OT: General Knowledge test #269B

[wire chief]

Moving along...

14..The iPhone App, Siri, has most trouble understanding which English-speaking accent?

15..According to Greek myth, Delos is the birthplace of twin gods Apollo and ..?

16..The only American in the regular cast of Downton Abbey?

17..Japan's "states" are called..?

18..She just won her 50th World Cup race. Who?

19.."Well, you lied, you cheated, woh ho, for so long."

20..It's called Vitruvian Man (he of 8 limbs) by..?

21..Dennis Connor and the STARS AND STRIPES did what in '87?

22..A Clint Eastwood flic, H_________ R____.

23.."Papa" said the The Sun ____ _____.

24..Wife of Jacob?

25..A phrase meaning 'heightened listening"--I_ A__ ____.

You need no more from me. Go!

 

[meyers7]

14. Irish or Cajun. (Those are the ones I have trouble with)
18. Vonn?
21. won the America's Cup
24. Rachel and Leah along with a couple maids

 

[rbny1]

14. Cockney?
17. Prefectures

 

[vtcwbuff]

14. South Philly Hon
18. Vonn
21. Won (or lost?) America's Cup
23. . . . Also Rises
24. Rachel?
25. I'm all ears

 

[Replicant]

17. Prefectures
20. Da Vinci
22. Heartbreak Ridge

 

[geordi]

14. Bawhstun - especially Calhoun's
15. Artemis
17. Prefectures
18. Lindsay Vonn
21. lost the America's Cup
23. Also rises

 

[NCorBust]

15. Greek: Artemis; Roman: Diana
17. Province
18. Lindsey Vonn
20. Lenardo De Vinci’s drawing of the human form
21. Win the America’s Cup
22. Heartbreak Ridge
25. I’m all ears

 

[crownfox2]

16. Elizabeth McGovern

 

[VAUConnFan]

21. Won the America's Cup yacht race.
23. Also Rises
25. I'm all ears

 

[wire chief]

14...VTC, what's a hon? Otherwise the answer y'all want is kind of the sound you make when you're freezing.

19...And NCor, where is she?

 

[crownfox2]

14. Scottish

 

[NCorBust]

14. Irish or Cajun. (Those are the ones I have trouble with)

Out of college I was hired by IBM. They sent all newly hired systems engineers en mass to Endicott, NY for training. At a mass get to know you lunch I sat at the end of a table. Across from me were two new friends from Florida and Alabama. To my left sat a fellow whose name I never understood. He began to speak soley to me for the entire lunch. I had no idea what he was saying, not a single word. My two friends tatolly enjoyed my discomfort as I smiled and nodded trying to reflect the appropriate facial expressions and gestures. Our "conversation" was agony. Fianlly after the lunch I said to my new friends I thought this training was just for systems engineers from the USA and Canada. They became hysterical. They asked me had I never met a cajun before? Later in life I was teamed with a cajun from whom I learned the "language."

 

[Replicant]

14...VTC, what's a hon? Otherwise the answer y'all want is kind of the sound you make when you're freezing.

14. Brogue?

 

[wire chief]

14...I had a similar but shorter experience when I was panhandled in a Manhattan park by a fellow speaking Ebonics
Complete blank.
Good to read of crownfox again. Been a while. Hope you've been well.
Crown answers "Scottish" here, an I cannae fault him. Ms McGovern is his contribution to #16, and I enjoy the company of
another highbrow-TV viewer.

15..Geordi & NCor with Artemis, goddess of the (picture a wolf howling).

17..Rbny, Repli & geordi with prefecture.

18..The uncertain Meyers starts 5 with Lindsey Vonn.

19.."If it hurts you, my darling, well, you only have yourself to blame".

20..Good readers, please call him "Leonardo", rather than "of the city of Vinci".

21..Actually, it was a win and several of you know it is about yachting (anyway where does a silent "ch" fit in English?)

22..Repl & NCor with Heatbreak Ridge

23..VAUC & 3 recognize that "Papa" refers to Hemingway; thus, The Sun Also Rises.

24..Meyers provides both Rachel and Leah, for Jacob was a breakaway Mormon.

25..I'm all ears, sayVTC, NCor & VAUC.

You missed only the song snippet in 19. Above is a 2nd line.