Wheelhouse - Exhibit 15

[Vandal]

Dang, this was even harder than LB's.

Clearly you're no Mona Lisa Vito.

[triviawayne]

Spoiler

1. c, d, a, b

2. barrone

3. ?

4. white

5. chicken

6. cleveland

7. derailer

8. d

bonus--b

[SportsFan68]

Dang, this was even harder than LB's.

Clearly you're no Mona Lisa Vito.

LOL! If I'd turned in a Wheelhouse list, it woulda had My Cousin Vinny on it.

[silvercamaro]

Spoiler

Great. More baseball, more old rock music. I shall answer with authority so you wont know I'm making stupid guesses. Okay, you may notice some stupid answers. That's a whole different thing!

1) Put these MLB team is order based on when they took on their name, starting with the most recent: (1 point each)
a) Anaheim Angels
b) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
c) Los Angeles Angels
d) California Angels
C-B-D-A

2) Who replaced Sammy Hagar (and recorded one album) as lead singer of Van Halen in 1996? (3 points)
David Lee Roth

3) Name this recurring comedic character on The Tonight Show, as portrayed by host Johnny Carson: (3 points)

Floyd

4) What solo artist "self-titled" his first four albums, which came to be known as Car, Scratch, Melt and Security based on their cover art? (3 points)
The Artist Formerly Known as Snoop Dogg

5) What popular mascot came to national and worldwide attention during the Angels' appearance in the 2002 World Series? (2 points)
Oscar, the racing Ball Park frank

6) Named after the US city where it was manufactured, the 351 _______ V-8 engine was introduced in 1969 for the 1970 Ford model year. (3 points)
I have no idea. The last Ford I drove was a seriously homely Ford Fairlane.

7) What bicycle mechanism moves the chain out and up, allowing it to shift to different cogs? (2 points)
Derailleur (Thanks to the formerly adolescent Adventure Boy.)

8 ) What is the largest city in Estonia (based on population)? (2 points)
a) Narva
b) Pärnu
c) Tallinn
d) Tartu
Tallinn

Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
What was the official name for Medieval Livonia formed in the territories comprising present day Estonia and Latvia? (5 points)
a) Ergeme
b) Parnawa
c) Saaremaa
d) Terra Mariana
Saaremaa

[BackInTex]

Spoiler

1) Put these MLB team is order based on when they took on their name, starting with the most recent: (1 point each)
a) Anaheim Angels
b) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
c) Los Angeles Angels
d) California Angels
CBAD

2) Who replaced Sammy Hagar (and recorded one album) as lead singer of Van Halen in 1996? (3 points)
Slim Whitman
Not many people know this. In fact the album wasn't even released, it was so bad. Then they got whoever it is you think is the correct answer and re-recorded that album and released it.


3) Name this recurring comedic character on The Tonight Show, as portrayed by host Johnny Carson: (3 points)
Slim

4) What solo artist "self-titled" his first four albums, which came to be known as Car, Scratch, Melt and Security based on their cover art? (3 points)
Slim Whitman
Yet another little known fact.

5) What popular mascot came to national and worldwide attention during the Angels' appearance in the 2002 World Series? (2 points)


6) Named after the US city where it was manufactured, the 351 _______ V-8 engine was introduced in 1969 for the 1970 Ford model year. (3 points)
Oshkosh

7) What bicycle mechanism moves the chain out and up, allowing it to shift to different cogs? (2 points)
derailleur

8 ) What is the largest city in Estonia (based on population)? (2 points)
a) Narva
b) Pärnu
c) Tallinn
d) Tartu<---This one

Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
What was the official name for Medieval Livonia formed in the territories comprising present day Estonia and Latvia? (5 points)
a) Ergeme
b) Parnawa <---This one
c) Saaremaa
d) Terra Mariana

[BackInTex]

Dang, this was even harder than LB's.

Clearly you're no Mona Lisa Vito.

LOL! If I'd turned in a Wheelhouse list, it woulda had My Cousin Vinny on it.

I wish you had! Then I could of had at least one chance to beat or match the expert.

[SportsFan68]

Clearly you're no Mona Lisa Vito.

LOL! If I'd turned in a Wheelhouse list, it woulda had My Cousin Vinny on it.

I wish you had! Then I could of had at least one chance to beat or match the expert.

Hey! My other categories woulda been Colorado History, Feminism from Stanton to Clinton, and Modern Bridge. OK, and A Christmas Story.

