OT: Test 503B

[wire chief]

14..What is formally "government statutory borrowing" is commonly called what?

15..The decade of the 1st Stanley Cup?

16..Nazi sign(?) translates as "Work sets you free".

17..Roger & Hammerstein's 1st B'way musical?

18..The original Tonight Show host?

19..In 1956 the 1st black athlete to win a tennis major?

20..The 3 stars of "Singing in the Rain"?

21.."Train" titles by Cat Stevens, The O'Jays, Sheena Easton?

22..The Belmont team, which made our women's tournament, is in what city?

23..The Russian "Potemkin Village" involves deceit. Explain.

24..After the Pentagon the _________ (European city) Palace of the Parliament
is 2nd largest administrative building in the world.

25..Trump's peripatetic son-in-law?.

Assemble when ready

 

[johnnyc]

19. Althea Gibson
20. Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor
21. Peace, Love, Morning

 

[FanHam]

21. "Peace Train", "Love Train", "Morning Train"
22. Nashville

 

[geordi]

14. the national debt???
15. I'm gonna guess the 20s
18. Jack Paar
19. Althea Gibson.
25. Kushner??? does he have another???

 

[pinotbear]

23. If memory serves, the construction of the facade of a healthy, vibrant village, to fool travelers/inspectors riding through on a train. Kinda like what Sheriff Bart, Mongo, and all the Johnsons did in "Blazing Saddles", to fool Taggert and the nasty posse.

 

[bags27]

16. Arbeit Macht Frei. A phrase that sends horrible chills down the spine of any Jew or Gypsy (more properly Romani), as it resulted in the slaughter of 6,000,000 Jews and members of Roma and Christians who opposed Hitler.

 

[SVCBeercats]

15..1900
18..Steve Allen
19..Arthur Ashe

 

[k9fanatic]

18. Steve Allen
19. Althea Gibson
20. Carroll O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly
21. Peace Train, Love Train, Morning Train
25. Jared Kushner

 

[JordyG]

17. Showboat(?)
15. 1910's
24 Versailles (?)

All wrong of course.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

16. Arbeit Macht Frei sign over the entrance to the Dachau concentration camp.
Now a tourist attraction outside Munich.

17. Carousel?

 

[HoopsFan21]

Why is it called test 503B?

 

[ed4ourgirls]

Why is it called test 503B?

Because it's the second half of test 503. Can't fit the whole 25 question test in one post.

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. The National Debt

15. 1940's

16. Swastika

17. Oklahoma

18. Steve Allen

19. Althea Gibson

20. Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly

21. Peace Train, Love Train, Morning Train

25. Jared Kushner

 

[VAUConnFan]

24. Bucharest ( having just read an internet feature on billion dollar wastes of money)

 

[wire chief]

14..Gotta convey that which we don't go beyond, so debt ceiling or, per Cajun, limit.

15..Given that we don't change decades until we add a "1", SVC's 1900 works. It was 1894.

16..Way to go, bags & ed4.

17..VAUC, in the middle of the night, like the wind, he comes sweeping down the plain.

18..Two Jack Paars trump 3 Steve Allens. "Here's Johnny" took over after 1 year.

19..JC starts a foursome with Ms. Gibson.

20..K9 believes that the movie was part of "All in the Family". Like geordi, she's a bit gummed up compared to previous years.
JC alone here.

21..A trio riding the rails.

22..Fan puts the team in Nashville.

23..Pinot, you are on the right track, but it wasn't on a track. Officials were trying to fool Catherine the Great as she
river boated.

24..VAUC, still reading, cites Bucharest.

25..Yes, it's Jared [mod edit: remainder of answer disputed (wrong Jared) and political]

Perfect here.

 

[SVCBeercats]

18..Two Jack Paars trump 3 Steve Allens. "Here's Johnny" took over after 1 year.

The Tonight Show began broadcasting in 1954. It has had six official hosts, beginning with Steve Allen (1954–57), followed by Jack Paar (1957–62), Johnny Carson (1962–92), Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–14), Conan O'Brien (2009–10), andJimmy Fallon (2014–present).

 

[wire chief]

The Tonight Show began broadcasting in 1954. It has had six official hosts, beginning with Steve Allen (1954–57), followed by Jack Paar (1957–62), Johnny Carson (1962–92), Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–14), Conan O'Brien (2009–10), andJimmy Fallon (2014–present).

OK, I was infected by a bad source.