Yes.
All were blind in one eye.Dido
Annie Lennox
Barbara Mandrell
Boring day at work…
Herman Melville
Ernest Hemingway
Norman Maclean
Writers of fish(ing) tales?
Yep.
J.D. Salinger
Howard Hughes
Syd Barrett
recluses
Miguel de Cervantes
Marco Polo
Kurt Vonnegut
they’ve all been captured in war
That’s the right answer of #27. Nobody’s guessed yet for #22.
Titles including the word “scarlet”. (A Study in Scarlet, The Scarlet Letter, The Scarlet Pimpernel)
And an easy one:
Red Grange
Graham Kerr
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Benjamin Harrison
George Lazenby
Hugh Downs
Correct.
Correct.
Which just leaves us with my first one:
Really nice one! They all “gallop” – the Galloping Ghost, the Galloping Gourmet, and “Galloping Gertie.”
I’ll spoiler this since I had to look it up.All were born in Omaha, Nebraska.
My favorite radio show did a round like this once, leading to the following exchange:
Host: “Banjo, bloodsucker, and Bartok.”
Tony: “Those are my attorneys.”
Harrison succeeded and was succeeded by Grover Cleveland as President. Lazenby succeeded and was succeeded by Sean Connery in playing James Bond. I’m assuming there’s a similar connection with Downs, although I don’t know what it is.
The Today Show*, maybe?
Incorrect. Woodrow Wilson did not.
twickster is close:Hugh Downs was the announcer for the Tonight Show during the time it was hosted by Jack Paar. In 1960, Paar was so upset over a joke being censored that he walked off the show with no notice. Hugh Downs became the host until Paar came back a month later.Nice job, Little Nemo, I really thought that one might be a stumper without some hints.
That’s what was tickling the back of my memory – should’ve done a little research.
And I agree, Little Nemo deserves kudos for getting it – that was a good one.
Julia Child
Sylvia Plath
Nancy Reagan