Scott Crom
September 23rd, 2006, 07:19 PM
This round really went down to the wire, with the votes very
evenly distributed indeed. One of the early voters did
guess that the right definition was #15, the stunt or trick, so
I didn't need to hold my breath. Only one other joined him,
however, so a D2 isn't too shabby. Three of you earned four
points, but only two of them were "naturals." Of those two, Dave
Cunningham was ahead of Tony Abell in the rolling scores, and is
therefore our next dealer, although at the moment I've forgotten
the appropriate Latin phrases.
Dave, you're on deck for Round 1745.
1. _Scot._ A beetle.
Submitter: Keating Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Schultz
2. _Scots_ A donkey.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 4 & 13 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Scott
3. Decaying, rotten.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: *15* & 16 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:
4. [Ir. slang] Worthwhile.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Carson
5. [Scot.] Joyful; ecstatic.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 8 & 17 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Keating; Stevens; Stone
6. Chubby: squat. [Ety. dub.]
Submitter: Savage Votes: 19 & 20 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Widdis
7. Shoddy, soiled, disgusting.
Submitter: Scott Votes: 2 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Heimerson; Hirst
8. [Irish] A submerged island.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 19 & 20 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Lodge; Shepherdson; Madnick; Widdis
9. A sunny day; a pleasing personality [Scots].
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 8 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Lance; Shefler
10. [Scot] 1. Obnoxious or belligerent 2. Drunk.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Keating; Scott; Shefler; Stone
11. A specialized hinge used in orthopaedic braces.
Submitter: Lance Votes: 9 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
12. Having relatively high resistance to flow; viscous.
Submitter: Kornelis Votes: 13 & *15* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Shepherdson; Lance
13. Crooked stick used by butchers for hanging carcasses.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 8 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Carson; Kornelis; Stevens
14. Australian slang for a footstool or ottoman with storage space
inside.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 5 & 13 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Heimerson; Madnick; Schultz
15. A feat or trick, esp. one set by boys as a challenge to perform it; a
stunt.
Submitter: Webster NI2 Vote: N/A D2
Voted for by: Bourne; Kornelis
16. [Sl.] A rock music groupie (<Crawdaddy--the 1st US magazine of rock
music criticism, started in 1966).
Submitter: Shefler Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Bourne
17. A mixture of steamed barley, available fruit, and usually a
sweetener, eaten as a breakfast dish. [Midwestern US, ca. 1930].
Submitter: Schultz Votes: 1 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Lodge; Hirst; Barrs
18. The dustlike spores of ferns, formerly believed to be seeds and once
thought to have the power of making their possessor invisible.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 6 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Barrs
19. The situation of being unable to free one's punt pole from the river
bottom and having to abandon it as the punt moves away. [< Andrew
McCraddy, Univ. of Cambridge, 1876.]
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 7 & 17 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Cunningham
20. The nickname given by the London mob to presbyterians after "Pride's
Purge" of presbyterians from parliament in December 1648 [L 'credo'
(presb. were reputed to believe in a confession of faith)].
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 17 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Cunningham
No def: Stone Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
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Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
*Abell ........................ 10 N/V 0 + 4 = 4
Barrs ........................ 20 17 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Bourne ....................... 3 *15* & 16 2 + 0 = 2
Carson ....................... 2 4 & 13 0 + 1 = 1
**Cunningham ................... 8 19 & 20 0 + 4 = 4
Heimerson .................... 4 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Hirst ........................ 19 7 & 17 0 + 2 = 2
Keating ...................... 1 5 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
*Kornelis ..................... 12 13 & *15* 2 + 2 = 4
Lance ........................ 11 9 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Lodge ........................ 5 8 & 17 0 + 3 = 3
Madnick ...................... 13 8 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Savage ....................... 6 19 & 20 0 + 1 = 1
Schultz ...................... 17 1 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Scott ........................ 7 2 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Shefler ...................... 16 9 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Shepherdson .................. 9 8 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Stevens ...................... 14 5 & 13 0 + 3 = 3
Stone ........................ 5 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Webster NI2 .................. 15 N/A D2
Widdis ....................... 18 6 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Scott, former dealer
evenly distributed indeed. One of the early voters did
guess that the right definition was #15, the stunt or trick, so
I didn't need to hold my breath. Only one other joined him,
however, so a D2 isn't too shabby. Three of you earned four
points, but only two of them were "naturals." Of those two, Dave
Cunningham was ahead of Tony Abell in the rolling scores, and is
therefore our next dealer, although at the moment I've forgotten
the appropriate Latin phrases.