[elwoodblues]

Spoiler

Wheelhouse - Exhibit 15

November 4, 2016


1) Put these MLB team is order based on when they took on their name, starting with the most recent: (1 point each)
a) Anaheim Angels
b) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
c) Los Angeles Angels
d) California Angels

badc

2) Who replaced Sammy Hagar (and recorded one album) as lead singer of Van Halen in 1996? (3 points)

3) Name this recurring comedic character on The Tonight Show, as portrayed by host Johnny Carson: (3 points)


Floyd R. Turbo

4) What solo artist "self-titled" his first four albums, which came to be known as Car, Scratch, Melt and Security based on their cover art? (3 points)

5) What popular mascot came to national and worldwide attention during the Angels' appearance in the 2002 World Series? (2 points)

6) Named after the US city where it was manufactured, the 351 _______ V-8 engine was introduced in 1969 for the 1970 Ford model year. (3 points)

Durango

7) What bicycle mechanism moves the chain out and up, allowing it to shift to different cogs? (2 points)

8 ) What is the largest city in Estonia (based on population)? (2 points)
a) Narva
b) Pärnu
c) Tallinn <------------------------------
d) Tartu

Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
What was the official name for Medieval Livonia formed in the territories comprising present day Estonia and Latvia? (5 points)
a) Ergeme
b) Parnawa <---------------------------wild guess
c) Saaremaa
d) Terra Mariana

Total points available: 27

[Bob78164]

Baseball and the Baltic states? Hmmmm.

[quote="Vandal"]Wheelhouse - Exhibit 15

November 4, 2016


1) Put these MLB team is order based on when they took on their name, starting with the most recent: (1 point each)
a) Anaheim Angels
b) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
c) Los Angeles Angels
d) California Angels

badc

2) Who replaced Sammy Hagar (and recorded one album) as lead singer of Van Halen in 1996? (3 points)

3) Name this recurring comedic character on The Tonight Show, as portrayed by host Johnny Carson: (3 points)


4) What solo artist "self-titled" his first four albums, which came to be known as Car, Scratch, Melt and Security based on their cover art? (3 points)

5) What popular mascot came to national and worldwide attention during the Angels' appearance in the 2002 World Series? (2 points) Rally Monkey

6) Named after the US city where it was manufactured, the 351 _______ V-8 engine was introduced in 1969 for the 1970 Ford model year. (3 points)

7) What bicycle mechanism moves the chain out and up, allowing it to shift to different cogs? (2 points) Derailleur

8 ) What is the largest city in Estonia (based on population)? (2 points)
a) Narva
b) Pärnu
c) Tallinn This one
d) Tartu

Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
What was the official name for Medieval Livonia formed in the territories comprising present day Estonia and Latvia? (5 points)
a) Ergeme
b) Parnawa This one
c) Saaremaa
d) Terra Mariana

Total points available: 27

--Bob

[Vandal]

Wheelhouse - Exhibit 15 answers/reveal/points

November 4, 2016


1) Put these MLB team is order based on when they took on their name, starting with the most recent: (1 point each)
a) Anaheim Angels
b) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
c) Los Angeles Angels
d) California Angels

b-a-d-c (I wasn't trying to be sneaky. I guess I should have bolded recent).


2) Who replaced Sammy Hagar (and recorded one album) as lead singer of Van Halen in 1996? (3 points)
Gary Cherone

3) Name this recurring comedic character on The Tonight Show, as portrayed by host Johnny Carson: (3 points)

Floyd R. Turbo (the R stands for Arthur)


4) What solo artist "self-titled" his first four albums, which came to be known as Car, Scratch, Melt and Security based on their cover art? (3 points)
Peter Gabriel

5) What popular mascot came to national and worldwide attention during the Angels' appearance in the 2002 World Series? (2 points)
Rally Monkey

6) Named after the US city where it was manufactured, the 351 _______ V-8 engine was introduced in 1969 for the 1970 Ford model year. (3 points)
Cleveland (or Windsor)

7) What bicycle mechanism moves the chain out and up, allowing it to shift to different cogs? (2 points)
derailleur

8 ) What is the largest city in Estonia (based on population)? (2 points)
c) Tallinn


Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
What was the official name for Medieval Livonia formed in the territories comprising present day Estonia and Latvia? (5 points)
d) Terra Mariana


Reveal: today's expert was Estonut, of course. he scored 23 points.

Points:
mysteryman ~~ 27
panic ~~ 23
esto ~~ 23 expert
BobJ ~~ 18
earendel ~~ 17
weasel ~~ 16
catfish ~~ 12
lb ~~ 11
tbone ~~ 11
Bob#s ~~ 10
skoop ~~ 9
elwood ~~ 9
fireball ~~ 8
tangredi ~~ 8
sprots ~~ 6
triviawayne ~~ 5
sliver ~~ 5
flock ~~ 5
krox ~~ 4
beebs ~~ 2
BiT ~~ 2

Mysteryman and panic tied or beat the expert and are awarded 3 bonus points. Esto gets five expert points.

And...we're done!

[SportsFan68]

GREAT game, Vandal.

I wish I hadn't missed those couple of days -- I might have finished third from last instead of next to last . . .

[Vandal]

GREAT game, Vandal.

I wish I hadn't missed those couple of days -- I might have finished third from last instead of next to last . . .

You did better than you think (we're talkin' top 25, baby!)

[jarnon]

Don't I get any points? (6, I think)

[Vandal]

Don't I get any points? (6, I think)

6 it is. Big scoreboard adjusted accordingly (sorry about that).