2008-04-11
Thomas Werner
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Since Ed Collins proposed a new kind of game in the thread one-pointersr and I think that this could be fun, I propose:
* Name five expressions that fit the expression you have in mind.
* When the riddle is too hard, extra expressions are allowed to be added one by one.
... let’s me think of
1. life,
2. rope,
3. cable,
4. jockey,
5. vacancies
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2008-04-11
Judy
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..you’ll have to add another.
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2008-04-11
Thomas Werner
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2008-04-11
mongoose
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for 5. did you mean vacancies or vacations?
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2008-04-11
Thomas Werner
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5. vacations (of course) :-/
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2008-04-11
Thomas Werner
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As an apology for the stupid “vacancies<->vacation”-mistake
7. Todd Anthony Shaw
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2008-04-11
Gregorlo
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i don’t quite get the rules of the game Thomas has posted...
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2008-04-11
Ed Collins
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Things that are too small/short?
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2008-04-11
Thomas Werner
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Ed got it... (things that are) too short ;-)
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2008-04-12
Judy
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Winner should post a new list.
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2008-04-12
Gregorlo
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2008-04-12
Ed Collins
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Game #2:
1. a pair of dice
2. a cigarette
more clues to come, if needed...
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2008-04-12
Bill Collins
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2008-04-12
Judy
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2008-04-12
Ed Collins
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No. (Not even close.)
1. a pair of dice
2. a cigarette
3. A surprised persons eyes
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2008-04-12
Bill Collins
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2008-04-12
Ed Collins
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Yes.
If I was a contestant on the actual game show, one of my first answers would have been “a ball” (because I want to help the other player to win the big money) but here, I didn’t want to include that because the answer would have then been too obvious.
Your turn...
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2008-04-13
Bill Collins
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2008-04-13
Judy
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Things you see at the beach.
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2008-04-14
Ed Collins
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I got it! Types of crabs!
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2008-04-14
Bill Collins
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good answers but no.
1. sand
2. blue
3. beach
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2008-04-14
Ed Collins
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I got it again! Types of castles!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Castle
http://www.beachcastle.net/
Good one!
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2008-04-14
Bill Collins
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Not yet
1. sand
2. blue
3. beach
4. salt
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2008-04-14
Ed Collins
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2008-04-14
Ed Collins
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No, it’s not water. “Sand water” doesn’t make sense to me.
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2008-04-14
Bill Collins
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1. sand
2. blue
3. beach
4. salt
5. water
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2008-04-14
Art Duval ★
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2008-04-14
ypercube
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2008-04-14
Bill Collins
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you got it ypercube! It was from the top ten answers of an old old old school puzzle! Good work!!
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2008-04-14
ypercube
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thnx. Here’s the next one:
1.pack
2.hunter
3.teeth
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2008-04-14
Gregorlo
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2008-04-14
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-04-14
ypercube
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2008-04-14
Marius Halsor ★
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I’ll try a new one:
1. House
2. Family
3. Belong
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2008-04-15
Bill Collins
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2008-04-15
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-04-15
Thomas Werner
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2008-04-15
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-04-15
MichaeI X
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2008-04-15
bennok
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2008-04-15
Ed Collins
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2008-04-15
Ed Collins
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Or maybe things that provide security. Something like that. (What’s throwing me is the word “belong” which doesn’t quite fit with my guesses.)
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2008-04-15
Gregorlo
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2008-04-15
FatPhil
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2008-04-15
Marius Halsor ★
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Bennok got it right: Home. Your turn, Bennok!
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2008-05-04
Pessoa
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2008-05-04
Robin
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I’ll play :)
1. India
2. Armenia
3. Bhutan
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2008-05-04
movieloverxxl
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countries with an “a” in it?
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2008-05-04
Robin
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Wrong!
1. India
2. Armenia
3. Bhutan
4. Niger
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2008-05-04
Tasmanian Devil ★
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Countries with something orange in their flag?
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2008-05-04
Robin
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Yes. The other countries are Cote d’Ivore, Ireland, Marshall Islands, Sri Lanka and Zambia. :-)
Next!
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2008-05-04
Tasmanian Devil ★
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1. Disgraceful
2. Boyfriends
3. Unforgivable
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2008-05-04
Pessoa
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Composed words (words that are made of two ‘words’)
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2008-05-04
Tasmanian Devil ★
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Nope.
1. Disgraceful
2. Boyfriends
3. Unforgivable
4. Lumberjacks
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2008-05-04
Pessoa
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2008-05-04
Tasmanian Devil ★
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Nice try, but no. :-)
1. Disgraceful
2. Boyfriends
3. Unforgivable
4. Lumberjacks
5. Backgrounds
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2008-05-04
Robin
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words that are hard to guess in the game of hangman
isograms
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2008-05-04
Pessoa
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2008-05-04
Art Duval ★
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words with no repeated letters
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2008-05-04
Tasmanian Devil ★
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Robin is right (and also Art).
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2008-05-04
Pessoa
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2008-05-04
Art Duval ★
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sorry, i didn’t bother to look up isogram. Robin is first, and should be the winner.
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2008-05-04
Pessoa
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ok but one of you must start a new game
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2008-05-04
Tasmanian Devil ★
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That’s why you’re in parantheses :-)
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2008-05-04
Robin
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1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. El Salvador
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2008-05-04
MarleysGhost ★
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Spanish-speaking countries.
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2008-05-04
Tasmanian Devil ★
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That was my first guess too. Alternatively, the nth entry could be a country starting with letter number pn, the nth prime.
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2008-05-04
Robin
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2008-05-05
Judy
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Countries that have nothing in common.
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2008-05-05
ypercube
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Countries with “L” in their name?
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2008-05-05
Robin
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Wrong!
1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. El Salvador
4. Israel
5. The Philippines
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2008-05-05
MarleysGhost ★
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Countries in alphabetical order %-}
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2008-05-05
Art Duval ★
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Oh, what the heck:
Countries
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2008-05-05
FatPhil
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Countries the USA has helped in fucking up.
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2008-05-05
Robin
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Wrong! Come on... it’s not that hard :)
1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. El Salvador
4. Israel
5. The Philippines
6. United States of America
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2008-05-05
Crelo ★
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Countries in a state of war.
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2008-05-05
Robin
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No..
1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. El Salvador
4. Israel
5. The Philippines
6. United States of America
7. San Marino
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2008-05-05
MichaeI X
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United Nations member states
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2008-05-05
Robin
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No.. Hint: There is a list on wikipedia that lists these countries :)
1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. El Salvador
4. Israel
5. The Philippines
6. United States of America
7. San Marino
8. Saint Lucia
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2008-05-05
MichaeI X
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That’s “Status of the porting of the CIA World Factbook” or the
CIA World Factbook itself, knowing e.g. about #7:
[it]s foreign policy is aligned with that of Italy; social and political trends in the republic also track closely with those of its larger neighbor.
But that’s not reverse empathy ;(
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2008-05-05
Robin
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What?
1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. El Salvador
4. Israel
5. The Philippines
6. United States of America
7. San Marino
8. Saint Lucia
9. Mauritius
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2008-05-05
Judy
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Random Countries of the world
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2008-05-05
Crelo ★
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Countries with native name the same as english name.
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2008-05-05
Thomas Werner
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Members of the International Civil Aviation Organization
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2008-05-05
Tasmanian Devil ★
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Crelo, that doesn’t fit with the Philippines.
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2008-05-05
Robin
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Hint: 1. Simon, 2. Christopher, 3. Jesus, 4. Jacob, etc...
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2008-05-06
mongoose
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countries named after famous people?
Simon Bolivar
Christopher Columbus
The Savior
God changed Jacob’s name to Israel
Philip
Amerigo Vespucci
...
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2008-05-06
Robin
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2008-05-06
MichaeI X
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Congratulations to Robin (and mongoose) !
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2008-05-06
mongoose
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2008-05-06
ypercube
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2008-05-06
Pessoa
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alternate words ended in unch with words ended in ow
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2008-05-06
fallinsky
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words that are both nouns and verbs
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2008-05-06
kpato
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words with an N in the middle.
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2008-05-07
mongoose
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1. lunch
2. snow
3. punch
4. bits
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2008-05-07
Art Duval ★
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words with exactly one vowel ??
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2008-05-07
Ed Collins
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Things you don’t want in your face?
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2008-05-07
mongoose
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1. lunch
2. snow
3. punch
4. bits
5. heat
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2008-05-07
Judy
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2008-05-07
Bill Collins
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Things that can hurt your mouth, or for bits, a horses mouth.
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2008-05-07
mongoose
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1. lunch
2. snow
3. punch
4. bits
5. heat
6. parachute
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2008-05-07
Pessoa
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words that are read with a "cheeee"
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2008-05-07
Thomas Werner
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things that slow you down
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2008-05-08
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-08
FatPhil
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2nd vote for ‘pack’, no doubt about it.
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2008-05-08
ypercube
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i vote for Thomas Werner’s answer
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2008-05-08
Tasmanian Devil ★
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I also vote for Thomas Werner’s answer.
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2008-05-08
mongoose
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Congrats to Marius!
"things you pack"
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2008-05-09
Marius Halsor ★
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Next one:
1. Rollercoaster
2. Dots and boxes
3. Hole
4. Airplane
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2008-05-09
Judy
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Things that have ups and downs.
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2008-05-09
Tasmanian Devil ★
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Things that make your head spin
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2008-05-09
Ed Collins
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Things you want to avoid falling into or out of.
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2008-05-09
Marius Halsor ★
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None right so far.
5. Repeat
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2008-05-09
kpato
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words related to red hot chilE peppers songs.
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2008-05-09
ypercube
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things that children like.
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2008-05-10
Judy
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Things that make you sick to your stomach.
Or is that the same as Tasmanian Devil’s?
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2008-05-10
Art Duval ★
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I can’t resist sharing some near-misses, things that connect some (but not all) of the words in unusual ways:
Rabbit, or White Rabbit: Hole and (Jefferson) Airplane
(similar, but less inspired connection: Courtney Love’s group Hole, and Jefferson Airplane)
Line: Rollercoaster, Airplane (you have to wait in line for each); Dots and boxes (you draw lines);
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2008-05-10
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-10
Tasmanian Devil ★
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2008-05-10
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-10
FatPhil
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2008-05-10
Ed Collins
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2008-05-10
Pessoa
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2008-05-11
Ed Collins
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2008-05-11
Marius Halsor ★
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Congrats to Ed: “Loop” is correct (I think “THINGS that loop” is a bit off when it comes to “repeat”).
You’re next, Ed! :-)
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2008-05-11
FatPhil
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Wow – all good words in retrospect. Well selected Marius!
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2008-05-11
Ed Collins
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2008-05-11
Pessoa
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2008-05-11
Pessoa
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Blindness by Jose Saramago
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2008-05-11
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-11
Pessoa
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2008-05-11
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-11
Pessoa
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ah, Yes I went to do a search, probably you are right, I’m not english I don’t know such expressions
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2008-05-11
Ed Collins
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Yea, that’s it. Shake.
Future clues might have been DOWN (a shakedown), FAIR (a fair shake), and A STICK (Shake a stick at).
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2008-05-11
Marius Halsor ★
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I wouldn’t have understood “Stick”, so I’m glad I got it before that one :-) Next one – and NO NORWEGIANS may participate:
1) Ice cream
2) School bands
3) 1814
4) Games
5) Hooray
6) Red
7) White
8) Blue
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2008-05-11
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-11
Art Duval ★
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Norwegian Constitution Day, May 17
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Constitution_Day
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2008-05-11
Marius Halsor ★
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Correct, Art. Too easy, I guess...
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2008-05-11
Marius Halsor ★
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“May 17.” was the phrase.
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2008-05-11
Art Duval ★
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1) wedding
2) baby
3) rain
4) curtain
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2008-05-11
Ed Collins
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2008-05-11
Art Duval ★
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“shower” is correct. :)
Maybe that was too easy also. :(
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2008-05-11
Ed Collins
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Okay, this expression should be much harder:
1) onion
2) feast
3) jolly
4) breast
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2008-05-11
Judy
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2008-05-12
Pessoa
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2008-05-12
Ed Collins
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1) onion
2) feast
3) jolly
4) breast
5) pumpkin
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2008-05-12
Pessoa
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2008-05-12
FatPhil
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scary!
(All the armchair Freuds may now have a field day...)
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2008-05-12
Judy
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Thanksgiving dinner in a pumpkin served at Hooters.
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2008-05-12
Ed Collins
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1) onion
2) feast
3) jolly
4) breast
5) pumpkin
6) zebras
7) million
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2008-05-13
Robin
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words that you type with one hand
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2008-05-13
Marius Halsor ★
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Nice suggestion, Robin. I think you got it...
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2008-05-13
Judy
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WoW! I’m impressed. Course, for me, everything is typed with one finger...and sometimes the other hands thumb.
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2008-05-13
FatPhil
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Jolly and zebras might have confused those who use qwertz keyboards (in Germany, Austria, Hungary). However, people who use dvorak get what they deserve!
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2008-05-13
Ed Collins
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Robin is correct.
The full expression is "Words that can be typed with just one hand, using the traditional QWERTY keyboard, and using traditional hand placement."
I figured someone would get it after the word stewardesses, which is “famous” for being one of the longest such words.
Other possible clues might have been abracadabra, monopoly, watercraft, lollipop, and crabgrass.
If I wanted to continue with the “food” theme (and really make it hard) then plump, plum, yummy, and stew could have been possible clues, to say nothing of eat, batter, beer, desserts, eggs, etc.
There 5,221 such words, in my sowpods word list.
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2008-05-13
Robin
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1 – Nitrogen
2 – Oxygen
3 – Argon
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2008-05-13
Gregorlo
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2008-05-13
Robin
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1 – Nitrogen
2 – Oxygen
3 – Argon
4 – Carbon Dioxide
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2008-05-13
mongoose
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components of earth’s atmosphere
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2008-05-13
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-13
Robin
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2008-05-13
fallinsky
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I think mongoose’s right
more precisely :
components of earth’s dry atmosphere, ranked by proportion in volume
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air#Composition[/url]
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2008-05-13
fallinsky
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and that’s not how you do links...
