Nancy Shepherdson
July 19th, 2007, 08:59 PM
Hi all --
Many apologies for the delay in posting the results. Guess who was on
a deadline and forgot to post? This round has been bad from one end
to the other!
Anyway, if Webster's 1913 could deal, it would be the next dealer with
a D5. Five of you guessed that locofoco was another name for loco
Democrats. Curses for having to post the whole definition!
Our next dealer is Tony Abell whose focal image fooled two of you and
he also guessed the Democrats, for a total of four points. Five of
you earned the coveted second spot with three points each...a very
even scoring round.
I will notify Tony, then I'm off to finish my story.
Nancy
1. An evildoer.
Toni Savage
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
2. [Sp. sl.] A mistress.
Mike Shefler
Votes: 2* + 0 = 2
3. The very front-point of a cow-catcher on a train
John Barrs
Votes: Widdis, Stone, Shefler 0 + 3 = 3
4. A lively Spanish dance performed by a couple
Russ Heimerson
Votes: Bourne 0 + 1 = 1
5. [Sp. sl.] Any multi-flavoured ice cream; a spumoni.
Dave Cunningham
Votes: 2* + 0 = 2
6. Public substitute for a person subject to assassination.
Wayne Scott
Votes: Madnick 0 + 1 = 1
7. Shipping and sailing between points in the same country.
Judy Madnick
Votes: Stone 0 + 1 = 1
8. Vocal music characterized by florid ornamental passages.
Dan Widdis
Votes: Hirst 2* + 1 = 3
9. Highly unconventional (crazy) in a cunning and clever way.
Scott Crom
Votes: Hirst, Bourne 0 + 2 = 2
10. A plate that bridges the gap between a railway locomotive and its
tender.
Tim Bourne
Votes: Schultz 0 + 1 = 1
11. A friction match; a nickname formerly given to a member of the
Democratic party.
Webster's 1913
Widdis, Cunningham, Shefler, Abell, Lodge D5
12. _obs._ In the Peninsular War (1808-14): a fellow-prisoner [Pg.
sailors' slang, origin obscure]
Paul Keating
Votes: Savage, Abell, Lodge 0 + 3 = 3
13. [Slang] Popular term for a tomato or tobacco hornworm that has
been parasitized by a Braconid wasp.
Guerri Stevens
Votes: Madnick, Savage 0 + 2 = 2
14. A glassblowing technique of rapid quenching and reheating to
produce fine cracks on the surface of a piece.
Bill Hirst
Votes: Schultz, Stevens, Crom 0 + 3 = 3
15. A hallucinogenic plant, _Datura satanalis_, native to Mexico and
the southwestern U.S.; also called "devilweed."
Dodi Schultz
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
16. A form of industrial action in Italy in which workers imprison
their employers on the premises until their demands are met.
Tim Lodge
Votes: Cunningham 2* + 1 = 3
17. A style of photographic image manipulation in which a small area
is highlighted by blurring the remainder (from _local focus_).
Tony Abell
Votes: Stevens, Crom 2* + 2 = 4
Stone: No def: voted for 3 + 7. 0 + 0 = 0
Many apologies for the delay in posting the results. Guess who was on
a deadline and forgot to post? This round has been bad from one end
to the other!
Anyway, if Webster's 1913 could deal, it would be the next dealer with
a D5. Five of you guessed that locofoco was another name for loco
Democrats. Curses for having to post the whole definition!
Our next dealer is Tony Abell whose focal image fooled two of you and
he also guessed the Democrats, for a total of four points. Five of
you earned the coveted second spot with three points each...a very
even scoring round.
I will notify Tony, then I'm off to finish my story.
Nancy
1. An evildoer.
Toni Savage
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
2. [Sp. sl.] A mistress.
Mike Shefler
Votes: 2* + 0 = 2
3. The very front-point of a cow-catcher on a train
John Barrs
Votes: Widdis, Stone, Shefler 0 + 3 = 3
4. A lively Spanish dance performed by a couple
Russ Heimerson
Votes: Bourne 0 + 1 = 1
5. [Sp. sl.] Any multi-flavoured ice cream; a spumoni.
Dave Cunningham
Votes: 2* + 0 = 2
6. Public substitute for a person subject to assassination.
Wayne Scott
Votes: Madnick 0 + 1 = 1
7. Shipping and sailing between points in the same country.
Judy Madnick
Votes: Stone 0 + 1 = 1
8. Vocal music characterized by florid ornamental passages.
Dan Widdis
Votes: Hirst 2* + 1 = 3
9. Highly unconventional (crazy) in a cunning and clever way.
Scott Crom
Votes: Hirst, Bourne 0 + 2 = 2
10. A plate that bridges the gap between a railway locomotive and its
tender.
Tim Bourne
Votes: Schultz 0 + 1 = 1
11. A friction match; a nickname formerly given to a member of the
Democratic party.
Webster's 1913
Widdis, Cunningham, Shefler, Abell, Lodge D5
12. _obs._ In the Peninsular War (1808-14): a fellow-prisoner [Pg.
sailors' slang, origin obscure]
Paul Keating
Votes: Savage, Abell, Lodge 0 + 3 = 3
13. [Slang] Popular term for a tomato or tobacco hornworm that has
been parasitized by a Braconid wasp.
Guerri Stevens
Votes: Madnick, Savage 0 + 2 = 2
14. A glassblowing technique of rapid quenching and reheating to
produce fine cracks on the surface of a piece.
Bill Hirst
Votes: Schultz, Stevens, Crom 0 + 3 = 3
15. A hallucinogenic plant, _Datura satanalis_, native to Mexico and
the southwestern U.S.; also called "devilweed."
Dodi Schultz
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
16. A form of industrial action in Italy in which workers imprison
their employers on the premises until their demands are met.
Tim Lodge
Votes: Cunningham 2* + 1 = 3
17. A style of photographic image manipulation in which a small area
is highlighted by blurring the remainder (from _local focus_).
Tony Abell
Votes: Stevens, Crom 2* + 2 = 4
Stone: No def: voted for 3 + 7. 0 + 0 = 0