OT: General knowledge test #371A

[wire chief]

Tennis went well this morning, unlike Monday when I walked off in disgust.

Anyway, reprinting questions & research are no-nos.

1..A Spaniard falls in a hole and needs assistance. What does he yell?

2..Tanzania was once 2 names(?).

3..They once had a Love Nest. Who?

4..John _____ Washington

5..________ Gandhi, the Mahatma.

6..At Oxford one does not, e.g, study philosophy, rather one..?

7.._______ ____ ________ evolved into Boeing.

8..What is "We Are Anonymous"?

9..Using this(?), the # of kid injuries doubled from 2008 to 2010.

10..She was once Queen of England for just 9 days.

11..List the car conduits from Manhattan directly to Long Island.

12..Informally they(?) are the "Jewish Olympics".

13..What happened to Lauren Bessette in 1999?

 

[ed4ourgirls]

1. Helpo! (Johnny Carson spanish)
2. Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
6. Reads Philosophy
10. Lady Jane Grey (poor kid)

 

[DriveLH]

11. From south to north: Brooklyn - Battery Tunnel, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Queens - Mid-Town Tunnel, 59th Street Bridge and the former Tri- Boro Bridge.

 

[rbny1]

3. "Love Nest" was the theme song for the TV show of George Burns and Gracie Allen, so I assume that's who you mean.
8. A hacker group.
11. One more to add to the list supplied by DriveLH: the Williamsburg Bridge

 

[DriveLH]

12. Macabbi Games (Check spelling).

 

[geordi]

1, Me Ayuda!
2. Zanzibar and Tanganyka
5. Mohandas
13. She died in the JFK Jr. plane crash

 

[pinotbear]

8. The motto of the new AAC Conference...

 

[Zorro]

Tennis went well this morning, unlike Monday when I walked off in disgust.

Anyway, reprinting questions & research are no-nos.

1.. "Socorro!"

3..Georga and Gracie

5..Mohandes K.

6..Reads

10..Lady Jane Grey

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

12. I think it's Maccabean games, probably still spelled wrong.

 

[wire chief]

4..She has an Emmy nomination for "Scandal".

7..P. A. Products

9..Something increasingly rented for outdoor parties.

 

[geordi]

9. Trampoline???

 

[SoCalCanine]

9. Jolly Jump???

 

[Zorro]

9. A pony?

 

[wire chief]

1..Geordi gets him out of a pickle, ur, hole with me ayuda!.

6..One reads philosophy, with the implied retention, say zorro & ed4.

2..Geordi & Ed4 submit Zanzibar & Tanganyka.

 

[wire chief]

3..Burns & Allen theme song, presented by 2 old-timers, rbny & zorro.

4..John Kerry/Kerry Washington

5..He was Christened (wait, that can't be)Mohandas. Zorro & geordi are not confused.

 

[wire chief]

7..Pacific Aero Products

8..Rbny has it, a hacker group.

9..Bounce Houses

 

[wire chief]

10..Poor Lady Jane Grey, like the Lady of Shady Lane, only 9 days old (was her monarchy). Ed4 & zorro.

11..See Drive score a bucket, with a rbny assist.

12..Maccabiah Games, with various spellings by Knights & drive.

13..JFK shouldn't have piloted after dark. Geordi admonishes him.

 

[SoCalCanine]

9..Bounce Houses

We call them Jolly Jumpers out here in CA

 

[wire chief]

We call them Jolly Jumpers out here in CA

Never thought California was in the same country.

 

[SoCalCanine]

Never thought California was in the same country.

Not sure what this means???? A CA "fruits and nuts" joke?????

 

[wire chief]

Not sure what this means???? A CA "fruits and nuts" joke?????

JUST SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING NUTTIN' NOR FRUITIN'