OT: General knowledge test #273A

[wire chief]

Nothing until Sunday to get our cheers going, so...

No reprinting questions & no research please.

1..Russel Arms, Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson and..?

2..There was Butyrka; there was Lefortovo: but what folks feared most was..?

3..Who writes the Stone Barrington pop fiction?

4..Hamas has made a somewhat surprising condemnation of..?

5..Julieta Castellanos is a big voice vs. police abuse and drug cartels in..?

6..It now helps one get on this state's Alcohol Beverage Control Commision if you drink.

7..One plays the piano; another was a long ago voice for separation of church and state.

8..Just superceded Exxon-Mobil as the world's largest public company.

9..Theorbo (Tiobra) from Firenze is a..?

10..In 1836 S. C. got a patent for his revolver.

11..What's this about a relative of Geno's lawyer getting deposed in 1917?

12.."I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it."
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13..Word play m (posting this changed the way I presented "memo'. It is supposed to have an upward slant.)

 

[ed4ourgirls]

10. Samuel Colt
12. A PG rated variant of W.C. Fields remark

 

[pinotbear]

6. Utah

 

[FairView]

Nothing until Sunday to get our cheers going, so...

4..Iran

7..Jefferson.

8..Apple.

10..Samuel Colt.

12..WC Fields

 

[rbny1]

8. Apple (the largest in terms of market capitalization)

 

[crownfox2]

1. Gisele MacKenzie

 

[wire chief]

12..Well golleeeee, ed4, this IS a family message board.

 

[VAUConnFan]

7. Bryan Adams, John Adams
10. Samuel Colt
13. Mimeograph

 

[wire chief]

2..We're talking Soviet prisons here.

3..You're not out of the, um, Forest here yet.

4..Well, next door to Iran anyway.

5..We're in Central America.

7..First name is Roger.

9..It won't play Flamenco, but it is a ________ __________.

11..Geno's lawyer is named Karensky, mentioned in a Rich or Jim headline a few days ago. Does that help?

13..I'm not fooling around with this disaster any longer--"memorising".

 

[vtcwbuff]

4. Syria - Assad?
5. Columbia?
8. Apple
10. Samuel Colt
12. ?????
13. ?????

 

[meyers7]

6. Kentucky??
10. Samuel Colt

 

[geordi]

1. gisele McKenzie
9. it's a guitar like musical instrument
10. Samuel Colt
12. Sounds like WC Fields to me.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

7. Williams

 

[wire chief]

There's no activity since about noon. Apparently some don't return for the hints, so we'll go with what we have.

1..Crown & geordi with Giselle MacKensie, the 4th member of the 50's "Your Hit Parade".

2..Lubyanka ( For those who enjoyed the Gorky Park best seller, you may also want to try CHILD 44.)

3..Stuart Woods ( So far I had to supply 2 out of 3. Hope this trend improves )

4..VTC is unsure, but with Syria, you now return to 50%.

5..Honduras

6..Yes, Pinot! Utah is what's needed.

7..Thank heavens for little girls AND for that friendly RU fan--Roger Williams.

8..Apple ciders are rbny & VTC.

9..Geordi identifies a stringed instrument, made for plucking.

10..Oh so many (Samuel) Colt fans.

11..Lenin throws out Karensky.

12..A W. C. Fields comment, unearthed by geordi and ed4.