OT: General knowledge test #310A

[wire chief]

Sure is hard to break away from the TV these days. Congrats to our 6 Huskies for
the Czech win.

Please don't repeat questions & no reseaerch.

1..The decade that Brigham Young et al arrived at the Great Salt Lake Valley?

2..I lost myself in a familiar song. I closed my eyes and I slipped away.

3..In 1964 these guys were afflicted by needles, not to mention pins too.

4..The 1st state to be readmitted (1866)?

5..Bishket is the capital of..?

6.."Please, sir, I want more."

7..Occupation of Mr. R. L. Burnside?

8..This is the city...Los Angeles, California...I work here...

9..One 4-month WWI battle(?) killed more Britishers than all their deaths in WWII.

10..The decade Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing commonwealth?

11..Who were the "Land Girls"?

12..Shoot northward on the longitude of Tahiti, and the 1st land reached is..?

13..Verdine White is the bassist for..?

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

2 - More than a Feeling - Boston (I may not have the title, but I'm pretty sure of the group)

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. 1850's
6. Kevin Bacon in Animal House although that is not how I remember it.
7. Civil War general
8. Dragnet, the opening line spoken by Sgt Joe Friday as portrayed by Jack Webb.
10. 1950's
11. The spokepersons for Polaroid cameras
12. Alaska
13. Earth, Wind & Fire

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. 1840's
4. Tennessee
6. Oliver Twist
8. Joe Friday - Dragnet
9. The Somme?
12. Japan?

 

[wire chief]

We need 3, 5, 7, 11 yet, but there's so few of you present, that I'll just hold things over awhile.

 

[Bezzz]

3. The Searchers " I saw her today, I saw her face..."

 

[ed4ourgirls]

4. Louisiana?
6. Oliver Twist. (I have a vague feeling that one of the boys in
Nicholas Nickelby was punished for saying something similar)
9. The Somme.

 

[geordi]

1. I would guess the 1840s
4. Tennessee
6. Oliver Twist
7. Ole Robert Lee - one of the great blues guitarists - along with Muddy Waters and Lightnin Hopkins
8. I"m a cop. Dragnet - Sgt Joe Friday, badge 714
12. I suspect that it would be Hawaii

 

[meyers7]

1. For some reason 1850's stick out in my mind. ????
2. Boston - More Than a Feeling.
6. Oliver Twist
8. Friday

 

[Bestiarius]

We need 3, 5, 7, 11 yet, but there's so few of you present, that I'll just hold things over awhile.

3. The Searchers
5. Kyrgyzakstan
7. Blues singer/guitarist
11. BBC program about women during WWII.

 

[wire chief]

..Really hard to escape the TV today. Nevertheless...

1..VTC & geordi posit the 1840's . They will be delighted with the win.

2..Knight & Meyers got the music clue--More than a Feeling by Boston.

3..Brit group The Searchers on Needles and Pins--Bezz & Best.

4..Over Volfans objections, though. VTC & geordi.

5..Kyrgyzastan says Best.

6..An orphan speaks in Oliver Twist--ed4 plus 3.

7..VAUC, that is Ambrose. R.L. is a blues singer, known by geordi & Best.

8..See geordi who is most complete. VAUC adds Jack Webb

9..The Somme, stated by ed4 & VTC.

10..Yup, VAUC, 1952

11..Not just a BBC production, Best, but real women inundating farms (especially) to help out in WWII.

12..VAUC is right about Alaska and 13..Earth Wind & Fire.

 

[Aluminny69]

Some more trivia: The British group, The Searchers, took their name from the classic 1956 Western, "The Searchers" starring John Wayne. While attending that movie, Buddy Holly took note of the fact than Wayne repeated the line "That'll be the Day." The rest, as they say, is rock & Roll history.

BTW, other than the Beatles, The Searchers were the only other British group of that era to issue their albums in stereo. (Remember mono.)

So here's another trivia question: without looking it up, how many hits by the Searchers can you name. ( Hint: they had 11 charted records, not counting "Sweets for my Sweet" and "Sugar and Spice", which were their first big hits in England.)

 

[wire chief]

Some more trivia: The British group, The Searchers, took their name from the classic 1956 Western, "The Searchers" starring John Wayne. While attending that movie, Buddy Holly took note of the fact than Wayne repeated the line "That'll be the Day." The rest, as they say, is rock & Roll history.

BTW, other than the Beatles, The Searchers were the only other British group of that era to issue their albums in stereo. (Remember mono.)

So here's another trivia question: without looking it up, how many hits by the Searchers can you name. ( Hint: they had 11 charted records, not counting "Sweets for my Sweet" and "Sugar and Spice", which were their first big hits in England.)

Some accuse me of being too obscure, but not THAT obscure.

 

[Aluminny69]

Some accuse me of being too obscure, but not THAT obscure.

I forgot to mention that The Searchers were one of my favorite groups, along with the Dave Clark Five.

 

[wire chief]

I forgot to mention that The Searchers were one of my favorite groups, along with the Dave Clark Five.

Well then, I'm Glad All Over for you.

 

[Aluminny69]

Well then, I'm Glad All Over for you.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen "Life is Worth Living." My mother watched that show religiously, no pun intended.

 

[VAUConnFan]

Didn't The Searchers do the Theme from Hawaii Five-0?

 

[Aluminny69]

Didn't The Searchers do the Theme from Hawaii Five-0?

You may be thinking of The Ventures, a very successful rock & roll instrumental group.

 

[VAUConnFan]

You may be thinking of The Ventures, a very successful rock & roll instrumental group.

The Ventures, absolutely. Thanx.