OT: General knowledge test #511A

[wire chief]

Please be thorough and clear. No research and don't hit "reply".

1..Link Don McLean and Kirk Douglas.

2..The company that makes Spam?

3..In 1947 tubeless tires came from..?.

4..The nuclear powered USS ______ goes around the world submerged for a first.

5..The 1st American city to host an Olympics?

6..A League or Herman or Reese.

7..In what country has a Christian governor been adjudicated guilty of blasphemy in the past week?

8..What South American countries have no capabaras?

9..Prelude a L'Apres Midi Du'n _____. Composer? Instrument 1st heard?

10..David Schulkin heads what federal dept?

11..Where the Colbys and Carringtons feud?

12.."The first stop that we make will be England." Others mentioned?

13..Three months before losing to Billie Jean, Bobby Riggs beat..?.

 

[k9fanatic]

5. St. Louis
8. Argentina
11. On Dynasty
12. Russia and China too -- Love Train, The O'Jays
13. Evonne Goolagong

 

[wire chief]

5. St. Louis
8. Argentina
11. On Dynasty
12. Russia and China too -- Love Train, The O'Jays
13. Evonne Goolagong

2 1/2 of 5

 

[meyers7]

2. Pretty sure it's Monty Python
3. Goodyear?
4. USS Nautilus. you can see it down in Groton
5. St. Louis 1904, LA 1932, LA again in 1984, Atlanta in 1992, and possibly LA again in 2024 (them or Paris which would be 100 years for Paris, so decent chance they'll get it)
6.PeeWee

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. Hormel
3. Italy
5. Lake Placid
6. Pee Wee
11. Dynasty(Denver CO)
12. Love Train - the O'Jays also stopping in Russia, China, Egypt, Israel, Africa
13. Rosemarie Casals

 

[SVCBeercats]

2.. Hormel Foods
3..B.F. Goodrich
4..USS Triton
6..Pee Wee
8..All South American countries have no capabaras. However, Chili is isolated and dry enough to not have any capybaras.
10.. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
11..Wisconsin – battle of the cheeseheads
13..Margaret Court

 

[rbny1]

7. Indonesia. A very strange case. When he was running for office, his opponents implied that Muslims couldn't vote for him because he was non-Muslim. He countered that there was no such prohibition in the Koran. He was convicted of insulting the Koran with his comments.
9. "... faune." Debussy. A flute, if the music is replaying correctly in my mind.

 

[Zorro]

13. Martina

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Please be thorough and clear. No research and don't hit "reply".

1..Link Don McLean and Kirk Douglas.

2..The company that makes Spam?

3..In 1947 tubeless tires came from..?.

4..The nuclear powered USS ______ goes around the world submerged for a first.

5..The 1st American city to host an Olympics?

6..A League or Herman or Reese.

7..In what country has a Christian governor been adjudicated guilty of blasphemy in the past week?

8..What South American countries have no capabaras?

9..Prelude a L'Apres Midi Du'n _____. Composer? Instrument 1st heard?

10..David Schulkin heads what federal dept?

11..Where the Colbys and Carringtons feud?

12.."The first stop that we make will be England." Others mentioned?

13..Three months before losing to Billie Jean, Bobby Riggs beat..?.

1.
2. Hormel.
3.
4. Nautilus?
5. Lake Placid?
6. Pee Wee
11. ABC in the 80s, on the show Dynasty. Or maybe Denver?

 

[ed4ourgirls]

1. Don McLean's song Starry Night was about Vincent Van Gogh, and of course, Kirk
Douglas portrayed him in the film Lust for Life.

 

[SVCBeercats]

1. Don McLean's song Starry Night was about Vincent Van Gogh, and of course, Kirk
Douglas portrayed him in the film Lust for Life.

Good job!

 

[Bigboote]

1..Vincent van Gogh -- McLean sang about him in "Vincent" and Douglas played him in (The Agony and the Ecstasy?).

2..Hormel

3..Either Goodyear or Goodrich (blimp or no blimp)

4..Nautilus, built at EB in Groton.

5..St Louis (1904?)

6..Peewee

7..Philippines

8..What South American countries have no capabaras?

9..Faun; I wanna say clarinet.

10..This should be easy because there are so many departments with no appointees.

11..Ponderosa?

 

[Rocket009]

2..Hormel

5..St. Louis - 1904 for extra credit.

6..PeeWee

8..I'll go with Chile - hoping the Andes kept them out.

 

[Bigboote]

Oops -- Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun is by Debussy.

Forgot to delete question 8.

 

[wire chief]

1..Ed4 & Big remind me how I experience the agony and the ecstasy of reading your replies.

2..Lots of you open the Hormel product and gag.

3..SVC bemoans that he no longer has the inners to wear when he swims. Big is less sure who took away said flotations.

4..Here majority does not rule. Scrap the Nautilus, SVC says.

5..Yup, the athletes sang, "Meet Me in St. Louis", but Meyers, Big & Rocket were all off-key.

6..The Game Foursome know this, cause they are all under 5 foot 6.

7..See rbny, a stout fellow who knows appropriate detail. The rest of you mugs could be inspired by this poster.
And no, you are not permitted to resent him.;

8..My head swims over SVC's reply. Rocket's on the right track, for the Capybara Committee has postponed the exodus over the Andes for this year. The critters are all on the Atlantic side.

9..Rbny hears flutes; Big hears clarinets. Go with the former. If Pinot were still active, he would have offered the banjo.

10..This dept has been under heavy fire for fudging its records about how many people it has been serving. It's the fed's 2nd largest dept.

11..Got a trio of you watching Dynasty, when you could be out doing good works. Oh, the shame of BYers' couchpotatoisis.

12..VAUC covers the world best...hmm, what was that paint company that advertised the same thing?

13..You guys have brought in just about every old-timer who played. I'm surprised we didn't get one Chrissie vote. And how old was Martina then? About 12? Anyway it was Margaret Court, as SVC so aptly wrote.

Please note #10 is undone.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

10. The VA?

 

[wire chief]

10. The VA?

You got it.

 

[SVCBeercats]

10..This dept has been under heavy fire for fudging its records about how many people it has been serving. It's the fed's 2nd largest dept.
Please note #10 is undone.

How is #10 undone? Department of Veterans Affairs - picky, picky, picky!

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

How is #10 undone? Department of Veterans Affairs - picky, picky, picky!

I think he just missed your answer. I actually did too, when I was reading through.

 

[wire chief]

I think he just missed your answer. I actually did too, when I was reading through.

Yeah, overlooked it, not picky in this case.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Yeah, overlooked it, not picky in this case.

I thought you dismissed it because I responded with his position and not simply the department name.