Clanstarling

Sadly, halves don't count. We are rocking this week - so far a third of us are zippos. Very good! I'd give you a point, but that wouldn't be fair. ;) You suspect correctly. If that was allowed, I'd have to sort through a lot of answers that were very nearly there (or there, but not the verbiage they want). Which is kind of my specialty - the legitimate, but not what they're looking for answer.

I'm glad we'll be seeing Drew again. He's really smart, funny, and as an old lady, maybe I can admit that he's a bit of eye candy too....

Week 20 • January 20 - 2025 Champions Wildcard - One Asterisk 96. COLD WAR CRAFT - A U.S. Navy website says its journey from New London to Norway in 1957 opened up Arctic waters previously ruled by the Soviets (the Nautilus) 97. MYTHOLOGY - Some myths say the treasure of the Nibelung was hidden under a promontory called this, on the Rhine near St. Goarshausen (Lorelei) 98. FROM REAL LIFE TO FICTION - These 2 British authors based characters--Dikko Henderson & Old Craw--on Richard Hughes, journalist & double agent. (Ian Fleming and John LeCarre) 99. WORLD GEOGRAPHY - In the Orenburg Oblast, a bridge over this 1,500-mile river has monuments labeled "Asia" & "Europe" (Ural) 100. *COMPOSERS - "Troll Hill" is the name of his country home, the grounds of which include a concert hall & a lakeside cabin where he worked (Edvard Grieg) A big 0/5 for me this week. Yay! Donuts and Bagels (and maybe Bialys)

I once had two cats, one was a hunter (torti) and the other, Chessie, was basically a dog in cat's fur. The one time Chessie got near to catching a mouse, she chased it into the house, where it ran up walls, and finally into a backback. We hauled the backpack out quickly and let the mouse go. But poor Chessie kept looking at the last spot she saw the mouse and meowed sadly.

I was amazed that I got Mothman - I watched the/a movie a longtime ago, and for some reason it came right to my mind. Unlike many other things I'm far more familiar with. 😄

I'm from Germany (by way of the US military), and didn't get it. The only Lorelei I can think of is Gilmore Girls, and I kinda hated her by the end of the show. Amen. I think of squirrels as rats with fluffy tails, and I can't stand rats. Though aesthetically they might be a bit cuter. I'll give them that.

Oops, you're right. I like both of them (and yes, Jane the Virgin is where I know her from).

I like Gina, and have since "Ugly Betty" (didn't realize the Betty connection when I wrote that 😄). I'm not quite sure what her character is doing on the show, but I'm willing to wait and see.

Week 19 • January 13 - 2025 Champions Wildcard 3 Asterisks 91. HISTORIC CURRENCY - Henry VII minted the first pound coin in 1489, which was called this, also a term for what Henry was (a sovereign (coin) 92. *COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD - "Bilady, Bilady, Bilady", its national anthem, replaced a more militaristic one following a 1979 peace treaty (Egypt) 93. BOOKS OF THE 1960s - In 1962 the New York Times said the release of this controversial book "presages a noisy fall" (Silent Spring) 94. *TREES - Order Arecales, this tree gets its name from Roman times; a leaf from one was placed in a victor's hands after a contest was won (palm tree) 95. *HISTORIC STATEMENTS - He wrote of his intent "to reserve & throw away my first fire, & I have thoughts even of reserving my second fire" (Alexander Hamilton) 2/5 1*

Thank you! As much as I love being retired, I've been looking for something meaningful to do (at home - I'm lazy), and this looks like it's right up my alley.

Because of all the news about President Carter, I went right to the Camp David Accords and said Egypt, though I had no confidence in it. As soon as I saw "noisy fall" I got it - I'm not that great at word play in general, but that one made it an instaget.

I exercise while watching, I just tune it out. I'm not fond of those scenes.

As an lit major, I am always a little embarrassed to miss a lit question. But, as a lit major, I was thrilled to get Homestead Act. I have no idea how it managed to get to my brain. (probably because of a book I read - lol)

You have all the chances you want here with us. 💗

I'm so glad. I live in fire territory as well, and that's the worst I've ever seen. The winds, man, they are devastating and hard to fight. We had a much smaller version of what's going on in a town to the west of us a few years ago. Horrible. Hang in there. Me too. I didn't get any - I'm a classic, you know. Old and not seen/heard as often. 😄 I can see that - though Drew is cuter, imho.