OT: Test #479B

[wire chief]

14.."Ill shoot where e'er I can.
I aim my gun: I never miss,
Or my name's not..."?

15.."When the things you've planned need a helping hand, I will understand..."

16..What are the place names in Gordon Lightfoot's sunken ship?

17..Who are the Nero/Archie twosome? And the featured flower?

18..He says that Muslims can't be Prez.

19..In 1897 Francis Church achieves immortality. Explain.

20..Titusville, Pa. has what claim to fame, going back 165 years?

21..In 1950 Omar Bradley gets his 5th star. Name the 4 others who came before.

22..Popularized by Johnny Mathis, The ______ of Your _____ is from what flic?

23..ABC provides its first series (cartoon) in color in 1962. What?

24..In 1846 what was Johann Gottfried Galle up to?

25.."Used to be that I believed in something.
Used to be that I believed in love." Recorded by both P. L. and C. D. Who?

Go ahead. Add to your sense of accomplishment.

 

[johnnyc]

18. Ben Carson
21. Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur. George Marshall.....don't know who else.
22. The Shadow of Your Smile.....The Sandpipers.

 

[pinotbear]

16. Gitchee Gume/Superior, Cleveland, Whitefish Bay, Detroit
20. First oil well in the US
21. Add John Pershing to johnnyc's list

 

[rbny1]

15. "... I will understand, always, always" from the Irving Berlin song "Always." You seem to have an Irving Berlin obsession this week, wire chief -- his wife in 479A and one of his songs in 479B. It's a great obsession to have. He wrote lots of wonderful music.

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Annie Oakley
18. Ben Carson
20. First US oil well
21. McArthur, Pershing, Arnold, Eisenhower
23. The Flintstones

 

[CajunHusky]

17 Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, Nero raises orchids

21 let's not forget the Navy, Leahy,Nimitz, Ernest King and Bull Halsey

 

[UcMiami]

17. Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie a gourmand detective who never leaves his brownstone in NYC (except a couple of times) who raises and breeds orchids. By Rex Stout

 

[wire chief]

15. "... I will understand, always, always" from the Irving Berlin song "Always." You seem to have an Irving Berlin obsession this week, wire chief -- his wife in 479A and one of his songs in 479B. It's a great obsession to have. He wrote lots of wonderful music.

I tried to hide the obsession by placing them in 2 different pages, but couldn't fool you.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

24. He discovered the planet Neptune, having been guided to within one degree of
the correct location by a predicted theoretical position calculated by Urbain Leverrier.
This represented one of the flashier triumphs of Newtonian mechanics.

 

[pinotbear]

16. oh, yeah, add Wisconsin

 

[Zorro]

14.. Annie Oakley

15.. Always.

18. Ben Carson

20. First oil well.

 

[wire chief]

14..Sometimes had run-ins with Bugs Bunny.

23..Flintstones? Not stone age, but space age.

19..Gave heart to little Miss O'Hanlon.

25..Pinot once declared her "the greatest", but apparently missed this one. The other lady once fronted the Bluebelles.
"__ ___ _____ __ __, I just might change my mind, and let you in my life forever."

 

[CajunHusky]

14.Yosemite Sam
23. Jetsons

 

[hoopingcrane]

19.."Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"- wrote the editorial response to Miss Hanlon

 

[johnnyc]

25. Pattie Labelle fronted the Bluebelles.

 

[meyers7]

16. Let's see a mill in Wisconsin. All five lakes (Superior/ Gitchee Gumme, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario). Maritime Cathedral in Detroit. Cleveland. Whitefish Bay.
18. Well he didn't actually say they can't. But that one shouldn't be and he wouldn't support one. Ben Carson

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Y'all beat me to it - just got my computer back after 10 days of repair and corresponding rare uses of the wife's.

17 - Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin and Nero's orchids. By Rex Stout. One of my 3 favorite detective series.

18 - Carson

20 - First Oil Well - it is now a Historical Site that I visited many years ago. NW Pennsylvania.

21 - John Pershing, the first. Eisenhower, George Marshall and Hap Arnold (AAF) in WWII. Then, as noted, Omar Bradley. IIRC, Wirechief asked us who was the last some time previously. I also appreciate the list of Fleet Admirals provided by Cajun Husky. I couldn't of listed them, but I know the names.

 

[wire chief]

14..Cajun comes up with Yosemite Sam, but can we trust a guy who spends his life on cartoons?

15..Rbny idolizing the past as usual. One wonders if he takes care of present day tasks.

16..Between Pinot and Meyers, they gots it covered.

17..Knight & UcM tell us what books are on their night stands. They promise one day to attempt more sophisticated works,
but don't hold your breath.

18..Our 1st quartet, led by JC, all of whom would also rule out followers of Zoroaster.

19..Hoop, who, like Virginia, did not abandon his belief in Santa or the Easter bunny until middle school.

20..Pinot, VAUC & Knight are fond of gushes.

21..Unbeknownst to Knight, Cajun sent him malware, so that Cajun could be 1st to list the navy guys.

22..JC says there was more than one Sandpiper. I don't know about that.

23..Cajun gets spacey (finally) with the Jetsons.

24..Can't get better detail than Ed4.

25..JC gets us started; the other being Celine Dion. Here's Patti (in the early stages of her ballet lessons), and I apologize
for the commercial. You should know this song, cause its got a grade A melody.