Dave, you're on deck for Round 1745.
1. _Scot._ A beetle.
Submitter: Keating Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Schultz
2. _Scots_ A donkey.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 4 & 13 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Scott
3. Decaying, rotten.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: *15* & 16 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:
4. [Ir. slang] Worthwhile.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Carson
5. [Scot.] Joyful; ecstatic.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 8 & 17 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Keating; Stevens; Stone
6. Chubby: squat. [Ety. dub.]
Submitter: Savage Votes: 19 & 20 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Widdis
7. Shoddy, soiled, disgusting.
Submitter: Scott Votes: 2 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Heimerson; Hirst
8. [Irish] A submerged island.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 19 & 20 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Lodge; Shepherdson; Madnick; Widdis
9. A sunny day; a pleasing personality [Scots].
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 8 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Lance; Shefler
10. [Scot] 1. Obnoxious or belligerent 2. Drunk.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Keating; Scott; Shefler; Stone
11. A specialized hinge used in orthopaedic braces.
Submitter: Lance Votes: 9 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
12. Having relatively high resistance to flow; viscous.
Submitter: Kornelis Votes: 13 & *15* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Shepherdson; Lance
13. Crooked stick used by butchers for hanging carcasses.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 8 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Carson; Kornelis; Stevens
14. Australian slang for a footstool or ottoman with storage space
inside.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 5 & 13 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Heimerson; Madnick; Schultz
15. A feat or trick, esp. one set by boys as a challenge to perform it; a
stunt.
Submitter: Webster NI2 Vote: N/A D2
Voted for by: Bourne; Kornelis
16. [Sl.] A rock music groupie (<Crawdaddy--the 1st US magazine of rock
music criticism, started in 1966).
Submitter: Shefler Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Bourne
17. A mixture of steamed barley, available fruit, and usually a
sweetener, eaten as a breakfast dish. [Midwestern US, ca. 1930].
Submitter: Schultz Votes: 1 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Lodge; Hirst; Barrs
18. The dustlike spores of ferns, formerly believed to be seeds and once
thought to have the power of making their possessor invisible.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 6 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Barrs
19. The situation of being unable to free one's punt pole from the river
bottom and having to abandon it as the punt moves away. [< Andrew
McCraddy, Univ. of Cambridge, 1876.]
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 7 & 17 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Cunningham
20. The nickname given by the London mob to presbyterians after "Pride's
Purge" of presbyterians from parliament in December 1648 [L 'credo'
(presb. were reputed to believe in a confession of faith)].
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 17 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Cunningham
No def: Stone Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
------------------------------
Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
*Abell ........................ 10 N/V 0 + 4 = 4
Barrs ........................ 20 17 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Bourne ....................... 3 *15* & 16 2 + 0 = 2
Carson ....................... 2 4 & 13 0 + 1 = 1
**Cunningham ................... 8 19 & 20 0 + 4 = 4
Heimerson .................... 4 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Hirst ........................ 19 7 & 17 0 + 2 = 2
Keating ...................... 1 5 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
*Kornelis ..................... 12 13 & *15* 2 + 2 = 4
Lance ........................ 11 9 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Lodge ........................ 5 8 & 17 0 + 3 = 3
Madnick ...................... 13 8 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Savage ....................... 6 19 & 20 0 + 1 = 1
Schultz ...................... 17 1 & 14 0 + 3 = 3
Scott ........................ 7 2 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Shefler ...................... 16 9 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Shepherdson .................. 9 8 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Stevens ...................... 14 5 & 13 0 + 3 = 3
Stone ........................ 5 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Webster NI2 .................. 15 N/A D2
Widdis ....................... 18 6 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Scott, former dealer