OT: Test #490B

[wire chief]

14..Mr. Williams gives us THE LIZARD AFTER DARK Say What?

15.."I want to live____, ____hard, ___ young, and .." ?

16..Explain the Beer Hall Putsch.

17..Mt. Elbrus is the tallest of what range?

18..Why are Jim McMahon and Mike Webster in the news?

19..The "comfort women" have just been comforted. Explain.

20..What am I? You can't digest me, but it is essential that you eat me.

21..What ship damaged HMS Java off Brazil in 1812?

22..In 1890 state the particulars of Wounded Knee.

23..Cops boycotting THE HATEFUL EIGHT. What's that about?

24..G.M's ______ Body Plant.

25..Vladimir Lenin declares the USSR in 19__, and it exists until 19__.

So flub this if you must, and I still wish you a glorious 2016.

 

[rbny1]

14. The Night of the Iguana, a play by Tennessee Williams.
19. The comfort women were Koreans who were forced by the Japanese to provide sex for Japanese soldiers during World War II. Japan and South Korea have reached a financial settlement to compensate those women who are still alive.

 

[Rocket009]

16..The first attempt by the Nazi Party (and Adolf Hitler) to take power in Germany. The failed attempt began in a beer cellar and so was named the Beer Hall Putsch.

20..Fiber

 

[pinotbear]

18. I believe they both have CET as a result of playing football - Webster, in the past tense, as he died a few years back.
21. USS Constitution, I think

 

[UconnWBB]

17. Caucasus mountains

 

[UcMiami]

16. Munich rising by pre-nazis led by Adolph Hitler who ended up writing Mein Kampf while serving in prison with Hess after it failed.
19. Korean woman forced to serve in brothels by Japanese occupying forces in WWII - subject of protracted negotiations between S. Korea and Japan which have finally resulted in a settlement with Japan paying reparations to the surviving women/their families.
20. fibre
22. A massacre of peaceful american indians in the Dakotas (?) who had been moved onto a reservation - brutal, horrific mutilation of bodies of women especially. Title of a book published in 2002 (?) 'Bury my heart at Wounded Knee' documenting many of the atrocities committed against indian tribes leading up to Custer and Little Big Horn.

 

[MJL243]

15. "I want to live fast, love hard, die young, and leave a beautiful memory." by Faron Young.
24. Fisher Body Plant. I still remember "Body by Fisher" on the door sill plate of GM cars.

 

[wire chief]

25..I know some of you get a kick out of algebra, I mean so long as the problems put forth are easy.
So here goes: The sum of 2 numbers is 113. The difference is 69.

23..It's about the director Quentin Tarantino mouthing off.

 

[pinotbear]

25. 1922, 1991

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Night of the Iguana
16. Has to do with Hitler; a failed attempt to take over the government without getting elected. I am not sure this particular attempt at a takeover is considered a coup d'état.
18. They are suffering from taking too many blows to the head.
19. The Japanese government just paid a large settlement to the Chinese for the atrocities committed during WWII.
20. Fiber
24. Fisher

 

[wire chief]

14..Rbny handles my goofiness.

15..MJL identifies the C&W tune.

16..Rocket, UcM & VAUC all have something to say about Hitler in the 1920's.

17..We're not familiar with UConnWBB in these parts, but he's familiar with the Caucasus.

18..Pinot & VAUC on NFL concussions.

19..See rbny.

20..Rocket, UcM & VAUC with the fiber in their beings.

21..Pinot thinks right about the Constitution.

22..UcM reports on the US Army at its non-finest hour.

23..Quenton has been quoted as angry at cop behavior in killing black males.

24..Body by Fisher as VAUC & MJL so state.

25..Pinot's skills still evident with 1922 & 1991.

The new year finds you with a 92 grade, no doubt a portent of a winning 2016.