OT: General knowledge test 311A

[wire chief]

Let's slip this in before Team UConn goes on the next rampage(a 24 point win, I say).

No research; no repeating questions please.

1..The second most densely populated nation is Singapore. No. 1?

2.."It's so funny how we don't..." And artist?

3..The very last of the actor/singers from the '30's (and beyond) died recently at 98.

4..From summer to winter Antarctica increases in size by what %?

5..Since early July, Nigeria has had an outbreak of the incurable..?

6..The Miracle on Ice captain, Mike ________.

7..When it is noon in Storrs, it is..? in Buenos Aires.

8..At 358 U. S. tons, what nation is the top cocaine producer?

9.. Who urges us to, "Let your love fly like a bird on the wing"?

10..What rank was 19 year old Lafayette given in the Revolutionary War?

11..The North American Inuit, the Russian Nenet, & the European _____.

12..Every ?th person is left-handed.

13.."Don't ___ _____ ___ _____ ____ with anyone else but me."

 

[k9fanatic]

1. Monaco
2. Talk Anymore -- can't remember the singer
6. Eruzioni
8. Colombia
9. Bellamy Brothers
10. General

 

[rbny1]

3. Tony Martin
13. "Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me."

 

[ed4ourgirls]

7. 1 PM
10. Major General

 

[mr006]

2. - I'll clean it up - Cliff Richards. Give k9Fanatic the assist

 

[vtcwbuff]

5. Ebola
6. Eruzione
8. Columbia?
10 Major General
11. Lapp?
12. 10th?
13. Sit under the apple tree

 

[meyers7]

1. Japan?
2. talk anymore (by that one guy)
4. 38.597%
7. An hour ahead 1300?
8. read a week or so ago, Peru passed Colombia
10. Well there was a General Lafayette
12. 5 (20%)

 

[geordi]

6. Eruzione
7. 1:00 pm
10 Major General
13. sit under the apple tree

 

[wire chief]

4..Mucho mas, Meyers

7..Deine Uhre mussen geht vor.

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. India
4. 28%
5. Diptheria
6. Eruzione(I believe he scored the winning goal in the semifinal match against the CCCP. BTW: I have no idea what CCCP stands for)
7. 11am
8. Peru
12. 16th(6%)
13. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree - The Andrews Sisters

 

[wire chief]

1..K9 starts off well with Monaco. I believe she's applied for citizenship.

2..The K9/mr006 combo give us, "don't talk anymore". A Cliff Richard tune. Who?

3..Tony Martin offers rbny.

4..100%

5..Ebola is that country's current sad fate, which VTC pins down.

6..K9 leads 4 with Eruzione, no doubt a Norwegian.

7..A whole bunch of you offer 1pm. Add an hour.

8..Meyers finally starts remembering what he reads--Peru, where it generates more revenue than does
Machu Pichu. VAUC too.

9..The crossover Bellamy Bros(Let Your Love Flow)--credit to K9.

10..Ed4, VTC & geordi are most precise with major general. Hmmm, things were sure different then.

11..VTC completes the Arctic circle trio with Lapps.

12..Ninth--the ambidextrous VTC is nearest.

13..The tune is, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", one of those WW2 songs on the topic of couple separation.
VAUC recalls it as an Andrew Sisters hit. Three others of you have the wording.

 

[mr006]

"A Cliff Richard tune. Who?"

LOL - if I recall correctly, our Olympic hosts are much more familiar with Mr Richard than we are (and for the most part knew about him 18 years earlier, in fact), though he had a few hits stateside in the late 70's and early 80s.

 

[meganmatthews]

1. Singarich
2. Play Tennessee anymore - Geno Auriemma
3. You're right. He did.
4. That happens to be the brand of clothing I buy. Increases by 10% every year.
5.Quitheria (brought on by an incredible 156 - 73 beating by the U.S. Olympic team)
6. Tyson. Oh wait . . that was "Put Holyfields ear on ice".
7. Only 6 hours before the Huskies play! (7 hours for you guys. Ha ha.)
8. Columbia. It's also cheaper if you purchase it in Arizona because it is a drop off and the contacts there are eager . . ..wait. How would i know that? Never mind.
9. Actually, the correct phrase was "Get that bird off the wing! We're losing altitude!!" Uttered by U.S. Airways Pilot Chelsey B. Sullenberger, right before he miraculously landed his crippled plane in the Hudson river, saving all 155 aboard!
10. Punk.
11. nah nah na - nah nah!
12. Bad breathed. (Actually I had nothing for this one, so I just said something stupid)
13. Talk, Make contact, Discuss basketball, Schedule an official visit, or Play. - You guessed it . . Geno Auriemma

*I have far too much time on my hands.

P.S. - Did I get any right?