A list of 27 words by sionnach.
- sucrer les fraiseswas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- colgar los guanteswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- david blainewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- cardiganwas added by sionnach and appears on 37 lists
- 112118was added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- insolentwas added by sionnach and appears on 160 lists
- pecorouswas added by sionnach and appears on 9 lists
- cliometricswas added by sionnach and appears on 9 lists
- colporteurwas added by sionnach and appears on 39 lists
- reading gaolwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- cousin bettewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- ellisonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- curiouswas added by sionnach and appears on 75 lists
- crotchetywas added by sionnach and appears on 45 lists
- siegelwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- nyxwas added by sionnach and appears on 10 lists
- marfan syndromewas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- l'enfant et les sortilègeswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- psychopompwas added by sionnach and appears on 98 lists
- le corbusierwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- hadjiwas added by sionnach and appears on 11 lists
- háp-hápwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- cynosurewas added by sionnach and appears on 230 lists
- haplographywas added by sionnach and appears on 21 lists
- syllabubwas added by sionnach and appears on 36 lists
- thrushwas added by sionnach and appears on 51 lists
- tubmanwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
1. author : Beecher Stowe :: subway conductor :
2. Dukas : The Sorcerer’s Apprentice :: Ravel
3. Indy : 4966 :: NASCAR :
4. hand : Smith :: man :
5. Hatfield : McCoy :: uncle :
6. easy job : sinecure :: guiding light :
7. “It’s De Lovely�? : Cole Porter :: bible salesman :
8. ribit-ribit oink-oink : quack-quack : bre-ke-ke röf-röf-röf
9. Holy war : jihad :: accomplished pilgrim :
10. safe haven : sanctuary :: wild prison :
11. burger : 97 :: hot dog :
12. Europe : 63 :: America
13. accellerando : dittography :: ralentando :
14. astronomy, physics :astrophysics ::history, statistics :
15. axe : 81 :: aced :
16. creator of high spirits : Courvoisier :: creator of high-rises :
17. Boston strangler : psychopath :: Grim Reaper :
18. tremulous : quavering :: irritable :
19. Arthur : bright :: Lincoln :
20. heavy : Scarlett : light :
21. night : chaos :: nemesis :
22. Prague : 38 :: Paris :
23. course outline : syllabus :: cream-based dessert :
24. baby kitten : fuzzy pet :: poor relation :
25. mirage : win :: flamingo :
26. cold irritant : chilblain :: cool irritant :
27. guantes : colgar :: fraises :
28. Isle of Man : masculine :: Isle of Wight :
29. proper : decorous :: Wisconsin :
30. inauthentic : spurious :: white trash fragrance :
December 8, 2007
seanahan commented on the list quiz-time-4
1. Tubman (Harriet is the clue, if that helps with the others, as well as Underground Railroad)
After getting the first, I thought the rest would be easy, but I couldn't get any of them at first glance.
December 8, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
Could 5 be "thrush"?
December 8, 2007
sarra commented on the list quiz-time-4
13. haplography. ugh! I had to Google.
23. syllabub
28. genderless! Curiously, etymonline points out the archaic word wight is not to do with the Isle's Wight. Some speculation on the roots of the Manx Man can be found in this book chapter.
December 8, 2007
mollusque commented on the list quiz-time-4
6. easy job : sinecure :: guiding light : cynosure
December 8, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
'genderless" is not the answer to question 28.
December 9, 2007
sarra commented on the list quiz-time-4
hmm!
December 9, 2007
mollusque commented on the list quiz-time-4
8. ribit-ribit oink-oink : quack-quack : bre-ke-ke röf-röf-röf : háp-háp
10. safe haven : sanctuary :: wild prison : hellhole
14. astronomy, physics :astrophysics ::history, statistics : psychohistory
28. Isle of Man : masculine :: Isle of Wight : human
December 9, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
mollusque: yes on #8; no on the other three
December 9, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
Think these are right:
9. hajji
16. Le Corbusier
17. psychopomp
December 9, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
Very good, rolig: all three are correct.
December 9, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
Would No. 2 be "L'Enfant et les sortilèges" ("The Child and the Spells"), also a "lyric fantasy" in which a child has to deal with objects coming to life.
December 9, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
10. penitentiary perhaps? - though I don't get the "wild" part.
December 9, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
21. night or Nyx
According to Hesiod, Night (Nyx) was born of Chaos, and Nemesis was born of Night.
December 9, 2007
trivet commented on the list quiz-time-4
Hmmmm....
2-if not what rolig said, Bolero?
5-THRUSH?
19-Marfan
25-harrah????
