OT: Test #405B

[wire chief]

14..Catherine Howard was wife # ?

15..Wordplay: Rhett Butler and his 6 siblings resided in..?

16..One third of the world's gold lies under what metropolitan area?

17..The nation that leads the world in both jailed journalists and Google censuring?

18..Why is Mt. Suribachi sort of sacred to Americans?

19..Which Gregory gave us the calendar?

20..What American city has the lowest % of upward social mobility?

21.."I could have spread my wings and done a 1000 things..?

22..In Netflix' House of Cards, the first name of the guy who runs for Pa. Gov, but is murdered.

23..Explain how Pamela Anderson was an "honorary member" of Motley Crue.

24..In bridge what is an endplay?

25..In 1815 Napoleon escapes from..?

Time to rush off to see my new alerts from Part A.

 

[Zorro]

14..6

17..Turkey

20 Savannah?

21..I've never done before. i could have danced all night.

25 Elba
Time to rush off to see my new alerts from Part A.[/quote]

 

[ed4ourgirls]

14. 4
16. Johannesburg
18. It's where the Marines raised the flag on Iwo Jima.
19. The last?
21. I could have danced all night (My Fair Lady)
25. Elba

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. 5
16. Johannesburg
16. Cape Town
20. New York
23. She was married to Tommy Lee.(A former co-worker once cracked about the infamous "leaked" video that if they didn't constantly say 'I Love You' it would have been a silent movie)
25. Elba

 

[Waquoit]

17. China
24. Endplay is when you lose a trick to put a particular opponent on the lead so his lead back will give you a trick that otherwise couldn't be made.

 

[wire chief]

15..I think you mugs are just lazy about pondering a moment.
After all, you've all heard of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

20..She once had a Web.

22..OK, no watchers, but you'll find this narrowed down that he had the Joy of the Almond.

23..VAUC, needs another step so we all understand.

 

[pinotbear]

15. WC, you are a rascal: "The House of the Seven Gables", indeed!
20. well, must be Charlotte

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

15. WC, you are a rascal: "The House of the Seven Gables", indeed!
20. well, must be Charlotte

Yes, #15 is, um, clever.
If 20 is indeed Charlotte (NC), I'm not totally shocked although I never would have guessed it. Our first final 4 (and only non-RU one) was Charlotte almost 20 years ago, and we found a huge gap between haves and have nots (and their neighborhoods) even then.

 

[wire chief]

14..Only VAUC hits on 5, even though our poster has trouble keeping track of his own marriages.

15..Yup, wascally wabbit that I am credits Pinot.

16..Ed4 & VAUC are golden with city of john.

17..Zorro is correct about Turkey.

18..Remember the flag-raising of Iwo Jima?

 

[wire chief]

19..Gregory goes all the way to 16; you want #XIII.

20..Pinot singles out Charlotte as the dubious honoree.

21..Julie Andrews, a song and dance act--see zorro & Ed4 for details.

23..Still waiting VAUC's clarification.

22..If you follow the hint, you know it's Peter or Paul. It ain't Paul.

24..Waq's got a good rap here.

25..Elba is pretty well known to you.

21/25 this time.

 

[VAUConnFan]

23. Pamela Anderson was married to Tommy Lee who was/is Motley Crue's drummer.