OT: General Knowledge Test 418A

[wire chief]

I'm an hour away from time-sensitive lawn mowing. Perfect time for this.

Now, don't do research nor reprint questions.

1..The CIA is to the US as ___ is to England.

2..What's Gangnam Style?

3..Where are the 28 NATO members meeting this week?

4..Germany changes policy and will contribute arms to..?

5..The N. Dakota _____ beat the Iowa State Cyclones.

6..The time warning to Julius Caesar?

7.."Dead or Alive" accused her of interfering with his inertia. Say what?

8..The Oneida, NY county seat?

9.._________ Park is where Enigma was cracked.

10..Danny Thomas' ethnicity?

11..I-94 & I-35 intersect in what city?

12..The decade the Titanic is located?

13..Who anchors CBS News in 1963?

 

[meyers7]

Please don't mow before 10:00 AM, give the night shift workers a break.

1. MI5
2. Disturbing is the first word that comes to mind. The second word is "so last year". Pi's (I think) ?dance? that went with his ?song?, and I use those terms very, very loosely. Ride your pony.
5. North Dakota State Bisons.
9. South Park?
11. I'm gonna guess Minneapolis.
13. Another guess. Reasoner?

 

[OneTrickPony]

6. Beware the Ides of March...

 

[OneTrickPony]

3. Wales...

 

[wire chief]

Please don't mow before 10:00 AM, give the night shift workers a break.

1. MI5
2. Disturbing is the first word that comes to mind. The second word is "so last year". Pi's (I think) ?dance? that went with his ?song?, and I use those terms very, very loosely. Ride your pony.
5. North Dakota State Bisons.
9. South Park?
11. I'm gonna guess Minneapolis.
13. Another guess. Reasoner?

2..Would you tell us the country of origin, dear Meyers?

 

[Waquoit]

9. Bletchley Park
10. Lebanese

 

[pinotbear]

2. South Korean wealthy suburb, I think, so noveau-riche Korean preppy?

 

[rbny1]

12. 1980s
13. Walter Cronkite - I still remember vividly his coverage of the JFK assassination in 1963.

 

[FairView]

1..The CIA is to the US as MI6 is to England.

2..How the rich people do things in that section of Korea

3..Wales

6..Beware the Ides of March

9..Blackley Park or something like that

10..Lebanase

12..1970s

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. MI5
2. A style of fashion
5. Fighting Sioux
6. Beware the Ides of March
8. Syracuse
10. Lebanese
12. 1980's
13. Walter Cronkite
13. William Murrow

 

[meyers7]

2..Would you tell us the country of origin, dear Meyers?

I do believe that's South Korean. The North would never let him do those moves. Or let him make the buku bucks he's made off of that.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

8. Cooperstown?

 

[JRRRJ]

1..MI5
2..Completely viral
4..Ukraine
6..Beware the Ides of March
12..1980's. Dr. Bob, from Woods Hole, with a DSRV
13..Walter Cronkite

 

[UconnWBB]

#7 "you spin me right 'round baby, right 'round, like a record baby, right round round round" "You Spin Me 'Round"

 

[meyers7]

#7 "you spin me right 'round baby, right 'round, like a record baby, right round round round" "You Spin Me 'Round"

Ummm that would be Sweet or FloRida.

 

[wire chief]

Should I wait for zorro & geordi? Does anyone have news of their misdeeds?

1..6>5--Fair may be alone, but he's right.

2..Meyers+3 for a dance craze out of S. Korea.

3..That Fair guy pairs with Pony with Wales.

4..Rhymes with a famous French shrine.

5..Can't buffalo Meyers; he gives us Bison.

6..Beware the Ides of March intone the JR4.

7..WBB as a whirling dervish.

8..___ ____ me off!(keeping it clean)

9..Learn to spell like Waq.

10..Fair & VAUC with Lebanese.

11..Meyers with a wag, but accurate.

12..Rbny & JR, with the latter providing extra detail.

13..Yes to Walter Cronkite, offered by Rbny & JR & VAUC

Sheesh, Meyers, don't be wishing a Floridian be in the sun after 10.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

8. So you want Utica, apparently. Your other hints are beyond me.

 

[wire chief]

8. So you want Utica, apparently. Your other hints are beyond me.

Maybe, but take credit for your solitary success with this one.
And I fail to see what's so hard about a famous French shrine.