OT: Test #441B

[wire chief]

14..Richard ____ Grievance.

15..Pope Saint John Paul II was what ethnicity?

16..Metelkova City in..? was a military installation during the Balkan War, now transformed
into a place of art galleries, nightclubs & theaters.

17..Stellar, spatial dendrite & capped column are types of..?

18..Within a decade, when does the United Mine Workers start?

19.."Lost on a high and windy hill,"

20..In 1942 the 1st American expeditionary force lands where in Europe?

21..Where is Nellis Airforce Base?

22..In 1861 delegates from 6 states meet where to form the confederacy?

23.."Go Set a Watchman" is her(?) 1st book in a half century since she won the Pulitzer.

24..What mistakes did the Trailblazers make in taking Same Bowie and Greg Oden?

25..Brown, Haley & Shields are in the news. Why?

Did you know that coach's name would be pronounced as "Jayno" in the old country?

 

[geordi]

15. Polish
18. 1905 ???
20 Sicily ? I think they landed on Sicily a few days before DDay
21. Nevada
22. Montgomery, AL (at least, it was capital of the Confederacy for a while)
24. They stunk

 

[Waquoit]

14. Pryor
23. Harper Lee
24. Passed over superstars to select centers that could barely play, mostly due to injuries

 

[pinotbear]

17. snow flakes
20. North Africa, Operation Torch
24. Number One draft picks that greatly disappointed - as Waquoit says, mostly due to chronic leg problems. Bowie from KY, Oden from Ohio State.

 

[VAUConnFan]

15. Polish
17. Rock formations
18. 1897
21. North Las Vegas, NV
22. Chattanooga, TN
24. Drafting big men with known medial issues with their knees when they could have had Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant.
25. They are in the next NFL HOF class

 

[VAUConnFan]

23. Harper Lee(DYK that she and Truman Capote were childhood friends, and that one of her characters in To Kill A Mockingbird was based on him)

 

[rbny1]

16. Slovenia
23. As Waquoit notes, the answer is Harper Lee. "Go Set a Watchman," which Lee wrote in the 1950s, is the story of Scout as an adult, 20 years after the events in "To Kill a Mockingbird." It has been unpublished all these years and is finally going to make it into print.

 

[k9fanatic]

15. Polish
23. Harper Lee
24. With the number 1 pick, they took Bowie over Michael Jordan and Oden over Kevin Durant.

"Did you know that coach's name would be pronounced as "Jayno" in the old country?"
Not really -- it would be pronounced Jehno. No "long a" sound.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

19. . . . in the morning mist two lovers kissed, and the world stood still . . .
from "Love is a Many Splendored Thing".

20. I'm unaware that the U.S. landed anywhere in EUROPE in 1942.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

20. On second thought, there must have been some U.S. troops in
England in 1942.

 

[Volup1]

20. Sicily.

 

[wire chief]

14..None of you, "think NASCAR".

15..Geordi, VAUC & K9 place him in Poland, marking the end of irritating Polish jokes.

16..Rbny has Slovenia.(I've never heard any Slovenia jokes.)

17..Pinot, missing in "A", used only those shapes for his designer snowmen.

18..VAUC is within the time period--1890.

19..Surprisingly, only crown, ever the romantic, provides the 4 Aces hit.

20..Ed4 provides a clue, but no one is correct.

21..VAUC puts it in the Nevada desert.

22..Geordi knows it was Mongomery.

23..Harper Lee, from the rbny foursome.

24..Geordi, with a response like "they stunk", you really need to ask why a apply the label "frugal"?
Anyway, the best answers mention Durant & Jordan.

25..VAUC puts the guys in the NFL HOF class.

Now about Geno, we'll go with the lady who speaks the language. Just know it ain't "Geeno".

You got 2 questions yet that need attending.

 

[pinotbear]

14. with the clue, "Petty"

 

[wire chief]

14. with the clue, "Petty"

But not that "Pryor" was bad.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

For 19, you say the correct answer is provided by "crown".
Who is "crown" - is that me???

 

[wire chief]

For 19, you say the correct answer is provided by "crown".
Who is "crown" - is that me???

You I would call"tiara". OK I goofed.

 

[wire chief]

20...You wanted to type N. Ireland, didn't you? And we're done.