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2008-05-13
mongoose
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1. golf club
2. hockey stick
3. baseball glove
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2008-05-13
Pessoa
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items that ou use on sports
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2008-05-13
Thomas Werner
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sport items you use with your hands
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2008-05-13
Judy
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2008-05-14
Ed Collins
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Sports equipment that comes in contact with the ball or puck.
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2008-05-14
ypercube
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things in mongoose’s wardrobe.
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2008-05-14
mongoose
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2008-05-14
mongoose
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1. golf club
2. hockey stick
3. baseball glove
4. can opener
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2008-05-14
ypercube
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(can be used as) lethal weapons
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2008-05-14
Robin
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2008-05-15
MarleysGhost ★
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Things you hold in your non-dominant hand
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2008-05-15
FatPhil
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2008-05-15
mongoose
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1. golf club
2. hockey stick
3. baseball glove
4. can opener
5. scissors
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2008-05-15
Ed Collins
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It might have something to do with “one hand.” Things you use with just one hand or things used predominately with one hand or something like that.
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2008-05-15
mongoose
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or something like that?
how many non-one-armed people hold a golf club with one hand?
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2008-05-15
Ed Collins
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Items made specifically for a right-handed or left-handed person.
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2008-05-15
mongoose
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BINGO!
"things that come in right-handed and left-handed versions"
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2008-05-15
Pessoa
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next would maybe be a guitar?!
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2008-05-15
mongoose
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Possibly, since I am sure someone has manufactured such guitars. However, unlike the other items, at least for the run-of-the-mill beginner guitar, someone wanting to hold chords with the right hand only needs to turn the guitar over and reverse the order of the strings. Which leads to another interesting point: a left-hander would probably find it easier to play chords with their left hand. So while there are musicians that play backwards, I suspect most people just learn to play guitar the standard way.
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2008-05-15
kpato
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yeah.
in the guitar all the hands are important
so if u are learning is stupid to change the strings.
by the way...
im not sure about reverse the order of strings
because the guitars have an hole to put the hand when u are going to touch higher tones.
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2008-05-15
Pessoa
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some guitars do, that is what he was talking about... but others dont have it, such as classic guitar.
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2008-05-16
Judy
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Ed, it’s your turn again.....
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2008-05-16
MarleysGhost ★
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BTW, Paul McCartney was having trouble learning to play the guitar until someone pointed out that he should reverse the strings. He did, and the rest is history.
I don’t think there are any left-handed pianos. What about accordions?
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2008-05-17
Ed Collins
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I’m still trying to think of a good category. While I think of one, I invite anyone else to jump in and play host.
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2008-05-17
kpato
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okey here we go.
1)computer machine
2)bass guitar
3)bed
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2008-05-17
Judy
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Main items in KPT’s bedroom.
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2008-05-17
kpato
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impressive!!!
judy is next.
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2008-05-17
kpato
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the next hint was bible.
should be the in the three first.
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2008-05-17
Judy
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2008-05-18
FatPhil
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2008-05-18
kpato
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2008-05-18
Judy
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1. sword
2. cane
3. snake
4. tambourine
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2008-05-18
kpato
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2008-05-18
FatPhil
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2008-05-18
Judy
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1. sword
2. cane
3. snake
4. tambourine
5. candelabra
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2008-05-18
Ed Collins
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Got it. Props/items often used by a belly dancer
http://www.atlantabellydance.com/Overview/Props.html
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2008-05-18
Judy
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Bingo!
The next would have been:
6. basket
7. jug
8. zills
9. veil
10.wings
Ed’s up....
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2008-05-18
Thomas Werner
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The pictures are astonishing, especially the dancer with the candelabra on her head. :-D
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2008-05-19
Pessoa
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how can you find such expressions?
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2008-05-20
Ed Collins
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I still can’t come up with a good expression.
In the meantime, here are three EASY expressions... the two clues provided are good enough that you shouldn’t require any more.
A:
1) a flag
2) your hand
B:
1) a flat glass of beer
2) a fictional horseman
C:
1) shot
2) reading
(If you were playing the $20,000 pyramid, these are the types of clues you ideally want to give, in order for your team member to guess the answer immediately.)
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2008-05-20
Judy
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2008-05-20
FatPhil
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2008-05-20
FatPhil
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2008-05-20
Ed Collins
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Correct.
Things that wave, types of glasses, things with no head.
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2008-05-21
Judy
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FatPhil should go next with his 2 out of 3.
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2008-05-21
FatPhil
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OK, this one’s either very hard, or very easy, depending on how you approach it:
1. Read
2. Broom
3. King
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2008-05-21
Pessoa
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2008-05-21
Judy
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Words associated with things with pages?
Things that bind, are bound?
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2008-05-21
FatPhil
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1. Read
2. Broom
3. King
4. Few
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2008-05-21
mongoose
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2008-05-21
FatPhil
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Correct, except that I was going to do Carroll before Butler, thinking it might add more confusion.
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2008-05-21
Carroll ★
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C. Carroll or D. Carroll?
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2008-05-22
ypercube
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words written with first letter capitalized ?
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2008-05-22
Carroll ★
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“I do hereby recommend to the present and future generations the principles of that important document as the best earthly inheritance their ancestors could bequeath to them, and pray that the civil and religious liberties they have secured to my country may be perpetuated to the remotest posterity and extended tothe whole family of man.” C. Carroll.
I think it is Mongoose to provide next RE sentence.
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2008-05-22
Judy
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Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence. I don’t see how Broom and Butler fit in.
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2008-05-22
mongoose
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Signers of the constitution
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2008-05-22
movieloverxxl
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nice one, should be correct!
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2008-05-22
ypercube
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mongoose found it. (Right, FatPhil ?)
Lets go for the next round.
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2008-05-22
mongoose
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1. seal
2. teeth
3. lipstick
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2008-05-22
Gregorlo
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2008-05-22
ypercube
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2008-05-22
ypercube
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2008-05-23
kpato
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2008-05-23
Judy
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2008-05-23
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-05-23
ypercube
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2008-05-23
Carroll ★
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2008-05-23
mongoose
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without 4. crayon 5. candle
Judy guessed it!
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2008-05-23
Gregorlo
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i’m horribly bad at this :)
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2008-05-24
Judy
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This may be too easy:
1.religious
2.file
3.1970
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2008-05-25
ypercube
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easy? nah...
one more owrd please.
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2008-05-25
Judy
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1.religious
2.file
3.1970
4.program
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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Note: I hold 1970 as canonical but not iconic. But that isn’t necessarily Judy’s opinion.
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2008-05-27
Judy
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Icon ic correct.
I was thinking, in no particular order:
picture
religious
small
computer
file
program
1970’s language
trademark
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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Would you like an easy one or a difficult one?
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2008-05-27
Judy
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
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2008-05-27
FatPhil
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
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2008-05-27
Robin
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2008-05-27
Gregorlo
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animals with an “o” in the last syllable
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
5. Giant beetle
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2008-05-27
Gregorlo
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2008-05-27
Robin
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species where males fight each other for female(s)
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
5. Giant beetle
6. Camel
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2008-05-27
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
5. Giant beetle
6. Camel
7. Duck
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2008-05-27
kpato
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animals icons from companies
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2008-05-28
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
5. Giant beetle
6. Camel
7. Duck
8. Snake
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2008-05-28
Judy
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Animals that are/were once revered as sacred?
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2008-05-28
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
5. Giant beetle
6. Camel
7. Duck
8. Snake
9. Hog
10. Lion
11. Chicken
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2008-05-28
ypercube
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Animals that can’t see many colours ?
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2008-05-28
Judy
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Animals Noah took on the Ark
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2008-05-28
MichaeI X
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Perhaps it’s time to give a different kind of hint:
Which animal were NOT allowed on that list?
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2008-05-28
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
5. Giant (2 meter) beetle
6. Camel
7. Duck
8. Snake (with conspicuous bulges along its length)
9. Hog
10. Lion (standing on hind legs)
11. Chicken
12. Frog
13. Slug (1 meter tall, living in his own house)
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2008-05-28
Carroll ★
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Animals who have been leading actors or characters
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2008-05-28
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Cow
2. Dog
3. Rhinoceros
4. Alligator
5. Giant (2 meter) beetle
6. Camel
7. Duck
8. Snake (with conspicuous bulges along its length)
9. Hog
10. Lion (standing on hind legs)
11. Chicken
12. Frog
13. Slug (1 meter tall, living in his own house)
14. Deer (talking about hunter)
Just in case, here’s the easy one:
1. High school
2. Java
3. Consciousness
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2008-05-29
Art Duval ★
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Animals from the Far Side ??
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2008-05-29
MarleysGhost ★
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Hot diggety dog, Art has it! The topic is “Gary Larsen's animals”, and the list is the order in which they first appear in “The Far Side Gallery 3”.
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2008-05-29
Art Duval ★
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1. Vancouver
2. Fortaleza
3. Qingdao
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2008-05-29
Robin
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cities with major seaports
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2008-05-29
Gregorlo
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far side? what the hell is that?
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2008-05-29
ypercube
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it’s a book.
I thought of answering “animals from a book” but i didn’t know if that would have counted.
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2008-05-29
Art Duval ★
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1. Vancouver
2. Fortaleza
3. Qingdao
4. Yangon
5. Wuhan
ps: As usual, to find out more about “The Far Side”, type it into Google, and see what happens (and, in this case, enjoy!).
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2008-05-29
Robin
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cities with a population of at least 1,000,000
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2008-05-30
Art Duval ★
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1. Vancouver
2. Fortaleza
3. Qingdao
4. Yangon
5. Wuhan
6. Ahmedabad
7. Guangzhou
8. Essen
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2008-05-30
Art Duval ★
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1. Vancouver
2. Fortaleza
3. Qingdao
4. Yangon
5. Wuhan
6. Ahmedabad
7. Guangzhou
8. Essen
9. Ho Chi Minh City
10. Paris
11. Istanbul
12. Rio de Janeiro
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2008-05-30
movieloverxxl
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cities containing monuments/buildings listed on the initial list of new wolrd wonders
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2008-05-31
Art Duval ★
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1. Vancouver
2. Fortaleza
3. Qingdao
4. Yangon
5. Wuhan
6. Ahmedabad
7. Guangzhou
8. Essen
9. Ho Chi Minh City
10. Paris
11. Istanbul
12. Rio de Janeiro
13. Buenos Aires
14. Kolkata
15. Los Angeles
Fact: The full list for this game is finite.
Fact: I have about twenty-something entries total; I’m missing a few more.
Fact: I am reporting the entries I do have in reverse order, in a sense.
Question: What do these entries have in common?
Question: What do these entries not have in common?
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2008-06-01
Art Duval ★
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Alright, here’s the complete list that I have; remember, there’s a few others I wasn’t able to track down, but only a few:
1. Vancouver
2. Fortaleza
3. Qingdao
4. Yangon
5. Wuhan
6. Ahmedabad
7. Guangzhou
8. Essen
9. Ho Chi Minh City
10. Paris
11. Istanbul
12. Rio de Janeiro
13. Buenos Aires
14. Kolkata
15. Los Angeles
16. Cairo
17. Osaka
18. Delhi
19. Jakarta
20. Mumbai
21. Seoul
22. New York
23. Tokyo
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2008-06-01
Judy
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City population smallest to largest
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2008-06-01
Art Duval ★
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Judy: But why are some cities included, and others not? Hint: Which ones are not included? Why not? Remember, my list is practically complete (just missing a few I couldn’t track down).
I’m sorry this is so hard. I’ve overcorrected for the way too easy “shower” I offered before.
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2008-06-01
ypercube
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Cities that appear in movie titles?
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2008-06-01
ypercube
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Cities with direct flights to Bejing?
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2008-06-01
Art Duval ★
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Remember the list is in reverse order, so try listing it starting with Tokyo, New York, Seoul, etc. (sorry, I’m working remotely, it’s hard for me to do this for you right now). What order do you think that list is in? Which cities are missing their spot in that list? (Which cities are missing from the list?) Why would they be missing? Big hint: They are missing because of other cities ahead of them on the list.
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2008-06-01
Robin
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Could you at least tell us which ‘list of largest cities in the world by population’ you used? Then we know the order.
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2008-06-01
Benjamin Hellouin
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Well, I think I got it, if my own data is, as I guess, outdated.
My proposition is “Most populated cities in the world in reverse order, when you take out any city smaller than another city beginning with the same letter.” (I’m not native speaker, I hope this is clear).
I couldn’t figure out why you were keeping out Mexico and not Mumbai, and then I realized my figures was outdated (2006). So I hope this is true. I note you have no city beginning with “z”, because the number 23 gave me the idea.
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2008-06-01
Art Duval ★
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Benjamin’s got it! A slightly shorter way to name the category is “cities with the most population, among those beginning with the same letter”. I used this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_by_population
Sorry about any confusion based on when the data is gathered. (And some population statistics are just hard to nail down precisely.)
Note that you have to decide whether you’re going to count just the population of the city itself, or the city and its related outlying areas. I went with including the outlying areas, because that seemed to match a more intuitive idea of city size.
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2008-06-02
Benjamin Hellouin
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I use French spelling, so if there is a name you do not understand, tell me so.
1. Brazil
2. United States
3. Canada
4. Vietnam
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2008-06-02
Robin
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This is not ‘reversed empathy’. This is ‘find the algorithm’. :)
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2008-06-02
Benjamin Hellouin
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Yeah, in a way you’re right. Do you want me to find a more “empathy-like” problem? All, give your point of view, and if most of you want to change, I’ll give another list tomorrow.
