OT: General knowledge test #268B

[wire chief]

The last 12...

14..Dulcinea was whose fantasy object?

15..Kroners are spent in..?

16..Name of a guitar played with both hands and feet?

17..The grain used for granola?

18..He stands under her window; she appears on the balcony--"And when I tell them
(and I'm certainly going to tell them)".

19..One Prez(?) held a high jump record for 25 years.

20..The 1st Afro-American to win a tennis major?

21..The 3 most prevalent IRS return errors--1-no signature; 2-no ss#; 3?

22..The 24th Amendment eliminated..?

23..What did Elizabeth Blackwell accomplish in 1849?

24..Who preceded Anwar Sadat?

25..Who are the Kachin?

I'm confident you need no further guidance.

 

[Bestiarius]

14. Don Quixote
15. Denmark
16. Pedal steel
19. A Bulgarian woman
20. Arthur Ashe
22. Poll tax
23. First Woman MD
24. Nasser
25. Burmese
17. Old newspapers

 

[NCorBust]

14. Don Quixote
17. Rolled oats (Upink)
19. Gerald Ford
20. Althea Gibson
22. Poll tax
24. Nassar

 

[vtcwbuff]

15. Norway
20. Althea Gibson
21. No W2?
22. Eliminated poll tax
24. Nassar

 

[VAUConnFan]

15. South Africa
17. Oats
18. Romeo
18. Cyrano de Bergerac(the person who was wooing Roxanne for whom Cyrano provided the words)
20. Althea Gibson. I have heard that she was a scratch golfer.
21. Insufficient postage
24. Nasser

 

[wire chief]

14. Don Quixote
15. Denmark
16. Pedal steel
19. A Bulgarian woman
20. Arthur Ashe
22. Poll tax
23. First Woman MD
24. Nasser
25. Burmese
17. Old newspapers

19..Actually one of our prezzes.

 

[pinotbear]

19. For some reason, I think it might be DDE. He was a tremendous athlete when he was young.

 

[wire chief]

19. For some reason, I think it might be DDE. He was a tremendous athlete when he was young.

Well no, but he was a Westpoiner, I'll _____ you that.

 

[Bestiarius]

Well no, but he was a Westpoiner, I'll _____ you that.

Must be Grant then. The only other West Pointer.

 

[wire chief]

Best posts first and answers many, 14, 15(VTC is also correct with the alternative, Norway),
16, 19(post hint) 22, 23, 24, & 25(TO ELABORATE, THEY ARE A NORTHERN ETHNIC GROUP WITH A HISTORY OF CONFLICT WITH THE CENTRAL GOV'T).

20..VTC adds one to the above list, mentioning Althea Gibson for #20.

17..UPink likes to roll in oats

18..The scene is with Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson in THAT MIDNIGHT KISS.

21..The third is "wrong tax table used".

It is almost time to turn on the Tennis Channel, as Venus and Serena are scheduled to go for the Fed Cup by first
encountering Viktoria Azaranka and her merry maidens from Belarus.