Millie Morgan
May 13th, 2012, 08:53 AM
The winner for this round is Chris Carson with 8 natural points, followed
closely by Jim Hart with 7
Keith, Mike S. and Tim B. correctly identified No.11 (the regions of mass
concentration) as the OED definition.
Congratulations Chris; over to you again!
All the best
Millie
** MASCON **
1: a ceremonial dish
Voted for by: Matthew Grieco
FROM Steve Dixon who voted 4 and 18, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
2: a professional protester
Voted for by nobody
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 8 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
3: extinct doglike marsupial of Tasmania
Voted for by nobody
FROM Judy Madnick who voted 14 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
4: a hypothetical type of propulsion for space vehicles
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Steve Dixon
FROM Tim Lodge who didn't vote, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
5: a type of glazed almond cookie popular during the reign of Louis XIV
Voted for by nobody
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 9 and *11*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
6: nodules on juvenile male testes which disappear when they become
functional
Voted for by nobody
FROM Johnny Barrs who DQ'ed, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
7: The picture on a book frontispiece that identifies the publishing house
that printed that book
Voted for by: Tony Abell
FROM Jim Zorbas who voted 9 and 16, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
8: A special adhesive able to withstand wide variations in temperature.
Developed for the U.S. space program
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Guerri Stevens, Jim Hart, Dodi Schultz, Keith
Hale
FROM Steve Graham who voted 9 and 14, and scores 5 + 0 = 5
9: _Chiefly Southwestern U.S._ A flat arid valley surrounded by mountains
and draining into a shallow central lake
Voted for by: Steve Graham, Mike Shefler, Jim Hart, Jim Zorbas, Dan Widdis,
Chuck Emery, Matthew Grieco, Scott Crom
FROM Chris Carson who voted 14 and 16, and scores 8 + 0 = 8
10: a mode of operating devices, commonly used in training, in which one or
more slave devices are operated by a master device; from MASter-Control
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
FROM Tim Bourne who voted 8 and *11*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
11: Any of the regions of denser material thought to exist under some lunar
maria, discovered as a result of the variations they produce in the speed of
satellites orbiting the moon
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Mike Shefler, Keith Hale
FROM OED which can't vote, and scores D3
12: One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant,
etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens, Scott Crom
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 9 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
13: [Military] a type of nuclear weapon used primarily to inflict
casualties (euphemism for _Mass Conversion_)
Voted for by: Dick Weltz
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 4 and 10, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
14: a flightless parrot belonging to the nestorinae family, native to New
Zealand
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Steve Graham, Judy Madnick, Dick Weltz, Bill
Bensburg, Chuck Emery, Tony Abell
FROM Jim Hart who voted 8 and 9, and scores 7 + 0 = 7
15: a bird with a hooked bill and brightly colored feathers
Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Bill Bensburg
FROM Bill Bensburg who voted 14 and (15), and scores 1 + 0 = 1
16: beaten egg whites with sugar and cinnamon
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Jim Zorbas, Dan Widdis
FROM Chuck Emery who voted 9 and 14, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
17: [Obs.] apprentice to a gamekeeper
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 8 and 19, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
18: a newborn male bilby
Voted for by: Steve Dixon
FROM Dick Weltz who voted 13 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
19: Any large horse
Voted for by: Dodi Schultz
FROM Tony Abell who voted 7 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
No def
FROM Keith Hale who voted 8 and *11*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
No def
FROM Matthew Grieco who voted 1 and 9, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
No def
FROM Scott Crom who voted 9 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
closely by Jim Hart with 7
Keith, Mike S. and Tim B. correctly identified No.11 (the regions of mass
concentration) as the OED definition.
Congratulations Chris; over to you again!
All the best
Millie
** MASCON **
1: a ceremonial dish
Voted for by: Matthew Grieco
FROM Steve Dixon who voted 4 and 18, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
2: a professional protester
Voted for by nobody
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 8 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
3: extinct doglike marsupial of Tasmania
Voted for by nobody
FROM Judy Madnick who voted 14 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
4: a hypothetical type of propulsion for space vehicles
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham, Steve Dixon
FROM Tim Lodge who didn't vote, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
5: a type of glazed almond cookie popular during the reign of Louis XIV
Voted for by nobody
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 9 and *11*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
6: nodules on juvenile male testes which disappear when they become
functional
Voted for by nobody
FROM Johnny Barrs who DQ'ed, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
7: The picture on a book frontispiece that identifies the publishing house
that printed that book
Voted for by: Tony Abell
FROM Jim Zorbas who voted 9 and 16, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
8: A special adhesive able to withstand wide variations in temperature.
Developed for the U.S. space program
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Guerri Stevens, Jim Hart, Dodi Schultz, Keith
Hale
FROM Steve Graham who voted 9 and 14, and scores 5 + 0 = 5
9: _Chiefly Southwestern U.S._ A flat arid valley surrounded by mountains
and draining into a shallow central lake
Voted for by: Steve Graham, Mike Shefler, Jim Hart, Jim Zorbas, Dan Widdis,
Chuck Emery, Matthew Grieco, Scott Crom
FROM Chris Carson who voted 14 and 16, and scores 8 + 0 = 8
10: a mode of operating devices, commonly used in training, in which one or
more slave devices are operated by a master device; from MASter-Control
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
FROM Tim Bourne who voted 8 and *11*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
11: Any of the regions of denser material thought to exist under some lunar
maria, discovered as a result of the variations they produce in the speed of
satellites orbiting the moon
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Mike Shefler, Keith Hale
FROM OED which can't vote, and scores D3
12: One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant,
etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens, Scott Crom
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 9 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
13: [Military] a type of nuclear weapon used primarily to inflict
casualties (euphemism for _Mass Conversion_)
Voted for by: Dick Weltz
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 4 and 10, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
14: a flightless parrot belonging to the nestorinae family, native to New
Zealand
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Steve Graham, Judy Madnick, Dick Weltz, Bill
Bensburg, Chuck Emery, Tony Abell
FROM Jim Hart who voted 8 and 9, and scores 7 + 0 = 7
15: a bird with a hooked bill and brightly colored feathers
Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Bill Bensburg
FROM Bill Bensburg who voted 14 and (15), and scores 1 + 0 = 1
16: beaten egg whites with sugar and cinnamon
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Jim Zorbas, Dan Widdis
FROM Chuck Emery who voted 9 and 14, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
17: [Obs.] apprentice to a gamekeeper
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 8 and 19, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
18: a newborn male bilby
Voted for by: Steve Dixon
FROM Dick Weltz who voted 13 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
19: Any large horse
Voted for by: Dodi Schultz
FROM Tony Abell who voted 7 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
No def
FROM Keith Hale who voted 8 and *11*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
No def
FROM Matthew Grieco who voted 1 and 9, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
No def
FROM Scott Crom who voted 9 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0