OT: Test 392B

[wire chief]

14..These immigrants have been gravitating toward NYC traffic officers, making up 10% of the force.

15..An island of 700 languages?

16..The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition got 20M visitors. The City?

17..Oslo is largest. Second?

18..Two former Soviets Republics(?) back away from closer Euro ties.

19..79M Americans are carriers of what DNA virus?

20..Frankincense is processed from..?

21..Who is Bao Bao?

22..This country's guest workers outnumber citizens(250K) 8 to 1.

23..Nabateans were an ancient Golden Age people in what nation today?

24..Charles Alfred _________ developed a food empire.

25..Bad blood between the York and Lancaster lineages leads to..?.

I've seen how you sparkle when fall hits the air.
I've seen you in autumn and I must be there.

 

[pinotbear]

25. The War of the Roses

 

[rbny1]

14. Bangladesihis
16. St. Louis?

 

[geordi]

14. Irish???
16. St.Louis
20. Trees ???
21. Our new baby Panda - means precious or treasure
23. middle eastern, I think. Jordaneans, Syrians???
25. War of the Roses

 

[JRRRJ]

14..Jamaicans
15..Borneo? New Guinea? One of those Indonesian islands, I'm pretty sure.
16..St. Louis
17..Copenhagen
18..Ukraine, but it might not stick, the populace isn't happy. Belarus?
20..Tree bark
21..A panda somewhere
22..Leichtenstein
24..Heinz
25..The War of the Roses

 

[hoopingcrane]

15..Indonesia

16..St. Louis

18..Ukraine, Belarus

21..Panda cub

22..Qatar

23..Syria

25..War of the Roses

 

[Waquoit]

15. East Hartford

 

[TXs N Os]

19. human papillomavirus

 

[ed4ourgirls]

15. New Guinea
23. Jordan (see Petra - very interesting site)

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Russian
15. New Guinea
22. Dubai

 

[wire chief]

14..Rbny persists in reading the NY Times, no matter how expensive it is. Bangladeshis.

15..Yes, exotic New Guinea, where some groupings are still unexposed to messengers of
"civilization". Ed4, JR & VAUC.

16..The Hoop Quartet with St. Louis.

17..The county that supports the GW Bridge takes its name.

18..Ukraine is correct, but we're looking for a smaller Christian nation as the second.

19..TX rightly has HPV.

 

[wire chief]

20..Yes, from trees, as JR and geordi indicate. Why they would carry such useless facts is beyond me.

21..The latest little Washington Panda cutie--hoop, JR & geordi.

22..The discrepancy is partially due to World Cup preparations. Hoop is alone here with Qatar.

23..Picking the middle east is the right track. The northern Arabian peninsula had the highest population. Ed4, hoop & geordi.

24..This is for all the dough, boy.

25..The Pinot Quartet with the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner flic.

Remember you are not finished.

 

[SoCalCanine]

24. Pillsbury

 

[JRRRJ]

20..Yes, from trees, as JR and geordi indicate. Why they would carry such useless facts is beyond me.

Not "useless" in some contexts, such as this one. ;^/

 

[hoopingcrane]

18..I'll try Armenia for the second one.

 

[wire chief]

18..I'll try Armenia for the second one.

And I'll try to contain my exuberance over your hint-reading.

 

[wire chief]

17..This is frustrating...cross the GW Bridge into Fort Lee.

 

[JRRRJ]

17..This is frustrating...cross the GW Bridge into Fort Lee.

Wild guess, since it appears to be the only NJ county name I can remember -- Bergin

 

[wire chief]

Wild guess, since it appears to be the only NJ county name I can remember -- Bergin

OK, that's one of 21 and precisely what's needed. Bergen is Norway's 2nd largest city, and the NJ county that has Paramus, Hackensack, a couple of Saddle Rivers and about 65 additional municipalities. I grew up in one of them.