OT: General knowledge test #357A

[wire chief]

It's possible that none of the answers will involve a "William", but we'll see.

Please refrain from researching or reprinting questions.

1..The decade ground is broken for the Suez Canal?

2..In 1886 John Styth Pemberton finalizes the contents of..?

3..In 1953 Don Porter and..? make "Private Secretary".

4.."Oh, don't get so excited when I come home a little late at night."

5..About when is Dia de la Muerte celebrated?

6..They are in Conference USA and go by "Blazers".

7..In 1936 Ethiopia is annexed by..?

8..Football coach Larry Kehres racked up 11 national titles with..?

9..Chuck Berry and Leo DiCaprio are united by the word "Catch" as a challenge. How so?

10..Three baseball playing DiMaggios?

11..The middle of this city holds the Luxembourg Gardens.

12..Accused killer(?) has #1 on non-fiction best sellers with WAITING TO BE HEARD.

13.."I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy."

 

[pinotbear]

4. "If you don't know me by now", by..the Chi-lites?
5. well, if I'm translating correctly, Nov. 1
7. Italy?
9. Catch me if you can, Leo's movie, and, I guess, Chuck's song

 

[meyers7]

1. 1900's (second guess 1890's) probably both wrong.
6. Univ. Alabama Birmingham are the Blazers.
8. I think he was the Div III coach.....somewhere in Ohio?
9. Leo was in Catch Me if You Can. Chuck??? Ok here's this Leo was in the movie Weird Science with Robert Downey Jr., Robert Downey Jr was in the movie Johnny Be Good, a song by one Mr. Chuck Berry.
10. Joe and Dom. Anthony?? Nick? Vinnie?? (some Italian name)

 

[DishNSwish]

10. Joe, Dom and meyers7 is almost right, Vince.

 

[rbny1]

3. Ann Sothern

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. 1920's
4. If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, covered by U2, wiritten by Gamble & huff during a very prolific stage of their songwriting and producing careers.
7. Italy
9. Leonardo di Caprio starred in th emovie, Catch Me If You Can, Chuck Berry wrote and recorded You Can't Catch Me.
10. Joe, Dominic, and Vince. There were many old timers to whom I listened back in my younger years who were convinced that Dominic was/could have been/should have been the better, more herladed of the brothers.

 

[geordi]

3. Ann Sothern (wow! That's an old one. You must be as old as me!)
5. Same as All Saint's Day with carryover. November 1 and 2
6. University of Alabama - Birmingham
7. Gotta be Italy, doesn't it
10. Joe with the Yankees, Dom with the Red Sux, and Vince with the Pirates. I think they were all Centerfielders too.
13. The Streets of Laredo. "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy..."

 

[pinotbear]

13.

 

[k9fanatic]

2. Coke
4. If You Don't Know Me By Now -- you will never, never know me.
5. Primo de Noviembre
7. Italy
11. Luxembourg?
12. Amanda Knox

 

[Waquoit]

1. 1860's

 

[ed4ourgirls]

11. Paris.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

2 - Coke
5 - "About When" implies perhaps you want that it is associated with the Halloween and All Saints Day time frame. It's big out here, with several large parades, and of course the skeletal statues. Although not on Halloween, we have a couple of "Day of the Dead" statues displayed with our other decorations.
6. UAB.
8. Mount Union

 

[wire chief]

1..Waquoit narrows it down well--1859.

2..Yes, coca cola syrup, K9 & Knights on the ground floor.

3..Ann Sothern cited by a very creaky geordi. Come to think of it, rbny is no spring chicken himself.

4..Pinot starts us off; then K9 adds the 2nd line. Special mention for VAUC who provides The Blue Notes as the definitive version.

5..Yes, to early November. My footnote is the equivalence to our All Saints Day/All Souls Day, Nov. 1st, 2nd. Knights has some subcultural detail.

6..What the Blazers! Meyers, geordi & Knights actually knew that? Holy Cow! (UAB)

7..Pinot leads a 4some with Italia.

8..Division III Mt. Union, Ohio. Knights drives the nail.

9..Nobody has the accuracy of VAUC. See him.

10..Dish in the midst of a quartet with Dom, Vince & Joltin' Joe (a nation turns its lonely eyes to you).

11..Ed4 sees the need and types in Paris.

12..Amanda Knox, wanted in Italia for a retrial. K9 keeps up.

13..And geordi has The Streets of Laredo.

When have you ever been this perfect? Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.