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- Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:37 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6
- Replies: 94
- Views: 25709
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 6
NOW "SEA" HERE 2: Internet marketers often engage in SEO, the “optimization” of the visibility of a website in these. What are search engines? 4: When this mark appears on a consumer product, the magazine issuing the mark will repair or replace the product if it is defective. What is the ...
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:00 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
- Replies: 92
- Views: 26123
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
GOOD PEOPLE by MinnesotaMyron 2: In 1917 William Barnes and this man partnered to open their first bookstore, in New York City. Who was Noble? 4: Known as "Big Game James", this L.A. Lakers forward and college teammate of Michael Jordan was MVP of the 1988 NBA Finals. Who was James Worthy...
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:04 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: SHC Round 2 Instant Replay Thread [SPOILERS]
- Replies: 169
- Views: 40426
Re: SHC Round 2 Instant Replay Thread [SPOILERS]
A thousand lashes with a soggy Utz's Crab Chip!gnash wrote:I am not so worried that I've never heard of Coeur d'Alene, but I feel really stupid from missing Baltimore. For Calvert's sake, I work in Baltimore.
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:52 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4
- Replies: 98
- Views: 24772
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4
US CITIES 2: This city's underground Riverwalk connects the Alamo to Rivercenter Mall. What is San Antonio? 4: With just over 44,000 people, Couer d'Alene is the second-largest city in the U. S. state. What is your own semi-private Idaho? 6: This city named for Ceclilus Calvert started as a tobacco...
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:05 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
- Replies: 92
- Views: 23389
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS 2: Mathematician Charles Dodgson wrote children's works, including “The Hunting of the Snark,” under this pseudonym. Who was Lewis Carroll? 4: This author of The Giving Tree also wrote the Johnny Cash hit “A Boy Named Sue.” Who was Shel Silverstein? 6: In her “World,” t...
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:52 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 2
- Replies: 95
- Views: 27072
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 2
ALBUMS OF THE YEAR: 1959-1979 Not exactly Classic Rock, but I hope it'll suffice. 2: This blind piano player won his first award in 1974 for Innervisions; by 1977, he had won three times. Who is Stevie Wonder? 4: Henry Mancini's music from this TV series about a private investigator was the first r...
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:11 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 1
- Replies: 97
- Views: 27714
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 1
FILL IN THE LATIN PROVERB 2: Morituri te salutant: “We who are about to” do this “salute you.” What is die? 4: Ab igne ignum capere: “Fight” this with itself. What is fire? 6: Manus manam lavat: “One hand” does this to “the other.” What is washes? 8: Lacrimae sunt arma feminae: These “are a woman's...
- Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:55 am
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge Smack Talk
- Replies: 126
- Views: 29763
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge Smack Talk
Oh, we've got AGGIES out here? Time for this Horned Frog to get a bit of payback -- after all, you're the ones who'd rather belong to a conference that can't even count how many members it has than invite us...
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:05 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6
- Replies: 95
- Views: 29000
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6
PERIODIC DOMAIN NAMES 2: A greenish-yellow gas that disinfects drinking water and the country that is home to the southernmost village in the world. What is Cl? 4: An element mined on Cyrpus during the Roman era, and the home to two three-time Olympic boxing champions. What is Cu? 6: The second-mos...
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:32 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 5
- Replies: 96
- Views: 27039
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 5
BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT PASSENGERS 2: Beginning in 1206, he led the Golden Horde in widespread conquests of Asia and eastern Europe that may have killed as many as 40 million people. Who was Genghis Khan? 4: The only Shakespearean character ever to be canonized, in Henry VI Part 1 she breaks a s...
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:15 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge Smack Talk
- Replies: 126
- Views: 29763
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge Smack Talk
Making note - no double entendres near anyone who's avatar is a sheep......billiej wrote:I literally LOL'd. Thanks!reddpen wrote:Sounds slippery.teapot37 wrote:I was thinking this KY TD I've been working on...
Hmmm, not much of a smackdown, is it?
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:03 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: SHC Round 1 Instant Replay Thread [SPOILERS]
- Replies: 178
- Views: 45021
Re: SHC Round 1 Instant Replay Thread [SPOILERS]
I'm not sure 10 is correct, assuming Elway is the intended response (which I only got from Pig-Latining every word in the clue). The clue says "this Yankees #1 draft pick", but the Yankees drafted him in the 2nd round and 52nd overall (at least according to Wikipedia). The Broncos did dra...
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:00 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Chalenge -- Round 1, Day 4
- Replies: 105
- Views: 27639
Re: Summer Hiatus Chalenge -- Round 1, Day 4
PIG LATIN (All correct responses will be a Pig Latin homophone for a word in the clue.) by Aucle-pay. 2: At ComiCon, Manny expanded his collection of this Japanese art form. What is anime? 4: The jury may have acquitted, but your average ordinary Joe thought this 1994 defendant did it. Who is O. J....
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:50 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Chalenge -- Round 1, Day 3
- Replies: 101
- Views: 29254
Re: Summer Hiatus Chalenge -- Round 1, Day 3
NEW TESTAMENT 2: While most New Testament books are named for their authors, this writer's books are more commonly known by the name of the recipients. Who was Paul? 4: Of the three gifts brought to Jesus by the Magi, this was the only elemental substance. What is gold? 6: When Jesus wanted to retu...
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: NFL is not locked out of Before & After
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5692
NFL is not locked out of Before & After
The Monty Python thread the other day got me thinking... and you know that's dangerous, right? 200 NFC East team that shows Jon Favreau should stick to Iron Man . 400 NFC East team that is a tale of Norwegian pioneers in North Dakota. 600 AFC North team that sings "Stuck in the Middle With You&...
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:00 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Chalenge -- Round 1, Day 2
- Replies: 102
- Views: 29479
Re: Summer Hiatus Chalenge -- Round 1, Day 2
ATLANTIC OCEAN ISLANDS 2: This island, the largest in the Atlantic and home to Fessik in The Princess Bride, has coasts on both the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. What is Greenland? (and he was unemployed, to boot!) 4: Britain and Argentina fought an undeclared war in 1982 over control of this island ...
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:41 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Summer Hiatus Challenge: Round 1, Day 1
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31578
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge: Round 1, Day 1
2: In this game developed in Finland the title “upset” objects are hurled at structures which, when they collapse, kill the pigs underneath. What are the Angry Birds? 4: Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis will appear on the cover of the 2012 EA Sports game named for this announcer. What is...
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Think Different "2": Not Quite Dog Days Of Summer
- Replies: 49
- Views: 21364
Re: Think Different "2": Not Quite Dog Days Of Summer
5. Name any person who has served as an anchor on the CBS Evening News weekday edition. You know you're playing Think Different when one of the sheep is a person I'd never even heard of until I wrote this question. Walter Cronkite(4): gamawire Uncle Jeff debramc jeff6286 Douglas Edwards(4): MarkBar...
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:27 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Bravo, agefen!
- Replies: 84
- Views: 40458
Re: Bravo, agefen!
There can only be "one man of trains"!trainman wrote:Hope people recognize me here, since I was able to register as "trainman" instead of having to settle for "trainman1."
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:23 pm
- Forum: Game Discussions
- Topic: Reretaken Down
- Replies: 5469
- Views: 1452955
Re: Reretaken Down
Yeah, I'm gonna have to 'fess up and admit that it was apparently my posts that rankled Myron so much that day -- but, as to what, I have no idea, and prefer to let it drift off into the sargasso weeds of history. But, as I had far too much time on my hands that day, I started a new thread called Ta...