OT: General knowledge test #492A

[wire chief]

If you make haste, we'll get this in our record books before Wednesday's game.

Please no research and no hitting "reply".

1..In 1781 Benedict Arnold leads the British in burning this capital.

2..Henry Ford in 1914 pays $_ for _ hour day.

3..Alfred Vail paired with his more famous partner(?) to create a revolutionary invention.

4.."Let it lift you off the ground
Starry eyes and love is all around."

5..Within 3 years when was the Golden Gate Bridge done?

6..Who labeled his administration the "Fair Deal"?

7.."There's no talking during a nuclear holocaust!"

8..Who was just named Woman of the Year by Harvard's Hasty Pudding?

9..The seismic readings suggest this nation's claim is false. Explain.

10..Who is the music thanatologist?

11..A massive prolonged gas leak just had the governor of what state declare a state of
emergency.

12..This Prez(?) candidate gave up a citizenship 2 years ago.

13..On his first year of eligibility he(?) gets 99.3% of the vote.

 

[johnnyc]

6. President Truman
13. Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr.

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. Albany
1. Montreal
2. 1 dollar for a 10 hour day.
3. Samuel Morse
5. 1937
6. Truman
9. North Korea's purported H bomb test
12. Ted Cruz gave up his Canadian citizenship
13. Ken Griffey, Jr.

 

[terif831]

4. Dance With Me - Orleans.

 

[geordi]

1. Richmond. He burned New London too, but it wasn't the Submarine Capital of the World then.
2. Sam Morse
5. 1937???
6. Truman, I think
9. North Korea's claim that it detonated a Hydrogen bomb wasn't supported by the data.
12. Cruz??? Canadian citizenship from having been born there??? I suppose he had dual citizenship.
13. Ken Griffey.

 

[hoopingcrane]

11..California

 

[meyers7]

4. Dance With Me. Can't remember the artist though.
12. I imagine it was Cruz. He had the availability of Canadian citizenship.
13. Ken Griffey Jr. Or Junior. Sweetest swing, eva.

 

[wire chief]

2..Henry was more generous in both ways, going by VAUC's post.

7.. Famous comedy album, as he(?) is looking at Catholic schools in the '50's.

8..It's just a scandal that you don't know this.

10..Greek toot means "death".

 

[hoopingcrane]

8..kerry washington, courtesy of Mrs. Hoop

 

[johnnyc]

7. Robert Klein.....don't think he is Catholic though. All schools (NYC) had air raid drills. It was equal opportunity destruction.

 

[SoCalCanine]

7. George Carlin?
10. Toots Thielman?

 

[Tidepool]

5. 1938
12. Michele Bachman

 

[pinotbear]

7. to add to SoCal, likely Carlin from his album "Class Clown"

 

[wire chief]

1..Geordi, ever the fire chronicler, cites Richmond.

2..Five bucks for an 8 hour day.

3..VAUC & geordi, though the latter is experiencing numerical dementia. Samuel Morse.

4..Terif is most complete, while Meyers is suffering from artist dementia.

5..While Tide is 1 year off, VAUC & geordi nail 1937.

6..JC's got a trio of Truman-pickers.

7..SoCal & Pinot pick the late funnyman George Carlin.

8..The hoopette recognizes the star of Scandal.

9..VAUC & geordi give us the explosive N. Korea.

10..A musician who specializes in soothing the dying. Find them in your local hospice.

11..A section of Cal. is spewing methane that's sickening some folks.

12..Meyers, geordi and VAUC are really Cruzing here.

13..A Major League performance by the same prolific trio as in #12.

 

[wire chief]

Correction--JC is correct; it is Klein, not George's line in #7.