Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
This is the last round of the regular season.
The Paucle poll for round 5 is now open.
We start round 6 with an SHC tradition: You Asked for It.
The Paucle poll for round 5 is now open.
We start round 6 with an SHC tradition: You Asked for It.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
LOTTERIES
2: The largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever awarded was a $1.6 billion jackpot for this game, split among three winners in January 2016.
4: Guinevere and Lancelot are machines used in this nation's lottery drawings, run by the Camelot Group.
6: Months before his July 4, 1826, death, this founding father got Virginia to authorize a lottery to pay off his debts.
8: Before the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, the Delaware Lottery offered this type of multi-game bet on NFL games that pays when each individual outcome is correctly predicted.
10: The "winner" of the lottery is stoned to death in this author's short story "The Lottery".
YOU ASKED FOR IT
3: GERMANS IN COEN BROTHERS FILMS--A group of German nihilists claims to have done a kidnapping in this huge 1998 film about two people with the same name.
6: "S"WORDS ETYMOLOGY--This synonym of sheath comes from the Anglo-Norman French word escalberc.
9: CHESS, OPERA, & PRESIDENTS NAMED BARACK PENCIL & PAPER MATH--(# titling a 2006 film about the Battle of Thermopylae) + (# of spaces on a chessboard) + (# of operas by Beethoven) = this number of electoral votes Obama won in 2008.
12: CLASSIC ADVENTURE GAMES MISSING VOWELS (we've taken a game title, removed the vowels A, E, I, O, and U, and changed the spacing; you supply the correct title)--GR MFN DNG
15: NEW ZEALAND WORLD LANGUAGES--After English and Maori, the third most spoken language in New Zealand is this language, an official language in Pago Pago and Apia.
2: The largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever awarded was a $1.6 billion jackpot for this game, split among three winners in January 2016.
4: Guinevere and Lancelot are machines used in this nation's lottery drawings, run by the Camelot Group.
6: Months before his July 4, 1826, death, this founding father got Virginia to authorize a lottery to pay off his debts.
8: Before the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, the Delaware Lottery offered this type of multi-game bet on NFL games that pays when each individual outcome is correctly predicted.
10: The "winner" of the lottery is stoned to death in this author's short story "The Lottery".
YOU ASKED FOR IT
3: GERMANS IN COEN BROTHERS FILMS--A group of German nihilists claims to have done a kidnapping in this huge 1998 film about two people with the same name.
6: "S"WORDS ETYMOLOGY--This synonym of sheath comes from the Anglo-Norman French word escalberc.
9: CHESS, OPERA, & PRESIDENTS NAMED BARACK PENCIL & PAPER MATH--(# titling a 2006 film about the Battle of Thermopylae) + (# of spaces on a chessboard) + (# of operas by Beethoven) = this number of electoral votes Obama won in 2008.
12: CLASSIC ADVENTURE GAMES MISSING VOWELS (we've taken a game title, removed the vowels A, E, I, O, and U, and changed the spacing; you supply the correct title)--GR MFN DNG
15: NEW ZEALAND WORLD LANGUAGES--After English and Maori, the third most spoken language in New Zealand is this language, an official language in Pago Pago and Apia.
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LOTTERIES
2: The largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever awarded was a $1.6 billion jackpot for this game, split among three winners in January 2016.
POWERBALL
4: Guinevere and Lancelot are machines used in this nation's lottery drawings, run by the Camelot Group.
UNITED KINGDOM
6: Months before his July 4, 1826, death, this founding father got Virginia to authorize a lottery to pay off his debts.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
8: Before the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, the Delaware Lottery offered this type of multi-game bet on NFL games that pays when each individual outcome is correctly predicted.
PARLAY or TEASER
10: The "winner" of the lottery is stoned to death in this author's short story "The Lottery".
SHIRLEY JACKSON
YOU ASKED FOR IT
3: GERMANS IN COEN BROTHERS FILMS--A group of German nihilists claims to have done a kidnapping in this huge 1998 film about two people with the same name.
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
6: "S"WORDS ETYMOLOGY--This synonym of sheath comes from the Anglo-Norman French word escalberc.
SCABBARD
9: CHESS, OPERA, & PRESIDENTS NAMED BARACK PENCIL & PAPER MATH--(# titling a 2006 film about the Battle of Thermopylae) + (# of spaces on a chessboard) + (# of operas by Beethoven) = this number of electoral votes Obama won in 2008.
365 (300 + 64 + 1)
12: CLASSIC ADVENTURE GAMES MISSING VOWELS (we've taken a game title, removed the vowels A, E, I, O, and U, and changed the spacing; you supply the correct title)--GR MFN DNG
GRIM FANDANGO
15: NEW ZEALAND WORLD LANGUAGES--After English and Maori, the third most spoken language in New Zealand is this language, an official language in Pago Pago and Apia.
SAMOAN
2: The largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever awarded was a $1.6 billion jackpot for this game, split among three winners in January 2016.
POWERBALL
4: Guinevere and Lancelot are machines used in this nation's lottery drawings, run by the Camelot Group.
UNITED KINGDOM
6: Months before his July 4, 1826, death, this founding father got Virginia to authorize a lottery to pay off his debts.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
8: Before the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, the Delaware Lottery offered this type of multi-game bet on NFL games that pays when each individual outcome is correctly predicted.
