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Tonight at 9 on CNN we relive the British invasion. No, not the War of 1812, but the influx of Beatles et al.
Pay close attention, for there will be questions.

Anyway, don't research nor reprint these questions please.

1.."And I still can see B___ _____ through my tears."

2..He was once Nathan Birnbaum.

3..Speedskater(?) won the 1000m in '06 and '10, and he's qualified for Sochi.

4..Who authored The Picture of Dorian Gray?

5..A_____ is the largest producer of tobacco, e. g. Marlboro.

6..RIP Hiroo Onoda; his claim to fame?

7..What was the disgrace of General Sam Koster?

8..On a recent Sunday, our team was in the home town of which UConn wcbb great.

9..The G&M(?) is a well known newspaper of what Canadian city?

10..In just a few short months, this U. S. general turned the tide of the Korean War.

11..Tobacco _______ virus has been wiping out honeybees.

12..Mrs. George P. Putnam's wife?

13..Earliest November date a national election can be held?
 

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1. Blue Velvet
4. Oscar Wilde
10. McArthur???
12. Amelia Earhart
13, November 1???
 
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2. "Say Goodnight Gracie"
3. Ono, not Yoko, Apollo
4. Wilde
12. Earhart
 

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1. Blue Skies?? Rocky Horror? I'm Going Home.
3. Davis??
5. Thought that was Phillip Morris. But no "A" in there????
 

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9. Toronto - it has (had) a box in Manhatten
13. November 2nd - the first Tuesday after the first Monday
 

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5. Altria, which owns Phillip Morris.
 

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1. Blue Velvet
2. Geo. Burns
4. Oscar Wilde
5. Altria
7. My Lai
9. Toronto
13. November 2
 
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1. Blue velvet
3. Shawnie (sp?) Davis
4. Oscar Wilde
9. The Globe & Mail -- Toronto
12. Amelia Earhart
13. November 2
 

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Anyway, don't research nor reprint these questions please.

1..Blue Velvet

2..George Burns

3..Ono?

7..Mei Lai massacare (spelling?)

8..Swin Cash.

11..Tobacco ringers

13..November 2
 

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1..Blue Velvet -- Dion?
3..Ono
8..Geno Auriemma
9..Globe & Mail. Toronto
10..Dougie MacArthur
11..Mosaic
13..4th
 

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7 ..Be more specific of his role, per favore.



8..Forget the coach; go for the player. Swin is close, sort of.
 
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6. Japanese soldier who stayed at his remote duty post for about 25 or 30 years after the end of WWII.
 

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1. Blue velvet
4. Oscar

6. Last combatant of WWII.

10. Ridgeway?
 
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2. George Burns
6. Last Japanese soldier to surrender in the Phillipines some 40 years later.
8. Rebecca Lobo
8. Coach Dailey
13. November 2nd
 

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8..Aaaaa no ya don't. We're ALWAYS in Rebecca's home town. I wasn't born yesterday.
On the other hand..."On the banks of the old..."
 

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1..No fooling a sextet of you with Blue Velvet, recorded by many, including the Moonglows.

2..Exiled in Pittsburgh and 3 others see through his cigar smoke.

3..K9 & Meyers identify Shoni Davis.

4..Zorro picks Oscar (the Grouch?). Then Sleep + 3 type Wilde.

5..Altria is the parent & Roars & rbny got it.

6..Tx, zorro & VAUC find him in the jungle, holding his position.

7..To be complete, it should be mentioned that he was the ranking officer in the My Lai massacre cover up.
 

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8..Know you not that Asjha's hometown is Piscataway?

9..The Globe and Mail in Toronto, cited by K9 & JR.

10..Crown, Tx & zorro point to Matthew Ridgeway.

11..Well, Fair view is closest--ringspot.

12..Amelia Earhart , Sleep, geordi & K9.

13..See Waq as to why 5 of you are correct.
 
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I have no idea why I wrote Rebecca Lobo for #8, but I thought Ms Jones was from Secaucus.
 

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I have no idea why I wrote Rebecca Lobo for #8, but I thought Ms Jones was from Secaucus.
Piscataway High School. Went to see her play (after her commit to UConn), there was another player CVS was interested in as well, but she went to Va. Tech IIRC. One of about 3 high school games I ever attended.
 
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