Paul Keating
September 26th, 2015, 03:53 PM
My apologies to all, for a scruffily-conducted round. I began badly by
choosing an etymologically obvious word. I did not know that imago, thanks
to Linnaeus, is common ISV for “butterfly”, as opposed to “caterpillar”.
Put it down to a rooted antipathy to the life sciences dating from my first
high-school biology lesson. Added to that, because of RL issues, I was not
watching my mailbox, so I did not see, until it was far too late, that the
poor choice of word erupted in a spate of insect-related definitions, one
of which, from Efrem Mallach, and the first to arrive in my mailbox, was
synonymous with the real one. Had I been watching, the obvious thing to do
would have been to put up a new word instead. Last and worst, I set up my
email filters badly, and so I missed Dick Weltz’s def, noted below as 17.
Two dealer points and my humble apologies.
The runaway winner of round 2645 is Shani Naylor, whose definition “The
reflection of light radiating from a star on to a planetary surface”
received 5 votes, plus 2 points for guessing the correct def.
Dodi Schultz takes coveted second place with 4 points. And there were four
players in runner-up position with 3 points: John Barrs, Tim Bourne, Mike
Shefler and Guerri Stevens.
The true definition was 3: “A form or stage that resembles the adult but is
not a true adult” (OED 3ed, September 2007).
1. The discarded cocoon of some species of butterfly which has evolved
to appear more attractive to predators than the newly-emerged insect.
Votes from: Schultz and Shepherdson
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 2.
2. An immature insect (larva or pupa) that resembles the same insect in its
mature (imago) stage.
Votes from: Bourne and Widdis
Submitted by: Mallach, who scores natural 2.
3. A form or stage that resembles the adult but is not a true adult.
Votes from: Bourne, Naylor and Schultz
Real definition from OED 3ed, September 2007
4. An insect that reaches sexual maturity at the second or third instar but
may undergo an additional moulting.
Votes from: Cunningham, Lodge and Shepherdson
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 3.
5. A creature, usually an insect, which by its appearance seems to be
something else more dangerous, and thus deters predators.
Vote from: Graham
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
6. A long, narrow piece of land protruding into the ocean,
becoming an island at high tide. Votes from: Madnick, Shefler and
Weltz
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 3.
7. A child showing very early signs of puberty, typically before age 8;
such symptoms are caused by abnormal testosterone production in either sex.
Votes from: Hale and Lodge
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 2.
8. A face mask that faithfully reproduces the face underneath.
Votes from: Carson, Stevens and Weltz
Submitted by: Barrs (DQ), who scores natural 3.
9. False discovery rate; the expected proportion of false positives in the
rejected hypothesis. No votes
Submitted by: Widdis.
10. A vivid memory of a scene that was verbally described but never
directly observed.
Votes from: Mallach and Naylor
Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 2.
11. Psych. in multiple personality disorder, an alternative personality
during its dominant phase.
Votes from: Graham and Mallach
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.
12. The reflection of light radiating from a star onto a planetary surface.
Votes from: Carson, Cunningham, Hale, Madnick and Shefler
Submitted by: Naylor, who scores 5 + 2, total 7.
13. An optical illusion.
No votes
Submitted by: Hale.
14. A mirage, q.v.
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 1.
15. A drug like marijuana smoked in North Africa.
No votes
Submitted by: Madnick.
16. A state in which the price of a futures contract is higher than the
eventual or expected spot price of the underlying commodity or security.
Vote from: Stevens
Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 1.
17. A type of insect that resembles a caterpillar.
No votes (because lost by dealer)
Submitted by: Weltz, who scores 2 dealer points.
Player
Def
Voted For
Votes
Guess
DP
Total
Naylor
12
3 & 10
5
2
7
Schultz
11
1 & 3
2
2
4
Shefler
4
6 & 12
3
3
Barrs
8
DQ
3
3
Stevens
6
8 & 16
3
3
Bourne
5
2 & 3
1
2
3
Lodge
1
4 & 7
2
2
Abell
10
N/V
2
2
Mallach
2
10 & 11
2
2
Shepherdson
7
1 & 4
2
2
Weltz
17
6 & 8
0
2
2
Cunningham
14
4 & 12
1
1
Carson
16
8 & 12
1
1
Hale
13
7 & 12
0
0
Graham
5 & 11
0
0
Madnick
15
6 & 12
0
0
Widdis
9
2 & 14
0
0
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choosing an etymologically obvious word. I did not know that imago, thanks
to Linnaeus, is common ISV for “butterfly”, as opposed to “caterpillar”.
