OT: General knowledge test #469A

[wire chief]

Sometimes I just can't get back to sleep after a bathroom trip, in case you're wondering.
So far this malady has not meant I doze off later on the tennis court.

Anyway, refrain from research and reprinting questions please.

1..The Prez who replaces E Pluribus Unum with In God We Trust?

2..Anna followed in the footsteps of her famous father, and, given her era, under her dress likely wore..?

3..What is the practice of "Moral Mondays"?

4..What nation gives us "Let go of my _____"?

5..Two hit songs with a citrus in the titles?

6..To what is Oxfam dedicated?

7..George Stevens directs Cary Grant and Sam Jaffe in..?

8..Explain Cronos vs. Zeus.

9..Me And _____ Churches (you may need Zorro's help here).

10..This Asian country is totally uncooperative in fighting illegal ivory et al.

11..Our administration is often described as "the White House" to refer to itself.
How so for the Brits?

12..Published this year: KEEPERS--The Greatest Films--and personal favorites--
of a Moviegoing Lifetime by..?

13..THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, directed by Booth Tarkington. Say what?

 

[pinotbear]

5. "Lemon Tree" and "Put the Lime in the Coconut"?
6. Relieving world hunger - in the US, traditionally focusing on the period just before Thanksgiving.
11. 10 Downing St.

 

[VAUConnFan]

5. Lemon Tree, ???
8. Roman vs Greek Mythology
11. Downing Street

 

[rbny1]

7. Gunga Din
12. Movie critic Richard Schickel

 

[hoopingcrane]

8..Cronus was the top Titan, who tried to kill all his children by eating them, but was tricked by Zeus' mother so that his son Zeus survived. Zeus then led all the other Olympian gods in the fight against the Titans.

 

[geordi]

6. It's an anti poverty organization
8. Kronos is Zeus' father
11. 10 Downing Street

 

[meyers7]

5. Orange Crush (REM), Orange Blossom Special (Flatt and Scruggs, along with many others)

 

[Bestiarius]

5. Tangerine
Oh my Darling, Clementine

 

[Zorro]

2. A Freudian slip.

5.Lemon tree, very pretty. / Tangerine / Orange Blossom Special.

8. Kronos was the leader of the Titans. He had the nasty habit of swallowing his children as soon as they were born. His wife (and sister) Rhea got tired of this and tricked him when Zeus was born by wrapping a stone in a blanket, which he swallowed thinking it was the child. Later, Zeus led the Gods in a successful battle against the Titans, and some very nasty things happened to Kronos.

9..???

11. #10 Downing Street, or just Downing street?[/QUOTE]

 

[wire chief]

2. A Freudian slip.

5.Lemon tree, very pretty. / Tangerine / Orange Blossom Special.

8. Kronos was the leader of the Titans. He had the nasty habit of swallowing his children as soon as they were born. His wife (and sister) Rhea got tired of this and tricked him when Zeus was born by wrapping a stone in a blanket, which he swallowed thinking it was the child. Later, Zeus led the Gods in a successful battle against the Titans, and some very nasty things happened to Kronos.

9..???

11. #10 Downing Street, or just Downing street?

[/QUOTE]

9..If you (or your esposa) deal with "Churches", I think you'll solve this.

 

[rbny1]

10. I just got around to reading Sunday's paper, which has an article about Laos being a center of illegal ivory trading. So I assume the answer is Laos.

 

[wire chief]

10. I just got around to reading Sunday's paper, which has an article about Laos being a center of illegal ivory trading. So I assume the answer is Laos.

As you have long said, I form them from the Times; you answer them.

 

[rbny1]

As you have long said, I form them from the Times; you answer them.

It's expensive to keep subscribing to the Times just to be able to answer your questions, but someone has to do it.

 

[wire chief]

It's expensive to keep subscribing to the Times just to be able to answer your questions, but someone has to do it.

 

[Zorro]

9..If you (or your esposa) deal with "Churches", I think you'll solve this.[/QUOTE]
Something to do with Enrique?

 

[wire chief]

9..If you (or your esposa) deal with "Churches", I think you'll solve this.

Something to do with Enrique?[/QUOTE]

No, his dad...combined with Paul Simon.

 

[pinotbear]

ah, Julio, as in "Me and Julio, down by the school yard"

 

[wire chief]

1..I like...?

2..Ah, the brilliance of zorro solving my riddle.

3..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Mondays

4..Those building blocks called Legos, from what country?

5..We have 5 of you with various juicy offerings.

6..More specifically than anti-poverty, the "fam" stands for famine relief, as Pinot points out.

7..Ah, rbny, You're a better man than I am...

8..Hoop & zorro with good detail.

11..Downing is Ok. Also W________ is valid.

12..Rbny has Richard Schickel, who did reviews for Life and Time, etc.

13..To correct this, you need Booth's famous novel.

Keep on truckin'

 

[wire chief]

9..OK, Pinot writes as I completed the above. Julio Iglesias has been a top crooner for Latinos.

 

[pinotbear]

1. ..Ike, so Eisenhower..

 

[Zorro]

Were there seven Ambersons?

 

[wire chief]

Were there seven Ambersons?

Well, no, zorro. Your correction is compete when you replace 7 with the Ambersons.

Just 4 and 11 now.

 

[hoopingcrane]

Just 11 now. I liked the 10 Downing answer, but it looks like you are looking for Whitehall.

 

[wire chief]

4..And to wrap things up, many have a breakfast of coffee and..?