PARLAY or TEASER
10: The "winner" of the lottery is stoned to death in this author's short story "The Lottery".
SHIRLEY JACKSON
YOU ASKED FOR IT
3: GERMANS IN COEN BROTHERS FILMS--A group of German nihilists claims to have done a kidnapping in this huge 1998 film about two people with the same name.
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
6: "S"WORDS ETYMOLOGY--This synonym of sheath comes from the Anglo-Norman French word escalberc.
SCABBARD
9: CHESS, OPERA, & PRESIDENTS NAMED BARACK PENCIL & PAPER MATH--(# titling a 2006 film about the Battle of Thermopylae) + (# of spaces on a chessboard) + (# of operas by Beethoven) = this number of electoral votes Obama won in 2008.
365 (300 + 64 + 1)
12: CLASSIC ADVENTURE GAMES MISSING VOWELS (we've taken a game title, removed the vowels A, E, I, O, and U, and changed the spacing; you supply the correct title)--GR MFN DNG
GRIM FANDANGO
15: NEW ZEALAND WORLD LANGUAGES--After English and Maori, the third most spoken language in New Zealand is this language, an official language in Pago Pago and Apia.
SAMOAN
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Powerball
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6: Thomas Jefferson
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10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
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15: Samoan
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6: Thomas Jefferson
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10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
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15: Samoan
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Powerball
4: UK
6: Jefferson
8: Parlay
10: Shirley Jackson
3: Raising Arizona
6: Scabbard
9: 365
12:
15: Fijian
4: UK
6: Jefferson
8: Parlay
10: Shirley Jackson
3: Raising Arizona
6: Scabbard
9: 365
12:
15: Fijian
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4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
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10: Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 401
12: Grim Fandango
15: Samoan
4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
8:
10: Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 401
12: Grim Fandango
15: Samoan
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Powerball
4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
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10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: Scabbard
9: 365
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4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
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10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: Scabbard
9: 365
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2. Powerball
4. United Kingdom
6. Thomas Jefferson
8. CLAM
10. Shirley Jackson
3. The Big Lebowski
6. Scabbard?
9. 365
12. Grim Fandango
15. Samoan
4. United Kingdom
6. Thomas Jefferson
8. CLAM
10. Shirley Jackson
3. The Big Lebowski
6. Scabbard?
9. 365
12. Grim Fandango
15. Samoan
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: powerball
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6: jefferson
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10: jackson
3: big lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
12: grim fandango
15: samoan
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6: jefferson
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10: jackson
3: big lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
12: grim fandango
15: samoan
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Powerball
4: England
6: Jefferson
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10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: Scabbard
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15: Samoan
4: England
6: Jefferson
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10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Powerball
4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
8: parlay
10: Shirley Jackson
3: Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 373
12: CLAM
15: Samoan
4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
8: parlay
10: Shirley Jackson
3: Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 373
12: CLAM
15: Samoan
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Guessing and clamming.
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2: Powerball
4: England
6: Jefferson
8: CLAM
10: Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: CLAM
12: CLAM (I'm not even sure what you mean by "adventure game")
15: Samoan
4: England
6: Jefferson
8: CLAM
10: Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: CLAM
12: CLAM (I'm not even sure what you mean by "adventure game")
15: Samoan
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Powerball
4: the United Kingdom
6: Thomas Jefferson
8: parlay betting?
10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
12: Grim Fandango
15: Samoan?
4: the United Kingdom
6: Thomas Jefferson
8: parlay betting?
10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
12: Grim Fandango
15: Samoan?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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LOTTERIES
2: What is Powerball?
4: What is the United Kingdom?
6: Who is Thomas Jefferson?
8: What is CLAM?
10: Who is Shirley Jackson?
YOU ASKED FOR IT
3: What is The Big Lebowski?
6: What is scabbard?
9: What is 365?
12: What is CLAM?
15: What is Samoan?
2: What is Powerball?
4: What is the United Kingdom?
6: Who is Thomas Jefferson?
8: What is CLAM?
10: Who is Shirley Jackson?
YOU ASKED FOR IT
3: What is The Big Lebowski?
6: What is scabbard?
9: What is 365?
12: What is CLAM?
15: What is Samoan?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: powerball
4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
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10: Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
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4: United Kingdom
6: Jefferson
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10: Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: scabbard
9: 365
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Powerball
4: Great Britain
6: Jefferson
8: Perfecta
10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: Scabbard
9: 365
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15: Samoan?
4: Great Britain
6: Jefferson
8: Perfecta
10: Shirley Jackson
3: The Big Lebowski
6: Scabbard
9: 365
12:
15: Samoan?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2. Powerball
4. UK (England if BMS)
6. Thomas Jefferson
8. parlay
10. CLAM
3. CLAM
6. scabbard
9. 365 (300+64+1)
12. Grim Fandango
15. Samoan
4. UK (England if BMS)
6. Thomas Jefferson
8. parlay
10. CLAM
3. CLAM
6. scabbard
9. 365 (300+64+1)
12. Grim Fandango
15. Samoan
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 6, Day 1
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2: Megamillions
4: United Kingdom
6: CLAM
8: Parlay
10: Shirley Jackson
3: CLAM
6: Scabbard
9: CLAM
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
4: United Kingdom
6: CLAM
8: Parlay
10: Shirley Jackson
3: CLAM
6: Scabbard
9: CLAM
12: CLAM
15: CLAM