OT: Test 384B

[wire chief]

14..Just received the Nobel Literature prize?

15..Not in European Union: England, Malta, Norway, Montenegro, Cyprus, Slovenia.

16..Science Mag reports that Einstein's brain had a highly enlarged ______ _________.

17..Psychologists use 2 words(?) for "confusion".

18..Only 1 large American city(?) is expected to drop below 30 degrees overnight.

19..What state has just forbade the use of lead in bullets?

20..The Sec'y General of the UN is...

21.."I never was much of a ______ ___ fan, but I felt bad just the same."

22..Explain England's "Exchequer".

23..Why is Julian Tangaere of Org. for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
in the news?

24..This hit record has 2 "ladens" in one line. The full line?

25..The French National Police was once La ______ Nationale

I've long had trust that you will do well, so, as the Beatles implore , "Don't let me down".

 

[pinotbear]

22. I believe it's the equivalent of the US government's "Treasury"

 

[rbny1]

14. Alice Munro
23. Won the Nobel Peace Prize

 

[heavyhusky]

14) Alice Munro (the Canadian Chekhov)
18) Minneapolis-St. Paul ?
20) Ban Ki Moon
22) The British Treasury
25) Gendarmerie ?

 

[geordi]

14. It was a Canadian, I think, don't know the name
15. Montenegro??
17. Husky Fan Dan - oops, that's three words
20, Ban Ki-Moon
22. Treasury
25. Surete

 

[VAUConnFan]

15. Montenegro
18. Minneapolis
19. California
25. Gendarmes

 

[crownfox2]

15. Norway
17. cognitive dissonance

 

[wire chief]

16..It's involved in the transmission of data between hemispheres.

18..At one time his senses were filled.

21..Paul Simon's "The late great, ______ ___".

24..Christmas bushes may help your failure to sign this "Bill of Laden".

 

[rbny1]

18. I get it! John Denver, "You Fill Up My Senses." The answer is Denver (I think).

 

[wire chief]

21..Permit me to provide a small piece of music history. Paul Simon was a teen during the doo-wop days, and as an aspiring musician, would be more familiar than most with 50's stuff.
He would know the work of a R & B guy named Johnny Ace, whose biggest hit was "Pledging
My Love".



In "The Late Great Johnny Ace" Paul pays tribute to Johnny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhBvh1cwA0w

 

[wire chief]

14..Rbny specifies Alice Munro.

15..Among 3 of you(crown, VAUC, geordi)we get Norway and Montenegro.

16..Corpus Callosum

17..Crown has cognitive dissonance. Well, don't we all at times?

18..Rbny has an inspiration, the hint suggests "Annie's Song" by John(city of)Denver.

19..VAUC is successful with Cal.

 

[wire chief]

20..Ban Ki-Moon, recalled by heavy & geordi.

22..The Pinot Trio with the equivalence of our Treasury.

23..As rbny writes, got the Nobel Prize for Peace.

24..I just refuse to rescue you from your obtusiveness--one more shot,
"If I'm laden at all, __ laden ____ _______."

25..Surete, as we learn from geordi.

Now for heaven's sake, fix #24!

 

[Samanthabrown3]

24..I just refuse to rescue you from your obtusiveness--one more shot,
"If I'm laden at all, __ laden ____ _______."

Now for heaven's sake, fix #24!

"I'm laden with sadness"? "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"?

Never liked the way they sang that one, although the idea works.

 

[wire chief]

Yes...and perhaps you'll like it more, if you play it again, Sam.