OT: General knowledge test #580A

[wire chief]

Hitting "reply", researching, and politicking are all verboten.

1..She's a medium sized predator-mom with 12 teats, who must stay in her den, while group mates return to regurgitate.

2..Sea urchins can decimate kelp forests. Who mainly comes to the rescue?

3..Highlights of the life of Sojourner Truth?

4..In 1943 HMT R____ is shelled off Algeria coast. Over 1100 killed including many Americans.

5..Explain the famous 18 1/2 minute tape gap tale.

6..When it is noon in Storrs, the time in New Zealand?

7..The I______ is now on Mars, sending radio signals that take ? minutes to reach us.

8..Rosa Parks is to the bus as Canadian Viola Desmond is to...?.

9..Robert _____ ____ fridge.

10..In 1999 what No. Ireland party OK's the first Catholic-Protestant administration?

11..The first African-American Heisman winner? His college? And then what happened?

12..Deadliest nightclub blaze that ever happened was in 1942, where.?

13..The only NATO state with a female army chief?

 

[meyers7]

5. Nixon was very suspicious so he taped everything. During Watergate, he had to turn over all his White House tapes. One of them had an 18 and a half minute gap (blank). "Accidentally" erased by his secretary. Most people believe this had information on who killed Kennedy, where Hoffa's body was, what happened at Rosewell, and proof the moon landing was fake.

10. Sinn Fein??

11. Earnie Davis from Syracuse. He got drafted into the NFL and then got leukemia, and died.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

1. Wild dog.

9. Perry the

 

[pinotbear]

1. Hyena, maybe
2. Sea otters, who just love dem sea urchins
12. Coconut Grove, Boston

 

[SVCBeercats]

2. Sea Otter

3. Highlights of the life of Sojourner Truth

• Born a slave in New York
• As she said it: “I did not run away. I walked away in broad daylight.”
• Using the law she sued for the return of her son and won.
• Became an itinerant preacher
• Preached Christianity, woman’s rights, and abolition

5. Rose Mary Woods said she caused about 5 minutes of the gap. Haldeman indicated he and Nixon spoke about the Watergate arrests among other things. Nixon disavowed knowledge of the gap’s content.

7. InSight; the time varies depending on where Mars and Earth are in their respective orbits. The transmission time can range from about 4 to 24 minutes with the average time being about 14 minutes.

11. Ernie Davis, Syracuse University, at the age of 23 he died of leukemia.

13. Slovenia

 

[Centerstream]

5. Nixon was very suspicious so he taped everything. During Watergate, he had to turn over all his White House tapes. One of them had an 18 and a half minute gap (blank). "Accidentally" erased by his secretary. Most people believe this had information on who killed Kennedy, where Hoffa's body was, what happened at Rosewell, and proof the moon landing was fake.

10. Sinn Fein??

11. Earnie Davis from Syracuse. He got drafted into the NFL and then got leukemia, and died.

Clarification on 5. According to Arlo Guthrie, Trickie Dick had recorded the song "Alice's Restaurant" and then his secretary deleted it.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

5. Nixon tapes; Gap in white house recording turned over by Nixon White House - blamed on the secretary.
9. Robert Frost Free Fridge?

 

[wire chief]

1. Wild dog.

9. Perry the

1..True, Reg, but they have a formal name to distinguish them. We're not talking, e, g, dingoes here.

 

[pinotbear]

1. Cape hunting dog?

 

[RegisteredUconn]

1..True, Reg, but they have a formal name to distinguish them. We're not talking, e, g, dingoes here.

African Wild Dogs?

I just saw a Nature or NatGeo documentary on them.

 

[Bama fan]

2. sea otters
4. Rohna worst loss of American lives at sea. It was hit by a guided missile. A new German weapon at the time.
5. During the Watergate hearings the existence of tape recordings of conversations in the Oval Office was uncovered. Rose Mary Woods, Nixon's secretary, was found to have erased some portion of them. The !8 1/2 minutes of missing material caused much speculation, but they were never recovered.
6. 6:00 a m the next day? My sister lived in Christchurh for several years. They loved it there.
7. In sight exploratory lander
9. Robert Frost free fridge.
10. Sinn Fein for the Catholics; three Ulster defense groups for the Prods
13. Slovenia. Native home of our current First Lady Melania Knavs Trump

 

[SVCBeercats]

4. Rohna worst loss of American lives at sea. It was hit by a guided missile. A new German weapon at the time.

You say tuh-MAH-toh . I say tuh-MAY-toh.
In the context of the Rohna:
You say guided missile. I say guided glide bomb.

 

[Bama fan]

You say tuh-MAH-toh . I say tuh-MAY-toh.
In the context of the Rohna:
You say guided missile. I say guided glide bomb.

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You say tuh-MAH-toh . I say tuh-MAY-toh.
In the context of the Rohna:
You say guided missile. I say guided glide bomb.

They both say BOOM!

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. African wild dog
2. Sea turtles
3. Abolitionist, activist
5. It was supposedly the result of a mistake that Nixon's secretary, Rosemary Woods?, made by hitting record instead of play.
6. Noon the previous day
9. Perry, The
10. Sinn Fein
11. Ernie Davis, Syracuse, died of leukemia not too long after.

 

[wire chief]

1..Pinot proves his loyalty is fickle, as he drops his hyena campaign in favor of cape hunting dogs. His candidate goes out a winner now.

2..And he loves dem sea otters, with SVC and Bama as rivals for their affections.

3..And I would add that no black woman before her ever won a case vs. a white man.

4..Bama and SVC argue over whose ordinance is bigger. Hmmm.

5..You all, "Fall into the Gap", and Meyers amuses the most.

6..And here I thought that Bama's sister wouldn't give him the time of day.
VAUC proves once again that these time differentials continue to flummox him.

7..Like SVC says

8..Viola objected to a demand she change her seat in a theater, several years before Rosa's protest.
She is celebrated as the only non-Queen female on Canadian currency.

new canadian 10 dollar bill - Bing images

9..Hey guys, who gave you permission to change William Perry's name to Robert?
Frost free works, as Game and Bama point out.

10..The Ulster Unionists are given the credit, without that endorsement, it could not happen.

11..Several of you, including Big & VAUC.

12..Pinot is good at local history, as well as being our resident king of beasts.

13..Finishing up are Bama & SVC.