OT: General knowledge test #277B

[wire chief]

To continue your favorite pastime...

14..The Turing award is akin to the Nobel in what field?

15.."I wanna hear some funky dixieland; pretty mama, let me take you by the hand."

16..American aristocrat and sociologist, E. Digby Baltzell exposes the upper class in..?

17..It's cicuta maculata, popularly, _____ _______, the deadliest plant in North America.

18..A famous race course(?) is in Arcadia, Ca.

19..In what sport may one attain "100 international centuries"?

20..Pope Shenouda III (of whom) died on St. Patrick's day.

21..The decline of the Stone Age 5000 years ago occurs when folks started using..?

22.."Although I'll never love you, I'll stay with you one year."

23..Where is the volcano, Erebus?

24..Fiona, Adamac, Pearmain, Cortland, Crab, Winesap, Honeycrisp--
which one doesn't belong?

25..The small city(?) of my retirement achieved national recognition recently
over a tragedy that began as an incidence of walking-while-black.

I remain, optimistically yours, Wirechief.

 

[geordi]

18. Santa Anita
21. use of iron tools
22. we'll sing in the sunshine
24 pearmain
25. Sanford

 

[AndyCT]

15 Doobie Brothers / "Black Water" - or ?

20. Egypt Coptic church (Pope of Alexandria)

 

[vtcwbuff]

15. Black Water
21. Bronze - or maybe it was cellphones
22. We'll sing in the sunshine - Gail Somebody
24. Adamac - but Fiona is a stretch
25. Sanford, Fla.

 

[meyers7]

15. Black Water, Doobie Brothers.
18. Altamont Speedway??
19. Well up until recently none. But now it's been done for the first time ever in Cricket. Guy from India.
21. wood?
24. Adamic the non apple?
25. Sanford, FL (though your question like most reports is misleading)

 

[k9fanatic]

14. computer engineering
15 Black Water
23. Antarctica
25. Samford, Fla.

 

[VAUConnFan]

15. Ole Black Water - Three Dog Night
18. Santa Anita (there is a ton of my money there as well)
21. Weapons
21. Fire
24. fiona
24. Adamac
24. Pearmain
25. Sanford, FL

 

[wire chief]

15. Black Water, Doobie Brothers.
18. Altamont Speedway??
19. Well up until recently none. But now it's been done for the first time ever in Cricket. Guy from India.
21. wood?
24. Adamic the non apple?
25. Sanford, FL (though your question like most reports is misleading)

Would you prefer walking-while-black-in-a-hoodie?

 

[ed4ourgirls]

21. Actually, I think people used copper tools before they figured out how
to make bronze.

 

[meyers7]

Would you prefer walking-while-black-in-a-hoodie?

Don't believe everything you hear from.....well people who have an agenda.

 

[wire chief]

16..The ___________ Gentleman

17..Our version starts with "water", and a relative is said to do in a Greek guy.

23..A really, really cold place, otherwise, that is.

24..I erred in the spelling of "adanac", so I'll put this one to rest. All are apples, except Fiona,
who is an Apple, i. e, Fiona Apple, pop singer.

25..Meyers, I think I'll leave it at that, as we are not a political board, and the question does
not require a political dimension anyway.

 

[geordi]

23. I'll try Iceland. It has a ton of volcanoes

 

[vtcwbuff]

Would you prefer walking-while-black-in-a-hoodie?

25. Or perhaps a tragedy resulting in a rush to judgement by people that don't have a clue about what happened. .

 

[meyers7]

25. Or perhaps a tragedy resulting in a rush to judgement by people that don't have a clue about what happened. .

Bingo!

 

[meyers7]

24..I erred in the spelling of "adanac", so I'll put this one to rest. All are apples, except Fiona,
who is an Apple, i. e, Fiona Apple, pop singer.

So then they are all apples. Including Fiona.

25..Meyers, I think I'll leave it at that, as we are not a political board, and the question does
not require a political dimension anyway.

That's why I wondered why you put in the political dimension.

 

[wire chief]

14..K9 has it, computer engineering.

15..Lots of Black Water above, by The Doobies.

16..The Philadelphia Gentleman

17..water hemlock

18..Santa Anita, Geordi & VAUC, the latter has my sympathies.

19..Some may think that that Meyers isn't cricket. Perish the thought.

20..Andy's got it--Pope of the Coptic Church.

21..Well, archaeologists say the "Bronze Age" Don't know myself what those early guys were foolin' with.
VTC has it.

22..We'll Sing in the Sunshine is the tune, and VTC has this period piece.

23..Antarctica

24..No, Meyers, unless your itching to take a bite out of Fiona, an Apple is not an apple.

25..Samford is a college that the Big Girls of WCBB like to play in order to win by 45 points.
Whereas Sanford, once the celery capital of the world, the southern depot of Amtrak's
autotrain, and the seat of Seminole County, is the answer.

I said I would write no more about the incident, however I sense some hair trigger in our beloved posters.
I maintain I did not introduce a political dimension nor agenda. I hinted nothing about whether Mr.
Zimmerman should go to trial, go to jail or what. Nor did I imply what I think about the relevant Florida laws here.

It is not vs. the law to see a person of color as "suspicious". Where I have absolutely no doubt is that Mr.
Zimmerman made up his mind about what he saw-- and what to do thereafter-- based on viewing a male of color.
And if you think otherwise, you weren't raised on this planet.










witnesses.

 

[meyers7]

19..Some may think that that Meyers isn't cricket. Perish the thought.

So...it's cricket. I mean I know it is but your answer doesn't sound sure.

24..No, Meyers, unless your itching to take a bite out of Fiona, an Apple is not an apple.

Well.........

It is not vs. the law to see a person of color as "suspicious". Where I have absolutely no doubt is that Mr.
Zimmerman made up his mind about what he saw-- and what to do thereafter-- based on viewing a male of color.
And if you think otherwise, you weren't raised on this planet.

Again, people need to wait to decide things until they know more.