2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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Today's set.
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PLANET BOB

2: In sitcoms named for him, he played a psychologist, a Vermont innkeeper, and the creator of a comic book superhero.

4: Formed in 1979, the first of these with a masculine name was Bob.

6: In 1946, Robert Jackson was appointed by President Truman to both write the legal basis for the tribunals in this city and serve as chief prosecutor.

8: His first Pulitzer-winning poetry collection includes the poem that begins, “Some say the world will end in fire/Some say in ice.”

10: This American said the King's Indian Attack “used to be my favorite,” especially against the Caro-Kann.

HOMER'S WOMEN

3: Hermes warned Odysseus that moly, an herb, would protect him from this sorceress's potion.

6: This title character in a Euripides play was the wife of King Priam and mother of 19 children, many of whom appeared in Homer's works.

9: Her singing was what initially attracted Odysseus to the island of Ogygia.

12: Because of a curse from Apollo, no one believed this prophetess's warning about the Trojan Horse.

15: The dispute between Agamemnon and Achilles over this woman leads to Achilles' temporary withdrawal from the Trojan War.
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PLANET BOB

2: Bob Newhart

4: Hurricanes

6: Nuremberg

8: Robert Frost

10: Bobby Fischer

HOMER'S WOMEN

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10: Bobby Fischer

3: Circe
6: Hecuba
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12: Cassandra
15: Briseis?
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Spoiler
2: Bob Newhart
4: Hurricane
6: Nuremburg
8:
10: Bobby Fisher

3: Medea
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2: Bob Newhart
4: hurricane
6: Nuremburg
8: Robert Frost
10: Bobby Fischer

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9: Calypso
12: Cassandra
15:
Poo-tee-weet? So it goes.
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2 bob newhart
4 -------
6 nuremburg
8 frost
10 bobby fischer

3 circe
6 hecuba
9 ---------
12 cassandra
15 -----------
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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2: Bob Newhart
4:
6: Nuremberg
8: Robert Frost
10:

3: Circe
6:
9:
12: Cassandra
15:
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2: Newhart
4: hurricane
6: Nuremburg
8: Frost
10: Fischer

3: Medusa
6:
9: Siren
12:
15:
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2: Bob Newhart
4: clam
6: Nuremberg
8: Robert Frost
10: Bobby Fischer

3: Circe
6: Clytemnestra?
9: clam
12: Cassandra
15: Briseis
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Spoiler
2 Newhart
4 Hurricane
6 Nuremberg
8 Frost
10 Fischer

3 Circe
6 CLAM
9 Calypso
12 Cassandra
15 Clytemnestra? (going with this because everyone else seems to begin with C)
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: Newhart
4:hurricane
6: Nuremburg
8: Frost
10: Fisher

3: Circe
6:Hecuba
9: clam
12: Cassandra
15: clam
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: Bob Newhart
4: Hurricane
6: Nuremberg
8: Robert Frost
10: Bobby Fischer

3: Circe
6: Hecuba
9: Calypso
12: Cassandra
15: Briseis
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Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.

-Shakespeare
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Spoiler
2: Bob Newhart
4: CLAM
6: Nuremberg
8: Robert Frost
10: Bobby Fischer

3: Circe
6: CLAM
9: CLAM
12: Cassandra
15: CLAM
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: Newhart
4: Hurricane
6: Nuremberg
8: Frost
10: Fischer

3: Circe
6: Hecuba
9:
12: Cassandra
15: Briseis (thanks, Orson Scott Card / Shadow of the Hegemon!)
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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PLANET BOB

2: Bob Newhart
4: male-named hurricanes
6: Nuremberg
8: Frost
10: Bobby Fischer

HOMER'S WOMEN

3: Circe
6: CLAM
9: CLAM
12: Cassandra?
15: CLAM
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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2. Bob Newhart
4. hurricane
6. Nuremberg
8. Robert Frost
10. Bobby Fischer

3. CLAM
6. Hecuba
9. Calypso
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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PLANET BOB

2: Bob Newhart

4: hurricane

6: Nuremberg

8: Robert Frost

10: Bobby Fischer

HOMER'S WOMEN

3: Circe

6: ?

9: ?

12: Cassandra

15: ?
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 4

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2 - Bob Newhart
4 - hurricane
6 - Nuremberg
8 - Frost?
10 - Bobby Fisher

3 - Circe
6 - Andromache
9 - Calypso?
12 - Cassandra
15 -
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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

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