OT: 265B

[wire chief]

Resuming now...

14..Born in 1912, except this one person who came along 9 years later: Julia Child,
John Cheever, Jay Silverheels, Perry Como, Gene Kelly or Jane Russel?

15..What did Pan Am's Pacific Clipper do in '42, which was a first?

16..Who's credited with first seeing 4 of Jupiter's moons?

17.."Every other day, every other day of the week is fine." Which isn't? And to Sinatra?

18..Yulia Tymoshenko is in prison where? And her hubby is awarded asylum where?

19..In what nation could one logically say, "Good luck, Goodluck"?

20..The military junta in this nation(?) of 330 islands has been sanctioned
by New Zealand and Australia.

21..Murumba, koboro, ntenga & bodhran are all what?

22..What little European nation gave the world Skype?

23..Where in literature does Jim Hawkins pop up?

24..World Heritage sites, Petra and Wadi Rum are in what nation?

25..Had the Mayberry barber been albino, his behind-the-back nickname
could have been..?

Now don't worry that you can't possibly do well on Friday the 13th.

 

[pinotbear]

17. Monday, Monday, da Mammas and da Pappas. Now, with Frank, I think it's Saturday.
23. Treasure Island, RL Stevenson.
24. Pink Floyd ?

 

[meyers7]

14. Perry Como???
22. Sweden???
23. Treasure Island

 

[vtcwbuff]

15. Nonstop to Australia?
16. Galileo?
17. Monday, Monday - Mamas and the Papas
20. Malaysia
23. Treasure Island
24. Jordan

 

[NCorBust]

14. Julia Child?
15. First around the world flight
16. It must be Galileo Galilei, since Jupiter’s four largest
…...moons are the Galilean satellites.
19. Nigeria
21. Names?
22. Denmark?
23. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island

 

[k9fanatic]

17. Monday Monday
18. Ukraine -- coolest hair ever by a politician. Husband in Czech Republic
20. Fiji
22. Estonia or Latvia -- can't recall which one.

 

[mgood1]

15. First commercial airliner to fly around the world.

23. Treasure Island.

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Jane Russell
15. First commercial non stop flight from New York to London.
16. Galileo
16. Copernicus(second guess)
17. Monday, Monday - The Mamas & The Papas
18. Siberia, The United States
19. New Zealand
20. Fiji
21. Dances
23. Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy(wild guess. read it in 9th grade. Only remember Diggory Venn and Guy Fawkes Day)
25. Pink Floyd

 

[justML]

21. Drums
22. Luxembourg

 

[wire chief]

14..VAUC is cool with Jane Russel, born in '21.

15..First commercial flight around the world. Who says? VAUC & mgood.

16..Galileo is the obvious choice, and NCor & VTC & VAUC insist that's right.

17..Most complete is Pinot who also grabs Sinatra (Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week).
Oh Yeah and the M & P dislike Monday.

18..Ukraine--Czech--K9, a coiffure admirerer, wins here.

19..Nigeria, the Prez is Goodluck Johnson. Credit to NCor.

20..K9 & VAUC with Fiji.

21..Drums, baby, drums (my Vitale imitation). Justml does it.

22..K9 with Estonia--now she'll never forget.

23..Meyers leads us with Treasure Island. Three others.

24..VTC gives us Jordan.

25..I mistakenly included this in Part A, where I lauded Pinot. Now I add VAUC.

13..Pinot should have been credited with Showdown.

OK, almost game time. Go ahead. Forget about me. See if I care.