OT: Test #541B

[wire chief]

14..What country held the 1st winter olympics (1924)?

15..And where is that soggy plain?

16..ID Vaclav Havel.

17..The only mammal with a greenish coat?

18..Significance of 444 days?

19..Phantom of the Opera composer?

20..It started as the Native American Party in 1850 against immigration. It came to be called..?

21..Real 1st names? Chipper Jones, Babe Ruth, Magic Johnson, Tiger Woods.

22..The male leads in the 2 DOA flics?

23..Peer Gynt--the author and the Suite composer?

24..Only Xerox could use bond paper in its photocopy machines. What company solved that patent problem?

25..a letter from your grandma to say she's coming to stay.
And close your eyes for the big surprise..?

Giddyup

 

[DriveLH]

15. in Spain, in Spain
18. length of captivity for American diplomats in Iran.

 

[meyers7]

14. France
18. Captives in Tehran. Iran Hostage Crisis. Released when Reagan became president.
19. Andrew Lloyd Webber
21. George Herman Ruth, Ervin Johnson, Larry Wayne Jones, ??

 

[chj001]

14. Chamonix, France (in the shadow of Mont Blanc, near the border of Switzerland and Italy). Went paragliding there last year and took the gondola from Aiguille du Midi across the Mer de Glace to Hellbronner Point and down into Italy. Spectacular.

15. Spain

16. Czech writer and president circa 1989 at the fall of Soviet Union.

18. Length of captivity of the American hostages in Iran, 1979-1981 (Released shortly after Reagan took office)

19. Andrew Lloyd Webber (with some assistance from Puccini and other classical composers)

21 Lawrence (same as Yogi Berra), George Herman, Earvin, Eldrick

22. Edmund O'Brien and Dennis Quaid

23. Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg, two of my fellow Norwegians.

 

[pinotbear]

17. The sloth, caused by algae and other such growths on its fur.

 

[SVCBeercats]

14..Greece

15..Spain (too clever you are)

16..Vaclav Havel – with a name like this he has to be a big deal in the Czech Republic or Slovakia or Czechoslovakia

17..Technically, none – but you are going for an algae covered sloth – now that is slow moving

19..Andrew Lloyd Webber

21.. Wood - Chipper Jones, George - Babe Ruth, Ervin - Magic Johnson, Elwood - Tiger Woods.

23.. the author – Ibsen, the Suite composer - ?????

 

[k9fanatic]

20. Know Nothing Party

 

[VAUConnFan]

19. Andrew Lloyd Webber
20. Republican
21. Larry, George, Earvin, Eldrick
24. IBM

 

[Gamecockfan77]

15. In Spain, In Spain.
16. Czechoslovakian dissident who was elected president or PM of one of its successor states after fall of communism.
19. Andrew Lloyd Webber
20. Know Nothings
21 Larry Wayne Jones; George Herman Ruth; Earvin Johnson; Eldrick Woods

 

[McFly]

17. Leprechaun
20. I thought politics was verboten

 

[Bigboote]

15..In Spain

16..Playwright who was instrumental in the Velvet Revolution, first president of the Czech Republic

17..Sloths become covered with moss and algae

18..Duration of the Iran Hostage Crisis

19..Andrew Lloyd Weber

23..Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Grieg

24..Guess: IBM

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

20 - Know Nothings. It has absolutely nothing to do with current politics.

 

[huskyrob1]

14) Chamonix
15) "in Spain, in Spain"....sung by Marnie Nixon in the movie and by Julie Andrews on Broadway.
17) Sloth
21) George Herman Ruth and Ervin Johnson....the rest?????
23) Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Greig
24) IBM

 

[wire chief]

25..Remember you not Ray Heatherton?

 

[DriveLH]

25..Remember you not Ray Heatherton?

The Merry Mailman. Cute daughter!

 

[chj001]

Loved me a hot cup of Joe-y!!!

 

[SVCBeercats]

25..Remember you not Ray Heatherton?

Ray? No! Joey? Ah yes!

 

[Zorro]

Actually, Tiger's real first name is Tiger. He had it legally changed.

 

[chj001]

He can change his name all he likes, but he will always be Eldrick to me - - - just like the MetLife building will always be the Pan Am building.

 

[wire chief]

14..Oh yeah, chj, well I once went to Disney World. Wadda ya say to that? And husky, where is the country of Chamonix?

15..Drive and Game get singled out for being extra faithful to the lyric.

16..Game and Big and chj provide good detail about the fervent anti-Commie and 1st Prez of the newly formed Czech Republic.

17..And good camouflage and food for young.

18..Drive heads a 4some recalling the hostages.

19..The VAUC sextet.

20..K9, Game and Knights with a short editorial about the worth of you other posters.

21..You're sure it's not Zeppo, Harpo, Chico and Groucho? Was Zorro born as Zorro?

22..Chj does his evil in '49 and again in '88, and, as you can see, is still on the loose.

23..Big and chj celebrate their Euro roots. It amuses me today that in the 50's a classmate used to entertain me with the Grieg piece on several sides of his 45's, with "rests" where Edvard never intended.

24..VAUC. Big & husky, the paid shills for IBM. I also have it as gospel that they short sold Enron, wily trio indeed.

25..Lot of undignified drooling here. Me? I'm keeping that to myself. Anyway, yes, Ray entertained us as the Merry Mailman on 50's TV.
"It's a present for your birthday."

"Now, once again, where does it rain?"

High marks to you, as you covered 24/25.