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8 years here - who'd a thought

A couple of minor adjustments:

1. BZ (Baker Zebra) Feb 56, then BZ (Bravo Zulu) Apr 56 after adoption of ICAO
2. Lou Gherig #4
3. At least 200 Hits in consecutive seasons / Ichiro Suzuki broke the record in 2009
….with 9 and went on to have 10 total in a row
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
5. 4 times
6. The answer is 1
………4 for the Marine commandants (out of only 35 total)
………3 for the Army Chiefs of Staff
7. Dingwall's club - July 5, 1976 (Another location is often listed incorrectly)
8. Soul Sacrifice
9. Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
10. George Washington - Shortest Full Term 1,404 Days
…...John Adams - Shortest Full Single Term with no re-election 1,460 Days
11. Margaret Brewer First female general officer in the Marine Corp
…..Lucy Brewer - First woman in the marines
12. Marshall initially made six 100w rigs originally at the request of Pete Townsend.
……Of the six, Townsend got two, John Entwistle got two,
…….and one each to Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
13. Jim Backus was first Center in the April 1965 Pilot Episode which never aired
…..Ernest Borgnine was the first Center when the show premiered in Oct 1966
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy founder, Rowland Hussey Macy acquired as a teenager
16. Each can of chicken noodle soup has an average of 216 noodles
17. John J. Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. “Police Patrol” shown in 6 daily episodes - Experimental Station April 1931
…..The only reference to the first commercial movie broadcast was “Millionaire Playboy”
…...Which aired Dec 7, 1941 and was interrupted by the announcement of Pearl Harbor
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 7 1967 - Opened Late & Closed early at 2:00 - Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation - It is an equation used to estimate the number of detectable
……extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.
24. Billy Hamilton - Inducted 1961
25. Leon Thrasher - March 28, 1915 - The first American citizen was killed in the
…...eight-month-old European conflict that would become known as the First World War.
……Leon Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer and native of Massachusetts,
……drowned when a German submarine, the U-28, torpedoed the cargo-passenger ship
…….Falaba, on its way from Liverpool to West Africa, off the coast of England.
26. December 27, 1935
27. HELP = Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer
 
Back to 24, 3 more to find and only one more guess for today.
 
Here is another stolen attempt with a few modifications.
1. BZ (Baker Zebra) Feb 56, then BZ (Bravo Zulu) Apr 56 after adoption of ICAO
2. Lou Gherig #4
3. At least 200 Hits in consecutive seasons / Ichiro Suzuki broke the record in 2009
….with 9 and went on to have 10 total in a row
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
5. 4 times
6. The answer is 1
………4 for the Marine commandants (out of only 35 total)
………3 for the Army Chiefs of Staff
7. Dingwall's club - July 5, 1976 (Another location is often listed incorrectly)
8. Make Me Smile
9. Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
10. George Washington - Shortest Full Term 1,404 Days
…...John Adams - Shortest Full Single Term with no re-election 1,460 Days
11. Margaret Brewer First female general officer in the Marine Corp
…..Lucy Brewer - First woman in the marines
12. Marshall initially made six 100w rigs originally at the request of Pete Townsend.
……Of the six, Townsend got two, John Entwistle got two,
…….and one each to Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
13. Jim Backus was first Center in the April 1965 Pilot Episode which never aired
…..Ernest Borgnine was the first Center when the show premiered in Oct 1966
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy founder, Rowland Hussey Macy acquired as a teenager
16. Each can of chicken noodle soup has an average of 216 noodles
17. John J. Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. “Police Patrol” shown in 6 daily episodes - Experimental Station April 1931
…..The only reference to the first commercial movie broadcast was “Millionaire Playboy”
…...Which aired Dec 7, 1941 and was interrupted by the announcement of Pearl Harbor
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 7 1967 - Opened Late & Closed early at 2:00 - Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation - It is an equation used to estimate the number of detectable
……extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.
24. Billy Hamilton - Inducted 1961
25. Leon Thrasher - March 28, 1915 - The first American citizen was killed in the
…...eight-month-old European conflict that would become known as the First World War.
……Leon Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer and native of Massachusetts,
……drowned when a German submarine, the U-28, torpedoed the cargo-passenger ship
…….Falaba, on its way from Liverpool to West Africa, off the coast of England.
26. 1920 on Kaho’olawe as a testing site
27. HELP = Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer
 