Put it down to a rooted antipathy to the life sciences dating from my first
high-school biology lesson. Added to that, because of RL issues, I was not
watching my mailbox, so I did not see, until it was far too late, that the
poor choice of word erupted in a spate of insect-related definitions, one
of which, from Efrem Mallach, and the first to arrive in my mailbox, was
synonymous with the real one. Had I been watching, the obvious thing to do
would have been to put up a new word instead. Last and worst, I set up my
email filters badly, and so I missed Dick Weltz’s def, noted below as 17.
Two dealer points and my humble apologies.
The runaway winner of round 2645 is Shani Naylor, whose definition “The
reflection of light radiating from a star on to a planetary surface”
received 5 votes, plus 2 points for guessing the correct def.
Dodi Schultz takes coveted second place with 4 points. And there were four
players in runner-up position with 3 points: John Barrs, Tim Bourne, Mike
Shefler and Guerri Stevens.
The true definition was 3: “A form or stage that resembles the adult but is
not a true adult” (OED 3ed, September 2007).
1. The discarded cocoon of some species of butterfly which has evolved
to appear more attractive to predators than the newly-emerged insect.
Votes from: Schultz and Shepherdson
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 2.
2. An immature insect (larva or pupa) that resembles the same insect in its
mature (imago) stage.
Votes from: Bourne and Widdis
Submitted by: Mallach, who scores natural 2.
3. A form or stage that resembles the adult but is not a true adult.
Votes from: Bourne, Naylor and Schultz
Real definition from OED 3ed, September 2007
4. An insect that reaches sexual maturity at the second or third instar but
may undergo an additional moulting.
Votes from: Cunningham, Lodge and Shepherdson
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 3.
5. A creature, usually an insect, which by its appearance seems to be
something else more dangerous, and thus deters predators.
Vote from: Graham
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
6. A long, narrow piece of land protruding into the ocean,
becoming an island at high tide. Votes from: Madnick, Shefler and
Weltz
Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 3.
7. A child showing very early signs of puberty, typically before age 8;
such symptoms are caused by abnormal testosterone production in either sex.
Votes from: Hale and Lodge
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 2.
8. A face mask that faithfully reproduces the face underneath.
Votes from: Carson, Stevens and Weltz
Submitted by: Barrs (DQ), who scores natural 3.
9. False discovery rate; the expected proportion of false positives in the
rejected hypothesis. No votes
Submitted by: Widdis.
10. A vivid memory of a scene that was verbally described but never
directly observed.
Votes from: Mallach and Naylor
Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 2.
11. Psych. in multiple personality disorder, an alternative personality
during its dominant phase.
Votes from: Graham and Mallach
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.
12. The reflection of light radiating from a star onto a planetary surface.
Votes from: Carson, Cunningham, Hale, Madnick and Shefler
Submitted by: Naylor, who scores 5 + 2, total 7.
13. An optical illusion.
No votes
Submitted by: Hale.
14. A mirage, q.v.
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 1.
15. A drug like marijuana smoked in North Africa.
No votes
Submitted by: Madnick.
16. A state in which the price of a futures contract is higher than the
eventual or expected spot price of the underlying commodity or security.
Vote from: Stevens
Submitted by: Carson, who scores natural 1.
17. A type of insect that resembles a caterpillar.
No votes (because lost by dealer)
Submitted by: Weltz, who scores 2 dealer points.
Player
Def
Voted For
Votes
Guess
DP
Total
Naylor
12
3 & 10
5
2
7
Schultz
11
1 & 3
2
2
4
Shefler
4
6 & 12
3
3
Barrs
8
DQ
3
3
Stevens
6
8 & 16
3
3
Bourne
5
2 & 3
1
2
3
Lodge
1
4 & 7
2
2
Abell
10
N/V
2
2
Mallach
2
10 & 11
2
2
Shepherdson
7
1 & 4
2
2
Weltz
17
6 & 8
0
2
2
Cunningham
14
4 & 12
1
1
Carson
16
8 & 12
1
1
Hale
13
7 & 12
0
0
Graham
5 & 11
0
0
Madnick
15
6 & 12
0
0
Widdis
9
2 & 14
0
0
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