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2008-06-02
Judy
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2008-06-02
MichaeI X
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Yes, GoE does not rely on an order of entries, neither should Reverse Empathy, except for “making it interesting/not too easy”.
The term to search for should result in an unsorted list.
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2008-06-02
Robin
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@Benjamin: I was only talking about Art’s expression. I haven’t tried to solve yours yet.
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2008-06-02
Art Duval ★
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Robin, MichaelX: Sorry for the difficulty of my game. Mine didn’t rely on the order, I was putting them in some order as a bit of an extra hint. I started from the bottom to be sure to start with at least one city starting with an “interesting” letter (Q).
In hindsight, I would not recommend anyone using my game as a good motivation for another game.
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2008-06-02
Robin
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Ok!
Just to make everything clear, what was the expression we had to guess?
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2008-06-02
Art Duval ★
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“cities with the most population, among those beginning with the same letter”
or
“cities with the most population beginning with that letter” [less precise, but shorter]
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2008-06-02
MichaeI X
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I understand it as
“Characters of the alphabet, represented by the biggest city starting with that character”.
I admit it was so difficult I even did not understand Benjamnin’s solution.
Benjamin has obvoiusly enough time to elaborate a non-sorted list name for his given seed, if required.
My suggestion (to get that game running):
Countries with a shore (sea coast)
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2008-06-03
Robin
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Countries of which the capital is not the largest city :)
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2008-06-03
Benjamin Hellouin
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Well, I told you I was not natve speaker and it wouldn’t be very clear. But once you understood it was reverse order, you just take the list of the most populated cities and you try very hard to guess why some are missing. It came quite fast for me. Then you try to turn this in acceptable english.
And I would like to give another list – but Robin got it yet! So, your turn to make this more empathy-like.
Have fun!
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2008-06-03
Robin
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1. Stan Laurel
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Vincent van Gogh
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2008-06-03
ypercube
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2008-06-03
Robin
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1. Stan Laurel
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Vincent van Gogh
4. Peggy Bundy
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2008-06-03
Carroll ★
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Born or dead on an exact decade?
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2008-06-03
Robin
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1. Stan Laurel
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Vincent van Gogh
4. Peggy Bundy
5. Princess Fiona
6. Malcolm X
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2008-06-03
Benjamin Hellouin
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I don’t know all of them – they had problems with their univesity?
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2008-06-03
Robin
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The answer can be phrased using one word only. Keep it simple.
1. Stan Laurel
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Vincent van Gogh
4. Peggy Bundy
5. Princess Fiona
6. Malcolm X
7. Boris Becker
8. Queen Elisabeth I
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2008-06-03
Crelo ★
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2008-06-03
Robin
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2008-06-03
Gregorlo
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i thought about it, but Malcolm X really shocked me. Was he red-haired??
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2008-06-04
Crelo ★
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This one might be easy:
1.Red
2.America
3.Horns
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2008-06-04
Marius Halsor ★
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2008-06-04
Judy
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The Devil went down to Georgia...
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2008-06-04
Crelo ★
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Judy, I didn’t know about Primus song and the clip is not available for my country on You Tube.
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2008-06-04
Gregorlo
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2008-06-04
Crelo ★
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1.red
2.America
3.horns
4.sea
5.axes
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2008-06-04
Gregorlo
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native americans? apache? sioux? comanche?
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2008-06-04
Robin
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2008-06-04
Robin
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2008-06-04
Crelo ★
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right Robin, Eric the Red :-)
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2008-06-04
Crelo ★
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It was a good choice for the game before.
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2008-06-04
Robin
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1. pig
2. dog
3. rooster
4. monkey
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2008-06-04
Gregorlo
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2008-06-04
Robin
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2008-06-04
Gregorlo
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yeeehah :) let me think the new list..
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2008-06-04
Gregorlo
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1) Medici
2) Modern Art
3) Samurai
4) Lord of the Rings
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2008-06-05
Jordi
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Games created by Reiner Knizia?
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2008-06-05
Gregorlo
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yeah, too easy if you are in this little world ;)
your turn!
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2008-06-05
Jordi
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:-D
1) el brikindans
2) el crusaÃto
3) el maiquelyason
4) el robocop
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2008-06-05
Jordi
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arrgh:
1) el brikindans
2) el crusaiÂto
3) el maiquelyason
4) el robocop
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2008-06-05
Jordi
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lol
:-D
1) el brikindans
2) el crusaito
3) el maiquelyason
4) el robocop
Para una vez que acierto quiero escribir varios post!
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2008-06-05
Gregorlo
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mmmmmm, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre, Spanish representative in Eurovision Contest? ;)
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2008-06-05
Jordi
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Great!
Is your turn again...
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2008-06-05
Pessoa
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lol, this one I would have guessed as soon as I opened the topic =)
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2008-06-06
Gregorlo
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(this one has a bit of “order”, sorry)
1) Switzerland
2) Holland
3) France
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2008-06-06
Robin
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2008-06-06
Gregorlo
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4) Holland (uh oh, it’s repeated!)
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2008-06-06
Jordi
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Maybe France will repeat too...
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2008-06-06
Gregorlo
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5) France (again! maybe Jordi knows something?)
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2008-06-06
Jordi
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2008-06-09
movieloverxxl
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winners of the eurovision song contest?
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2008-06-09
Gregorlo
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2008-06-09
movieloverxxl
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maybe a little hard
1) 1946
2) 1946
3) 1924
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2008-06-09
movieloverxxl
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1) 1946
2) 1946
3) 1924
4) 1911
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2008-06-10
Jordi
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mmmh... let me try:
1) George W. Bush (born 1946)
2) George W. Bush (born 1946)
3) George H. W. Bush (born 1924)
4) Ronald Reagan (born 1911)
Republican Presidents of the United States?
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2008-06-11
movieloverxxl
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not completely
2) is wrong ;-)
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2008-06-11
movieloverxxl
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1) 1946
2) 1946
3) 1924
4) 1911
5) 1924
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2008-06-11
Robin
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The birthdates of the Presidents of the United States
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2008-06-11
Jordi
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aaargh...
Robin, fast reply!
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2008-06-11
Gregorlo
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birthdates of presidents of the united states from current term of office to past.
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2008-06-11
Gregorlo
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ah, oh, sorry, that’s robin’s answer :)
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2008-06-11
movieloverxxl
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very good! Please start a new reversed empathy game (so it wasn’t that hard after all :))
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2008-06-11
Robin
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1. chief of police
2. over the garden wall
3. hell for leather
4. eve or adam
5. emphasis
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2008-06-11
ypercube
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song/disc titles of a certain group/artist ?
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2008-06-11
Jordi
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GOLEM in Cockney alphabet?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_alphabet
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2008-06-11
Robin
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2008-06-11
Jordi
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I hope it’s not too difficult...
1. Jason Kidd – Jonathan
2. Lucas – 12
3. dogdog – Jose Maria Grau Ribas
4. perugia – chattytea
5. SlaYer – Tim
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2008-06-11
Thomas Werner
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I got it... :-D
17. Nevermind – parma
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2008-06-11
Jordi
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Yes!
Easier than I thought
Your turn!
P.S. GameID number 50000, 100000, 150000, 200000... and so on... 850000 (Nevermind-parma)
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2008-06-11
Thomas Werner
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Ok, let’s go.
1. adopt
2. dim
3. bow
4. cent
5. deny
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2008-06-11
Thomas Werner
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2008-06-11
Thomas Werner
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2008-06-12
Thomas Werner
|
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2008-06-12
Thomas Werner
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2008-06-12
Thomas Werner
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2008-06-12
Judy
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Thomas...I think you have us stumped!
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2008-06-12
Thomas Werner
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I don’t think so. :) These expressions have something in common. I have to confess that I tried to pose a hard riddle.
I try to make it less difficult by adding inappropriate counterparts.
1. ‘adopt’, but not 'adoptee'
2. ‘dim’, but not 'dime'
3. ‘bow’, but not 'bowel'
4. ‘cent’, but not 'century'
5. ‘deny’, but not 'denial'
6. ‘first’, but not 'second'
7. ‘forty’, but not ‘eighty’ (even though eighty is a “near miss”)
8. ‘art’, but not 'painting'
9. ‘fist’, but not 'feast'
10. ‘nosy’, but not 'nose'
11. ‘cop’, but not 'cope'
12. ‘defy’, but not 'defeat'
13. ‘ant’, but not 'and'
14. ‘any’, but not 'many'
15. ‘bent’, but not 'broken'
16. ‘abhor’, but not 'loathe'
17. ‘deity’, but not 'god'
18. ‘blow’, but not ‘sex’ (makes me think of Bill Clinton) ;)
19. ‘chips’, but not 'fish'
20. ‘best’, but not 'unbeatable'
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2008-06-13
Art Duval ★
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words whose letters are in alphabetical order
!!
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2008-06-13
Thomas Werner
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Congratulations, Art Duval wins.
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2008-06-13
Gregorlo
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oh my god! and it always was in front of our eyes! ;)
good one, Thomas! And fast reaction, Art, congrats! :D
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2008-06-13
Art Duval ★
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Yes, Thomas, it was good. I hope the one I"m starting now will be not as bad as the one I did before (big cities beginning with given letters):
1. lobby
2. soap
3. pool
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2008-06-13
Judy
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Things you find at a Hotel.
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2008-06-14
Art Duval ★
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Well-done Judy!!
My motivation is that we’re on vacation, staying at a hotel, with a pool. :)
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2008-06-14
Judy
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1. novocaine
2. tremors
3. sleeper
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2008-06-14
FatPhil
|
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2008-06-14
mongoose
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movies that include Kevin Bacon in the cast
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2008-06-14
Judy
|
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2008-06-15
mongoose
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2008-06-16
mongoose
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1. wolf
2. deer
3. reward
4. dog
5. paws
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2008-06-16
Ed Collins
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Words that spell another word when written backwards.
wolf = flow
deer = reed
reward = drawer
dog = god
paws = swap
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2008-06-16
mongoose
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ah man! i didn’t even get to add 6. diaper or 7. stink
Well done, Ed!
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2008-06-16
Ed Collins
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Thanks.
1) dishwasher
2) motorcycle
3) automobile
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2008-06-16
Benjamin Hellouin
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10-letter words?
(I hope it won’t be this easy...)
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2008-06-16
movieloverxxl
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words with an “e” in the last syllable ;-)
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2008-06-16
Gregorlo
|
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2008-06-16
Judy
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Machines men just HAVE to have!
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2008-06-16
Ed Collins
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1) dishwasher
2) motorcycle
3) automobile
4) contact lens
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2008-06-16
Ed Collins
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1) dishwasher
2) motorcycle
3) automobile
4) contact lens
5) metal detector
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2008-06-17
Ed Collins
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1) dishwasher
2) motorcycle
3) automobile
4) contact lens
5) metal detector
6) Kodak hand camera
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2008-06-17
MarleysGhost ★
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Things invented in the 19th century?
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2008-06-18
Ed Collins
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Close. Be more specific.
1) dishwasher
2) motorcycle
3) automobile
4) contact lens
5) metal detector
6) Kodak hand camera
7) ballpoint pen
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2008-06-18
FatPhil
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Things patented in the 19th century
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2008-06-18
Ed Collins
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1) dishwasher
2) motorcycle
3) automobile
4) contact lens
5) metal detector
6) Kodak hand camera
7) ballpoint pen
8) electric fan
9) seismograph
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2008-06-18
Robin
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words that have definitely nothing to do with sex
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2008-06-19
kpato
|
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2008-06-19
Ed Collins
|
) dishwasher
2) motorcycle
3) automobile
4) contact lens
5) metal detector
6) Kodak hand camera
7) ballpoint pen
8) electric fan
9) seismograph
10) gasoline engine
11) blowtorch
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2008-06-19
Jordi
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Things invented between 1880 and 1890?
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2008-06-19
Ed Collins
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That’s it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_invention#1880s
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2008-06-21
Bill Collins
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You guys got to much time on your hands!
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2008-06-21
Jordi
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:) Easy...
1. Marco Firnhaber
2.- Glenn C.Rhoads
3.- Roman Bocka
4.- Lin Liu
5.- bachkiesel
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2008-06-22
Jordi
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2008-06-22
Ed Collins
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2008-06-22
Jordi
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with some in common...
7.- Petr Trojek
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2008-06-22
Benjamin Hellouin
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LG players not appearing in the list of players when n<=4, and appearing if n>4? :)
But well, based on what i saw in bachkiesel, sm9 and Petr’s profiles : players with ID between 1000 ad 1100?
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2008-06-23
Benjamin Hellouin
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Oh, another idea :
Players registered in march of 2002. Or very old players that stopped playing recently. Or both :).
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2008-06-23
Jordi
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2002 is the year but you need some more specific...
8.- BIG BAD WOLF
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2008-06-23
Benjamin Hellouin
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Another one that isn’t in the list :(
Oh, i said march of 2002 and not only 2002. But, based on the three players i can see : registered between the 6th and the 16th of march, 2002. :)
Ok, here’s something more serious : winners of early championships (i’d said Championship#1, but sm9 is concerned by Championship#2). Or maybe, best players at a game in the end of 2002?
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2008-06-23
Jordi
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:-)
yes! Winners in 2002 championships.
Your turn!
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2008-06-24
Benjamin Hellouin
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Here we go!
1/ Johann Sebastien Bach
2/ Jimi Hendrix
3/ Bill Gates
4/ Jeanne d’Arc
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2008-06-24
FatPhil
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People who contributed nothing new to the world after 1970.
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2008-06-24
ypercube
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People who were, should or would like to be burnt alive.
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2008-06-24
Jordi
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2008-06-24
movieloverxxl
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people who were the first in something
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2008-06-24
Thomas Werner
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They would have liked to go shopping in Ned Flanders' leftorium.
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2008-06-25
FatPhil
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Well, with Bill Gates in the list, it was bound to be something sinister.
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2008-06-25
MarleysGhost ★
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Famous people who are at least partially left-handed?
