OT: Test #477B

[wire chief]

14..The record set on 9/9 was 23,226. Explain.

15..Who let us know that Patti gave birth to a 10' baby boy?

16..Where are the only tropical penguins found?

17..In football, even though Temple beats..?, tomorrow it's an underdog to..?.

18..From 1983 to 1990 Don Herbert is..?.

19..In 1974 Guinea-Bissau becomes fully independent of..?.

20..In 1935 Dr. Carl Weiss is believed to be the assassin of..?.

21.."We have met the enemy (says ______ _____) and they are ours." Circumstances?

22.."We have met the enemy and they is us."

23..Lucky Strike _____ has gone to war. Explain.

24..John Lodge and Justin Hayward.

25..E. W.(?) wants you to speed-read.

Wash the sleep from your eyes and get crackin'.

 

[pinotbear]

15. Rod Stewart, in "Young Hearts"?
16. Galapagos Islands
17. Penn State, Immaculatta
20. Huey Long
22. Pogo Possum
25. Evelyn Woods

 

[johnnyc]

21. Oliver Hazard Perry after victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (War of 1812)

 

[Waquoit]

23. Cigarettes - They gave free butts to the troops in WW2 so they would be hooked when they got home.

 

[DriveLH]

24. Both members of "The Moody Blues"

 

[geordi]

16. NEW Zealand
18. Mr. Wizard
20. 1935? I'd guess Huey Long
21. Commodore Perry at the Battle in Lake Erie
22. Pogo

 

[UcMiami]

23. Cigarettes - They gave free butts to the troops in WW2 so they would be hooked when they got home.

'Green' - they changed the color of the bull's eye on the pack from red to green for no apparent reason except it was a huge advertising success.

 

[Zorro]

23. The idea was that the green pigment which had been used on the Lucky packs was now needed for camouflage paint, so American Tobacco very cleverly turned that into a very effective pr campaign.

 

[VAUConnFan]

16. South Africa
19.France
21. George Patton
23. Filters. Lucky was notorious for being a non filtered cigarette. the filtered cigarette detracted from its long standing image.
25. Evelyn Woodhead

 

[wire chief]

14 That # refers to consecutive days.

17..Where Roger most recently beat Novak.

19..From a recent test, the country that for several years now decriminalized drugs up to a 10 day supply.

 

[lne001]

14. Queen Elizabeth's reign

 

[wire chief]

14. Queen Elizabeth's reign

A remark about "the record", if you will.

 

[lne001]

14. Queen Elizabeth, longest reign by a British monarch

 

[wire chief]

14..Had to pull Ine's teeth, but he got it.

15..Pinot plays that funky music.

16..I love it when you're all over the globe; now see Pinot's destination.

17..My hint could have been where an ex-Husky reigns. Pinot's OK with Penn St, but throw out Immaculata.

18..No, geordi is too modest to call himself that. He means the TV guy.

19..How soon you forget--Portugal

20..Pinot & geordi have that La. scoundrel.

21..JC & geordi return us to yesteryear.

22..I'm typing Pinot & geordi a whole lot. Boring.

23..Talk about all over the place. Whew. See Zorro.

24..Drive knows British glitter rock.

25..Pinot, Evelyn isn't a bunch of trees: VAUC, she has more in her head than that. Evelyn Wood.

 

[Atleast5char]

14. Number of days Queen Elizabeth II had reigned (longest in British history, record previously held by Queen Victoria).

15. Rod Stewart.

25. Evelyn Wood.

 

[wire chief]

14. Number of days Queen Elizabeth II had reigned (longest in British history, record previously held by Queen Victoria).

15. Rod Stewart.

25. Evelyn Wood.

Late, but OK.

 

[Atleast5char]

Late, but OK.

Yes, I misread the posting time as 3:30 a.m. the day I answered, not the previous day. Cheers