Here is the first try of the day. Only changed one.
1. BZ (Baker Zebra) Feb 56, then BZ (Bravo Zulu) Apr 56 after adoption of ICAO
2. Lou Gherig #4
3. At least 200 Hits in consecutive seasons / Ichiro Suzuki broke the record in 2009
….with 9 and went on to have 10 total in a row
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
5. 4 times
6. The answer is 1
………4 for the Marine commandants (out of only 35 total)
………3 for the Army Chiefs of Staff
7. Dingwall's club - July 5, 1976 (Another location is often listed incorrectly)
8. Make Me Smile
9. Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
10. George Washington - Shortest Full Term 1,404 Days
…...John Adams - Shortest Full Single Term with no re-election 1,460 Days
11. Margaret Brewer First female general officer in the Marine Corp
…..Lucy Brewer - First woman in the marines
12. Marshall initially made six 100w rigs originally at the request of Pete Townsend.
……Of the six, Townsend got two, John Entwistle got two,
…….and one each to Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
13. Jim Backus was first Center in the April 1965 Pilot Episode which never aired
…..Ernest Borgnine was the first Center when the show premiered in Oct 1966
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy founder, Rowland Hussey Macy acquired as a teenager
16. Each can of chicken noodle soup has an average of 216 noodles
17. John J. Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. “Police Patrol” shown in 6 daily episodes - Experimental Station April 1931
…..The only reference to the first commercial movie broadcast was “Millionaire Playboy”
…...Which aired Dec 7, 1941 and was interrupted by the announcement of Pearl Harbor
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 7 1967 - Opened Late & Closed early at 2:00 - Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation - It is an equation used to estimate the number of detectable
……extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.
24. Billy Hamilton - Inducted 1961
25. Leon Thrasher - March 28, 1915 - The first American citizen was killed in the
…...eight-month-old European conflict that would become known as the First World War.
……Leon Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer and native of Massachusetts,
……drowned when a German submarine, the U-28, torpedoed the cargo-passenger ship
…….Falaba, on its way from Liverpool to West Africa, off the coast of England.
26. December 27, 1935
27. HELP = Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer
 
24 and I know what you are thinking but read the question you changed carefully and you'll see why it was wrong before.
 
Another attempt...

1. BZ (Baker Zebra) Feb 56, then BZ (Bravo Zulu) Apr 56 after adoption of ICAO
2. #4 Lou Gherig
3. At least 200 Hits in consecutive seasons / Ichiro Suzuki broke the record in 2009
….with 9 and went on to have 10 total in a row
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
5. 4 times
6. The answer is 1
………4 for the Marine commandants (out of only 35 total)
………3 for the Army Chiefs of Staff
7. Dingwall's club - July 5, 1976 (Another location is often listed incorrectly)
8. Soul Sacrifice
9. Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
10. George Washington - Shortest Full Term 1,404 Days
…...John Adams - Shortest Full Single Term (with no re-election) 1,460 Days
11. B.Gen Margaret Brewer was the first General Grade Woman Marine in the Corp
…..Lucy Brewer - According to legend, this woman disguised herself as a man and
……served as a member of the USS Constitution Marine Guard during the War of 1812.
……The USMC regards this story as false, stating that for a variety of reasons, her true
…….identity would have been impossible to conceal. .
12. Marshall initially made six 100w rigs at the request of Pete Townsend.
……Of the six, Townsend got two, John Entwistle got two,
…….and one each to Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
13. Jim Backus was first Center in the April 1965 Pilot Episode which never aired
…..Ernest Borgnine was the first Center when the show premiered in Oct 1966
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy founder, Rowland Hussey Macy acquired as a teenager
16. Each can of chicken noodle soup has an average of 216 noodles
17. John J. Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. “Police Patrol” shown in 6 daily episodes - Experimental Station April 1931
…..The only reference to the first commercial movie broadcast was “Millionaire Playboy”
…...Which aired Dec 7, 1941 and was interrupted by the announcement of Pearl Harbor
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 7 1967 - Opened Late & Closed early at 2:00 - Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation - It is a means to mathematically estimate the number of worlds
…...that might harbor beings with technology sufficient to communicate across the vast
……gulfs of interstellar space.
24. Billy Hamilton - Inducted 1961
25. Leon Thrasher - March 28, 1915 - The first American citizen was killed in the
…...eight-month-old European conflict that would become known as the First World War.
……Leon Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer and native of Massachusetts,
……drowned when a German submarine, the U-28, torpedoed the cargo-passenger ship
…….Falaba, on its way from Liverpool to West Africa, off the coast of England.
26. December 27, 1935
27. HELP = Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer
 
