OT: General knowledge test #377B

[wire chief]

14..Polio cases are popping up in the horn of Africa and in what Asian country?

15..Alice Liddel is thought to be..?

16.."But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone'"

17.__ ___ by ___vin

18.."Obamacare" is formally..?

19..A Shakespeare play that gives us a contemporary cliché--____ ____ ____ ____ ____.

20..Who plays wife Alma in "Hitchcock"?

21..Jeffrey Deaver writes the _______ Rhyme series.

22..Sheila, Joel, Gordon.

23..The new cable allows Queen Victoria to send a message to which Prez?

24..Where was the 1896 Klondike gold rush?

25..Kent is in which English quadrant?

This Spellcheck is scary; it puts a punctuation mark when I write "cliché".

 

[terif831]

18. The Affordable Care Act.
21. Lincoln Rhyme.
22. McRae?

 

[rbny1]

15. The model for the title character in Alice in Wonderland.

 

[k9fanatic]

20. Helen Mirren
21. Lincoln Rhyme
24. Yukon?

 

[JRRRJ]

15..From Oxford. Friend of Charles Dodgson. Inspiration for Alice-the-tall-and-small.
18..The Affordable Care Act
19..Every single one of them
22..Grey
23..Teddy Roosevelt
25..NW

 

[geordi]

15. Alice in Wonderland
16. Folsom Prison Blues; Johnny Cash
18. The Affordable Health CAre Act of 2010
22 MacRae
24. Klondike ???
25. Southeastern England, I thnk

 

[meyers7]

16. I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. JC with those Folsom Prison Blues.
18. Special Healthcare for Ignorant Transients? Touthless masses? IDK something with a "T". Can't really remember. (I'm in trouble now. )
24. Alaska(r)
25. Near London I think, so kinda southeastern?

 

[SoCalCanine]

19. "All's Well That Ends Well"

 

[hoopingcrane]

]14..Afghanistan

15..Alice in Wonderland

16..Johnny Cash

18..Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

19.. All's Well That Ends Well

22..Macrae

23..Lincoln?

24..Yukon (Not to be confused with the UConn gold rush in the last Olympics.)

25..Southeast

 

[ed4ourgirls]

23. I'll guess Lincoln.

 

[wire chief]

14..A neighbor of the Afghans actually, Pakistan.

15..Alice in Wonderland, rbny starts a 4some.

16..Johnny Cash number, Folsom Prison, known by geordi, Meyers & hoop.

 

[wire chief]

17..My ___ by ___vin.

18..Hoop is most complete. See him.

19..SoCal & hoop with All's Well That Ends Well.

 

[wire chief]

20..K9 knows it's Helen Mirren.

21..Lincoln..ed4 brings up the rear of 4 folks(which is an unusually high# for fiction ID).

22..They are all "McCreas", terif & hoop.

 

[wire chief]

23..Does it help if I say he was Prez #15?

24..Yukon, so type K9 & hoop.

25..Geordi, Meyers & hoop with SE.

There are a few holes yet for you to fill in for A & B.

 

[hoopingcrane]

23..Does it help if I say he was Prez #15?

There are a few holes yet for you to fill in for A & B.

Yes, Lincoln was #16, so the answer is Buchanan.

 

[wire chief]

23..Hoop being good with #s.

 

[wire chief]

17..You're not on the scent yet.

 

[wire chief]

17..Don't know why My Sin by Lanvin didn't click with someone.

 

[rbny1]

17..Don't know why My Sin by Lanvin didn't click with someone.

I thought the answer was "tasty chicken by coq au vin," but didn't post the answer because I didn't want to embarrass anyone who has never been to a French restaurant and doesn't know what coq au vin is.

 

[wire chief]

I thought the answer was "tasty chicken by coq au vin," but didn't post the answer because I didn't want to embarrass anyone who has never been to a French restaurant and doesn't know what coq au vin is.

Oh, perfectly understandable