@Phil: You mean the classic Latin meaning of sinister?
According to List_of_famous_left-handed_people, Jimi Hendrix "Wrote right-handed, but played guitar left-handed."
According to noir-lait-blanc.blogspot.com, “My niece, however, writes with her left hand and does everything else with her right hand. As does Bill Gates, apparently.”)
Some sources list Johann Sebastian Bach as left-handed, some sources only list his son Carl P.E. Bach.
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2008-06-25
Art Duval ★
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Almost at exactly the time I opened this page and saw Benjamin’s puzzle with Bach at top of the list, the radio started playing a Bach piece.
Which just goes to prove...something. Or not.
:)
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2008-06-25
Benjamin Hellouin
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Were you turning the button with your left hand? :D
Ypercube, your answer made me laugh so much i’d like to give you the price (though, I don’t think Bach belong to this class). But the good answer were : people which main work was done with left hand.
I was told when little that Bach was left-handed, and I knew that Hendrix was left-handed only for the guitar and Bill Gates only for writing and typing (hoping I was not wrong). I thought it would add a bit of difficulty.
Now, Thomas Werner’s answer was good, but Marleyghost’s was more accurate. Your turn, so!
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2008-06-25
Thomas Werner
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2008-06-25
Ed Collins
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6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960
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2008-06-25
ypercube
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2008-06-25
wccanard
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My friend Frazer knows that number well.
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2008-06-25
Art Duval ★
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Just type Ed’s number into Google. I won’t spoil the answer.
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2008-06-25
movieloverxxl
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I don’t get the beauty of the number, even when I put it into google...
Please start a new game :) I want to guess again :D
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2008-06-25
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Robert Frost
2. Archibald Macleish
3. Peter Viereck
4. Carl Sandburg
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2008-06-25
Jordi
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Winners of Pulitzer prize
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2008-06-25
MarleysGhost ★
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Yes, they’re all winners of Pulitizer prizes, but it’s way more specific than that.
5. Maxine Kumin
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2008-06-25
wccanard
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Left-handed winners of the Pulitzer prize?
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2008-06-25
MarleysGhost ★
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LOL! I really don’t know anything about their handedness.
1. Robert Frost
2. Archibald Macleish
3. Peter Viereck
4. Carl Sandburg
5. Maxine Kumin
6. Robert Penn Warren
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2008-06-26
kpato
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Poets winners of Pulitzer prize
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2008-06-26
MarleysGhost ★
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Yes, they are all Pulitizer prize poets. Kpato (That is you, isn’t it?), you may start the next game.
However, the topic that these names are drawn from has one more condition and everyone is welcome to guess the additional condition. Here are all the remaining names that match the topic I have in mind. There will be no more for three more years.
7. Rita Dove
8. Louise Gluck
9. Lisel Mueller
10. Mark Strand
11. Paul Muldoon
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2008-06-27
kpato
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a new one.
1.Ed Collins
2.Bill Collins
3.Ypercube
4.Marius Halsor
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2008-06-27
MarleysGhost ★
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Highly skilled LG players.
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2008-06-27
kpato
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in that case
1.kpato...
-------------
1.Ed Collins
2.Bill Collins
3.Ypercube
4.Marius Halsor
5.kpato (anyway...)
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2008-06-27
ypercube
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Is there a special reason for writing kpato without the fist letter capital and ypercube with Y capital?
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2008-06-27
MarleysGhost ★
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Winners of Reverse Empathy!
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2008-06-27
Judy
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Male winners of Reverse Empathy.
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2008-06-28
MarleysGhost ★
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Winners of Reverse Empathy, in chronological order.
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2008-06-28
kpato
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marley...your first answer is correct.
bennok is after marius...
so is not chronological.
your turn.
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2008-06-28
Ed Collins
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Let me jump in first... I’ve got a good one.
1) suit
2) shoe
3) cap
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2008-06-28
MarleysGhost ★
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Go ahead, Ed. Meanwhile, everyone is welcome to guess what’s different about the eleven Pulitzer prize poets, and why there won’t be a twelvth for another three years.
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2008-06-28
kpato
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2008-06-28
Thomas Werner
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@MarleysGhost
Please tell me that I am wrong... the mentioned persons have recieved the Pulitzer Price for Poetry in a year which is prime. (This is just a guess, because most of them recieved their price in an odd year. And... the next prime year will be 2011, because 2008 is divisible by 2, 2010 also, 2009 is divisible by 7.)
This is not true... You can’t be serious. :-)
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2008-06-28
MarleysGhost ★
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@Thomas: Genau! You got it. Seriously. The topic is prime-year Pulitzer prize poets. Doing the ProjectEuler.net puzzles got me thinking in terms of prime numbers.
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2008-06-28
Ed Collins
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Thomas! That’s it! Good work!
I can’t believe that didn’t occur to me. I was thinking of doing the same thing, but with Little Golem players. (Using our ID numbers.)
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2008-06-28
Ed Collins
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1) suit
2) shoe
3) cap
4) plow
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2008-06-29
Ed Collins
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1) suit
2) shoe
3) cap
4) plow
5) storm
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2008-06-29
Judy
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Words that follow SNOW...
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2008-06-29
Ed Collins
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Correct! Words that, when added to the word SNOW, form other words. (snowsuit, snowplow, etc.)
Other candidates might have been ball, fall, man, bird, flake, and mobile.
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2008-06-29
Judy
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It is still Thomas Werner’s turn to post the next list.
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2008-06-29
MarleysGhost ★
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No, Kpato was the deemed winner of Pulitzer prize poets. Thomas Werner found the bonus condition.
I was the winner of Kpato’s Reverse Empathy winners. Ed claimjumped me, which I am willing to tolerate because 1. I’m a tolerant kind of guy 2. I didn’t have a topic ready to go and 3. The only rules at LittleGolem are the ones that the server software does not let you break (We don’t need prisons for people who break the laws of Physics, either. :) ).
At this point, Judy, please go ahead with a topic. I would rather guess than make up a topic.
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2008-06-29
MarleysGhost ★
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That is, Judy, unless you want to pass the privilege to Thomas Werner.
P.S. I suspect you are not the Judy Collins whose music I listened to in college.
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2008-06-29
Ed Collins
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Hey, I don’t feel I claimjumped! :)
Note my 5-17-08 post. I had correctly deduced the answer to the previous game, but I allowed anyone to jump in, since I didn’t have a good category ready at the time. I was only reclaiming my right to play host for the time I missed!
:)
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2008-06-30
Judy
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I’d rather guess, than post a list, and still think it is somebody else’s turn.
Kpato, or Thomas Werner, somebody...go for it.
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2008-06-30
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-06-30
Thomas Werner
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I have nothing in mind right now and would like to give my privilege to Ed.
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2008-07-01
MarleysGhost ★
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch,
1. Marlon Brando
2. Elia Kazan
3. Tennessee Williams
4. Jessica Tandy
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2008-07-01
Ed Collins
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People associated with “A Streetcar Named Desire.” (Cast, director, etc.)
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2008-07-01
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-01
Ed Collins
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2008-07-01
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-01
Ed Collins
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Yes, things that run. Good work.
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2008-07-01
Judy
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Things you might find running...
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2008-07-01
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-01
ypercube
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2008-07-01
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-01
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-02
kpato
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2008-07-02
MarleysGhost ★
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I don’t know what wallsmart is. Walmart?
1. old
2. tough
3. rich
4. out
5. smart
6. going
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2008-07-02
kpato
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wjajaj you are right! hehe.
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2008-07-02
Judy
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Qualities to look for in a spouse....
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2008-07-02
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-02
Benjamin Hellouin
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Some things you would like to be?
(Then go out and keep going, but don’t grow old too fast!)
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2008-07-02
Benjamin Hellouin
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Or, even more obvious : things you can be?
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2008-07-02
Art Duval ★
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things you can "get"
but what happened to number 7?
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2008-07-02
MarleysGhost ★
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Oops. Skipped a number.
7. laid
8. a haircut
@Art: That’s it. The topic is “Get ____”.
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2008-07-02
Art Duval ★
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Alrighty, then....
1. water
2. good
3. very
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2008-07-02
Benjamin Hellouin
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2008-07-03
Judy
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Words to describe HOT TUB.
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2008-07-03
Art Duval ★
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1. water
2. good
3. very
4. ink
5. healthy
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2008-07-03
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-03
Ed Collins
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Ultraviolet (UV) Technology
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2008-07-03
Robin
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2008-07-03
Art Duval ★
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Robin is correct! "Well"done! :)
The other words in the list were going to be:
oil
thorough
all’s
stair
hole
wishing
Lassie and/or Timmy [I wasn’t sure which yet]
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2008-07-03
Robin
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1. father
2. light
3. fortress
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2008-07-04
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-04
Ed Collins
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2008-07-04
Robin
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1. father
2. light
3. fortress
4. shield
5. rock
6. stone
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2008-07-04
Ed Collins
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Wow, four clues all at once. That makes it easier.
Names of God.
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2008-07-04
Ed Collins
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Whoops. I mean three extra clues all at once.
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2008-07-04
Robin
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Ed, you are correct :-)
The other words were going to be: lord, savior, maker, shepherd :D
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2008-07-04
Ed Collins
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2008-07-05
Ed Collins
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1. bed
2. army
3. band
4. nest
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2008-07-05
Ed Collins
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1. bed
2. army
3. band
4. nest
5. gang
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2008-07-05
Ed Collins
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1. bed
2. army
3. band
4. nest
5. gang
6. school
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2008-07-06
kpato
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2008-07-06
Ed Collins
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1. bed
2. army
3. band
4. nest
5. gang
6. school
7. ambush
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2008-07-06
Art Duval ★
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Ed: I have been thinking about this (don’t feel neglected!), but I haven’t been able to think of anything good.
Everyone else: Sometimes I’ve solved this from seeing other people’s wrong guesses, so here’s a couple of (almost certainly) wrong guesses to get our creative juices going:
post (one of the few connections between “bed” and “army”)
base (bass for band?)
bug
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2008-07-06
Ed Collins
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1. bed
2. army
3. band
4. nest
5. gang
6. school
7. ambush
8. pack
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2008-07-06
MichaeI X
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groups, social organizations, or something similar ?
(I’d learn a meaning of “bed” and “ambush” not known to me yet, though ;)
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2008-07-06
MarleysGhost ★
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Michael: You mean groups of animals? E.g. would “gaggle” be one of the expressions?
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2008-07-06
Ed Collins
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Correct. Words used to describe groups of animals.
A bed of clams (or oysters).
An army of ants (or caterpillars, frogs).
A band of gorillas.
A nest of hornets (or rabbits).
A gang of elk (or turkeys).
A school of fish.
An ambush of tigers.
A pack of wolves (or boars, coyotes, dogs, hounds, rats).
Gaggle is indeed the word used to define a group of geese.
Check out: http://www.anapsid.org/beastly.html
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2008-07-06
Judy
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That was suprisingly difficult Good for you Michael X.
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2008-07-06
Gregorlo
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impossible for non-native english :)
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2008-07-06
Gregorlo
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except Michael X, i guess ;)
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2008-07-06
MichaeI X
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Thanks for the English lesson, Ed (I did not restrict it to non-human animals, to make most of the words work for my guess ;)
Here’s the next round:
Africa
Bahamas
Canada
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2008-07-06
Gregorlo
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for each letter, the first country in a dictionary starting with that letter? :)
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2008-07-06
Gregorlo
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2008-07-07
MarleysGhost ★
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Africa is a continent, but not a country. Would Abyssinia be first in the dictionary?
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2008-07-07
Gregorlo
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aaarg, too late in the night to coordinate both my cerebral hemispheres :(
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2008-07-07
ypercube
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A band of gorillas (or a band or rockers ;)
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2008-07-07
MichaeI X
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I just sort it by alphabet (do I ?) to make it harder ;)
IMO Emapthy, and therefore Reverse Emapthy as well, should work as unsorted lists.
Africa
Bahamas
Canada
Denmark
Egypt
Which dictionary, Gregorio ?
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2008-07-07
Robin
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http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/egame/egame_detail.jsp?egameid=98
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2008-07-07
MichaeI X
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Correct, GoE "Most beautiful countries"
Congrats, Robin. Or was it too easy?
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2008-07-07
Robin
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It took 20 hours before this one was solved. I’ve seen them easier :)
Next:
1. back
2. battle
3. fair
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2008-07-07
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-07
Robin
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well done. that’s correct :)
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2008-07-08
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-08
Ed Collins
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2008-07-08
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-08
Ed Collins
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2008-07-08
Judy
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What a photographer wears.
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2008-07-08
Ed Collins
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1. hat
2. shoe
3. cannon
4. thimble
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2008-07-08
Elisa Kabiljo
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2008-07-08
Art Duval ★
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2008-07-08
Ed Collins
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Monopoly tokens is correct!
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2008-07-09
Art Duval ★
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2008-07-09
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-09
Judy
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2008-07-09
Art Duval ★
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1. cube
2. metal
3. live
4. tool
5. dead
6. six
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2008-07-09
ondik
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Saw? (I’m actually pretty sure none of you has seen that movie, me neither, but these words suits perfectly, lol)
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2008-07-10
Ed Collins
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I saw the movie SAW and ondik is correct, but I’m sure these clues aren’t describing that movie.
Six, dead, and metal all help to describe a gun.
six gun... ice cube... heavy metal... dead end...
(Sorry, just thinking aloud.)
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2008-07-10
Art Duval ★
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1. cube
2. metal
3. live
4. tool
5. dead
6. six
7. croak
8. roll
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2008-07-10
Ed Collins
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“rock” seems to work for a few words, but not for all.
live, dead, and croak all seem to go together somehow.
I wonder if these are words in a song or poem.
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2008-07-10
Judy
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No song or poem that comes to mind for me....
