OT: General knowledge test #266A

[wire chief]

The pace of games slackens a touch, so I shall reinstate
No research & no repeating questions please.

1..Twenty-two bones make up the adult human..?

2..Ex-NBA star(?) hosted SNL recently.

3..P D James follows-up Jane Austen with..?

4..The 1st public museum in America opens in 1773 where?

5..After the originals, what states became 14 & 15?

6..What was distinctive about a La Traviata performance at the Met in '76?

7..The mecca of Impressionism is Paris' _____ Museum.

8..The Nat'l Society of Film Critics awarded its best to Von Trier's..?
and best actress for same to..?

9..Identify Lt. Vernon Baker.

10..The softer side of ____ _______, Bros. in Arms & Why Worry?

11..In 1870 Democrats become donkeys, thanks to..?

12..An all-black cast in 1975 re-imagines(?) a 30's production.

13..The place to see in Granada is the ________ duck______.

The next 12 in not very long.

 

[Kibitzer]

2. Charles Barkley

7. Lycee.

14. 18th Amendment (Prohibition). As Will Rogers once said: "Communism is like Prohibition. A good idea that doesn't work."

22. "Checkers" (Nixon's dog)

25. _____ Anderson (forget the first name)

 

[vtcwbuff]

Gone too long Testmeister

1. Hand
2. 14 VT, 15. KY
9. MOH recipient - controversial
12. The Wiz?
13. The Alhambra - I know it doesn't fit but it is THE must see.

 

[pinotbear]

11. Thomas Nast

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Hand
2. Charles Barkley
4. Philadelphia
5. Indiana and Ohio
12. The Wiz reimagined The Wizard of Oz. (Incredibly, the Wiz and Wicked are two of my three all time favorite musicals)

 

[NCorBust]

1. Skull
5. 14-Vermont & 15-Kentucky
7. Orsay Museum
9. Lt. Vernon Baker was a recipient of the Medal of Honor
…for his actions in World War II. President Clinton awarded
…it to him and others.
11. A popular political cartoonist was responsible for the
…continued usage of the donkey and the elephant. His
…name is ??????

 

[huskyblooz]

1 nose
10 dire straits

 

[meyers7]

10. Dire Straits

 

[k9fanatic]

2. Sir Charles Barkley
4. Hartford -- Wadsworth
7. Musee D'Orsay

 

[wire chief]

Hi again, folks. Let me shine a light on your luminesense.

1..No nose, no toes. Just the skull, says NCor.

2..In America we don't cotton to titles. Just plain ol' Charles Barkley. kib, VAUC & K9.

3..DEATH COME TO PEMBERLY You may remember this as the home of Colin Firth.

4..If you followed the team into Charleston, you missed this landmark.

5..VTC & NCor with the right order: Vt, Ky

6..First woman conductor.

7..Orsay works--K9 & NCor.

8..Melancholia/ Kirsten Dunst

9..Contoversial, VTC? Not to me nor NCor. But you are correct.

10..Meyers & husky. That Upink does a lot of shopping.

11..NCor adds some tidbits, but only Pinot has the guy, Thomas Nast.

12.."Ease on down, ease on down the road." Oh sorry, that's not the answer.
VTC & VAUC with The Wiz.

13..You do fit, VTC, so long as you add "Fortress" to Alhambra.

And yes, I'll soon post more.

 

[vtcwbuff]

13..You do fit, VTC, so long as you add "Fortress" to Alhambra.

WC - Been there several times and have never heard it referred to as the Alhambra Fortress. So I Googled it and right you are. I bow to the Meister - this time.

 

[wire chief]

13..You do fit, VTC, so long as you add "Fortress" to Alhambra.

WC - Been there several times and have never heard it referred to as the Alhambra Fortress. So I Googled it and right you are. I bow to the Meister - this time.

Oh Pshaw, VTC, I had hoped by now you would have assumed my halo.