OT: Test #291B

[wire chief]

14..In 1953 Jacqueline Cochran was the 1st woman to..?

15.."There's no crying in baseball!"

16..These folks have fame in the same field(?): Jules Henry, Clifford Geertz, Richard Shavedeu
& Alan Fiske.

17..Emperor Diocletian retired to his birthplace, Dalmatia, in present day..?

18..What sort of apparatus is Keck and Gran Tekan?

19..In 1861 the Confederacy capital is moved from..? to Richmond.

20..What caused Thurman Munson's demise?

21..Of the 17 euro zone members, which has the highest unemployment rate?

22..And that leaves Barry.

23..The laughing & crying clown, _________, by Ruggerio ___________.

24..Barack's book?

25..The Olympic torch-carrying has its origin when _________ stole fire from Zeus.

Either perfection or excellence is acceptable.

 

[UConnChapette]

15. Tom Hanks character in "A League of Their Own"

22. Last of the Brothers Gibb (Robin Gibb died yesterday)

 

[Kibitzer]

19. Montgomery, Alabama

20. Plane crash

 

[rbny1]

23. Paliacci by Rugerro Leoncavallo

 

[pinotbear]

15. character's name is Jimmy Dugan
20. I believe he was either piloting the plane, or student-piloting.

 

[vtcwbuff]

14. She was a famous pilot - don't know the answer though.
15. Tom Hanks' Jimmy Dugan
17. A firehouse somewhere?
19. Montgomery, AL
20. Plane crash
21. WAG Greece
22. The Bee Gee

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Break the sound barrier
15. Tom Hanks in a League of Their Own
20. Flying/crashing his own Citation jet( the only single pilot rated jet) before he was really ready. Although qualified, he did not have many flying hours under his belt.
22. The Bee Gees now that Robin has joined his brother, Maurice in Rock & Roll Heaven
24. Dreams From My Father, and, The Audacity of Hope. His first book is excellent, written about 20 years ago.
25. Prometheus

 

[ed4ourgirls]

17. Croatia

 

[geordi]

15. Tom Hanks' character from 'A League of Their Own'
17 Croatia ???
19. Montgomery, Alabama
20 plan crash in Canton, OH. He was practicing takeoffs and landings.
22 Robin Gibbs' death
23 Palliacio
24. The Audacity of Hope
25. Prometheus

 

[vtcwbuff]

14. Break the sound barrier
15. Tom Hanks in a League of Their Own
20. Flying/crashing his own Citation jet( the only single pilot rated jet) before he was really ready. Although qualified, he did not have many flying hours under his belt.
22. The Bee Gees now that Robin has joined his brother, Maurice in Rock & Roll Heaven
24. Dreams From My Father, and, The Audacity of Hope. His first book is excellent, written about 20 years ago.
25. Prometheus

But he had an IP on board and IIRC he was practicing landings.

 

[VAUConnFan]

But he had an IP on board and IIRC he was practicing landings.

If he took his instructor down with him, then that is a bigger tragedy than I recall. Some research to follow.

 

[Bestiarius]

17. Croatia
20. Plane crash
21. Greece, or maybe Spain
22. Gibb
23. Pagliacci Leon something
24. Uconn by 20 or Audacity of Hope
25. Zeus

 

[wire chief]

14..Our 2 "V"'s start part B with breaking the sound barrier.

15..Chap is first up with Tom Hanks quote in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. And she had lots of companions.

16..I suspect none of you has a background in Anthropology. Permit me to give you a small example of how a practicioner
perceives. Jules Henry, writing in the long-ago Culture vs. Man, reports on observing an elementary school class which had
many restraints on behavior. One action allowed was walking to the pencil sharpener. Professor Henry noticed a great
deal of pencil sharpening going on, and he came to this conclusion: "When an organism is pruned, it tends to grow as fast as
it can in permitted ways." Elegant, no?

17..Ed4, geordi & Best place Dalmatia in Croatia.

18..High-powered telescopes

19..Kib, VTC & geordi identify Montgomery as the early capital.

20..Many cite that a plane crash killed Mr. Munson. Then there are details raised, so see above, if you care.

21..Spain is correct; I can only credit Best, unsure as he is.

22..As Chap notes, Barry is the last, since Robin died on Sunday. Lots of you knew this.

23..Hmmm, is there some historical mystery surrounding rbny & geordi leaving out the "g" in Pagliacci?
Best inserts the "g". Rbny offers the composer, Leoncavallo.

24..Both DREAMS OF MY FATHER & THE AUDACITY OF HOPE are cited in some combo by VAUC
geordi & Best.

25..We finish with the highly reliable VAUC & geordi guys with Prometheus.

Success rate for A & B is 22/25 (More study in astronomy, anthropology and Jewish history is indicated).
Nonetheless, a praiseworthy B+ by all of you.