OT: General knowledge test #482A

[wire chief]

This one will remain with you as our offering to the gods of Minnesota for guiding the victory.

Respecting the gods means no research and no reprinting questions.

1..Truman said that atomic secrets would be shared only with which nation(s)?

2..In 1934 King Alexander of..? is assassinated in France.

3..Whose army kills Che Guevara?

4..Thomas Edison's 1st invention, the ________ _____ ________, was an aid to vote counting.

5..Typically candles are of ________ wax, with wicks of braided ______.

6..This week the coaches gave just one 1st place vote to this college football team, but the writers gave 16.

7..Why is Steven Tyler of Aerosmith ticked off at Donald Trump?

8..Columbus Day should be changed to I. P. Day(?) say some.

9.."I know we've come a long way. We're changing day to day, but tell me.."?

10..Secret Service' Timothy McCarthy and D.C. cop Thomas Delahanty are connected by..?.

11..Cristoforo's 1st trip to this hemisphere had him land in..?.

12..Tatum O'Neil, Brooke Shields and now Kaley Cuoco all had to learn the same lesson. What?

13..This 4-character play by Edward Albee hit B'way in 1962.

 

[pinotbear]

7. Because The Donald is using "Dream On" at his rallies, without permission - and, despite being told not to, continues to play the song.
8. Indigenous Persons?
11. the Bahamas

 

[meyers7]

1. England and France??
8. Indigenous People's Day. Very Italiaphobic.

 

[rbny1]

2. Greece?
13. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

 

[wire chief]

1. England and France??
8. Indigenous People's Day. Very Italiaphobic.

I have to say, Meyers, that you are mistaken. After all one of the great leaders of Indigenous People was an Italian immigrant named Geronimo.

 

[hoopingcrane]

1..Great Britain and Canada

2..Yugoslavia

3..Bolivia

5.. Paraffin and cotton

13..Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

 

[VAUConnFan]

1. England & France
2. Russia
3. Bolivia
7. Trump using his music without permission
10. Being on scene when Hinckley shot President Reagan. McCarthy took the bullet in an act when training, discipline, and dedication ruled the day.
11. the Bahamas
13. who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf( A classic that I still do not grasp)

 

[k9fanatic]

1. UK
2. Yugoslavia
3. Bolivian army
7. Same reason Neil Young, R.E.M. and probably others are mad at him -- using their music without their permission. And they hate his politics to boot.
11. Bahams
12. Don't marry a professional tennis player.

 

[wire chief]

4..________ _____ recorder

6..It most recently beat undefeated Cal. in a league game.

 

[pinotbear]

9. "..where do the children play?", Cat Stevens

 

[UcMiami]

1. UK, Canada, and Australia (?) Don't think we trusted DeGaulle by that time.
2. Bolivia
5. Bee's Wax and braided cotton - typical of who? early it was animal fat (tallow) currently most are made with paraffin I guess.
7. Unauthorized use of a song at his campaign stops
8. Indigenous Peoples
13. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

 

[wire chief]

1..Hoop is alone here. Australia? England emptied their prisoners there. France? DeGaulle treated us shabbily.

2..Pre-Tito Yugoslavia, say K9 and hoop.

3..Got a trio here, VAUC, K9 & hoop.

4..Electric voice...

5..Paraffin and braided cotton will light you up during a power failure. Hoop & UcM leave others in the dark.

6..The Utes

7..Meyers quartet point out the music thief.

8..Pinot, Meyers & UcM return us to pre-literate America.

9..Pinot picks up the hint.

10..See VAUC, both took lead.

11..Frequent-flyer miles got him a vacation in the Bahamas. Credit to Pinot, VAUC & K9.

12..Yes, if you are an actress. Now, if you're a tennis player, marry a business manager who can give you twins.
Nice catch by K9.

13..The rbny 4some has no fear.