OT: General knowledge test #465A

[wire chief]

It's been awhile, as I have now a new system. Hope it works.

Please do no research nor reprint questions.

1..In 1776 Virginia appoints as governor Mr...?

2..Mustafa Kamal, better known as..? is considered father of modern..?.

3..He(?) died recently, but once hung out with Eve Arden.

4..California just joined what 2 states as requiring vaccinations?

5..The 1920 Jones Act has some responsibility in Puerto Rico's economic woes. Explain.

6.."How many times can a man look up and.."?
"How many seas must a white.."?

7..What will begin at sundown on 9/13/15?

8..Within 5 years when did pay-as-you-go income tax begin?

9..Identify the organization: "Our nation is moving toward 2 societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."

10.."Like the _________ heart of a _______ bird, that was there at __ _______."

11..What state just became the 4th to legalize recreational pot?

12..Iran transforms some uranium into o____, less dangerous.

13..There was once the Black Plaque and also the J________ one.

 

[meyers7]

1. Jefferson?
7. Rosh Hashanah I think.
11. Oregon (or were they already?)

 

[crownfox2]

2. Attaturk, Turkey

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Madison
6. How many seas must a white dove sail before he's allowed to be free- Blowing In the Wind, written by Bob Dylan sung by everybody(pretty sure the lyric is wrong)
7. Yom Kippur
9. the US Supreme Court

 

[ballhawk]

4. Oddly enough I think it's Mississippi and West Virginia.

 

[OneTrickPony]

6. Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan..."How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?"..."How many seas must a white dove sail, before she sleeps in the sand?" Solid choice for best lyrics all time...

10. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face "Like the trembling heart of a captive bird, that was there at your command." Lyrics so fine they make you feel like you can sing...try the Roberta Flack version while looking at Leona Lewis' face...

 

[geordi]

1. Patrick Henry
3. Richard Crenna ??
6. "he can see the sky" "dove sail, before he can hear people cry" This answer is clearly Blowing in the Wind
7. Rosh Hassanah
8 1920 ??

 

[JRRRJ]

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4..California just joined what 2 states as requiring vaccinations?
...

Correction: Vaccinations for childhood diseases have been mandatory in CA for some time. What they recently did was remove the personal and religious exemptions for children who go to public schools. The only remaining exemption is a doctor's assertion the child is at risk because of family or personal history, and I believe that's on a shot-by-shot basis. To placate the rabid anti-vaxers, the legislature included a clause that parents could band together to create a private educational environment for their kids that would not require vaccinations.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

1. Henry, I believe.

 

[David 76]

6. ...pretend that he just doesn't see.
....before it's forever free

 

[wire chief]

1..Geordi places Patrick Henry. For all we know, Knight could be recalling, "Dance with me, Henry".

2..You must witness crown's bold letters.

3..Forget the "died recently", as I confused 2 folks. Actually he died in '95, but now geordi can make a correction.

4..Hawk shows true flight here. Footnote: Previously Cal allowed folks to claim that God did not want them to get vaccines, and the state said, "Oh, OK." I have trouble seeing the previous law as "mandatory inoculations". Now opting out has to be for serious medical reasons only.

5..It has to do with delivery of goods via water.

6..VAUC leads a quartet of Dylanites.

7..Geordi & Meyers are in a Talmud study group.

8..Geordi hazards a guess that is hazardous, if you agree. Go by the year Count Fleet wins the Triple Crown.

9..1967 ______ Commission

10..Pony seems to be doing a Photoshop.

11..Meyers has uncertainty, but this is one of the 10% times he is correct.

12..More often you come across the word with a "di" prefix.

13..This killed an estimated 25 to 50M, largely along the Eastern Mediterranean for 2 years in the 6thC.
A Pope got it and survived.

 

[geordi]

Count Fleet would have been in the 30s sometime.. Let's say 1933 to cover the late 20s too.
13. Sounds like a plague.. The black death???

 

[wire chief]

Count Fleet would have been in the 30s sometime.. Let's say 1933 to cover the late 20s too.
13. Sounds like a plague.. The black death???

Jeeez, geordi, he wasn't born yet in '33. Way off.

And please review the question's wording in 13

 

[VAUConnFan]

9. Knapp Commission

 

[wire chief]

3..Gale Gordon of Our Miss Brooks

5..The Act forbids ships from foreign ports to directly unload in the island.

8..1943

9..Knapp was about police corruption. We want the Kerner one.

12..Oxide

13..Justinian

 

[Zorro]

2. Kamal Ataturk, Turks

6..before he can see the sky, sail, before she sleeps in the sand.


10 trembling, captive, your command