OT: General knowledge test #286A

[wire chief]

Today we have one contribution from Zorro. In the future we will have more.

Please only answers & no research.

1..She(?) won a Pulitzer for her '37 novel, soon made into a movie.

2..Someone(?) we know recently visited Bank of America to report someone was shopping on her card.

3..In the '70's movie THE COMPETITION, Amy Irving's recital piece was by Prokofiev, while
Richard Dreyfuss' was by..?

4..Who broke his leg during the 2006 Preakness?

5..Southern lady, ______ ________, wrote Ballad of the Sad Cafe, A Member of the Wedding,
& The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

6..Where does one view The Deadliest Catch?

7..Of what Botswana business does Alexander McCall Smith write?

8.."They're writing songs of love, but..."

9.."He was born the next of kin...to the.."

10..Where do "Ducky" and "Cosmo Topper" intersect?

11..Headquarters of M15 is in the ______ _____.

12..The big 3 of the 40's were Sinatra, Torme, and Dick ______.

13..Why are Paul & Janice Crouch in the news?

 

[Zorro]

1. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings? (The Yearling)
5. Carson McCullers
8. Not for me
12. Haymes (SP?)

 

[rbny1]

1. Margaret Mitchell for Gone with the Wind? Just a guess.
13. They run a nonprofit religious TV network and were blasted in today's NY Times for allegedly spending the network's funds for extravagant personal needs, such as mansions and private jets.

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. Pearl Buck or Margeret Mitchell. I'll guess Buck
5. Carson McCullers
6. Discovery
9. Wayward Wind

7. I'll guess Blood Diamonds

 

[ed4ourgirls]

1. I'll guess Pearl Buck.

6. I'll guess the History Channel where they air a lot of dreck that has
nothing to do with History (Ancient Aliens, Ice Road Truckers, etc.).

 

[Bestiarius]

1. Margaret Mitchell
2. What! Was my wife at it again!!
5. Carson McCullers
6. Discovery Channel
7. Lady Detectives
8. Not For Me
9. Wayward Wind
11. It's on the River Thames
12. Haymes

 

[crownfox2]

4. Barbaro

 

[pap49cba]

2. One of our players - ashja?


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[wire chief]

3..Some moderator changed the formal name to "Dick". Said moderator has played with me before, still anonymous. Anyway, that won't be enough to help you. Maybe the word EMPEROR will.

10..One of the actors is Leo G Carroll; the other is David McCallum.

 

[rbny1]

3. The Emperor Concerto by Beethoven

 

[ed4ourgirls]

10. With those hints, I'd say "The Man from Uncle".

 

[wire chief]

1..Any chance that it is Pearl Buck is gone with the wind. Best has Margaret Mitchell. So do VTC & rbny,
but their certainty is at an all time low.

2..It gives me joy that pap is back, however briefly. As our super-connector, he read the blog about Asjha.

3..Rbny sees the hint, registers the hint, and gives us Beethoven.

4..With a handle like crownfox2, he could be a race horse. Barbaro.

5..A trio of you nail(not in the biblical sense) Carson McCullers.

6..If you wrote the Discovery Channel, you are guilty of viewing too much worthless crap. VTC & Best.

7..Best is oh so close. The #1 Ladies Detective Agency, charming tales in an unusually peaceful African country.

8..But not for Best; But not for zorro, either.

9..VTC & Best have the Gogi Grant lament, The Wayward Wind.

10..Post-hint, ed4 grabs Man from Uncle, on your '60's TV..

11..It is on the Thames, Best, and is called simply Thames House.

12..Zorro & Best offer Dick Haymes.

13..AND they try to write off their mansions as tax-free parsons' houses. See rbny.

I must deduct a 1/2 point for # 11, and it means you scored 12 1/2 of 13. Super.