Wheelhouse - Exhibit 12 answers/reveal/points
November 1, 2016
1) Put these former baseball players in order based on when they first played for the Philadelphia Phillies, starting with the earliest:
a) Curt Schilling - 1992
b) Darren Daulton - 1983
c) Dick Allen - 1963
d) Larry Bowa - 1970
cdba
2) According to Spock in Star Trek (the original series) what "is like a wreath of flowers that smell bad?" (1 point)
logic
3) What was the title of the Weird Al parody of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger"? (3 points)
Theme From Rocky XIII or
The Rye Or The Kaiser
4) Which of these former Philadelphia Phillies players does not have his number retired by the team: (3 points)
c) Ryne Sandberg
5) The wife of this president died in 1853, just 26 days after leaving the White House, the shortest post-Presidential life of any former first lady. (5 points)
Millard Fillmore
6) What was the name of the Star Trek (the original series) episode that featured the character Khan? (2 points)
Space Seed
7) How many states did George Wallace "carry" in the presidential election of 1968? (3 points)
five
8 ) Identify each of the following US Civil War generals as Union or Confederate: (1 point each)
(Please use U or C)
a) Ambrose Everett Burnside - U
b) Richard Stoddert Ewell - C
c) Joseph Hooker - U
d) Galusha Pennypacker - U
e) Richard Taylor - C
Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
Which US Civil War battle was known as the Battle of Sharpsburg in the south? (please supply the other name)
Antietam
reveal: today's expert was kroxquo, who scored 29 after tripping up on a Star Trek question
Points:
mysteryman ~~ 30
melly ~~ 30
krox ~~ 29 expert
panic ~~ 26
tbone ~~ 25
tangredi ~~ 24
Bob#s ~~ 24
fireball ~~ 22
esto ~~ 20
earendel ~~ 20
lb ~~ 17
sliver ~~ 16
jarnon ~~ 16
skoop ~~ 15
elwood ~~ 14
catfish ~~ 11
BiT ~~ 8
flock ~~ 8
triviawayne ~~ 7
mikehardware ~~ 6
sprots ~~ 6
beebs ~~ 3
elwood ~~ 4
Mysteryman and melly swoop in and score higher than the expert. They get three bonus points each. Krox get 5 expert points.
Wheelhouse - Exhibit 12
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Re: Wheelhouse - Exhibit 12
Could you check my answers again? I think I had 12 points. I got Ryne Sandberg, Millard Fillmore and four of the generals. Thanks.