OT: General knowledge test #549A

[wire chief]

No politics, no research, no hitting "reply" please.

1..Which 2 countries does the cassowary call home?

2..___ ________ __ ___ is easy to find. It's waiting for you, if your hear-h-hear-h-heart isn't blind.
Artist?

3..In what state is the Burning Man Festival?

4..Where is the city of Baku?

5..In what city is the HQ of Publix Supermarkets?

6..Where in Central America is ongoing violence related to a change in SS and pensions?

7..What plane is giving Southwest and other airlines a pain?

8..The psychoactive component is THC: the non-psychoactive component is ___.

9..The "Smallville" character Chloe has just been arrested for..?

10..The Indian Gov't just decided to install the death penalty for what crime?

11..What notables are getting married on May 19th?

12..Sylvester Stallone has asked the Prez to pardon whom? For what offense?

13..The nation triumvirate which recently bombed Syria?

 

[pinotbear]

1. Australia and... New Guinea?
3. California
7. The engines on the Boeing 737 are the cause of concern, the potential for metal fatigue on the fan blades, to be precise.
9. Sex trafficking, in expediting the sexual abuse of women by a leader of a cult-like organization
12. Jack Johnson. For being able to imply something to Michael Cohen, really, when you get right down to it.
13. US, France, Great Britain.

 

[meyers7]

3. Out west. I'm thinking Arizona, Nevada? One of them.
5. Tons of them in Florida. So. Orlando?
8. CBD. Good stuff.
11. Prince Harry and Meghan (the actress)
12. Just saw this the other day. Jack Johnson. Didn't read it all though, so don't know what he did.

 

[SVCBeercats]

1.. New Guinea and Australia

7.. Boeing 737-700 - Here is a cheerful factoid. The Boeing 737 has been the bestselling airliner ever. There are more than 12,000 of them out there somewhere.

9.. Sex trafficking

10.. Rape of girls less than 12 years old

11.. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

12.. Jack Johnson; for violating the Mann Act A.K.A. the White Slave Traffic Act

 

[k9fanatic]

1. Australia and Papua New Guinea
4. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan
9. Allison Mack -- sex trafficking
11. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
12. Jack Johnson -- taking white girlfriend across state lines
13. U.S. U.K. France

 

[Rocket009]

1..Australia and New Guinea

3..The annual abandon all technology and creature comforts festival in Black Rock, Nevada

5..Lakeland, FL

9..Human trafficking

10..Rape

11..Harry and Meghan - Prince and Markle that is.

13..US, UK, France

 

[VAUConnFan]

5. Atlanta
6. Nicaragua
7. Boeing 737. I believe that southwest only flies the 700 and 800 series.
9. Sex cult trafficking
10. Rape
11. Meghan Markel and Prince Harry
12. Jack Johnson for violation of the Mann Act which makes it a crime to transport a woman across state lines for "lewd" purposes.
13. United States, France, and England

 

[DriveLH]

2. the treasure of love.

 

[Bigboote]

3..Nevada
4..Azerbaijan

7..The 737
8..hemp

10..sexual assault
11..Harry and Meghan

13..The US, the UK and France

 

[wire chief]

2..Drive is correct, and can anyone say who the former Drifters lead sang this hit?

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. William Thomas

 

[Bigboote]

1. what about Indonesia, which shares half of the island of New Guinea?

 

[wire chief]

1..Now practically everyone under the sun names New Guinea and Australia. How do so many people have such useless knowledge?
Then Big comes along to rock their complacency. He doesn't get that the Cassowary Union contract specifies that the member birds not cross the border into Indonesia.
OK, I should have written "2 lands" or "3 countries".

2..Clyde McPhatter

3..Big and Rocket, with the latter providing the festival theme.

4..K9 and Big citing the former Soviet Republic.

5..Rocket is precise with Lakeland, a few miles east of Tampa.

6..And there's VAUC, carrying the banner and trying not to be abused by the Federales.

7..Pinot leads a foursome of failed metal inspectors.

8..Meyers wallows in the stuff.

9..Several of you, with Pinot providing helpful specifics.

10..Well, not all rapes, but like SVC writes, that vs. a child.

11..Cajun has 7 followers pronouncing the royal couple.

12..Again we have a van full of you citing an offense that likely would not have been levied, if the woman were black.
Much of America back then could not stomach a black heavyweight champion.

13..Cajun has a sextet behind him with the nations.