OT: General knowledge test #273B

[wire chief]

14..Qin Shi Huangdi of ancient times has 2(?) major claims to fame.

15..In 1919 ______ becomes the 1st state to tax gasoline.

16..Where the Don and Volga Rivers are closest to each other once sat what city?

17..The Prez who gave us the Grand Tetons as a nat'l park?

18.."I don't have fond desires, and I don't have happy hours."

19..The particular kinds of strikes outlawed by the Supreme Court in '39?

20..In 1995, investment broker Steve Fosset performed a first(?), involving Saskatchewan.

21..The Kunta Kinte production?

22..The society credited with the invention of the compass?

23..If you are in the ____ for a string of ______, seek out the ______ brown ___
under the _____ tree.

Struggle, me hardies.

24..The tragedy of Little Nell is found in Dickens' ___ ___ _________ ____.

25..Hometown of Li'l Abner & Daisy Mae?

 

[ed4ourgirls]

17. Teddy Roosevelt?
22. Chinese
24. The old curiosity shop
25. Dogpatch

 

[pinotbear]

18. Since I don't have you.
21. Roots

 

[rbny1]

16. Stalingrad

 

[FairView]

14..Qin Shi Huangdi of ancient times has 2(?) major claims to fame.

15.New York
18.."Since I don't have you"
19..Police?
20..crossed it in a balloon.
21..Roots
22..Egyptians.
24..Up on the housetop .
25..Dogpatch

 

[wire chief]

There's gotta be a moderator messin' with me. I have no "edit" capability, and in 24, I'm sure I typed Dickens.

 

[VAUConnFan]

17. William Howard Taft
19. Wildcat
21. Roots
22. Phoenicians

 

[wire chief]

14..Well one of the 2 involves terra cotta.

15..It's a state that today does not allow the customer to pump.

17..You haven't been Silent here, but you haven't nailed him either.

19..You need to think "posture".

20..Actually it was way more than just Saskatchewan.

23..There are 4 song titles by Glenn Miller in the sentence.

 

[vtcwbuff]

15. CT?
17. T Rooseveldt?
19. Wildcat?
25. Dogpatch

 

[meyers7]

15. New York??
17. Teddy Roosevelt?
21. Roots (Alex Haley)
23. In The Mood, String of Pearls??, Under the Maple Tree??

 

[pinotbear]

15. New Jersey
17. Coolidge
19. Sit-down?

 

[geordi]

17. Hoibert Hoovah
19. transportation?
21. roots, of course
22. chinese ??
25. Dogpatch, USA

BTW, what's the significance of Bishop Sheen?

 

[FairView]

thanks to the hints ....
15 New Jersey
19 Sit down

 

[vtcwbuff]

POst Hint

15. New Joisey
17. Coolidge

 

[geordi]

14. Ther terra cotta warriors ???

 

[wire chief]

17. Hoibert Hoovah
19. transportation?
21. roots, of course
22. chinese ??
25. Dogpatch, USA

BTW, what's the significance of Bishop Sheen?

When Nan first approached the idea of an avatar, as testmeister I thought I should pick a teacher, and my quick response was Dumbledore. Now as I saw his picture next to my name, I realized the choice reflected his contemporary recognition, but I was without any attached feeling.
Bishop Sheen's weekly show was de rigeur in our household, when I was a kid.. My parents once ushered us into Manhatten to see him live. While pretty much all the priests I had dealings with tended toward aloofness and arrogance (a sign of the times), the good bishop came across with warmth and humanity. While I today am "fallen", Bishop Sheen has a firm place in my heart.
Thus, I like seeing his photo there, whenever I open up.

 

[wire chief]

14..Thousands of terra cotta soldiers were unearthed a few years back, in Qin's not-so-humble burial grounds.
He also was the dude who turned the various tribes into what is pretty much contemporary China.

15..Hah, you had a 50/50 chance of the 2 states that forbid customer pumping. You messed up; it's Oregon.

16..Nice get, rbny. It is indeed Stalingrad.

17..Silent Cal Coolidge, just before he left office. Pinot & vtc.

18..The Skyliners first, Pinot & fair.

19..Sit-down, same duo as 18.

20..Not only ballooned the Canadian province (fairview), but a whole ocean.

21..I Roots for all of you to get this one.

22..Geordi has it--China

23..Meyers is OK with IN THE MOOD & STRING OF PEARLS. Add LITTLE BROWN JUG
and (DON'T SIT UNDER) THE APPLE TREE.

24..The Old Curiosity shop says ed4.

25..All you yokels got Dogpatch.

And that's eeenuff.