Still 24. You added some info but didn't really change anything.
 
My students would like to thank you Ray. Due to time spent on this I've made easier quizzes for them. :laugh: They needed some easy ones anyway.
 
You can give them this one when we're done with it. :p
 
AVB said:
Still 24. You added some info but didn't really change anything.
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True. I clarified some answers thinking the details were pertinent to their accuracy, but my "Google-Fu" is failing me at this point.

G~
 
Changing one of my answers back...

1. BZ (Baker Zebra) Feb 56, then BZ (Bravo Zulu) Apr 56 after adoption of ICAO
2. #4 Lou Gherig
3. At least 200 Hits in consecutive seasons / Ichiro Suzuki broke the record in 2009
….with 9 and went on to have 10 total in a row
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
5. 4 times
6. The answer is 1
………4 for the Marine commandants (out of only 35 total)
………3 for the Army Chiefs of Staff
7. Dingwall's club - July 5, 1976 (Another location is often listed incorrectly)
8. Soul Sacrifice
9. Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
10. George Washington - Shortest Full Term 1,404 Days
…...John Adams - Shortest Full Single Term (with no re-election) 1,460 Days
11. B.Gen Margaret Brewer was the first General Grade Woman Marine in the Corp
…..Lucy Brewer - According to legend, this woman disguised herself as a man and
……served as a member of the USS Constitution Marine Guard during the War of 1812.
……The USMC regards this story as false, stating that for a variety of reasons, her true
…….identity would have been impossible to conceal. .
12. Marshall initially made six 100w rigs at the request of Pete Townsend.
……Of the six, Townsend got two, John Entwistle got two,
…….and one each to Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
13. Jim Backus was first Center in the April 1965 Pilot Episode which never aired
…..Ernest Borgnine was the first Center when the show premiered in Oct 1966
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy founder, Rowland Hussey Macy acquired as a teenager
16. Each can of chicken noodle soup has an average of 216 noodles
17. John J. Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. “Police Patrol” shown in 6 daily episodes - Experimental Station April 1931
…..The only reference to the first commercial movie broadcast was “Millionaire Playboy”
…...Which aired Dec 7, 1941 and was interrupted by the announcement of Pearl Harbor
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 7 1967 - Opened Late & Closed early at 2:00 - Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation - It is a means to mathematically estimate the number of worlds
…...that might harbor beings with technology sufficient to communicate across the vast
……gulfs of interstellar space.
24. Billy Hamilton - Inducted 1961
25. Harry Butters - 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.
26. December 27, 1935
27. HELP = Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer
 
I was taking both since my question didn't specify service casualty. Still 24.
 
sonuvabum said:
AVB said:
I was taking both since my question didn't specify service casualty. Still 24.
Click to expand...

Damn!
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Victor Chapman was shot down on June 24, 1916 while flying for the French. Would have been before Buttars. That being said I'm gong to leave my answer on that alone.

