OT: Test #185A--Partly musical; partly cloudy

[wire chief]

No, the cloudy reference DN mean anything, just warped humor.

Please don't research & don't repeat questions.

1..Italy's Campania region includes this major city.

2..She(?)'s just turned 66 & is still weeping about her party.

3..In 1965 the _____ ____ satellite begins transferring TV signals across the pond.

4..In '36 the symphonic poem, PETER AND THE WOLF debuts. The composer?

5..The folks of the island nation, Nauru, are 95% _____.

6..This former Soviet Republic(?) is projected to lose 30% of its population by 2050.

7..Provide the (same) year for DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW, THAT'S AMORE, RAGS TO RICHES.

8..Before it was Memorial Day?

9..What sort of "inmate" was Perry Como in 1946?

10..Which people have gravlax as an ethnic dish?

11..This fairly large nation has 4 people per square mile?

12..Who caused Ricky Nelson to say "Goodbye Heart"?

13..Don & Stevie merge in '82 to deliberate over materials(?).

Well sure, there's more. (Sorry, the top should read 285A)

 

[Zorro]

2. Little Leslie Gore
9. Prisoner of Love
12. He saw Mary Lou

 

[VAUConnFan]

2. Leslie Gore
6. Georgia
7. 1954
8. Armistice Day
9. Prisoner of Love
12. Mary Lou
13. Leather & Lace

 

[rbny1]

4. Prokofiev

 

[vtcwbuff]

1. Napoli
2. Leslie Gore
8. Decoration Day
10. Norwegians/Swedes
12. Mary Lou

 

[k9fanatic]

1. Naples (and the uber beautiful Amalfi coast)
2. Leslie Gore
5. Maori?
11. Mongolia
12. Mary Lou
13. Leather and Lace

 

[Bestiarius]

1. Naples
2. Leslie Gore
3. Tel Star
4. Greig
5 Polynesian
6. Siberia
7. 1952
8. Decoration Day
9. Prisoner of Love
10. Scandinavians
11. Australia
12. Mary Lou
13 Stevie Nicks Don Henley Leather & Lace

 

[wire chief]

No participation for many hours, so we'll take stock.

1.VTC, K9 & Best have located Napoli.

2..Zorro leads four with Lesley Gore (It's My Party and I'll Cry if I want to).
3..Early Bird

4..Rbny provides the classical input--Prokofiev.

5..Overweight--they had no cultural counterweight for the importation of fast food.

6..Ukraine

7..VAUC & Best successfully surround the year--1953.

8..Decoration Day was the older holiday--VTC & Best.

9..VAUC & Best correctly offer PRISONER OF LOVE.

10..Scandinavian folk, VTC & Best.

11..K9 rarely saw a Mongolian on her visit.

12..Yes it was Mary Lou. Zorro leads a quintet.

13..VAUC, K9 & Best with Leather & Lace.

As always, more to come.