OT: General Knowledge Test #389A

[wire chief]

It has been an intense 8 days, no? Though a bunch of games are soon scheduled, none should provoke anxiety.
Meanwhile you will miss our tests, if I pass up this chance.

Please don't research nor reprint questions.

1..What was the "Viewmaster"?

2..The Patron saint of seemingly hopeless endeavors?

3..What monumental event in the arts happened in 1512?

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?

4..Combine one who barks with one who uses Twitter.

5..The decade the Eire Canal opens?

6..The minimum wage is increased from 40 cents under what Prez?

7..Tom Hanks longtime spouse?

8..The top European court resides in what nation?

9..Whose companion was "Lamb Chop"?

10..The Prez who dedicates the Statue of Liberty?

11..Amo, amas, amat...The plurals?

12..Bob Kane creates the character ______.

13..MOOC(?) is a new phenomenon among colleges.

Relax...I need some information. Just the basic facts.

 

[Zorro]

2.. Jude



9.. Sharri Lewis


11..Amamos, amatis, amant

 

[Rayvin56]

1. a stereoscopic hand held viewer using paper disks to hold the media

3. the 1st exhibit of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

6. FDR

9. Shari Lewis

 

[johnnyc]

07. Rita Wilson
12. Batman

 

[rbny1]

5. 1820s

 

[geordi]

Easy one today, huh?

1. It's a stereopticon type devise in which you put a wheel of pictures into the device and can see them in 3D.
2. St. Jude - thus St. Jude's Children's Hospital
5. 19120s ??
6. Kennedy or Johnson - I'll go with Kennedy
8. Belgium, the Hauge
9. Shari Lewis
10 Cleveland ??
11. Amamus, amatis, amant
12. Bruce Wayne

 

[hoopingcrane]

2..Jude

3..Sistine Chapel ceiling

5..1820's

6..Truman

8..Netherlands

9..Shari Marks

12..Batman

13..online courses

 

[wire chief]

Easy, geordi? Even when you have a trifold goof?

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. It was akin to a slide show. You put in a round slide that contained a number of pictures from around the world.
3. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel
4. Doggie Tweets
5. 1820's
6. Roosevelt(FDR)
7. Rita Wilson
8. The Netherlands
9. Sherry Lewis
10. Benjamin Harrison
10. Grover Cleveland

 

[wire chief]

4..related to stereo systems...2nd hint--_______ and the Monkey Man.

8..Pretty good at surrounding it, but no.

13..Yes to online courses, but what do the letters stand for?

 

[pinotbear]

4. well, being a Wilbury's fan.. Tweeter

 

[wire chief]

4. well, being a Wilbury's fan.. Tweeter

Well doggone, Pinot, the other half should come to you now.

 

[pinotbear]

4. Tweeter Retriever?

 

[wire chief]

4. Tweeter Retriever?

God help me! Keep trying.

 

[johnnyc]

4. woofer

 

[geordi]

4. woofer

Tweeter and Woofer????? C'mon, Wire. That's really beneath you. (I wish I'd thought of that.)

 

[JRRRJ]

1..A device for binocular viewing of images (usually scenic and/or travel, but there was a wide variety of commercial ones, and you could have one made from your own negatives) embedded in a rotating disk.
2..The Patron saint of seemingly hopeless endeavors?
3..Leonardo was born?
4..Woofer & Tweeter, the loud-speakers
5..1810s
7..Michelle
8..Netherlands
9..Shari Lewis
10..U. S. Grant

 

[hoopingcrane]

8..If it's in between the Netherlands and Belgium, then it's in Luxemburg, and it's not the Hague, which I guess is not limited to Europe, so what court is it?

 

[VAUConnFan]

8. Switzerland

 

[wire chief]

1..The Rayvin Quartet correctly identify the toy that enabled us to "travel" the globe.

2..Zorro, hoop & geordi call "Hey Jude!"

3..That great neck-craning experience begins--Ray, hoop & VAUC.

4..It took forever, with a number of assists, but we finally get tweeter & woofer.
Geordi looking in the mirror questioning his self-actualization.

 

[wire chief]

5..It was 1825, as rbny, VAUC & hoop well knew. Geordi with an unfathomable code.

6..Good ol' Harry, helping the less fortunate. Just hoop here.

7..Rita Wilson, provided by JC & VAUC.

8..Luxembourg works. Thanks, hoops.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice

 

[wire chief]

9..With varying spellings of Cherie (I may be off here), JR and his Merry Men.

10..The founder of the Browns and the Indiansp), geordi & VAUC.

11..If you want Latin, go to geordi; for Espanol, see zorro.

12..Bruce Wayne/Batman--JC, hoop & geordi.

13..Massive Open Online Courses

Sashaying over to "B" now.

 

[meyers7]

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?

Relax...I need some information. Just the basic facts.

 

[Zorro]

11..If you want Latin, go to geordi; for Espanol, see zorro.

Missed it by THAT much!