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2008-07-10
Art Duval ★
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1. cube
2. metal
3. live
4. tool
5. dead
6. six
7. croak
8. roll
9. cast
10. dungeons & dragons
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2008-07-10
ondik
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2008-07-10
Benjamin Hellouin
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2008-07-10
Ed Collins
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Dice looks like a winner.
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2008-07-11
MarleysGhost ★
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I think it’s “die”, which among other things is the singular of “dice”.
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2008-07-11
Art Duval ★
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“Die” it is! “Dice” is close, but wouldn’t work for clues 2,3,4,5,7,9. The trick is it’s a word with (at least) 3 very distinct meanings (homophones, if you like the official word): singular of dice (clues 1, 6, 8, 10); stop living (clues 3, 5, 7); and a tool used to make metal or plastic things of a particular shape (clues 2, 4, 9). My online dictionary combines these last two definitions into a single definition, perhaps because dice are produced this way, but I think most people think of these as truly separate.
Anyway, Marley is correct here, congratulations!
Sorry for the delay in responding — I only check LG at home, before and after work.
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2008-07-11
MarleysGhost ★
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Well, I don’t have a topic ready, and I wouldn’t have gotten this if it hadn’t been for the clue from Benjamin Hellouin, so if you would like to choose a topic, Benjamin, please be my guest.
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2008-07-11
ondik
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wow, very nice, reading LG phorums I must say I’m sometimes amazed how clever people here are.
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2008-07-11
Judy
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I am ALWAYS amazed at how clever people here are.
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2008-07-11
MarleysGhost ★
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Now I’ve come up with a topic.
1. Sports
2. Cool
3. Window
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2008-07-11
Lavos
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2008-07-12
Ed Collins
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2008-07-12
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-12
Ed Collins
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1. coin
2. salad
3. football
4. cookies
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2008-07-12
MarleysGhost ★
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2008-07-12
Ed Collins
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Yes, things that are "tossed!"
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2008-07-12
MarleysGhost ★
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I don’t have a topic ready, so if Benjamin Hellouin would like to choose a topic, please be my guest.
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2008-07-16
MarleysGhost ★
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1. position
2. stripper
3. may
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2008-07-17
Ed Collins
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2008-07-17
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-05-14
MRFvR
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2012-05-15
Nathan F Miller ★
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Since I don’t think it’s as obvious as “monsters”, I will venture something under-obvious: creatures that hunger for a specific body substance. Vampires, blood; zombies, brains.
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2012-05-15
Doctor_Strange
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creatures that are half dead
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2012-05-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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Monsters that may have formerly been ordinary humans.
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2012-05-17
MRFvR
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I had “undead” in mind, so “creatures that are half dead” makes the point. And I chose undead as this is (I hope) the new status of this game! 8-)
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2012-05-17
Doctor_Strange
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cool! I won on my first attempt. Let me try one.... 1. Milky Way
2. Mars
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2012-05-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-05-17
YHW
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2012-05-17
Doctor_Strange
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as I thought, too easy! You both could be right, but I was thinking candy bars (and maybe a glass of milk!)
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2012-05-17
Doctor_Strange
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here is a new one, hopefully a bit harder: 1. San Francisco
2. Philadelphia
3. Denver
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2012-05-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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I begin: 1. Calvin
2. masked
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2012-05-17
YHW
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‘Calvin and Hobbes’ or ‘alter ego’?
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2012-05-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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Continuing: 1. Calvin
2. masked
3. lightning
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2012-05-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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Dr_Strange: Cities where U.S. mints coins? ( I had to research a little to confirm these made cents).
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2012-05-18
Doctor_Strange
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Nathan, you are right! congrats!
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2012-05-18
Nathan F Miller ★
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Further: 1. Calvin
2. masked
3. lightning
4. point
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2012-05-18
klaashaas
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K.K.K. 1. Members often claim to be Calvinist
2. They are masked when 'in function'
3. The have a cross lightning ritual
4. Organisms with brains larger than a peanut fail to see the point in the KKK’s existence.
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2012-05-19
Nathan F Miller ★
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Klever, but no Kookie. Kontinuing: 1. Calvin
2. masked
3. lightning
4. point
5. rice
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2012-05-19
MRFvR
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I know an interesting personal (but not mine) story on rice. Apart from that I’m 4.-less on where you’re going, Nathan
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2012-05-19
YHW
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Calvin Rice is a preacherman. Lightning, hmm, is that Religion in general?
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2012-05-19
kingofthebesI
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2012-05-19
kingofthebesI
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1. Plaxico Burress
2. Tony Adams
3. Floyd Mayweather
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2012-05-19
MRFvR
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2012-05-19
kingofthebesI
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1. Plaxico Burress
2. Tony Adams
3. Floyd Mayweather
4. Marion Jones
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2012-05-19
Nathan F Miller ★
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Onward: 1. Calvin
2. masked
3. lightning
4. point
5. rice
6. room
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2012-05-19
kingofthebesI
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2012-05-19
Nathan F Miller ★
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KoT: Sorry. /The puzzle goes forword/ 1. Calvin
2. masked
3. lightning
4. point
5. rice
6. room
7. hard
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2012-05-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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I’m not sure how long ago the last clue was, since the side column says negative 238,507 seconds, but, again, it is going forwOrd. 1. Calvin
2. masked
3. lightning
4. point
5. rice
6. room
7. hard
8. up
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2012-05-16
MRFvR
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Still staring pointlessly here...
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2012-05-17
kingofthebesI
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1. Plaxico Burress
2. Tony Adams
3. Floyd Mayweather
4. Marion Jones
5. OJ Simpson
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2012-05-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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KoT: It seems that all of these sportplayers have been involved in legal troubles, of different sorts and scale.
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2012-05-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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Advancing, and accelerating: 1. Calvin
2. masked
3. lightning
4. point
5. rice
6. room
7. hard
8. up
9. fancy
10. joint
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2012-05-17
kingofthebesI
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What was the consequence of those legal troubles?
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2012-05-17
Richard Lorentz
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2012-05-18
Nathan F Miller ★
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Richard: Your answer is right on the ball! I’m interested that so simple a word could make a not so obvious puzzle.
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2012-05-18
Richard Lorentz
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You know, I was just curious to see if I had it figured out but I’d really like to pass on providing the next puzzle. Would someone please step up to the plate for me?
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2012-05-19
MRFvR
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@RL – If I recall correctly the declared winner should provide next game
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2012-05-22
Ed Collins
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I’ll do one. 1. case
2. pea
3. wing
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2012-05-22
Nathan F Miller ★
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Ed: A tough NUT to crack!
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2012-05-23
Ed Collins
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Excellent. Obviously, other clues I had ready 4. cracker
5. chest
6. hazel
7. dough
8. coco were not needed. Good work.
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2012-05-23
Nathan F Miller ★
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A new yhtapme: 1. oath
2. bank
3. blue
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2012-05-23
kingofthebesI
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2012-05-23
Nathan F Miller ★
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Kot: You’re bloody right!
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2012-05-23
kingofthebesI
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2012-05-24
Ed Collins
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2012-05-24
kingofthebesI
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1. Power
2. Top
3. Out
4. Tree
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2012-05-24
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-05-24
kingofthebesI
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1. Power
2. Top
3. Out
4. Tree
5. Rope
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2012-05-24
kingofthebesI
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1. Power
2. Top
3. Out
4. Tree
5. Rope
6. Torque
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2012-05-24
MRFvR
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2012-05-25
Ed Collins
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2012-05-25
kingofthebesI
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1. Power
2. Top
3. Out
4. Tree
5. Rope
6. Torque
7. Poetry
8. Eye
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2012-05-25
Nathan F Miller ★
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OOOOO...this one has a QUEER solution! Will you REQUIRE a full explanation, or may I WRITE some words of the right TYPE to TRY to give others half a chance?
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2012-05-25
kingofthebesI
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Thankyou for keeping quiet!
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2012-05-27
Doctor_Strange
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2012-05-28
kingofthebesI
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Nathan as the 1st one to solve my game I guess you have the option to make the next puzzle!
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2012-05-28
ypercube
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2012-05-28
Nathan F Miller ★
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Here’s a new one: 1. stone
2. hole
3. ring
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2012-05-28
MRFvR
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2012-05-28
Richard Lorentz
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Would someone please explain the solution to the previous puzzle? (You would think I would know better by now and just stay away from here!)
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2012-05-28
Nathan F Miller ★
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Richard: It’s words from the top row of letters on the typewriter. Interestingly includes ‘typewriter’.
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2012-05-28
Richard Lorentz
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Thank you. I should have spotted that since, as I recall, Borgmann had an entire section on this topic in his wonderful book "Language on Vacation."
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2012-05-29
Nathan F Miller ★
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Incrementing: 1. stone
2. hole
3. ring
4. shift
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2012-05-29
YHW
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2012-05-30
Nathan F Miller ★
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Augmenting: 1. stone
2. hole
3. ring
4. shift
5. west
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2012-05-30
ypercube
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2012-05-30
MRFvR
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words without repeated letters
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2012-05-30
Nathan F Miller ★
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MRFvR: It seems that would be a very large set of words... Developing: 1. stone
2. hole
3. ring
4. shift
5. west
6. skeleton
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2012-05-30
kingofthebesI
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2012-05-31
Nathan F Miller ★
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KoT: You have found the Key!
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2012-06-01
kingofthebesI
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2012-06-01
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-06-01
kingofthebesI
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1. bag
2. tears
3. skin
4. ring @nathan very good guess, hadn’t thought of crocodile as a red herring!
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2012-06-02
Nathan F Miller ★
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Izzit things associated with onions?
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2012-06-02
kingofthebesI
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2012-06-02
Nathan F Miller ★
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The next one starts: 1. man
2. child
3. elf
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2012-06-02
ypercube
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Characters in fairy tales?
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2012-06-02
Hurricane_Power
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2012-06-02
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. man
2. child
3. elf
4. tooth
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2012-06-02
Hurricane_Power
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2012-06-02
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. man
2. child
3. elf
4. tooth
5. crisis
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2012-06-02
ypercube
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Nouns with irregular plural?
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2012-06-03
Nathan F Miller ★
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ypercube: You have found the right criterion among the possible criteria!
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2012-06-03
ypercube
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Next game: 1. galaxy
2. zone
3. symbol
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2012-06-03
Nathan F Miller ★
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Words containing X, Y, or Z?
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2012-06-03
kingofthebesI
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2012-06-03
ypercube
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1. galaxy
2. zone
3. symbol
4. astronomy
5. guitar
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2012-06-04
Nathan F Miller ★
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Words that derive from Greek?
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2012-06-05
ypercube
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2012-06-05
Nathan F Miller ★
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:) new cryptempathy: 1. tool
2. wing
3. light
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2012-06-05
MRFvR
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2012-06-05
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. tool
2. wing
3. light
4. well
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2012-06-05
Hurricane_Power
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2012-06-06
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. tool
2. wing
3. light
4. well
5. platter
6. mile
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2012-06-06
Doctor_Strange
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2012-06-06
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. tool
2. wing
3. light
4. well
5. platter
6. mile
7. tank
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2012-06-06
Hurricane_Power
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2012-06-06
kingofthebesI
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in, he, on, cone, it pin, nap, eat, upper are words that would be part of the list potentially if I have the right olution!!
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2012-06-06
ypercube
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aha, this raises the bar igh.
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2012-06-06
maraca
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Also pill, pit, layer, low, cat, train, trip, ...
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2012-06-06
maraca
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The funny thing is I wanted to do this, but I could never find the solution to start a new one :)
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2012-06-07
Nathan F Miller ★
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KoT: You have earned your upper! Now it’s your turn to tart.
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2012-06-07
kingofthebesI
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2012-06-07
JeanHebert
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2012-06-07
kingofthebesI
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1) game
2) love
3) quiet
4) dollar
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2012-06-07
Nathan F Miller ★
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Well, a dollar is “money”, you love your “honey”, a game can be “funny”, and someone can be quiet as a “bunny” ...?? (I had started thinking, a dollar is a “buck”, with a game you need “luck”, and...um...)
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2012-06-07
kingofthebesI
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1) game
2) love
3) quiet
4) dollar
5) shower
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2012-06-07
JeanHebert
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I guess I have the required AGE to understand this.
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2012-06-08
kingofthebesI
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1) game
2) love
3) quiet
4) dollar
5) shower
6) chips
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2012-06-08
Ray Garrison ★
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I think I figured it out.... These are all #1 answers from past empathy games!
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2012-06-08
kingofthebesI
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Congratulations Ray you are #1
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2012-06-08
Ray Garrison ★
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1) feel
2) scowl
3) probing
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2012-06-08
Nathan F Miller ★
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Words containing an animal?
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2012-06-08
Ray Garrison ★
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Nathan, you are too good! congrats!
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2012-06-08
YHW
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2012-06-08
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. compass
2. arrow
3. giraffe
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2012-06-08
kingofthebesI
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2012-06-08
YHW
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astronomic constellations?
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2012-06-08
Nathan F Miller ★
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YHW: By my stars, you solved that fast!
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2012-06-08
YHW
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Great ! 1) sun
2) earth
3) Poland
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2012-06-09
YHW
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1) sun
2) earth
3) Poland
4) Galileo Galilei
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2012-06-09
MRFvR
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2012-06-09
MRFvR
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darn, erase that, Nicolaus Copernicus, was the correct answer
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2012-06-09
YHW
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2012-06-09
MRFvR
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1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
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2012-06-09
Ray Garrison ★
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Celebrities who play chess
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2012-06-10
MRFvR
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Good call, but nope!
Going on:
1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
4) David Hasselhoff
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2012-06-11
maraca
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2012-06-11
MRFvR
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1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
4) David Hasselhoff
5) Paul Simon
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2012-06-11
kingofthebesI
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People with #1 hits in Germany?
