Re Burma / Myanmar:

"Myanmar" was, in fact, a renaming by the junta when they took over in the late 1980s. They claimed it had some sort of roots in the local language and history and "Burma" was a name imposed by white Europeans. I never had a reliable source to check this with.

Many people, including me, still call it Burma as a way of showing opposition to the junta.

So, Alli, shall we open up the "black boxes" question to other respondents?

"Let's get some pastel finery into our disasters." lol. exactly.

bedazzler silver with sequins?

yes, open it up.

Orange.?

M

Orange is CORRECT! (Alli, you misspelled it!)

"Black box" is an engineering slang term for any contraption with unknown stuff sealed inside. It doesn't have to be black on the outside.

Anyone want to take a crack at the Thames question?

Hey, Alli, what color is a purple finch?

without looking it up...im going to guess blue.

Nope!

Try again? Anyone else?

And I can't believe no one wants to try the question about the Thames! C'mon, hasn't anyone here besides me been to London?

I haven't, but I'd sure like to.