OT: General knowledge test #393A

[wire chief]

In waiting for Duke, you're on the verge of cleaning the garage? Nah, do this.

Please answer without hitting "reply" and no research.

1..Recall the Berrigan Bros.

2..Place Enrique Pena Nieto.

3..Prominent blues artist ____ ___ ______ was no prostitute.

4..The largest public gathering in the world take place for what?

5..France has just committed 1600 troops to quell Christian/Muslim violence where?

6..Free _____ rug.

7..About how many meters-per-second does the earth spin?

8..Greenwich Village folk leader prior to Dylan, ____ ___ ____.

9..In 1942 the 1st self-sustaining nuclear reaction takes place at the U of..?.

10..A Tony Curtis/ Sidney Poitier flic?

11..If talk is cheap, _____ __ __ ___ _____ _______.

12..Which underwater creature's sound travels farthest?

13.."If you want to get to______, you've gotta _____ a ______ ____." Who?

 

[SoCalCanine]

1. Left wing, anti Vietnam War activist priests Daniel and Phillip
5. Central African Republic
8. Dave Van Ronk
9. Chicago?
10. The Defiant Ones
12. Blue whale

 

[wire chief]

1. Left wing, anti Vietnam War activist priests Daniel and Phillip
5. Central African Republic
8. Dave Van Ronk
9. Chicago?
10. The Defiant Ones
12. Blue whale

"But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you. Now don't feel sad, cause 5 outta six ain't bad."

 

[VAUConnFan]

4. Barack Obama's speech in Germany
7. 40,00 meters per second
9. Chicago

 

[Zorro]

1 Phillip and Daniel. RAdical anti-war activists, or traitorous terrorists, depending on your viewpoint. Both Catholic Priests, at least for a while. Were very famous (or notorious) in the peace movement back in the heyday of Nam.

2..Presidente of Mexico; PRI comes back into power.

3. Huh? There was probably more than one.

8..Geez, this one is obscure even compared to your usual questions. Dave Van Ronk, mebbe?

 

[Waquoit]

3. John Lee Hooker

 

[geordi]

1. Priests involved in anti war protests in 60s
2. El Presidente de Mexico
9. University of Chicago???
12. Humpback Whales???

 

[heavyhusky]

1) Activist priests, Daniel and Philip

4) The crowd in Mecca for the annual haj?

5) Central African Republic

7) Depends where on earth you are. At the equator, approx. 460 m/sec; here in CT approx. 350 m/sec, and at the poles, 0 m/sec.

9) University of Chicago. Fermi and the bricks under the stadium.

12) A whale of some sort.

13) "heaven" … ? ? ?

 

[DishNSwish]

Ooh ooh!!! 13:

"I never read it in a book, I never saw it in a show, I heard it in the alley on a weird radio!

If you wanna drink o' water, you gotta get it from a well,

If you wanna get to heaven, you gotta raise a little hell!"

Those purveyors of the classic "Jackie Blue", the Ozark Mountain Daredevils!

 

[wire chief]

1..The Zorro Fouro identify the priestly Nam protesters. They once poured blood on draft records, and to this day I believe they prevented me and Tiny Tim from being called up.

2..Mexico's president, like geordi & zorro post.

3..Zorro's life has been a blank, so we're not surprised he's thrown by mine. Waq has no trouble
with John Lee Hooker.

4..Heavy's got it with Muslims assembling for Hajj, beating out the numbers for my final public lecture.

5..The unstable Central African Republic--credit to SoCal & heavy.

6..Think WCBB...I didn't think I'd...um, get you here.

7..Heavy's at the equator with 460.

 

[wire chief]

8..Zorro again wingeing, even with the right answer, joined by a restrained SoCal.

9..Sinatra's kind of town, just as SoCal, VAUC & heavy pronounce.

10..Siskel & SoCal go to the movies to see THE DEFIANT ONES.

11..Who do you "blame"?

12..Geordi gives us the Humpback (of Notre Dame?)

13..Have we ever experienced Dish so excited? See him.

You're 2 short.

 

[DishNSwish]

13..Have we ever experienced Dish so excited? See him.

It's not often I get any of these, much less an obscure song I like, before anyone else gets 'em!

 

[pinotbear]

6. D'oh! Free "throw"rug..

 

[Zorro]

6. D'oh! Free "throw"rug..

AArrrggghhhh!

 

[wire chief]

Pinot's good. then...

11.."Blame it on the phone company"