OT: General knowledge test #566A

[wire chief]

Please don't hit reply nor do research or offer political statements.

1..In 1483 Pope Sixtus IV dedicates..?.

2..The SS Ancon's claim to fame?

3..One word for "removing spent blossoms"?

4..Four WV Supremes face impeachment. Why?

5..What and where is Giant Causeway?

6..Gougere is..?

7..In 1962 the Beatles fire..?.

8..In 1969 a Category 5 named..? slams into Ms.

9..FDR and Canada's PM dedicate a crossing(?).

10..First black graduate of Ole Miss?

11..Glass Tiger's debut album? Nationality?

12..William Congreve: "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor..?."

13..Who was Henry Flagler?

 

[k9fanatic]

2. First ship to cross the Panama Canal
3. Deadheading?
6. The look like cream puffs, but are filled with cheese rather than a sweet filling.
11. Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone -- Canada

 

[pinotbear]

8. Camille. Catastrophic storm, at that time, only the second Cat 5 in the 20th century to hit the US ( I believe the Florida Keys Labor Day hurricane in the '30's was the first). One thing I didn't know about Camille, until I lived in Charlottesville, VA, was that, as she died out over the Blue Ridge, she dumped over 2 feet of rain in one night. This caused horrific flash flooding in some of the poorest areas of VA, wiping out small mountain communities, killing over 100 people. Buried in the 10-20 feet of sediment, some bodies were never found.

 

[Bama fan]

4. impeached for egregious spending habits, and politics, of course

12. nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

 

[Bama fan]

1. just a guess, but the Sistine Chapel? Sistine and Sixtus are related words?

 

[SVCBeercats]

1. In a show of self-aggrandizement Pope Sixtus names the Sistine Chapel after himself and dedicates it to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

3. Deadhead

4. Excessive renovation costs

7. Fire Pete Best and Hire Ringo Starr (The Beatles, aka, the Killers of Motown)

10. James Meredith

13. Henry Flagler started Standard Oil, was a developer of Florida’s Atlantic coast, and began the Florida East Coast Railway. (Thank you History Channel)

 

[DishNSwish]

11. Title is Thin Red Line, from Canada, featured Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone).....I have it on vinyl

 

[Rocket009]

3. Deflowering?

4..Abusive spending of government money

5..It is a basalt formation off the cost of Ireland the supposedly was built by giants to cross from Ireland to Scotland

7..Pete Best, the original drummer.

8..Camille

12..hell a fury like a women scorned

13..Builder of the railroad to Key West and also had something to do with an oil company.

 

[Bigboote]

1..The Sistene Chapel

3..Deadheadding

4..Extravagant spending

7..Pete Best, their original drummer

8..Camille. It maintained strength well inland. Factoid: There was a new hybrid type of apple resulting from pollen being brought up from the deep south to Virginia, which began bearing fruit in the late 80's or 90's. It was the first spontaneous hybrid apple type in many decades.

12..A woman scorned?

 

[wire chief]

9..You could think of a Heartbeats hit about "Miles" or a Tori Amos hit about "Oceans"

 

[wire chief]

1..Three of you pick the place where you crane your neck a whole lot.

2..K9 is shipshape here.

3..Since Rocket spent his adult life chasing virgins, his answer is foreseeable. Others know you are to answer a "Jerry Garcia fan".

4..Yup, they saw their new positions as the horn of plenty.

5..Cajun & Rocket are helpful; others need to get out more.

6..Cajun's waiter left off the shell, but K9 has the whole enchilada.

7..SVC, Rocket and Big playing Celebrity Apprentice. Will his replacement last?

8..Four of you are accurate with Pinot and Big the windiest. Here that means good detail.

9..My hint asked you to recognize A THOUSAND Miles Away or A THOUSAND Oceans, and that would lead you to
reply..?

10..SVC offers James Meredith; we should all have his courage. No, not SVC, I mean James. I mean how much
courage does it take to merely know of Meredith?

11..K9 and Dish are separated by a Thin Red Line, with the latter on the right side.

12..Bama & Rocket have known some tough women in their time. Each has had his luggage thrown out on the street.

13..SVC & Rocket...I will also point out that his name is affixed to a Florida County.

 

[DriveLH]

9. Thousand Island Bridge, Ogdensburg, N.Y.

 

[wire chief]

9. Thousand Island Bridge, Ogdensburg, N.Y.

Safe Passage, Drive.