OT: Test #517B

[wire chief]

14..ID Byron de la Beckwith.

15..In 2002 Philips Petroleum is absorbed by..?

16..In Garfield's (the cat) household the human is..?, and his girl friend is..?.

17..Mike Hammer's assistant?

18.."I found a band and some good songs to play. Now I party all night; _ _____ ___ ___."
Title and artist?

19..The Prez who added "Under God"?

20..The current movie LOVING is linked to a Supreme Court case. Explain.

21..What Central American country has just cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan?

22..Buddhists strive for "The Awakening", also known as..?

23..Father(?) and son(?) give the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty its start.

24.."It's a far, far better thing I do (continue)
And what exactly did he do?

25..He(?) is 40; he's 41-0. He's coming out of retirement to battle a most unusual(?) foe.

It's a lovely day for gardening for you locals. Feel free to postpone this until dusk descends.

 

[pinotbear]

16. Jon, and the lady vet, who's name escapes me.
19. Happened early-mid 50's I think, so, Eisenhower.
22. Zen?
24. To give one life for my country, Nathan Hale, hung by the British as a spy

 

[meyers7]

19. In the 50's. So probably Eisenhower?
20. In Virginia Loving (white) married a woman (black). Actually married in MD/DC?? Was against the law to be married in VA. They were run out of VA (arrested a couple times). Eventually moved up north for a few years. Came back and fought it in court, all the way to the Supreme Court. ACLU helped them out. Eventually they won.
22. Enlightened? Nirvana?
25. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is gonna fight Irish guy....McGregor?? an MMA fighter. They are both supposed to clear $100 mil.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

17. Velda? (or was it Velma?)

24. Sidney Carton traded places with a man condemned to the guillotine in the
exciting finish to "A Tale of Two Cities".

25. Floyd Mayweather.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

14..ID Byron de la Beckwith.

15..In 2002 Philips Petroleum is absorbed by..?

16..In Garfield's (the cat) household the human is..?, and his girl friend is..?.

17..Mike Hammer's assistant?

18.."I found a band and some good songs to play. Now I party all night; _ _____ ___ ___."
Title and artist?

19..The Prez who added "Under God"?

20..The current movie LOVING is linked to a Supreme Court case. Explain.

21..What Central American country has just cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan?

22..Buddhists strive for "The Awakening", also known as..?

23..Father(?) and son(?) give the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty its start.

24.."It's a far, far better thing I do (continue)
And what exactly did he do?

25..He(?) is 40; he's 41-0. He's coming out of retirement to battle a most unusual(?) foe.

It's a lovely day for gardening for you locals. Feel free to postpone this until dusk descends.

14. Murdered Medgar Evers. Convicted several decades after the fact by ...Alec Baldwin ... wait a sec.
15. Texaco
16. Jon Arbuckle
20. Loving v. Virginia. SCOTUS overturned VA law outlawing interracial marriage.
22. Nirvana
23. Charles Martel and Charlemagne?

 

[Bigboote]

16..Jon, ?

19..It was cold war, I'm thinking Eisenhower.

20..Loving vs. Virginia, 5oth anniversary was last week. It overturned laws against interracial marriage.

22..Nirvana?

23..Charlemagne (and Pepin?)

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. A Mississippi klansman convicted of killing civil rights activist Medgar Evers 30+ years after the crime.
20. Loving vs Virginia, the case that ended miscegenation laws in the US.
25. Floyd Mayweather is going to fight mixed martial artist Conor McGregor.

 

[huskyrob1]

15) Conoco

 

[Gamecockfan77]

15) Conoco

I'd like to change my answer.

 

[huskyrob1]

I'd like to change my answer.

Yeah, TexacoPhillips doesn't seem to have the same ring to it. Lol

 

[SVCBeercats]

14.. murderer of Medgar Evers

15.. Conoco

17.. Velda

20.. Concerns a law in Virginia which made interracial marriage illegal. Loving was their surname. Supreme Court struck done such laws.

22.. Enlightenment???

25.. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

19 - Eisenhower

23 - Charles Martel and Charlemagne

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Yeah, TexacoPhillips doesn't seem to have the same ring to it. Lol

Kind of embarrassing, I owned their stock for a bit.

 

[wire chief]

14..Like VAUC, SVC and Game post, a Klanner who got away with it for decades.

15..Cajun, husky and SVC are gaseous.

16..Well, we got Jon, but still need Butterfield 8.

17..Go with the "d", ed4, like SVC writes.

18..Other titles of his are MADISON BLUES; I JUST CAN'T HELP IT; I DRINK ALONE; IF YOU DON'T START DRINKING, I'M GONNA LEAVE.

19..Got a Pinot Quintet citing Ike.

20..Nice detail by Meyers, and 4 others have it.

21..Cajun alone with Panama.

22..Nirvana will do; so too will enlightenment. Don't let me catch you using other terms.

23..All 3 you cite are indeed early in the unifying of various fiefs. Those of you posters who are illegitimate sons, don't despair, cause Charles Martel made real good.

24..Ed4 reads the Great Books. See him.

25..Meyers & VAUC have the details.

So, are ya gonna finish the undone?

 

[SVCBeercats]

18..Other titles of his are MADISON BLUES; I JUST CAN'T HELP IT; I DRINK ALONE; IF YOU DON'T START DRINKING, I'M GONNA LEAVE.

George Thorogood - still don't know the song. Guess I listened too "Bad To The Bone" more than this song.

 

[wire chief]

George Thorogood - still don't know the song. Guess I listened too "Bad To The Bone" more than this song.

Get a Haircut and Get a Real Job

 

[meyers7]

20..Nice detail by Meyers, and 4 others have it.

I saw the movie.