OT: General knowledge test #279B

[wire chief]

Continuing with the standard 25...

14..Over 60% of all the world's lakes are contained within the borders of..?

15..Who composed Simon Boccanegra?

16..Where's the old police plaza called Parker Center?

17..What was the WWII heroism of Paul Gruninger?

18..David Lee Roth's band?

19..This(?) is a Western H. nation of 500,000 and 91% jungle.

20.."I'll taste your strawberries; I'll drink your sweet wine."

21..St. Helena (of Napolean exile fame) sits west of the border between Angola and ..?

22..What got started in Fayette, NY in 1830?

23..Why has it been challenging to market Colgate Toothpaste in Latin America?

24..The decade Lewis & Clark reach the Pacific?

25..In 1957 NYC's..? made its last run from Queens to Manhattan.

This test has been certified safe for those who have a pacemaker
or keep all their belongings in a shopping cart.

 

[vtcwbuff]

14. Canada ?
16. Dallas ?
19. Honduras?
20. Today by the New Christie Minstrals
24. 1800's

 

[rbny1]

15. Verdi

 

[huskyblooz]

14. Michigan
18. Van Halen
23. dead cat
25. trolley

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

22. Mormon Church?

 

[k9fanatic]

16. Los Angeles
18. Van Halen
19. Belize?
22. Mormon Church

 

[ed4ourgirls]

21, Namibia

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Canada
16. Los Angeles
18. Van Halen(he should never have left)
19. Nicaragua
24. 1800
25. Roosevelt Island Shuttle

 

[wire chief]

23..Someone out there could put "colgate" into Espanol.

19..It may be the most recent to change its name.

17..He accepted Jews into..?

 

[meyers7]

18. Well he was with Van Halen, then out on his own, but I think he's back with VH now.
24. I think Jefferson sent them so it had to be 1800-1810??

 

[geordi]

16. LA
20 Today - John Denver song
23. few teeth
24. 1800 - 1810; they left in 1803 so I'd suspect 1805 or 6

 

[VAUConnFan]

19. Belize

 

[wire chief]

14..The "V" posters with the soggy Canada.

15..is a rbny question and he doesn't disappoint with Guiseppe Verdi.

16..Same place as a 6'5 female bballer from Tenn. L.A. Bow before K9 & geordi.

17..Paul was in charge of immigration for a Swiss canton. He let many Jews from Austria in, though
official policy forbade this.. He was punished. Later he's a hero.

18..All hale the van...or something like that. Bringing up the rear of 4 of you is Smarty Pants.

19..Suriname

20..TODAY by The New Christy Minstrels. VTC has buffed his credentials.

21..Thanks to ed4 for Namibia.

22..Joseph Smith gets things going for the Mormons. Knights & K9's ancestors may have been there.

23..Colgate translates as "Go hang yourself".

24..VTC leads 4 with 1806.

25..Clang, Clang, Clang went Judy Garland. Husky with a big finish.

Time to stir my dinner.