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2012-06-11
MRFvR
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1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
4) David Hasselhoff
5) Paul Simon
6) Jim Davis
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2012-06-11
Ed Collins
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Akira Watanabe, the motorcyclist, never drove a CAR. Howard Stern was influenced to talk on the radio after witnessing actors voice CARtoon characters. In 1997 George Clinton appeared on the CARtoon Network. David Hasselhoff made a name for himself in series about an advanced, artificially intelligent and nearly indestructible CAR. Paul Simon wrote a song called "CARS Are CARS." Jim Davis was a CARtoonist.
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2012-06-11
MRFvR
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Nope, cars are not relevant!
1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
4) David Hasselhoff
5) Paul Simon
6) Jim Davis
7) Kathy Griffin
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2012-06-11
Ed Collins
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Actually, I was just kidding. For Kathy, I could add this: Griffin made an appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction, as a pedestrian coming to the aid of Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) after he is hit by a CAR driven by Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis).
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2012-06-11
MRFvR
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2012-06-11
kingofthebesI
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2012-06-11
MRFvR
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Nope! 8-)
1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
4) David Hasselhoff
5) Paul Simon
6) Jim Davis
7) Kathy Griffin
8) Thomas Wolfe
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2012-06-12
kingofthebesI
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They all have twitter accounts?
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2012-06-12
MRFvR
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@kot – have no freaking idea 8-) [I do have one but never open it (although I promised myself to change that in the near future)]. I’ll post a nineth clue after having some pizza!
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2012-06-12
MRFvR
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continuing...
1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
4) David Hasselhoff
5) Paul Simon
6) Jim Davis
7) Kathy Griffin
8) Thomas Wolfe
9) Michael Cofer
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2012-06-12
MarleysGhost ★
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People who have a 5-letter name, except for George Clinton, whose real name must be Georg. :)
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2012-06-12
Nathan F Miller ★
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People who have an outie belly-button, instead of an innie.
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2012-06-12
MRFvR
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@MarleysGhost – nope
@Nathan F Miller – also no (although I would myself belong into that group...)
Moving on... 1) Akira Watanabe
2) Howard Stern
3) George Clinton
4) David Hasselhoff
5) Paul Simon
6) Jim Davis
7) Kathy Griffin
8) Thomas Wolfe
9) Michael Cofer
10) Mike Tyson
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2012-06-12
YHW
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People who lost their driver’s license?!
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2012-06-13
MRFvR
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No...
1) Akira Watanabe 2) Howard Stern 3) George Clinton 4) David Hasselhoff 5) Paul Simon 6) Jim Davis 7) Kathy Griffin 8) Thomas Wolfe 9) Michael Cofer 10) Mike Tyson 11) Vanessa Williams
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2012-06-13
Art Duval ★
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Hear me out here: A search on Michael Cofer turns up two obscure football players with that name. Then I remembered that Akira Watanabe also has a disambiguation page on Wikipedia. Several others do as well, though not David Hasselhoff or Kathy Griffin. And I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some other famous Kathy Griffin (besides the self-described D-list actress), but can there really be two David Hasselhoff’s? So: Names that each refer to more than one famous person????
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2012-06-13
Nathan F Miller ★
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Art: I was wondering exactly that, but couldn’t make it work for all of the names...
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2012-06-13
YHW
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2012-06-13
MRFvR
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You guys got the idea! The category was “notorious name doubles”. My sources for this game were in these links: A- Wiki Answers, B- Sporcle and Wikipedia. More explicitly, 1- personal info; 2- A; 3- B; 4- C; 5- A (also B); 6- B; 7- C; 8- A; 9- A; 10- C; 11- A!
You could complain about “notoriety” in 4, 7 and 10 (all got in C). But I say: notorious enough to make Wikipedia’s notoriety rule! 8-)
About Akira Watanabe, although Wikipedia lists one motorcycler, a scout and two movie crew, I did not had any of those in mind [the name is not as common as John Smith but close enough]. I had in mind the shogi player and the chess player, who I met in 2008 (here’s a pic of him). Incredibly enough, NOT the same guy!
Well done, Art Duval! 8-)
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2012-06-14
Art Duval ★
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Drat, now I have to think of a new puzzle; give me a day or so. Now I remember noticing the “other” Howard Stern. I can’t believe I’d forgotten about Senator Paul Simon.
And, yes, I will complain about 4, 7, and 10. :) Excellent puzzle, Marius!
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2012-06-14
Art Duval ★
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Never mind the “day or so” business, I thought of one. 1) music
2) dance
3) Spanish
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2012-06-14
MRFvR
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2012-06-14
Art Duval ★
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Flamenco is correct! I guess that was too easy. :(
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2012-06-14
MRFvR
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Ok, then, my turn again! This might be tricky... 8-)
1) music
2) dance
3) Spain
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2012-06-14
slaapgraag
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MRFvR, how could you not mention Michael Jackson? He was the best nose in whiskytasting!
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2012-06-14
slaapgraag
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2012-06-14
YHW
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2012-06-14
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-06-14
Eduard
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2012-06-14
Eduard
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sorry, I forgot to refresh the page before the post :(
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2012-06-15
MRFvR
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Obviously, not flamenco (nor guitar or castanets)
1) music
2) dance
3) Spain
4) alcohol
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2012-06-15
YHW
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2012-06-15
MRFvR
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close but not yet... 8-)
1) music
2) dance
3) Spain
4) alcohol
5) Johnny
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2012-06-16
Pinobambu
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Johnny doesn’t fit for me but i’ll say "Ibiza"
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2012-06-16
YHW
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Johnny Spain is an artist, a dj, do you mean a “discotheque”?
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2012-06-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-06-17
MRFvR
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not yet...
1) music
2) dance
3) Spain
4) alcohol
5) Johnny
6) WTF
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2012-06-17
YHW
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2012-06-18
MRFvR
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Yep Sak Noel’s Loca People! When I first saw Art Duval’s game I thought this was the answer but then decided no one would use something THAT stupid here! After winning that game, I couldn’t resist starting a new game with the same clues as the previous one
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2012-06-18
MRFvR
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@Nathan F Miller – Thanks for this very instructive link! 8-)
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2012-06-18
YHW
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Ok, this is the next round: 1) Manchester
2) Boston
3) Bologna
4) Bordeaux
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2012-06-18
YHW
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1) Manchester
2) Boston
3) Bologna
4) Bordeaux
5) Havana
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2012-06-19
YHW
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1) Manchester
2) Boston
3) Bologna
4) Bordeaux
5) Havana
6) Lhasa
7) Bern
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2012-06-19
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-06-19
YHW
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Yes, but what do these cities have in common in contrast to others? 1) Manchester
2) Boston
3) Bologna
4) Bordeaux
5) Havana
6) Lhasa
7) Bern
8) Peking
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2012-06-19
Ray Garrison ★
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This puzzle is for the DOGS
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2012-06-20
YHW
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2012-06-20
Ray Garrison ★
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actually, when you added Peking I immediately thought Pikingese and Dog, then realized Boston Terrier, and thought I might be on to something, then I typed Lhasa in google and found Lhasa Apso, then I checked a couple of others and knew I had the answer. OK, new puzzle: 1) man
2) out
3) check
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2012-06-20
Ed Collins
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rain (rainman, rainout, raincheck)
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2012-06-20
Ray Garrison ★
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I thought it would take longer! Good job, Ed!
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2012-06-20
Ed Collins
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Thanks. I’ll pass and let someone else start a new game. (I recall reading that someone wanted to, but hadn’t won in awhile.)
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2012-06-20
Nathan F Miller ★
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I’ll start one, but I don’t think it would hurt us much if someone else started another one simultaneously... 1. royal
2. hidden
3. stranger
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2012-06-21
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-06-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. royal
2. hidden
3. stranger
4. sun
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2012-06-21
YHW
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich
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2012-06-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. royal
2. hidden
3. stranger
4. sun
5. new
6. inactive
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2012-06-21
MRFvR
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2012-06-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. royal
2. hidden
3. stranger
4. sun
5. new
6. inactive
7. ray
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2012-06-21
MRFvR
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maybe I was reading another topic once too much...! 8-)
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2012-06-22
Thomas Werner
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2012-06-22
Nathan F Miller ★
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I’m starting to wonder if this isn’t maybe too difficult... 1. royal
2. hidden
3. stranger
4. sun
5. new
6. inactive
7. ray
8. eight
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2012-06-22
Ray Garrison ★
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What a NOBLE puzzle! (these are the names of the noble gasses, translated into English)
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2012-06-22
Nathan F Miller ★
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You have proven that these elements are not insoluble! Whole key: “royal” relates to “noble”; hidden = kypton; stranger = xenon; sun = helium; new = neon; inactive = argon; radon is actually from an abbreviation for “radium emanation”, but radium itself means “ray” so I thought that was good enough; eight is the number of electrons in the outer shell of the ones above helium, making a full shell, and thus relatively chemically “inactive” again. Further clues would have been other features “group”, “complete”, “shell”, and then onto common applications “lighting”, “balloon” and such.
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2012-06-22
Ray Garrison ★
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That was a tough one...mine are usually quite easy, but I hope this one is a bit more difficult than I usually post: 1) Trucks
2) Throttle
3) Mute
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2012-06-23
Ed Collins
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Muffler was the first thing that came to mind, but I don’t believe that’s it.
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2012-06-23
Ray Garrison ★
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nice guess, but no 1) Trucks
2) Throttle
3) Mute
4) Sneakers
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2012-06-23
Ed Collins
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You’re capitalizing the words and knowing you, I think that is deliberate. These are all the names of movies which would explain the capitalization. Mute (2012) and Trucks (1997) were both written by Stephen King. But I don’t see a King connection with Sneakers or Throttle. And for the moment I don’t see anything else that connects all four movies.
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2012-06-23
Ray Garrison ★
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http://www.stephenking.com/library/short_story/ Well done, Ed! These are all PUBLISHED Stephen King Short Stories. The link above is a list of all his short stories. I noticed that after I added Sneakers, Stephen King started to show up in google searches...so I figured someone would solve it. I was going to add things like “Rest Stop” and “Luckey Quarter” and maybe “Home Delivery” etc....
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2012-06-23
Ray Garrison ★
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O.K. Ed, you solved mine again. This time you can’t pass! Let’s see your puzzle!
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2012-06-23
Ed Collins
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A.
1) dishonest people
2) Pinocchio B.
1) a fishing pole
2) a one-armed pirate C.
1) a boomerang
2) a lost wallet D.
1. cake batter
2. trouble
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2012-06-23
Pinobambu
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Predictive dreams and its meaning. Dreaming about a fishing pole means you are a pirate who is going to lose his arm; if you lose a wallet, you will find a boomerang; if you meet dishonest people you will turn into wood; and dreaming about cake batter means you will get up hungry.
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2012-06-24
Nathan F Miller ★
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A: liars -?
B: things with a hook
C: things that might come back
D: things you stir up
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2012-06-24
Ed Collins
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Yes. Correct on all four. Very good. (Actually, I was looking for word “returned” on C, but things that might come back is close enough.) My goal was to give as few clues as possible for each. Thus, I had to pick the very best clues I could think of.
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2012-06-24
Nathan F Miller ★
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Next round: 1. pavement
2. semi
3. keen
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2012-06-24
Pinobambu
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Words having different meanings in British and American English
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2012-06-25
Nathan F Miller ★
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You have solved it with just three clues! Awesome/Brilliant!
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2012-06-25
kingofthebesI
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different meanings or different words? I was thinking pavement/sidewalk? if it is “different meaning” then I’d be interested what the US meanings are!
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2012-06-25
Pinobambu
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I just copied the title of a Wikipedia list in which pavement is "the road surface"
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2012-06-25
Pinobambu
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Next Round:
one tomato
a handful of almonds
a handful of pine nuts
two cloves of garlic
olive oil
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2012-06-25
maraca
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2012-06-26
Pinobambu
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Good, but pesto is an Italian sauce : )
+ one tomato
+ a handful of almonds
+ a handful of pine nuts
+ two cloves of garlic
+ olive oil
+ ten dried peppers
+ a slice of bread
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2012-06-26
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-06-26
maraca
|
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2012-06-27
MarleysGhost ★
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What’s in Euell Gibbons’s casket?
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2012-06-27
Ed Collins
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I’ll bet lots of people don’t know who Euell Gibbons was. "Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible."
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2012-06-27
Pinobambu
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I’m afraid it may not be very well known out there, but the first Maraca attempt was quite good and with a good Google search it was already first
+ one tomato
+ a handful of almonds
+ two cloves of garlic
+ olive oil
+ ten dried peppers
+ a slice of bread
+ a handful of pine nuts or hazelnuts
+ water
+ vinegar
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2012-06-27
maraca
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2012-06-28
Pinobambu
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That’s it maraca! Your time is now : )
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2012-06-28
maraca
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Thanks, finally! Hhere we go: - tape
- bring
- tickle
- human
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2012-06-29
maraca
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2012-06-29
maraca
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2012-06-30
maraca
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2012-06-30
maraca
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- power
- tootsie these are 10 words, but I’ve got more if needed, although I don’t think they’ll help... and it’s no movie or something like that.
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2012-06-30
kingofthebesI
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2012-06-30
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-06-30
maraca
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Both wrong. Hint: The meaning of the words isn’t important.
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2012-06-30
Ray Garrison ★
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words that contain other words (tap, ring, tick, man, rang, per, moo, glad, owe,too)
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2012-06-30
maraca
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Close enough. Here’s the solution: words that contain an onomatopoeic word. Onomatopoeic words are words mimicking a sound. For example an English clock makes tick tock (and a German one tick tack or Japanese katchin katchin). (tap)e, b(ring), (tick)le, (hum)an, (boom)erang, (zip)per, (moo)n, (bang)ladesh, (pow)er, (toot)sie.
