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Listening along with the Cranberries...

Please no repeating questions nor researching.

1..Deaths are approaching 300 in the current flooding of what Asian country?

2..The Pacific Hurricane ____ will slam Mexico tonight.

3..Still another promise to abdicate from Yemen's Prez _____.

4..Oxidants, also known as duck___ r______, may be involved in diseases.

5..Illustrate 2 major languages where morning "=" tomorrow.

6..Major American city(?) now celebrates Mural Arts Month, displaying 3500.

7..The Home Improvement guy(?) debuts tonight in ____ ___ ________.

8..Provide the decade for the first manufacture of electric blankets.

9..Gov Jerry Brown OK's the Dream Act which will..?

10..Northern Europe's highest mts, the Jutunheimen, are where?

11..Globe-trotting NY Times correspondent, Thomas Friedman's current best seller?

12..A John Cusack flic, with another actor's name in the title?

13..Six-letter ankle-length robe, ____a_.

14..Bogie/Bacall title that is also what 1 of the Seven Dwarves likes to do?

15..Differentiate steppes from savannas.

16..Not long ago they(?) were the Atlanta Thrashers.

17..The Brits & Japanese are the biggest spenders in the USA. Third place?

18..The 2 teams in the same BCS league with a 40 point spread in the early line?

19..Two real old flics--Steamboat ______ & Steamboat ____ __.

20.."...or has time rewritten every line?"

21..At 101, Albert Rosellini just died. His claim to fame?

22..This Russian lake(?) is Europe's largest.

23..Cosby creation, "Hey, hey, hey".

24..Our word "prairie" comes from what language?

25..Ike adds 2 words(?) to..?

Oh, how I must fight the temptation to add 10 or 20 more.
 
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12. Being John Malkovich
13. Caftan
23. Fat Albert
25. Under God, to the Pledge of Allegiance
 

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5. German & Dutch?

20. The Way We Were?

23. Fat Albert
 
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3. Saleh
7. Last Man Standing (Tim Allen)
12. Being John Malkovic
20. The Way We Were
23. Fat Albert
 

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3. Saleh
5. One is spanish (manana)
7. Last Man Standing
12 Being John Malkovic
13. Caftan
14. the big Sleep
16 Winnepeg Jets
20 The Way We Were
22. Ladoga
23. Fat Albert
 

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4. Free radicals
7. Last Man Standing Tim Allen
8. umm 40's?
12. Was he in Being John Malkovich?
17. Chinese??
18. Alabama and LSU?
19. one was Steamboat Willie
23. Fat Albert
 

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9. California's Dream Act provides financial aid for undocumented-immigrant college students.
19. Steamboat Bill Jr. (with Buster Keaton), in addition to Steamboat Willie mentioned by meyers.
 
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2. Jova
3. Ali Abdullah Saleh
6. Philadelphia
9. Allows illegal immigrants to get state aid at public universities and colleges
10. Norway
12. Being John Malkovich
14. The Big Sleep … one of the Seven Dwarves likes to die?
15. Semi-arid versus temperate grasslands
19. Steamboat Willie and ?
20. “The Way We Were”; Barbara Streisand as written by Marvin Hamlisch
23. Fat Albert
 

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2. Jovo????
4. Free radicals - personaly I think they should be locked up
9. Illegal alien students get a ride at the taxpayer's expense
10. Norway?
12. Being John Malkovich
14. The Big Sleep
17. Canucks
19. Besides Willie was there an Annie?
22. Baikal
23. Fat Albert
 

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1..Now, lets narrow this to mainland SE Asia.

5..So we have "manana". Need the word in one more, where pap49 gives us direction.

21..Homestate is Washington--What did he do there?

11..No hints; I will claim victory later.

15..Need to do better than NCor.

17..Country that built a new capital from scratch...and in the middle of nowhere.

18..Neb/Minn is real warm, but no.

24..A romance tongue.

We're just short of our frequent 18-20 rate with 171/2. Have you lost more brain cells this time around?
 
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20..A romance tongue.

French or Spanish since both at one time occupied the praire.

Speaking of losing brain cells, should not the question number be 24?
 

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I counted; I had 40.000 less than yesterday, so it was a strain to fix 24.
 

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On precisely Oct. 1, my local Wal-Mart put out artificial Christmas trees for sale. Sheesh!

1..Thailand

2..NCor's spelling (Jova) shows his brain cells are intact...at least for Q2.

3..A quartet claim Saleh.

4..Meyers & VTC express "free radicals". If you know any ex-Weathermen, Black Panthers, or SDSers, hide them in your basement, if VTC comes around.

5..Geordi got "manana": those of you who once knew German lost some brain cells. MORGEN

6..Philly means NCor refutes WC Fields.

7..Tim Allen in Last Man Standing. Did anyone watch, besides K9 & Meyers?

8..The 40's works, Meyers with an educated guess.

9..Provides $ so illegals can get a college education. VTC can't help it that his partisanship keeps oozing.
Rbny & NCor with neutral exposition.

10..NCor & VTC with Norway.

11..Mine, mine, I tell you. THAT USED TO BE US

12..Being John Malkovic--SoCal starts 5 of you.

13..The ol' comfy caftan, SoCal & geordi look quite cozy in theirs.

14..Crownfox drops The Big Sleep and runs. Three others hit it.

15..Steppes are short-grasslands in temperate zones; savannahs are in the tropics, with long grass.

16..Hockey's Winnipeg Jets--geordi called for icing.

17..Pap, you divorced the hint from the question. I know if you paused, you'd never offer Nigeria as the 3rd most USA spendthrifts. You're right about Brazil and so is crown.

18..Wisconsin/Indiana are just under 40 points.

19..See rbny who is most complete.

20..So many Streisand fans.

21..Former gov.

22..Geordi has Lake Ladoga.

23..So many Fat Albert citers.

24..NCor took a wild fling and came up with France.

25.."Under God" added to our Pledge. And only SoCal got this?????

Another one bites the...um, Big Sleep.
 

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4..Free Radicals
5..Spanish Portuguese
7..Last man standing
8..'50s
9..GIve financial aid to illegal aliens
12..Being John Malkavich
17..Germans
19..Steamboat Willy & Steamboat ____ __.
21..Oldest former governor
23.Fat Albert
24..Latin
25..Pledge of Allegiance .. under God
 
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I Beg to Differ: Of course, in so doing, I could be wrong, but I thought the Atlanta hockey franchise became the Calgary Flames, and that the old Hartford Whalers are now the Winnipeg Jets.

My apologies WC for not participating. I lost count and thought this was the old test.
 

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Fair, you were alone in identifying the gov.

VAUC, you had and have every right to disagree...and to look it up.
 

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7..Tim Allen in Last Man Standing. Did anyone watch, besides K9 & Meyers?

Nope didn't watch it. Just say about a million commercials for it.

8..The 40's works, Meyers with an educated guess.

More like a WAG.

18..Wisconsin/Indiana are just under 40 points.

Oh, playing each other. Thought it was 2 teams each with a 40 point spread over their opposition.
 
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Oh, playing each other. Thought it was 2 teams each with a 40 point spread over their opposition.

The toughest part of these quizes is the opaqueness of the questions. Understanding them is an acquired talent over much time. Which is totally unlike own thoughtful and crystal clear answers. :D
 
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