2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Here is today's game.

Tomorrow's will be up earlier in the day, I promise.
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ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS

2: In 1984, the Irish Republican Army attempted to bomb this British Prime Minister, missing her but killing five others.

4: On April 10, 1963, this future Presidential assassin is said to have attempted to shoot former General Edwin Walker.

6: On April 5, 1900, anarchist Jean-Baptiste Sipido fired two shots at a train carrying this future king of England.

8: In 1951, when he was just 17 years old, this future king of Jordan survived an assassination attempt that killed his grandfather.

10: Two years before his eventual murder in 1584, this Dutch “leader of the United Provinces” survived an an assassination attempt that left him unable to speak.

WOMEN OF CLASSIC ROCK

3: Kris Kristofferson wrote her biggest hit, “Me and Bobby McGee,” which hit number one the year after her death.

6: Her album “Crimes of Passion” contained the song that won her her first Best Female Vocal Performance Grammy: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”

9: This lead singer of the Blackhearts and founding member of the Runaways loves rock and roll, especially her song “Bad Reputation.”

12: Fronted by Ann and Nancy Wilson, this band has hit the Top 10 on Billboard's album charts in every decade since the 1970's, most recently for “Red Velvet Car.”

15: Looking for “Somebody to Love?” Try this lead singer of Jefferson Airplane who wrote their hit “White Rabbit.”
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Thatcher
4: Oswald
6: clam
8: Hussein
10: clam

3: Janis Joplin
6: Pat Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12: clam
15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2 thatcher
4 oswald
6 edward vii
8 hussein
10-----

3 janis joplin
6 pat benatar
9 joan jett
12 heart
15 grace slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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This may be the first day that I feel reasonably confident on every question. Crossing my fingers that my confidence is not entirely misplaced.
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2. Margaret Thatcher
4. Lee Harvey Oswald
6. Edward VII
8. Hussein
10. William of Orange


3. Janis Joplin
6. Pat Benatar
9. Joan Jett
12. Heart
15. Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS

2: Thatcher
4: Oswald
6:
8:
10:

WOMEN OF CLASSIC ROCK

3: Janis Joplin
6: Pat Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12: Heart
15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Thatcher
4: Oswald

6: Edward 7
8: Hussein

10:

3: Joplin

6: Benetar

9: Joan Jett

12: Heart

15:
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Assassination Attempts
2: Margaret Thatcher
4: Lee Harvey Oswald
6: Edward VII
8: King Hussein
10: William of Orange

Women of Classic Rock
3: Janis Joplin
6: Pat Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12: Heart
15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS

2: Margaret Thatcher

4:Lee Harvey Oswald

6: Edward VII

8: King Hussein

10: William of Orange (the other one)

WOMEN OF CLASSIC ROCK

3: Janis Joplin

6: Pat Benatar

9: Joan Jett

12: Heart

15: Grace Slick
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Spoiler
2: Margaret Thatcher
4: Lee Harvey Oswald
6: Edward VII
8: King Hussein
10: William of Orange

3: Janis Joplin
6: Pat Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12: Heart
15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Margaret Thatcher
4: Lee Harvey Oswald
6: George V?
8: King Hussein
10: clam

3: Janis Joplin
6: Pat Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12: Heart
15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Thatcher
4: Lee Harvey Oswald
6: clam
8: Hussein
10: William of Orange?

3: Janis Joplin
6: Pat Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12: Heart
15: clam
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Thatcher
4: Oswald
6: George V?
8: Hussein?
10:

3: Joplin
6: Pat Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12:
15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS

2: Margaret Thatcher

4: Lee Harvey Oswald

6: Edward VII

8: King Hussein

10:

WOMEN OF CLASSIC ROCK

3: Janis Joplin

6: Pat Benatar

9: Joan Jett

12: Heart

15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2 - Thatcher
4 - Oswald
6 - Edward VIII
8 - Hussein I
10 -

3 - Janis Joplin
6 - Pat Benatar
9 - Joan Jett
12 - Heart
15 - Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2. Thatcher

4. Oswald

6. Edward VII

8. Hussein

10. CLAM

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3. Joplin

6. Benatar

9. CLAM

12. CLAM

15. Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Thatcher
4: Oswald
6: Edward VII
8: Hussein
10:

3: Joplin
6: Pat Benatar (the title from the album is in the song "Prisoner of Love," FYI)
9: Joan Jett
12: Heart
15: Grace Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Thatcher
4: Oswald
6: Edward VII
8: Hussein
10: <clam>

3: Joplin
6: Benatar
9: Joan Jett
12: Heart
15: Slick
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 5, Day 2

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Spoiler
2:Thatcher
4:Oswald
6:
8:Hussein
10:

3:Joplin
6:Benatar
9:Jett
12:Wilson Phillips
15:Grace Slick
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