guess 750,000
11. Don't know much Spanish, but looks like day and kings (royal). So Day of Kings, Day of the 3 Kings, Epiphany, Jan 6th. (there's a big celebration in Springfield)

 

[vtcwbuff]

2. Haiti
3. Brunei?
6. Hundred Years War
9. Across the wide MISSOURI
10. Little Dorrit

 

[NCorBust]

1. He used some of his new toilet water that comes in an egg shaped bottle.
3. Croatia?
5. Annie
6. Hundred Years War
8. 625,000?
9. Missouri

 

[k9fanatic]

2. Haiti
3. Brunei
5. Annie
6. Hundred Years War?
11. Three Kings Day

 

[wire chief]

13. Showdown.

Ooooo, I have this eerie feling that the silly ol' bear's been STALKING me. He's been first on the keyboard for a dadgum long time now.

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. Haiti
8. 200,000

 

[VAUConnFan]

5. Grease

 

[wire chief]

Hi players, I'm here to make some sense of things.

1..One of the company's honchos went off on an anti-semitic rant. He is no more...at least with Dior.

2..K9, VTC & VAUC with Haiti. It was an "official" terror organization.

3..NCor is correct with Croatia.

4..Meyers has Ethel of I Love Lucy, here to be confused with ethyl in your tank.

5..NCor and K9 with Annie.

6..Hundred Years War sends the little duck down to reward Meyers and 3 mates.

7..A courtesy notice when the Prez seeks to appoint someone from the senator's state.

8..NCor correctly choose 200K.

9..The Missouri, aptly say VTC & NCor

10..Dorrit, offers the literary VTC.

11..Meyers and K9 with 3 Kings Day; Meyers also points out we frequently refer to the Epiphany.

12..Hungary

13..Pinot questions whether he is on my wave length. No need, for you have Pink Floyd.

Last half a little later.

 

[NCorBust]

8..VAUConnFan correctly choose 200K.
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[wire chief]

No he didn't; you did.