Christopher Carson
March 7th, 2006, 08:41 AM
Our new dealer for Round 1691 will be Chuck Emery, whose walking parrot garnered 7 votes .
There were 2 players who tied as the real winners with 4 points each: Tony Abell and Dave Cunningham.
The true definition was 8: "River, stream, or drainage channel. " (The Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, 2nd Edition) . Paul Keating popped in late in the voting with his perceptive analysis and was the only person to guess correctly.
1. A belt pouch. (Aboriginal).
No votes
Submitted by: Scott.
2. A wind off the Faroe Islands.
Votes from: Schultz, Barrs
Submitted by: Savage, who scores natural 2.
3. A small flightless parrot found on the south island of New Zealand.
Votes from: Crom, Heimerson, Keating, Barrs, Madnick, Bourne,
Muths
Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 7.
4. To snuff.
Vote from: Lodge
Submitted by: Heimerson, who scores natural 1.
5. _Malaysia._ A kite flown in celebration of spring [_Bahasa_ eaa
'fish'].
Vote from: Hirst
Submitted by: Keating, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
6. Form of land tenure in Orkney and Shetland islands.
Votes from: Kornelis, Hirst
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 2.
7. [Maori] A cloud.
Votes from: Emery, Heimerson, Stevens, Muths
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 4.
8. River, stream, or drainage channel.
Vote from: Keating
Real definition from The Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, 2nd Edition
9. A small South American deer (_Furcifer Chilensis_)
No votes
Submitted by: Kornelis.
10. A monumental style of stele reserved for royalty, also sometimes
transliterated eh'yah. (_Inca_).
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 1.
11. (e'a) The Hawai'ian name for the Brown Booby, _Sula leucogaster
plotus_.
Vote from: Savage
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 1.
12. A plate on which offerings were made to the gods in Ancient Greece.
Votes from: Kornelis, Madnick
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 2.
13. A curved stonemason's chisel.
No votes
Submitted by: Hirst.
14. Mythical Greek goddess of dusk; sister of Eos, goddess of dawn.
Votes from: Crom, Cunningham, Shepherdson
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 3.
15. A small coin of fifth century Greece.
No votes
Submitted by: Stevens.
16. Original plural of _eon_, now long obsolete.
Votes from: Cunningham, Lodge, Bourne
Submitted by: Crom, who scores natural 3.
17. Generally, an eyot or islet; particularly, the smaller of a pair,
or the smallest of several, islets in mid-river.
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Barrs, who scores natural 1.
18. [Hawaiian] Victory or triumph.
Votes from: Emery, Shepherdson, Stevens, Savage
Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 4.
19. A riding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide.
Vote from: Schultz
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.
Player Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
------ --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
Emery 3 7 & 18 7 0 7
Abell 18 N/V 4 0 4
Cunningham 7 14 & 16 4 0 4
Crom 16 3 & 14 3 0 3
Schultz 14 2 & 19 3 0 3
Keating 5 3 & 8 1 2 3
Lodge 12 4 & 16 2 0 2
Madnick 6 3 & 12 2 0 2
Savage 2 11 & 18 2 0 2
Barrs 17 2 & 3 1 0 1
Bourne 11 3 & 16 1 0 1
Heimerson 4 3 & 7 1 0 1
Shepherdson 10 14 & 18 1 0 1
Widdis 19 10 & 17 1 0 1
Hirst 13 5 & 6 0 0
Kornelis 9 6 & 12 0 0
Muths 3 & 7 0 0
Scott 1 N/V 0 0
Stevens 15 7 & 18 0 0
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There were 2 players who tied as the real winners with 4 points each: Tony Abell and Dave Cunningham.
The true definition was 8: "River, stream, or drainage channel. " (The Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, 2nd Edition) . Paul Keating popped in late in the voting with his perceptive analysis and was the only person to guess correctly.
1. A belt pouch. (Aboriginal).
No votes
Submitted by: Scott.
2. A wind off the Faroe Islands.
Votes from: Schultz, Barrs
Submitted by: Savage, who scores natural 2.
3. A small flightless parrot found on the south island of New Zealand.
Votes from: Crom, Heimerson, Keating, Barrs, Madnick, Bourne,
Muths
Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 7.
4. To snuff.
Vote from: Lodge
Submitted by: Heimerson, who scores natural 1.
5. _Malaysia._ A kite flown in celebration of spring [_Bahasa_ eaa
'fish'].
Vote from: Hirst
Submitted by: Keating, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
6. Form of land tenure in Orkney and Shetland islands.
Votes from: Kornelis, Hirst
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 2.
7. [Maori] A cloud.
Votes from: Emery, Heimerson, Stevens, Muths
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 4.
8. River, stream, or drainage channel.
Vote from: Keating
Real definition from The Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, 2nd Edition
9. A small South American deer (_Furcifer Chilensis_)
No votes
Submitted by: Kornelis.
10. A monumental style of stele reserved for royalty, also sometimes
transliterated eh'yah. (_Inca_).
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Shepherdson, who scores natural 1.
11. (e'a) The Hawai'ian name for the Brown Booby, _Sula leucogaster
plotus_.
Vote from: Savage
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 1.
12. A plate on which offerings were made to the gods in Ancient Greece.
Votes from: Kornelis, Madnick
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores natural 2.
13. A curved stonemason's chisel.
No votes
Submitted by: Hirst.
14. Mythical Greek goddess of dusk; sister of Eos, goddess of dawn.
Votes from: Crom, Cunningham, Shepherdson
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 3.
15. A small coin of fifth century Greece.
No votes
Submitted by: Stevens.
16. Original plural of _eon_, now long obsolete.
Votes from: Cunningham, Lodge, Bourne
Submitted by: Crom, who scores natural 3.
17. Generally, an eyot or islet; particularly, the smaller of a pair,
or the smallest of several, islets in mid-river.
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Barrs, who scores natural 1.
18. [Hawaiian] Victory or triumph.
Votes from: Emery, Shepherdson, Stevens, Savage
Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 4.
19. A riding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide.
Vote from: Schultz
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.
Player Def Voted for Votes Guess DP Total
------ --- --------- ----- ----- -- -----
Emery 3 7 & 18 7 0 7
Abell 18 N/V 4 0 4
Cunningham 7 14 & 16 4 0 4
Crom 16 3 & 14 3 0 3
Schultz 14 2 & 19 3 0 3
Keating 5 3 & 8 1 2 3
Lodge 12 4 & 16 2 0 2
Madnick 6 3 & 12 2 0 2
Savage 2 11 & 18 2 0 2
Barrs 17 2 & 3 1 0 1
Bourne 11 3 & 16 1 0 1
Heimerson 4 3 & 7 1 0 1
Shepherdson 10 14 & 18 1 0 1
Widdis 19 10 & 17 1 0 1
Hirst 13 5 & 6 0 0
Kornelis 9 6 & 12 0 0
Muths 3 & 7 0 0
Scott 1 N/V 0 0
Stevens 15 7 & 18 0 0
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