8 years here - who'd a thought

Well Kid, ya done good, not as good as Melly but you did get 15 correct, 16 if I give you the typo and you also did get half of one question too.
 
Congrats on the anniversary, Ray. As soon as I get some time I'll hit google and take a crack at this.
 
Congrats Ray.....here's to another 8 healthy years
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My God Ray!! You certainly know how to bring someone to their knees.

Happy 8th my friend.

G~
 
Here's a shot at the answers.
1.Baker Zebra (Feb.)/ Bravo Zulu (April)
2. #4
3. Ichiro Suzuki broke the number of 200 hit seasons record
4. Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix
5. 4
6. 1
7. July 5, 1976
8. "God"
9. Gerald Ford
10. FDR. His first term was the shortest.
11. Margaret S. Brewer - first female general officer and Lucy Brewer - the pen name of the claiming to belong to first woman in the marines
12. Pete Townshend
13. Ernest Borgnine
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo the owner Macy had
16. 216 on average
17. George Washington and John J. Pershing
18. Derek Jeter
19. The Private Life of Henry the VIII
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. Ampeg
22. Feb. 7, 1962 previous closure due to weather were the entire day or started later
23. The Drake equation
24. Billy Hamilton
25. Private Hay
26. Sept. 30, 1948
27. Emerson, Lake and Palmer
 
I spent way too much time on this...
1. Bravo Zulu (BZ) Sometimes Baker Zebra / Tare Victor Geogre (TVG)
2. Lou Gherig #4
3. Ichiro Suzuki / 200 Hits
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky
5. 4 times
6. 4 for the Marines (out of only 35 total)
3 for the Army (answer is one more)
7. July 5, 1976 at Dingwall's club
8. ???
9. Gerald Ford
10. John Adams
11. Margaret Brewer First female general officer in the Marine Corp
Lucy Brewer - First woman in the marines
12. Pete Townsend and John Entwistle
13. Ernest Borgnine
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy had
16. Approx 216
17. John Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. Police Patrol
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 6 1978 - Closed at 2:00 Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation
24. Billy Hamilton
25. 1917 Sept. 5 - The first American casualties of the war were 2 men wounded by artillery shell at Gouzeaucourt, part of the 11th Engineers in the British sector near Cambai. Couldn't find a name.
26. December 27, 1935
27. Emerson Lake & Palmer

Whew!!

G~
 
You're certainly smokin' with 18 correct and the lead!

We have a new leader with 19 correct! Well done sonuvabum
 
Congratulations on your anni Ray!

Sorry I can't play, I can't even beat those 5th graders on TV! :laugh:
 
Congrats on the anniversary and upcoming 20K post milestone, Ray...!!

Wouldn't be the same without you....your reviews and contributions are very much appreciated... :thumbs:
 
Ray, Thanks for your many contributions.

CP just wouldn't be the same with out ya. :-)

Anyhow, Here we go.

Q1.How did the US Navy say “Well Done” phonetically in February 1956? In April 1956?

In the U.S. Navy signal code, used before ACP 175, "well done" was signaled as TVG, or "Tare Victor George" in the U.S. phonetic alphabet of that time and Bravo Zulo

Q2.This was the first number retired in Baseball:

4

Q3. This 108 year old baseball record was broken in 2009. What is the record and who did it?

Ichiro Hits /Season

Q4. What do I drink from the “valley of the deer”? Specifically.

Glenfiddich means 'Valley of the deer' in Gaelic.

Q5. Ronald Reagan voted for FDR how many times?

(4) Ronald Reagan himself would vote for FDR all four times. Ronald Reagan put it well when he said, "I had become a Democrat, by birth, I suppose."

Q6. How many more Medal of Honor winners have been Commandant of the Marine Corps (38 total Commandants) compared to Chief of Staff US Army (39 in total)?

2 more

Marines (4)

MGen Wendell Neville (1929-1930), Gen Alexander A. Vandegrift (1944-1947), Gen David Shoup (1960-1963), Gen Louis H. Wilson (1975-1979),​

Army (2)​
James Franklin Bell, Leonard Wood,​
4]Awarded the Medal of Honor as a LtCol for his actions while commanding Marines​


Q7. The Ramones met “The only band that matters” for the first time where and when?

The Clash The Roundhouse in London on July 4, 1976 (second-billed to the ... the band met members of the Sex Pistols and The Clash

Q8: This was the first song Prince learned to play on guitar

???? Low Rider Santana

Q9: This President’s first name was Leslie

Gerald Ford. Leslie. Ford was born Leslie Lynch King Jr.

Q10: What president served the shortest full term.

John Adams served the shortest single, full term in history,

Q11: Two women both named Brewer are special in the history of the Marine Corps. Who are they and what did they do?

Lucy Brewer was the first woman to serve in the Marine Corps;
Margaret Brewer was the first female Marine general officer.

Q12: Who was the first guitarist with a 100 watt amp?

Marshall produced the first 100 watt guitar amplifiers for Pete Townshend and John Entwistle

Q13: Who was the very first "center square" on "The Hollywood Squares"?

That very first center square was Jim Backus

Q14: Name a platinum sales certified California band who got their name from a Monty Python skit.

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Q15: The red star that Macy’s is known for came from ……?

From the very beginning, Macy's logo has included a star in one form or another, which comes from a tattoo that Macy received

Q16: How many noodles are in a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup?

216 NOODLES

Q17: What 2 US Army Generals held the highest titled rank ever given in the United States?

John Pershing and later (posthumously) George Washington

Q18: Who was the first Major League player to have an at bat in the month of November.

Derek Jeter on Nov 1st, 2001

Q19: What was the first complete movie shown on television in the US?

"The first full–length feature film shown on television was "Police Patrol " (US 1925), transmitted in six daily episodes by W2XCD Passaic, NJ, 6–11 April 1931."

Q20: Who played Eddie's Girlfriend in the Tom Petty video "Into The Great Wide Open?"

Gabrielle Anwar as Eddie's girlfriend

Q21: What company’s amplifiers powered the first Woodstock Music and Arts Festival?

12000 Watts of McIntosh amplifiers

Q22: This day was the first the New York Stock Exchange closed early due to bad weather
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The exchange was closed shortly after the beginning of World War I (July 31, 1914), but it partially re-opened on November 28 of that year in order to help the war effort by trading bonds, and completely reopened for stock trading in mid-December

Q23: What is this? N = R* • fp • ne • fl • fi • fc • L
  1. . Drake Equation. N = R. * × fp × ne × fl × fi × fc × L ...

Q24: Who was the first New Jersey native elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Billy Hamilton was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961

Q25: Who was the first American casualty of World War One?

On August 31, 1916, Harry Butters, a young U.S. citizen serving with British forces , was killed, becoming the first American casualty of World War I. He was an American Serving with the Brits.
The first US Soldier was PV1 Cuit R. Hall, killed 27 July 1917

Q26: The United States Army Air Corps first bombed Hawaii on this date.

On 27 December 1935 fate stepped in, and the unit was actually tasked to drop twenty 600-pound bombs in the path of the flow of lava from Mauna Loa

Q27: This supergroup might have been called “HELP” until one of the people who was supposed to join died. Who were going to be the members

Emerson Lake & Palmer took the supergroup to grandiose levels, befitting their intention to fuse rock and classical music. (Interestingly, they might have been known as HELP rather than ELP, had Jimi Hendrix not died

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