OT: General knowledge test #375A

[wire chief]

We Giant fans can't be happy that they couldn't score even one TD last night.

Please do no research nor reprint questions.

1..Locate Balearic Island.

2..Steve just lost his singing partner(?).

3..Old private detective show, "Meet ______".

4..A bug with 4 independent wings and can't walk?

5..In 1860 the 1st successful silver mine is opened in what town?

6..He(?) claimed he possessed a firearm and was open to relocating.

7..Indonesia is a colony of..? until 1945.

8..Saw-whet is a species of..?.

9..These 2 states win the title of "most obese" in New England.

10..Ms. Parton did the jitterbug with damaged hosiery in this song.

11..The 4 states that allow assisted suicide?

12..It's called a circle or a rotary or a _________.

13..Which province? Medicine Hat, Hamilton, St. Johns.

 

[geordi]

1. In the Mediterranean, off the coast of Spain
2. Edie Gorme
12, roundabout

 

[rbny1]

6. "Have Gun Will Travel" -- old TV show starring Richard Boone as Paladin
7. The Netherlands

 

[JRRRJ]

1..In the Med, off the coast of Spain
5..Butte, Montana
7..The Netherlands
8..Bird
11..Oregon, Washington...
12..Roundabout
13..Newfoundland

 

[pinotbear]

8. Owl, to be precise: lil' thing, kinda cute.
9. Rhode Island, and..Maine?

 

[huskyrob1]

4) Mr Bailey
7) Netherlands
13) Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia

 

[meyers7]

2. Edie Gorme
9. Connecticut for sure. and.....New Hampshire
12. roundabout, or death trap by some.

 

[hoopingcrane]

1..The Balearic Islands are located off the east coast of Spain, Minorca, Majorca and a couple of others.

2..Edie Gorme.

5..Comstock Lode in Nevada, but what town?

6..Paladin (not the medieval knight but the gunslinger)

7..Netherlands

12..Roundabout.

13..Alberta

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. Edye Gorme
5. Silver City, NV
7. France
13. Saskatchewan, Ontario, Newfoundland

 

[ed4ourgirls]

4. Mayfly

 

[wire chief]

3..Starred Frank Lovejoy in '57-'58, as a private eye with no 1st name.

4..Big, common dudes who gobble up mosquitos on the fly.

5..Carry me back to ol'________.

9..We're only talkin' 6 states here, and you missed the 2 completely.

10..Gonna dance with a _____ with a _____ in ___ _________.

11..JR is good for half. A 3rd is in the neighborhood. The 4th is real recent
and in New England.

 

[pinotbear]

4. dragonflies?
5. Virginia? had no idea
9. well, the only two not named were Vermont and Massachusetts, so..

 

[wire chief]

4. dragonflies?
5. Virginia? had no idea
9. well, the only two not named were Vermont and Massachusetts, so..

5..You can't stop at just "Virginia".

 

[JRRRJ]

4..Dragonflies

5..Virginia City

9. Read the news story, no memory of the state names remain...

10..Gonna dance with a lady with a hole in her stocking.

 

[wire chief]

4..Dragonflies

5..Virginia City

9. Read the news story, no memory of the state names remain...

10..Gonna dance with a lady with a hole in her stocking.

10...Good, except she's no lady. Anyone have the title?

 

[JRRRJ]

10...Good, except she's no lady. Anyone have the title?

Duh! Ms. Parton!

We're dancin' with a dolly (by the light of the silvery moon...)

Oh, and that's Virginia City, NV

 

[wire chief]

1..JR, hoop & geordi with Spain's Mediterranean.

2..Edie Gorme, Steve Lawrence's missus just passed. The VAUC quartet.

3..Hmmm, guess I was the only viewer of Meet McGraw.

4..JR points to the dragonfly, Pinot too.

5..Virginia City Nev, emphasizes JR.

6..Richard Boone as Paladin, Have Gun Will Travel. Rbny is most complete.

7..The Dutch, says Rob's 4some.

8..The kinda cute Pinot with owl.

9..And the kinda cute Pinot shows he's also good at the process of urination.

10.. See JR's multiple posts.

11..The other 2 are Montana & Vermont.

12..Roundabout works--Meyers + 3.

13..Nobody has all 3; in order, Alberta, Ontario, Newfoundland.