OT: General knowledge test #291A

[wire chief]

Question 6 belongs to zorro.

Kindly just give answers & no research.

1..This nation took on a new name several years ago, but we officially use the old(?).

2.."Oo wee, ride me high; tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come."

3..This Canadian province(?) is undergoing a sustained protest over tuition hikes.

4..Whose prime minister is Mariano Rajoy?

5..Lakeland, NJ, is home to the largest __sh___ in the country.

6..Which young lady was built for speed, according to Mr. Penniman?

7..Last Thursday an NBA team was ahead 75-68 with 2 mins left and lost.

8..Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival is where?

9..Keyboardist Rick Wakeman just turned 63. His band?

10..They were once Harry & Lawrence & Carl. Explain.

11..Nearly a half century ago, this was a well-received flic(?) starring Anouk Aimee
& Jean Louis Trinignant.

12..Word play: Intensive Care workers sing this to management upon ending their shift.

13..Its largest city is Aleppo.

 

[Kibitzer]

8. Massachusetts, close by Tanglewood

 

[DishNSwish]

7. LA Lakers

9. Yes

 

[rbny1]

1. Burma/Myanmar
13. Syria

 

[pinotbear]

5. airship?
6. Don't know what Mr. P said, but, I say Ruffian
10. sounds like the first names of the Giant linebackers from the Parcells era.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Almost batted 0-13, but I'll take #13 Syria for a 0.077 BA.

 

[DriveLH]

6. Long Tall Sally

 

[Bestiarius]

1. Burma
2. You Ain't Going Nowhere
4. Spain
6. Long Tall Sally
9. Yes. No?
11. A Man & a Woman
12. ICU In My Dreams
13. Lebanon

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Cambodia
3. Quebec
5. Airship
6. Lucille
8. The Berkshires in western Massachusetts
10. Three great NY Giants linebackers, Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson, and Carl Banks; the core of a defense that led to two Super Bowl titles.
11. A Man and a Woman - an excellent movie
12. ICU Later

 

[RegisteredUconn]

#5 clarification: The airships are housed at Lakehurst, not Lakeland.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

And Lakehurst was also the site of the Hindenberg disaster, IIRC.

 

[geordi]

10. Giants Linebackers
11. A Man and a Woman
13. Syria

 

[huskyblooz]

5. horseshoe
7. Lakers
9. Yes
10. Big Blue LB's

 

[wire chief]

12..You capture the word play, Best (You too VAUC), But there's a better sense of the wording only three degrees away.

 

[VAUConnFan]

12. When Will ICU Again? (thanx for the three degrees hint)

 

[wire chief]

It's time to call a halt.

1..Both rbny & Best know we still call it Burma.

2..Best cites, "You Ain't Going Nowhere". While Dylan was recovering from his cycle accident, The Byrds went somewhere
with his song.

3..Quebec is correct, credit to VAUC.

4..Yes, Best, no less,for Spain.

5..I have to smile when I look at your guesses (and I do encourage guessing). Ready for it? Yeshiva.

6..Welcome, New Player, Drive, as (s)he provides Long Tall Sally. So too does the less-new Best.

7..Dish & husky point to the Lakers.

8..Kibitzer & VAUC pinpoint Massachusetts.

9..Dish, Best & husky say YES. Who am I too say, "no"?

10..Four of you with Gisant linebackers under Bill Parcells, winning the Superbowl.

11..VAUC liked A MAN AND A WOMAN. Best & geordi are keeping their opinions private.

12..VAUC spends an exorbitant amount of minutes on this, but comes up with
WHEN WILL ICU AGAIN?

13..Geordi & rbny give us Syria

 

[Bestiarius]

12. When Will ICU Again? (thanx for the three degrees hint)

I like this type of question even if I can't come up with the answer.

5..I have to smile when I look at your guesses (and I do encourage guessing). Ready for it? Yeshiva.

I should have guessed. I thought of Yeshiva because of the clue blanks, and I know lots of Orthodox Jews moved into that part of NJ recently, but I never dreamed the biggest Yeshiva would be there.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

It's time to call a halt.

5..I have to smile when I look at your guesses (and I do encourage guessing). Ready for it? Yeshiva.

#5 reclarification: Don't you mean Lakewood, not Lakeland?

 

[wire chief]

Yes, I looked at #5 again, and I discovered I Floridarized the town of Lakewood.