December 10, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
Trivet: "harrah" is not right for #25, though you are on the right track.
Rolig rocks on these clues!
December 10, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
Hey, thanks! I seem to be stumped on the rest, though. Could No. 10 be "zoo"? And No. 18, "quivering"?
December 11, 2007
trivet commented on the list quiz-time-4
For 25 - Siegel, then?
December 11, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
Hmmm. I guess the Saturnalian shopping frenzy has choked off the creative juices of assorted wordizens.
December 14, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
A few hints:
literary clues - 4, 10, 24
science clues - 3, 12, 15
musical clues - 18, 22
popular culture clues - 26, 30
'sounds like' clues - 7, 24, 29, 30
December 14, 2007
sarra commented on the list quiz-time-4
hahaha! 18. crotchety!
December 14, 2007
trivet commented on the list quiz-time-4
errr... Is #30 curious?
December 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
r_t: Why, yes it is.
Britney fans: before you fire off those e-mails of protest, consider the woman's recent annus horribilis and you will have to acknowledge that the designation 'white trash' is sadly appropriate.
December 15, 2007
skipvia commented on the list quiz-time-4
Now, that's getting a little personal, isn't it? I mean, just because Britney doesn't wear underwear, I'm not sure you should call her...Oh...wait...annus. Oh. I get it. Never mind...
December 15, 2007
bilby commented on the list quiz-time-4
Sionnach mentioned no overarching theme. In the Spears case, we can probably assume no underarching theme and advise paparazzi accordingly.
December 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
Skipvia: I had the same idea, but suppressed it, knowing that someone wouldn't be able to resist. You didn't disappoint! :-)
December 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
Looking at clue #28, I think perhaps it's not entirely fair. The answer is not a direct analogy; rather it has to do with the geographical location of the Isle of Wight. I will say no more....
December 15, 2007
skipvia commented on the list quiz-time-4
You can always count on me to take the low road, si.
December 15, 2007
seanahan commented on the list quiz-time-4
4. Marx?
December 15, 2007
sarra commented on the list quiz-time-4
Oh gosh, now I understand 4 but my knowledge is lacking! My survey says—Ellison?
December 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
#4 solved, I think, by the joint efforts of seanahan (who was on the right track) and sarra (who brought it home). The invisible part of the clue was, of course, the word invisible.
December 15, 2007
mollusque commented on the list quiz-time-4
7. “It’s De Lovely�? : Cole Porter :: bible salesman : Polyphemus?
December 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
Mollusque: no for Polyphemus on #7. Hint - it is a 'sound alike' clue - the answer is acoustically reminiscent of part of the clue; in this case very reminiscent.
December 15, 2007
mollusque commented on the list quiz-time-4
Given that hint, I went all out on Google, and ended up finding the source of the question: gaelstat.com/Documents/powerquiz2005answers.doc. The answer is not a word I know, so I'll leave it for others to try to figure out.
December 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
Oh no! My sources revealed. Shock! Horror!
December 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
I'm going to give this 24 more hours and then post all the answers. Some fairly heavy-handed hints are given below (though I'm not associating them with specific clues). Remaining answers have to do with:
the periodic table - literature by Honore - literature by Oscar - music by Wolfgang - the Crimean war - the supreme court - death - cows - geography - the Muses - pop culture bozo - units of measurement
December 18, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
#10. Wilde prison: Reading Gaol
December 19, 2007
rolig commented on the list quiz-time-4
#24. La Cousine Bette (used Wikipedia).
December 19, 2007
seanahan commented on the list quiz-time-4
12. From the hint, element 63 is europium, and element 95 is americium.
December 19, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
seanahan is correct on clue # 12.
Clue # 3 is also related to atomic numbers: see note under the answer 112118
Clue # 15: answer is 1
The logic derives from S.I. units : exa- is the prefix for 10^18 ; deca is the prefix for 10^1 (now reverse the prefixes and the exponents)
December 19, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
burger : 97 :: hot dog : 78
Clear as mud, right? Would it help if I replaced 'hot dog' by 'Frankfurter', and 'burger' by 'Burger'?
December 19, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
#26: cold irritant : chilblain :: cool irritant : David Blaine.
(Does anyone not find David Blaine irritating?)
December 19, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time-4
#27 - guantes : colgar :: fraises : sucrer.
#28. Answer is insolent, to see why, check the geographic location of the Isle of Wight.
#25. seagull is probably a better answer than Siegel.
#22. From the numbering of Mozart symphonies, answer is 31.
December 19, 2007
uselessness commented on the list quiz-time-4
David Blaine is the poor man's Derren Brown.
December 19, 2007