OT: General knowledge test #339A

[wire chief]

Now I know echoes of the Duke game will continue on the board, so don't be afraid to extol Kelly et al. further, for I won't be offended . But we have no game until Saturday, soooo...

First Commandment: Thou shalt not reprint questions.
Second Commandment: Thou shalt not do research.

1..Who were responsible for the demise of the Khmer Rouge back in '79?

2.."Vivante" is French for what form of "to live"?

3..In what era was all land (Pangeia) connected?

4..In 1639 where do we find the "Fundamental Orders"?

5..In 1952 the "Today Show" begins with host..?

6..Link Garry Moore to a high-end vacuum cleaner.

7..Recently the WB premiered the _____ Diaries.

8..John Kennedy Jr's failed magazine?

9..Who played in this year's Sugar Bowl?

10..In music what is the ledger line?

11..The decade that NYC merged all 5 boroughs?

12..D J & rap star ___________ Flash.

13..The 1934 prohibition of private ownership of gold ended in what year?

 

[Bobanozz]

8: George
9: Louisville vs Florida

 

[huskybill]

5 Dave Galloway?

 

[rbny1]

11. 1890s? That's when Brooklyn became part of NYC.

 

[Zorro]

Now I know echoes of the Duke game will continue on the board, so don't be afraid to extol Kelly et al. further, for I won't be offended . But we have no game until Saturday, soooo...

First Commandment: Thou shalt not reprint questions.
Second Commandment: Thou shalt not do research.

1.. The Vietnamese.
2..Present participle?

3..Paleozoic and mezozoic.

5. Steve Allen

 

[AndyCT]

10..In music what is the ledger line?

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They locate notes above or below the stave (staff)​

12..D J & rap star ___________ Flash.

Grandmaster Flash - and the Furious Five​

 

[ed4ourgirls]

5. Dave Garroway

 

[Dove]

Now I know echoes of the Duke game will continue on the board, so don't be afraid to extol Kelly et al. further, for I won't be offended . But we have no game until Saturday, soooo...

First Commandment: Thou shalt not reprint questions.
Second Commandment: Thou shalt not do research.

1..Who were responsible for the demise of the Khmer Rouge back in '79?

2.."Vivante" is French for what form of "to live"?

3..In what era was all land (Pangeia) connected?

4..In 1639 where do we find the "Fundamental Orders"?

5..In 1952 the "Today Show" begins with host..?

6..Link Garry Moore to a high-end vacuum cleaner.

7..Recently the WB premiered the _____ Diaries.

8..John Kennedy Jr's failed magazine?

9..Who played in this year's Sugar Bowl?

10..In music what is the ledger line?

11..The decade that NYC merged all 5 boroughs?

12..D J & rap star ___________ Flash.

13..The 1934 prohibition of private ownership of gold ended in what year?

2. First person, singular
7. The Carrie Diaries (can't believe I might know this one)
12. Grandmaster

 

[vtcwbuff]

5. Dave Garroway
7. Vampire?
8. George
13. 1972?

 

[geordi]

4. Connecticut - it was a forerunner to a constitution
5. Dave Garroway
8. George

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. The Communists
2. It's why I never liked or appreciated the language. They have more tenses along worth masculine and feminine). But since I took French, my mother's degree is in French, why not embarass myself and Mom with a guess:
Present participle feminine
3. Pre Ice Age
5. Steve Allen
9. Notre Dame and Alabama
11. 1880's
12. Grandmaster
13. 1967

 

[wire chief]

About #2, forget the part of speech; I'm looking for the translation.

 

[geordi]

isn't the translation one who lives as in bon vivante - one who lives the good life?

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. Je ne sais pas.

 

[arnie3]

1.Pot Pol
5.Steve Allen
6. Garry Moore sold Hoover's on his T.V. Show
9.Louisville/Florida
11.1880's

 

[wire chief]

1..Zorro is alone in specifying the Vietnamese.

2..Literally,"alive", which geordi sort of captures.

3..Triassic will do.

4..Like geordi says, the forerunner of the Ct. constitution.

5..Huskyb leads 4 with Dave Garroway. Actually huskyb messed up the spelling, but his heart's in the right place.

6..I have no idea whether Moore sold Hoovers. I do know he had a sidekick named Durwood KIRBY.

7..The Carrie Diaries.

8..Boba, Vtc & geordi all score with George...even if Jr. didn't. Not a great pilot either.

9..Boba & arnie provide Louisville/Florida.

10..Remember "Every good boy does fine"? See, that takes care of all the regular lines on the staff. Now you need a place 2 notes below for the "C", so you put it on the "imaginary" line below...the ledger line.

11..Yes, rbny, 1898 to be exact.

12..Grandmaster: VAUC is certainly more up to date than I.

13..Vtc is doggone close--1974.

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