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Weekly Puzzle / Trivia contest
erwin:
Here are the questions for the seventh puzzle contest which was easy!
1. Soldier's accommodation, almost a terrorist
2. Kingly name, cleanse with water, heavy
3. Great wealth, to express denial, operating
4. End of month headache, place of confinement, supported by a surface
5. Famous Portugal football player, stink, projectile weapon
6. Boy wizard, bereft of falsehood, Leonardo's drawing
7. Small insect sketched by descendant of a giant-killer
8. Dragon killer, tribute for Knights of Ni
The answers are shown below.
Category: US Presidents (Kvetch)
1. Soldier's accommodation (barrack), almost a terrorist (osama): Barrack Obama (Serimia)
2. Kingly name (George), cleanse with water (wash), heavy (ton): George Washington (Kvetch)
3. Great wealth (rich), to express denial (nix), operating (on): Richard Nixon (Serimia)
4. End of month headache (bill), place of confinement (clink), supported by a surface (on): Bill Clinton (Kvetch)
5. Famous Portugal football player (Ronaldo), stink (reek), projectile weapon (gun): Ronald Reagan (Serimia)
6. Boy wizard (Harry), bereft of falsehood (true), Leonarng (Vitruvian man): Harry Truman (Kvetch)
7. Small insect (ant) sketched (drew) by descendant (son) of a giant-killer (jack): Andrew Jackson (Serimia)
8. Dragon killer (George), tribute for Knights of Ni (shrubbery): George Bush (Serimia)
The breakdown is as follows:
Kvetch: 4
Serimia: 5
erwin:
Here are the questions for the eighth puzzle contest, sponsored by Vegas.
1. A day to celebrate trees and the earth
2. A place of eternal felicity
3. Preserves made of oyster irritants
4. Smooth screws 3 inches less than a foot
5. Something naughty kids do on Halloween
6. Stereo cranium
7. A rabbit's friend is held captive
8. Sleep, perchance to dream, or so Nathaniel Kleitman seems to think
The answers are shown below:
Category: 90s bands (Tadrielith)
1. A day to celebrate trees and the earth: Green Day (Kvetch)
2. A place of eternal felicity: Nirvana (Kvetch)
3. Preserves made of oyster irritants: Pearl Jam (Tadrielith)
4. Smooth screws 3 inches less than a foot: Nine inch nails (Tadrielith)
5. Something naughty kids do on Halloween: Smashing pumpkins (Kvetch)
6. Stereo cranium: Radiohead (Tadrielith)
7. A rabbit's friend is held captive: Alice in Chains (Kvetch)
8. Sleep, perchance to dream, or so Nathaniel Kleitman seems to think: R.E.M. (Tadrielith)
Tadrielieth gets 5 tokens!
Kvetch gets 4 rooms...
Kvetch:
You mean 90's bands is not the same as bands of the 90's? I know... you're going to say it's because I gave you multiple guesses, but truthfully when no one's answering to let anyone know whether they're on the right track or not, and someone has to leave, it's all I can do - since the last time "more detail" was needed. Oh, and I don't get credit for Smashing Pumpkins - that wasn't my guess, check your note again. Though I know I guessed R.E.M for the last one. And there is no way you can tell me someone guessed before I did.. There was no one on doing the puzzle except me until I started guessing (and getting nothing in response) until Rosey showed up and then no one until after I sent my note and left. I also take credit for Pearl Jam - that was the first one I guessed. Nine Inch Nails was the second - and the one I used as an example to try to teach Rosey how the game is played.
Here is the note for all to see - includes the time sent, though I was guessing right after Pixie posted it - but again.. no response.... Can't rule against me for that.
From: Kvetch
Subject: puzzle
Posted: Sun Sep 7 22:00:17 2014
To: pix vegas loria calypso
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If you're not even going to be here to let us know whether or not we have the
answers right, why post it (other than my complaining)?
category is one of the following:
musicians, bands, bands of the 80's, bands of the 90's, or something similar.
1) Green Day
2) Nirvana
3) Pearl Jam
4) Nine Inch Nails
5) Cheap Trick
6) Dunno.. currently drawing a blank
7) Alice In Chains
8) R. E. M.
The reason for my multiple guesses on category was this: 1) I confused Green Day with Green Jelly (Three Little Pigs), which I knew was before 1990 and I was sure R.E.M had been around for a while (they have - first album released in 1983). And if my cheap trick guess had been right then 90's would have been out of it completely. Though, I did guess the 90's because no one was telling me anything different.
So, the count should go like this:
Category: Kvetch - bands of the 90's
1) Kvetch - Green Day
2) Kvetch - Nirvana
3) Kvetch - Pearl Jam
4) Kvetch - Nine Inch Nails
5) whoever said smashing pumpkings - probably Tad
6) Tadrielith - Radiohead
7) Kvetch - Alice in Chains
8) Kvetch - R.E.M.
That gives Kvetch 7 and Tad 2. Shoot.. I'll even give him the category since I "didn't word it right" or something so: Kvetch 6, Tad 3.
erwin:
Urhm.. actually I wanted to give Tad more tokens...encourage him :P
That's why on the Old West board it says Kvetch: 8, Tad 5...
Kvetch:
Yeah, pay for ties! :)
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