OT: Test #444B

[wire chief]

14..The 1763 Treaty of Paris concerns the transfer of a huge chunk of land(?).

15..Where Patti sung "Tralala tweedle dee dee.."

16..Beijing and Almaty(?) are competing for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

17..Why do historians especially remember Brit William Wilburforce?

18..More than 2Cen ago, an electoral tie for Prez had what outcome?

19..They were Kathy, Peggy, Dee Dee & Janet.

20..Some ships are based in the harbor; others are p.o.c.

21..Highest death toll(567) from a single rocket(V-2) in European WW2 was visited on the city of..?

22..Phil Phillips-Al Pacino link?

23..Quirinal and Aventine are 2 of what?

24..China's (this) Year of the... is vaguer than the other years. Why?

25..The House has passed a Homeland funding bill that has a problematic attachment(?).

If you get these perfectly correct, UConn will be invited into a Power 5 conference.

 

[rbny1]

18. I think it was a tie vote between Jefferson and Burr. Jefferson became president and Burr vice president. However, my mind may be totally addled and I may be completely wrong.
24. It's the year of the sheep or the year of the goat, depending on one's preference in animals.
25. The attachment negates Obama's amnesty for illegal aliens.

 

[Wally East]

14. The transfer of Canada to Britain from France after the French and Indian War.

 

[meyers7]

17. he was a politician and leader of the the efforts to abolish the slave trade. He suceeded. There was a pretty good movie about him a few years ago called Amazing Grace.

 

[hoopingcrane]

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18.Jefferson elected by House of Representatives over Burr

19..Lennon Sisters

20..Port of Call

23..Two of Rome's seven hills

25..defunds President Obama's executive actions regarding undocumented immigrants

 

[VAUConnFan]

14. Canada
15. New Orleans
17. Was he a spy?
19. The Lennon Sisters: I believe Cathy married Rick Nelson
24. Sheep;;Vague because ???
25. Whatever it is, President Obama is going to veto it.
(all guesses here except maybe 19. We will need help getting into the P5)

 

[geordi]

14. The Brits acquired Canada
15. Mockingbird Hill
17. Wilberforce was the force (no pun) behind abolishing slavery in the British Empire
18. Thomas Jefferson was 'elected' president over Aaron Burr after about 60 + tied votes in congress when his party bought out Alexander Hamilton's (I think is was AH) vote
23. 2 of the seven hills of Rome

 

[johnnyc]

22. Sea of Love

 

[ed4ourgirls]

21. I'll guess Antwerp

 

[wire chief]

16.. the largest of the emancipated "stans".

22..JC, could we have more detail. See, I'm wonering if these to guys changed the name of the Pacific Ocean...or what?

24..The vagueness is in the translation of "yang". You are correct that it can mean sheep or goat, but there is a 3rd candidate(?) also,
like a truck.

 

[johnnyc]

22. Phil Phillips had a hit with a song titled Sea of Love and Al Pacino starred in a film titled Sea of Love.

 

[Wally East]

16. Kazakhstan

 

[wire chief]

14..Wally, VAUC & geordi cite the transference of Canada, including Quebec Province, from France to England.

15..To wake up in the morning on Mockingbird Hill, just geordi here, again showing his decrepit age.

16..Wally belatedly saves the day. I mean you'd want to know where to go for all those snow & ice events, right?

17..England was about 30 years ahead of us in emancipation, credit to meyers & geordi (no not for the emancipation).

18..Jefferson, Prez; Burr, Veep--Rbny (who I wish to affirm is not losing his mind), hoop & geordi.

19..Hoop & VAUC provide the Lennon Sisters, a staple on Lawrence Welk. VAUC thinks Cathy was responsible
for Rick Nelson's Bucket having a hole in it, but I can't confirm.

20..Hoop, a man without a country, can only function as a port-of-call.

21..A spectacular WAG from ed4--Antwerp.

22..JC elaborates.

23..Hoop & geordi, aiming to hike all of them before sundown, provide the 7 Hills of Rome. For some
reason the Vatican and a few others, though hilly, don't make the list.

24..Add the ram (how could you not get my hint?) to what rbny & VAUC write.

25..Rbny & hoop offer enlightenment here.

So you are perfect in "B", but stumbled on 3 from "A". No P5 membership for us now.

 

[DriveLH]

Rick Nelson married Tommy Harmon's daughter, Mark Harmon's (NCIS) sister.

 

[VAUConnFan]

Rick Nelson married Tommy Harmon's daughter, Mark Harmon's (NCIS) sister.

You're absolutely correct which leaves me, right now, puzzling over something thought to have heard a long time ago.