2012 SHC TOC -- Day 1

[DadofTwins]

First, a couple of thank you's:

Thank you to bpmod for getting things back up and running yesterday.

Thank you to rjaguar3 for building and maintaining the scoreboard site this year.

Now a procedural announcement:

The SHC TOC invitation thread shows the official field for this year's finale. Some of the invitees have not yet posted their intent to play, so there is a waiting list. Players on the waiting list are invited to post "provisional" entries. In the event that a member of the official field chooses not to participate, waiting list players will be listed in the official field in descending order of regular season scores.

There will also be a "peanut gallery" thread for those who might like to play along. Enjoy.

On we go.

[DadofTwins]

THE MODERN PENTATHLON, SORT OF

2: He won the 1972 Olympic 200-meter freestyle in a then-world-record time of 1:52.78.

4: In one event of the modern pentathlon, athletes are randomly assigned one of these partners twenty minutes before the competition starts.

6: In 1959, Gordon Gould coined this acronym for a form of radiation that replaced air cartridges in modern pentathlon pistols in 2011.

8: An epee has this type of V-shaped beveled groove on the flat side of the blade.

10: A modern pentathlon cross-country race could be run between the Don and Dee Rivers, near this third-most-populous Scottish city.

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS

3: The slogan of this now-second-largest political party in Northern Ireland is “Building an Ireland of Equals.”

6: In 1860, he led the Expedition of the Thousand to take the Kingdom of the Two Sicilys from the Bourbons.

9: Ieng Sary, former deputy leader of this Southeast Asian revolutionary group, later created the Democratic National Union Movement political party in Cambodia.

12: This movement took its name from the date of a failed 1953 attack in Cuba.

15: This group of nineteenth century Russian revolutionaries who protested Nicholas I's ascension share their name with Colin Meloy's indie-rock band.

ANSWERS:

Spoiler

THE MODERN PENTATHLON, SORT OF

2: Spitz
4: Horse
6: LASER
8: Going for fuller, but blood groove is good.
10: Aberdeen

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12: 26th of July Movement
15: The Decembrists

[cinemaniax7]

Spoiler

2: Mark Spitz (Go, IU!)
4: horse
6: LASER
8: CLAM
10: Aberdeen

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12: It's a date in July, but I can't remember which one, so CLAM
15: CLAM

[jpahk]

i guess i should do this here, even though it would take 5 no-shows from among the 8 people ahead of me (4 invitees, 4 higher WCs) for it to matter.

Spoiler

2: spitz
4: a horse? if you can call that a partner...
6: laser
8:
10: dundee

3: sinn fein?
6: garibaldi
9: khmer rouge
12: may 4 movement
15: decembrists

[billy pilgrim]

Spoiler

2 mark spitz
4 a horse
6 laser
8 --------
10 aberdeen

3 IRA
6 garibaldi
9-----------
12--------
15 decemberists

[Peggles]

Spoiler

2. Mark Spitz
4. horsies
6. laser
8. CLAM notch
10. Aberdeen?

3. Sinn Fein?
6. Garabaldi?
9. Khmer Rouge?
12. 26 of July movement
15. Decembrists?

[Woof]

Provisional entry:

Spoiler

THE MODERN PENTATHLON, SORT OF

2: Mark Spitz
4: fencing?
6: LASER?
8: CLAM
10: Aberdeen

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi?
9: Khmer Rouge
12: 26th of July movement
15: Decemberists

[SwanShadow]

Spoiler

THE MODERN PENTATHLON, SORT OF

2: Who is Mark Spitz?

4: What is a horse?

6: What is LASER?

8: What is a blood groove?

10: What is Dundee?

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS

3: What is Sinn Fein?

6: Who is Garibaldi? (We recently vacationed in NYC and saw his statue in Washington Square Park.)

9: What is the Khmer Rouge?

12: What is the CLAM Movement?

15: Who are the Decemberists?

[OrangeSAM]

Spoiler

2: Mark Spitz
4: Horse??
6: Laser
8: CLAM
10: Aberdeen

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12: 26th of July
15: The Decemberists

[sherder]

Spoiler

2: Spitz
4: Horse
6: Laser
8: Clam
10: Aberdeen?

3: Sinn Fein
6: Clam
9: Khmer Rouge
12: Clam
15: Decemberists

[Paucle]

Spoiler

2: Spitz
4: Horse
6: LASER
8:
10: should probably clam, but hoping Dundee got its name from the rivers

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12:
15:

oy. ultra oy if my 10 pt is wrong.

[mujason]

Just in case there are three drops:

Spoiler

2: Mark Spitz?
4: horse
6: clam
8: clam
10: Aberdeen?

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi
9: Khymer Rouge?
12: clam
15: The Decembrists

[nlw44]

Spoiler

2 - Spitz
4 - horse
6 - LASER
8 -
10 - Aberdeen

3 - Sinn Fein
6 - Garibaldi
9 - Khmer Rouge
12 -
15 - Decembrist

[nfogarty]

Spoiler

2: Mark Spitz
4: Horse
6: LASER
8: fuller
10: Aberdeen

3: Sinn Fein
6: ---
9: Khmer Rouge
12: 26th of July Movement
15: The Decembrists

[DJDaveMick]

Spoiler

2: Mark Spitz
4: horse
6: laser
8: CLAM
10: Aberdeen

3: Sinn Fein
6: Giuseppe Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12: July 26th movement
15: Decembrists

[NoName84]

Spoiler

2: Spitz
4: Horse
6: Laser
8:
10: Aberdeen

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12:
15: The Decemberists

[cbec]

Spoiler

THE MODERN PENTATHLON, SORT OF

2: Mark Spitz

4: Fencing partner

6: Laser

8: CLAM

10: Aberdeen

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS

3: Sinn Fein

6: Garibaldi

9: Khmer Rouge

12: CLAM

15: The Decemberists

[demomoke]

I'll do this one here just in case the impossible happens.

Spoiler

THE MODERN PENTATHLON, SORT OF
2: Mark Spitz
4: a horse
6:
8:
10:Aberdeen

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS
3: Sinn Féin
6: Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12: Movimiento 26 de Julio
15: the Decembrists

[lemonsun]

Spoiler

2: Mark Spitz
4: horse
6: laser
8: blood gutter
10: Aberdeen

3: Sinn Fein
6: Garibaldi
9: Khmer Rouge
12: 26 of July
15: The Decemberists

[Schliemann]

Spoiler

02 MARK SPITZ
04 HORSE
06 LASER
08 CLAM
10 ABERDEEN

03 SINN FEIN
06 GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
09 KHMER ROUGE
12 26 OF JULY
15 DECEMBERISTS