1. BZ (Baker Zebra) Feb 56, then BZ (Bravo Zulu) Apr 56 after adoption of ICAO
2. Lou Gherig #4
3. At least 200 Hits in consecutive seasons / Ichiro Suzuki broke the record in 2009
….with 9 and went on to have 10 total in a row
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whiskey 1948
5. 4 times
6. The answer is 1
………4 for the Marine commandants (out of only 35 total)
………3 for the Army Chiefs of Staff
7. Dingwall's club - July 5, 1976 (Another location is often listed incorrectly)
8. Make Me Smile
9. Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
10. George Washington - Shortest Full Term 1,404 Days
…...John Adams - Shortest Full Single Term with no re-election 1,460 Days
11. Margaret Brewer First female general officer in the Marine Corp
…..Lucy Brewer - First woman in the marines
12. Marshall initially made six 100w rigs originally at the request of Pete Townsend.
……Of the six, Townsend got two, John Entwistle got two,
…….and one each to Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
13. Jim Backus was first Center in the April 1965 Pilot Episode which never aired
…..Ernest Borgnine was the first Center when the show premiered in Oct 1966
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy founder, Rowland Hussey Macy acquired as a teenager
16. Each can of chicken noodle soup has an average of 216 noodles
17. John J. Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. “Police Patrol” shown in 6 daily episodes - Experimental Station April 1931
…..The only reference to the first commercial movie broadcast was “Millionaire Playboy”
…...Which aired Dec 7, 1941 and was interrupted by the announcement of Pearl Harbor
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 7 1967 - Opened Late & Closed early at 2:00 - Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation - It is an equation used to estimate the number of detectable
……extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.
24. Billy Hamilton - Inducted 1961
25. Leon Thrasher - March 28, 1915 - The first American citizen was killed in the
…...eight-month-old European conflict that would become known as the First World War.
……Leon Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer and native of Massachusetts,
……drowned when a German submarine, the U-28, torpedoed the cargo-passenger ship
…….Falaba, on its way from Liverpool to West Africa, off the coast of England.
26. December 27, 1935
27. HELP = Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer
 
You made a change and one is technically wrong now but I'll still give it to you. 24 correct.
 
1. BZ (Baker Zebra) Feb 56, then BZ (Bravo Zulu) Apr 56 after adoption of ICAO
2. #4 Lou Gherig
3. At least 200 Hits in consecutive seasons / Ichiro Suzuki broke the record in 2009
….with 9 and went on to have 10 total in a row
4. Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
5. 4 times
6. The answer is 1
………4 for the Marine commandants (out of only 35 total)
………3 for the Army Chiefs of Staff
7. Dingwall's club - July 5, 1976 (Another location is often listed incorrectly)
8. "For You"
9. Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
10. George Washington - Shortest Full Term 1,404 Days
…...John Adams - Shortest Full Single Term (with no re-election) 1,460 Days
11. B.Gen Margaret Brewer was the first General Grade Woman Marine in the Corp
…..Lucy Brewer - According to legend, this woman disguised herself as a man and
……served as a member of the USS Constitution Marine Guard during the War of 1812.
……The USMC regards this story as false, stating that for a variety of reasons, her true
…….identity would have been impossible to conceal. .
12. Marshall initially made six 100w rigs at the request of Pete Townsend.
……Of the six, Townsend got two, John Entwistle got two,
…….and one each to Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott
13. Jim Backus was first Center in the April 1965 Pilot Episode which never aired
…..Ernest Borgnine was the first Center when the show premiered in Oct 1966
14. Toad the Wet Sprocket
15. A tattoo that Macy founder, Rowland Hussey Macy acquired as a teenager
16. Each can of chicken noodle soup has an average of 216 noodles
17. John J. Pershing & George Washington
18. Derek Jeter
19. “Police Patrol” shown in 6 daily episodes - Experimental Station April 1931
…..The only reference to the first commercial movie broadcast was “Millionaire Playboy”
…...Which aired Dec 7, 1941 and was interrupted by the announcement of Pearl Harbor
20. Gabrielle Anwar
21. McIntosh
22. Feb 7 1967 - Opened Late & Closed early at 2:00 - Snowstorm
23. The Drake Equation - It is a means to mathematically estimate the number of worlds
…...that might harbor beings with technology sufficient to communicate across the vast
……gulfs of interstellar space.
24. Billy Hamilton - Inducted 1961
25. Harry Butters - 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.
26. December 27, 1935
27. HELP = Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer
 
Congrats on the 8th Anniversary...ya noob.

Here's wishing to many more to come.
 
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