OT: General knowledge test #293A

[wire chief]

Let's Memorialize the Day with this.

Please don't reprint the questions and no researching.

1..The big three in American cities for lost-time-in-traffic: NYC, LA and..?

2..What accounts for 1/3 of all homeowners insurance payouts?

3.."In love with the night mysterious...
In love with my joy delirious." Title? Composer? Show?

4..Because it links 7 National Parks, US ? is also known as the National Park Highway.

5..Joke: I saw his picture on some salad dressing. Does that mean ____ ______'s missing?

6..Tiago Splitter & Kawhi Leonard are a duo for the..?

7..Less than 150 miles from Storrs is a bridge(?) with a $13 toll.

8..The decade for the formation of the Actors Equity Union?

9..What' extraordinary about Alberto & Beryl?

10..What does an anodromous fish do?

11..Does a Spaniard pronounce the Italian cheese as Mozzareya? Explain.

12.."She's been married 7 times before."

13..The city of Emory U?

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. WAG San Diego - WAG off the bench Washington
2. WAG 2 dog bite
7. WAG 3 GWB
10. They spawn in fresh water
11. Dunno why but Seville (more apropriate Sevilla) is pronounced Seveeya and Jerez is pronounced Hereth. Actualy I do know why for Jerez.
12. "Henery the 8th I am" by some no talent Brit group.

 

[huskyblooz]

13. Atlanta

 

[pinotbear]

9. spawn in fresh, mature in salt,
12. specifically, "the widow next door", in "I'm Henry ('En-er-y") the Eighth, I am."

 

[Bestiarius]

5. Paul Neuman
7. Verrazano Narrows bridge.
8. 1920s
9. Earliest hurricaines
10. Migrates fresh to salt water
12. King Henry the 8th's 8th wife

 

[pinotbear]

9. tropical storms in May - quite rare.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

11 - probably, because double LL is usually pronounced as Y. According to my wife, who at least took Spanish classes, I don't do too bad pronouncing the many Spanish names on streets here in AZ.

5 - Paul Neuman
7 - Verazanno Narrows

whereby I agree with Bestiarius, who seems to usually know his stuff.

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Atlanta
2. Water damage
5. Paul Newman
6. San Antonio Spurs
7. George Washington Bridge
8. 1950's
9. They are early developing tropical storms
10. Same sex reproduction
11. In Spanish, double L's have the y sound.
12. The widow next door. Henry VIII - Herman's Hermits (BTW, the second verse is the same as the first).
13. Atlanta

 

[rbny1]

3. "So In Love"/Cole Porter/Kiss Me Kate

 

[wire chief]

1..So far, nope. Stay far away from the east.

11..You provide the customary reasoning, but the correct answer involves a twist to keep the pronunciation
the same.

4..A thin ribbon that winds from Glacier to southern Az. Where are our mountain states posters?

 

[geordi]

1. It's gotta be DC
6. Leonard plays basketball; I assume they both do
7. Verrazano Narrows
8 live in salt water but spawn in fresh water - like salmon
11. In Spanish, a 'LL; is pronounced 'AY'
12. the widow next door - Henery the 8th

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. San Francisco

 

[k9fanatic]

6. San Antonio Spurs
11. LL pronounced as y in Spanish
12. Henry the VIII (Herman's Hermits?)
13. Atlanta

 

[wire chief]

1..Honolulu with 58 lost hours annually.

2..VTC with his WAG is correct about dog bites.

3..Rbny has all 3 parts. See him.

4..US 89

5..Best, Knights & VAUC with Paul Newman.

6..VAUC & K9 go to the hoop with the Spurs.

7..It's the Verrazano, traveled by geordi, Knights & Best.

8..Best is closest. It was 1913.

9..Pinot has the best wording--tropical storms in May, quite rare as a duet.

10..Several of you with some version of swimming upstream to spawn.

11..A tricky one. Spaniards spell it with one "l", keeping the pronunciation the same as Italian.

12..VAUC & K9 also mention Herman's Hermits did Henry 8th (I am).

13..Atlanta say husky, VAUC & K9.

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. One of the few medium large cities with no bypass and only one major expressway, the H1. Rush hour can really suck.