OT: General knowledge test #292A

[wire chief]

Test takers are traditionally blessed on the next-to-last Friday of May.

Still, do no research nor reprint questions please.

1..This place(?) for sweets started off in Joliet, Il. in 1940.

2..The first teamship, _______ , to cross the pond left Georgia for Liverpool in 1819.

3..May 22 was the 20th anniversary of someone(?) leaving TV.

4.."Who Will Save Your Soul?" artist?

5..In 1969 the lunar module..? took a practice run arround the moon.

6..In what state is the National Corvette Museum?

7..In 1938 the ______ Act provided for a 2 ocean navy.

8..An Iraqi port, _a__a.

9..For nearly 30 years Seiji Ozawa headed..?

10..Nancy had a comic cohort(?).

11..Both SQUEEZEBOX and BEHIND BLUE EYES.

12..This sitcom had 17 Emmy nominations last year.

13..Prince Aly Khan had a famous wife 60+ years ago.

 

[DriveLH]

10. Sluggo
11. Who

 

[UConner]

Teamship?

 

[wire chief]

Teamship?

Hah! Let's try steamship.

 

[rbny1]

8. Basra
9. Boston Symphony Orchestra
13. Rita Hayworth

 

[k9fanatic]

3. Johnny Carson
4. Jewel
9. Boston Symphony
10. Sluggo
11. The Who
12. Mad Men

 

[vtcwbuff]

7. Carl Vinson sponsorerd an act in congress to increase the size of the navy prior to WW2 but I think it was later than 1938
8. Basra
10. Sluggo?

 

[VAUConnFan]

3. Johnny Carson
9. Mitsubishi
10. Sluggo
12. 30 Rock

 

[wire chief]

1..Some locations are "Limited Brazier".

2..Named after a city that Sherman left alone.

5..______ 10.

6..I'll Have Another had such a good time.

12..MF

 

[pinotbear]

1. Dairy Queen
2. Savannah
3. Well, Kentucky or Maryland. I'll say Maryland

 

[k9fanatic]

1. Dairy Queen
5. Apollo 10
6. Kentucky
12.Modern Family?

 

[vtcwbuff]

Post hint -
2. Savannah
12. Modern Family - one of the few sitcoms I'll watch (Big Bang Theory is #1)

 

[wire chief]

Hi again posters. Let's finish.

1..The hint brought out 2 Dairy Queens--K9 & Pinot (though the latter may not appreciate the label.

2..Silly ol' bear with his 2nd post hint. VTC here also--Savannah.

3..Johnny Carson, K9 & VAUC, once-watchers of late night TV.

4..K9 recognizes a Jewel of a singer.

5..And here she comes again with Apollo 10.

6..K9, whose 50/50 chances go her way, locates Kentucky. Pinot has no such luck.

7..VTC has Vinson. (K9 finally gets a rest in these lines).

8..Rbny & VTC with Basra.

9..The Boston Symphony Orchestra, cited by rbny.

10..Drive leads 4 with Sluggo. Then he leads again with...

11..The Who
K9 too.

12..More post-hints VTC & K9 with Modern Family, ( Well, of course, Big Bang is #1.)

13..Rbny salutes the (dyed) redhead, Rita Hayworth.