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2012-06-30
Ray Garrison ★
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Here is a new puzzle.... 1) mass
2) matter
3) astral
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2012-07-01
Ray Garrison ★
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1) mass
2) matter
3) astral
4) luft
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2012-07-02
Ray Garrison ★
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1) mass
2) matter
3) astral
4) luft
5) hazy
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2012-07-03
Ray Garrison ★
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Is there anybody trying to solve this? 1) mass
2) matter
3) astral
4) luft
5) hazy
6) isometry
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2012-07-03
Richard Lorentz
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OK, I’ll bite — if I can take a pass on offering the next puzzle if I’m right. :) Words related to “space”?
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2012-07-03
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-07-03
Ray Garrison ★
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sorry, both wrong 1) mass
2) matter
3) astral
4) luft
5) hazy
6) isometry
7) megaton
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2012-07-03
kfiecio ★
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2012-07-04
Richard Lorentz
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Usable in both English and Deutsch?
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2012-07-04
Art Duval ★
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Little Golem player ID’s that are also science words (or maybe “science and math”, for isometry). “isometry” (a.k.a. Tasmanian Devil) was the only name I recognized
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2012-07-04
Art Duval ★
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Little Golem player ID’s that are also science words (or maybe “science and math”, for isometry). “isometry” (a.k.a. Tasmanian Devil) was the only name I recognized
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2012-07-04
Art Duval ★
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Sorry for the repeated post — accidentally confused myself.
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2012-07-04
Ray Garrison ★
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Art, you nailed it! (actually I was going to just keep listing littlegolem names that were words, not necessarily science related, I thought I would start with the scientific ones to throw a curve ball)
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2012-07-04
Ed Collins
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Good one, Art. By the way Ray, your package arrived safely today. Thanks.
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2012-07-04
Art Duval ★
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Alright, here we go... 1) senator
2) national
3) king
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2012-07-04
Ray Garrison ★
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Sport Team members: Washington Senators was a MLB team that became the Minnesota Twins, then another Senators team became the Texas Rangers Washington Nationals (the current MLB team) Los Angeles Kings (the winners of this year’s Stanley Cup)
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2012-07-05
Art Duval ★
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Ray: Well, I’m impressed, but I’m thinking of something more specific. There’s something about these three (and more to come) that’s not so common. 1) senator
2) national
3) king
4) brave
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2012-07-05
Ray Garrison ★
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(Atlanta Braves is another MLB team....)
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2012-07-05
Art Duval ★
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1) senator
2) national
3) king
4) brave
5) royal
6) giant
7) titan
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2012-07-06
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-07-06
Art Duval ★
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Just to clarify: Ray’s guess of “Sport Team members” is partly correct, but not specific enough. “titles of respect” is not the missing piece. Here’s one more clue. 1) senator
2) national
3) king
4) brave
5) royal
6) giant
7) titan
8) ranger
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2012-07-06
Ed Collins
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2012-07-06
MarleysGhost ★
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A lot of those teams have moved.
The Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins.
The Milwaukee Braves became the Atlanta Braves.
The Oakland Athletics became the Kansas City Royals (or do I have that wrong?).
The New York Giants became the San Francisco Giants.
The Houston Oilers became the Tennessee Titans.
I don’t know about the Nationals, Kings or Rangers. Also,
The New York Rangers are hockey while the Texas Rangers are baseball.
The Los Angeles Kings are hockey while the Sacramento Kings are basketball.
The Ottawa Senators are hockey while the Washington Senators were baseball.
The New York Giants are football while the San Francisco Giants are baseball.
Team names that have been used in more than one professional American spectator sport?
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2012-07-06
Art Duval ★
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Marley’s Ghost’s second idea is correct! Nationals is current Washington baseball but also a former basketball team in Syracuse (became the Philadelphia 76ers). Braves is current Atlanta baseball but also a former Buffalo basketball team (became San Diego and now Los Angeles Clippers) Titans is current Tennessee football and former name of New York Jets. I was also ready with Browns, Jets, Oilers, Cardinals. I put the clues in singular just to make it less obvious.
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2012-07-07
Art Duval ★
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Oh, and I forgot Panthers, too.
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2012-07-10
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-07-11
Nathan F Miller ★
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I suppose it could be ‘ceramic’.
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2012-07-12
MarleysGhost ★
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1) tile
2) light
3) paint
4) fan
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2012-07-12
maraca
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words that are nouns and verbs?
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2012-07-13
kingofthebesI
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Things that can be part of the ceiling?
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2012-07-13
MarleysGhost ★
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Yes, King of Thebes, the expression was “ceiling”.
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2012-07-15
kingofthebesI
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1) Rock
2) Topstone
3) Magma
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2012-07-15
maraca
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2012-07-15
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
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2012-07-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-07-16
maraca
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@Nathan: Very interesting, but I don’t think magma would make any sence then. Do you mean “top stone” or is there a rock star called Topstone making lots of money with his band Magma?
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2012-07-16
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
5)Mountain
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2012-07-17
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
5)Mountain
6)Woman
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2012-07-17
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
5)Mountain
6)Woman
7)Sex
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2012-07-18
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
5)Mountain
6)Woman
7)Sex
8)Orgasms
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2012-07-18
milesd ★
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2012-07-18
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
5)Mountain
6)Woman
7)Sex
8)Orgasms
9)Goddess
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2012-07-19
Hjallti
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2012-07-19
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
5)Mountain
6)Woman
7)Sex
8)Orgasms
9)Goddess
10)Eruption
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2012-07-21
kingofthebesI
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1)Rock
2)Topstone
3)Magma
4)Money
5)Mountain
6)Woman
7)Sex
8)Orgasms
9)Goddess
10)Eruption
11)Boggle
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2012-07-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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Phone. Addition. Magic. Poodles. Troika.
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2012-07-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-07-21
kingofthebesI
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2012-07-21
Art Duval ★
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I don’t get it! What was the answer?
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2012-07-22
Nathan F Miller ★
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Ten-point words in Scrabble. Next round... 1. tollbooth
2. factory
3. wardrobe
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2012-07-24
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. tollbooth
2. factory
3. wardrobe
4. wrinkle
5. willows
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2012-07-24
Art Duval ★
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key words in famous children’s books:
1. Phantom Tollbooth
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. A Wrinkle in Time
5. The Wind in the Willows
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2012-07-24
Nathan F Miller ★
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That’s it! Children’s fantasy books, more particularly.
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2012-07-25
Art Duval ★
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OK, here we go: 1. short
2. roll
3. sea
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2012-07-25
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-07-25
Art Duval ★
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good guess, but no 1. short
2. roll
3. sea
4. wolves
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2012-07-25
Art Duval ★
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1. short
2. roll
3. sea
4. wolves
5. home
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2012-07-26
Art Duval ★
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1. short
2. roll
3. sea
4. wolves
5. home
6. orange
7. isograms
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2012-07-26
Nathan F Miller ★
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Words from winning guesses in Reverse Empathy.
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2012-07-26
Art Duval ★
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2012-07-26
Nathan F Miller ★
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And so we go... 1. pirate
2. prey
3. flee
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2012-07-27
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. pirate
2. prey
3. flee
4. mislead
5. raiding
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2012-07-28
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. pirate
2. prey
3. flee
4. mislead
5. raiding
6. legion
7. prow
8. lubber
9. crew
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2012-07-28
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-07-29
Nathan F Miller ★
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@Ray: I’m afraid it is naut. 1. pirate
2. prey
3. flee
4. mislead
5. raiding
6. legion
7. prow
8. lubber
9. crew
10. flog
11. ravish
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2012-07-30
Nathan F Miller ★
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Hint: Some will consider these the worst words.
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2012-08-01
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. pirate
2. prey
3. flee
4. mislead
5. raiding
6. legion
7. prow
8. lubber
9. crew
10. flog
11. ravish
12. implications
13. laughter
14. pleasant
15. royalty
16. pilot
17. play
18. free
19. misread
20. lading
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2012-08-02
kingofthebesI
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2012-08-02
Doctor_Strange
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2012-08-02
Doctor_Strange
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pirate-pilot
prey-play
flee-free
mislead-misread
raiding-lading
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2012-08-02
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-08-02
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-08-02
Doctor_Strange
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New puzzle: 1. mind
2. game
3. hard
4. think
5. fun
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2012-08-02
Ed Collins
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2012-08-02
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-08-03
Doctor_Strange
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Marley is correct....these are all words in the first post of this thread
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2012-08-03
kingofthebesI
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@nathan I would never have got that Imprecation answer, you have a devious mind!
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2012-08-12
Doctor_Strange
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Marley is too slow, so I will go again... 1) stop
2) stay
3) time
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2012-08-13
Nathan F Miller ★
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It could be words that are other words backwards... “Yats” being a name for people with the characteristic New Orleans dialect.
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2012-08-13
Doctor_Strange
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No, sorry.... 1) stop
2) stay
3) time
4) if
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2012-08-13
MarleysGhost ★
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Oops, sorry. I got distracted by the Olympic games. Carry on.
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2012-08-13
Doctor_Strange
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1) stop
2) stay
3) time
4) if
5) sorrow
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2012-08-14
Doctor_Strange
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1) stop
2) stay
3) time
4) if
5) sorrow
6) bike
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2012-08-16
Doctor_Strange
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1) stop
2) stay
3) time
4) if
5) sorrow
6) bike
7) breathe
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2012-08-16
Doctor_Strange
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I will be gone for almost a week, leaving in just over 24 hours, so I will give a few more clues to see if someone can solve it before I hit the road... 1) stop
2) stay
3) time
4) if
5) sorrow
6) bike
7) breathe
8) pigs
9) fearless
10) money
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2012-08-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-08-16
Doctor_Strange
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well done! “Have a Cigar”, Nathan! Here is a list of mostly one word Floyd tunes: 1) stop
2) stay
3) time
4) if
5) sorrow
6) bike
7) breathe
8) pigs
9) fearless
10) money
11) dogs
12) echoes
14) eclipse
15) embryro
16) flaming
17) marooned
18) mother
19) mudmen
20) quicksilver (this would have been a fun clue!)
21) see saw
22) sheep
23) Sysphus (another fun clue)
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2012-08-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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And (new) round we go... 1. dojo
2. tiki
3. lama
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2012-08-16
Doctor_Strange
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words with identical vowels every other letter, although, lama is not a word, unless you are referring to the Dalai Lama)
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2012-08-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. dojo
2. tiki
3. lama
4. soba
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2012-08-16
kingofthebesI
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4 letter words made out of 2 letter words? Lama is word btw or at least it is in the scrabble dictionary (I know some that do not consider many of the scrabble words to be proper words)! do jo
ti ki
la ma
so ba
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2012-08-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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You’re so close, it’s like you’re slightly past it. 1. dojo
2. tiki
3. lama
4. soba
5. fava
6. Mi-go
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2012-08-16
MarleysGhost ★
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So far, they’re all four-letter consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel words.
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2012-08-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. dojo
2. tiki
3. lama
4. soba
5. fava
6. Mi-go
7. rein
8. dodo
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2012-08-16
MarleysGhost ★
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Four-letter words that start with a word used to sing the scale? (Although I’ve sometimes seen the scale word spelled as sol rather than so.)
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2012-08-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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You have it — tho I was just going for short words, with the solfege part stressed and pronounced right — not four letters necessarily. Happens to be the start of “Joy to the World”.
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2012-08-16
MarleysGhost ★
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Without further delay: 1. Deer
2. Black widow
3. Cardinal
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2012-08-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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Species where the two sexes have distinct differences in appearance.
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2012-08-17
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-08-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-08-17
Richard Lorentz
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Am I the only person here who thinks you guys are freaks? (I’m trying to use that term in a positive sense, assuming I understand current usage properly! :) ) I cannot imagine how you come up with these puzzles in the first place but find it even more mind boggling that others then solve them. E.g., 10-point scrabble words. Really?!
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2012-08-17
Nathan F Miller ★
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"Am I the only person here who thinks you guys are freaks?" No. I did have to simplify my liquid consonant minimal pair puzzle after item 15, if that makes you any less boggled.
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2012-08-17
MarleysGhost ★
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I’m freaked out by the Scrabble players' knowledge of hyperarcane words, too.
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2012-08-18
kingofthebesI
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I play scrabble and I wanted a puzzle that wouldn’t be to easy or necessary to solve with google/wikipedia.
Words that were worth 10 points at scrabble gave flexibility and allowed me to have boggle. As to why my puzzle was solved I would guess that boggle as a word game is big clue (I thought that the puzzle should not go beyond 11 so gave an answer that I thought would give further inspiration). From boggle the mind then thinks of scrabble and then you may think are these word might be all worth the same at scrabble. Like cryptic crosswords it pays to get inside the mind of the puzzle setter. Unfortunately sometimes people are so fast they’ve posted and answer before most have seen the question and it is perhaps a shame that the forum doesn’t offer the ability to cover a very early solution with a spoiler, like I have seen in other forums!
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2012-08-19
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. bear
2. frog
3. beetle
4. mantis
5. arachnid
6. scorpion
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2012-08-19
maraca
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can be deadly for humans? or maybe animals that inspired band names?
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2012-08-20
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. bear
2. frog
3. beetle
4. mantis
5. arachnid
6. scorpion
7. toad
8. lamb
9. scarab
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2012-08-20
MarleysGhost ★
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Constellations? (Although I don’t know of a frog, beetle, toad, mantis or lamb constellation, they might be up there.) Animals that are or were sacred to somebody somewhere sometime? (Although that fits only bear, lamb and scarab.)
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2012-08-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. bear
2. frog
3. beetle
4. mantis
5. arachnid
6. scorpion
7. toad
8. lamb
9. scarab
10. insect
11. cicada
12. certainly no fish
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2012-08-21
maraca
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2012-08-21
maraca
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I would say anthropods if there wasn’t a bear and a lamb.
