OT: Test #461B

[wire chief]

14..The definitive Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone was born in..?.

15..The Sanskrit word "vyaghra", which gives us the male-potency pill, has an amusing translation(?).

16..The Pope is preparing an encyclical focusing on _______ and _______ ______.

17..The _____ Islands have been a self-governing country within the Danish Realm since 1948.

18..A reality star, Sophia, just married a prince of..?.

19..To what does "locovore" refer?

20..The Andrew Sisters achieved a gold record with a translated song that kept its Yiddish title,
"Bei Mir Bistu Shein". It's also been recorded with the German title, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen".
Translation?

21.."Crimini" is a type of..?.

22..Michelle ___ Andrews

23.."And I guess the sound of the outward bound made him a slave to..?."

24..Put these Tony winners in chronological order: Grease, Pippen, Funny Girl, Oliver,
Hair, Gypsy.

25..Brits don't take vacations. Clarify.

 

[pinotbear]

19. Someone who buys and consumes products made closely to where they live - "local" produce, "local" cheese and dairy products, etc.
25. No, they go "on holiday".

 

[rbny1]

20. According to the lyrics of the song, the phrase "means you're grand" and also "means you're the fairest in the land." I think it translates literally as "you're beautiful."
24. I think this is a trick question. I may be wrong, but I don't think any of them won a Tony for best musical. I wouldn't even attempt to put them in chronological order, but I would guess that Gypsy is the oldest.

 

[geordi]

14. England. I'd guess about 1880
15. Tiger
21. Mushroom
25. They have holidays

 

[hoopingcrane]

17..Faroe

25..they go on holiday

 

[johnnyc]

16. The environment and human ecology.

23. .....wandering ways. The Wayward Wind....Patsy Cline's version for me.

 

[k9fanatic]

18. Sweden
19. Cuisine based on locally grown food
21. Mushroom
25. They take holidays

 

[VAUConnFan]

18. Sweden
19. Well, you have carnivores, herbivores, omnivores. Two years of high school Latin will have me guessing that a locovore eats anything that moves .
24. Gypsy, Funny Girl, Hair, Pippen, Oliver, Grease.
25. They go on holiday

 

[wire chief]

22..Michelle is a well known actress of the 60's/70's. Knots Landing, How to Succeed in Business...
Mr. Andrews fronted the Hearts some 60 years ago.

 

[Waquoit]

22. Lee

 

[ed4ourgirls]

14. I think it was South Africa. Incidentally, he was reputed to be the best
swordsman in Hollywood even though, as the villain, he lost to Tyrone
Power (Zorro) and twice to Errol Flynn (Captain Blood and Robin Hood).

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

20 - what rbny said. Except the literal, rather, what rbny calls "literal" I would call "really means", but literally - bist du schoen would be "you are pretty" (be you pretty, literally, I think). Bei mir I'm not sure on. I want to say "By me" but I don't think that's quite it. I trust the chief will share his excellent Deutsch with us.

 

[wire chief]

14..Ed4 with an interesting sidelight, Basil as a true swordsman, unlike what that usually means about Hollywood men.
S. Africa it is.

15..Twenty minutes after he pops one, Mrs. geordi purrs, "Come to me, Tiger."

16..And I would put "poverty" along with JC's response.

17..Hoop says look for Faroe Is. between Iceland and Norway.

18..K9 & VAUC didn't go, cause they couldn't read their Swedish invites. They would have loved the meatballs.

19..Pinot & K9 frequent the cannabis and coca gardens down the block.

20..Knights, stop trying to butter me up, and no, I won't give you credit for wrong answers.
In any event he & rbny are Ok with "beautiful" or "grand" in this case. Now the placement of "bist" seems awkward to us, but in German
the verb must go as the 2nd entity (or 1st in an interrogative or last when it is the 2nd verb).
Bei mir(to me) counts as one entity, and it's time for the verb. It's simply bad German to say, Bei mir du bist schon.
P.S. the schon "o" has an umlaut, so since the rendering into English typically becomes"oe", you may see that spelling sometimes
in this song title.

21..You are safe from the law here; they aren't "magic". Geordi & K9 have a good trip.

22..Waq can take a hint.

23..JC likes that Crazy woman, but I don't think he's dismissing Gogi Grant.

24..Well, rbny, I didn't exactly say they won for "Best Musical". VAUC doesn't do a bad job here, but he needs
to put Oliver 2nd and Pippin last.

25..No, you don't need to worry that their bosses work them to death. As a whole bunch of you said, Brit free time is a holiday.

On balance, I can only fault you for not knowing your glue facts.