OT: General knowledge test #269A

[wire chief]

Hi, fans of less-mugging Women's BB.

No research and no repeating questions please.

1..What is the profession of the former Harry Potter in the new release, THE WOMAN IN BLACK?

2..The BABY RUTH candy bar was named for the daughter of which Prez?

3..Today's market price for platinum per oz: $900, 1600, 2400, 3100, 4000, or 4800?

4..The NBA's top vote-getter for the All Star game?

5..A link between Gingrich and Ali McBeal?

6..A fellow(?) who often worked with John Cassavetes is dead last week at 81.

7.._______'s national airline, Malev, has had its planes repossessed by creditors.

8..What makes the warfare at Cannae a standout in military history?

9..Origin of "mind your own beeswax"?

10..The following blank is meant to start 2 common expressions, using the words following it:
____ the aid and gang.(Each word is used just once.)

11..What was the disaster of Saint Philibert?

12..This running back(?) is elected to the Hall of Fame, but his coach(?) misses.

13..In what city is New Mexico State U?

Following soon is the next group of 12.

 

[pinotbear]

2. Coolidge?
5. Ali likes amphibians, Gingrich is one
12. Curtis Martin, Bill Parcells

 

[vtcwbuff]

2. Cleveland
8. Lopsided Roman defeat

 

[NCorBust]

2. Grover Cleveland
4. Blake Griffith
5. The name Callista
6. Ben Gazzara
7. Hungary
9. Candle making
12. Curtis Martin, Bill Parcells
13. Las Cruces

 

[meyers7]

2. supposedly Cleveland (but that's up for debate)
4. I'll guess Wade.
13. Albuquerque??

 

[geordi]

2. Grover Cleveland
7. Hungary
8. Hannibal defeated the Roman Army - Punic Wars
13. Las Cruces

 

[AndyCT]

10. Kool

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. Harry Truman
4. Superman
5. Mr. Gingich's wife is named Callista. Ally McBeal was portrayed by Callista Flockhart.
6. Ben Gazzara
7. Hungary
10. Kool
13. Las Cruces

 

[wire chief]

4..VAUC, can you help out the others more?

8..Geordi & VTC, couldn't you have spiced things up more by mentioning elephants too?

 

[wire chief]

1..He plays a lawyer.

2..Cleveland, say VTC plus 3.

3..1600 smackers...why, I'll bet that's a lot more than we pay for pot.

4..Dwight Howard of the Magic.

5..VAUC spells the whole thing out. (So often I imagine your teachers marking your essays with "elaborate".)

6..Ben Gazzara it is; credit to NCor & VAUC.

7..The same 2 guys plus geordi with Hungary.

8..Hannibal the Carthaginian, other North Africans, some Gauls combine to do a job on Romans.
His grandson is Anthony Hopkins. VTC & geordi.

9..Go back to colonial days when women covered their faces with it. The sheen could crack
and cause staring. That brought the reply, "Mind...
Are you not glad I brought this to your attention?

10..Kool it is, and Andy & VAUC work it out.

11..The pleasure ship of that name ran into a storm off the coast of France in 1931. Nearly 500 people were no more.

12..Curtis Martin, Bill Parcells--that silly ol' bear and UPink's lesser half.

13..Las Cruces--NCor geordi, VAUC end this section.

Do we not have a great team?...Oh, and the Huskies also.