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2012-08-21
maraca
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2012-08-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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you’re getting closer... 1. bear
2. frog
3. beetle
4. mantis
5. arachnid
6. scorpion
7. toad
8. lamb
9. scarab
10. insect
11. cicada
12. certainly no fish
13. ibex
14. zebu
15. oryx
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2012-08-21
Art Duval ★
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number of legs = number of letters in name!!! :) so a good new element of this list could be:
16. me
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2012-08-21
Nathan F Miller ★
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Art has got it. And I had been thinking of adding a “me” after a few more critters. Some other members of this odd bio-linguistic set are medfly, bedbug, tsetse, mayfly, gadfly, hornet, locust, thrips, weevil, botfly; deer, goat, hare, tegu, newt, mole, wolf, puma, vole, lion.
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2012-08-21
Art Duval ★
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1. Afghanistan
2. Switzerland
3. Vatican City
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2012-08-22
maraca
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inlands (countries not bordering to a sea)
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2012-08-22
Art Duval ★
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2012-08-22
maraca
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It was a little bit easier for me, because I’m Swiss, just asked me what’s different, more than one official language – no, not bordering to a sea (‘Binnenland’) - might be. 1. Trinidad & Tobago
2. carnival
3. music
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2012-08-23
maraca
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2012-08-23
maraca
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2012-08-24
Nathan F Miller ★
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I’m guessing the theme is calypso music...
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2012-08-26
maraca
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Correct! Sorry it took me a little bit longer to answer over the weekend.
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2012-08-27
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-08-27
MarleysGhost ★
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That one’s easy: “Marley's grocery list”!
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2012-08-27
maraca
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I think I’ve got it, if I’m right you could add
- soy(a)
- nuts
to the list?
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2012-08-27
MarleysGhost ★
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2012-08-27
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-08-28
maraca
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haha, this is very interesting, I was thinking at protein and I was wrong, although they seem to be good words.
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2012-08-29
Nathan F Miller ★
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Okay, since the solution was (mis)revealed after being (mis)solved, I think it means anyone who has an idea for a new round should just start one.
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2012-08-29
Ray Garrison ★
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I will try one: 1) Argentina
2) Brazil
3) Cyprus
4) El Salvador
5) Finland
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2012-08-29
Ed Collins
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Whatever the answer is, apparently Denmark and the Dominican Republic don’t fit. :)
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2012-08-29
Ray Garrison ★
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My deepest apologies. El Salvador should not be on the list. Luckily, I discovered my error before we got too deep. I will be more careful from here on out. Also, Ed is correct, neither Denmark nor the Dominican Republic qualify. Here is a new, list.... 1) Argentina
2) Brazil
3) Cyprus
4) Finland
5) Greece
6) Honduras
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2012-08-29
maraca
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Countries that have no red on their flag?
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2012-08-29
Ray Garrison ★
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I am impressed. I thought this would be a tough puzzle! correct you are!
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2012-08-30
maraca
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Thanks, it was a good puzzle! Hard to find something that everyone could solve without some special knowledge needed. Still thinking...
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2012-08-30
maraca
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1. jazz
2. moon
3. cyclist
4. name
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2012-08-31
slaapgraag
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2012-08-31
slaapgraag
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neil, that should be.
But I meant Armstrong off course
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2012-08-31
maraca
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Armstrong is correct! jazz -> Louis Armstrong
moon -> Neil Armstrong
cyclist -> Lance Armstrong I planned to add one for each every time, but not necessairy now :)
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2012-09-01
slaapgraag
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Nice to win at my first entry in this thread.
I thought inlands would be a nice one, but that’s taken. Let’s try: 1. Galaxy
2. Fox
3. Colt
4. Note
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2012-09-01
slaapgraag
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Oh, thats not true! I had a wrong guess with ‘guitar’... :-(
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2012-09-04
Ray Garrison ★
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These are all automobiles: Ford Galaxy
Volkswagen Fox
Dodge Colt
Nissan Note
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2012-09-05
slaapgraag
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too eazy, apperently. Right answer!
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2012-09-05
Ray Garrison ★
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New puzzle: 1) red
2) white
3) blue
4) water
5) post
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2012-09-05
maraca
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Had to think at the Netherlands (colors), maybe Amsterdam or the Italian city Venice (post, water).
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2012-09-05
maraca
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Had to think at the Netherlands (colors), maybe Amsterdam or the Italian city Venice (post, water).
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2012-09-05
Ray Garrison ★
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nope! 1) red
2) white
3) blue
4) water
5) post
6) live
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2012-09-06
Ray Garrison ★
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1) red
2) white
3) blue
4) water
5) post
6) live
7) bear
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2012-09-07
Ray Garrison ★
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1) red
2) white
3) blue
4) water
5) post
6) live
7) bear
8) pin
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2012-09-08
Ray Garrison ★
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1) red
2) white
3) blue
4) water
5) post
6) live
7) bear
8) pin
9) english
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2012-09-09
Ray Garrison ★
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1) red
2) white
3) blue
4) water
5) post
6) live
7) bear
8) pin
9) english
10) oriental
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2012-09-10
slaapgraag
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i’m reading, i am reading... Just have no clue...
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2012-09-11
Ray Garrison ★
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yes, this one might be too hard... (but that makes me happy, as all my other puzzles have been solved very quickly!) I will start adding two clues each day... 1) red
2) white
3) blue
4) water
5) post
6) live
7) bear
8) pin
9) english
10) oriental
11) sawtooth
12) scarlet
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2012-09-11
Ed Collins
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2012-09-11
Nathan F Miller ★
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2012-09-12
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-09-12
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. Bali
2. Java
3. Isle of Man
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2012-09-12
MarleysGhost ★
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Islands that are surrounded by sea water.
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2012-09-12
MarleysGhost ★
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No? How about kinds of cats?
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2012-09-12
slaapgraag
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2012-09-12
Nathan F Miller ★
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MarleysGhost’s second guess is right. (Someone did this with dog-breed place names previously — I was being a copy-cat.)
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2012-09-13
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Duck
2. Vulture
3. Feather
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2012-09-13
Nathan F Miller ★
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It’s a stetch, but these three things happen to be pictured among Egyptiam hieroglyphs.
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2012-09-14
MarleysGhost ★
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You stretched in the right direction, Nathan.
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2012-09-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. Leviathan
2. Fujiyama
3. Fahrenheit
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2012-09-16
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-09-16
Nathan F Miller ★
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That’s it! You must’ve snuck up the exit ramp to solve that so fast.
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2012-09-16
Ray Garrison ★
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I have a park speed pass ... 1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
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2012-09-17
Ray Garrison ★
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1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
6) Steve Martin
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2012-09-18
Ray Garrison ★
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1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
6) Steve Martin
7) Brad Pitt
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2012-09-18
kingofthebesI
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2012-09-19
Ray Garrison ★
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Yes, she makes the list too! Do you know the answer? 1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
6) Steve Martin
7) Brad Pitt
8) Angelina Jolie
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2012-09-19
kingofthebesI
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Members of the council on foreign relations?
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2012-09-19
Doctor_Strange
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nice guess, but no... 1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
6) Steve Martin
7) Brad Pitt
8) Angelina Jolie
9) Timothy Leary
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2012-09-19
Ray Garrison ★
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oops, I posted using my friend’s account. 1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
6) Steve Martin
7) Brad Pitt
8) Angelina Jolie
9) Timothy Leary
10)Richard Nixon
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2012-09-19
Doctor_Strange
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That’s o.k. it was my fault...I should have logged off
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2012-09-20
Ray Garrison ★
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I will start adding two per day... 1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
6) Steve Martin
7) Brad Pitt
8) Angelina Jolie
9) Timothy Leary
10) Richard Nixon
11) Dan Aykroyd
12) John Belushi
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2012-09-20
kingofthebesI
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2012-09-21
Ray Garrison ★
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no, I wonder if this might be too difficult? 1) Owen Wilson
2) Bruce Willis
3) Vince Vaughn
4) Tom Cruise
5) Jeff Bridges
6) Steve Martin
7) Brad Pitt
8) Angelina Jolie
9) Timothy Leary
10) Richard Nixon
11) Dan Aykroyd
12) John Belushi
13) Jim Morrison
14) Janis Joplin
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2012-09-21
MarleysGhost ★
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People within 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.
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2012-09-21
stay
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people who’ve been on the cover of ‘rolling stone’.
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2012-09-21
Ray Garrison ★
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Stay, you are very good! I did not think anyone would get it....
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2012-09-21
stay
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ha, thank you. all credit to google though; i’d never have known on my own :) 1. imprisonment
2. guillotine
3. decapitation
4. suicide
5. divine
6. reincarnation
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2012-09-22
stay
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1. imprisonment
2. guillotine
3. decapitation
4. suicide
5. divine
6. reincarnation
7. devilish
8. beatific
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2012-09-22
stay
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1. imprisonment
2. guillotine
3. decapitation
4. suicide
5. divine
6. reincarnation
7. devilish
8. beatific
9. religion
10. sacrifice
11. messianic
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2012-09-23
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-09-23
Tellmarch
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Guillotine was invented by a guy named Guillotin during the French revolution, so I doubt it would be in the bible...
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2012-09-23
Tellmarch
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I know, they are all words with one letter “e” inside.
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2012-09-23
stay
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1. imprisonment
2. guillotine
3. decapitation
4. suicide
5. divine
6. reincarnation
7. devilish
8. beatific
9. religion
10. sacrifice
11. messianic
12. minister
13. disciple
14. perdition
15. hippies
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2012-09-23
Nathan F Miller ★
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Words that have two of letter ‘i’ in them.
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2012-09-23
stay
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nathan and valette have joined forces to find the correct answer: words with two 'i’s and one ‘e’. i don’t want to drag this one out any longer so.. whoever likes is up next.
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2012-09-23
Tellmarch
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Well, Nathan found the missing piece, so it’s his turn.
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2012-09-23
stay
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you were on the right track quickly, Valette :) i had hoped to mislead people for a lot longer than i did.
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2012-09-24
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. China
2. India
3. United States
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2012-09-24
kingofthebesI
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2012-09-24
kingofthebesI
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Stay if it takes 15 clues to get the right answer then you did well.
Word lists with a link that isn’t going to be discovered by google are a good choice!
When you get a long way into the list there is more chance for inspiration of the solver and less possibility of a red herring!
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2012-09-25
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. China
2. India
3. United States
4. Pakistan
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2012-09-25
Tellmarch
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Countries with the highest population in the world
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2012-09-25
ypercube
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Countries that have sent an object into space.
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2012-09-25
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. China
2. India
3. United States
4. Pakistan
5. Brazil
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2012-09-25
Ray Garrison ★
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countries with an “a” and an "i"
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2012-09-25
Tellmarch
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2012-09-26
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. China
2. India
3. United States
4. Pakistan
5. Brazil
6. Turkey
7. Australia
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2012-09-27
Ray Garrison ★
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The largest producers of cotton?
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2012-09-27
Nathan F Miller ★
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1. China
2. India
3. United States
4. Pakistan
5. Brazil
6. Turkey
7. Australia
8. Switzerland
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2012-09-27
Carroll ★
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Some countries despised in the Amnesty International 2012 annual report http://www.amnesty.org/en/annual-report/2012/downloads
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2012-09-27
Carroll ★
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I have another idea too, 9. Syria ?
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2012-09-27
Carroll ★
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Hum, no. Countries having a “forward capital” ?
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2012-09-27
MarleysGhost ★
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What’s a forward capital? Countries where the political capital and the de facto economic capital are distinct? (Not sure about Turkey)
Or maybe where the political capital is not the most populous city?
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2012-09-28
Carroll ★
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Yes you could say Ankara replaced Constantinople as a capital 16 days before the Republic of Turkey started its existence. I was not so sure for China’s Xian being replaced by Peking or Beijing.
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2012-09-28
MarleysGhost ★
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So, “forward capital” means a capital has become the capital after some other city had been the same country’s capital?
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2012-09-28
Nathan F Miller ★
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I’d been thinking of countries where the capital is not the most populous city regardless of the reason — So Marley’s (Marleys' ? Marley’s' ?) guess is most spot on. But I do wonder whether any such cases are not also cases of forward capitals...
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2012-09-28
Ray Garrison ★
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By the way, my guess of the largest cotton producing countries may have seemed strange, but the list is almost the same, here are the top producing countries in thousands of bales: 1. China 25,500
2. United States 17,559
3. India 12,500
4. Pakistan 8,350
5. Brazil 4,400
6. Turkey 4,200
7. Greece 1,700
8. Australia 1,300
9.Syria 1,300
10. Mali 1,050
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2012-09-28
Ray Garrison ★
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In fact, at the time I suggested my solution, I was absolutely sure I was correct! But alas, it was just an interesting coincidence...
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2012-09-28
Ray Garrison ★
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2012-09-28
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Uranium
2. Plutonium
3. Thorium
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2012-09-28
ypercube
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Radioactive elements? Elements named after (Ancient) Gods? Elements both radioactive and named after (Ancient) Gods?
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2012-09-28
MarleysGhost ★
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1. Uranium
2. Plutonium
3. Thorium
4. Neptunium
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2012-09-29
ypercube
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I thought that when a guess is not correct there was (unwritten code) to provide an expression that doesn’t match the wrong guess. Neptonium is both radioactive and named after a God (ok, wikipedia says named after the planet – but the planet had been named after a god).
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2012-09-29
MarleysGhost ★
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I never knew that. There are some lists that have an underlying order (e.g., the order in which they first appear in “The Far Side Gallery 3”), to which your note may not apply, but this is not one of them. 1. Uranium
2. Plutonium
3. Thorium
4. Neptunium
5. Radon Better?
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2012-09-29
Tellmarch
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They are all chemical elements. And with the rule established by ypercube, either you recognize me as the winner, or you provide a word that isn’t a chemical element :p
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2012-09-29
MarleysGhost ★
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Yes, they’re all elements, but which ones? 1. Uranium
2. Plutonium
3. Thorium
4. Neptunium
5. Radon
6. Bismuth
7. Mercury
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2012-10-01
MarleysGhost ★
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2013-01-11
slaapgraag
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too bad long threads are broken... All that hard work!
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