OT: Test #470B

[wire chief]

14..Two African countries(?) have just complained, because several airlines are now refusing to carry animal trophy parts.

15..NFL inductees to the Hall of Fame include a guard(?) who had "perfect attendance".

16..Satirical tales titled THE PRANK by..? have just been published, unknown to the public for 130 years.

17..She got her start at a Ct. Pizza shop and later became Roy Orbison's dream girl. Explain.

18..Explain the fame of teacher Barbara Morgan.

19..What state(s) were admitted under Prez Taft?

20..Doonesbury has been spending many panels on ____ and his H____.

21..Top-of-the-line handbag--H_____-B_____.

22.."The Competition", "Carried Away", "Crossing Delancey"

23..Tell us about 5 planes of Flight 19.

24..In Toto's "Africa", a 70 mile square patch(?) is mentioned. And the country?

25..More than a half century ago, there was a link among 2 Browns and 2 Ernies. Describe.

You have the baton.

 

[geordi]

So it appears you front loaded this test for me.

18. Arizona and New Mexico
23. Flight 19 took off from Florida in the late 1940s on a routine Army Air Corp training mission and were never heard from again. They were lost int he Bermuda Triangle. Many folks still believe they were captured by aliens, but they likely ran into magnetic-electric problems, their instruments confused them, and they finally ran out of gas and crashed.

 

[pinotbear]

17. Julia Roberts won attention for her role in "Mystic Pizza", and then again in "Pretty Woman", perhaps Roys best-known song. For 22 years, I lived a few hundred yards from the real Mystic Pizza (much of the movie was shot in a set that was built in an empty storefront in Stonington). When the kids were young, my late wife and I often made "date night" out of a Friday night stroll down the street to Mystic Pizza - get a couple a' kids plates for the chilluns, a pitcher of Stroh's and a large pepperoni and green pepper for us, put $2 worth of quarters in their big ol' juke-box - ah, dem was da days!

Before the movie, Mystic Pizza consisted of about 6 counter stools, about 8 booths, and the aforementioned juke box. It's much bigger now. The pizza is good - my personal fave is the chicken teriyaki. Sadly, Stroh's is no longer on tap, but, you can get a Sam Adams.

 

[lne001]

22. Amy Irving movies

 

[VAUConnFan]

22. Amy Irving
24. The Serengeti, Tanzania
25. Jim Brown and Ernie Davis were drafted by the Cleveland Browns whose general manager was Ernie Accorsi.

 

[rbny1]

16. The Prank is a collection of stories written by Chekhov and rejected by Russian censors during the czarist era. The stories lay hidden in a Russian archive but were recently rediscovered and are being published in English translation in the U.S.

 

[Zorro]

14; Zimbabwe and Uh, Tanganyika, mebbe?
25.. UH...Jim and Paul Brown, mebbe, and Ernie Davis and ????

 

[wire chief]

14..One is one of 3 countries where the !Kung people live(but not Botswana nor Angola); the other can be gleaned by a Weavers lyric--"We are marching to ________."

25..You could also use the backfield mate(?) of Jim for years.

15..A Chief

20..An unapologetic narcissistic sociopath who recently escaped an accident at sea, wears a pseudo title of nobility.

21..Originally a son of Zeus, responsible for trade and boundaries. The "B" was a famous Euro actress, first name Jane, of the 70's
whose dissatisfaction with her current handbag led to the creation.

 

[hoopingcrane]

20..Duke and Honey; nee Hunter Thompson, who make Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a favorite of mine
21..Hermes-Birkin (although I rather think about her movie partner, also beginning with B.)

 

[wire chief]

14..In Central American maps there's still a Tanganyika? Anyway we want Namibia & Union of SA.

15..Will Shields

16..Rbny long wondered about Anton's collection, thinking that Nicholas II had absconded with it.

17..Silly ol' bear developed a pizza belly. (Actually I enjoyed your tale.)

19..Ariz & NM are among geordi's severely limited offerings in "B", and even his numbering is askew.

18..Flew in space, she did.

20..Hoop accepts the challenge and post-hint is here with Duke and Honey.

21..Perhaps hoop has returned to Genesis to point out, "And God Created Woman".

22..Ine & VAUC were devastated when she became Mrs. Spielberg. Do you guys know the marriage didn't last? Heeeeeeeeeere's Amy


23..Geordi doesn't believe in Ancient Aliens, regardless of what the History Channel says.

24..VAUC loves to boogie...and learn some geography at the same time.

25..Your offerings are top drawer, but you could have included Ernie Green, who opened holes for Jim ad infinitum.

There's a knock, and it must be Fed Ex with the next 25. Excuse me.