OT: General knowledge test #381A

[wire chief]

Airwaves getting full--Blacklist began; NCIS & PERSON OF INTEREST TONIGHT.

Meanwhile reprint no questions; research no answers please.

1..Where specifically is the Absaroka Range?

2..Nokia's homeland?

3..RIP Susan George's lust interest?

4..Where will the NCAA men's final 4 be next?

5..What destination was Magellan seeking?

6..The source of the name Bath(English city)?

7..Charles & David, famous billionaire brothers?

8..."So don't forget it. It's just a silly phase I'm going through."

9..The Sri Lanka minority is the Tamil. The majority?

10..In 1846 Johann G. Galle discovers ..?

11.."I'm sorry for the things I've done. I've shamed myself with lies."

12..What is the 200' long Cloud Lab?

13..This famous ex-Giant(?) just disparaged the team's offensive line.

 

[geordi]

1. Rockies, in Montana - my son lives there
2. Finland
4. Dallas, Cowboys Stadium
6. Mineral Waters???

 

[crownfox2]

6. Romans built an enormous bath complex there.
7. The Koch brothers
13. Michael Strahan

 

[VAUConnFan]

3. Ken Norton - Mandingo. There was an obscure little film in which Susan George acted in the 60's that cannot be found anywhere, The Strange Affair; Saw it on Times Square in the Amsterdam Theater(pre-pre-pre Lion King).
5. India
6. Naturally occurring hot springs
7. Koch
13. Must be Michael Strahan

 

[SoCalCanine]

8. "I'm Not In Love" 10cc

 

[ed4ourgirls]

5. If it was the Northwest Passage, he obviously made a wrong turn somewhere.

10. The planet Neptune - whose approximate position had been independently calculated by
John Couch Adams (Brit.) and Urbain Leverrier (France), working from irregularities in the
orbit of Uranus, and resulting (of course) in contentiousness for credit. It remains one of
the great triumphs of Newtonian mechanics.

 

[pinotbear]

1. Southwest Montana specifically, I think, and it runs into the eastern part of Yellowstone National Park..

 

[k9fanatic]

2. Finland
4. Dallas
7. Koch brothers
8. I'm Not In Love (so if I call you, don't make a fuss. Don't tell your friends about the two of us...)
11. You Were Always On My Mind -- Willie Nelson
13. Michael Strahan?

 

[wire chief]

13..You are seeking a premier run-stopping linebacker.

12..It's about to travel from coast to coast.

11..It's from EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE.

9..____hal___

6..Don't waste your time with a water-answer.

5..The Spice Islands, part of what nation now?

 

[geordi]

Weren't the Spice Islands Hawai'i?

 

[SoCalCanine]

Weren't the Spice Islands Hawai'i?

I see your confusion, Hawaii was the Sandwich Islands, which may or may not be spicy!!!

 

[SoCalCanine]

11. Must be Neil Young!

 

[SoCalCanine]

13. Carson?

 

[VAUConnFan]

13. Sam Huff

 

[VAUConnFan]

5. Indonesia

 

[wire chief]

1..Geordi & Pinot pinpoint Montana, near Yellowstone.

2..Finland say geordi & K9.

3..VAUC knows his obscure movies. You can buy used copies of Mandingo online.
Anyway the 1975 flic has Ken Norton, the boxer who died last week.

4..Texas Stadium is correct. K9 & geordi.

5..Actually historically there have been a half dozen places called "Spice Islands",
including Hawaii and Gibraltar. But the ones ol' Ferdo wanted were a group off Indonesia, like VAUC wrote. They were famous for nutmeg and pepper and cloves.

6.."Bath" was named for the type of creamy limestone there.

7..Koch Bros, identified by crown, VAUC & K9.

8..10cc going through a silly phase with I'M NOT IN LOVE. That's K9 singing in the shower.

9..Singhalese

10..Neptune--see rbny for other historical detail.

11..Yes, it's Neil Young(SoCal) and the song is RUNNING DRY. Great slow blues with lamenting violin and twangy geetar.


12..A huge blimp meant to study weather and flying organisms.

13..Carl Banks says the members don't like each other, and thus don't work well together.