OT: Test 288B

[wire chief]

14..The documentary UNDER AFRICAN SKIES examines a 25 year old album(?).

15..Who pines for Eurydice?

16..Carole King's new autobiography is called..?

17..An Irish boy(?) is newly inducted into the R&R H of F.

18..Nicholas Cage has a marked deformity in..?

19..A 20thC composer penned Dumbarton Oaks. Who?

20..Farthest south? Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Monserrat or St. Kitts.

21..When a growing storm cloud tops out at the stratospher's bottom, it forms a(n) _____ cloud.

22..Name the Central American countries that don't touch the Pacific.

23..In 1918 some of the figures(?) on a new stamp were upside down.

24..This(?) museum in Branson, MO. of a famous character recently sold off its inventory at auction.

25..Neither Fats nor Smiley will open the door.

 

[pinotbear]

14. probably "Graceland" by Paul Simon
18. his sense of judgement?
21. anvil cloud
23. Wilbur & Orville?
25. "I hear you knockin', but you can't come in"

 

[rbny1]

15. Orpheus
19. Stravinsky
23. If I recall correctly, airplanes were printed upside down. It's a famous stamp misprint worth mucho bucks to stamp collectors.

 

[vtcwbuff]

20. Grenada
22. Belize

 

[huskyblooz]

16. Natural Woman
17. Bob Geldof
21. cumulonibus

 

[geordi]

15. Orpheus
17 Bono ???
20 Grenada ???
22 I think Belise is the only one
24. Roy Rogers??

 

[meyers7]

14. Graceland. Paul Simon. Some people were not happy with him doing an album in S. Africa while Aparteid was still in effect.
18. his brain? ability to choose movies lately?

 

[VAUConnFan]

17. Van Morrison
21. Cumulonimbus
22. Belize
25. I Hear You Knockin

 

[wire chief]

18..Also with Danny Aiello & Cher. Cage was missing a hand.

17.."Way down below the ocean..."

 

[VAUConnFan]

18. Moonstruck
17. Donovan

 

[wire chief]

14..Pinot & Meyers with Graceland.

15..Orpheus does, so say rbny & geordi.

16..Natural woman: A Memoir--thank you, husky.

17..When you least expect it, up pops VAUC with the phenomenon that is Donovan.

18..And he also provides MOONSTRUCK.

19..Well, who else but rbny, Stravinsky.

20..VTC & geordi combine over Grenada. (Sinatra did an English "translation" Not bad for the ol' baritone.)

21..That silly ol' bear knows I want "anvil".

22..Indeed Belize is the only one. Geordi & our 2 "V"'s.

23..Rbny remembers correctly--airplane. Pinot says he can see the Wright Bros. in their seats.

24..Nice guess, geordi. Roy Rogers Museum.

25..I Hear You (geordi & VAUC) Knockin'.

Splendid, you only missed on Other Desert Cities. Another A+