OT: Test 315B

[wire chief]

14..A surprising discovery beneath Roma's Bank of Italy?

15..About 15 or so folks have died from West Nile Virus in which metropolitan area?

16..The same year WWI ends, we break diplomatic relations with ..?

17..Former film critic(?) pens I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES.

18.." You call that a knife? THIS is a knife."

19..In 1945 Indonesia throws out its old name(?).

20..R. I. P. composer Marvin Hamlisch. Most memorable claim to fame?

21..The first Prez born after we declared ouselves a nation?

22..Somewhere(?) in New England is the Androscoggin River.

23..Word play: accomodations are barred for flappers.

24..The British ship Gurriere is sunk in which war?

25.."___ _____ __ __ so I can stand on mountains...
___ _____ __ __ to be more than I can be."

Tread cautiously and completely now.

 

[Kibitzer]

18. Crocodile Dundee.

20. Score for the incomparable movie, "The Sting" (using music by Scott Joplin), or for the Broadway musical, "Chorus Line."

22. Gotta be Maine (has an L.L. Bean sound)

25. I can almost hear Josh whatshisname singing it, but can't put it together at 6 a.m. DANG!

 

[pinotbear]

22. Ayuh, Kib, it's Maine
24. 1812, by "Old Ironsides", the U.S.S. Constitution
25. Yup, Kib: Josh Groban, "You lift me up".

 

[vtcwbuff]

15. Somewhere in Texas - Houston?
18. Crocodile Dundee
22. Maine
24. War of 1812, sunk by USS Constitution Captain Isaac Hull commanding
25. You lift me up

 

[geordi]

18 Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee
21. VAn Buren, I think
22. New Hampshire???

 

[rbny1]

15. Dallas
17. Pauline Kael

 

[wire chief]

25..Pinot & VTC, Josh says you need a synonym.

 

[frankenclyde8]

15. Dallas-Fort Worth
19. The Dutch East Indies
22. Maine
23. Aviary?

 

[heavyhusky]

17) Pauline Kael
18) Mick "Crocodile" Dundee
22) New Hampshire AND Maine
24) It's "Guerriere". War of 1812, by USS Constitution.

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. A foundation?
16. Germany
17. Rex Reed
18. Paul Hogan in/as Crocodile Dundee to a would be mugger wielding a knife in NYC.
20. The ragime inspired theme to The Sting.
21. Abrahma LIncoln - 1809

 

[meganmatthews]

14. The Basement.
15. pass. (death is not funny).
16. Germany.
17. his innocence. (Peewee Herman). Remember that?
18. Actually it was "Gun", and it was the last words Osama Bin Laden heard after he pulled his hand gun on the U.S. Navy Seals.
19. "Ihaveamnesia".
20. Invented the "Hamlisch Manuever", saving countless lives.
21. George Hussain Washington.
22. That's nice. And your point is . . ?
23. Pigeon Bungee Jumping. (Flapping kind of defeats the purpose).
24. The last one it fought in.
25. I eat York Peppermint Patties, I take Steroids.
26.

 

[Zorro]

17. Pauline Kael

18.. Crocodile Dundee

 

[vtcwbuff]

25..Pinot & VTC, Josh says you need a synonym.

Got it but I had to look it up. That shows how much I listen to Groban. He reminds me of Debbie Boone.

 

[wire chief]

14,,Well, Q9 may contribute to a guess.

16..Home of Crime & Punishment.

25..A slight adjustment needed in Pinot/VTC offering.

 

[pinotbear]

raise me up?

 

[frankenclyde8]

I just looked up 14 and laughed. A lot.

 

[Bestiarius]

23. Bird cage

 

[VAUConnFan]

16. Russia

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Marijuana

 

[wire chief]

14..VAUC follows the hint--A pot farm, of all things. Frank is still giddy.

15..Rbny & frank pinpoint Dallas.

16..VAUC knows literature well enough to pick Russia.

17..Pauline Kael, claim rbny & zorro.

18..Heavy is part of a quintet. with Crocodile Dundee (see VAUC for a fuller blurb).
Now I'm just tickled that our posters attend quality flics, not just Deep Throat.

19..Colonial rule is cast aside, along with Dutch East Indies, offered by frank.

20..Like Kib says, you could go with the music from The Sting or from A Chorus Line. Half to VAUC.

21..OK, I'll do this one--Van Buren.

22..Heavy want you to know you must pick 2 states, Maine and its border kin.

23..Josh Groban makes VTC think of Debbie Boone? What an intriguing synapse.
It took awhile, but Pinot provides YOU RAISE ME UP. It's also a Celtic Women standard.

24..It went glub, glub in 1812, VTC & Heavy.

25..The imaginative frank with aviary; the imaginative Best with bird cage.

So, I only find you lacking twice. That's an A-.

 

[vtcwbuff]

An addendum to #24. On August 19th of this year, the USS Constitution set sail for the first time since 1997. The exercise commemorated the 200th anniversary of Constitution's victory over Guerriere.